PDLP Chapter 287: Zhang's Family Home
Chapter 287: Zhang's Family Home
Not long after, Huang Boyi and Nan Hui arrived at Huang Xiaochuan's office.
Huang Boyi and Nan Hui were very familiar with Cao Charlie, which saved Huang Xiaochuan the trouble of introducing them to each other.
Huang Xiaochuan informed Huang Boyi and Nan Hui of his decision to establish a group company, and also repeated what he had just said to Cao Charlie to the two of them.
According to Huang Xiaochuan, a gentleman loves talent but acquires it in a proper way. I can't control other companies, but my company will never allow any behavior that deducts the hard-earned money of its employees. Anyone who dares to do so will be dealt with. This is a red line.
Huang Xiaochuan spent two nights drafting a rough real estate development plan. He made three copies of the plan, one for each of Cao Charlie, Huang Boyi, and Nan Hui.
Then he said to the three of them, "These are some of my rough ideas about real estate. My opinion is that after Guangda Real Estate is established, it should take advantage of the policy advantages of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to purchase land in Shenzhen first."
Huang Xiaochuan said this because Shenzhen, as a special economic zone, took the lead in piloting the paid transfer of land, and the government had already completed the basic infrastructure work for most of the land, which, more importantly, almost eliminated the need for large-scale demolitions and saved a lot of trouble.
"Guangda Real Estate's main strategic direction in the future is to build urban commercial complexes, starting with Shenzhen and gradually expanding to major cities across the country."
"But in the next two years, we will first implement a strategy of using land to support land development, and obtain the future development funds of Guangda Real Estate through the purchase and sale of land. We will use the funds that are currently available to purchase land first, and after a period of time, I will have Charlie arrange a loan to Guangda Real Estate to purchase land and build the first commercial complex."
"Based on the analysis of relevant data in recent years, my country's economy has grown rapidly, and the export surplus has continued to increase. In short, people's incomes are increasing, and with more money, people naturally want to spend. Just look at the famous department stores in Shanghai and Beijing today. The purchasing power in the mainland is still very strong. With economic development, business models will also undergo tremendous changes, and consumers will keep up with the times, requiring a better shopping environment and more goods."
"Boss Wong is familiar with Hong Kong's business development model, so for the first two years after Guangda Real Estate was established, it was to replicate Hong Kong's commercial complex model, and then adjust it according to the actual needs of the mainland. After the model was finalized, it entered major cities in China."
"Furthermore, Guangda Real Estate will collaborate with Times Supermarket in the future. The supermarket will be incorporated into the architectural design phase, and Times Supermarket will also have people involved in the design of the commercial complex. Supermarkets have their own needs, and by getting it done in one step, we can save the supermarket from having to modify the original building structure, which would be both a waste of time and money."
"In short, wherever Guangda real estate development goes, Times Supermarket will also open in that city."
Just then, Huang Xiaochuan's cell phone rang. Those who knew his phone number were either family members or close relatives and friends, so he answered the call.
The call was from Yu Xiang.
"Xiao Chuan, your older sister and brother-in-law are here. Your grandmother and aunt asked me to ask if you're coming home for lunch."
Tell them I'll be back in a bit!
The eldest sister, Zeng Hong, is pregnant. She came to Shanghai for a prenatal checkup, which was Huang Xiaochuan's idea.
Moreover, this was the first time the eldest sister and brother-in-law had visited the old house since their marriage, so Huang Xiaochuan had to go back and have a meal with them.
After hanging up the phone, Huang Xiaochuan checked the time.
"The details are all in the strategic development plan I gave you. Take a look for yourselves. If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me. I have to go now. The three of you can discuss it together."
When Huang Xiaochuan returned home, he saw his eldest sister Zeng Hong and her husband Tang Jianhua sitting in the living room talking to his grandmother and aunt.
Upon seeing Huang Xiaochuan, Zeng Hong immediately pounced on him and started pinching and twisting his head.
"Great! You secretly bought such a big house without telling me."
Huang Xiaochuan could only endure it, and dared not fight back as he had before, after all, he was pregnant with his nephew.
"Hey! She's almost a mother, how can she still be like this? Doesn't anyone want to do anything about her?"
Grandma and Aunt didn't budge an inch; they were used to this scene.
Instead, Tang Jianhua quickly persuaded his wife to stop.
"Alright, alright, can you sit down now? Be careful with your stomach."
Zeng Hong then let Huang Xiaochuan go. Seeing Huang Xiaochuan return, Grandma and Aunt went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Huang Xiaochuan, not seeing Yu Xiang, asked, "Where's Yu Xiang?"
A classmate came to see her just now and left; she went to see her classmate off.
Huang Xiaochuan knew without guessing that Zeng Hong was talking about Ji Mei, and only Ji Mei knew that Yu Xiang was living here now.
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Ji Mei is currently living in Huang Xiaochuan's house, but Huang Xiaochuan had someone impersonate the landlord and rent the house to Ji Mei at a very cheap price.
After Tang Jianhua carefully helped Zeng Hong sit down, Huang Xiaochuan asked.
"How did you two get here?"
"Master Liang brought us here."
Upon hearing Tang Jianhua's words, Huang Xiaochuan looked around.
"Where is my maternal uncle?"
Zeng Hong quickly answered, "Today is the day of Uncle Long Legs' house roof-raising ceremony, so we invited him to the ceremony's celebration."
Huang Xiaochuan also knew this "Long-Legged Uncle." He was a friend of Zeng Jiahua. He ran a small processing workshop, used two second-hand machine tools, hired a few people, and did some outsourcing work. He could earn quite a bit of money in a year.
In the countryside of Suzhou, people will definitely build houses as soon as they have money. Ever since my maternal grandmother and aunt came to Shanghai, my uncle has been planning to demolish the old house and rebuild a new one.
Having learned where his uncle was, Huang Xiaochuan stopped asking him questions.
My uncle has many friends, so there are many social obligations, and he is almost constantly invited to meals.
Huang Xiaochuan asked, "What time are we going to the hospital this afternoon?"
"At three o'clock this afternoon, your Yu Xiang will come with me."
"Then I'll arrange a car to take you there."
"Okay!" Zeng Hong happily agreed. She was especially happy that her younger brother cared about her so much.
Huang Xiaochuan and his aunt discussed Zeng Hong's decision to come to Shanghai for a prenatal checkup, since Shanghai has better medical facilities and Zeng Hong's due date happens to be in winter.
Huang Xiaochuan believes it's better for her to stay in the old house during her postpartum period, as her aunt can take good care of her.
Moreover, babies at this age mostly use cloth diapers, which older generations are used to. If you ask them to use disposable diapers, they will resist it.
Although Huang Xiaochuan had never washed diapers, he had seen them before. A little one eats and poops a lot, and you need to change at least ten or twenty diapers a day. Washing diapers in the dead of winter is really a hardship, not to mention clothes.
Zeng Hong was naturally happy to have her own mother take care of her during her postpartum period. Moreover, after arriving here and seeing how nice the old house was, she was even more delighted.
Yu Xiang returned shortly afterward.
"Sister Mei left? Why didn't you invite her to stay for a meal before she left?"
"I asked her to stay, but she has a boyfriend and we had arranged to have lunch together, so I couldn't ask her to stay."
"Oh, that's great! Let's have dinner together the other day so I can get to know him. By the way, what does the guy do?"
"The doctor at Ruijin Hospital, an orthopedic surgeon, is also a graduate of our school. I met him when Ji Mei was doing her internship."
"That's pretty good!"
Yu Xiang looked towards the kitchen.
"You talk to your older sister and brother-in-law, I'll go to the kitchen to help my grandma and aunt."
After saying that, she went to the kitchen, and Huang Xiaochuan went with her. Anyway, his grandmother and aunt wouldn't give her any work to do, at most she would peel a few scallions.
Huang Xiaochuan mentioned something to Tang Jianhua.
"Brother-in-law, you should get a driver's license! Motorcycles aren't safe."
When the eldest sister married Tang Jianhua, Zeng Jiahua gave a twin-cylinder Honda King motorcycle as part of her dowry. This was the top-tier dowry at that time, just like a BMW in later generations.
However, Huang Xiaochuan is very averse to motorcycles.
"Riding a motorcycle is inconvenient and unsafe in rain or snow. Driving is safer and will be more convenient for you to come to Shanghai in the future."
Tang Jianhua nodded: "I'll go back and register, and try to get my driver's license by summer. Then I'll buy a Xiali and drive it!"
"Xia Li?" Huang Xiaochuan had a very bad impression of this car. It was like a ground bug, with terrible power and a terrible transmission. It would break down after only a short time.
Seeing his brother-in-law's expression, Tang Jianhua felt somewhat embarrassed.
"Your sister and I haven't been married long, and we don't have much money. It's difficult to even buy a Xiali car, let alone other cars."
"Brother-in-law, go take your driving test first. Let me know when you get your license, and I'll help you think about buying a car."
Out of consideration for his soon-to-be-born nephew, Huang Xiaochuan planned to help his older sister and brother-in-law get a smuggled car confiscated by customs. He wanted to find one with good value for money, which he estimated wouldn't cost much more than buying a Xiali. Besides, motorcycles are really unsafe; they're just leather wrapped in metal, while cars are metal wrapped in leather. At least in terms of safety, cars far surpass motorcycles.
Although motorcycles are cool, they are not suitable for someone like Tang Jianhua who is getting married and about to become a father. In his previous life, Tang Jianhua had fallen while drinking and broke his leg, spending more than a month in the hospital, which exhausted his older sister Zeng Hong.
In this life, Huang Xiaochuan cannot allow such a thing to happen again.