I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 761 - 759: It’s Just Moving House

For a full half hour, the phones of those principals never stopped ringing.

The more good-natured and cultured senior academic staff members began to reason with them about development.

As for those with worse temperaments, they greeted them with a wave of passionate salutations and a touch of color in their language.

These people, the principals couldn't afford to offend any of them. A principal of a school might seem to have endless glory, but for a school to develop, it relies on the achievements of these senior academic staff members. Those professors who have accomplishments are treated with the utmost reverence on a normal day.

They dare not scold these individuals, nor do they have the power or desire to fire them; they could only silently endure the scolding.

Meanwhile, Zhang Menglong, Han Jinyu, and Principal Chen started drinking milk tea and watching the commotion with amusement.

"How is it, Principal Chen, the milk tea tastes good, doesn't it?"

"Yes, quite good. I never understood why you young people love milk tea so much. Now I get it; the tapioca pearls really do add a nice texture!"

"Hahaha, Principal Chen, I used to only drink coffee, but this little rascal led me astray!"

"Hey, you old folks, feeling thirsty? Want me to order a few cups of milk tea for you? My treat?"

"Principal Chen, so you're an old Onmyoji too, huh?"

"Hahaha, sorry, I forgot to hide it today!"

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Finally, the principals put down their phones, but their hearts were still incredibly heavy because if this issue wasn't properly resolved, they feared they wouldn't dare go to the principal's office the next day.

"Gentlemen, what are your thoughts?" asked Zhang Menglong. "If you really don't want to merge, then we'll go talk to the school down south this afternoon!"

"Wait a second!" This statement suddenly made them nervous again. "Academician Zhang, give us some more time to consider!"

"Tomorrow! By tomorrow morning at the latest, we'll definitely give you an answer!"

"Fine!" Zhang Menglong didn't expect them to give a definite reason right away, but he was confident that, in the end, they would definitely not choose to oppose.

After all, merging this higher education park was only the first step in his plan. Those first-tier institutions needed merging, and so did the second and third-tier, and even the lesser-known schools. Of course, this was also a very significant task!

The principals also immediately returned to their own schools, estimating that they wouldn't be able to rest well for the next few days at this rate.

What they didn't expect was that, having just seen off a group of troublemakers, another batch arrived!

They had just quieted down for a moment when a dozen or so people arrived at Principal Chen's office.

"You are..." Principal Chen didn't recognize these people.

"Principal Chen, let us introduce ourselves," said the middle-aged man at the forefront, speaking politely. The status of a university principal in society is actually very high, and indeed, not just anyone can afford to offend them.

"I am the person in charge of Freire Square next door!"

"Hello, Principal Chen, I am Qiu Zhengkui, the chairman of Shidao Biel Machinery."

"Hello, Principal Chen, I am the person in charge of Heda Square."

"I am the project director for Ganges River Real Estate."

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"Oh, are all of you here because of the Jiangnan University of Science and Technology expansion project?" Han Jinyu quickly understood the purpose of their visit. They were either the project managers of nearby shopping plazas or owners of large enterprises in the vicinity.

It is known that in the planning of the expansion project of Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, if all schools are simply merged, it would only form a higher education network and not a single area, due to the many businesses and residential areas nearby.

"President Chen, we're here to talk about this matter," Qiu Zhengkui, the chairman of Shidao Biel said, "It's not that we're unwilling to cooperate with your work. The plot of land you're planning to give our company is more than double the size of our current location, but have you considered other issues?"

"Please, go ahead, Mr. Qiu."

"Our company has over 1,200 employees. Firstly, not all of them live in the company dorms; nearly half of them rent or have bought houses nearby. And although the planned land is large, it's just too far from here!"

The area offered by Zhang Menglong is in an industrial district in the southern part of Jiangnan City, where there's currently no subway access, and the surrounding infrastructure is still under construction. It's a nearly 40-minute drive between the two places by car, and that's without traffic. During the morning and evening rush hours, it's perfectly normal for the travel time to double.

"If that's the case, our company is going to face a massive turnover problem. The losses for rehiring, training, and severance would be preliminarily estimated at around 200 million!"

"That is indeed a problem," Zhang Menglong nodded, "Then I'll have my assistant transfer 10 billion to you later. That should be enough to cover your losses, right?"

"This..." Mr. Qiu, who had come prepared with a whole set of arguments, was left speechless by the offer of 10 billion, forgetting what he had originally planned to discuss.

"Then I'll also build a residential complex in that area. Employees who own houses can move there directly!"

"But Mr. Zhang, that won't work either; there are no schools, no supermarkets—who would want to live there?"

"Then we'll build them!" Zhang Menglong said, "I own several construction companies. I can build several large complexes and schools within a year. Speaking of schools, I've been thinking about starting a primary and secondary school affiliated with Jiangnan University of Science and Technology. We could start a pilot project there!"

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"Academician Zhang, we can still negotiate about their company, but what about us, the shopping plazas?"

"Yes, the construction of our two plazas alone cost over a dozen billion, and the situation here is complicated. It's not as simple as just relocating." freewebnoveℓ.com

"That's easy to deal with!" Zhang Menglong almost didn't need to think, "You don't have to move. Just stay within the school grounds."

"Ah?"

"What's with the surprise? Aren't the school's teachers and students human? Everyone needs to shop and eat!" Zhang Menglong said with a laugh.

"Mr. Zhang, it's not so simple. What's the shopping power of a student?" the project manager said with a bitter smile. Truth be told, if they were operating within the school, their food and drink business would do even better.

However, luxury brands are not within the reach of ordinary students. If these stores stayed within the school, there would inevitably be a loss of shoppers from the greater community, many of whom have the spending power.

"That's also easy to solve," Zhang Menglong said, "Calculate the total revenue of all the brands, the annual growth rate, and if you don't hit that growth rate, I'll make up the difference in revenue for you each year!"

"And what about us, Mr. Zhang? We are a residential community. People have worked hard to buy their homes; you can't just tell them to move, can you?"

"Isn't it just a matter of moving houses?" Zhang Menglong said, "Let's compensate based on the demolition standard, one million per person, and according to the current land area, I'll pay the resettlement costs based on the highest housing prices in Jiangnan City, 300,000 per square meter. Is that enough?"

"Enough! More than enough!"

Although the price increase near the school is frightening, the real spike is in the areas where students and faculty live, which won't be relocated. As for regular housing, they're at most 50 or 60 thousand per square meter.

Now, if they were to be compensated at six times the rate, plus an extra million per person, they would be willing to move out on the spot, leaving their furniture behind!

With this one move, they've just earned tens of millions. Who needs furniture?

President Chen stood by, dumbfounded as these seemingly intractable issues were resolved in a few sentences. Could this be the power of money?

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