After confirming their participation in the overseas plan, a number of real estate group companies, including R&F and Poly, formed a consortium and initiated acquisition negotiations with 555 Fulton.
Their purpose is simple, that is, to use the 555 Fulton as a springboard to open their business territory in the United States.
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Of course, they may not actually do it.
Since the plan was formally established, a rare, abnormal, and extremely high-profile publicity campaign has been launched. Not only the domestic but also the American real estate market has learned of the news.
For a time, the U.S. real estate market was shaken.
The reason is simple. In this era, almost everyone knows that "Made in China" is synonymous with low price.
If they really enter the US market, how much impact will it have on the entire real estate industry?
As soon as the news came out, some people were happy and some were sad.
Those who are happy are those ordinary people who cannot or cannot afford a house.
They believe that the intervention of Huaxia Company will inevitably bring down the unattainable housing prices. At that time, they may have the opportunity to buy a small house of their own in their own city.
Those who are worried are speculators, investors and real estate companies.
They all knew what the fall in housing prices meant, so as soon as the news was released, major real estate companies immediately held emergency meetings.
Holden Corporation Headquarters, Texas.
President Boom Horton sat in the middle of the conference room, listening to the consultant's report with a serious face.
"Based on the current situation, there is no suspense for the other party to enter the real estate market."
"Their negotiations with 555 Fulton have begun, and from what we have learned, there is a strong possibility of an acquisition."
"After all, 555 Fulton has been losing money for three consecutive years, and they continue to find third parties to take over."
"And the Chinese investment group is the best candidate to take over."
"They have strong funds and sufficient experience. Even the official ones have shown positive signals for this acquisition."
"Wait a minute."
Holden interrupted the consultant's speech, and then asked:
"You mean, the government supports the other party to enter our real estate market? Why?"
"In order to curb the overheating trend of real estate."
"According to data from the past three months, the average house price in major domestic cities has increased by more than 5%. Although most of this increase is affected by financial market fluctuations, officials are not concerned."
"From an official perspective, all they see is an imbalance in the process."
"In this case, instead of regulating through monetary policy, it is better to introduce catfish into the market--while achieving the purpose of reducing prices, it can also break the monopoly to a certain extent."
Having said this, the consultant spread his hands and continued:
"To be honest, if I were the official, I would also choose this strategy."
"Obviously, the current Chinese investment group is this catfish, and they are about to jump into the pond."
Hearing his words, the conference room fell silent for a moment.
Originally, before the meeting started, everyone wanted to block this investment through operations at the official level, but now, the official attitude has been very obvious. If they intervene again, they will probably be blocked. Leave a bad profile.
But can we just watch this catfish jump in and steal our own resources?
Holden frowned and asked:
"Is there any way we can get their investment strategy?"
The consultant shook his head and replied:
"There is no way at the moment - or in other words, they may not have formulated a strategy yet."
"However, 555 Fulton has always focused on secondary markets, such as rural areas, secondary cities, etc."
"Preliminary estimates suggest that China Investment Group will continue this strategy after taking over."
"The reason is simple. 555 Fulton has a weak voice in the high-end market and has no relevant resources."
"You can't feed the second Holden Company just by relying on money."
Holden nodded slightly, which coincided with his judgment.
The other party should not take action against the high-end market. As long as this is the case, at least in the short term, we will still be safe.
But what about the long term?
Holden sighed, looked at everyone in the conference room, and asked a question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time:
"So, do you think these Chinese people are here to make money, or do they have other agendas?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat.
In fact, they have not thought about this problem and believe that this investment group may intend to destroy the entire real estate market in the name of investment.
But this malicious speculation seems a bit too far-fetched.
After all, no matter how you look at it, those Chinese people are qualified and reputable businessmen.
In past experience, they are much more popular than Indians, islanders, and even Europeans.
Is it possible that this is just a purely profit-seeking exercise?
After all, the U.S. real estate market is currently booming. Everyone knows it is a gold mine and everyone wants a piece of it.
Not only China, but also several companies in Europe are also in contact with American companies. Even if, could it be said that they also have ulterior motives?
This shouldn't be right?
After a few seconds of silence, someone in the corner of the conference room raised his hand and said:
"I don't think there's going to be an answer to that question."
Everyone looked at him in shock, and then he continued:
"However, at the same time, we should also know that no matter what the answer to this question is, fundamentally speaking, the entry of the Chinese will have the same impact on us."
"They will inevitably lead to lower property prices, will inevitably take away our profits, and in the most extreme case, may even lead to the collapse of the entire market price."
"So, no matter what, we should be prepared."
"My suggestion is that our price increase strategy should be launched."
"We have to find a way to keep the price going up to offset the impact of this catfish."
Holden looked at the young man who spoke with admiration, followed his words and asked:
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"You must know that a simple price increase will never be accepted by the market. On the contrary, it may have an impact on our reputation."
"Second-hand house."
The young man interrupted.
"Now, the only thing that can move this market is financial means."
"We can't take the initiative to raise prices, but we can take advantage of the heat in the financial market to continue to heat up our own market."
"Today's home buyers are either wealthy speculators or poor people who are in desperate need. There is no middle level."
"So, as long as the price of second-hand houses increases, the prices of our new houses will also increase."
"Moreover, it is much easier to leverage the price of second-hand houses than to leverage the prices of new houses."
"I have calculated that it may only require no more than 50 billion US dollars."
"50 billion?!"
Everyone in the conference room couldn't help but exclaimed.
You know, even for Holden Company, this is definitely not a small number.
However, Boom Horton, sitting in the middle, laughed.
He knew this was definitely a viable strategy.
Because, someone will definitely help Holden Company pay the bill.
Those investors who stand at the top of the financial market do not want this catfish to disrupt the market even more than themselves.
Holden, who is far away in the United States, still doesn't know that by continuing to hype up the real estate market, they are actually putting a tighter and tighter rope around their necks.
The end is not far away, but with the chariot of capital racing wildly, everyone seems to have forgotten one thing:
The other end of the rope was still tightly trapped on a large mountain.
One day, this chariot will stretch the rope to its limit.
Afterwards, everyone on the chariot will be strangled by the huge momentum.
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Of course, it's too early to talk about this ending.
But on the other side of the mountain, there are indeed people who are quietly continuing to tighten the rope.
Jiangsu, XCMG Group Headquarters.
Zhou Fuyuan stood in the office, looking at the documents on the desktop excitedly, with undisguised ecstasy in his eyes.
There is no doubt that this document is the document of the WK-75 heavy excavator that Chen Nian just exported. After being reviewed by the Spark team and higher decision-making levels, it was delivered to Zhou Fuyuan's desktop as quickly as possible.
When he first saw this document, Zhou Fuyuan's first reaction was doubt.
After all, he is a manager with a technical background, and he also knows how difficult heavy-duty engines are for XCMG and even China.
Let alone reinstallation, you can solve a problem that even so many affiliated research institutes of the Ministry of Industry cannot solve?
Moreover, it is said that the technology this time did not come from the Office of Heavy Equipment, but from a newly established department called the Office of Civil Development.
I guess it was another "experimental project" launched by some leader.
With this thought in mind, he reluctantly opened the document, but after reading only a few pages, he was completely stunned.
The high-power variable frequency drive technology used in the gear-rack push-type system replaces the traditional excavator hydraulic system.
AC variable frequency motors and their control systems that replace the thyristor power supply technology that has been stuck in the United States.
Because the production and assembly of some large parts exceeds the existing processing capacity, a specially designed and adjusted process flow is adopted.
Just these three points are enough to be called a shocking breakthrough.
Not to mention, this document also includes many more detailed but equally important key and difficult technologies.
Such as hydraulics, bearings, high-strength materials, intelligent design, etc.
At this moment, his thoughts changed drastically.
At first, he thought that the Office of Civil Development was a begging department, and that this so-called mountain-moving project was launched to squeeze the potential of enterprises and institutions and provide performance benefits to some superiors.
But now, he suddenly realized that this was a fucking feeding department.
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It’s still the kind of feeding food into your mouth.
Don't want to eat?
joke! No fool would eat it!
Therefore, after receiving the materials, his attitude also changed 180 degrees.
From the initial indifference, now I want to take out my heart and soul to serve a plate of special dishes to the representative in front of me.
After finally calming down, he took several breaths before speaking solemnly:
"The burden this time is really too heavy - thank you for the leadership's trust! All of us at XCMG will work together and we will definitely live up to the trust of our superiors!"
Hearing his words of loyalty, Chen Guo on the opposite side smiled and replied:
"Don't talk nonsense. Anyway, we have already taken care of the most difficult part for you."
"Master, lead me in. Practice depends on the individual."
"Based on these technologies, how far you can go depends purely on your own performance."
"To be honest, this time, your superiors have very high expectations for you. If you mess up,"
Chen Guo deliberately did not finish her words, but Zhou Fuyuan on the other side laughed.
What's going on?
You’ve put the food in your mouth, but you still can’t eat it?
So, he opened his mouth and said:
"Don't worry, leader, we're not afraid of biting off more than we can chew, we're just afraid of running out of meat!"
"Now that the meat is in our mouths, even if we bite hard, we still have to swallow it in our stomachs!"
"I can guarantee that from today on, this project will be our strategic mountain project at XCMG. Resources will be allocated first and personnel will be prioritized. We will do whatever it takes to ensure the success of the project!"
"Didn't I say that the project duration is 9 months? I will issue a military order and WK-75 will be off the assembly line within 6 months!"
"If you say that, then I'll be relieved."
Looking at Zhou Fuyuan's expression, Chen Guo nodded slightly.
He is not afraid that the other party will be crazy, but he is afraid that the other party will not be motivated.
You must know that under the premise that Chen Nian has complete knowledge of the technology, many omissions and difficulties arising in the process can be solved by what Chen Nian calls "big skill without workmanship", so speed and brutality are not problems.
On the contrary, being cautious and timid is the Achilles heel that affects the progress of the project.
Being able to say something like this at this time at least proves that Zhou Fuyuan really intends to do this project well.
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However, when I came to see him today, I didn't just plan to do this one thing.
After a moment of pause, Chen Guo continued:
"The heavy excavator project has been solved. I have one more thing that I need you to assist with."
"But don't worry, you are not the ones responsible this time."
"You said, no matter whether it is the main responsibility or not, we will definitely do our best!"
Zhou Fuyuan answered without hesitation.
"We need XCMG's assistance to cooperate with China Construction Third Engineering Bureau to design a rapid residential construction system."
"Residential rapid construction system? You mean building machine?"
Zhou Fuyuan's tone was a little surprised. Before Chen Guo could answer, he continued:
"This thing is not technically difficult. To put it bluntly, it is a closed construction platform. The core technologies involved are lifting and hoisting. As for other equipment, they are just accessories of the construction platform. "
"If we want to make it, we can make it at any time, but the application scenarios of this thing in China don't seem to be very wide, right?"
Hearing his words, Chen Guo nodded and replied:
"Yes, we don't need it in China yet."
"But there is a need elsewhere."
"Don't ask about the specific purpose. I only need you to answer one question."
"If we need a building machine that can build a residential building with more than 10 floors in 10 days, are you sure?"
“The 10-day package does not include precast panel preparation?”
Zhou Fuyuan asked.
"Not included."
After hearing Chen Guo's answer, Zhou Fuyuan instantly relaxed.
"That must be no problem."
"Leader, please allocate money. This thing doesn't even require the participation of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau. We can handle it ourselves."
"After the thing is made, it doesn't take ten days, it takes three days, I guarantee you can finish it!"
Today is the last day of the double update. Tomorrow I will resume the update with more than 10,000 words. I finished the tooth extraction. I had 3 teeth extracted at one time and one tooth was filled. I feel numb.
(End of chapter)
