Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 112: Switching to Self-employed Business

Lu Shaohua had just opened the door and was about to go out when the doorbell rang. He opened the door and saw Lin Qiquan in front of him. Seeing his happy face, Lu Shaohua knew there was good news, and it was great news.

As expected, Lin Qiquan's first words were, "We have already negotiated with a company."

Lu Shaohua showed no other expression, as if all this was natural. "Sit down first and talk slowly." After saying that, he turned around and said to Zhang Qingyun. "Brother Zhang! Go and pour a glass of water for Mr. Lin."

"Good."

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Sitting on the sofa, Lu Shaohua's face remained calm, with no expression on his face. Lin Qiquan took the cup Zhang Qingyun handed over, drank it down, burped, and said, "We negotiated with a big company today, and finally made a deal. They will increase the original price by 15%, and sell all the land owned by their company to us."

"Yeah!" Lu Shaohua nodded and whispered, "Finally someone couldn't help it."

"What's wrong?" Lin Qiquan asked.

"No, it's good that they agreed. You still need to work harder and try to buy more." Lu Shaohua waved his hand and said.

In fact, Lu Shaohua didn't know that those companies were willing to sell, but they were reluctant to do so in order to gain more benefits. Some chose to wait and see. After all, Lin Qiquan and He Chengyi's actions were too big, and most companies had received the news. Some were hesitant because Lu Shaohua only paid a 10% deposit, and the check would not be effective until January 1990, which was more than half a year away!

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With a good start, the rest went much more smoothly. In the following days, good news always reached Lu Shaohua's ears. Naturally, the negotiation was successful, which made Lin Qiquan and He Chengyi very motivated. Their sleep time gradually decreased, but they were more energetic than usual the next day.

Lu Shaohua admired them from the bottom of his heart. They were typical workaholics who were very focused once they got into something. No matter what kind of boss they were, they all liked this type of talent, and Lu Shaohua was no exception.

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Time passed slowly. A month had passed since arriving in Japan on May 5. The calendar had turned to June 2. It was also on this day that Lin Qiquan and He Chengyi, who had been busy for a month, finally had a day of rest.

It wasn't that they wanted to take a break, but they had nothing to do. They had already talked to all the companies they could talk to, and had already acquired all the companies they could acquire. The only ones left were the ones they couldn't reach an agreement with. For those companies, Lu Shaohua only said two words: "No talk."

On the surface it was a rest, but in fact, in the afternoon, Lu Shaohua held another action meeting to arrange the next action plan.

"Now that the real estate companies have come to an end, the next step is some individual investors." After saying this, Lu Shaohua pondered for a moment. "For individual investors, add 20% to all of them. This will make it easier to tempt them. As for how to do it, please give us your suggestions?"

Lu Shaohua already had a plan in mind, but he didn't want to reveal it so quickly. Also, since this was such a rare opportunity, he also wanted to test them and see if they had any good ideas.

Lin Qiquan and He Chengyi looked thoughtful, while Li Zongen leaned leisurely on the sofa without saying a word. He was in finance, so it was better for him to stay out of real estate matters. He was just translating at the moment.

After a long while, He Chengyi spoke, but he didn't offer any advice, instead he pointed out the key point. "If we want to acquire individual properties, I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower. Now there are only two of us, and we can't go to every location. Besides, we don't have much information to collect."

Lu Shaohua nodded. "Go on."

"Yes!" He Chengyi said without pretense, "We don't have to take the initiative to find them, just let them find us. As for how to let them find us, we can go to TV stations and newspapers to place advertisements."

With He Chengyi's idea, Lin Qiquan soon came up with a plan and added, "We can also print some flyers and distribute them."

Lu Shaohua smiled but said nothing. It was good to place advertisements on TV and in newspapers, but it was too ostentatious, so he would not adopt this method. As for what Lin Qiquan said about distributing flyers, although this method was a bit old-fashioned, it was practical. However, he overlooked one point, which was credibility. Imagine that you suddenly received a flyer on the street about purchasing land, and the price was 20% higher than the original price. People’s first impression would be that it was a scam.

Lu Shaohua could not adopt either of the above two methods, but he was still quite impressed that the two of them could come up with them in such a short time, which showed that his thinking was not comparable to that of ordinary people.

"The methods you mentioned are all good, but..." Lu Shaohua pointed out the loopholes and shortcomings of the two people one by one.

"Haha! I didn't think enough." He Chengyi was a little embarrassed, but his expression showed that he was very educated.

Lin Qiquan nodded in agreement, indicating that his idea was also ill-considered.

"Don't worry too much. It's great that you can come up with a solution in such a short time." Lu Shaohua comforted her, his expression became serious, and he changed the subject. "You who live in Hong Kong should know a kind of 'salesman', right?"

Lu Shaohua actually didn't know whether there were salesmen in Hong Kong at that time, or whether there was such a profession but it was not called salesmen, so without waiting for their answer, he took the initiative to explain the scope of work that a salesman was responsible for. Simply put, a salesman is responsible for selling the products produced by the company he works for.

From their expressions, we can see that in Hong Kong at this time, there is a profession similar to what Lu Shaohua said about salesmen, but it is not called salesmen. In this era, the products produced by a factory or company are taken to places where they are needed to get orders with samples, or a place in need directly comes to order, unlike in the past, where you can see people carrying bags and selling everywhere on the street. It is also Lu Shaohua's fault that he didn't know. Although he has been in Hong Kong for some time, he has not made much contact with the outside world, so it is natural that he doesn't know.

After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, Lin Qiquan and He Chengyi were a little surprised. Why did Lu Shaohua call him a salesperson? They couldn't understand it. But no matter how strange it was, they were more concerned about what the salesperson Lu Shaohua mentioned had to do with the acquisition of individual real estate.