Humph..."
Upon receiving the news, Ma Jun's face turned icy: "This Qin Jiang really made a massive move! He poured three hundred billion into land auctions without even fearing that he'll choke himself to death... He has a death wish..."
Although he spoke icy words, if you listened closely to his tone, you could hear a hint of jealousy.
After all, Huanyu Group started out in real estate, and he had even greater confidence in the industry, yet for so many years he could only take things step by step. Back then, he had already proposed taking out loans to go all-in on real estate.
Unfortunately...
At that time, the internal board of directors of Huanyu Group completely disagreed, believing that the risks of doing so were simply too great. Back then, he mocked those directors for being cowardly and thought that the years had dulled their edges. Especially when the subsequent real estate market surged year after year, it fueled his anger even more: he frequently mocked those decisions in board meetings that had rejected his going all-in on real estate back then. If Huanyu Group had truly followed his proposal to mortgage all the group's assets and go all-in on real estate back then, Huanyu Group's market value today would surely have skyrocketed by more than double. However, as he gradually seized power in Huanyu Group, becoming the group's chairman and possessing true decision-making authority...
...he instead lost his courage...
Even when a young Executive below him proposed going all-in on real estate as the industry entered a booming development period, he directly vetoed it. It wasn't that he had lost his judgment, but rather that the perspective from which he stood had changed.
Back then, Ma Jun was merely a group Executive!
He thought about mortgaging the group to reach the skies in a single bound. At that time, he was full of drive and didn't care at all about the consequences of failure. To the Ma Jun of back then, even failure wouldn't have had too much of an impact on him. But once he gradually took power and even became the major shareholder and chairman of Huanyu Group: his drive dissipated...
He developed misgivings...
Even if they developed step by step, Huanyu Group could still gradually flourish and grow. Going all-in could certainly bring huge benefits, but once it failed, it would be a massive blow to Huanyu Group, or even a devastating catastrophe. And Huanyu Group's loss was his loss; how could he bear to watch such an outcome occur?
At that time, he could only comfort himself: what a large group sought was not aggressiveness, but stability; only with stability could it move forward steadily...
This led to the fact that although Huanyu Group had been continuously developing over the years, its development speed wasn't very fast...
Yet all the surrounding groups were in similar situations, and Huanyu Group was even considered one of the better ones among them.
Therefore, Ma Jun had simply gotten used to it...
Until the appearance of Qin Jiang!
In Qin Jiang, Ma Jun saw his younger self once more, seeing that the other party dared to go all-in even after developing Black Dragon Group to a market value of over three hundred billion today...
He was envious...
He was jealous...
On what grounds?
By what right did Qin Jiang dare to go all-in?
He, someone who entered real estate halfway, dared to go all-in, yet he himself, someone who did real estate full-time, didn't dare.
It was damn embarrassing...
Ma Jun gritted his teeth: "Only he can go all-in... I can too... I'm going to bet everything on real estate too..."
The next day!
He called a board meeting: but during the meeting, what he originally said about going completely all-in on real estate turned into a half-in, meaning he would mortgage half of Huanyu Group to go all-in with an amount of around one hundred billion, far exceeding the scale of previous years. In this way, he could both demonstrate boldness and avoid suffering too disastrous of a loss should they encounter a decline in real estate.
Cash flow was still very important in doing real estate!
Ma Jun muttered to himself: "Qin Jiang's method of going completely all-in is simply idiotic: it's fine if the real estate market doesn't decline, but once it declines, his cash flow will break and he won't be able to borrow more money. What can he do by then? Even if he looks for secondary contractors, it will be very hard to find any..."
"By that time, he will only be able to sell off the land in his hands again. But the land bought right now will probably have to be sold at half price then, and it won't all be sold in a short time. Dragging it out for a year or two plus bank interest, Black Dragon Group's market value will probably drop by more than half even if it doesn't collapse."
Thinking of this.
He believed even more that his decision to go half-in was the most awesome...
...
The Lin family!
Elder Lin was startled: "I've seen many driven young people, but a young man who has created such a foundation and still possesses such drive is the first one I've seen... He truly is a bold youth..."
"It's a pity why such a person doesn't share the Lin surname..."
"What a pity..."
The butler said: "With such a massive move, isn't he worried about the consequences... If he bets wrong, even with Black Dragon Group's scale, he'll probably suffer heavy losses! Who gave him the courage?"
Elder Lin: "That's why I say he is bold! Although I very much hope he bets wrong, if he succeeds in this bet again, Black Dragon Group might truly become a trillion-level behemoth in the future!"
The butler: "Then let's still hope he bets wrong..."
...
For a time: numerous factions hoped Qin Jiang would bet wrong, wanting to witness the fall of a legend, while countless people also hoped Qin Jiang would bet right! They wanted to watch a legend scale even greater heights!
...
Just when everyone thought these things would take a long time to verify.
The second half of 2015!
Real estate ushered in a new glory...
First of all:
It was the massive explosion of the internet era:
Online shopping transaction amounts skyrocketed several-fold!
All kinds of software emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain!
Countless foreign investment institutions also frantically provided financing to these software and internet companies!
Causing the market values of those software companies to surge exponentially!
...
These circumstances created a large number of internet upstarts and massive amounts of urban elites: earning an annual income of two hundred thousand was no longer out of reach, and some companies even offered fresh graduates an annual salary reaching that figure.
Meanwhile:
No matter which coffee shop, burger joint, restaurant, bar, or KTV you were in throughout Huaxia, you would often see young people gathering together and talking passionately about how to start a business...
Starting a business became a hot topic!
Most importantly:
The successful ones were not few in number!
Countless fresh graduates poured into the major cities to look for opportunities, and the entire society began to thrive: everyone was filled with yearning for future life, and countless people dared to engage in advance consumption...
Everyone held a credit card in their hands!
Major restaurants were packed to the brim every day!
A tourism craze!
An online shopping craze!
A consumption craze!
...
And the superposition of all these led to house prices beginning to skyrocket rapidly: in the hearts of the people of Huaxia, having a home gave one a sense of confidence.
Those internet upstarts and urban elites bought houses one after another, and as soon as they saved up enough for a down payment, they dared to go all-in directly.
Coupled with that:
In an era of rapid economic development, money would depreciate, and at this time many people wanted to invest! And real estate—something visible, tangible, able to show off, capable of giving people a sense of security, and seemingly destined to continue rising in price in the future—was simply the best investment project.
This consequently led to:
In just a few short months, house prices in many popular cities skyrocketed by 10%!!!