Chapter 1938 The Real Estate Struggle

The little princess woke up when she was about to arrive at the pier. Although she and Li Cong were already husband and wife, it was a very extravagant thing for him to sleep on Li Cong. Li Cong was not unwilling. Even Li Cong didn't have that time. The two mayors spend very little time together. The things that the two usually talk about are not about the relationship between the two. , It seems that everything in the world has been done, but it is the same as not taking care of one's own affairs.

"Little slob, open your eyes and look at this place. This is the cargo terminal and passenger terminal we recently invested in. Over there is the cargo terminal, and the place we are walking here is the passenger terminal. At present, the big bus on the Red River has been opened. Part of the shipping has been completed. Hundreds of cities in dozens of provinces along the Red River have our own docks. As long as the starting price is paid, we can safely transport everyone there. Look, it will be delivered soon today. A passenger ship has set off, and it seems that there are still quite a few people on it." Li Cong pointed to a large ship not far away and said, this is an all wooden ship, if it is a wooden ship on earth, it may be Motors cannot be installed, but everything is possible here, probably because the wood here is much stronger than the ones on the earth, even if there is a motor, there will be no problems, at least not in such a long time any questions.

The little princess opened her eyes and looked at the place not far in front. There were two large merchant ships parked. The appearance and appearance of the two ships were basically the same, except that one of them was constantly being walked by people through the bridge. But there was no one on the other one, and the one with no one looked more luxurious from here.

"Why is there only one ship going? Isn't that one going?" The little princess didn't understand. He saw that there were already many people outside the merchant ship here, but there was nothing to arrange for the merchant ship over there. The meaning of people getting on the boat is that the boat won't leave, but if they don't leave, the people below will definitely not be able to fit in a single boat.

"Hehe, the guests on that ship just arrived, how could they leave? That's our yacht. There are many people down here. But no one can get on that ship, only the two of us belong to that ship As for the guests, as for the following people you mentioned, not all of them will take this ship. Many of them are waiting for the ship from the county town in the east. Every ship has its origin Some are passing by, and the guests are all different, and we have made reasonable arrangements." Li Cong said with a smile. In fact, the current ticket system still has a lot of loopholes. It would be great if there was an Internet connection like that on Earth. Unfortunately, there is no such technology now, and those old problems are still there. Even if there is such technology, it is estimated that No one will use it here, and it will still become a pile of waste. If that is the case, it is better not to use it, and there is no need to take the risk of messing up the world.

When the little princess heard that the beautiful passenger ship belonged to her and Li Cong, her face became hot. This person didn't pay attention to what he said. Such words can be said. You must know that there are not only It's just the two of me, if everyone hears this, how can I see people? I looked around and found that no one was looking at this side except for the wooden guards. Most of the people Busy getting on board,

Although they all have boat tickets in their hands, they may not all go up. After all, it depends on how many people are on the boat. If there is a place for them, they will naturally be allowed to go up. Maybe it will be later, just like those buses on the earth. Anyway, Li Cong is the one who makes the rules at this time, so he can do whatever he wants. Those people don't even know what their legal rights are now. of.

"Young Master, you are here. Everything is ready. The crew on the ship are all our own. Our ship is quite different from ordinary passenger ships. We can't tell from the appearance. , but the interior is definitely different from that of a passenger ship. There are only fifteen bedrooms inside, and a large living room in the middle, so that you can entertain some of your friends here, sir. We also removed some different ones on the deck. Necessary things are best for sightseeing. The back kitchen is also filled with some better cooks we invited. The supplies on board can allow the ship to sail for fifteen days without needing supplies. Are you satisfied? ?” Gu Xin is in charge of doing this, and many people in charge think that Gu Xin’s doing this is not to lower his status, but to give a message of promotion, the young master can give the things he uses to this kid Gu Xin Doing it shows that you have absolute trust in this kid.

"Well, the preparation work is still very good. I will go up and experience it for myself later. This luxury liner will also be one of our projects in the future. I will be the first person to eat crabs first. Look at you guys. What is the service like? You have to tell the following people that their customers will definitely be non-responsible and expensive people in the future. I may be the first and best service they encounter. Customers, if I change to someone else, I don’t think I have such a good temper. When the time comes, I will ask them to be smarter one by one. No matter what the customers think, they must be satisfied. Of course There is no need to do things that endanger safety." As for the VIP service, the people on the ship probably don't have that kind of brains, and Li Cong can only teach them bit by bit, and Li Cong is not asking them to please those people. The rich don't care about their life or death. Such a boss will not last long, and their employees will not work hard for such a boss. If there is such a boss, they will really "sell their lives" instead of working. Many The staff in the Fugui Club are all like this.

"Master, I've shown them all the training theories you gave, and they're all good so far, and I've read them all very carefully, but there are still some things that are wrong in practice. , we can only rectify this matter slowly from practice, what do you think?" Gu Xin said with a little embarrassment. In fact, Li Cong also knows this guy's difficulties. After all, these things have never happened on this planet before. It is very good that they have the ability to do this.

"Hehe, don't tell me what difficulties you have. I know that you all have your own difficulties, but this project is a project that we must start. If it is not so embarrassing, I will not let you catch it yourself. That's it, my wife and I will go to the boat today to try out how your preparations have been in the past few months, you take a pen and paper, and I will ask you to correct some mistakes when you go up." Li Cong's words made Gu Xin's heart tremble. Self-esteem was really hit. Why did you tell yourself to correct yourself before you went up? Maybe I have no mistakes, of course Li Cong has his own self-confidence, how can there be no mistakes above, there will be mistakes in many of them. After all, none of this has ever happened before. Although there is already such a set of service rules in the Grand Hyatt Hotel. But when it comes to arranging some decorations, this Gu Xin doesn't know how to play.

The little princess didn't have that time to wait for Li Cong, so she hurried up by herself. Everything above is doing very well. This is the first time for the little princess to be on the Red River at such a close distance. Li Cong directed a few people to follow along and went to see this luxury ship with Gu Xin. It seems that something is missing above, something was missing from the beginning, Li Cong tried hard to think about those luxury cruise ships on the earth, by the way, there is a lack of welcome here.

"Gu Xin, this place is the place we came up from, you go and find me four, yes, four beautiful girls, put on some cooler clothes, stand here as welcome guests, that is welcome People, as long as someone comes up, they will bow immediately and say welcome to the VIP ship of Cao's House, yes, just say that, and then spread the red carpet here, and see how you can do that when you wear it It’s bare, it really doesn’t feel like it.” Li Cong pointed to the wooden deck and said, if it were on the earth, it must be natural, and many luxury cruise ships are still made like this , but this is not the earth, all the ships here are exposed planks, if it continues like this, no one will be willing to come here, what's the point if it's the same as ordinary passenger ships? What fun?

"Also, on this deck, at a distance of five meters, there must be a welcoming guest at a distance of five meters. They must know some basic information on the ship. If someone comes out to ask questions or something, they must go up immediately. Answer, any requests from the guests must be resolved as soon as possible." Li Cong looked at the outside and said, adding those people should not be as empty as it is now, as long as there are people, the rest of the things just fine.

"Master, if there are so many people on this boat, I think our expenses will also increase a lot." Gu Xin calculated and said, if according to what the young master said, there would be at least a hundred more people on this boat.

"Increased expenses? This is no problem, just get it back from those guests. When I built the Grand Hyatt Hotel, many people told me that the expenses were too high, but now, no one will say it. If a Grand Hyatt Hotel is located in the provincial capital, the daily profit will exceed three million silver, and if it is located in the county town, it will be one million silver, such income is not a lot.” Li Cong said with a smile, how can you make money without spending money? Well, a person who can make money, the first thing he thinks about is how to spend money, so that the guests here feel that this is where they should spend money. They have enjoyed the first time, and they will be happier next time , they will continue to come here to spend money.

Gu Xin thought about it at this time. At the beginning, many people opposed the young master's idea, just like Dukang wine. Many people felt that the young master's original prediction was too good. It brought hundreds of billions of silver to the chamber of commerce every month, but when the result came out, it was really surprising. It was much higher than the good medicine that the young master himself predicted. It took several months Yes, now there are a lot of people clamoring for an increase in the quota. Most of the dealers feel that the goods are not enough. Every time the goods have not been shipped, one by one has already started to snap up the goods.

"What material is this door made of? Why does it look so ordinary to me?" Li Cong said when he was about to enter the cabin. The door on this cabin seemed to be the same as that on an ordinary merchant ship over there. How is this possible? This can only allow one person to enter and exit.

"Master, this one is the same as the one on the merchant ship over there. They are all made of some luxurious nanmu, which is not bad, but not ordinary stuff." Gu Xin hurriedly stood up and said, this thing is amazing. It's not ordinary things. I have spent a long time for these things, but the price of a door is only two taels of silver, which is enough for an ordinary family to feed for two months. This is considered luxurious enough. And this door can also release water on the water.

"Remember one important point, as long as it is something that is on an ordinary merchant ship, don't have it here, even if it is gold on an ordinary merchant ship. Then you have to use silver for me here. Absolutely let these rich people see what they have here. Come to a different place from ordinary people. What is the enjoyment of nobles? We are here to provide such enjoyment, and only those who have money can enjoy it. If you don’t have money, then I’m sorry, I can only go to the ordinary passenger ship next to This is what we want to pursue. I immediately changed this door. The material can still be this material, but I can wrap it with silver or gold. It’s okay to add a part to the cost. That's right, just go straight to the gold, and the silver shows that we are too angry." Li Cong said, and Gu Xin hurriedly wrote down, what is this young master's mind, why can't he think of so many good things? Well, people can think of it, our brains are too different from other people's brains.

After entering, Li Cong took a look at the guest room. This one is similar to the one in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, but the guest room here seems to be a little smaller. An ordinary passenger ship transports thousands of people, but this ship only transports dozens of people. Individuals, at most a hundred or ten people, so the space here is already very large, with three levels of guest rooms, large, medium and small.

"Just remove the smallest guest room for me. You don't need to get three grades, but all of them have two grades, and prepare ten for the first grade and two for the second grade." Li said. Gu Xin probably couldn't guess what was going on in the minds of these rich people, but Li Cong knew very clearly that they would want the best for everything. If they live in a lower class, they will want to change to a larger one. They don’t care about the money. All they care about is their own face. This is a boat for eating, drinking and having fun. They don’t care about their own little money. What they really care about is what others think of them. They are all on the top of the first class, and they are on the second class. What do they think of themselves? What kind of status, but you have already lost a lot on this boat.

Gu Xin didn't think of this place before, but now after what Li Cong said, he suddenly understood that this is the same as the guest room in the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The biggest one is tens of thousands of silver a day, but it is full every day. The smallest one is a few hundred silver a day, it seems that sometimes there is still room, basically the poor will not go to such a place, but for the rich, if they go to the ordinary guest room, it must be temporary , that is waiting for a VIP room.

"And this living room, try to make it more resplendent for me, what kind of tableware are these?" When he walked to the hall downstairs, Li Cong also saw that there were too many inappropriate places in these places, Gu Xin's head was going to grow bigger, Good guy, there have been more than 30 inappropriate items since I came in. What is this young master going to transform this ship into? Nothing is original. The original cost of the whole ship was more than 200,000 taels of silver, but after the renovation according to Li Cong's method, it is estimated that the cost will increase several times. Take it back.

"Master, this tableware is very expensive. These are all made of South China Sea jade, and each one is priceless." Gu Xin said, thinking that you must not say that this thing is not expensive enough, right? A pair of bowls and chopsticks cost more than fifty taels of silver, and such things are probably not used by ordinary rich people.

"This one has also been changed. Even I don't know the thing you made, and it's even more impossible for most people to know it. Now it's all replaced with gold, and this table top is made into a golden yellow one. This screen Also. Our first customers cannot be those who are too noble, because those people have to wait for a while before they come up to test the water. Things like luxury goods started from those nouveau riche. What do they know? What about the jade from the South China Sea? I guess they don’t even know the jade from the East China Sea. Gold and silver are what they know best. As long as it’s gold, it’s definitely the most valuable thing when it comes to them, and they care about that stuff the most.” For these upstarts, Li Cong is absolutely sure. At this moment, I thought of those coal bosses on the earth. Each of them is very conspicuous, with gold and other gold all over his body, so he is afraid that others will not know that he is rich.

After strolling around, I have finished all the things that Li Cong couldn't see, and the little princess has almost watched it. Followed Li Cong for a stroll twice. She also gave some advice. Gu Xin's opinions on the proprietress were carefully written down, not for anything else, the proprietress belonged to the princess. People have a lot of research on what to enjoy. Since they were born when they were young, they have used things that ordinary people can’t see in their lifetime. By the way, there is such a gimmick, royal enjoyment, Gu Xin said When this came out, Li Cong was really happy. This kid's head is really good. He can think of this, and he is very brainy.

After having dinner on the deck, Li Cong took a look at the scene on both sides of the river. It was really good. In fact, the bank of the Hong River is a very large red light district at night. From here to the end of the Red River, it is tens of thousands of miles away. It looks like, we have to have what we need on this boat. It's not good to ask this question in front of the little princess. We should discuss it carefully when no one is around.

"Sir, I have an idea, I don't know if I should say it or not?" The little princess is no longer a child, and naturally she is clear about these places on both sides. What ideas can she have? Li Cong looked at his daughter-in-law strangely.

"Since we have already played the royal brand, I think you should have a good relationship with the royal people, otherwise they will be enough for us to drink with one hat in the future. This matter still needs to involve the royal people It’s ok, and the waiters on this ship, I don’t know how the maids of the Western Empire deal with it. In the Northern Empire, there is such a process. As long as the maids reach the age of 22, they will be released. They are too old in the palace, and it is impossible for His Majesty to have any interest in these people, so they all have to come out to find their own way out. They only serve people, and they don't care about the world's sophistication. I understand, so their life is very miserable, if we need someone to serve us, we can consider them." Li Congzhen was really surprised by what the little princess said, he really didn't expect his little daughter-in-law to know There are so many things, yes, I have opened the royal brand, and the people who use it are naturally from the palace. In this way, there can be a real royal family to enjoy, not just a gimmick. To put it simply, as for the relationship with the royal family, it should be no problem. This ship can be called the Royal Cruise Line. At that time, it should be no problem to give the royal family a sum of money. They also have financial income. No problem, this era is not the same as the era on earth, it is a very shameful thing to think of prostitution, the feudal ethics here don't care much about this, besides, many scholars like this thing the most up.

"Hehe, your proposal is really good. If it weren't for your proposal, I think we would have a name for nothing. With this proposal, it is very good. How do you think of it?" Li Cong said with a smile, his little daughter-in-law is always out of the door, and it is really puzzling to have this idea. Could it be that the little princess often knew about his maids in the past?

"It's because the maids around me are getting old, and my husband didn't mean to tell them to sleep in. I asked my mother last time, and what my mother meant was to let them marry themselves as the stewards of the mansion. If they have other ideas, I will also give them dowry. Two of the three maids have settled down in the steward's house in the mansion, and the other one went back to his hometown with his cousin. I only found out a few days ago His cousin is not a life-like person at all, and he has nothing at home. In the end, he went to the casino because he had no money and sold my court lady to the flower boat. I found out later. In fact, many court ladies are They are unwilling to go out. They came to the palace when they were very young. It can be said that they don’t know how to make a living at all. For them, everything in the palace has been deeply introduced into their brains. He is very unfamiliar with the outside world. If he goes out by himself, he will definitely starve to death. In fact, this kind of thing also happens in the big family. If Xianggong wants to recruit such people, there will be many people. You can write a letter to the eunuch who is in charge of the management of the capital. I think they will give me face for such a thing." The little princess said with some regret. Later, he also asked someone to redeem the court lady, but the trauma caused was something he couldn't live with for the rest of his life.

"So it's like this. Alas, these people are actually very miserable. We have to tell them what we are going to do here. Otherwise, they may not want to do our work when they come here." Li Cong said. Those people were also children of poor families. The two talked about such topics, and none of them had any intention of continuing to play. This is ready to go back.

When getting off the boat, Li Cong saw a large area not far away that was very conspicuous. Because this is by the river, there are some buildings in most places, but there is nothing in that place.

"What is it for over there? Why is it free?" Li Cong asked.

"Master, I only found out about it yesterday. It is the place where Prince Hagen lives in the capital. Prince Hagen's people may know that we have plans for the villa area in the Northern Empire. He seems to be doing this too. These few days Several groups of us have already received the invitation from Prince Hagen today, and he seems to want to compete with us, and we haven’t started the plan for the villa area in the Western Empire yet.” Because the news is not so much yet Accurate, so Gu Xin didn't report to Li Cong immediately, but now Li Cong asked, so he said it directly.

"Hehe, it's never possible to get good results by picking people's teeth. Since he wants to do this, I'll let him do it. It's impossible for our people to be poached by them. Let's see when the time comes." What should this guy do, we still haven't perfected the plan for this villa area, let alone what this guy did, there will be some things he regrets." Li Cong said with a smile If you want to buy and sell guns with me, you are really young. If the villa area is made to look similar on the outside without everything inside, it will probably look the same by then, and there will be no such overwhelming publicity. A real estate can only be regarded as a real estate, and it cannot be used as an investment, and it will suffer no matter what.

"We also collected some information on Prince Hagen. Some time ago, our shipping encountered some troubles. It seems that this Prince Hagen was responsible for it. However, a very important person inside them gave us the news, that The person is Naqing, the uncle of the current dynasty. They were originally a small group. Later, because of something wrong with the uncle of the country, the relationship between the two of them was a little cracked. This imitates that our villa area is also a member of the uncle of the country. Give us the news." Gu Xin explained everything to Li Cong, all he needs to do is to provide information, how Li Cong decides is Li Cong's business, and he has no right.

"Hehe, it may be that our image has become a bit close to the people during this period of time, so that they can't feel what's going on with us. Everyone thinks that I'm easy to bully. This Prince Hagen seems to be They are a live target. Many people have seen that we are developing faster in the Western Empire, but I don’t think they know how strong we are. Forget it, tell the people below to talk to Hagen The prince started to seize the land, no matter what price they offer, we just keep following, but remember, we have to give up at the last moment, if they don’t want some, we can also buy it, and it’s not very easy to buy. It’s a disadvantage, I just let Prince Hagen’s investment cost increase a little, and I also asked some associations in the city to help us, threaten their construction workers, and give them some color if they don’t leave, those fortune tellers There are also storytellers, give them some money, and tell them to do some publicity for Prince Hagen's prescription." Li Cong said with a smile, just taking out two people will ruin a real estate. If they all hit together, Prince Hagen would not be dead this time, and Gu Xin at the side hurriedly wrote it down. How come I don't have so many ghost ideas.

Prince Hagen's recent life can be said to be pretty good. Although he lost some income from river transportation, Li Cong's tentacles in the trade line are not so long yet, so he didn't have much loss. This guy's The news brought back to him by the servants in the Northern Empire made him very happy. It was the plan of the villa area. After Li Cong's several villa areas were launched, they achieved unprecedented success. He also took a fancy to this profit. , So this guy used some of his own business as collateral with several big banks, and loaned out more than one billion silver. It is necessary to start the plan of this villa area nationwide. He also thought that he would have several times the profit in a year.

Prince Hagen's idea is very good, but many things are not what you want. Your plagiarism is very good, but it is the same as some plagiarism companies on the earth. It's just copied to the surface. Did not copy the content. It is not so easy for him to get the connotation. Some key points are Li Cong's core employees, and they will not be tempted by various interests to follow you. That would be a huge insult to them, so a few days later, Prince Hagen received very bad news.

First of all, the rich businessmen on the market have received a copy of the Cao’s Commercial Bank’s Happy Harbor Plan, which describes in detail what will happen to the wealthy community in the future, and how the various supporting facilities above are established. The introduction is very detailed. It can be said that even if there are no people who want to buy a house, they still want to see what is going on with this ideal house. Prince Hagen also received one, and he was still talking about it at the beginning. Looking at the things above, suddenly he was sweating all over. Damn, this is the counterattack of Cao's house. The location of his land is good, but it doesn't have such a large area. What does it say? Noble schools, high-end medical centers and other things I have no place to build. If I get all these, I will definitely build fewer houses. No, I have to make remedies.

"Come on, hurry up, ask Shanqing to come in and see me." Prince Hagen said loudly, this Shanqing is the person who was assigned by Prince Hagen to be responsible for this matter, and he is also the manager of most of the commercial aspects of the palace.

"Master, are you looking for me?" Shanqing is in the capital, and he heard that his master is looking for those people who he hastily left to eat with him, and each of these guys wants to curry favor with him and get some benefits from him The person who goes out, the one who is looking for him is his master, if there is no prince, he is nothing.

"Nonsense, it's okay, what did I ask you to do? You explain it immediately, and double the land we have bought around, no, it's twice." Prince Hagen said grumpily, if he still counted on this guy If he was doing things for himself, he would have to go up and beat this guy hard. He can do such a thing, and there are not a few servants in this mansion who have been beaten by this guy.

"Buy twice as much land? Lord, have you seen our development plan? Although the price of this land is not very high, if we continue to buy it, we don't have enough money. We have already spent ten Hundreds of millions of silver have bought tens of thousands of pieces of land, if you continue to buy, the price may be several times higher, at least more than three billion silver, do you think this money?" Shan Qing wondered, you can't just Just ask me to do things for you, even though you have the sign of the Prince's Mansion, but we also know that you, the Prince's Mansion, don't have much ability, so you have to come up with three billion in silver all at once. Seems a little impossible.

"What nonsense, I tell you to do it right away, just take my master's post and go to the major banks in the city to get a loan. Do you still need me to teach you such things?" Prince Hagen said I'm going to lose my mind for a while, and I have to ask myself such a thing. I really don't know how these bastards usually do things. If I have better talents in my hands, I will definitely send this guy out. dog.

"My lord, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. It would be no problem for our palace to use a few million silver to casually go to a bank, but the three billion silver is really a bit...a bit big Besides, we have already borrowed more than one billion silver before, and we haven’t paid it back yet. If we continue to borrow money, we need to mortgage it.” Shan Qing said cautiously, this kind of thing may not be possible for us, the prince. I will consider it. If you are Prince Zheng, it is estimated that it will be no problem for him to make tens of billions of silver in one sentence, but we can’t compare with others. Although you are a prince like others, you have no For a little matter, the business below is also based on their own capital. Over the years, the Prince Hagen’s mansion has been worse than the next generation. Although these businessmen will not offend you, but this loan of three billion silver, as long as they are not fools, they will be fine. Definitely won't ask us to do this.

"Asshole, I can't do this little thing well. Take the things in the warehouse as mortgages, and take as much as you have. This matter must be done quickly. Take some of the farms and other courtyards of the palace as mortgages. You must take Get this money, otherwise the billions we invested in before may be in vain.” Prince Hagen roared, and now he has seen Li Cong’s sinister intentions, and a fool would choose to buy a house. The one at Cao’s House has nothing to do with my own, and I will really lose money when the time comes. Most of those lands are bought by myself at a high price. If they continue to sell them, they will know their own. Situation, the original price will definitely not be paid, and the borrowed money also needs to be returned to others, right? There are several bankers who do not have their own influence. According to his news, the backstage of these banks are some For dukes and lords, they don't care about their own face. They are all descendants of the clan. Although the titles are different, they are all brothers. Are they afraid that they will not succeed?

"Yes, yes, the slave is going down to do business now." Seeing that the person waving his fist was about to hit him, he quickly avoided it. If he continued to stay here, he would definitely be beaten and couldn't be found. North, it's better for me to do less of such things, or I'll be beaten up a few times, my master...

This is what Li Cong wanted. Anyway, he still has a lot of trump cards. It took Shanqing half a month to get the loan, but when he went to buy those lands, the original owners were all Said that this has changed the owner... (to be continued...)