Heavenly Book The Great Void

Chapter 28

Mu Feng said, "Mr. Gao, that's great! This method was actually my suggestion. It's killing two birds with one stone, a double benefit. It's putting ourselves in a do-or-die situation!"

Qi Qi frowned and said, "Great writer, stop using fancy words and keeping me in suspense!"

Mu Feng, beaming with excitement, exclaimed, "That is—the compensation and replacement price, raised to 20,000 in one go!!!"

Qi Qi and Gao Jinze exchanged a glance, then looked at the elated Mu Feng, unable to believe their ears.

Mu Feng scratched his head sheepishly and said, "Well... I mean it..."

"Twenty thousand... You're not mistaken? I didn't mishear?" Gao Jinze murmured, "This is your brilliant suggestion??"

Mu Feng explained confidently, "I carefully studied the negotiation records between Wanjia and the homeowners, and I also inquired about your Tianyuan Apartment's compensation plan. It almost always started at 12,000 yuan, gradually increasing slightly, and finally stagnated at around 16,000 yuan, reaching a deadlock. Our two families are in the same boat, aren't we?"

Gao Jinze nodded.

Mu Feng perked up and said, "That's right! So, raising the price by a thousand each is definitely not going to work! This is like slowly cutting flesh with a dull knife. The homeowners' appetites will grow bigger, and we, the compensation party, will suffer the most. The homeowners will feel that as long as they keep making trouble, the price will keep going up by a thousand each indefinitely. The homeowners will band together, and no one will be willing to sign an agreement in advance, for fear of losing even greater benefits, right?"

Gao Jinze nodded with a troubled expression and said, "That's indeed the problem..."

"So, let's just go all out and raise the price by four thousand all at once, exceeding all homeowners' expectations, then set a deadline for signing the contract, thus dismantling the seemingly solid alliance of homeowners!!!"

Gao Jinze said with a bitter face, "If you offered 20,000, I would sign too if I were the homeowner. That's enough to buy an apartment in Xuhui... But where am I going to get that much cash? It's too expensive!!"

Qi Qi stared at Mu Feng and said, "You're the kind of person who never suffers a loss! You definitely won't do a losing deal. Tell me quickly, what's the secret?!"

Mu Feng stared at Qi Qi and said, "You understand me best..."

Qiqi hurriedly lowered her head, her face flushed.

Mu Feng took a deep breath and said, "It's like playing chess, 'sacrificing a rook to save the king'! Right now, the surrounding property prices are being suppressed by Building 7 of Fenghe Shuiyuan and Building C of Tianyuan Apartment. If we raise the prices of these two buildings to 20,000 yuan per square meter at the same time, how much can the remaining buildings in Fenghe Shuiyuan and Tianyuan Apartment sell for per square meter?"

Gao Jinze's eyes widened, and he suddenly stood up, punching Mu Feng hard in the shoulder, causing Mu Feng to stagger and fall backward onto the sofa, grimacing in pain.

Gao Jinze laughed loudly, looking up at the sky.

After laughing, he exclaimed, "No wonder Wanjia in Shanghai has developed so quickly; it turns out they have a brilliant strategist like you... This method is absolutely brilliant!"

Qi Qi looked at Mu Feng with delight and admiration. Mu Feng was very pleased.

Gao Jinze paced back and forth excitedly.

Mu Feng said, "Qiqi, what you're hearing now is the biggest conspiracy in the history of China's real estate industry—oh no, it's an open conspiracy. Now, why don't you hurry up and buy a house in Tianyuan Apartment with President Gao? Of course, you can also buy one in Fenghe Shuiyuan. We'll give you the cost price from both, right, President Gao?"

Gao Jinze chuckled and nodded repeatedly, saying, "This place we're sitting in right now is actually an asset under Qiqi's name. All that's left is the transfer of ownership, right, Qiqi?"

Qiqi blushed and said shyly, "I didn't say I wanted it..."

Mu Feng was surprised and said, "Then I need to hurry up and complete the procedures to buy a house in Fenghe Shuiyuan for Qiqi before the price increase..."

Qi Qi patted the sofa and said, "You two, don't make fun of me, hurry up and unite to fight the Japanese!"

Gao Jinze said, "Alright, we'll drive up the surrounding property prices, and Takashima Corporation won't be able to afford it. Hmph! Even if they could afford it, they wouldn't make a profit in the short term!"

Mu Feng nodded and smiled, "That's exactly right!"

However, Qiqi suddenly realized something and said, "This plan is a bit inappropriate... Mufeng, didn't you say that Takashima Corporation—that is, Dilong Industrial—has already bought more than two hundred houses around Lotus Road? With you doing this, the Japanese will reap the benefits. Even if we assume two hundred houses, each one hundred square meters, and they make five thousand per square meter, they'll probably make more than a hundred million in total!!"

Mu Feng and Gao Jinze exchanged a glance, then both gave Qi Qi a strange look. Mu Feng said, "Qi Qi, do you know that in either Fenghe Shuiyuan or Tianyuan Apartment, these two upscale residential complexes, each building has more than a hundred units? If all the vacant units in Fenghe Shuiyuan were sold at 20,000 yuan per square meter, they would make more than a billion yuan... And Takashima Corporation has been meticulously planning in Fenghe Shuiyuan for a year or two, spending more than a hundred million yuan... Once the housing prices in Minhang rise, the Japanese will no longer be able to afford to hoard houses!"

Qiqi suddenly realized, and then sighed, "Even the Japanese, who are so rich, can't afford houses, so ordinary Chinese people are even less able to afford them... I really don't know if what you're doing is for patriotism or for profit..."

Gao Jinze and Mu Feng exchanged a glance, both feeling a little awkward.

Qiqi drew back the curtains of the French windows.

Outside the window, you can see the wide Pudian River flowing quietly.

The huge "reverse bow" was still drawn, but it resembled a bow that had lost its arrow, and was no longer so frightening.

Everything returned to silence.

On August 20, 2009, at 3 p.m., Shanghai Wanjia Company and Shanghai Qianqiu Real Estate jointly held a press conference, inviting well-known media from home and abroad, and announced in a high-profile manner: In order to maintain the company's brand image and protect the legitimate interests of homeowners, the replacement and compensation standards for Building 7 of Fenghe Shuiyuan and Building C of Tianyuan Apartment will be uniformly adjusted to RMB 20,000 in one lump sum!

A week later, all homeowners completed the signing of the compensation agreement.

According to statistics from relevant departments, starting in the second half of 2009, after a six-month period of stagnation, the average transaction price of houses in Shanghai suddenly surged, quickly surpassing the historical high and reaching 20,000 yuan per square meter…