After Fang Zhicheng and Zhao Qingya went up the stairs, the old man put the white cloth bag on his shoulder and adjusted his sunglasses. He took a long breath and said to himself: "If I take this business today, I'm afraid my right eye will be blind."
Chapter 0503: Small Merchants Transformed into Big Merchants
After entering the apartment and preparing some snacks, the two started drinking.
Unconsciously, Fang Zhicheng's eyes fell on Zhao Qingya's two jade-white thighs. The lines of Zhao Qingya's legs were extremely smooth, straight and slender. Without the stockings, they were like two white and tender lotus roots. She was wearing red slippers on her feet, and her slippers were shaking up and down restlessly, as if she was deliberately teasing him.
Fang Zhicheng coughed and shifted his gaze elsewhere. Zhao Qingya smiled smugly and said, "I met with my eldest brother a few days ago. He said that you had caused a big incident in Xiaguang District and asked me to advise you to be more cautious in your actions."
Fang Zhicheng sighed and said, "Men are meant to do great things. If they are always cautious, what fun is there in that?"
Zhao Qingya rolled her eyes at Fang Zhicheng and said, "You are just too courageous. It is said that Governor Bu and Secretary Song both came forward to vouch for you, so you were able to get away with it. My brother said that although the matter seems ordinary, it is actually very dangerous. If you are not careful, your future in this life will be ruined."
Fang Zhicheng heard the hidden meaning behind Zhao Qingya's words, and he was afraid that Zhao Guoyi had helped him behind the scenes in the urban village reconstruction. Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Governor Guoyi, I will try not to be so impulsive in the future."
Zhao Qingya thought about it, smiled, and said, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, you do have the confidence to make such a big fuss in Xiaguang District. In the province, you have the support of my brother and Secretary Song. Who in Hanzhou would not give you some face?"
Fang Zhicheng waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Sister Ya, you don't know that working in the county is different from working in the city or the province. If you want others to accept you, you must make some achievements. The so-called face is just a facade and cannot be used to make a living. Take the previous Dongtai as an example. Xing Jike was an official sent by the province, but he was still suppressed by Sun Weiming."
Zhao Qingya smiled, shook the red wine glass in her hand, and said, "According to your tone, are you planning to achieve some results in the Xiaguang District?"
Fang Zhicheng nodded and smiled, "Of course, otherwise it would be hard to report."
Zhao Qingya put the wine glass on the table, crossed her hands, and said, "Tell me what you think. If it's appropriate, I'll ask the Group Strategic Planning Department to work with you to do something."
If the Strategic Planning Department of Hongda Group intervenes, it will be a project worth at least 10 billion yuan, which will be a huge investment for Xiaguang District.
Of course, Fang Zhicheng wanted more than just Hongda Group investing in one or two real estate projects in Xiaguang District. Although the operation was simple and the time to show political achievements was short, Fang Zhicheng wanted a bigger breakthrough. He brought the Huijin Commercial Plaza project and the Golden Street project to Dongtai, so in Xiaguang District, the project he brought must be more representative and dynamic.
Fang Zhicheng also put down his wine glass, his eyes showing a solemn look, and said: "Sister Ya, do you have any idea to build a city belonging to Hongda Group?"
Zhao Qingya had heard Fang Zhicheng mention the theory of city operators before. She sighed and said, "Some people compare entrepreneurs to ambitious people. Only companies full of ambition and desire can grow and survive. When my grandmother was alive, she once said that she wanted to turn the Zhao family into a well-rooted collective. If we can build a city of our own, it would be considered the fulfillment of her wish, but will the policy allow it?"
Local governments may support enterprises in commercial projects, but some public infrastructure may not be handed over to enterprises. Zhao Qingya is worried that the wishes are good, but in the end, the enterprises created are different from the ideal ones.
Fang Zhicheng paused for a moment and said with great determination: "If you don't do it, you will never know whether you can succeed."
Zhao Qingya's beautiful eyes sparkled with ripples. She raised her glass and smiled, "Thank you for making my blood boil again. I've long been tired of my routine work. If I could abandon everything and take a gamble, that would be wonderful."
Seeing that Zhao Qingya was willing to help him complete the concept of a city operator, Fang Zhicheng felt relaxed. Although he knew that Zhao Qingya would support his work in Xiaguang District, he did not expect Zhao Qingya to be so determined. From her tone, it can be seen that she was ready to put the future of Hongda Group on her own plan.
If you want to build Xiaguang District into a city with a sense of the times, it will be difficult to achieve the effect without an investment of tens of billions. Zhao Qingya is a businessman, but she was not rational enough this time and was a bit reckless.
Because of this, Fang Zhicheng was a little touched.
Fang Zhicheng then discussed some details of advancing the project with Zhao Qingya. Zhao Qingya demonstrated her extraordinary abilities. She was very familiar with strategic planning and could often hit the nail on the head with just a few words.
Hongda Group is the main body of urban operations, but if it relies solely on Hongda Group, it will take at least 20 years to completely transform Xiaguang District, so some objects must be introduced. In short, it is necessary to introduce enterprises to form an urban operations alliance.
Just like the board of directors of a large enterprise, Hongda Group is the chairman and executive president, and the board of directors also needs other members to participate, either by investing in capital, technology, or construction capabilities, so that resources can be optimized.
In fact, this is similar to the government's method of urban planning, but the difference is that the executor has become the Hongda Group, which will use corporate methods to attract investment and plan the city.
"You are a smart but lazy district chief." Zhao Qingya said with a smile, "If you leave all the work to the enterprises, won't you become a hands-off boss?"
Fang Zhicheng shrugged and smiled, "I'm not a hands-off boss. I'm responsible for supervising you. Supervision is often more important than construction. Many times the government focuses on urging the progress of construction and ignores the quality of the project, resulting in so many shoddy projects and causing public resentment."
Zhao Qingya smiled and said, "Then I can understand it this way. You become the landlord and I become a farmhand. As a farmhand, I won't see any income for a long time. You just marked a piece of land on the map and let us fend for ourselves."
Fang Zhicheng smiled and reiterated: "The government will never let the City Operation Alliance fend for itself. We will provide all the resources we can to help you build a special city."
Zhao Qingya pondered for a moment and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you might put the first phase of the project at the intersection of Qiongjin and Hanzhou."
Fang Zhicheng snapped his fingers, secretly praising Zhao Qingya's keen insight, and said, "That's right. The province is now promoting the integration of Qiong and Han, and has allocated a large amount of project funds. In other words, Hongda Group can use the government's money to run its own business."
Zhao Qingya would not be fooled by Fang Zhicheng. She smiled and said, "There is no free lunch in the world. The wool comes from the sheep. You have very strict requirements for the qualifications of investors, right?"
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "We must have 20 billion yuan of funds injected into the local area within five years. There are probably only three or four companies in Huainan that have this capability. If we consider the project construction qualifications, Hongda Group will definitely win."
Zhao Qingya looked up to the sky and sighed, then smiled bitterly and said, "Why do I feel like I've fallen into a trap?"
Fang Zhicheng smiled smugly and said, "It's too late to escape now!"
Zhao Qingya's tone suddenly changed, and she said slowly: "I do need to put some pressure on myself. The national economy is in a great depression now, and the government may hope to boost economic momentum through real estate projects in the first one or two years. So now the real estate projects look good, and there are many big buyers and home buying groups. But as the economy recovers, real estate projects are bound to be affected. People with an investment mentality will withdraw from real estate one day, and then it will bring a serious crisis, so we must prepare for a rainy day."
Zhao Qingya has seen far ahead. Now, due to the stock market fluctuations, many investors have withdrawn funds from the stock market, and a large amount of funds have poured into the real estate sector. From a certain perspective, real estate will become extremely prosperous for a long time. But this is only a temporary area where capital has nowhere to go. When the bubble bursts, the risk factor is no less than a stock market crash.
This is also the difference between large and small enterprises. Small enterprises focus on short-term benefits and invest in whatever is profitable at present; large enterprises focus on long-term development and century-long planning. When something is profitable, they have already started looking for the next breakthrough to make money.
Fang Zhicheng's idea of a city operator is a development idea that deserves attention. The threshold for real estate projects has become smaller, homogeneous competition is serious, the cost of land acquisition for Hongda Group has increased, and the industry has passed the era of huge profits. Traditional real estate projects need to be transformed. Many large developers have begun to work on concepts and connotations. Hongda Group has also begun to transform, but the direction of investment is somewhat confusing, and it is a situation of casting a wide net.
City operators are a good choice. In this way, the ties between enterprises and the government can be strengthened, allowing enterprises to be fully integrated into the lives of local citizens, making them indistinguishable from each other.
The highest realm of a city operator is that all matters closely related to people's daily lives are managed by the enterprise. Everyone has his or her own responsibilities and lives in a city built by the enterprise. The economic sources and expenses are all borne by the enterprise. Of course, this is an idealized realm.
The profits earned by city operators are also considerable. Every wealth created by the people is related to it, and it is completely integrated with the government and is hardly affected by policies.
Small merchants seek profit, big merchants seek truth. Zhao Qingya's decision tonight means that Hongda Group has truly transformed from a small merchant to a big merchant, and has taken an important step from a regional leader to a nationally renowned enterprise.