Chapter 428 Everyone Wants a Home

"Okay, I'll do as you say!"

"Leader!" The cadre from the Real Estate Bureau was anxious, "Should we hold another meeting to discuss this?"

"What are you still discussing? Isn't the Commerce Bureau under my jurisdiction?" The city government's top leader stopped the Real Estate Bureau official with just a look.

You know, the leader of the Beijing Municipal Government happened to be in charge of the Commerce Bureau at the same time, and Mr. Huo's suggestion hit the nail on the head.

Especially after the leader visited the Champs Elysees in France, an idea emerged in his mind: why couldn’t Wangfujing Street become the "Champs Elysees" of the East?

It’s a pity that this idea is somewhat unrealistic. The government has no money to renovate several traditional commercial areas in Beijing, such as Wangfujing Street.

No wonder Mr. Huo is a billionaire in Hong Kong. He has a keen vision and thinks the same as I do. It really is true that great minds think alike.

The leaders of the Beijing Municipal Government were overjoyed and agreed immediately on the spot.

"Haha," the big boss was in a very good mood. "Mr. Huo, according to your idea, the reconstruction of these commercial areas in Beijing requires the establishment of a new agency with the Commerce Bureau."

"In this way, I will call a meeting of comrades from the Commerce Bureau today to set the tone."

"One month, no, one week, we will discuss the commercial cooperation in detail."

"Comrade leader, great idea!"

"Haha, I think the same thing."

No matter how dissatisfied the officials of the nearby Real Estate Bureau were, and how they felt that they should reap the benefits of the commercial street renovation, they were powerless to change the situation since the big boss had promised it in person.

The superiority of the Chinese system is reflected in this aspect. As long as it is a project that the leaders pay close attention to, it will be promoted very quickly.

The people below are eager to double the goals of the projects that the leaders are concerned about.

The Beijing Real Estate Company under the Real Estate Bureau was ready, and the next day, the 2000 million yuan transferred by Mr. Huo from the Bank of China arrived.

A grand press conference was held under the witness of the leaders of the Beijing municipal government, with photos being taken non-stop.

Originally, the Masses Daily wanted to publish the headline "Compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao care about the motherland and resolutely devote themselves to the construction of the motherland" on the front page. Later, with the care of the leaders, they thought that firstly, it should not be publicized for the time being, and secondly, it was also to protect the patriotic business comrades in Hong Kong.

Therefore, the Masses Daily reported on it with the theme of "New ideas to solve the living environment problems of the people".

They also thoughtfully put some renderings and interior pictures of the new community in the newspaper.

The news that Beijing was going to renovate its old town immediately became a hot headline in 79.

For a time, all the residents of the capital were excited. No one wanted to live in slums or tube-shaped buildings these days.

"Hey, the new houses are from Hong Kong. They are totally different from the Soviet-style buildings we learned from before. Every household has a bathroom and a kitchen. It's amazing!"

"Yes, my relative works at the Telecommunications Bureau. He said that even the telephone lines have been laid in advance. If you have the conditions at home, you can apply to install a telephone at home!"

"Ah, upstairs and downstairs, electricity and telephones, are we entering socialism?"

"That's great." If the old city renovation in the new century involves the construction of new residential communities, it will involve a problem, that is, the demolition payment.

But in this era, the property rights of these old houses in the capital were originally owned by the Beijing Real Estate Bureau.

Whether living in a slum or in temporary housing like Hepingli, which was built in 51, all residents paid monthly rent. They only had residential areas but no ownership.

And they are all looking forward to their houses being demolished as soon as possible?
Therefore, the newly built residential communities can only be public rental housing similar to that in Hong Kong, rather than commercial housing.

Since it is public rental housing, the comrades in the Real Estate Bureau have a lot of power in their hands. Who will get the housing first? How many rooms will be allocated? Will it be allocated by household or by population?

There are so many ways to go here.
If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. These days, doing real estate is all about spending money. If you want to recover the cost through rent, it will probably take at least 70 years.

I don’t know if the 98-year property rights rule that was introduced for commercial housing in 70 was partly due to this.

However, Wang Deming had already agreed with Mr. Huo that most of the money earned from abroad would be transferred back to the country.

Apart from investing in factory construction, the best investment channel for domestic investment is definitely real estate, but investing in real estate in the 80s was for children and grandchildren.

Mr. Huo smiled and agreed with Wang Deming's approach.

If Mr. Huo was really obsessed with money, he would not have worked so hard to transport scarce supplies to the mainland during the Korean War; if he was really obsessed with money, he would not have invested hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars in Sansha without asking for a penny in return.

In April, when spring came and flowers bloomed, many construction sites suddenly appeared in the capital, making the whole city dusty.

However, no Beijing citizen had any objection. Instead, at the call of the municipal government, they voluntarily participated in the tree planting activity and frantically planted saplings in the areas planned by the municipal government.

The eyes of the masses are sharp. The demolition and reconstruction of the guesthouse, the construction of new public rental housing, and the renovation of the underground pipeline network may create a little dust, but we can endure it for the sake of a better life in the future.

Especially since the Chinese people have great endurance.

When real estate construction started in the capital, Wang Deming finally understood why the government in his previous life had always been holding on to the real estate industry and would rush to rescue the market as long as there was any sign of trouble in the industry.

With so many projects under construction, the supply of construction materials is out of stock.
In a planned economy, production is based on demand. No, production is based on the plans and instructions of superior leaders.

There are now suddenly more than a dozen construction sites in the capital, and there is no shortage of cement, steel bars, sand and gravel, blue bricks, etc.

The cadres from the Real Estate Bureau went to the leaders of the municipal government, but the leaders spread their hands and said that there was nothing they could do as they could not do anything.

In desperation, the city government boss called Wang Deming over again, "Deming, you are still in Beijing, haven't you been to Shekou recently?"

"The progress in Shekou is very smooth," Wang Deming has often come to Zhen Dalao's office in recent years and has become so familiar with him that he picked up the thermos to refill Zhen Dalao's teacup with water, and then found some good tea leaves to make a cup for himself.

"The equipment is advanced, the workers are working hard, and the first batch of export goods has been sent to Europe and America."

"It is also thanks to the Sichuan leaders' visit to the United States this year that the United States has relaxed the quota for Chinese textiles."

"Hmm" the real boss blew some hot air and said in a low voice: "Hide your strength and bide your time"

"Let's not talk about that. The reason I asked you to come here today is because our business in Beijing is too big and we don't have enough building materials. I want to know your opinion."

(End of this chapter)