At the mention of this, Secretary Wu slapped his thigh on the other end of the line.
"Oh, Boss Song! You certainly have an eye for opportunity! The land you leased has multiplied in value several times over! We've now established the Luohe Administrative District, and land prices change by the day. They're rising so fast!"
"Secretary Wu! Could I trouble you for an exact figure?"
"No problem! The land here is now divided into several grades based on location. Our commune no longer gets to set the prices, either. The city government sets uniform prices for each grade!
"Hold on! Let me see which plots your land falls into... Xiao Zhang! Xiao Zhang! Come give me a hand..."
Secretary Wu stayed on the line. He must have had a map close at hand.
Song Ning had been the first tenant to sign a lease with Fucheng Commune, so her records were easy to find.
About five or six minutes later, an exaggerated exclamation came from the other end of the phone...
"Oh my-this is incredible! Boss Song, all eight hundred-plus mu you leased happen to be grade A plots, in the area with the highest commercial value and the steepest price increases!
"Put it this way! The most remote grade E plots have roughly tripled in price, while grade A plots have gone up almost tenfold! And even at those prices... people are still scrambling to lease them every day! After all, every plot leased is one less available!"
Only then did Song Ning breathe a sigh of relief.
"All right! Thank you, Secretary Wu! I'll come visit you in a while!"
"Good, good! You'll be very welcome! You were Fucheng Commune's first customer! Once your factory gets up and running, we'll have plenty more chances to work together!"