Dragon's Origin

Chapter 629: Losing One's Mind (Part 1)

Without money but still wanting to get things done, the major families, used to being domineering, especially within their own territories, what other option was left? Only one: credit.

Promising hefty profits, waiting until the real estate business made big money in the future to fill the previous hole. If it were on Earth, they could use the land as collateral to the bank and then get a loan for construction. But in this Yuan Soul World, where would they find a bank? Wang Sheng wanted to do it, but hadn't he not even started yet?

Don't think that starting construction means it can be completed smoothly. Mei'er and Rose both knew that for this real estate plan, the logistics team that Dream Workshop had trained beforehand had already started purchasing and transporting materials months ago. The construction team had also practiced outside the city, building a large number of ordinary courtyard houses. It took a full half a year to train a group of skilled workers.

Even with that, there were disciples and grand-disciples of many grandmaster level figures from the Exquisite Pavilion participating, as well as the big and small shopkeepers that Qianshengyuan, Runzifang, and Yayun had painstakingly cultivated over the years, plus Wang Sheng's occasional guidance on project management methods from another world. Only then could they slowly progress from easy to difficult, cultivating people bit by bit.

To put it bluntly, just the food and drink for that tens of of thousands of people team required a dedicated team to manage. It's not that the various lords didn't have such talent, but before, when they were still major families, the scope was small. The trained manpower only managed small teams of dozens or hundreds of people. If they really wanted to start construction on an entire city, it wouldn't be a matter of a thousand or eight hundred, but tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people to manage.

In Mei'er's words, if they could bring out a suitable team within half a year, it would already be a huge success. As for doing a good job, they shouldn't even hope for that. She had never seen anyone so greedy.

When Mei'er relocated people before, it was the relocation of the entire outer city of the capital, a one-time solution. Although this was extremely costly, it was efficient and didn't leave too many future troubles. By the time the relocated people discovered that the price of the newly built houses had skyrocketed, it was already too late. They could only try to get a loan to buy them back. After all, the bad reputation was borne by the various lords. Moreover, the people who initially bought the mansions in the inner and outer cities were also this group of people.

Everyone had eyes. Even if the people of the capital were unwilling, the new houses and courtyards that Mei'er built for them were much more spacious than the originals, and the surrounding living facilities were no worse than before. The only real loss was that the house prices in the city were high, and they didn't earn that price difference. But if they were to earn this price difference themselves, would they dare to overcharge the people of the various lords so outrageously?

The resentment of the people of the capital for being forced to move might even turn into happiness because the soaring house prices in the capital allowed them to bleed the people of the various lords dry. Princess Ningguo had helped them "avenge their grievances."

Because it was the first time, neither the various lords nor the people of the capital knew what was going on, so everyone moved willingly or unwillingly. It was impossible to come back and make trouble afterward. However, if the various lords followed suit, it would be another matter entirely.

Everyone knew that after the people were relocated in the capital, the newly built mansions were sold at sky-high prices. If you wanted to buy the land and property of the people of the former capitals of various countries at the price of a farmhouse, wouldn't that be a joke? Did everyone think that only the high-level members of the major families were smart, and the common people were all fools?

This led to a vicious cycle. The more money they lacked, the more they wanted to earn, and the more they needed these people to move. But these people weren't stupid either, and they definitely wanted more. If they didn't give it, they would force these people even harder, and in the end, the resentment towards each family would be even greater. This vicious cycle was unsolvable without gold coins.

By the time each family straightened out the relocation, trained the team, and really started working, it would probably be a year later. This was still based on having various skilled artisans. Without them, it could take even longer.

After spending a lot of money to appease the people, appease the suppliers, or even become suppliers themselves, they finally supplied the materials, and the mansions were completed. Then, the various lords would face a brand new problem.

"What problem?" Rose, listening to Mei'er's long explanation, was feeling delighted in her heart. Seeing Mei'er raise a new problem, she quickly asked.

"New mansions, who will buy them?" Mei'er asked with a smile.

"Naturally, it's the important officials and family disciples of the various lords' own families!" Rose replied instinctively. But she immediately reacted: "That's not right. They already have their own mansions in the capital, and the demolition wouldn't affect them. In that case, why would they buy new ones at a high price?"

Their own disciples didn't need to buy them. Did they expect the Shi family disciples to go to the Dai family capital to buy a mansion at a high price? Or the Tang family disciples to go to the Xia family capital to buy a mansion at a high price? Which family was out of their minds?

"Then, then wouldn't all the newly built mansions be stuck in their hands?" Rose's face became extraordinarily colorful, and it was hard to tell whether she wanted to cry or laugh.

The newly built mansions couldn't be sold, but they still owed gold coins to the suppliers and the people. After all the trouble for several years, what did they gain?

"Didn't Master say that? Something about supply and demand." Mei'er still smiled and pointed out to Rose: "Before thinking about selling something, first think about who you want to sell it to. Think about it, Qianshengyuan, Runzifang, Dream Workshop, Yayun, aren't they all doing this? Before we open a business, we think about who the things are going to be sold to."

"There should be some smart people among the big shopkeepers and managers of the various principalities, right?" Rose nodded in agreement. Their own business was simply the most purposeful business. However, the various lords had been dominating the world for so many years, and their businesses were spread all over the world. Could it be that no one had thought of this?

"There are definitely many who can think of it, but hundreds of billions or trillions of gold coins can dazzle their family heads and elders!" Mei'er wasn't worried at all that the various lords wouldn't take the bait: "Greed makes people stupid, that's all it is. Besides, we also gave them a push."

If Mei'er hadn't said this morning that she wanted to participate and take half of the shares, the various parties would definitely have thought more about the traps in it. However, if Lizhenfang wanted to take 50%, it meant that it would definitely make a lot of money. Why should they give the ready-made gold coins to Lizhenfang?

"What if there really are smart people who want to share a piece of the pie with Lizhenfang?" Since Rose asked, she definitely had to ask clearly, so she immediately asked this question.

"Then let them wait." Mei'er didn't beat around the bush and directly laughed: "Wait until we have dealt with the capital's affairs before talking about the matters there. If they can wait, then let them wait slowly. A few years later, there will always be new situations."

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"By the way, madam, other families don't have the conditions of the capital, but Worry-Free City, if they want to do it, can they also do it?" Rose was from Worry-Free City, so she immediately thought of Worry-Free City.

Mei'er didn't expect this. Her beautiful eyes also looked at Wang Sheng.