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Chapter 1178: Chapter 1036: Jinghua Business Square (Please subscribe!)
The next day.
In the morning.
Chai Ren arrived at Autumn Palace.
The project from yesterday.
The fighters had already investigated the origins.
It wasn’t too complicated.
It was nothing more than the fact that Tang Qing’s steel factory site was too good, located in the heart of Africa, radiating to five surrounding countries. If transportation was improved in the future, its market could at least radiate to twelve neighboring countries.
Twelve nearly untouched country markets.
Such a prime feng shui location.
Some domestic families were also very interested, so they had the Chai Family act as a go-between.
After a detailed investigation, it was clear that Tang Qing’s company was doing very well there, and even if one’s own family was formidable domestically, in Africa, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t be completely devoured by others.
Although a bit of an exaggeration, it definitely wouldn’t be smooth sailing.
In the end,
after some discussion,
it seemed better to bring more people into play, and eventually, the current model was formed, with a total of five families getting involved, venturing into energy and chemical industry, and each establishing a company.
Among the two companies,
they held the controlling shares.
The Chai Family was the second-largest shareholder aside from them, and had to bring in capital.
Tang Qing was the third-largest shareholder and didn’t have to contribute a single penny.
This was what the Chai Family had secured for Tang Qing, and those families were not miserly people. Once the market opened up, it meant a steady flow of cash, as long as the general direction was profitable, there was no need to quibble over the details.
Regarding the shares given to Tang Qing, although a bit plentiful, consider it making a connection and leaving some goodwill.
Tang Qing couldn’t help feeling impressed.
The great families were not necessarily solely profit-driven; many times, they acted with great magnanimity.
Of course, Tang Qing gladly accepted.
This hot potato,
might be a bit too hot for others, but for him, it was merely "warm."
"Tang Qing, my apologies about last night. I had no prior knowledge that my grandfather would speak to you about that matter," Chai Ren started with an apology as soon as he arrived; he too was caught off guard.
"No problem, I snagged a great deal, why blame you?" Tang Qing waved his hand with a smile.
"That’s good, let’s set off," Chai Ren said cheerfully.
"Sure."
Tang Qing had to return to Shanghai in the afternoon.
He had an appointment this morning to check out the biggest project of the real estate company in Beijing, the Jinghua Square, where Chai Ren had exerted great effort to secure a prime spot. The main body of the commercial square was already completed.
Tang Qing rarely visited.
So he took the opportunity to have a look.
An hour and a half later.
They arrived at the site.
As soon as they got out of the car, Chai Ren started to complain, "Damn it, the traffic congestion in Beijing is getting worse, what will we do in the future?"
Tang Qing said, "Expand to the surrounding areas, satellite cities, high-speed rail, new districts, and divert the population. That way, traffic can be dispersed as well, but if the rate at which cars increase is too rapid, it might outpace the diversion of the populace."
With that,
Tang Qing thought of Xiongan New Area.
In eleven years, Xiongan New Area would be complete. It seemed... as if it had nothing to do with him. In eleven years, he probably wouldn’t care about such ’trivial benefits.’
However,
this reminded him of the Myanmar Economic Zone.
Currently,
due to industrial and capital concentration, the population in the Myanmar Economic Zone was growing quickly, although Shan State and Ke Bang, two new states, had merged into Myanmar, it was still difficult to retain people.
Along with the Myanmar media’s complete openness in reporting on the Myanmar Economic Zone, it had become the forefront of Myanmar’s economic reform, somewhat akin to Huaxia’s ’Guangdong and Shenzhen’ back in the day.
Its attraction for the labor force from neighboring countries was immense. 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
For this reason,
several small towns within the Special Zone had begun to expand outward at a very fast pace. Tang Qing estimated that, in another three to five years, the population density there would begin to put pressure on transportation.
Among these concerns,
the pressure on freight transport was the most troublesome.
It seemed,
it was time to find someone to share the burden.
As Myanmar’s largest neighbor—Huaxia—was a very good choice.
...
"Look at this location, I put a lot of effort into securing it. It’s surrounded by primarily businesses, and although it can’t compare with Sanlitun and Xidan, our area has a lot of potentials..."
Pointing at a huge construction site, Chai Ren explained with enthusiasm. He usually paid little attention to real estate projects, but Tang Qing was involved, and it was he who had brought Qing into this. Naturally, he had to sketch out a promising future.
"Our shops have already been rented out for the most part, but we’ve been holding on to a few well-located stores specifically for your Sheng Tang and Liu Qian’s Jewelry Company."
Knowing that Dream Melody Jewelry had shares held by Tang Qing, Chai Ren obviously took care to accommodate.
Tang Qing thought of Qingyuan Technology again.
"Chai Dashao, reserve one more medium-sized shop for me, I have a use for it."
"What are you going to sell?" Chai Ren asked with curiosity.
"Mobile phones."
"Mobile phones? From your Qingyuan Technology?"
"Yes, it will be released next May and go on the market in July. By then, this mall will also be open." The Jinghua Square project included a business square, office buildings, and a residential area.
But the three projects were separate.
They hadn’t adopted the model of having commercial spaces on the first few floors below the office building but instead, to recover investments more quickly and to increase the ’pen style,’ they built a huge six-story shopping center.
The office buildings and the residential complex were high-rise and wouldn’t be completed until at least the end of next year.
As for the shopping center—
working overtime, it would open in the middle of next year.
Chai Ren didn’t expect the research and development to progress so quickly. "A May release? Is it finalized? Have any prototypes come out?"
"The prototype isn’t completely finalized yet, but it’s almost there internally," Tang Qing certainly didn’t tell the whole truth.
"What does it look like on the outside? Can I see it?" Chai Ren was quite interested.
Tang Qing smiled and shook his head, "Leave a little mystery. You’ll see it at the release. If you really can’t wait, you could check it out when I go through network access registration."
Chai Ren immediately shook his head, "Forget it, I’ll wait for the final reveal, keep some suspense."
"That’s settled, then. After the release in May, I’ll send you a few units," Tang Qing said.
Chai Ren was naturally happy to get something for free, "That’s generous of you, but prepare yourself for a loss. Domestic mobile phones have always struggled to make a big breakthrough in sales."
Tang Qing rolled his eyes, "Your cold water came out of nowhere."
"Ha-ha, no, not at all. Business comes with gains and losses. I’m just giving you a heads-up so you won’t be too taken aback. The media are quick to talk and I wouldn’t want you to get hurt," Chai Ren laughed.
"Alright, by then just you wait to be astonished."
Tang Qing aimed to wow Steve Jobs. When Jobs was basking in the success of the first generation Apple, Tang Qing’s mobile phone would give him a knock on the head.
As for whether it would drive Jobs to his death,
he wasn’t worried.
He didn’t wish for anyone to be sick to death. As long as that person didn’t seek it, it was very hard for them to die, and Jobs was to die four years later from cancer. By then, his cancer treatment drugs would have surely been on the market.
"That would be best. If you’re going to sell mobile phones, do you want me to get in touch with the three major operators for you? Selling phones through their outlets, which are the most numerous, would be very beneficial for your sales."
"Of course, I appreciate it," Tang Qing nodded,
Contract phones.
Such a good sales method. He wouldn’t miss it.
Not just domestically.
Negotiations with operators in various countries and applications for sales qualifications all required a lot of time. Fortunately, he was extremely familiar with the whole process. Within one and a half months after preorder, Qingyuan Technology would be able to complete network access registration in all major consumer countries.
At the latest, it would be by the end of August.
After all, you can’t apply with just a mobile phone blueprint. You need a finished product and various test reports, as well as some basic permit certificates. Submit a compilation of these documents, and then they have to go through the process and testing.
Sometimes,
the efficiency of Western countries isn’t as good as in developing countries.
