Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 179 Then?Of course it is to buy this street!

Early the next morning, Cao Zhiqiang went to Lou Xiao'e's room to meet her on time with a detailed plan.

After meeting Lou Xiaoe, Cao Zhiqiang explained in detail why he wanted to hold a chef training class.

As for Lou Xiaoe, she was originally interested in the project of joining the first chain hot pot restaurant in China.

I also heard that Cao Zhiqiang wanted to use this project and her identity as a Hong Kong businessman to persuade relevant leaders to give Cao Zhiqiang special approval to open the first private company in China, so I was even more interested.

Because in Lou Xiaoe's view, this incident can also verify Cao Zhiqiang's energy in the country, to see if he is qualified to cooperate with him.

You know, although Cao Zhiqiang is strictly speaking related to Lou Xiaoe, after all, he is the son of an old friend, but this relationship is actually very weak.

It’s fine if you just meet and chat, or even have a meal, but if it involves investment and cooperation, you need to be cautious.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang is not He Yuzhu, and he doesn't have that kind of close relationship with Lou Xiaoe.

It is impossible for Lou Xiaoe and Cao Zhiqiang to make contributions without benefits, and must pay attention to investment risks and return on investment.

Although the chef training class mentioned by Cao Zhiqiang, or the franchising hot pot project he mentioned sounds good, there are still risks. The biggest problem is who to cooperate with.

Lou Xiaoe, as a person who went out of the mainland, is very aware of various domestic policy forms.

So she is very clear that if she wants to start a joint venture company in China, she can only find cooperation with state-owned enterprises.

But at this time, the problems of state-owned enterprises are very complicated, both good and bad. Once the investment is wrong, it is very likely that they will lose everything.

Coupled with Lou Xiaoe's previous injuries, she is very resistant to cooperating with mainland state-owned enterprises.

Therefore, Lou Xiaoe's idea is to come here to set up a sole proprietorship instead of cooperating with others.

In fact, when Lou Xiaoe came to the capital this time, it was secondary to inspect investment projects. The most important thing was to inspect the business environment here to see if it was suitable to invest and do business here.

In other words, Lou Xiao'e didn't even think about what she was going to do, she just came to inspect the project and the business environment.

As for the [-] share, I just stopped by to see how Shazhu is doing.

It's a pity that after I came, I was a little scared and didn't dare to see Sha Zhu.

"So that's the case." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Aunt Lou, forgive me, how did your family live there when your family went to Xiangjiang? Is your family okay?"

Lou Xiao'e froze for a moment, then her eyes drifted a little, as if she was lost in memory.

Seeing the situation, Cao Zhiqiang hastily said: "If you are not willing to say it, forget it."

"Hey, there's nothing you can't say." Lou Xiao'e shook her head, and then began to talk about that year.

It turned out that when their family went to Xiangjiang, relying on the small treasury that Lou's father secretly accumulated and the help of friends, they settled down very quickly.

But in the beginning, they were unaccompanied there, so they had to start from scratch.

Perhaps because of the predicament, the Lou family is rather united.

Since the Lou family did not go alone, but with money, they had a good start in Xiangjiang. They bought a house at the beginning and bought a hotel, and then the family relied on running the hotel. live.

During that period, because Lou Xiao'e was pregnant, the hotel was mainly run by Lou Xiao'e's older brothers and sisters. Lou Xiao'e did not participate, but stayed at home to give birth.

Because it was too boring at home, she chose to study at home.

After giving birth, she went to university again and got a college diploma.

Later, Lou Xiao'e, who graduated from university, married a local rich second generation surnamed Chen.

But there was no real relationship between the two parties. At that time, Lou Xiaoe was just for a better life, and the other party was anxious to chase her, so she reluctantly married him.

It was good after getting married, but later because the other party cheated, there were people outside, Lou Xiao'e couldn't stand this anger, and finally ended in divorce.

Because the fault was her ex-husband, after Lou Xiaoe divorced the other party, according to the law there, she divided half of the other party's property, and the children Lou Xiaoe had with him were also brought up by Lou Xiaoe.

In this way, Lou Xiaoe became the richest person in the Lou family, and her personal wealth far surpassed that of her older brothers and sisters.

After the divorce, Lou Xiao'e wanted to do a good job in her career, but happened to encounter an economic downturn.

The economic situation of Xiangjiang in the past two years has been very bad, and the real estate industry has collapsed. Affected by this, other aspects have also followed suit.

The Hong Kong-style restaurant that Lou Xiaoe took over in Xiangjiang was also affected. It has been losing money and not making money, and Lou Xiaoe is also very anxious.

It just so happened that the country was reopening, so Lou Xiaoe wanted to come to the mainland to see and invest and do business in the mainland.

Because in Lou Xiaoe's view, the mainland has just started reform and opening up, and there is a blue ocean everywhere. She also knows a lot about the mainland. If she invests and does business in the mainland at this time, she will definitely make a lot of money.

On the contrary, Xiangjiang has a small area and fierce competition. Due to the Sino-British negotiations, the economic situation is not good. People are panic everywhere, and no one knows what the future will hold.

If her little money is invested in Xiangjiang, the business may not improve.

It is precisely because of this that Lou Xiaoe came to the mainland to investigate the business environment and projects.

It's just that Lou Xiao'e is cautious, and she won't invest easily until she finds a good project.

Lou Xiaoe mainly inspected Shenzhen before, and originally wanted to continue to do restaurant business in Shenzhen.

But Lou Xiaoe is from the mainland after all.

She knows better than others that when doing business in the mainland, it is best to have a place in the capital first. In this way, she can pull a tiger's skin and pull a big banner, which saves a lot of trouble.

That's why she came to the capital to investigate.

In addition, unlike Cao Zhiqiang's imagination, the relationship between Lou Xiao'e's family is very good, there is no disaster coming, and there is no drama about dividing the family property.

Thinking about it, when their family went to Xiangjiang, they didn't have a lot of money, and they didn't know the place well. If they split up again, wouldn't they be courting death?

Coupled with the fact that Lou's father and Lou's mother are still alive, with these two backbones, the children below will not dare to be united unless they are crazy.

Also, Lou Xiao'e's parents are still alive, but Lou Xiao'e's father is not in good health now, but Lou Xiao'e's mother is in good health.

It's not like Cao Zhiqiang imagined that Lou's father died early and his family was scattered.

On the contrary, the Lou family has now taken root in Xiangjiang.

Not only Lou's father and Lou's mother are still alive, but Lou Xiao'e's older brothers and sisters also married local people, and they have a family and a business in Xiangjiang, and they are doing well so far.

"I see." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Then your family is really good and united enough."

Lou Xiaoe smiled slightly: "Our Lou family, probably because my parents are more open-minded, have a good relationship with each other.

Especially after arriving in Xiangjiang, the environment forced us to unite, because without unity, life would be difficult.

Although Xiangjiang's place sounds good, it is difficult to describe it in real life.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for the help of my brothers and sisters back then, I wouldn't be able to stay at home and study at home, and I wouldn't have the chance to successfully enter the university. "

"A friend in need is a friend, it's not bad to hug a group to keep warm." Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, "Your family's family style is really good."

Lou Xiaoe smiled: "Let's not talk about that, can I go and see the place you mentioned? I mean, the place where you want to open a restaurant."

"No problem!" Cao Zhiqiang said quickly, "You can go now!"

Lou Xiaoe nodded: "It's not too late, let's go now."

Next, Lou Xiaoe asked the hotel for a taxi, and then took Cao Zhiqiang to the house that Cao Zhiqiang bought in Jinyu Alley and was still under renovation.

After arriving at the location, Lou Xiaoe was full of praise, saying that this place is really good, and it is a good place to open a restaurant.

The reason is very simple. Lou Xiaoe was born in the capital and grew up in the capital. She is quite familiar with Jinyu Hutong and Wangfujing Street.

I think when Lou Xiaoe was still here as a young lady, she often went shopping in Wangfujing, and she was very familiar with Jinyu Alley.

"This place, I remember!" Lou Xiao'e looked at the courtyard road along the street, which was still under renovation and was about to be renovated, "Back then, this was a silk and satin shop, and I bought clothes here, unexpectedly, later become like this."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "The silk and satin shop you mentioned was closed a long time ago, and this Goldfish Alley also declined.

Later, after the re-opening, the people in that family died and walked away, and the way to do silk and satin business earlier was gone.

As for the remaining owner, he didn't know how to do silk business anymore, so he changed the place into a restaurant.

But the remaining homeowner is not in the restaurant business.

The food he cooks is mediocre, so the business is so-so.

That is to say, relying on the good location and the high flow of people, this is just a little business.

And that person is not in the mood to continue to open a restaurant here, always thinking of selling the property, and then take the money to go to the south to do business.

So I made a mistake and bought this house.

At that time, I planned to renovate this house after buying it, and change it into the kind of restaurant with chef training as I mentioned. "

"I see." Lou Xiao'e nodded, "Since you bought the house and the decoration is almost done, why do you ask me to invest money?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled, and gestured around with his hands: "Have you seen this street? I mean Jinyu Alley!"

Lou Xiao'e looked at it, then nodded thoughtfully: "I see, it's a little more dilapidated than before, and then?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Then? Of course I bought this street!"

"What?" Lou Xiao'e was dumbfounded, "You want to buy this street?"

"It's us, not me." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "I'm alone, and I don't have the strength yet."

After laughing, Cao Zhiqiang said again: "If you and I can succeed in the joint venture, we can take advantage of the current low housing prices and buy this street.

Even if you can’t buy all the shops along the entire street, you can start with my house and buy the surrounding houses first, as much as you can, the more the better.

At that time, we will buy the house first, and then go to the municipal government for a food culture street project, saying that after renovating the houses here, we will build a special food street with courtyard culture, isn't it very interesting? "

"A special food street of courtyard culture?" Lou Xiao'e opened her mouth wide, "Your project is a bit big, how much will it cost?"

"It doesn't cost much." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "This hutong is quite special, with a relatively wide street, which can be said to be enough for one street.

This goldfish alley is not long, less than 600 meters in total, but the location is quite good.

We don't want to sell all of Jinyu Alley, we don't have that strength yet.

I only plan to start from Wangfujing Street in the west and go to Xiaowei Hutong in the east.

The total length of this street is only more than 200 meters, and there are no big houses on both sides. They are all old and dilapidated courtyards. Most of the residents are poor and easy to buy.

From now on, we will sell all the houses along the street from Wangfujing Street in the west to Xiaowei Hutong in the east, as much as we can.

Believe me, this place will definitely be demolished and remodeled in the future. Even if you leave it here, you will make a lot of money sooner or later.

What's more, if we have sufficient funds, we can also apply to the local area for demolition and reconstruction by us.

If a high-end foreign-related hotel is built here, think about it, with the current tourist boom in the capital and the location next to Wangfujing, wouldn't it be a lot of money?
Even if we don't have the strength to build hotels for the time being, we can open up a few more stores and turn all restaurants into distinctive chain hotels.

For example, the restaurants of the four major cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Huai, and Cantonese are all here, and they are all operated in a unified manner, which can also create a small food circle and form a gathering effect.

At that time, I will say hello to the relevant foreign tourism departments. Foreigners will come here when they come to Beijing for tourism. Then this place will become an Internet celebrity place. Isn’t making money as simple as drinking water? "

"It's interesting." Lou Xiaoe nodded, "But it's not easy, is it?"

"I'll be in charge of getting through the relationship, and it's easy to convince people around me to sell the house." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "I'm short of money right now."

Lou Xiaoe thought about it thoughtfully: "Then if I want to invest, how much will it cost?"

Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile: "To be honest, I have a lot of money on hand now, and I can sell many houses around me, but if you want a large-scale draft, you have to sell all the shops along the street on this half street. Invest this amount."

After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang stretched out five fingers.

"50?" Lou Xiaoe asked.

"Just kidding." Cao Zhiqiang said, "I took out the 50 yuan myself, and I said 500 million!

By the way, it is 500 million RMB, not Hong Kong dollars!
Don't forget, not only do we have to sell the house, but we also have to spend money on renovations, which is not a small expense. "

"This..." Lou Xiaoe frowned, "This amount is a bit large."

"Then how much can you take?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

Lou Xiaoe thought for a while: "Up to 200 million... Hong Kong dollars."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Isn't that just over 80 RMB? It's a little less."

After shaking his head, Cao Zhiqiang said: "In this way, you take 100 million RMB, and I will pay some more, plus I will be responsible for opening up relationships and technical support. Let's jointly start this food street business that converts houses into restaurants, how about it?
Listen to me, Aunt Lou, now is the time to do it!
Taking advantage of the fact that foreign capital has not come in on a large scale, private companies have not yet started operations, especially taking advantage of the low housing prices, and most of this place is private residences, if we buy this place earlier, we will make a fortune earlier!

This is more of a real estate business than a hotel business, so don't miss this opportunity!

Wait for a few more years, when the foreign businessmen react and the rich crocodiles come to invest in real estate, and the government’s house buying and selling policy has also been changed, then nothing will happen to us! "

Lou Xiao'e thought for a while and said, "Okay, I can pay 100 million, but what about the shares?"

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Aunt Lou, don't worry about the shares, that's for later.

At present, let's sign a letter of intent for cooperation first, and then I will take this thing and go to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce to negotiate.

With the letter of intent for cooperation from you, a Hong Kong company, it will be easier for me to negotiate the license of a private company.

After my private catering company license is approved and my private company is established, how about we talk about shares and cooperation? "

Lou Xiao'e thought for a while: "Okay, that's it. But, can you really buy all the houses here? What if someone doesn't want to move out?"

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Aunt Lou, although you grew up here, you left too early after all, and you are already a little unfamiliar with the situation here.

Nowadays, we can already buy and sell real estate, but because it has just been opened, it only agrees to private buying and selling of real estate, but there is no real real estate transaction market, so real estate buying and selling is still quite a chaotic buying market.

In other words, many people are eager to sell the real estate here, especially the old-fashioned courtyard houses here, and then move to live in another building.

On Jinyu Hutong, apart from a few places like the garden and the Peace Hotel, the rest of the places are mostly honest courtyards and courtyards.

People in this kind of house wish they could sell the house early, and then take the money to live in another building.

In other words, if we are willing to accept the house now, there will definitely be a bunch of people crying and clamoring to sell the house, and the price is definitely a bargain.

Even if there are very few remaining nail households who don't sell them, just bypass them, anyway, the number will not be large, and it will not be successful.

In other words, my so-called food street project means that the houses here can be closed as long as they can be closed, and they cannot be closed down.

We don't take in those big houses and good yards, we take in the old and the broken, and win by quantity, the purpose is to occupy land and scale.

I don't insist that the houses on the whole street belong to us, as long as most of them belong to us.

And in this case, the money spent is not much, at least not much for now.

After the house is collected, it can be turned into a special cultural and food street after a little cleaning and a little strengthening and renovation.

In this way, there is no need to spend a lot of decoration costs.

When I make more money, I will consider getting a loan from the bank to start a second-phase project, such as knocking down the dilapidated house and rebuilding it, building a building, building a hotel, whatever.

At that time, we can use the pretext of starting a new project to apply to the relevant local departments for demolition and reconstruction.

As long as the project is approved, we don't need to be responsible for the demolition issues in the early stage, and the relevant departments will do it for us.

This is not Xiangjiang. The current housing demolition is not that complicated. As long as the relevant departments are settled, the demolition and reconstruction is a one-sentence matter.

So, this is to do real estate business under the banner of opening a food street, understand?
If I hadn't been in a hurry, wanted to take advantage of the low price, and trusted you, I would have done it myself and would not have asked you to cooperate. "

Lou Xiao'e pondered for a while, then nodded: "Sure, if this is the case, then I will wait for your good news.

As long as you can obtain a business license for a private enterprise in China, then I will vote for the project you mentioned! "

(End of this chapter)