At that time, housing prices in Hualin were still very low. Even the best villa complex only cost 800 yuan per square meter, which can be said to be quite a bargain.
Xiang Nan bought this large house with four floors and more than 600 square meters for only more than 400,000 yuan. Compared with the house prices in later generations, which often cost over 10,000 yuan, this price is already very affordable.
It’s just that Hualin is a third-tier city after all, and its real estate investment potential is limited. Therefore, Xiang Nan did not buy a large house, just this one house.
After buying the house, Xiang Nan subsequently renovated it.
“You’re buying a house now?” Shen Mo looked quite surprised after hearing about Xiang Nan’s purchase of a house.
She had never thought about buying a house, it had never occurred to her.
"If you don't buy it now, in ten or twenty years, you will have to spend hundreds of thousands or millions to buy a house of the same size." Xiang Nan explained, "The housing prices in the future will be ridiculously high. People work hard all their lives but cannot afford to buy a house.”
“Really?!” Shen Mo said in surprise. She really didn’t expect the house price to be so expensive.
“Really. In first-tier cities like Yanjing, Hujiang, and Zhenzhen, the price of one square meter is more than 100,000 yuan.” Xiang Nan said with a smile.
“Wow!” Silence couldn’t help but open his mouth wide after hearing this.
For her, a few hundred dollars is considered a lot of money. Unexpectedly, one square meter of house costs hundreds of thousands yuan. Wouldn't that 100-square-meter house cost tens of millions of yuan?
She simply couldn't imagine who could afford it.
"Besides, having your own house means you have your own home." Xiang Nan said to Shen Mo again, "I also want to provide you with a sweet and warm home."
Hearing what he said, I was extremely moved by the silence.
Since her parents died at the same time due to a factory accident when she was nine years old, she has never had a home.
Although Shen Dongliang took her in, he did not bring her the warmth of home. Instead, he separated the siblings and led her into hell.
For so many years, she has had no parents, no younger brother, and has been ravaged by Shen Dongliang. It can be said that she has suffered unspeakably.
So she dreamed of having her own home, a place that didn’t need to be big, where she could shelter from the wind and rain, and where she could have a roof over her head.
“Wang Yang, thank you.” Shen Mo said movedly.
"Don't be polite to me, I'm here just for you." Xiang Nan waved his hand, "As long as you are happy, I will be satisfied."
Hearing what she said, the silence became more and more touching.
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In addition to learning to drive and buying a house, Xiang Nan has been investing in stocks this year, but he only does short-term speculation and does not hold long-term shares.
Because the period from 1997 to 1999 was a two-year bear market, long-term speculation is not cost-effective at all.
Since Xiang Nan inherited Chu Tiankuo’s financial knowledge and Fang Zhanbo’s investment skills, short-term speculation is simply a piece of cake. From last year to now, in the past year, he has made more than three million.
In 1998, he was a real rich man.
However, Wang Xiang and Luo Meisu didn't know that Xiang Nan had made so much money.
They only knew that their son had earned more than 60,000 yuan this year by writing books.
After all, there are so many young people in the factory, and most of them have no jobs and can only be wandering on the streets. And their son not only has a formal job, but also earns a lot of extra money, and even has a college student girlfriend... In their view, life is already complete.
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Compared with the prosperity of the Wang family, in the past year, Hua Steel's efficiency has become worse and worse, and its operating conditions have become increasingly miserable.
First of all, the middle and senior management of Hua Steel, headed by Song Yukun, did not care about human affairs and did not think about how to run the business well and improve the efficiency of Hua Steel. Instead, they only stole from themselves, enriched their own pockets, and secretly resold Hua Steel's assets, causing huge losses.
Secondly, Huagang's structure is rigid, its technology is backward, and its burdens are heavy. It cannot compare with emerging private steel groups, which has also led to it being slowly eliminated by the market.
In short, Huagang's situation is the result of internal and external difficulties.
As for Lu Wenzhong's murder, it did not affect the overall situation of Huagang as it did in the play.
Because at that time, Song Yukun had not yet issued a promissory note to Lu Wenzhong, and more than 800,000 yuan for raw materials was still in Huagang's account.
Moreover, Lu Wenzhong was killed in May, and Song Yukun still had time and money to find raw material suppliers.
So according to the original plot, in September, Hua Steel was going to stop production because Lu Wenzhong was killed and the raw material money was lost, resulting in a shortage of raw materials.
However, in September this year, Huagang continued to produce.
Hence, there has been no large-scale layoffs or layoffs.
But according to Xiang Nan’s estimation, Huagang will be completely exhausted in one or two years at most.
Fortunately, he has already made his first pot of gold. Even if Huagang collapses, it will not have any impact on him.
It's just pity for these low-level employees such as Li Qiaoyun and Liu Quanli, who have dedicated most of their lives to the factory, and the factory is also the support of their whole family.
Once the factory closes down, they will be in trouble. They have four elderly people to support and a son suffering from leukemia. Once both the couple are unemployed and have no income, how should they deal with themselves? !
In the play, by 2016, Li Qiaoyun has neither a husband nor a son by his side, so he is alone. It can be seen that her son is dead. As for whether her husband is dead or divorced, although it is not certain, I think it will not have a good outcome.
“Hey, hemp ropes only pick and break at thin spots, and bad luck only seeks out misfortune.” Xiang Nan couldn’t help but think.
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Late at night, Xiang Nan sneaked into Li Qiaoyun's home.
I saw that Li Qiaoyun's home was much worse than Wang Yang's home.
Although Wang Yang's family had a patient named Luo Meisu, which depleted the family's financial resources, before she fell ill, the family was actually in a decent situation.
In the early 1990s, we purchased a color TV, a refrigerator, a sofa, etc. It was considered a very good family. Moreover, Wang Yang's house has two bedrooms and two living rooms. I can't say how magnificent it is, but it can at least be called spacious and bright.
Comparatively, Li Qiaoyun’s home has no decent furniture or appliances. It can be said that the walls are empty and there is nothing in it. Moreover, it only has one room and one living room, which is narrow and cramped. The couple and their children are squeezed into the same room.
When Xiang Nan saw this, he sighed, entered the bedroom, and first touched the sleeping points of Li Qiaoyun and Liu Qili. Then he came to their son Liu Song's side, put his hand on his spine, and silently worked.
After a while of burning incense, Xiang Nan breathed a long sigh of relief, sweating profusely.
Treatment of leukemia is also quite difficult for him. Fortunately, his hard work paid off, and after some repairs, Liu Song's leukemia was cured.
Xiang Nan then left quietly, hiding his merit and fame.
The reason why he rescued Liu Song was that he felt pity for Liu Qili and Li Qiaoyun's couple's difficulties; and secondly, at the end of the play, Li Qiaoyun and Wang Xiang came together and became companions in old age. Xiang Nan repaid Li Qiaoyun's kindness by rescuing Liu Song.