The demolition of the financial center offered much higher compensation than that in the county town!
Wang Yi naturally wouldn't miss it!
And the nearby residential buildings, for convenience, he also had to buy one or two units.
He couldn't commute between the West Suburb county town and the East Suburb company every day!
Wang Yi even planned to locate Meiyou's new garment factory nearby.
When the time comes, one wave of demolition, one wave of fortune!
Hmm, after the garment factory in the county town is demolished and the compensation is received, he'll go to the big East Suburb cornfields to buy buildings, houses, and factories!
Another reason for placing Meiyou's headquarters in Jizhou City was Wang Yi's familiarity with the city's planning and development!
Every core area's location, demolition and construction time, development history... Wang Yi knew it all perfectly!
However, he couldn't pick up all the opportunities; he had to make choices, and they had to be reasonable.
Wang Yi would no longer participate in the subsequent demolitions in the western part of Jizhou City.
He would directly place Meiyou's headquarters and factories entirely in the big East Suburb cornfields!
Wang Yi had already thought of the reasons!
If asked, it's because of the research strength and excellent talent of the World's No. 1 Industrial Park campus!
If asked, it's because he's poor! Rents are low in the cornfields! And there are tax incentives in the high-tech zone!
As for the subsequent planning of a financial center and encountering demolition? Those are all accidents!
"I don't want to move headquarters everywhere either, isn't it just a coincidence, what can I do?"
"Started a business halfway, then encountered demolition!"
"Alas, truly troubled!"
However, once demolition occurs, Wang Yi will want not just money, but also buildings!
Jizhou City doesn't have many internet companies; as long as Meiyou grows big and becomes a representative of Jizhou's IT industry, asking for a Meiyou building among the more than twenty buildings in the financial center wouldn't be excessive, right?
What, you won't give it?
Then I'll go to the neighboring island city to see if there are enough incentives for me to move my headquarters there...
To retain Meiyou, they'll likely give this building!
If Meiyou reaches a certain scale, giving an industrial park wouldn't be an issue.
Many industrial parks in today's Jizhou East Suburb, the future core area, came about this way.
When it wasn't worth much, to attract investment, the East Suburb would give you free land as long as the investment was in place!
A few years later, the plan was implemented, the East Suburb became a financial center, and then to acquire land, it would require real money, bidding billions!
That was then, this is now!
The big East Suburb is still cornfields, it's a good time for Wang Yi to invest!
As long as Meiyou develops, achieves results, and has a future, there's hope for both a Meiyou Building and a Meiyou Industrial Park!
As for setting up such an industrial park in the Imperial Capital, that would be difficult.
Xiaomi only became an industry giant by 2015, able to spend 5 billion to acquire 220,000 square meters of land to build the Xiaomi Industrial Park.
This is too far-fetched for the current Wang Yi.
In the big East Suburb, Wang Yi and Song Sining took a stroll.
They only had one feeling: it was too desolate, a proper urban-rural fringe, not even as developed as Qingyun County.
Looking up, there were only a few small clusters of five or six-story buildings, standing in a field of corn.
Many surrounding buildings were self-built houses in the village, two or three stories high, which would directly make their owners middle-class upon demolition!
Wang Yi remembered that in 2015, in Jizhou Xicheng, an entire town was demolished, with compensation of 17,000 per square meter!
House + courtyard, easily 300 square meters, every household starting from 5 million!
Those with two homesteads would directly become multimillionaires!
Unfortunately, these were all homesteads and could not be legally purchased; otherwise, getting demolished would be exhilarating.
However, those office buildings with property rights could be purchased and transferred, which was Wang Yi's goal!
After a round, there were only three suitable office buildings.
One new five-story building, just renovated in the first half of the year, the entire building for rent.
One nearly new five-story building, with the bottom two floors rented out.
And one old six-story building, ten years old, with only part of the ground floor facing the street rented out.
This shows that the current big East Suburb is very depressed; office buildings are so cheap yet can't be rented out!
"Boss, that new five-story building is very suitable, should we go talk about the price?" Song Sining said.
Wang Yi thought for a moment:
"Alright, you go discuss the rent and selling price of that new five-story building and the nearly new five-story building."
"Okay, what about that old six-story building? Not bothering with it?"
"Let's ignore it for now!"
Wang Yi said, but secretly decided that once he had money, he would directly buy that old six-story building!
The reason for not discussing the price was to first let the old six-story building cool off, making its owner realize that their old building had no market!
Once the prices for the other two were negotiated down, Wang Yi would go to talk about the old six-story building, making it easier to drive down the price!
Two peaches kill three warriors!
More accurately, one peach kills three warriors!
This way, he could directly buy the old six-story building at the lowest price.
Once demolished, no one cares if it's new or old; compensation is based on area.
The old six-story building was bought cheaper, but the demolition compensation would be even more than that for the new five-story building!
"No rush with this; we can take a couple more days to slowly negotiate."
"Okay, Boss."
"Also, recruitment needs to be put on the agenda," Wang Yi continued:
"Oh, and regarding servers, we need to keep an eye on them. Current traffic is small, the rented one is enough. But once traffic increases later, we'll need to add more servers!"
"Don't worry, Boss, I've discussed the server matter with China Mobile; we can add more anytime!"
Song Sining was thorough and meticulous: "Recruitment notices have been sent out, but not many people have submitted resumes."
Wang Yi nodded:
"It's normal for them to be unwilling to join a small startup like ours. So, salaries will be 10% higher than the market rate in Jizhou City! As long as they have sufficient ability and good character, compensation won't be an issue."
While Wang Yi was making great strides, Wu Kai was having a miserable time.
His thoughts were all on Lin Ziyi.
But Lin Ziyi, deeply affected by Wang Yi, had been holed up at home for several days.
Having missed out on someone as excellent as Wang Yi, she couldn't bring herself to fancy ordinary people.
She simply blocked all of Wu Kai's calls, QQ, and WeChat!
This made Wu Kai so depressed that he failed his Module 2 driving test...
And was lambasted by the instructor:
"Look at Wang Yi, he passed Module 3 after only a few days of practice. And then look at you, you've practiced Module 2 for over a week and still failed!"
"You're both in the same class, why is he so outstanding and you're so useless?"
"No wonder he got into Beihang University, while you could only get into a second-tier university."
"You, sigh!"
Hearing this, Wu Kai was enraged, his face turning blue with anger.
On the way home, he was furious:
"That detestable Wang Yi!"
"You're everywhere!"
"Ziyi uses you to put me down, and so does the instructor!"
"You're truly hateful!"
"I refuse to believe I can't surpass you!"
"College entrance exams and driving lessons are in the past; I'm going to surpass you in my career!"
Wu Kai made up his mind: he had to start a business!
But instead of acting impulsively, he calmed down and started to analyze.
Start a business?
In what industry?
How to start?
There must be a name for it!
"Wang Yi seems to be selling goods; he probably just buys them in bulk, sells them, and makes a small profit difference."
"Such small-time stuff isn't presentable! I, Wu Kai, look down on it!"
"If I start a business, I'll open a physical store directly!"
"Open a bar!"
"Bars have high profits!"
"Yes, there are so many students in the university town, and it seems there isn't a decent bar yet.
I'll get my dad to invest a few hundred thousand, open a bar, and I'm sure I'll make a fortune!
Then, when Wang Yi sees me, he'll only be able to bow his head and call me Brother Kai!
And when I bring Ziyi to my bar, a group of handsome men and beautiful women will line up in two rows, bow respectfully, and shout:
"Hello, Boss!"
That feeling would be absolutely thrilling!
Where has Ziyi ever seen such a grand scene?
I bet her impression of me will completely change!"
"Awesome!"
"This bar must be opened!"
"Actions speak louder than words. I'll ask my dad for money tonight, and the bar will open next month!"
(End of chapter)
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