In the study room of Liu Jin's house in Beijing, Liu Jin, who had just returned from outside in the afternoon, was sitting expressionlessly. Next to Liu Jin, Chen Ou, the steward of Beijing Real Estate, was giving Liu Jin a detailed report on the recent developments in Beijing.
Real estate development.
"Sir, real estate sales in Beijing have been booming recently. Prices have continued to rise and sales have continued to be hot."
"There are currently a total of 18 residential communities under Jingcheng Real Estate around Beijing, all of which have been sold, and there are currently nine residential communities that have been delivered for use."
"Next, we are planning to open 36 more properties across the capital. It is expected that the total sales amount this year will exceed 20 million taels of silver and the profit will exceed 10 million taels of silver."
Chen Ou looked at Liu Jin's sullen face and thought that he had done something wrong, so he cautiously reported to Liu Jin about the Beijing real estate project that he was responsible for.
Jingcheng Real Estate, Tianjin Real Estate and Songhu Real Estate are the three largest real estate companies under Liu Jin's command. Among them, Jingcheng Real Estate and Tianjin Real Estate are already very large in scale and are almost household names in the capital.
You can see real estate projects opened by Tianjin Real Estate and Jingcheng Real Estate everywhere around Tianjin and Beijing. Everyone has always trusted Liu Jin's industry. Every time the real estate is launched, it is basically sold out.
If it weren't for the fact that the construction period of a house is very long and it also requires a lot of manpower, these real estate companies would be eager to build buildings around Beijing and Tianjin.
In addition to being very large in scale, these real estate companies have one thing in common, that is, they are very profitable.
Not ordinary making money!
The main reason is that Liu Jin holds a large amount of land in his hands. When the land in Tianjin was famine and undeveloped, Liu Jin took millions of taels of silver to buy land, almost giving away the land in Tianjin.
Sold out.
For the land around the capital, the powerful and wealthy people in the capital also chose to sell their land for maritime trade after seeing the huge profits from ocean fishing and ocean trade.
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao once again took the opportunity to hoard land on a large scale. They took over tens of thousands of hectares of land from the hands of Ying Gong, Ding Guo Gong, and Cheng Guo Gong alone, as well as the fields of the two Zhang brothers.
Eighty percent of the entire land around the capital was in Liu Jin's hands.
In Songhu, let alone this, Sun Xin taught the big landowners, big families, and big gentry in Songhu a solid lesson and bought almost all the land in Songhu.
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The land in these three places was controlled by Liu Jin, and the purchase prices were very cheap, so the profits from real estate were astonishing.
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao made countless amounts of money every year just by relying on this.
Even Liu Jin is not in a hurry to develop too many real estate properties. He takes his time, little by little, and plans well.
Some land is used to build factories, workshops and the like. This type of land is first built with roads, water connections, factory buildings built, and then rented out. The price is very cheap. The main purpose is to encourage the development of factories and workshops.
Attract people over.
Then, communities, private schools, commercial streets, etc. were slowly built near the factory areas and workshops. They were all neatly planned. The houses above were sold, but the shops below were not sold and were rented out.
In the Beijing-Tianjin area, as more and more real estates are developed, more and more shops are owned by the company. The rent alone makes the cashier feel weak every year.
"Well, don't open too many real estate projects. Take your time and plan carefully. The key is to keep up with the supporting facilities."
After listening to Chen Ou's report, Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction.
Then he thought about it and asked, "Who developed the Shuxiangyayuan building in Xicheng?"
"Scholarly Garden?"
When Chen Ou heard this, he immediately thought about it carefully and quickly said: "Is it the property that has been suspended and unfinished?"
"Yes, that's it."
Liu Jin nodded and said.
"That property is a property opened by Xijing Real Estate, a joint venture of some Shanxi merchants."
"They even invited me to attend the banquet for the establishment of their Xijing Real Estate."
Chen Ou replied immediately.
"Why did their real estate project come to a standstill? Is it because of lack of funds, or is it due to other reasons?"
After hearing this, Liu Jin pondered and realized that he was a Shanxi merchant.
The Shanxi merchants in history were very good. With their backs on the grasslands, they relied on smuggling grain, iron, salt, tea and other strategic materials to the grassland people and Jurchens, and quickly became rich. Finally, they became even more successful during the Qing Dynasty.
The famous eight imperial merchants.
As businessmen, they are very successful.
But as human beings, they are worse than pigs and dogs.
Doing such a business is nothing more than treason. It can be said that the land of China is once again ruled by foreigners. Their contribution to the Shanxi merchants is definitely not small, and they will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
What’s ridiculous is that in later generations there are still people who specially shoot TV shows like this to promote how awesome they are. It’s simply hilarious, and it’s ridiculous to the world.
Therefore, Liu Jin did not have any favorable impression of Shanxi merchants.
"How could Shanxi merchants have no money? Shanxi merchants have money banks everywhere, and they have plenty of money."
"The reason why it's unfinished is because these Shanxi merchants have sold their houses and have money in their pockets, so they don't plan to build any more. Recently, they have created another Dongcheng real estate property, and they are planning to do the same thing again in Dongcheng.
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Chen Ou smiled and shook his head and said, to be honest, he had never seen such a shameless person. Liu Jin was responsible for the pre-sale of the property, but they ruined it all at once.
After collecting other people's money, they stopped building the house as soon as it was built. They just packed up and left. They changed their names and planned to continue building unfinished buildings in the east side of the city.
"Bang~"
When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but slap the table hard, and his whole body couldn't help but burst into anger.
If they said it was because they didn't have enough money to continue the construction, it would be a bit excusable. But now it's better. This is exactly what they did on purpose, deliberately taking advantage of the pre-sales.
Liu Jin came up with the pre-sale system for later generations. This was to allow everyone to run a larger business with the least amount of money. It was definitely not for people to take advantage of this loophole and directly ruin the building to make money.
Once this hole is opened, there will be more and more unfinished buildings in the future. How can the people trust you again?
How could I buy off-plan property from you again?
At that time, the interests of big real estate developers like Liu Jin and others will be harmed in the end. They, Shanxi merchants, don't care. They can take a bite if they can. As for the life and death of the common people and others, he has no control at all and has no intention to care.
It can be said that he has used his intelligence to the extreme!
"That makes no sense~"
"This kind of people will not be destroyed and will not be ruined. God cannot tolerate it!"
Liu Jin was angry, really angry.
These Shanxi merchants are really like shit, they will do whatever it takes to make money. If they continue to do this with a good pre-sale system, they will definitely be completely ruined.
When the matter gets bigger and reaches the court, the court will issue an order and the pre-sale system will no longer be played.
Seeing Liu Jin getting angry, Chen Ou couldn't help but be secretly afraid.
He was very aware of the energy possessed by the man in front of him, and he couldn't help but silently mourn for these Shanxi merchants. It was not good to offend anyone, but he had offended Liu Jin, so he was prepared to die.
Liu Jin walked around, thought for a while and asked: "Are they all those Shanxi merchants?"
"I will investigate clearly the businesses under their command. I will also investigate the people behind them who are their backers."
"snort!"
"Real estate is inherently profitable. I created the pre-sale system so that everyone can make money. Some people insist on thinking that they are smart and take advantage of such loopholes. I will let you know that there are some bottom lines that must not be touched.
You have to pay the price."
"Yes, sir~"
When Chen Ou heard this, he immediately nodded, then turned around and started to do this period.
"Come here~"
When Chen Ou went out, Liu Jin thought for a while and shouted: "Master~"
Soon a servant came in and shouted respectfully.
"Go and invite the Crown Prince, Duke Yingying, Duke Dingguo, and Duke Chengguo to your residence."
"In addition, in my name, I will invite Shouning Hou, Jianchang Bo, Sihai Trading Company, Jiangnan Trading Company, Beijing Caiyun Textile Factory, Huguang Trading Company, Huishang Trading Company, Beijing-Tianjin General Chamber of Commerce and other powerful trading houses in the capital area to be at Wangyue Tower.
Let’s get together here.”
"Well, except Shanxi merchants, don't invite any Shanxi merchants."
Liu Jin thought for a while and then spoke one after another.
"Yes, Master~"
As soon as the servant heard this, he immediately started to do it.
"Shanxi merchants~"
After the others went out, Liu Jin sat on his chair and began to think slightly.
To deal with such people, we must be ruthless, and we must also kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and set an example, so that no one will dare to do such a thing in the future.
There are rules in the industry, and there are rules for the common benefit of everyone.
Shanxi merchants, people who can even sell their ancestors, are really capable of anything. In this case, they must be dealt with now to avoid betraying the Ming Dynasty in the future.
As Ming Dynasty continues to expand externally, develops overseas, and has more and more contacts with various countries, merchants should have a bottom line when making money. Selling Ming Dynasty's interests must not be done.
But the theory of capital of later generations said it very well: with 20% profit, capital can become active; with 50% profit, capital will take desperate risks; for 100% profit, capital dares to trample all human laws; with more than 300%
In order to achieve profits, capital dares to commit any crime and do anything.
As long as they have money, there is really nothing these businessmen can't do.
In the future, there will inevitably be merchants who will collude with outsiders to harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty. Shanxi merchants are definitely not the first, nor will they be the last. This is the nature of merchants.
So rules are very important. Only when there is a country can there be a family. Only when the Ming Dynasty is strong can businessmen make better money. There are some things that cannot be touched, and there are some bottom lines that cannot be touched.
Once someone touches it, he must pay a sufficient price.
"Shanxi merchants~"
Liu Jin thought slightly.
Liu Jin did not wait too long. After only an hour, Chen Ou came to Liu Jin's house again and reported the matter to Liu Jin.
"Sir, we have already found out~"
"This matter was mainly done jointly by five families in Shanxi merchants. These five families are the Fan family, Huang family, Wang family, Liang family and Tian family in Shanxi. The most important ones are the Fan family, Huang family and Wang family.
The principals of the family are Fan Hanshi, Wang Wentian, and Huang Liwen."
"The main backers behind the five Shanxi merchants are officials from Shanxi in the capital. In the past, they were mainly officials from the former Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhou Jing."
"In addition to the real estate industry, Shanxi Merchants headed by these five companies have also opened classes, Shanxi Merchants Textile Factory, Shanxi Merchants Cement Factory, Shanxi Merchants Ocean Trading Company, Shanxi Merchants Ocean Fishing Company, Shanxi Merchants Coal Industry and the most important
Jinshang Bank.”
Chen Ou began to report the situation of these Shanxi merchants to Liu Jin in detail.
The strength of Shanxi merchants is very strong. Because they are backed by the grassland, there was smuggling trade in the past. Now, although the grassland is included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, everyone can go to the grassland to do business. This has dealt a heavy blow to the power of the Shanxi merchants.
But Shanxi merchants are also very good at doing business. Whatever makes money in the Beijing-Tianjin area, they follow suit.
Cement, textiles, maritime trade, marine fishing, coal industry, banks, as long as they can enter and make money, they are all involved. The same is true for real estate now, but they are really too shameless. In order to make money,
The end justifies the means.
"Jinshang Bank?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect that someone would soon follow suit and open a bank.
"Sir, the predecessor of Shanxi Merchant Bank is Shanxi Merchant Bank. It was the most powerful and famous time-honored bank in the Ming Dynasty."
"Now I have seen that the First Bank of Ming Dynasty founded by the young master is very profitable, so it changed its name to Shanxi Merchants Bank. I heard that they are also planning to imitate the First Bank of Ming Dynasty and issue their own banknotes."
Chen Ou quickly introduced it to Liu Jin.
"Issue your own banknotes?"
"Haha~ It's looking for death."
When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help laughing. These Jin businessmen were really smart. They immediately saw the benefits of issuing their own banknotes, and even wanted to imitate the First Bank of Ming Dynasty in issuing their own banknotes. Obviously
I also saw the huge benefits contained in it.
It’s just that they didn’t know that this was definitely a restricted area for Liu Jin. Liu Jin’s First Bank of the Ming Dynasty dared to do this business only because it had tied up with Emperor Hongzhi and the Crown Prince as well as many military generals and noble groups. Without them as backers, Liu Jin would not be able to do this business.
Jin dares to do this business?
The biggest boss behind the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty is the emperor and the prince. They are trying to steal their jobs. They are definitely seeking death.
"Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Duke Yingying, Duke Cheng Guo and the Crown Prince Ding Guo have arrived~"
At this time, several people invited by Liu Jin also arrived at Liu's house.
"Old Liu~Old Liu~"
Chapter completed!