Chapter 81: Chapter 81: The Night Banquet
In the evening, there will be two tables, one for the men and one for the women. Feng Yiping only then learned that Cai Hong's mother had passed away from illness several years ago, which was why he had not seen her since entering.
Feng Yiping first expressed his deep condolences, and then thought unkindly, since Cai Hong's mother had passed away several years ago, wouldn't that mean that there was one less possible obstacle on Cai Hong's path to becoming a sister-in-law?
Lao Wang was also a director, but not the director of the street office, but the director of the office of the street office. Anyone in an office in an institution is a person who is good at getting along with everyone. After Lao Cai introduced Feng Yiping, he immediately praised him, saying, 'What a young talent!' Feng Yiping felt a little embarrassed by this high praise.
Basically, the people in the office have one thing in common: they can drink. Apart from Feng Yiping, the other four people at the table also toasted him. Cai Lei's wife came over and toasted him, and he returned the toast twice, so his face only turned a little red.
After three rounds of wine, Lao Wang said to Lao Cai, while chewing on a piece of jellyfish, 'The whereabouts of the deputy district head Li have been decided. He has been transferred to become the director of the Party History Office. Therefore, not only our district, but also the city, is being very cautious about all matters involving land. That is why Director Hong cannot give you a reply right now.'
While eating, he pricked up his ears and listened, and Feng Yiping roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter. Lao Cai wanted to buy the land he currently rented and do some work on Director Hong of the Street Office.
Director Hong of the Street Office, because a deputy district head in the district, led an investment in HN real estate, which resulted in a large deficit. The current handling is that he was transferred from the deputy district head to the Party History Office. In other words, he can almost start now and enjoy his retirement.
So everyone is very cautious about land and doesn't want to make any rash decisions.
And even if the land is sold, it may have to be auctioned off.
Old Cai's face fell as he heard this. Feng Yiping could understand his mood very well. The most frustrating thing is not that you can't make money, but that you know the money is clearly there, but you just can't get it.
In that case, it's better not to know.
Depressed as he was, Old Wang still had to entertain well, and as long as there was a possibility of doing business, this line had to be well maintained.
Cai is lucky. Feng Yiping thinks back: This year, 1993, should be a year that many people in the real estate industry will remember for a long time to come.
It so happened that during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, the State Council issued the '13 National Measures'. These were not the '8 National Measures' that were issued when the country tried to regulate the overheated real estate market, and the more the government tried to regulate, the more the property prices rose.
This time, once the '13 National Measures' were issued, they were an overwhelming success.
Once the '13 National Measures' were announced, those property developers in HN who had been playing the game of passing the parcel with the money from the banks – some of it even money that the banks had actively offered them – suddenly knew that their world had come crashing down!
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, many of them were still worth billions; after the Dragon Boat Festival, they immediately became destitute. It was just one day apart, and one day they were on top, the next they were in the gutter.
The impact of this incident was far-reaching. In order to clean up the mess, HN later established a development bank specifically for this purpose. However, after more than two years of operation, it was still dragged down by the mess and went bankrupt. This was also the only bank in the great Celestial Empire to go bankrupt.
Some of those who were lucky enough to escape this disaster later became major players in the real estate industry. If you go and look around the capital's CBD, you'll see that the owners of Vantone Center, SOHO, and Sunshine 100 all managed to get out just before the 'thirteen national measures' were announced.
So, it was really a bit untimely for Lao Cai to have this idea at this time. And he couldn't come up with enough money at the moment. He had originally thought that he could get a bank loan. At this juncture, if you want to borrow money from the bank to buy land, not even a central state-owned enterprise can do it, let alone a small private business owner.
Lao Wang probably sensed Lao Cai's depression, so he turned to talk about the stock market. Unfortunately, the stock market this year, in retrospect, is in a very bad shape. Although during the first month of the year, the Shanghai Composite Index broke the record for the first time and stood above 1,500 points, it only stood at the high of 1,500 points for four days, and has been falling ever since. Judging from the situation, it is expected to continue falling, and no one knows when it will end.
After Lao Wang said this, the two men felt quite emotional.
Lao Wang felt that as a deputy district head, he had been transferred to the Party History Office to sit on the bench, and he could not help feeling a sense of loss.
Lao Cai, on the other hand, had seen prices rise for all kinds of materials this year, and there were more and more new furniture factories, making business more and more difficult. He had finally seen an opportunity, but now it seemed to be a daydream.
He was already depressed!
So, the atmosphere at the table was inevitably a bit low.
The eldest brother Cai Lei was a bit better. He was shallow-minded, and it didn't matter if they couldn't buy the land yet, they could always talk about it again in the future.
The second son, on the other hand, was a thoughtful person. He pieced together the whole story from Cai Lei's words, and so he was thinking a lot and was very unhappy. He looked at the old man for a while, then at the eldest brother, and thought about how they had kept such an important matter from him. He was so unhappy that if it weren't for the presence of other people, he would have wanted to have a good argument right now.
As for Mei Yiliang, he is not yet qualified to speak on such matters, so he can only eat more and say less at the table. This is also the first time he has learned what the master is thinking, and he understands why the master was so agitated after listening to his nephew's words. At the same time, he feels that the more trouble the master is getting into, the more difficult it will be for him to marry Cai Hong, so does he still need to stay at the factory?
Feng Yiping, meanwhile, listened to the adults while tucking in. Cai had gone to a lot of trouble to prepare the meal, and the highlight of the table was the seafood. In an inland city, seafood has always been a rare commodity, and now it is even more so.
Apart from the jellyfish in the cold appetizers, there was also a dish of ribbon fish and a dish of small yellow croakers, so Feng Yiping could enjoy seafood again!
Feng Yiping is still on the mind of Lao Cai, who is afraid that the adults will neglect him while eating, drinking and talking, and always has to pay him a few words from time to time. He specially introduced the small yellow croaker to him, and Feng Yiping honestly and unceremoniously picked up a piece. This little yellow croaker seems to be wild, of course, but once it enters the throat, it feels so right!
The adults felt a sense of nostalgia, and Feng Yiping also had a lot of feelings. This was really a magnificent era, but unfortunately due to his age and the limitations of his environment, he had already missed many good opportunities.
In addition, he still had to find a way to make money immediately, otherwise even if the opportunity was right in front of him, what could he do? In the countryside, he didn't feel it, but when he arrived in the city, he became very aware that his little achievements were nothing.
Although he knew that it was now an era of rapid development, knowing and witnessing the impact and experience it brought was absolutely incomparable.
Therefore, for the first time, he seriously and carefully considered whether or not to find a way to transfer to the city to study.
Moving to the city certainly has many advantages. The environment is good, the news is well-informed, communication is convenient, there are many universities and public libraries...and there are also many opportunities.
However, no matter how good the city is, if you lack one thing, it will be bad for everything.
If you want to go to school in the city, you will definitely have to pay for tuition, fees, and sponsorships. And since you're going to the city, you'd better get a home. Housing prices are really low these days, so it's a good idea to find a way to buy a house.
So, in the end, it all comes down to one thing: money!
So, alas, you still have to find a way to make money! But how do you make a lot of money?