On this day, Lin Zhichao came to the construction site of Lam Tin Garden in Happy Valley to inspect the work.
Lam Tin Nga Yuen has a total of 26 tenement buildings, or 130 floors. These buildings will be launched on New Year's Day in 1948.
Why is it a partial rollout?
This is because Lin Zhichao is worried that if he launches 130 floors at once, the purchasing power of the market will be insufficient. After all, a house costs 28,000 to 35,000 Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, he plans to launch 16 buildings (80 floors) first and the remaining 10 buildings.
Leave it for a few months before launching.
It will definitely be sold, at least in 1948 there will be no problem if they are all sold out.
You must know that during the three-year war, billions of Hong Kong dollars worth of wealth flowed into Hong Kong from the mainland.
If the house in Lam Tin Garden is completed, it will be a hot commodity. After all, the purchase fee for a floor in Mid-Levels at the end of 1948 was HK$20,000, which shows how short of a house there is.
"Boss, the sales office and model houses are all ready!" Engineering Department Manager Huang Changhong came to Lin Zhichao and said happily.
The boss continues to sell good properties, which makes him deeply impressed. He is also very confident that he can sell out all the properties in one fell swoop this time, shocking the industry.
"Come on, take me to visit!"
"Okay, please come this way!"
The so-called sales office is a temporary one-story building. This floor will not be demolished. After the house is sold out, it will be built upward until it has five floors (Tanglou style). And this building
The first floor is intended to be used as a store, because this building is at the entrance of the 'community'.
The entire "Lam Tin Yayuan" has a total of two stores (the first floor of the two buildings), one is used as a daily necessities store, and the other is used as a restaurant. This is naturally convenient for residents.
As for the model house, it has been built on two floors. The outer bamboo shelves have not been removed. Only a passage has been opened so that customers can enter the interior and visit each other. The interior of the two floors has been installed.
The door was opened and simple processing was carried out.
Although all this is still relatively crude, in this era, it is undoubtedly a pioneering work!
Arriving at the sales office, Lin Zhichao immediately saw the 'Lantian Yayuan' sand table in the middle - made of clay.
After visiting the sand table, Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "The workmanship is good, and I can intuitively feel the overall layout of 'Lantian Yayuan' at a glance. I believe that customers will be more determined to buy after seeing this."
Huang Changhong said with a smile: "Of course! We do so much just to make customers feel at ease, but many real estate companies do almost nothing and sell the buildings."
Lin Zhichao nodded, but said: "Although it has been sold, the market will always be tired, not to mention that our property is large, so if we want to sell it out quickly, we have to make more preparations. Anyway, we didn't spend a few extra dollars.
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Huang Changhong said seriously: "Yes, the key is that we are attentive."
After a brief visit, Lin Zhichao was already confident, and New Year's Day next year would be the time for inspection. Why he insists on selling out quickly is because he feels that this is a manifestation of the strength of a real estate company and can increase the popularity of Yangtze Real Estate.
Later, he asked Huang Changhong: "How is the progress of Boss Tang's factory?"
It has been two and a half months since Tang Zhongyuan's factory was located in Tsuen Wan in October. As for his factory, from site selection to construction, Cheung Kong Real Estate was involved. Especially in the construction part, it was the engineering department of Cheung Kong Real Estate.
In an actual battle, the team led by Sun Jian was used.
Huang Changhong said: "It has been almost a month since the construction started. It will be put into use in April next year. The total construction period will be five months."
Most factories in this era have one or two floors, and five months is enough.
It's not impossible to go faster, but there is no need to compress the time so much. After all, Tang Zhongyuan also needs to order machines from abroad and recruit old staff from Shanghai. Even if everything is ready, he can also find a temporary factory and start working first.
Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "I have also been looking for a factory address recently and will start next month. People in your engineering department are very busy!"
Huang Changhong heard that his boss was making zippers and had spent a huge sum of money to buy an automatic zipper machine. He didn't expect that a large factory would be opened so soon. He couldn't help but admire his boss deeply.
"Don't worry, boss, we can make it in time and we can guarantee the quality."
"Okay, I'm relieved with your words!"
In fact, in the real estate companies of the 1950s and 1960s, it was normal for a dozen or twenty people to complete many projects in a year; after all, the external contractors during this period played a very important role.
It was only in the later stages that real estate companies began to develop the entire industry chain and improve construction technology, so naturally there were more and more manpower.
Huixin Real Estate.
Zhang Jun faced his subordinate Sun Liguo and asked seriously: "Are you sure that Yangtze Real Estate's Happy Valley real estate project will be launched on New Year's Day next year?"
Sun Liguo vowed: "Boss, this is very definite news. I went to their construction site to find out!"
It turned out that after Zhang Jun saw Lin Zhichao selling off-plan properties and selling them in different layers, he quickly realized the secret behind it - that is, to use the least amount of money to complete the real estate project; at the same time, he could quickly withdraw funds and invest the money in the next project.
in a project.
Although the subsequent bidding for the Happy Valley land failed, Zhang Jun and his partners still found another piece of land that could build 15 tenement buildings, but the price was relatively expensive.
But this is not a problem. As long as it can be stratified and staged, not only can the price be higher, but the capital can also be invested less and the money can be withdrawn faster.
"Okay! Then get ready now. We will sell out all 75 floors in a few days near Christmas. In this way, the market must temporarily lack purchasing power, and their 130 floors will definitely not be sold out. But if we
If we sell behind them, the pressure will be on us."
Sun Liguo immediately said: "I understand. I will ask them to prepare the property brochure and advertisement immediately. I will definitely catch Yangtze Real Estate off guard. Let Lin Zhichao also understand that he is not the only one who can develop big projects."
I like to hear this, Zhang Jun thought.
Since the last bid failed, Zhang Jun was a little dissatisfied with Lin Zhichao, because Lin Zhichao was a "white wolf with empty gloves" instead of a real-life bidder.
Of course, he not only failed to Lin Zhichao, but also to Liao Baoshan.
Therefore, Zhang Jun then searched all over Hong Kong and finally bought a piece of land at a high price, spending a total of 850,000.
Even so, Zhang Jun believes that he can still earn 700,000. The important thing is that the funds can be withdrawn quickly.
"Lin, don't blame me for being cruel. If not, blame the shopping mall for being like a battlefield! If I don't sell in advance, I will be the unlucky one. After all, your building has 130 floors." Zhang Jun murmured to himself.