The third day after the end of the year Board of Directors,
Chen Wei went to Haoyu·Riverbank Garden with a filing list.
This project is the last release of Henglong Real Estate,
Delivery has been completed before Board of Directors--
Three high-rise buildings with less than 400 residences, the last owners got the keys in mid-December.
Today she is here to deal with the final finishing work after delivery:
The asset inventory at the sales office, the formal handover of the property team, and the project closing summary report that she had written for two full years.
The sales office is already empty.
The lights in the sand table Model have been turned off long ago.
The mini version of Riverbank Garden stands quietly in the darkness, like a miniature city forgotten by time.
Floor-to-Ceiling Window also has a "Liquidation Special" banner with a corner tilted up in the lower right corner.
It was slightly swayed by the winter wind that came in through the crack in the door.
The phone cord on the reception desk had been unplugged, leaving a light gray mark.
This sales office was once Henglong Real Estate's top seller in Nan'an District--
When Riverbank Garden first opened in 2017, the real estate consultants here received hundreds of groups of customers a day.
The sand table was crowded with people, and even temporary folding chairs were placed in the aisle.
Now it is empty, so quiet that only a ray of afternoon sunlight slanting through the window shines in, falling on the reception desk covered with a thin layer of dust.
Chen Wei took out his mobile phone from his bag and took a photo of the empty sales office.
She wanted to take this photo on the day of delivery, but the scene was too busy at the time.
I was busy accompanying the last owner to check and check every signature on the delivery process form.
On the day of delivery, she stood under the newly transplanted yellow kudzu tree at the entrance of the community and looked at the last owner--
A retired couple, accompanied by their son, completed the inspection of a 68-square-meter two-bedroom apartment.
Lao Liu walked around the room for a long time, knocking on every wall with his hand, and after knocking, he said, "This wall is solid."
They signed the acceptance form and wrote two words in the "Feedback" column: Thank you.
Chen Wei didn't take any photos at that time. He just folded the acceptance form and put it in the portfolio, and said to Lao Liu, "Have a pleasant stay."
Today she finally had time to stand here alone and take this late photo.
She sent the photo to Zhao Chen with only four words: "Everything has been liquidated."
A few seconds later, Zhao Chen replied with two words:
"Thank you for your hard work."
Chen Wei looked at these two words and suddenly smiled.
Zhao Chen never uses exclamation points when praising people. The words "Thank you for your hard work" are already the highest praise for him.
She put her cell phone into her coat pocket, turned around, walked to the reception desk, and began to sort out the clutter that had been left behind -
A few expired building books, a stack of unfinished floor plans, and a half-used marker pen.
She put them into a cardboard box one by one. She didn't move quickly, but she put everything neatly.
Henglong Real Estate's last stronghold, she is personally dismantling every signal line in it.
From 2017 Zhao Chen proposed "Real Estate Sector can only go out but not in" Strategic Contraction,
As of today, the last project has been liquidated and withdrawn.
Henglong Real Estate Sector took more than two years to complete the complete exit from land acquisition to liquidation of stock.
The construction team of Haoyu Construction has been transferred to the group Engineering Department,
The sales office staff were transferred to the Henglong Capital administrative post and the property management department.
There were no large-scale layoffs or unfinished disputes.
She handed the sealed carton to the property manager and explained the time for key handover and security withdrawal.
Then he walked to the yellow kudzu tree at the entrance of the community and stood for a while.
This tree was transplanted when the project started. It took more than two years to grow a full crown of branches and leaves from a bare stump.
Now under the warm winter sun, a few stubborn green leaves are still hanging on the branches.
She remembered what Zhao Chen said on Board of Directors--
"Real Estate Sector's exit is not Henglong's failure, but Henglong's choice."
And she knew that the reason why this choice worked was not because the strategic direction was right.
It's because there are people taking care of every detail at the execution level.
Before the capping, the foreman of the construction team discovered that the tensile strength of a batch of steel bars was not up to standard, and Suppliers was replaced overnight;
The administration of the sales office will keep every refund voucher on file for future reference when clearing the earnest money;
The property manager took the cleaning staff and wiped the gaps in the window sills of each unit before delivery.
These things will never be written in Henglong's Financial Report,
But they are the real weight of the words "all liquidated".
In the afternoon of that day, Chen Wei placed the final draft of Real Estate Sector's closing summary report on Zhao Chen's desk.
This report is not too thick. From the launch of Strategic Contraction in 2017 to now,
Henglong Real Estate has liquidated a total of seven projects, all delivered with zero disputes.
There are zero unfinished jobs at the end of the day, and all construction teams have zero unpaid wages.
The last page of the report is the photo of the sales office--
The empty hall has a "Liquidation Special" banner posted on Floor-to-Ceiling Window, and the sun shines in from the window.
It fell on the reception desk covered with a thin layer of dust. Below the photo was a line of words written by her:
"We have transformed from building houses to investing in the future, and this path is clear."
Zhao Chen turned to the last page and looked at the photo for a moment.
The sales office in the photo is quiet and empty, in stark contrast to the bustling sales scene two years ago.
He raised his head and looked at Chen Wei, closed the report and put it on the table.
"The page of real estate has been turned.
Your scope of responsibility will be adjusted from next year to the project docking of the group's existing asset management and the Philanthropic Foundation campus renovation project.
From building a house to managing the house, from increasing development to protecting the stock, the weight is the same."
Chen Wei nodded and said nothing more.
From the first day she joined Henglong, she had become accustomed to Zhao Chen's non-detour style in meetings, and now she didn't need any extra foreshadowing.
She picked up the signed report and prepared to leave.
Suddenly I remembered the scene of Lao Liu knocking on the wall on the day of delivery, and stopped again.
"Zhao Zong, on the day of delivery, I promised Lao Liu that the walls of the house built by Henglong will always be solid.
I will not do real estate in the future. This promise still stands - it's just that I have to fulfill it in another way.
The page of real estate has been turned, but Henglong's commitment to quality, I don't plan to turn the page."
Zhao Chen picked up the pen and added a short comment on the last page of the report. The handwriting was harder than usual--
"Thank you Chen Wei. Henglong Real Estate is not closing, it is graduating."