Reborn in 1977

In less than an hour, the house was completely refreshed, even cleaner than when he had left a month ago.

The water was also heated up, and the four of them took turns showering and changing clothes, even the two little monkeys and two raccoon cats were washed clean.

By the time Chen Fan finished washing, got dressed, and checked the time, it wasn't even 4 PM.

He turned and walked to the master bedroom, where the three girls were sitting on the heated brick bed, chatting around a low table.

Chen Fan didn't go over, but stood at the door and said, "You guys take a rest, I'll go to the school to take a look, and buy some groceries on the way back, we'll cook at home tonight."

The three nodded or waved, but no one spoke.

Chen Fan smiled, turned and went out, closing the door behind him.

The six female comrades had done a very good job just now, even cleaning the car inside and out. Chen Fan didn't treat them unfairly. Giving them money wasn't appropriate, so he gave each of them a box of chocolates, which made them grin from ear to ear. They were practically skipping when they left.

Zhou Yali sat on the heated brick bed, looking through the window and watching Chen Fan's car drive away, she asked curiously, "It's so late, what is Xiao Fan going to the school for?"

Jiang Lili smiled and said, "Xiao Fan's school is very close to here, much closer than his work unit."

Then she pointed to the small hill across the lake outside the window, "Look, that's the graduate school he's attending now, Jiangnan University, the best school in Jiangnan Province, and one of the best in the country, on par with Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai University, Fudan University and other famous schools."

Zhou Yali nodded slowly, staring blankly at the small hill not far away, "So it's so close?"

Jiang Tiantian picked up her teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile, "I heard Xiao Fan say that this used to be a wasteland, …"

She told the story of the origin of this community as if it were a story, and finally smiled, "Just by mistake, this place has developed into a community, and many supporting livelihood units have opened branch offices here."

After listening to her words, Zhou Yali supported her cheeks with her hands, squinting her eyes thoughtfully. Real estate development is one of the Zhou family's main businesses, so she is naturally no stranger to real estate. Recalling Chen Fan's actions, this is a typical commercial real estate development case.

Select a group as the market target, and then customize targeted real estate products for this target. The project includes comfortable real estate, livelihood facilities that attract residents, medical institutions, educational institutions, commercial centers…, and then use this as a selling point to sell pre-sale houses to other groups.

As long as there is still housing demand in the market, this model can be repeated, repeated and repeated until the market is saturated.

The difficulty here lies in how the first batch of supporting businesses can be put in place.

It is also the most core thing of this model. Chen Fan tried to leverage several veteran comrades, and through their network of relationships, he completed the first step. As long as the number of residents increases, the relevant units will synchronously increase the number of branch offices when it reaches a certain proportion.

If it were in the United States, it might be necessary to use钞 ability. Dad's trading company can provide a certain number of commercial facilities for the community, including small community supermarkets, so the main thing to solve is medical institutions and school resources.

When Zhou Yali supported her face with red marks, she had already formed a real estate development outline in her mind.

Real estate development in the United States has mainly experienced three stages. The first stage was at the end of the 19th century, which can be regarded as the budding stage, mainly building houses for sale. The second stage was from the beginning of the 20th century to before World War II, when it already had some rudiments of modern real estate.

The third stage, which is also the most important stage, was from after World War II to the end of the 20th century. Basically, all modern real estate development models took shape in this stage, and it was also the period with the most and fastest changes.

It may be hard for many people to believe that not long after the end of World War II, the most houses built in the United States were simple housing communities built for veterans.

Using the cheapest materials and the lowest cost, a row of houses similar to detachable prefabricated houses were built, with only one floor plus an attic, square like a box, no toilet, the kitchen was in the room, the faucet was at the door, and the open space outside the door was for drying clothes…, almost like a refugee camp.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yali suddenly thought of the famous "Levittown Community".

After World War II, the United States ushered in an unprecedented baby boom, with 3.4 million babies born in 1946 alone.

As the family population increased, the cost of living rose, making it impossible for more and more people to afford the high rents and prices in the city, so they had to move to the suburbs.

The Levitt brothers saw this opportunity and bought a farm of 7 square miles (18 square kilometers) in Long Island, New York. Then they used their company to start re-planning, unified construction, and named it Levittown.

During World War II, American factories focused on manufacturing wartime necessities, such as airplanes and cannons. But in the 1950s, they refocused on manufacturing household goods and adopted new methods they used in the war, such as assembly lines. As a result, factories were able to produce a variety of materials for household use at unprecedented speeds.

The Levitt brothers used this method. They hired a large number of workers with no construction experience and taught each of them a specific house building skill, and then combined them together, creating an assembly line for houses in this way.

In fact, it is a assembled house, and the raw materials are basically wood.

This novel way of building houses standardized and streamlined the house building work, greatly improving the efficiency of house building. At the peak of its construction, an average of one house was built every 16 minutes.

The price of this kind of house is naturally very cheap. A wooden house only costs 7,000 US dollars, which is not much more expensive than an ordinary family car, and veterans can also choose to pay with zero down payment.

As a result, buyers naturally flocked to it.

Later, this place was recognized as the first modern suburban community in the United States.

(Levittown Community)

However, although this community has built 7 shopping centers, the supporting facilities in other aspects are still relatively lacking. It was not until later that more and more people came here that companies gradually saw the opportunity here and gradually established medical, educational and other institutions.

From the final result, Levittown Community is a bit similar to here, but they attract people with cheapness, while here, the supporting facilities and houses are built simultaneously. If it is used for commercial development, it is obviously more advantageous.

There is also another similar example.

As early as 1952, Paris, France, built the world's first commercial complex "La Défense", which contains five core functions: commercial retail, business office, hotel catering, apartment residence and comprehensive entertainment, becoming a modern urban area integrating office, business, shopping, living and leisure.

But their investment cost is also not small.

In contrast, Chen Fan's real estate development model, borrowed from his later life, gave Zhou Yali a lot of inspiration.

It didn't have the high investment of a comprehensive commercial complex, nor was it as simple as the Leviton community, but it was more attractive than the Leviton community.

Several important components of the real estate industry, such as residential real estate developers, the residential market, corporate management, and related financial services, are still in a relatively developing stage. Sometimes, even a small inspiration can turn into a brand-new model.

Now, Zhou Yali has realized this new model.

First, acquire a piece of cheap land that no one cares about, and then develop real estate at a low cost, or even zero cost, and carry out sustainable and orderly development. Perhaps, one project can be operated for decades.

If Zhou Yali's university major wasn't real estate management, she would have wanted to write a professional thesis.

But now, she just wants to record this idea and see if she can find a place to do an experiment after returning to the United States?

… …

Zhou Yali shook her head, feeling that after returning to the United States, she could have a good chat with her father, who should be interested.

After a while of thinking, Jiang Tiantian waited for a while, and seeing that she was holding her face and not speaking, and not knowing what she was thinking, she tilted her head and looked at her, and whispered, "Yali, Yali?"

Zhou Yali came back to her senses, turned her head suddenly, "Ah? What's wrong?"

Jiang Tiantian, "What are you thinking about?"

Zhou Yali rubbed her face and smiled, "It's nothing, I was thinking, it turns out Xiaofan is so close to the school."

She then looked at Jiang University, with a few doubts flashing in her eyes, "But there's no need to go to school as soon as he comes back, right? Does he also have to take the final exam? But didn't he say that he wouldn't have to take exams in the future?"

"That's not true."

Jiang Lili smiled from the side, "The main reason is that Xiaofan published a very important paper. Maybe he wants to go back to school to thank the teacher."

"Paper?"

Zhou Yali became curious again, "What paper?"

Speaking of Chen Fan's paper, Jiang Lili couldn't sit still either, she turned over and got off the kang, while saying, "I'll go get it for you to see."

… …

Chen Fan didn't know that the two sisters were making a name for him, but since the target was his cousin, it felt a little weird.

He drove out, made a slight turn, and entered Jiang University campus.

At this time, the campus was already on winter vacation, and there were not many people left in the school. It was deserted everywhere. He didn't go to the teaching building, but went to the oldest faculty apartment.

This is a two-story red brick building, first built in the 1920s, with a history of more than fifty years.

Professor Xu has been living here ever since he entered Jiang University, for about thirty or forty years.

Driving the car to the entrance of the yard, someone immediately came over to ask, "Where are you from? What are you doing here?"

Chen Fan took out a cigarette and handed it over, and said with a smile, "Hello, I'm looking for Professor Xu Zhirui. I'm his student, Chen Fan."

The man was originally stern and about to refuse, but when he heard that it was Chen Fan, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he took the cigarette smoothly, and said, "Please show your ID."

Chen Fan immediately took out his student ID and handed it over.

You have to give whatever kind of certificate to whatever kind of place.

The man took the certificate and looked at it, his expression immediately softened a lot. He first returned the certificate, and then pointed to the middle of the first floor, "Room 106 is the one. Drive the car in and park on the side."

Chen Fan thanked him, drove the car into the yard, and then got out of the car with the gift.

He walked to No. 106 and knocked gently on the door. The one who opened the door was a middle-aged woman in her forties.

This is the nanny that the university assigned to Professor Xu.

After being informed, the nanny let him in directly. He didn't ask much, thinking that Professor Xu was so open to his students, so he walked in with the things.

This dormitory has a layout of two bedrooms and one living room. The outermost part is the kitchen and bathroom, the middle is the living room, and the innermost part is two rooms, one on the left and one on the right.

Both doors were open. The one on the left was the bedroom, and the one on the right was the study.

At this time, Professor Xu was writing in the study, … not writing with a pen, but facing the computer, skillfully using one-finger typing, typing non-stop. Conservatively estimated, he could type 50 words per minute, which is even more amazing than some online writers in later generations.

Chen Fan put the gift on the coffee table in the living room, walked in, waving his hands, and said with a啧啧 sound, "Not bad, teacher, your computer typing is really extraordinary."

Professor Xu heard the movement, turned his head and looked, and realized it was him. He snorted twice and smiled, "Of course, one lives and learns. You young people are allowed to use computers, can't we old people type?"

Chen Fan pulled a chair and sat down opposite him, bent down and looked at the computer screen, "What are you writing?"

Professor Xu didn't avoid him and said, "Thesis, this is the third one."

Chen Fan was a little surprised, and immediately turned his head and widened his eyes, "The third one?"

Is he that fierce?

He took off his reading glasses and put them aside, put on another pair of glasses, looked at him and said, "Your thesis gave us a lot of ideas. I've only written three, Teacher Liu and Teacher Xi, they've all written the fifth one."

Chen Fan opened his eyes and blinked hard a few times, not knowing what to say.

Seeing his appearance, Professor Xu chuckled and said, "Actually, many things are just missing a layer of window paper. Once it is broken, then inspiration will flow like a spring.

We old guys have been doing research for a lifetime, and we have stored a lot of things in our minds, but we lack a line to connect certain things together.

With your thesis as an idea, writing a few articles casually is not difficult at all."

Hearing this, Chen Fan had to admire him.

Being able to write a few papers easily at such an old age, although it is based on previous knowledge, in fact… it is indeed quite simple.

He had seen it when he was studying with the teacher. Professor Xu's knowledge reserve was extremely amazing. He could almost use things from ancient times to the present at his fingertips.

Although his main business is Sinology, his knowledge points are not limited to Sinology.

For example, the development and technology of woodworking, the production process of blue and white porcelain, the deduction of ancient military strategies, and ancient sheet music, he knows all these things.

In the past, it was just that these things were not connected together. Now Chen Fan has given them a new research perspective. When looking at these knowledge, there will naturally be many different feelings.

After sighing, Chen Fan raised his head and said solemnly, "This time, I would also like to thank the teacher for recommending my paper to authoritative journals, so that the ignorant has become famous, …"

Before he could finish speaking, Professor Xu waved his hand with a smile, "Don't care about these things. You have this ability, so I am willing to build this bridge for you, and the other party is willing to accept it. If not, I would not embarrass myself, and the other party would not easily agree."

Then he looked at him and smiled, "So, if you want to thank, thank yourself. You must always remember that the sky is healthy, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement. You are your biggest backer."