King Kong was always most afraid of going to the government office. It had been months since the ceramics factory changed its name, but it was not until early October that King Kong went to the Municipal Council to complete the formal registration. It was so easy to start a company, fill out the form, pay the fee, and in less than an hour, the company was registered and the certificate was in hand. The clerk was polite enough to make King Kong, who was about to meet "poker face", feel a bit flattered! If he had known it would be so simple, King Kong would have come to register long ago.
After completing the registration, King found that there was another room in the building for land registration, so he went in to have a look. The land was still being sold here, but there was something wrong with the price of the bid. It was too cheap. It must have been wrongly marked. Two hundred yuan per mu? Though it's a bit further west of Shanghai, it's on the east side of the railway and at least in another time and space within Zhongshan Ring Road! In decades, it will cost at least several thousand yuan per square meter, which amounts to several million yuan per mu!
"Sir, do you want to buy land?" A clerk in his thirties came up and asked King Kong. There was not a single female clerk in the office or business at that time.
Is the price of the land marked wrong?
No! Sir, you have a good eye. This is a good piece of land! Two hundred yuan per mu is already quite cheap, very good deal! If you really want it, you can negotiate the price. If you run a factory, you can get 10 percent cheaper. Unless you run a school, you can get more discounts. How many units do you want to buy, Sir? What are you buying them for?
King Kong is so lucky! Ran into land clearance?
The land is more than 182 mu in total and King Kong is going to set up a factory.
It's rare to have such cheap ones. I want to buy them all.
If you buy them all, it's a bit cheaper, 180 yuan per mu, the best discount price. It's a total of 32,760 yuan. I'll make a friend with you. How could that be?
King Kong was even more astonished to hear that he could bargain.
Looking at Mr. Xu's sincere intention to buy it for 31,000, what a good deal?
Finally, it was sold for exactly 30,000. After signing the contract and paying the deposit, another clerk showed him the land. On the way to view the land, during the conversation, King Kong learned why the land was cheap.
The land is in the suburbs of the concession after foreigners illegally expanded the road.
The illegal expansion of the concession began in the late Qing Dynasty. At the beginning, the concessions in Shanghai were very small. When foreigners built roads outside the concessions, the areas enclosed by the roads were called new agreements signed by the Qing government and recognized as new concessions. The concessions thus expanded many times over.
But for the last time, the roads were built and the land was enclosed, but the Beiyang warlord government, under the pressure of the people, did not dare to sign an agreement recognizing the expansion of the concessions. So now this place is jointly managed by both Chinese and foreign sides: theoretically it belongs to the Great Chinese, but in reality even the patrolmen are sent from the concessions. And at some point, with an agreement, the place became a foreigner's; The government is short of money now, so sell it if you can.
In fact, the land in the suburbs of Shanghai was not expensive at that time because no one was buying it? If it was farmland suitable for growing rice, it would cost more than 300 to 500 yuan; For wasteland and forest, it's only 100 to 300 yuan per mu. King Kong bought at a high price, lost money! The lessons of the 21st century can sometimes be fatal!
King Kong bought a piece of wasteland with some woods and some mounds in the middle. It was once priced at two hundred yuan, but it didn't sell because of some other issues. Now it's agreed to be reduced to one hundred and fifty. What's the problem? When King Kong arrives, you'll know.
The land was bordered by a large river that was navigable to the north, a small river to the west, a road built by foreigners to the south, and a wall of a silk factory to the east. Now there is a lot of bamboo piled up on the west side and a lot of timber on the north side. It turns out that this place has been "illegally" occupied as a bamboo and log dock and storage yard for several years, and the owner has to settle it himself.
Who would have thought that King Kong, on a whim, bought the land without even seeing the site?
I learned that MAO Zhu's boss is from Anji, Zhejiang Province, and his workers are all from Zhejiang Province, some from the Moganshan area and some from the Ningbo Siming Mountain area.
The wood boss is from Sichuan, and the workers are all from Sichuan.
Let's negotiate. The bamboo boss, smiling and being more approachable, admitted that King Kong was the owner of the land but demanded that King Kong buy all the bamboo or wait for him to deal with it himself; Also help with the severance pay of his workers.
The wood boss is called Li Ermazi, but he is not like that.
There's nothing much to talk about. The land I use is mine. I'm Brother Pao. I've been to many docks. You, my son like a turtle, I'll split two of you with an axe... .
King Kong first made an agreement with the bamboo boss to buy all the bamboo at 90 percent of the wholesale price. As for the severance pay, that is, the dismissal fee, King Kong made a special inquiry. Because some bosses in the 21st century don't give their workers severance pay! But in general, when a factory worker is dismissed, there is indeed severance pay! Of course, some small factories and stores may not have it.
But severance pay should be the responsibility of the former boss. King Kong said that any of their workers who wished to stay could work in his factory. Those who want to leave will be paid severance pay by their former boss.
The bamboo boss said the terms were acceptable, but it would be better to negotiate with the wood boss before he signed the contract.
King Kong's second visit to the timber boss was well-prepared. A few days ago, AD introduced a friend from Anhui called Luo Qingsheng to King Kong, hoping that when King Kong needed to recruit workers, he would give priority to their people.
This Luo Qingsheng, who used to be with the Ninth Lord, is now the head of a group of dockworkers. "Foreman, that doesn't seem like a good word in King Kong's ears." Saying "contractor" doesn't seem to have a very good reputation in another time and space. Anyway, he went out to take the job and got everyone to do it.
Due to the international economic crisis, there have been far fewer jobs at the docks in Shanghai recently. These workers can't get much work to do and are having a hard time.
King Kong's business is expanding and recruiting workers. But dockworkers can only carry things, are strong and have no skills.
Now King Kong has summoned all twenty-seven of Luo Qingsheng's gang. He explained the situation and said he was going to set up a formation. I said I would try not to fight, and if I did, I would try not to hurt anyone.
AD kept saying, "Fight it, don't be afraid!"
It was Luo Qingsheng who agreed with King Kong, saying that they were all from the Great China nation and would not fight if possible.
Luo also suggested that one should try not to hurt others, and it would be better to use a stick or an axe. As a result, only the axe was fastened to the belt, and each person also brought a stick.
Drawing on the experience from the last game against the East Sea Alliance, King Kong emphasized discipline to them and divided the twenty-eight into two teams, with AD and Luo Qingsheng leading the teams, and each team was divided into three groups with group leaders. This way, in case of a fight, it won't be too chaotic and will be more powerful.
King Kong himself brought the Fu brothers, and the big Dragon, the second dragon, the third dragon and others went to make up the numbers. Ren Zhenyu also brought the knife wound ointment and so on, not to join the fight, but just in case. The other two handed their guns to Erlong and Sanlong and said they were not allowed to hit anyone, but if something happened, they would shoot into the air to scare people.
This large group of people, along with a few rickshaws, not carrying people but carrying some sticks and axes, looked rather imposing.
It was not until they reached the woodyard that the group began to arm themselves. Deliberately speaking loudly to let the people inside know.
After setting up the formation, King Kong asked the others to stay outside the woodpile and only went in with the Fu brothers to look for Li Erma Zi.
The woodworkers had already informed the boss of King Kong's formation, and some had taken axes and sticks. But seeing the two brothers of the Fu family with box guns and Japanese swords, and a handgun sticking out of King Kong's waist, the workers all moved far away.
The woodsmith was certainly willing to negotiate this time. Oh, Mr. Xu, you're here! I'm waiting for you to come and do business! ... Who said no talk? Harmony brings wealth, and everything is good for negotiation.
King Kong agreed to buy all of their wood at about 80 percent off the wholesale price.
In the end, King Kong spent more than 4,600 yuan and bought all the wood and bamboo. Only eight of the nearly fifty Sichuan workers in the lumber yard stayed; Twenty-four of the more than thirty bamboo craftsmen from Zhejiang will stay.
For those who did not stay, King Kong still gave each of them ten yuan. The outcome could not be said to be a win-win situation for all, but both sides were satisfied.