Although the loan amount was large, the bank approved it quickly.
Because several bank bosses also know that Mr. Su always works quickly and does things as soon as he says they will, without making empty promises.
The first payment is 2.5 billion, which will be used for New Century's nationwide operational plan. The remaining 1.5 billion will be paid in batches for the funds needed to build the headquarters.
The first thing Su Zelin did after getting the money was to auction the land.
To enter the national market, you still have to create momentum first.
Although New Century is already very famous in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lu regions, there are still not many consumers outside these three provinces and cities who know about it. Therefore, Su Zelin has to create a big enough gimmick to let investors and consumers realize that New Century is a powerful large enterprise.
And the gimmick is to build a super headquarters.
After the National Day, the Land and Resources Bureau held several commercial plots of land for public auction in Binjiang Hi-Tech Zone. Among them, a super-large plot of 235 mu met the requirements of Su Zelin for the size of the headquarters. This was the largest plot of land in Binjiang District this year.
We can't afford to buy anything bigger. After all, the bank's loan quota for headquarters construction is only 1.5 billion. With the current land prices in the Hi-Tech Zone, this land alone would cost nearly 1 billion, and the rest would be just enough for the development of the first phase of the headquarters building.
Ali's Xixi Park in the later generations, also known as the Gold Rush City Park, is another super headquarters with a total area of 426 acres, which can accommodate 20,000 people to work and live at the same time. However, it was not until 2008 that it signed a development agreement with the top leaders, and it was divided into four phases for construction. The first phase was completed in 2013, and the fourth phase was not completed until 2019.
In 2008, Ali had already grown to a large scale, and had more confidence to negotiate conditions directly with the government. So Ma said, "I want to build a gold rush city," and asked if the government could allocate a piece of land that was big enough and cheap enough. As a result, the government actually agreed. Of course, Ma might have also played the same trick as Su Zelin, saying that if the conditions were not met, he would move the headquarters.
New Century does not have the confidence now and cannot directly ask the government to develop projects for it and minimize costs. What's more, Su Zelin cannot wait that long, so he starts doing it now.
It is also very cost-effective to buy land at this time. In 2004, due to the country's macro-control, the confidence of real estate developers in Lin'an was hit. This situation will not gradually ease until after the real estate fair, so now is a good time to buy land.
Lin'an Real Estate Trading Center.
Su Zelin, Yang Fen and Kang Baohong were sitting in the auction hall.
They are here to participate in the auction today. They have received the relevant auction documents, applied to the real estate transaction center and paid a certain amount of deposit to obtain recognition qualifications.
The person who put up the bidding sign was Yang Fen. Brother Yang was a little excited because the land they were going to bid on was worth nearly 1 billion yuan!
If the film is successful, there will be hope for the construction of a super headquarters.
Kang Baohong was also very excited. He had only seen auctions of this level on TV before, and never imagined that one day he would be able to participate in it in person.
The auction time is approaching, and everyone has entered and taken their seats. Compared with the past, there are not many bidders for this super-large land auction today. One reason is that the scale is large and small developers cannot afford it. The country's macro-control policies this year have dissuaded many real estate developers. Many cautious big bosses are worried and choose to wait and see the follow-up policy situation at this time.
The host appeared in the auction hall on time. He first informed the public that the auction would follow the principles of "openness, fairness and justice", with free bidding and the highest bidder winning. Then the formal auction began.
The starting bid is 500 million, and the bid must be increased by at least 10 million each time.
The auction price kept rising, and when it reached 870 million, many bidders gave up.
Even if the transaction was completed at this price, the land would still be sold for 3.7 million per acre.
If it were at the beginning of the year, even if the land was priced at 4 million per acre, many large and powerful companies would consider continuing to bid. But the situation is a bit special now, and the risk is too great, so there is no need to take the risk.
Only two bidders chose to follow up, the first one was Brother Yang representing New Century.
The other was a middle-aged man in his forties.
The CEO of Lin'an Netcom was also the person who acquired this commercial land in the previous life, but he won it together with another partner, Tonghe Investment.
The two companies were also coveting this piece of land, but New Century had been following closely and was also determined to win. The two CEOs looked at each other and discussed briefly. The CEO of Lin'an Netcom gritted his teeth and raised the placard again: "900 million!"
This had reached the critical point of the price. Everyone was raising the price by tens of millions at a time, but he raised it directly from eight hundred and seventy million to nine hundred million, an increase of thirty million at once, just to deliberately demonstrate that he would continue at all costs and make his opponents retreat.
The scene was silent, and everyone thought that Lin'an Net News' move might be the final word.
"Nine hundred and fifty million!"
When Brother Yang raised his sign and shouted out this number, the auction hall was in an uproar.
Fifty million was added at one time, which is twenty million more than Lin'an Online News!
This company is really wealthy!
Anyway, it was the bank's money that was being spent, and Su Zelin knew that the land would have great potential for appreciation in value in the future, so he didn't feel bad at all. Even when he instructed Brother Yang to raise the price to 950 million, he remained calm.
The CEOs of Lin'an Netcom and Tonghe Investment are not as patient as him.
Originally, two companies joined forces to acquire the land, so they had to be careful with their calculations.
Judging from the other party's attitude, if they continue to accumulate funds, the value of this piece of land will definitely exceed 10 billion.
The original expected price was just over 900 million, but now the budget may have an additional 100 million.
Even if we can get it, the cost is too high and it's not worth it.
So they shook their heads and didn't raise the sign again.
"Nine hundred and fifty million for the first time!"
"Nine hundred and fifty million for the second time!"
"Nine hundred and fifty million for the third time, deal!"
The auctioneer banged his hammer and announced the ownership of the largest commercial land parcel in Binjiang District.
"We got it, we got it!"
Kang Baohong clenched his fists. He was so nervous that his palms were sweating.
He was full of longing for the New Century's super headquarters and hoped to win the bid.
"Haha, as expected!"
Su Zelin smiled faintly. The opponents were not giants. They were very careful with their money and would never increase the price at any cost. Therefore, it would be no problem to acquire the land within 1 billion. Of course, it would be better if they could save some money.
The other bidders left one after another, and the three signed the "Auction Transaction Confirmation" on the spot.
After making a few phone calls to several bank bosses, transferring funds and paying the land price and related taxes and fees according to the transfer contract, I went to the Municipal Land and Resources Bureau to complete the registration procedures. Then, the land became an asset of New Century. Of course, according to the agreement, it had to be temporarily mortgaged to the bank as a loan guarantee.
This piece of commercial land is the largest plot of land in Binjiang District this year, and it ranks among the top in the whole Lin'an.
Moreover, New Century only intends to build a headquarters for itself, unlike real estate developers who develop and then sell the properties.
In this era, even many giant groups do not have such courage.
This incident caused quite a stir. As soon as the news came out, New Century's market valuation immediately increased a lot.
Although the land was bought with money borrowed from the bank, who cares? Moreover, non-listed companies are not obliged to disclose the loan situation. Only the top leaders and bank bosses do not disclose it in public. Who knows that this company spent the bank's money to build its headquarters
At the same time, many people realized one thing—New Century was about to impact the national market.
If it was just satisfied with lying dormant in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lu regions, it would not have spent 1 billion to acquire a piece of land of more than 200 acres as its headquarters.
The next day, a major media outlet interviewed Brother Yang: "Boss Yang, I heard that your company recently bought the largest plot of land in Binjiang District this year for 950 million yuan, a total of 235 acres, and plans to build its own headquarters. Is this true?"
"Yes, in fact, we had a plan as early as last year. The name of this plan is 'Super Headquarters'!"
Brother Yang said slowly: "Our goal is to build the best large-scale integrated corporate park in the country. It will be divided into two phases. When it is fully completed, it will be able to accommodate 10,000 people working and living at the same time!"
“The park includes open office space, staff canteen, staff dormitory, garden, living area, fitness and leisure area, visitor and exhibition center, parking lot and more!”
"New Century is a company that attaches great importance to team building and employee welfare. We hope to provide each employee with a green, healthy and environmentally friendly office environment to further improve the physical and mental health of employees. At the same time, we also welcome all aspiring people to become a member of our team!"
Reporter: "It is a blessing for employees to have such a company that cares so much about them. I think there will be more outstanding talents eager to join the New Century team! In addition, I would like to ask Mr. Yang, does building this super headquarters also mean that your company will soon enter the national market?"
Yang Fen: "Haha, yes, this is another plan of ours!"
"… "
Old Ma also sent a congratulatory message to Su Zelin immediately: "Brother Su, you are really generous. You quietly acquired more than 200 acres of land to open a 'super headquarters'. This is awesome!"
Su Zelin smiled and said, "Haha, Brother Ma, you are too kind. Since you are planning to build a headquarters, why not make it bigger to save trouble in the future? When Brother Ma builds a new headquarters in the future, it will not be smaller than our New Century."
"Brother Su, you know what. I do have the idea of building a large headquarters, but the idea is only in its infancy. Brother Ma is old, and he is not as courageous as you young people who do what you say."
Old Ma sighed.
He originally thought that his steps were fast enough and his courage was strong enough.
"Once your super headquarters plan is released, it will not only set a good example for entering the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lu markets, but will also attract countless outstanding talents. Moreover, from the perspective of the long-term development trend of real estate, it will definitely not be a loss. It kills three birds with one stone. It is absolutely a great move!"
As the helmsman of Ali, Lao Ma could naturally see the purpose of Su Zelin spending so much money and effort to build a super headquarters.
"Brother Ma, it's better to wait a few years before setting up the headquarters. By then, with the size of Ali, we may not have to bid for land at auctions like we did at New Century. We can negotiate with the government and ask them to allocate land at a lower price, which can save a lot of money."
They both understood each other very well.
Although he envied Su Zelin for getting there first and building a large headquarters ahead of him, Lao Ma also had his own plans.
Compared with Su Zelin's unrestrainedness, he is more shrewd and calculating.
Just as Su Zelin analyzed, given the current scale of Gold Rush, the only way to acquire land is through auction. However, Lao Ma is confident that in a few years, the scale of Gold Rush will increase several times, and its influence will be great enough. Regarding the establishment of a headquarters, he will have the capital to directly communicate with the Lin'an government and lower the cost.
"The one who understands me is Brother Su!"
Old Ma laughed heartily.
It's comfortable to talk to smart people.
You don’t have to tell the other person deliberately for many things, he will know what you are thinking.
So Lao Ma would occasionally take time out of his busy schedule to have dinner or tea with Su Zelin and talk about his inner thoughts.
At his level, it is really not easy to find a soulmate who understands him.
If one's level of attainment is not high enough, then the conversation will be like talking at cross purposes and be meaningless.
Su Zelin is one of the people who understands him. Although there is a big age gap between them, they have a lot in common. Lao Ma also admires this young man very much and seems to see a lot of his own shadow in him.
Just after I finished talking to Lao Ma, my cell phone rang again. It was Luo Xi calling.
Same topic.
"Boss, I heard that you, New Century, acquired a plot of land worth nearly 1 billion yuan in Lin'an and are planning to build a headquarters?"
Because of Hunzi's relationship, Luo Xi is also very interested in this company.
"Oh, Ah Xi, you are really well-informed. You know all this?"
Su Zelin was slightly surprised.
"How could I not know? This matter has been reported by so many media recently, and Nana also told me, are you guys at New Century so awesome now? You're making big moves one after another!"
After graduation, the class beauty increasingly discovered the gap between herself and the lazy class monitor. Instead of getting closer, the two sides became further and further apart.
It’s not that I haven’t grown, but that the squad leader has grown too fast!
When he was at the Caiyuan store, Su Zelin was quite capable of stirring up trouble, and now he is even more outstanding.
She thought the deal was amazing when she did the Chaozu for Nana before, but she didn't expect it to be just child's play compared to this one.
"What's the point of a small fight, Ah Xi? At my level, I either don't do it or I have to do it on a big scale!"
The bastard's mouth is full of shit.
"Boss, can you help me start a business and make it bigger someday? I don't ask for much, just give me a few hundred thousand to invest in it."
Luo Xi said intentionally or unintentionally.
How could Su Zelin not see through her little thoughts, the gangster was a little speechless.
This woman, Axi, would deliberately bring up what she promised him that night every once in a while, for fear that he would forget it.
He said unhappily, "It's still a few hundred thousand, how about I give you the whole tens of millions?"
"Okay, a gentleman's word is as good as a promise. Boss, you said it!"
"Okay, but the unit is not blocks, it's pieces!"
"What are you saying, Boss? I don't understand you."
"… "