Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 478 Vigorously Developing Real Estate? A Decisive Measure for Long-Term Success!

"Old Tang!!"

Zhao Lichun quickly got up and helped Tang Zhisheng up.

"Why are you in your fifties or sixties, still shedding tears?"

"If others see this, they'll think I'm bullying you!"

Tang Zhisheng smiled through his tears.

She quickly sat down and took a tissue to wipe away her tears.

Zhao Lichun frowned and glared, saying irritably:

"It's just a recommendation, why are you so moved to tears?"

"If outsiders saw this, they would definitely say that you, the clerk of law and politics in Handong, are unqualified!"

"You cried over such a small thing? Your mental fortitude is really too weak!"

After sobbing twice, Tang Zhisheng looked up at Zhao Lichun, who was scolding him.

"A man won't shed tears easily!"

"How could you not understand why I can't help but cry?"

"To others, we seem to hold high positions of power and enjoy great prestige, but what's the reality?"

"Only we know how much hard work we've put in along the way."

"And we know very well how difficult each step forward is; it's really not an easy thing."

Zhao Lichun slowly sat down and took a deep drag on his cigarette.

"Yes! Progress is difficult, very difficult to make progress."

"Those who can enter the system and work for many years actually have similar vision and ability."

"No one is much smarter than anyone else, nor is anyone's ability super strong."

Why do some people rise rapidly in their careers while others remain stagnant for years?

"Besides personal ability, connections, background, and opportunities are also very important."

Tang Zhisheng smiled helplessly.

"Yes, they say gold always shines."

"But let alone burying it deep underground, even if you just cover it with a tattered rag, it won't be able to glow!"

"Without anyone to appreciate and promote you, without anyone to recognize your talent, it's difficult to make progress, no matter how capable you are!"

"So Lao Zhao, I'm not being pretentious, I'm really grateful that you recommended me, allowing me to continue to improve and not have to step down and wait for retirement."

Zhao Lichun nodded silently.

If I were to make excuses again, I would seem pretentious.

That's just how it is.

Having reached this point, Tang Zhisheng no longer has any powerful backers or connections to rely on.

He himself has become a pillar of support for others.

Without strong support, how easy is it to become a ministerial-level leader?

Who doesn't know that within the system, everyone has their own specific role?

The position you're interested in, others will also be interested in.

There are even quite a few people who have taken a liking to her.

Compete for a job?

Then we'll have to compete on all fronts.

At this point, ability is secondary.

This is why many people struggle for years to even reach the position of deputy section chief.

It is precisely because of the intense competitive pressure for progress that countless people choose to rely on others and take sides.

As a result, various small factions emerged, and the conflicts of interest between them gradually evolved into contradictions.

Strictly speaking, Tang Zhisheng was not originally one of his allies.

When Zhong Zhengguo was in charge of Handong, Tang Zhisheng appeared to be fair and did not offend anyone, but in reality, he was forced by the authority of the top leader and was more inclined to favor Zhong Zhengguo.

Later, Zhong Zhengguo was transferred after his term expired, and Tang Zhisheng chose to side with him and joined his side. In the past two or three years, Tang Zhisheng has been actively and enthusiastically cooperating with his work, clearly wanting to advance on his own.

Now that his wish has come true and he has won the bet, Tang Zhisheng is naturally overjoyed.

His tears were probably not only due to overwhelming gratitude, but also to a sense of relief.

Only those who have overcome numerous obstacles and made progress can truly understand Tang Zhisheng's feelings at this moment.

After Tang Zhisheng wiped away his tears and calmed down,

Zhao Lichun took a sip of tea and smiled:

"We've finished talking about the happy things, now it's time to talk about the unhappy things."

Tang Zhisheng looked up and asked, "What's bothering you? Aren't we in a great position right now?"

Zhao Lichun put down his teacup and sighed softly.

"Our Handong is experiencing a great development, but what about other provinces and cities?"

"You've been in Handong for so long, you probably don't know what the situation is like in other provinces and cities right now."

Tang Zhisheng was a little confused.

"So what exactly happened? The agricultural tax was abolished, farmland was converted back to forest, and second-generation ID cards were widely promoted."

"Not only are several laws about to come into effect, but there will also be a new round of major institutional reforms."

"Isn't it great that our Handong experience has been adopted and promoted? How could we be unhappy about it?"

Zhao Lichun took a deep drag on his cigarette and exhaled a long puff of smoke.

"But our experience in regulating the real estate market will not only not be adopted and promoted, but many people also want to vigorously develop real estate as a pillar of the national economy!"

"what?"

Tang Zhisheng's tone suddenly rose, and he exclaimed in surprise:

"Are they crazy? How can real estate become a pillar industry of the national economy?"

"Wasn't the devastating impact of the Longlan Island real estate bubble enough? There are still so many unfinished buildings left to this day!"

"But our Handong district has strictly regulated the real estate market in the past two or three years, which has effectively promoted high-quality economic development. Can't they see that?"

Zhao Lichun flicked away the cigarette ash, sighed, and shook his head.

"They haven't forgotten the painful lessons of Longlan Island, nor are they blind to the valuable experience of our Handong. They have a whole host of so-called legitimate reasons."

"First of all, after we joined the WTO, our economy developed rapidly and urbanization accelerated, with a large number of rural people flocking to cities and towns, making housing demand increasingly strong."

"Secondly, accelerating the development of the real estate market, which is mainly residential, can boost consumption and employment, promote economic growth, improve people's living standards, and improve local fiscal conditions."

"The last and most important reason is that they believe we still have a surplus of labor, and developing labor-intensive real estate can absorb a large number of young and middle-aged people for employment, which is also beneficial to social stability."

Tang Zhisheng's lips twitched slightly, and he was speechless with astonishment.

These three legitimate reasons are indeed increasingly difficult to refute.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

People have the right to pursue a better life!

Even after a year of hard work in the countryside, you can't earn much money.

Even today, starting from December 1st, the Dragon Kingdom will officially abolish agricultural taxes.

The "Imperial Grain Tax," which had been levied for over two thousand years, was finally abolished, greatly reducing the burden on farmers.

However, in China, where the per capita arable land area is small, after deducting the costs of seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, the income from farming is far less than that from working outside the home.

In addition, transportation, medical care, education, and elderly care are not very convenient, so more and more people are not only going to towns to do business and work, but also want to settle down.

How can such a strong demand for renting and buying homes be addressed?

Clearly, many provinces and cities are unwilling to build a large number of low-rent and affordable housing units to rent or sell to the public at low prices.

They prefer to simply sell land, allowing real estate developers of all sizes to meet market demand, which is both easy and profitable.

Especially when other fiscal and tax revenues are insufficient, yet they still need to maintain enormous expenditures, they tend to sell land.

Moreover, there are many benefits to developing the real estate market.

From the moment a piece of land is expropriated, the residents being relocated are the first to benefit.

Some daring individuals even manage to become rich overnight by taking advantage of land expropriation.

After demolition, the cost of building infrastructure (water, electricity, roads, and land leveling) is minimal, but the local government can earn a large sum of land transfer fees.

When it comes to the development and construction phase of real estate projects, there are even more beneficiaries.

Developers with limited funds will inevitably need to seek bank loans, and banks will earn interest first when they lend money.

Developers who lack the capacity for construction obviously need architectural firms to design, construction companies to build, material and equipment suppliers to provide goods, and supervision units to oversee the process...

The number of industries, organizations, and individuals that benefit from this process is countless.

Because building houses requires a lot of materials, equipment, manpower, and so on.

Just considering the materials alone, different types of steel bars, different grades of cement, as well as large quantities of river sand, bricks, pipes, cables, and so on are needed.

The equipment includes a wide variety of machines, such as mixers, loaders, cranes, tower cranes, construction elevators, and concrete pump trucks.

As for manpower...

That would mean even greater demand.

In addition to construction workers, safety officers, and other technical personnel, construction sites also require a large number of steelworkers, plumbers, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, and so on.

Even without education or experience, as long as one is hardworking, one can earn money working on construction sites, which has led to the real estate industry absorbing a large amount of labor.

When real estate projects reach the pre-sale stage, the number of beneficiaries will increase significantly.

From those in charge of project acceptance, to those in charge of marketing and sales, to those issuing mortgages, selling furniture and appliances, and doing interior design and decoration...

Looking at the entire real estate industry chain, it's easy to see that it's particularly effective in driving consumption and employment.

Employment is directly related to social stability.

Without work and income, it is easy to become morally corrupt and turn to crime.

How can we ensure that hundreds of millions of rural youths with low levels of education have jobs and earn money?

Clearly, no matter how booming the export trade is, there aren't enough factories to absorb them into their jobs.

In particular, many provinces and cities do not have a strong enough manufacturing sector to provide a large number of jobs to absorb employment.

This way.

It can drive the development of many industries, solve the employment problem for a large number of people, and generate tax revenue for the local area.

Moreover, local elites can also make a fortune in many aspects such as land transfer, project approval, bank loans, and completion acceptance.

With its numerous benefits and the ability to benefit many people, the real estate industry is naturally poised to become a pillar industry of the national economy, driven by the combined efforts of various parties.

Even with the massive investments from Huilong Group that propelled the rapid development of the manufacturing industry in Handong, the real estate sector was not completely shut down; only its overheated development was curbed.

What else can inland provinces, which lack resources, struggle to develop manufacturing, and find it difficult to even rely on foreign trade exports due to their lack of coastal location, do if not real estate?

Driven by self-interest, a desire to quickly generate impressive GDP figures, and a short-sighted approach to solving immediate development difficulties.

Many people are pushing hard to make real estate a pillar of the national economy in order to gain more policy support.

This torrent is clearly not something that the painful lessons of Longlan and the valuable experience of Handong can stop.

Many of those who pushed this forward were clearly aware of the consequences of rapid real estate development.

but……

Problems such as soaring housing prices, a surge in mortgage slaves, rampant corruption, and a widening wealth gap are not issues we need to consider now. To achieve leapfrog development, how can we not pay a price?

As for who will pay the price?

Anyway, it's not them who are paying; instead, they will become the beneficiaries, enjoying the unprecedented dividends brought about by the rapid development of the real estate market for at least ten years.