Chapter 16 4. Only low-key is the kingly way

With Lu Youshun's confession, Du Linxiang began to make ambitious plans to enter the primary land development market.The first-level development of land, in the final analysis, still takes jobs from the government, and it also needs to go through the bidding process.Especially after Lu Youshun came to Hezhou, he emphasized the need to standardize everything. He said in meetings many times that all projects from the government must go through the bidding process. However, this tender is not that tender. After the August 31 deadline, when the government sells land at auction, the criteria are very simple. Whoever bids the most will get the land, and even fools can't hide it.In the primary development market, the so-called bidding is much more complicated.The Hezhou government divides this kind of bidding into two parts, one is the monetary bid and the other is the technical bid.The amount mark is very simple, it depends on which company's quotation is more reasonable.However, technical standards are more complicated, and a company's qualifications, technical strength, etc. must be comprehensively inspected.Moreover, for each specific project, the proportion of the amount standard and the technical standard will also be adjusted.This leaves a lot of room for maneuver.

Du Linxiang couldn't help sighing that things in China seem to be as simple as possible.Once it is complicated, the extremely smart Chinese can take advantage of it.As for the amount mark, technical mark, etc., the outsiders seem to be confused, but the insiders are well aware of the tricks. Two months later, Du Linxiang signed the first contract from the government to develop and sort out a shantytown in the north of the city. The land after sorting out will be purchased by the government. Among the enterprises that can obtain the first-level land development qualification in Hezhou, Du Linxiang is the weakest.However, Lu Youshun specifically cited the example of the Grand Theater project at the meeting, saying that the company's excellent performance at critical moments is trustworthy.

Being able to do business with the government, the treatment you enjoy is immediately different.After signing the contract, with the land as a guarantee, a large amount of funds from the bank will be injected, so there is no need to worry about money during the demolition process; after the land is sorted out, the government will come to take over the project.It is difficult not to make money in such a business that neither worry about buying nor selling. While Du Linxiang was busy demolishing the shantytowns, another piece of heavy news broke out in the real estate industry in Hezhou.The government sold a piece of land in the city center through bidding, auction and listing. After several rounds of bidding by several companies, a large real estate company from Guangdong won.This round of bidding has made Hezhou the first real estate king in history. What is even more surprising is that Shunlong Group, which has always been a leader in the real estate industry in Hezhou, was eliminated in the first round of bidding.

Looking at the overwhelming reports in the newspapers, Du Linxiang couldn't help feeling a little thankful that thanks to Lu Youshun's guidance, he successfully entered the first-level land development field. After the August 31 deadline, in the secondary land market, bidding, auction and listing has become an irreversible trend. Even Shunlong Group has been defeated by coastal enterprises with stronger financial strength, let alone a small shrimp like myself!The profit of the first-level development is indeed as Lu Youshun said, it is not as good as that of the second-level development, but the competition is much smaller, and the money earned here is almost easy money at your fingertips.

In the next few years, under the strong push of Lu Youshun, the land reserve of the Hezhou government became larger and larger, and the finance of Hezhou became a land finance that relied heavily on the income from land sales.Correspondingly, Du Linxiang received more and more orders from the government.For some small projects that he doesn't like, he will subcontract them to other small companies again, and he can just collect the contracting fee in a steady manner. Inadvertently, Du Linxiang's net worth has exceeded 100 million, and even the bosses of many small companies enshrine him like a Bodhisattva, hoping to take over some projects from him.Those who used to call him Old Du changed their names to Mr. Du one after another, those who used to call him Mr. Du also changed their name to Third Brother, and those who used to call him Third Brother simply called him Third Master.Lin Zhengliang also gained a lot of fame, socializing constantly outside every day, and everyone is proud to have a relationship with him.The boss of a construction company even sent a female college student whom he took care of to Lin Zhengliang's bed.Because of this, Lin Zhengliang's wife came to Du Linxiang crying and making a fuss, and Du Linxiang also called Lin Zhengliang to scold him.

Du Linxiang made a lot of money relying on Lu Youshun, so he should be thanked, but Lu Youshun never took any money from him.Later, Du Linxiang simply found Zhou Zhibin and wanted to give the money to Zhou Zhibin.Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhibin said: "My nephew has already said hello, saying that he must not accept your money." Even when he was fishing with Lu Youshun, Lu Youshun offered to give Du Linxiang a set of valuable Jizhou hand poles. Lu Youshun said: "You often accompany me to fish. The company’s performance is very good, and the progress is much faster than those state-owned enterprises. This fishing rod can also be regarded as a reward for you.”

Another person who surprised Du Linxiang was his brother-in-law Zhou Yujie.Zhou Yujie, who left Du Linxiang, divorced his wife and brought Jiang Xiaoyang to start a business together.In a few years, Zhou Yujie was also prosperous, making money every day, and in terms of net worth, he was almost on par with Du Linxiang.Zhou Yujie, who prefers off-road vehicles, replaced his Land Rover less than two years old with a wilder Hummer, while Jiang Xiaoyang drove a red Ferrari sports car. If it is said that many developers in the secondary land development market live under the spotlight, while Du Linxiang makes a lot of money quietly in the primary development market, then Zhou Yujie's business is even more secretive.All day long he builds a house for the dead.Zhou Yujie once boasted: "I am now the biggest grave king in Hezhou."

When returning to Wenkang for the Spring Festival, Du Linxiang and Zhou Yujie also agreed to build a Hope Primary School in their hometown.Du Linxiang said at the time that he would give three million and Zhou Yujie would give two million, but Zhou Yujie refused: "No, you will give three million, and I will also give three million. If you give the extra million, I will give it to the child." Let's build a library." Seeing that Hope Primary School was about to be completed, Du Linxiang asked Zhou Yujie to attend the ceremony together.Zhou Yujie readily agreed, and Du Linxiang told him: "You and Xiaoyang don't drive any Hummers or Ferraris. I will pick you up then."

Early that morning, Du Linxiang asked the driver to drive the Audi A6 that had been running for many years to pick him up first, and then to pick up Zhou Yujie.After the business grew, Du Linxiang not only hired a driver, but also bought a brand new Mercedes-Benz S600.But today, he deliberately asked the driver to drive the old Audi. After getting in the car, Zhou Yujie said, "Third brother, why don't you drive a new Mercedes-Benz? Now that even Lin Zhengliang bought a BMW, you still sit in this Audi. It's too shabby." Du Linxiang said: "I deliberately took the Audi, and I also asked you not to drive luxury cars. Today's ceremony, the local deputy county magistrate in charge of education will also attend. We will show up in several luxury cars at the same time, so the impact will not be too great. it is good."

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "Third brother, you are now a person who deals with big leaders. A small deputy county magistrate, why bother with him?" Du Linxiang shook his head: "You don't understand, the only way to keep a low profile is king!" Now Du Linxiang can speak well.After meeting Lu Youshun, Du Linxiang always felt that his level of knowledge was too low, and he could hardly talk to others.For this reason, he immersed himself in reading a lot of books and hired a secretary to tutor him. Of course, Du Linxiang used the method invented by Zhou Yujie when he read books. He asked the secretary to organize the tomes with hundreds of thousands of words into outlines with tens of thousands of words.For example, one part, the secretary helped him organize it into three parts.The first part is a summary of the story with more than 6,000 words, which let Du Linxiang know roughly what the book is about.The second part is the excerpts of the classic passages and poems in the book, such as the case of the gourd monk sentenced to death, Daiyu's burial of flowers and so on.The third part is the development of red studies organized by the secretary, which introduces more than a dozen famous scholars who study red studies and their respective main viewpoints.The entire outline is less than 20,000 words, and Du Linxiang can read it in one morning.He only seeks to know why, not why.But thanks to such a learning method of swallowing jujubes, Du Linxiang can often show off outside.

Over the past few years, Du Linxiang not only can quote scriptures when speaking, but also has become an out-and-out fishing master.Because of this, Lu Youshun often called Du Linxiang to go fishing by the stream.Even the philately, which was inadvertently contacted to make friends with Zhuo Bojun, was picked up again by Du Linxiang.He collected a lot of stamps, and even approached Yan Jiagan, deputy secretary-general of the Hezhou Philatelic Association, and asked to become a member of the association.Seeing a God of Wealth coming to his door, Yan Jiagan was naturally overjoyed, and even proposed to make Du Linxiang the president.In the end, Du Linxiang politely declined, but for many activities of the association, he can't do without money and effort.Du Linxiang's thinking has changed now. He believes that when people mix to a certain extent, they have to pretend to be arty. Du Linxiang asked in the car: "Yujie, how is business doing recently?" "That's right!" Zhou Yujie said, "It's the turn of spring and summer, and all kinds of germs are breeding, and people die every day. My business will naturally increase." Du Linxiang said dumbfoundingly: "How dare you look forward to the dead every day? It is said that the houses of the dead are more expensive than those of the living." Zhou Yujie said: "Don't you look at how much land prices have risen now, and everything hasn't followed suit? Let's talk about the land for building a cemetery. Like other commercial land, it has to be auctioned and listed." "Yujie, you can do it!" Du Linxiang said, "I haven't dared to go to auctions and listings. I can only stay in the first-level land development market and do some old house demolition and land consolidation. You can go to the auction The land was acquired at a high price." Zhou Yujie smiled: "Third brother, you are absurdly praising me, how dare I go to buy land at a high price? I also thought of another way." Du Linxiang asked: "What method?" Zhou Yujie said: "According to the existing regulations, Chinese cemeteries are mainly divided into commercial cemeteries and public welfare cemeteries. Commercial cemeteries are mostly urban cemeteries, which are open to citizens and have strong market characteristics. Obtain from the state, and pay taxes in the sales process. Public welfare cemeteries can only be established after the application of the rural village committee is submitted to the local township government for approval, and the county-level civil affairs department approves it. This type of cemetery can only be provided to local villagers. Cemetery, service." Zhou Yujie continued: "In principle, public welfare cemeteries are not allowed to be sold to the outside world, but as long as they have a good relationship with the leaders of the town and pay a contract fee every year, they will turn a blind eye. Besides public welfare How low is the cost of sex cemeteries, compared with those commercial cemeteries, it has a clear price advantage." Du Linxiang asked: "But it's against the rules after all! Do people dare to bury their relatives here? Besides, what should the government do if they pursue it in the future?" Zhou Yujie smiled: "Third brother, you still don't understand the market! Chinese people are not rich, so they are particularly greedy for cheap. The cemetery under my hand is tens of thousands cheaper than those commercial cemeteries, so naturally some people flock to it. As long as people I don’t worry even more after I’m buried. In China, the dead are the most important. If the government really wants to investigate, they don’t dare to dig up the buried people. The government is desperate." Du Linxiang asked again: "I heard that in the suburbs of Hezhou, you contracted four cemeteries?" Zhou Yujie said: "Yes. The location of the cemetery is also very important. We must find towns that are close to the urban area and have convenient transportation. As long as the secretary and mayor of the town can handle this matter, it will not be a big problem." At this moment, Du Linxiang suddenly remembered a sentence, all roads lead to Rome.It took so much effort for me to climb the high branch of the executive deputy mayor, and Zhou Yujie managed a few township leaders, and he also made a lot of money.It seems that Chinese officials, regardless of their position, have a lot of power in their hands. Du Linxiang looked at Jiang Xiaoyang who was sitting next to him, and said, "Yujie, you and Xiaoyang have been together for a long time, when will you settle things?" Zhou Yujie said: "Third brother, please speak clearly. What is it? If it is that matter, we would have done it a few years ago." Hearing Zhou Yujie's words, not only Du Linxiang, but even the driver laughed.Zhou Yujie is indeed talented in nasty jokes, and he almost opens his mouth. "I hate it." Jiang Xiaoyang patted Zhou Yujie and said, "In ancient times, when parents passed away, officials had to observe mourning for three years. Did you divorce your ex-wife and plan to observe mourning for three years?" Zhou Yujie laughed and said, "You really hit the mark." At this time, Du Linxiang interjected: "As far as I know, you can't do that during the filial piety period. You haven't done it all this time, have you?" The people in the car laughed again.But Du Linxiang has already noticed that Jiang Xiaoyang is very urgent about getting married, but Zhou Yujie looks like he can push it away. After the car drove into the school, the students lined up on both sides to welcome them, and the deputy county magistrate also waited here early.After a while of pleasantries, the ceremony officially began. Due to the question of who should speak first, Du Linxiang and the deputy county magistrate gave way to each other for a while. Everyone wore red flowers and stood on the rostrum. The youthful and beautiful Jiang Xiaoyang naturally became one of the graceful landscapes.The flesh-colored pantyhose set off the slender thighs, and the dark black bra was hidden in the pink dress.Those peasant boys who were in their puberty had never seen such a modern girl, they stared at each of them intently, even the deputy county magistrate would glance at them from time to time. Du Linxiang also felt that Jiang Xiaoyang had gone too far.Usually at home, in order to flirt with Zhou Yujie, you can wear whatever you want, but today you are attending the inauguration ceremony of Hope School, why are you dressed so coquettishly?His wife, Zhou Yuru, has never had a good impression of Jiang Xiaoyang, and said that it was because of this vixen that Yujie divorced.Yes, a woman who can attract a man's attention must also ignite a woman's jealousy.A woman like Jiang Xiaoyang probably isn't very popular in same-sex circles. After the ceremony, the deputy county magistrate said that he had ordered a banquet at the hotel in the county seat, but Du Linxiang repeatedly declined, saying that he wanted to have dinner with the students in the school's newly built cafeteria. After having a light meal in the cafeteria, Du Linxiang set off for Hezhou.As soon as the car got on the highway, he received a call from his younger brother Du Linyang.Over the years, the business has grown bigger and bigger, and his two younger brothers, Du Linyang and Du Linbin, have also defected here.Although the two were of mediocre ability, Du Linxiang also placed them in the company for the sake of brothers. Du Linyang said hurriedly: "Third brother, it's not good. Brother Lin was stabbed and is currently being rescued in the hospital." The Brother Lin that Du Linyang was talking about was naturally Lin Zhengliang.Du Linxiang quickly asked, "What happened?"