Richest Rag-picker

Chapter 260: Chapter 259: Three to Five Billion?

Fang Chenyi thought of a place, a rather suitable one.

He took out his phone, and without even checking the time, he dialed Wei Yilong’s number.

Wei Yilong hadn’t been staying at the villa recently. Instead, he had been busy at the company.

BEEP... BEEP... BEEP... The phone rang for quite a while before someone picked up.

However, the person who answered was a woman, and her voice sounded rather familiar. This caught Fang Chenyi off guard.

He heard the voice on the other end say, "Brother Fang, Yilong just got back. He’s in the shower right now." freewёbnoνel.com

Hearing the voice, Fang Chenyi’s mind raced, and he quickly identified its owner—Su Tantan.

"Uh, is this Su Tantan? Right... can you have him call me back when he’s out of the shower?"

After saying that, Fang Chenyi hung up directly, a strange expression appearing on his face.

’I can’t believe Wei Yilong actually won Su Tantan over. No wonder I haven’t seen her in so long. She’s been hanging out with him.’

Thinking about Su Tantan’s past behavior, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but shake his head. But this was Wei Yilong’s business, after all. He couldn’t really say anything. ’To each their own...’

About three minutes later, his phone rang.

It was Wei Yilong. Fang Chenyi smiled, shook his head, and answered the call.

"Hey, Brother Fang! I was just in the shower. What’s so important you had to call me in the middle of the night?"

Hearing Wei Yilong’s cheerful voice, Fang Chenyi decided not to gossip about Su Tantan and got straight to the point.

"Yilong, I seem to recall you mentioning once that there’s a lot of undeveloped, empty land near our new company, right?"

Wei Yilong answered immediately without even needing to think.

"Oh, yeah, there definitely is. The coastal area where our company is located has deep water, so there’s no potential for tourism development. That’s why it became an industrial zone. But for a port that can handle large ships, the water is actually a bit too shallow. The big vessels can’t get in at all. Because of that, the whole area is pretty desolate. I mean, why else would a single factory get over a hundred acres of land? Besides, isn’t the whole reason we put the waste treatment plant here because it’s so remote?"

’Isn’t this exactly what I’m looking for?’ Fang Chenyi was delighted to hear this. ’It doesn’t matter if large cargo ships can’t get in. I’m not developing industry, so it makes no difference whether they can dock or not.’

He nodded in satisfaction and continued to ask, "Do you know how many factories or residential areas are within a ten-kilometer radius?"

Wei Yilong was a bit stumped by the question. Although he had scouted the area before, he didn’t know the specific number of businesses. He could only admit helplessly that he wasn’t sure.

Fang Chenyi wasn’t surprised by this answer. He nodded and told Wei Yilong to go do a field survey tomorrow, also sharing his idea of building a massive commercial development zone in the area.

Wei Yilong was incredibly excited when he heard Fang Chenyi’s plan. He promised repeatedly that he would get all the details sorted out by tomorrow.

Having finished their business, Fang Chenyi hung up.

"I’ll get a map of Qinhuang Island tomorrow and study it carefully."

After that, he glanced at the time. It was getting late, so he got up and went back to his room to sleep with his wife.

Early the next morning, just as Bai Menghan was getting up, Fang Chenyi woke up as well.

He got up, got ready, and drove off to buy a map.

He found a bookstore, bought a map, and then drove out to personally inspect the area.

After driving around for a bit, Fang Chenyi discovered that not only was the area by the sea, but it also had two small, not-very-tall stone hills nearby.

In this area, besides a dozen or so processing plants, there were only a couple of small villages.

Because the land was so close to the sea, there weren’t many crops.

By the time he was done exploring, it was already noon. Fang Chenyi, who had been planning to climb to the top of one of the hills to get a better view, received a call from Wei Yilong.

On the phone, Wei Yilong said he had handled the matter Fang Chenyi had assigned him. He had obtained a detailed file and had also scheduled a lunch meeting with people from the investment promotion department, asking if Fang Chenyi wanted to join.

He thought for a moment. Although he hadn’t planned on making an appearance, he was worried Wei Yilong wouldn’t be able to explain things clearly, so he agreed to go to the lunch.

In a private room at the Qinhuang Hotel, Fang Chenyi met the representatives from the investment promotion department. After some pleasantries, he didn’t beat around the bush and directly stated his intention: to move all the companies under his control to Qinhuang Island and create a commercial development zone.

The person in charge was instantly excited upon hearing this idea, but he also had some reservations. That stretch of coastline was quite desolate. Developing it would undoubtedly require a significant amount of manpower and resources. Of course, since their contact had been Wei Yilong, they assumed they were dealing with the owner of a waste treatment plant. They had no idea that this Mr. Fang was, in fact, the youngest billionaire in all of Huaxia.

"Mr. Fang, if I may be so bold, how much do you plan to invest in this project in total?"

The official likely had this question because Fang Chenyi hadn’t specified which companies he owned.

Hearing this, Fang Chenyi fell into deep thought and began to calculate silently. He muttered aloud:

"One company would need a dozen or two acres, maybe a little more... that should be about right..."

Seeing him frown and hearing him mention such a small area, the official’s face fell with disappointment. ’It looks like the investment won’t be that large,’ he thought. ’It probably won’t exceed two or three hundred million yuan. That’s a huge letdown compared to what I was imagining.’

To put it bluntly, while three hundred million was a lot of money, it was just a drop in the bucket for developing that entire area.

To put it another way, three hundred million might only be enough to develop a few hundred acres of land. As for building factories on that land, it would be far from sufficient.

Of course, this was all just their own speculation. A moment later, Fang Chenyi spoke up.

"Um, I just did a rough calculation. For the investment, a single ordinary commercial building should cost around three to five billion yuan."

As soon as he said this, the officials from the investment department became ecstatic. They nodded their heads repeatedly and said:

"A total investment of three to five billion! Excellent, excellent! We’ll go back and communicate this with our superiors right away. We’ll fight to get the best plot of land for you, Mr. Fang!"

Three to five billion! That was more than ten times higher than they had anticipated! An investment of this magnitude was more than enough to command their full attention!

But after hearing what they said, Fang Chenyi just waved his hands dismissively...

[To be continued...]