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Chapter 638 A huge loan of 20 billion!
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"20 billion!" Liu Dong said in a deep voice.
"Pfft...! Ahem...!"
Zhou Bin, who was drinking tea, suddenly choked on Liu Dong's words and looked embarrassed.
After taking the tissue in Liu Dong's hand and wiping it casually, Zhou Bin stared at Liu Dong with wide eyes and said, "How much did you just say?"
"20 billion, what's wrong?"
Liu Dong also knew that this number was a bit alarming, but after a detailed discussion with Mr. Li, he knew that if he wanted the country to allow his plan to rebuild the Old Summer Palace, he must first show sufficient strength. What is strength?
One word ‘money’!
Having money means having antiques!
But where will the hundreds of billions of Chinese coins that can fully satisfy the Yuanmingyuan reconstruction plan come from?
Obviously, just loans will not work. Only companies that can provide tens of billions of Chinese dollars every year are the criteria for the country to agree to the reconstruction plan.
But now Liu Dong's subordinates can provide him with more than one billion in profits every year. Only the merged Qiangwei Jewelry has this possibility, and while satisfying the company's own development, this number will not exceed 3 billion!
The remaining Jiahua Group, Qingyang Venture Capital and others may add up to one billion, but this number is far from Liu Dong's requirements.
Originally, Liu Dong planned to wait a few more years for all his companies to develop.
But just the day before yesterday, when he was communicating with Mr. Li, he was told that the areas outside the Fifth Ring Road, Qinghe and Beiyuan, which he had originally expected to be used to build the Old Summer Palace Museum, were likely to be built into the National Olympic Park. This result suddenly changed.
It messed up Liu Dong's original layout.
If this is the case, Liu Dong's Old Summer Palace occupies such a large area, so he can only continue to move out. But if it is too far away from the urban area of the capital, who knows how many people will choose to visit it. If there is no way to collect enough from the tickets,
How to maintain the operation of such a large park in the future? How to pay the wages of the staff? Where will the money come from to continuously replenish the museum’s antiques?
If he could only rely on his own company to support the operation of the Old Summer Palace Museum, it might still be possible when he was alive. But once he is gone, Liu Dong can't guarantee whether his successor will still like antiques as much as he does?
After all, it is too common in the collecting world to have no successors!
Another reason that forced Liu Dong to take action as soon as possible is that land prices in the capital are still continuing to rise. Who knows how much it will cost to buy 30,000 acres of land close to the Fifth Ring Road if you wait another five or six years?
Moreover, as the urban area of Beijing continues to expand outwards, it is not known how many competitors there will be to acquire land in the same location, and whether the country will allow him to develop such a large land project.
These are issues that Liu Dong has to consider.
The only way to solve these problems is to establish the project of rebuilding the Old Summer Palace as soon as possible. At that time, with Mr. Li and the incestuous relationship with the Zhou family, we can even win over the bankers behind Zhuang Wen. There are people from these wealthy families.
If you support it, and if your own strength is not bad, the possibility of the Ministry of Culture approving the Old Summer Palace reconstruction project will be maximized.
So now, in addition to collecting antiques, Liu Dong is focused on getting loans and developing his own businesses.
If he hadn't been afraid that he would raise too much jade as a mortgage and arouse suspicion, Liu Dong would have even wanted to triple the loan amount!
But even if it is only 20 billion now, it is enough to shock Zhou Bin!
"Xiaodong, do you know what you are talking about? 20 billion is not 2 million!" Zhou Bin said quickly.
"Brother Zhou, I know, I really want a loan of 20 billion!"
Seeing Liu Dong's determined expression, Zhou Bin also understood that the other party was indeed not joking, but this surprised him even more. Logically speaking, even if he annexed Han's Jewelry, he would not need to borrow so much money.
"Xiaodong, tell me honestly, why do you need so much money?" Zhou Bin said seriously.
From the fact that the other party was able to knock Han Shizhong down, we knew that this young guy was not a rule-abiding person. In his eyes, the law was only a deterrent, not something that must be obeyed.
So Zhou Bin was also afraid that the other party would get hot-headed and do something illegal!
Looking at Zhou Bin's expression, Liu Dong understood that the other party had misunderstood, but he and Zhou Bin didn't want to hide anything, and if he didn't make it clear, the other party wouldn't help. After all, 20 billion is worth it now.
It’s an astronomical figure for everyone.
At that moment, Liu Dong briefly talked about how he discovered the complete design drawings of the Old Summer Palace and then wanted to rebuild a Old Summer Palace museum!
"Xiao...Xiaodong, is everything you said true?" Zhou Bin couldn't help but said in shock.
He never imagined that this little brother, who was more than ten years younger than him, would actually have such great ambitions hidden in his heart! In comparison, his pursuits were really incomparable with those of the other person.
"Of course, Mr. Li is helping me with this matter now, but I don't have enough strength and don't have enough money, so this matter only exists on paper for the time being, and not many people know about it!"
Zhou Bin nodded, "But according to what you said, 20 billion is not enough!"
"Of course 20 billion is not enough. I want to use this 20 billion to develop the industries under my name. Maybe if I wait another four or five years, it will be almost enough! And if there is no industrial guarantee and just money, the Ministry of Culture
I may not necessarily agree to such a big project!" Liu Dong said.
"That's right, Xiaodong. It seems that you have a comprehensive idea. But your ambition is big enough!" Zhou Bin said sincerely, looking at the confident young man in front of him.
"Haha, while you are young now, set more goals for yourself, otherwise your life will be meaningless without pursuit!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhou Bin nodded.
Indeed, after all the basic necessities of life, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, especially money, status and women, are satisfied, if there is no pursuit, life will indeed be meaningless.
Neither Liu Dong nor Zhou Bin like the drunken life of some powerful children.
"Okay, Xiaodong! I'll help you this time!" Zhou Bin said after thinking for a while.
"Thank you, Brother Zhou!" Liu Dongxi said.
If you rely solely on yourself, even if you have enough collateral, it will be an almost impossible task to borrow 20 billion from the five major domestic banks, and you will probably be exploited in the middle.
But with Zhou Bin taking the lead, the loan will no longer be difficult.
"Don't thank me in a hurry. Although I helped this time, 20 billion is not a small number. If you want to get the money, you must have enough collateral!" Zhou Bin said.
"Don't worry, Brother Zhou! I'm ready. After annexing Han's Jewelry, the total assets of Qiangwei Jewelry plus the entire Dongchao Group will be no less than 16 billion. And now after the continuous expansion of Jiahua Group, the total assets will be no less than 16 billion."
Less than 4 billion, using these two groups as collateral to borrow 15 billion from the bank should be no problem!"
Hearing this, Zhou Bin nodded, "What are you going to do with the remaining 5 billion?"
"I plan to use jade as a mortgage for the remaining 5 billion?" Liu Dong said solemnly.
"Emerald? You have so many emeralds in your hand?" Zhou Bin said in surprise.
"Well, they were all extracted from the stones on the jade auction this year! By the way, Brother Zhou, the Biaowang wool we jointly bought from the auction has been unlocked. The pure jadeite is worth 500 million, excluding the cost.
, the two of us can each earn at least 80 million!" Liu Dong said.
"This is great news!" Zhou Bin said happily.
"By the way, Brother Zhou, I'll return this card to you. All the remaining money after paying taxes will be in it!" With that said, Liu Dong returned the bank card that Zhou Bin gave him when he left Myanmar.
Zhou Bin was not polite and reached out to take it.
"Xiaodong, thank you very much for the public transaction!" Zhou Bin said.
"Hey, we still need to be so polite to each other!"
"Haha, that's right!"
After nodding, Zhou Bin said: "Xiaodong, leave it to me to contact the bank. I will give you an accurate letter in two days at most. But then I won't be able to comment on the negotiations between you and the major banks."
Got it!"
"Thank you, Brother Zhou!" Liu Dong said happily.
"Okay, as you said, there is no need to be so polite between us!" After waving his hand, Zhou Bin continued: "I know you like antiques. There is an auction at Jiade tonight. Are you interested in going to see it?"
"Of course I'm interested!"
Now Liu Dong is thinking about expanding his collection!
"That's good. It's 8 o'clock tonight at the Grand Hotel. Don't be late!"
After nodding, the two chatted for a while and then left.
After coming out of the tea house, Lin Ling, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was silent for a while and then said: "Xiao...Xiaodong, do you really want a loan of 20 billion? Is the plan to rebuild the Old Summer Palace real?"
"Of course, how can such a thing be easily deceived?" Liu Dong said with a smile.
Regarding the reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace, Lin Ling admired Liu Dong's courage, but the 20 billion loan was not a small amount. The bank interest that needed to be repaid each year alone was as much as 1.2 billion!
This will add a heavy burden to the operations of Dongchao Group and Jiahua Group!
Originally, Lin Ling was just a secretary, and these things were not issues that she should be concerned about, but when facing Liu Dong, she couldn't help but think about him.
"But with so much money, how will we pay it back in the future?" Lin Ling asked worriedly.
Liu Dong smiled calmly. With his current wealth and ability, he never worried about repaying the money.
"Lingling, since I can increase my net worth from 100,000 to 15 billion in one year, do you think 20 billion is still an amazing number for me?" Liu Dongxin said.
Hearing this, Lin Ling suddenly woke up.
Before, she was thinking about problems with her usual thinking, but ignored Liu Dong's actual situation.
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