Chapter 389 Polo Competition Talks About Cooperation (1)

"Oh? What project?"

Edmund King's words aroused Yang Cheng's interest. It is definitely not a small project that can attract the attention of these veteran rich people, and they have a natural sense of resistance to speculative projects, which must be related to traditional industries.

"A railway yard renovation project along the Los Angeles River." Edmund Jin didn't hold back, pulling Yang Cheng and saying under his breath.

Yang Cheng cheered up, this was giving him money.

Los Angeles is a city modeled on highways and urban extravagance. There is a lack of public green space, and the green space per capita ranks last among American cities.

The transformation of the traditional industrial area along the Los Angeles River into an open waterfront landscape area can help restore the ecological environment of the river bank and maintain good hydraulic performance while being used by the public. This is not the first time that Los Angeles City Hall has Operated.

"Which railway station is it? What is the geographical location?" This is the core of the problem. If you take advantage of the location, whether it is transformed into a residential building or a commercial plaza, you will be able to make money without losing money.

Edmund King took out his mobile phone, opened Google Maps, and handed it to Yang Cheng after expanding it. He introduced, "The Piggyback Yard railway station is close to the city center, and the Los Angeles River is to the west. This land is less than 1 hour away from Union Station. Miles, surrounded by city hall, city library, cathedral, etc., the site is very convenient for external transportation, in the past, it mainly relied on urban arterial roads and multiple railways passing through the site for cargo transportation.”

Yang Cheng flicked the screen, his eyes quickly scanned the surrounding facilities, and recalled the information of this land in his mind. He could probably remember where it was, but he didn't know the specific situation inside.

"Is this a project proposed by the city hall?"

Edmund King nodded in affirmation, "After receiving the news, we conducted a detailed investigation on this land. In the mid-19th century, when the city of Los Angeles began to develop, river resources were fully utilized by people in daily production. In the early 20th century, the river course was changed many times, and frequent floods greatly affected people's normal life.

Around 1938, ZF authorized the U.S. Army Department of Engineering to change the natural revetment of the entire river into an artificial concrete river bank. They dug deep river channels and sealed three-quarters of the river into ditches with concrete.

Since then, the Los Angeles River has become a stream of water flowing over gray concrete slabs, looking more like an irrigation canal, or a 'water highway', which made many people in the later period. Know that the river exists.

Although the method of artificial transformation has effectively solved the flood problem, it has also seriously damaged the ecosystem of the river. 20 years ago, environmentalists began to call for the restoration of some rivers to their natural state. For other reasons, this proposal has been shelved until now.

At present, several congressmen have jointly proposed and come up with a set of plans to build a 51-mile-long ecological green corridor along the Los Angeles River.

Our target Piggyback Yard is one of these areas. "

Yang Cheng became more and more excited. He could probably recall the situation of the land. From the analysis of the site itself, at present, the declining old industrial area of ​​the city can no longer adapt to the rapid development of the metropolis. The expansion of the city and the increase in population make the land more difficult nervous.

In order to make the city center more dynamic and improve the efficiency of land use, land rectification is imperative. Therefore, Yang Cheng can understand the intention of some councilors who are sincerely considering urban development to put forward this proposal. Build a new industrial area compatible with the new residential area, which will be cleaner and more environmentally friendly, and the economy will be stronger.

From the perspective of the future, Piggyback Yard represents a change in the development model. This change can bring long-term benefits to the community and the environment. For capitalists like Yang Cheng, this tm is a clear benefit, so there is no reason to miss it.

In fact, although Yuan Shan has the ability to take this project alone, he can completely get rid of Edmund King and his friends and do it alone, but he can't do it after all, one is for his own reputation; Avoiding risks, picking up money is also risky. The moment you bend down, you can’t actually see any foreign objects above your head and behind you. Once you are hit by a flower pot falling from a high altitude, you will not die but will be disabled!

"What is the transformation goal of ZF's plan?" Yang Cheng asked again.

Edmund King stretched out 4 fingers, "According to the information I got, ZF only put forward 4 principles, as long as these 4 principles are met, the remaining open space is up to us!

1. Transformation of the Los Angeles River in the city center;

2. Connect with nearby communities;

3. Create a large enough public open space;

4. Build a diverse and vibrant community where people live, work, learn and play;"

Yang Cheng immediately concluded, "In other words, we need to dredge rivers, graft bridges, pave roads, build low-cost apartment communities, etc., before we can play freely?"

Edmund King nodded affirmatively, "You are right in your conclusion. The total investment of the entire project is expected to exceed 1.2 billion US dollars. Of course, this is based on the premise that we have previously planned a large commercial plaza in the city center. If you Join, and you can also express your own views.”

Yang Cheng shook his head, "I have no objection. The land is more than 5 kilometers away from the Staples Center, and it is truly the center of Los Angeles. If our commercial plaza succeeds in attracting investment, it can completely divert the flow of people from the Staples Center, and The riverside landscape can also attract many nearby residents to come here for leisure and entertainment. As long as the popularity is gathered, there is no need to worry about the development of the commercial plaza.

We can even create a riverside commercial street, with a riverside plank road on one side, allowing ordinary people to jog and fish here, and a riverside commercial street on one side, where they can go shopping and buy some snacks when they are tired, which not only ensures the benefit of the surrounding area The intention is not to delay our making money. "

Edmund King couldn't help applauding, "Jason, you are indeed a business genius. If you follow your vision, it seems that we don't have to hesitate any longer, just invest boldly and wait for the money to be collected."

Yang Cheng laughed heartily, "Then I must be included in this project. I don't know how much your investment quota is, and how much can I get?"

Edmund King spread his hands and said in a rather helpless tone, "We wanted to bid for a loan at the beginning, but now that you have joined us, we have more confidence. With the construction team of Shanshan, the development cost will be further reduced.”

Yang Cheng knew that Edmund King was procrastinating and gave himself enough space to think, so he didn't rush to rush. In fact, when he found out about this project, Edmund King had no room for repentance, even Yang Cheng also vaguely hoped that the other party would repent, so that he could monopolize the project.

However, his fantasy didn't last long. After only a few tens of seconds, Edmund King said, "600 million, Jason, you can invest 600 million US dollars, accounting for 49% of our joint company."

Yang Cheng frowned slightly, her voice was calm but contained a touch of dissatisfaction and coercion, "Oh? Why not 50% or even 51%?"

It seemed that Yang Cheng had expected to ask this question a long time ago, and he replied almost without thinking, "Because we have to set aside a part of the shares for the management, and because we need to be responsible for the most important link, public relations with the department and councilors in charge of this project. , to make sure we succeed in winning this project.”

"Wait, didn't you just say that you need to bid?"

"Indeed, but the final bid qualifications are not for everyone."

Yang Cheng is not very satisfied with this answer. Although he has never participated in this kind of municipal project bidding before, he still knows the general process. It seems that as long as he has the qualifications that meet the bidding requirements, he can participate in the final bidding process after review , like the public relations that Edmund King said, unless the city hall wants to play tricks and make a statement.

What's more, the effect of his own public relations for this project may not be worse than that of Edmund King.

After thinking about it, he didn't talk nonsense here, so he should come down to appease the other party first, and let his own people check it later, he had to figure out the specific situation before making any plans.

Well, this project has not yet started, and there is a rift between the two partners, which is not a good sign.

But both sides are old foxes who are good at disguising. On the surface, they are still friendly and happy that they have reached a cooperation intention. The subsequent second half of the polo match unfolded in such a cheerful and peaceful atmosphere.

Emma Watson, who played instead of Yang Cheng, drew the ball out with an extremely awkward posture, and was about to score a goal, but was stopped by Edmund King who rushed to the horse, which made Emma Watson cheer Yang Cheng was so happy that Yang Cheng slapped his thighs for a while, took out his phone and took more than a dozen pictures in a row, planning to "threat" Emma's unlocking pose with ugly photos of Emma!

There were two quarters in the second half. Thanks to Emma Watson's movement that was half a beat slower than the others, Edmund King led the team to successfully move back to the score. Seeing that they would lose if they continued to fight like this, the blue team quickly replaced Yang Cheng. The subsequent game was overwhelming, and under Yang Cheng's wonderful performance, the opponent had no room to breathe, and he scored two consecutive goals cleanly to win the game.

During the handshake session after the game, Edmund congratulated meaningfully, "Congratulations Jason, I hope we will have the opportunity to defend against foreign enemies together on the same team in the future."

Yang Cheng shook hands with Edmund King vigorously, smiled without saying a word, and led Lisa down to change clothes. Suddenly, Yang Cheng felt something rubbing against his arm. When he turned his head, Lisa snorted. He lowered his head and rubbed against Yang Cheng with his long horse face, not sure if it was an illusion, but Yang Cheng actually saw a hint of reluctance in his black eyeballs.

Immediately, my heart trembled. Based on his many years of horse riding experience and occasional chats with Georgina, it is not difficult to know that this is a manifestation of the spirituality of the horse. When the horse takes the initiative to get in close contact with you, it means that it recognizes you. The owner, a certain "tacit understanding" has been established between man and horse, and this tacit understanding will accompany the horse's life.

Thinking of this, how could Yang Cheng let "Lisa" stay in the club and be "ridden" by other people? What about beating and scolding?

He raised his hand and gently stroked the shiny and smooth mane of "Lisa", seeing that it still looked reluctant, with a gratified smile on his face, he waved to Parker and said, "I want Lisa, please." Send it to my ranch."