It was New Year's Eve.
The lights were on.
The Li family's New Year celebration was getting more and more lively every year.
For the first ten years, the family of three celebrated the New Year alone.
In the past, the Li family didn't have many relatives. Li Chengyuan and Li Chenghui also celebrated the New Year separately. Cao Fang's relatives had almost lost contact with each other for the first twenty years.
But this year, there wasn't enough space at the table.
Chen Jing and her daughter, Cao Feng and his wife, Cao Yu and her two children, and the three members of the Li family. There were ten people in total.
The atmosphere became livelier when there were more people.
As they ate and drank, Li Dong was in a daze with the voice-over of the New Year's Gala on TV.
Every time this happened, Li Dong would remember how lonely he was in his previous life.
The New Year's Eve back then was not as lively as it was now.
He poured himself a little wine and drank a few mouthfuls, not even bothering to watch TV.
Shaking his head, Li Dong raised his glass and drank with his parents. He was in a good mood.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, Li Lan took the two children downstairs to set off fireworks. Cao Feng was worried and followed them.
The four women built the Great Wall, and Zhang Ye's father served from the side as a substitute.
Li Dong watched for a while and was chased away by his mother.
He had no choice. Li Dong had a lot of phone calls that day.
Friends, classmates, subordinates, business partners …
Usually, everyone was too embarrassed to call or disturb Li Dong. But today was New Year's Eve, so they had to greet him.
From nine o 'clock to twelve o' clock, Li Dong's phone didn't stop ringing. His phone started to get hot.
After twelve o 'clock, the number of phone calls gradually decreased.
Only then did Li Dong have the time to call Qin Yuhan and Shen Qian.
The two women knew that he was very busy. His phone line had been busy.
In fact, they weren't free either. Shen Qian went to the Shen family for the New Year. There were many people in the Shen family and she was very annoyed.
It was the same for Qin Yuhan. Far away, as she became more and more famous, the number of relatives in the Qin Family also increased.
When Li Dong was on the phone, Qin Yuhan complained to Li Dong in a low voice that she didn't even sleep on the sofa at night.
It couldn't be helped. There were so many aunts here, and it wasn't right for her, a junior, to occupy all the rooms.
The Qin Family didn't lack the money to stay in a hotel, but it was the Spring Festival, so it wasn't appropriate to send people to a hotel. Everyone said that it would be fine to squeeze in at night. In the end, Qin Yuhan slept on the floor with a cousin of hers Far away.
Li Dong chuckled and comforted her. They chatted for more than ten minutes before hanging up.
By the time he finished the call, it was almost one o 'clock.
Li Dong flipped through the phone book and saw a familiar name. He wanted to send a text message or make a call, but he hesitated.
In the end, Li Dong sighed and threw down the phone.
In the past, during the Spring Festival or other important festivals, Yuan Xue would take the initiative to send a text message, but she didn't this year.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Dong actually sent a text message, but no one replied.
Until now, Li Dong didn't even know if Yuan Xue changed her number. Maybe she did, maybe she didn't. Li Dong didn't know.
Every time he wanted to make a phone call, Li Dong would suppress it.
Since she had made up her mind, and he was exhausted, maybe this was the best result.
…
In a city in the south.
In a small house.
Yuan Xue stared at the phone for a long time. In the end, she couldn't help but tear up.
Was it broken?
Wasn't this the result she wanted? Why did she feel empty in her heart?
From the moment she made up her mind, wasn't she already prepared for this?
Her tears soaked her clothes. After a long time, Yuan Xue clenched her teeth, opened the back cover of the phone, pulled out the SIM card, and threw it out of the window.
Since she knew there was no future, why should she give herself a glimmer of hope?
The moment the SIM card was thrown out, her tears fell like pearls from a broken necklace.
…
The first day of the first lunar month.
From this day onwards, the Li family welcomed a continuous stream of New Year's visitors.
Far away had grown bigger and bigger, and there were more and more senior executives. The number of visitors increased as well.
On this day, Li Dong didn't go anywhere. He stayed at home to receive these visitors.
Li Dong chatted with some of the senior executives who he didn't meet often.
In the past few years, Li Dong kept saying that he wanted to tour the country and do a large-scale inspection.
But every time he was ready, there would be something bothering him.
Up until now, Li Dong didn't have much control over the company. He hadn't even been to many of the provincial branches. He relied on these people to keep things running.
In order to show that he valued them, he had to say a few more words.
After a busy day, the guests gradually dispersed at night.
…
The second day of the first lunar month.
Li Dong started another busy day.
On this day, he had to visit the Qin family for New Year's greetings.
This year's visit to the Qin family was completely different from last year's.
It wasn't that there was a big change in the attitude of Yang Yun and the others. It was mainly because of Qin Yuhan's second uncle and aunt.
Last year, when Li Dong went, the couple's attitude was lukewarm. Although they didn't speak ill of him, it could only be considered indifferent.
However, this year, the couple was so enthusiastic that Li Dong suspected that he had entered the wrong family.
If he didn't enter the wrong family, then Qin Yuhan wasn't actually Yang Yun's daughter. He had been mistaken all along. She was the couple's daughter.
Actually, it wasn't Li Dong's fault for having an illusion. Far away had some fame last year, but it wasn't that famous.
At that time, Qin Yuhan's second uncle and aunt didn't know him at all.
However, in 2007, Far away had been in the limelight several times. Li Dong also often appeared on the pages of some newspapers.
Now was the information age. In addition, Qin Hai was working Far away, so the couple paid more attention to the news Far away.
After a few times, the couple found out that it was the boss of Far away who came to visit during the Chinese New Year last year!
Because of this, the couple quarreled many times.
One blamed the other for having nothing better to do than to introduce a boyfriend to his niece. If this was known by Li Dong, he would hate them to death.
The other blamed the other for not knowing that Li Dong was Qin Yuhan's boyfriend. You and Qin Hai are biological brothers. If you had known this, you wouldn't have had such an attitude last year.
After quarreling, the couple finally reached an agreement that they had to perform well this year.
Therefore, when Li Dong came to visit, he encountered this scene.
At noon, they had lunch at the Qin family. In the afternoon, Li Dong accompanied Qin Yuhan out for a walk. Another day passed.
…
February 10th, the fourth day of the first lunar month.
Ordinary employees could take a few more days off, but Li Dong and the rest couldn't.
There were a lot of things left over from last year. This year, they had to go to work earlier.
Early in the morning on the fourth day, Li Dong rushed to the company.
The other executives also arrived.
A meeting was held in the morning to briefly arrange the tasks. At the same time, some of the things from last year were wrapped up. It was almost over in the morning.
After the meeting, Yuan Chengdao and Wu Shengnan stayed behind alone.
They were discussing the next move to Beijing. This was the first time that Dong Yu Real Estate was going to develop in another province.
His destination was none other than the capital of the country.
Although it was only one time, the impact was extraordinary. They took it very seriously.
Wu Shengnan briefly introduced the situation of the CBD land and then said, "It's not easy to get land in Beijing. Ordinary land or suburban land is not a big problem. And the prime location in this commercial area is not so easy to get. Vanke, SOHO, and a few others have almost monopolized the Beijing real estate market. Even Huarui entered Beijing after a bloody battle. We are just going now. It's very likely that we will be attacked by several companies. "
This kind of thing was not very likely, but inevitable.
How many real estate companies wanted to enter Beijing over the years?
Too many to count!
But in the end, how many of them could stay and how many could become big?
Could it be that these real estate companies had no money?
No!
Money was only one aspect. The main reason was the exclusion of several other real estate companies. Another point was the attitude of the local government.
Although Beijing was the capital of the country, it sounded like there would not be any local protectionism. In fact, don't take it seriously.
Companies like Vanke had been based in Beijing for many years. Their network had long been spread throughout Beijing.
At this time, the Beijing government would unconsciously be a little biased.
After several competitions, the real estate companies found that they did not make as much money in Beijing as in other places. Naturally, they were unwilling.
Therefore, some big companies chose to retreat. The small companies did not have the strength to compete with them.
Over time, the real estate companies in Beijing became more and more arrogant.
After Wu Shengnan finished speaking, Yuan Chengdao also said seriously, "Although Mayor Du is now in power in Beijing, he should not be too biased in this regard.
The best result is that he does not help either side, and the government does not exert other pressure.
But even so, if we enter Beijing now, I am afraid there will be a fierce battle.
Compared to supermarkets, in everyone's opinion, real estate is a big fat piece of meat.
There are many people eyeing this piece of meat. It is not an exaggeration to say that we will be snatching food from the tiger's mouth if we go there.
I think that even if we can get that piece of land this time, the price will not be small. The only way is probably to use money to pave the way.
Only by throwing money at the other companies will not dare to stop us, then we can enter. "
Wu Shengnan also nodded in agreement, but she still said, "Of course, there is one advantage now. That is, the financial crisis has hit, and everyone is having a hard time. Especially the real estate industry, it has been hit a little more than other industries. The major real estate companies are not as unscrupulous as before. In the past, when they took land to build buildings, 90% of the money was from the bank. Now even if the local government supports them, I am afraid they can only get half of the money from the bank. This is our opportunity. Vanke and other real estate companies may be larger than us, but their cash flow may not necessarily be as much as ours. "
Li Dong listened and nodded slightly. This was also one of the reasons why he chose to enter Beijing at this time.
In the past, the real estate industry in Beijing was monolithic, and there was no way to enter even if they wanted to.
Now there was a loophole in this line of defense. As long as they were willing to throw in money, it would not be a big problem to enter the market.
After Wu Shengnan finished speaking, Li Dong then asked, "How much money do we have now?"
"2.5 billion."
Wu Shengnan quickly said. Actually, they had 3.2 billion left previously, but they had spent some in Longhua.
Li Dong nodded and said, "It is almost enough. As for the shares in Longhua, we will talk to Longhua recently. A few days ago, I spoke to Hsu Shengzhe. There will still be some funds flowing back."
"Okay, I will send someone to talk to them immediately." Wu Shengnan replied.
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