Everyone's general opinion was that it was impossible.
This was because the current size of Shanghai was not large enough to swallow the entire Chuansha County. At this time, Shanghai's economic size, which was also its GDP, was a total of 150 billion yuan, or 26.3 billion USD.
What kind of concept was this?
To put it simply, Boss Jia's current assets of 7 billion yuan were equivalent to 120 Shanghai's annual GDP. Well, looking at it this way, Boss Jia was really awesome!
Now, Shanghai only had five buildings that were more than 30 stories, and only four avenues that were more than 15 meters wide. There was also a large area of urban villages and low-rise bungalows in the city. The city itself had a lot of land that was worth developing.
In fact, although the competition for land in the central area of Shanghai was very fierce, apart from the central area, although the land price in other areas was not bad, there were occasional situations where it could not be sold.
This meant that Shanghai's current urban carrying capacity was far from reaching the upper limit. There was no need to put Chuansha County under Shanghai's jurisdiction at this time. After all, it was equivalent to one-third of Shanghai's area, and there was the Huangpu River blocking it. It was far from convenient to develop it.
Therefore, all the real estate developers generally believed that even if Chuansha County was put under Shanghai's jurisdiction, it would be N years later. Baidu would lose a lot of money if it bought so much land in Chuansha County.
With Shanghai's current GDP growth rate, it would take about 50 years of development to reach the economic size that it needed to swallow Chuansha County.
"Seventh Brother, it seems that you have made a very stupid decision!" After Boss Jia finished talking with Leng Zhengfei, he heard the discussions of many bosses. Then, he looked at Xiao Qi with a smile and said.
"Yes!" Xiao Qi rolled his eyes and wanted to kick this damn guy. However, he rolled his eyes and said, "It's all my bad luck. A while ago, I went to the Cold Mountain Temple to burn incense and met a beggar."
"I saw that this beggar's clothes were not covering his body. His body was full of rotten sores, and his mouth was full of maggots. He was so pitiful, so I gave him a yuan. Who would have thought that this beggar would be so grateful to me and insist on telling my fortune. If I don't allow it, I'll be struck by lightning and have a son! "
"When I heard that he swore so fiercely, I asked him to do a divination for me. I asked him where I could make a fortune by buying land. He calculated for a long time and then told me that I could make a fortune by buying land in Chuansha County, so I bought it."
"I asked him why, and he said that in 1993, Chuansha County would become Shanghai's territory. In the end, I was blinded at that time and really believed this family," Xiao Qi said bitterly. Everyone was a little confused.
Was this Li Shiyi joking, talking nonsense, or was he being serious … But no matter how one looked at it, it sounded like nonsense!
He was the CEO of Baidu. How could he believe the words of a beggar?
Everyone shook their heads and felt that it was most likely Li Shiyi and Jia Yapeng talking nonsense. When they shook their heads and were about to ignore it, Boss Jia suddenly laughed and said, "Everyone, how about we have some fun?"
"What?" Everyone looked at Boss Jia curiously. They did not know what kind of idea he came up with.
"I just saw that everyone was discussing Shanghai's development, when Chuansha County would be under Shanghai's jurisdiction, and the growth rate of Shanghai's GDP. Why don't we all make a prediction and write our names. Predict when Chuansha County will be under Shanghai's jurisdiction, and what kind of figure Shanghai's GDP will reach in 2020, and how much assets you will have in 2020. Everyone write it all on the blackboard as a souvenir. When the year 2020 comes, everyone will take out this blackboard. It'll be fun. What do you all think?"
"Interesting!"
"Interesting!"
"I agree!"
Boss Jia's words quickly received everyone's response. For these big entrepreneurs, ordinary days were actually very boring, but fun that could show their foresight was very interesting.
The best thing was that these were all predictions. The final results would not be announced until 2020, so there was no psychological burden to write now. After all, maybe in 2020, they would not be in this world anymore. They were not afraid of being embarrassed.
"I'll go and prepare." Gao Yuliang laughed and then discussed with his subordinates. Immediately, he laughed and said, "We are not in a school, and there is no blackboard here temporarily. But I have a suggestion. Why don't you directly write on the wall of the conference room with paint? The wall itself has a layer of paint, so it can be used to write and at the same time, it can be regarded as a decoration! "
"Okay!"
"Good idea!"
"Old Gao, what if my handwriting is like a dog's crawl?" A boss asked worriedly.
"It's okay. You report it, and I'll write it!" Gao Yuliang was obviously very interested in this game and took the initiative to say.
The bosses laughed. Immediately, someone came in with two buckets of paint and brushes. The paint was used for the room that was being renovated upstairs, and the brushes were bought in the nearby school store.
"Who will write first?" Gao Yuliang asked with a smile, "But be careful when you write. You can write bigger words, but you don't have to write in too much detail. You just need to write your company, your name, and the specific numbers of the three predictions. It's enough to save you from having too many words. Too many words can give people a headache."
"I'll go first!" A boss couldn't wait to say. Then, he picked up the brush and went to the leftmost side of the wall and wrote: Sun Yu Group Guo Baokun, 2008, 600 billion, 1 billion.
These three numbers meant that Chuansha County would be merged into Shanghai in 2008. Shanghai would have a GDP of 600 billion in 2020, and he would have a total asset of 1 billion in 2020.
This was probably the most reliable answer in everyone's mind, because most of the numbers written by the bosses were wandering between these few numbers.
"It's my turn!" After many people had written, Chen Liren couldn't help it. He took the brush and wrote: Green Man Group Chen Liren, 1998, 1 billion, 10 billion.
"Boss Chen, you're crazy enough!" Seeing the numbers written by Chen Liren, many bosses said in surprise. In their opinion, Chen Liren's numbers were obviously high.
"Hahaha, it's a waste of youth if you're not frivolous!" Chen Liren laughed. "Old Seven, you do it!"
After Chen Liren finished speaking, he handed the brush to Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi rolled his eyes and then wrote: Baidu Group Li Shiyi, 1994, 1 billion, 5 billion.
"Boss Li, it seems that you're the most courageous. How dare you say that Chuansha County will belong to Shanghai next year? This is impossible! "The bosses said in surprise when they saw this line of numbers.
"It can't be helped. If Chuansha County doesn't belong to Shanghai next year, my 1 billion will be in danger of losing all of it. I have to beg him to give it to Shanghai next year!" Xiao Qi said with a smile. Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Chuansha County didn't matter to others, but for Li Shiyi, he probably wanted Chuansha County to belong to Shanghai now.
"Boss Li, why do you think that you only have 5 billion in assets in 2020? You have 1 billion now. Isn't this too conservative?" Someone asked curiously.
"It can't be helped. I have to be conservative. I don't want to be slapped in the face by you!" Xiao Qi laughed. However, only Boss Jia knew what Xiao Qi meant by writing this.
Xiao Qi was actually not the actual shareholder of Baidu. Xiao Qi only had 1% of Baidu's shares. So when he wrote that his assets were 5 billion, it was equivalent to thinking that Baidu's assets could reach 500 billion.
This guy really had the guts to write this.
"Who else hasn't written?" After Xiao Qi finished writing, he looked at everyone. It seemed that no one had not written, except for Boss Jia.
Just when Boss Jia was about to start writing, a middle-aged man wearing glasses with a gloomy expression walked out and said, "I'll write it!"
"Okay!" Xiao Qi passed the brush to him. When the middle-aged man was about to write his name, he suddenly hesitated and asked, "Secretary-General, can I not write my name?"
"This …" Gao Yuliang looked at Jia Yapeng. Jia Yapeng nodded and immediately said, "It's just for fun. If you don't want to write, then don't write. It doesn't matter!"
Okay, this made him nod. Then, he picked up the brush and quickly wrote on the wall, "2020, the foundation is not stable. The West is strong. Don't you know the road of Mao Xiong?"
With just these few words, he put down the brush in his hand. And these few words made everyone's hearts jump and they were scared silly.
No wonder this guy didn't write his name. If he wrote his name, he would probably be Song Jiang, who wrote a poem in Xunyang Pavilion.
This guy was hinting that Hua Xia was going to walk the old path of Mao Xiong!
This guy is too daring, isn't he? Although there are quite a few people present who are thinking the same thing.
"What do you think of my prediction, Mogul Jia?" The middle-aged man with glasses brought the brush in front of Jia Yapeng and asked with a gloomy expression.
"There's nothing to say. I just think that your knees have been facing the West for too long. It needs to be treated!" After Boss Jia finished speaking, he didn't even look at this guy. With a few strokes, he wrote on the wall, "Daqian Group, Jia Yapeng. 1993. 40000. 10000."
"Suck!" Seeing this line of words, everyone came to the school gate. Boss Jia was indeed different from ordinary people. All of his predictions broke through the sky. He actually thought that he would have a wealth of 1 trillion RMB in 2020. This was simply crazy!
Also, Shanghai had a GDP of 4 trillion RMB. How was this possible?!
If these two predictions needed to be verified in 2020, then the first one was even more exaggerated. It was almost December now. There were only a dozen days left in 1993. Why did he think that Chuansha County could be merged into Shanghai in just a dozen days?
"I think you're the one who has been kneeling for too long!" The gloomy middle-aged man said with a look of disdain, "I thought Mogul Jia was some great person. It turns out that in the end, you're just a dog slave!"
"I don't want to argue with you!" Boss Jia shook his head and said, "History will prove everything!"
The moment Boss Jia finished speaking, among the bosses present, there were seven or eight cell phones that rang at the same time.
They looked at each other strangely, then picked up the phone. After a few words, they looked at Boss Jia with an extremely strange expression.
"What's the situation?" The surrounding people asked curiously.
"A notice has just been issued. The higher-ups have decided that starting from December 30, 1993, Chuansha County will be officially under the jurisdiction of Shanghai. Together with a part of Yangpu District, they will form a new administrative area of Shanghai: Pudong New District!"
A boss said blankly.
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