coobybook Chapter 190 Meeting (2)
Chapter 190 Meeting (2)
After robbing the Sihai Gang's construction company, and after the renovation project of the old vegetable market undertaken by the construction company was completed, Lu Yongqiang let Lao Gou be responsible for the management of the vegetable market.
To quickly accumulate capital, Lu Yongqiang came up with the idea of smuggling fruits and vegetables from his hometown in the north and selling them through the vegetable market. To quickly ship goods, Lu Yongqiang also used his connections to split the vegetable market in two, creating a fruit and vegetable wholesale market.
At that time, Lu Yongqiang did not expect that he could develop so quickly. He thought that smuggling fruits and vegetables and earning one to eight hundred thousand yuan a month was already a good business.
But later on, this business became a bit of a tad bitch. For Lu Yongqiang, the benefits were not proportional to the risks. Later, he offended Liang Kun and was afraid that Liang Kun would stab him in the back, so Lu Yongqiang stopped the smuggling of fruits and vegetables.
The sudden closure of the fruit and vegetable smuggling business meant an explanation had to be given to Wangjia Village to the north. Several villages and thousands of people there had been tricked by Lu Yongqiang into growing fruits and vegetables, some even investing large sums in greenhouses. If Lu Yongqiang simply abandoned the business, Wangjia Village would likely turn against him.
At that time, Lu Yongqiang asked Wangjia Village to get arms for him. Naturally, he couldn't offend anyone, so he simply imported them through formal channels.
Compared with smuggling, the profit from formal channels is naturally much less. After that, the monthly income of the vegetable market dropped from one million to eight hundred thousand to two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand.
Naturally, Lu Yongqiang was not interested in such a small profit, so he basically ignored the vegetable market and left it entirely to Lao Gou.
Unexpectedly, this old dog is not good at dealing in the underworld, but he does have some knack for doing business. He feels that the profit from formal channels is too low, so he decides to go with the volume. With a larger sales volume, he will naturally earn more.
After some tinkering, this old man actually managed to smooth over the relationship with the government departments, and the vegetable market started the second phase of renovation project, and the area of the market more than doubled.
What was originally an old, small and shabby vegetable market was transformed by Lao Gou into a large agricultural market combining wholesale and retail, and now it has a monthly revenue of about three million.
Initially, Lu Yongqiang thought Lao Gou was a good businessman, so after acquiring Xingtai, he handed the flea market over to Lao Gou. Now the secondhand furniture business there is doing well, and Lao Gou has made a lot of contributions to it.
Lao Gou had mentioned retirement not once or twice, but several times already. However, Lu Yongqiang felt that although Lao Gou was a little timid, he was still a talented businessman, so he refused several times.
But in the first two months, the old dog fell seriously ill and stayed in the hospital for half a month. After being discharged from the hospital, although his illness was cured, his body was broken.
On the one hand, Lao Gou is Bingzai's future father-in-law, and on the other hand, he has a good relationship with Shouhou. Considering Lao Gou's physical condition, Lu Yongqiang agreed this time to let him step back.
Lu Yongqiang was worrying about who to let take charge of the vegetable market, but when he saw the disappointment in Ma Xiaobao's eyes, he simply handed it over to him.
After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Ma Xiaobao hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Qiang, I have no problem taking over, but I have never done the fruit and vegetable wholesale and second-hand furniture businesses, so I don't know if I can do it well."
As soon as Ma Xiaobao finished speaking, Lao Gou said, "Actually, the farmers' market is already on track, so there's not much to worry about. I'll walk you through the process and you'll basically be able to get started.
There are some problems with the second-hand furniture market, though. I'm afraid you need to spend more time watching them. There are a few cowards out there who won't do their job properly if you don't keep an eye on them."
As Lao Gou finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang said, "Brother Bao is responsible for the nightclub business, so I'm afraid he won't be able to devote much energy to it. Since the second-hand furniture market is a bit troublesome, I'll find someone else to take charge. Brother Bao can just take over the farmers' market."
Lu Yongqiang said this not because he really thought Ma Xiaobao could not devote too much energy to the second-hand furniture market, but because he suddenly remembered that when they left the island to rescue Sister D last time, that bad boy Hua was busy running around, and even if he didn't make any contributions, he still worked hard.
When Big D's wife signed the transfer contract, Lu Yongqiang was so happy that he promised to give Lanzai Hua a chance and he completely forgot about the matter during this period of time.
Now that he remembered it, Lu Yongqiang was ready to fulfill his promise, give that bad boy Hua a chance, and hand over the second-hand furniture market to him.
Since Lu Yongqiang had spoken, Ma Xiaobao naturally would not have any other opinions, so the matter was settled.
Lao Gou also reported his earnings. In half a year, Lao Gou earned nearly 30 million.
After Lao Gou finished his report, Luo Tianji said, "The property management company I'm in charge of now has 1,100 employees. Its revenue in the past six months was only 1.2 million, and its expenditure was 10 million."
This property management company is the security company established by Lu Yongqiang in the north. There are many people in the company, but basically no business. These people are almost entirely supported by Lu Yongqiang's money.
After everyone finished reporting, Lu Yongqiang said, "Ah Heng, summarize what everyone has said, and then tell everyone my decision."
After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Lu Yongheng said, "I roughly calculated that our total revenue in the past six months is more than 300 million, almost 400 million."
Before Lu Yongheng finished speaking, everyone suddenly became lively. Lu Yongheng pressed down with his hand, and then continued: "Everyone, don't be too happy. We have a lot of revenue, but also a lot of expenses. Not to mention the money everyone in the room has received, the expenses on the books alone are almost 400 million.
Of course, this includes the two hundred million that Brother Qiang invested in the real estate company, but even after deducting that, we've still spent nearly two hundred million in the past six months. And that doesn't even include the money diverted from the public account, or the money everyone else has shared. You should have an idea of how much these two expenses cost—around one hundred million. All in all, Brother Qiang hasn't earned a penny in the past six months, and he's even lost tens of millions."
"Recently, several bosses are planning to build a residential complex in Tuen Mun New Town. That area happens to be our sphere of influence, and to save trouble, they're planning to give us a share, albeit a small one, only 5 percent.
But this is not a small deal, and a lot of money needs to be advanced in the early stages. We also have to advance funds according to our share, which is almost 50 million.
This business is a good business, but the current situation is that Brother Qiang has no money. But it would be a pity to give up just like that, so Brother Qiang plans to give this opportunity to make money to everyone.
If you are willing, you can pool the 50 million and when you make money, you can divide it up according to the proportion of your contributions."
As Lu Yongheng finished speaking, Duxie said, "Brother Qiang, if you're out of money, just tell me. I have several million in savings, and I'll send it all to you at the villa in a moment."
When Duxie started talking, Luo Tianhong also said, "Brother Qiang, Aji and I have about 10 million yuan in total. I'll send the money to your villa later."
"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Seeing that everyone was about to give him money, Lu Yongqiang immediately said, "What are you all doing? To show off your wealth? My investments in recent months have indeed been quite large, but it's not as difficult as Ah Heng said.
What's more, I'm really short of money. How can I borrow tens of millions just by using the shops and properties under the name of the real estate company?
The reason I gave you this opportunity to make money is that we are brothers and we promised to help you get rich together. But the current situation is that I have indeed made a fortune, but it is hard to say for you brothers. "
"This project is being led by Gangcheng Lejia and Tongjia. These two companies have a decent reputation and are quite reliable, so the project should be profitable. However, real estate development has a long lifespan. Once you invest this much, it will take at least three to five years, and as long as seven to eight years, to see a return.
This is what I thought. In the underworld, it is common to be poor at one hour and rich at another. Since my brothers have some spare money, I might as well let them invest the money in this project, just to leave a way out for myself.
If we ever fall on hard times, at least we won't be left with nothing. This investment will at least give us the capital to make a comeback."
These words were indeed what Lu Yongqiang really meant, because Lu Yongqiang clearly remembered that from 90 to 97, the housing prices in Hong Kong City skyrocketed. Now it is 92, and buying a house at this time is definitely a sure-win business.
So, after everyone became wealthy over the past two years, Lu Yongqiang frequently urged them to buy houses and shops. While everyone listened to him somewhat, almost everyone bought a house and a shop, though not many, just one. The rest of the money was either deposited in the bank or spent recklessly. This left Lu Yongqiang feeling like he'd lost out.
This time, Lu Yongqiang gave everyone the opportunity to invest because he wanted everyone to take out their savings. Given the current real estate situation in Hong Kong City, as long as the money is invested in the project, it will be more cost-effective than putting it in the bank.
Another reason is that Lu Yongqiang recently discovered that some people had not learned their lesson and actually went to Macau to gamble, and lost several million in one night.
In fact, gambling wasn't a heinous crime in Lu Yongqiang's eyes, as he gambled himself. But he had to find a limit. He couldn't just lose money and gamble away tens or even hundreds of millions without a care in the world.
Lu Yongqiang had already made his point very clearly, so naturally no one said anything more.
After that, they discussed how to raise the 50 million. One person said he would contribute 10 million, and the other said he would contribute 5 million. There were nearly ten people sitting in the room, and if you add the people who were not in the room, the 50 million was really not enough for everyone to share.
Seeing that everyone had discussed for a long time without reaching a conclusion, Lu Yongqiang said, "There's no need to argue, just share the cost equally.
Excluding Dong Si and Gang Sheng, the ten of you plus Da Dong, Shou Hou, Zhang Hai, Ma Jian, A Wei, and Quan Zai, that's sixteen of you sharing the bill equally. Each of you will have to pay around three million. If anyone is short of money, they can borrow from your sister-in-law Dong Si first."
After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Old Eagle hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Qiang, I won't join in the fun. Let the fifteen of them share the cost equally!"
If Eagle didn't say anything, Lu Yongqiang was going to give Eagle a lesson after the meeting, but now that he spoke, Lu Yongqiang decided to take the opportunity to give him a lesson.