Cheap Apartments Plan

The three people arranged to meet at a lakeside villa. There is a huge natural lake on the outskirts of Sabine City. Years ago, a real estate developer saw the beautiful scenery and development potential of the area and bought a sunny section of the land. He then built a high-end villa area around the lake.

Initially, the real estate developer did not consider selling off its resources on a large scale. Based on the situation in the previous few years, the price of lakeside villas would only continue to appreciate due to the environment and the neighbors.

Some of these properties were sold to celebrities at relatively reasonable prices as a favor, while others remained in his own hands, waiting for the property prices to gradually rise.

At the same time, he also rented out these empty villas, and even put forward the slogan "Bring your whole family to go boating on the lake during holidays and get close to nature". He turned some of the villas into short-term rentals for Middle Class people who have money to take their families to the countryside for a spring outing.

It must be said that this real estate developer had a very unique vision. In those years when the scenery was good, the area was almost always packed with people on weekends, and a fast-paced economic atmosphere naturally emerged around this villa area.

Food trucks start gathering here every Thursday, offering inexpensive meals to people enjoying the weekend, or renting out equipment and ingredients for outdoor barbecues and cooking.

But now...

Some scraps of paper and adhesive residue remained on the walls, and occasionally, some sun-bleached colorful flags peeked out from the canopy of a tree.

Everywhere was filled with a desolate feeling of abandonment. There was no one to be seen on the streets, and even the houses that had been sold looked particularly dilapidated from a distance due to lack of maintenance.

Inside the guard post at the entrance, a security guard who looked to be in his forties or fifties, with graying hair, was dozing off; he couldn't even hear the sound of a car engine.

Without a doubt, this place is finished. This villa district, which was touted as a place where buying one villa could support three generations, is dead.

The driver honked the horn a few times, startling the security guard in the booth. He jumped up and looked around, and only when his gaze fell on the car outside the barrier did he seem to remember his job.

The barrier rose, the car slowly drove in, and drowsiness surged up again, causing him to fall into a deep sleep once more.

"You arrived earlier than I expected!"

When Lin Qi knocked on the door of villa number "006", Qiao Geliman immediately came out to greet him. Perhaps because he had tidied up the place, the villa didn't look so lifeless and had some warmth and vitality.

This is Qiao Geliman's own villa. As the head of the bank's lending business, he has always maintained good relationships with these real estate developers. The person who is going to talk to Lin Qi about his land today is the developer of this land, so they chose this location.

They wanted to show Lin Qi that they were still very capable, and at the same time, they wanted to play the victim; these two things are not contradictory.

Lin Qi smiled, shook hands with Qiao Geliman, and went into the room.

The house has a good spatial layout, is spacious and bright, and has plenty of natural light. When the sunlight shines into the room through the windows, it gives people a magnificent feeling.

Of course, there are also some sunshades outside, which will work in the summer, which is now, to prevent the sunlight from shining in, but it is still very bright inside.

"What would you like to drink?" Qiao Geliman asked as he walked to the bar.

Lin Qi looked around and casually said, "Coffee."

We still had business to discuss later, and he felt it wasn't the right time to drink alcohol. Qiao Geliman immediately made him a cup of coffee and explained, "I don't know how to use a grinder, so this is just coffee grounds brewed directly. I hope you'll get used to it."

Coffee powder is just pre-made coffee powder bags, and the quality is not easy to control. Therefore, some people feel that the coffee brewed from these coffee powder bags does not taste pure, and sometimes it is not roasted properly, resulting in a noticeable sour and astringent taste.

Lin Qi nodded casually. He wasn't here to enjoy coffee. The two sat down in the back room and waited for a few seconds before Qiao Geliman began to introduce the buyer.

This buyer, the real estate developer, has lost a lot of money. Recently, he found a new project. This project is not profitable in a fast manner, but it is stable, and many people are interested in it.

In fact, a lot of funds in the Federal government are like this right now. They're like headless flies, wandering around aimlessly, trying to find some reliable projects that can safely weather the winter.

Sometimes, some people can quickly attract the attention of investors simply by presenting a business plan.

This has led to a surge in scammers in the market, including alumni of Little Fox, who are themselves scammers.

Using a terrible script to solicit investment everywhere, claiming that as long as they invest, they can achieve the great goal of doubling their profits, seems like a stupid way to deceive people, but many people have fallen for it.

Time passed quickly in silence. About ten minutes later, a middle-aged man who looked to be around thirty-eight or thirty-nine years old walked into the room laughing loudly.

His build was fairly ordinary; he wasn't fat, but he had broad shoulders and a face that resembled the faces of heroic characters in movies, possessing a standard "upright face."

With his meticulously styled hair and the few but exquisite accessories he wore, he was a very particular person.

"Hart, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Lin Qi!" Before Qiao Geliman could introduce the two, Mr. Hart took the initiative to introduce himself and shook hands firmly with Lin Qi.

"Lin Qi, it's a pleasure to meet you too, Mr. Hart!" Lin Qi said with a smile and the same enthusiasm. If Qiao Geliman hadn't known that this was their first meeting, he would have thought they were old friends reunited.

After they let go of each other's hands, they sat down. Qiao Geliman went to get Hart a glass and a drink; as the owner of the house, it was only natural that he should be the one to serve him.

The two men casually chatted about the current situation in Sabine City, and it was hard to avoid mentioning the poor economy.

As he spoke, Hart sighed softly, a mixture of melancholy and wistfulness in his voice. "Mr. Lin Qi, you saw what was happening outside when you arrived, didn't you?"

From the moment he entered the room until he sat down and uttered those words, Lin Qi had been watching him closely. What Lin Qi found somewhat interesting was that Hart seemed neither surprised by Lin Qi's youth nor looked down on him because of it, which was quite intriguing.

Lin Qi nodded in agreement, "Indeed, this place looks like it's about to be abandoned."

Hart spoke with a wry smile about his failed investment. Actually, it wasn't his fault. No one could have predicted this situation at the time, and even some large conglomerates with numerous Think Tank couldn't avoid getting caught up in it.

"I have a new plan now, and I'm very interested in the land you have. To be honest, I may not be able to come up with that much cash right now..." As he was speaking, Qiao Geliman came over with a glass of wine and handed it to him.

He said thank you, took a sip, and appeared very sincere. "I plan to develop a new residential area after acquiring your land. The Presidential Cabinet passed a new bill this week that will encourage developers across the country to build ' Cheap Apartments ' and provide corresponding policies and subsidies!"

This policy is not a hoax. Given the heavy economic pressure on Federal citizens, many families have reached the point where they have to sell their homes to make ends meet.

Once they lose their homes, these people become homeless and have no fixed abode.

Not only will they themselves become unsafe, but the entire society will also become unsafe due to the large number of homeless people appearing on the streets.

When people begin to hate and resent their current situation, some are more likely to turn to crime.

After joint research, experts and scholars from the Presidential Cabinet, the Conservative Party, the Progressive Party, and the Socialist Party believe that this economic downturn will continue for at least a long time. Before finding a solution, the first thing to do is to guarantee the rights of every citizen, and building Cheap Apartments for these people has become a good solution.

Research and surveys have shown that when a family has at least one private space, even if it is only temporarily theirs, that cannot be easily invaded by others, their social stability will significantly improve.

Real estate developers building Cheap Apartments will be exempt from all land use fees, enjoy full tax exemption, and receive additional tax breaks and a range of policy support, including long-term government subsidies.

More importantly, various indicators for these Cheap Apartments will be appropriately relaxed, such as per capita space, which allows an area that could originally only be used to build one apartment to be used to build one and a half or even two apartments.

The government will cover a portion of the rent and expenses for each household. This means that more families can be accommodated in a smaller space, which translates to more subsidies – a very worthwhile deal.

At least from the current situation, this business is still viable. There's no need to worry about losing money; the only problem is that the profit-making process is relatively slow. But in the current economic climate, as long as there's a profit, who cares about the speed? Lin Qi nodded from time to time. This was indeed a good business, and with the cooperation of the local government, some people, including homeless people on the streets, might be able to move into these Cheap Apartments.

Moreover, Mr. Hart doesn't need to sell his properties; he can simply rent them out. Once the economy improves and land and housing prices recover, he can then sell these apartments. Presumably, people who have lived in these apartments for at least four or five years would be happy to buy one of them.

This is a good project, but the downside is that Hart doesn't have the money, so he plans to use other methods to finalize the deal.