Epiphanies of Rebirth Chapter 69 (Part 3)
Translated by Pure (ko-fi)
Chapter 69.3 Dominion Properties was probably in a mess now
The joyous atmosphere of the new year had yet to fade when Qi Kai received multiple SOS calls from the company. All his associates were present, including Qi Qing and his wife, who also brought their management team of Qiqing Real Estate. Everyone waited solemnly in the conference room, facing the projector screen in a dark room.
"Impossible!!!" Qi Kai threw away the documents in disbelief, and slammed the table hard, "A crematorium just 400 meters away from our real estate? What the f*ck!"
His associate felt numb. "Not only a crematorium, but also the funeral parlor, all to the east, in the direction of the main entrance of our villa area."
What ludicrous!
Real estate often advertised the main entrance to their community leading to a supermarket, stadium, or commercial street as a selling point. Who would want a funeral parlor by their house? Their potential clientele will all run away in fear!
Qi Kai's expression was gloomy, he thought for a moment, and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found anyone who can intercept this approval?"
The associate sighed. "There’s a garbage disposal facility approved by one of Dai Gaofeng’s projects. His network is a lot wider than ours, but I heard that after running around all day, he could only pinch his nose and resigned to his fate. The urban planning this time was developed by Zheng Cunzhi and his group of people. They won’t allow for any use of nepotism."
"F*ck!" Qi Kai's eyes turned bloodshot, "F*ck!!"
This was devastating news; this announcement was the death sentence to their new real estate.
Other real estates around Wubao Mountain were also in panic, but none of their tragedy could outcompete that of Dominion Properties’. Qi Kai bought this piece of land at a high price. In order to earn as much money as possible from his initial loss, the company directly planned it to become a high-end villa area. Low-end and mid-end real estate projects were in a better situation. Hard pressed customers were willing to accept the disadvantages if the price was right, but that wouldn’t work for high-end villas.
Wealthy people weren’t stupid. There were so many villa communities in Yan City to choose from, would they pick to be neighbors with the dead?
This announcement directly drove away all their potential customers in Wubao Mountain. It would have been okay if it was still a wasteland, but if he had to blame someone, it would be Qi Qing; he had already started construction.
Moreover, in order to start the project, they also used the land as a collateral to borrow nearly 100 million yuan from the bank. Part of this fund was taken away by Shi Nanxing, and almost half of the other portion was already invested in the foundation works of the villa.
Although Dominion Properties has transferred the development rights to Qiqing Real Estate, Qi Kai knew very well this land still had a part of his share. The pile of rotten debts filled his head, causing it to feel as if his head was almost about to burst.
Qi Qing rigidly sat in his chair, his face ashen; shrouded in the dim light of the conference room, he looked like a zombie that just crawled out of its coffin. He opened his mouth and broke the deadly silence, "The construction is almost halfway through, and the bank's loan repayment date is at the end of this year."
Qi Kai slumped back into his office chair wearily, he closed his eyes and asked his associate, "If we were to sell this off, would anyone take over?"
It wasn't uncommon for a project to change hands halfway, but this time the situation was different. The associate's tone was a little helpless, "Wubao Mountain has almost no competitive strength in the listing market. It would have done better if it was a piece of undeveloped land, but half of the foundation has been built. And in addition, with the presence of the crematorium and funeral parlor... It will be difficult to sell. Even if someone were interested, the offering price wouldn’t be too favorable."
Qi Kai didn't want to know the details, but he had no choice but to ask, "How much would you estimate the selling price?"
The associate hesitated for a moment before whispering a number—"No more than 50 million."
So at most, forty million!
With a series of handling fees at the beginning, he spent nearly 90 million yuan to snatch this land from Lin Jingzhe!
Qi Kai's eyes saw white when he heard this number, and his mind throbbed crazily.
Yet there was still someone who didn’t know when to shut their mouth at the meeting. Jiang Qiaqia’s fearful voice sounded right after the associate’s estimate, "Then what should we do? The cost of our initial land acquisition, and the loan from the bank...less than 50 million... That’s not even a third of the total! Mr. Qi, Mr. Qi, you must think of a plan..."
"WHAT PLAN DO YOU WANT ME TO THINK OF?!!!!"
Qi Kai wanted to hold back his anger, but when he heard her annoying sobs, his emotions bursted out like a volcano erupting. He stood up and glared at Jiang Qiaqia. "Now you know that the bank's loan is not easy to repay? Who was the one that kept crying and pestering me to go to the bank to go through the formalities? I kept saying we should wait and see first! Wait and see first! But you! You kept pushing me, as if you were about to f*cking reincarnate! And now you have the audacity to ask me to think of a plan?!"
Although this outburst was aimed mostly at Jiang Qiaqia, Qi Qing was no less guilty. He just raised his head and looked up with a blank gaze.
Although Jiang Qiaqia had just received a harsh scolding, she remained anxiously thinking of the astronomical principal and interest they owed to the bank. She recalled when she and her husband anxiously surrounded and urged Qi Kai to start the development of Wubao Mountain as soon as possible and all sorts of feelings welled up in her heart. At a loss at what to do, she could only cover her face and cry bitterly.
Everyone in the room was frightened by Qi Kai's sudden temper and dared not speak out. As soon as Qi Kai dumped the documents on the table, he got up, and walked out the door with a sullen face.
How could Jiang Qiaqia let him leave? After Dominion Properties handed over the development rights, the bank's had only written down her and Qi Qing's names. And so, she immediately got up and wanted to stop him, "Mr. Qi! Mr. Qi! I know what we did before was wrong, but now, you can't just..."
"Scram!" Qi Kai swung his arm and shook her off angrily. Even though Jiang Qiaqia slammed her back on the door and made a loud noise, he didn't stop his departing steps. His anger had already clouded his judgment, so he didn't have the energy to care for someone else’s well being. As he left, Qi Kai said a single sentence in a cold voice, "You find your own way out."
He took large strides, but was interrupted by a sudden phone call. When he connected the call, it was Shi Nanxing, who spoke leisurely, "Qi Kai, have you found someone who can enter Xiao Chi's father's office?"
"Who the hell is still in the mood to do that!" Qi Kai’s mind was still clouded by anger, so it was the first time he spoke so rudely to his uncle.
Shi Nanxing was taken aback. There was a moment of silence and then his voice became solemn, "What happened?"
His body, which was resting leisurely on the bed, stiffened little by little as Qi Kai slowly narrated what had just happened. After a while, he suddenly thought of something, "What about the 20 million? Is it still possible to raise the 20 million for Sha Peng in a few days?"
His voice asking for money sounded like a buzzing annoyance in Qi Kai’s ears. Twenty million? In the past, this amount of money was really nothing, but now with such a change in Wubao Mountain, even two million was hard to produce.
Shi Nanxing was still eagerly persuading him, "Sha Peng and his entourage kill people without blinking an eye, this money must be given on time..."
How could Qi Kai have the heart to listen to his ramblings. He was so irked that he yelled into the receiver, "SCRAM!!!"
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In the conference room:
The shareholders and executives of Dominion Properties also gradually dispersed with Qi Kai's departure.
With such a big turn of events, whether the company could still persist was still a matter of debate. Everyone was in a gloomy mood at this moment, and no one had the heart to pay attention to Jiang Qiaqia who was still squatting at the door of the conference room sobbing.
Jiang Qiaqia cried for a while, and finally calmed down a little. By the time she looked up, only she and Qi Qing left in the dark office.
Qi Qing sat there silently, as if still in a daze, and after a moment of silence, he slowly turned his head, and looked in Jiang Qiaqia's direction with his eyes wide open.
Jiang Qiaqia was terrified by his stiff movements, but her anger overcame the fear. She was peeved that her husband didn't help her hold Qi Kai back just now. And with nowhere to vent her grievances, she simply poured all her grievances on him, "You useless thing! How could you just sit there and watch Qi Kai push me? Qi Qing, are you still a man?!"
With the imminent huge debt weighing on her head, Jiang Qiaqia almost lost her mind. As she approached Qi Qing, she muttered endlessly, "...How could I be so blind to marry this thing..."
Qi Qing didn't quarrel with her tit-for-tat as before, but just looked at her anger with a blank expression. Jiang Qiaqia felt more and more wronged, feeling as if he was completely ignoring her, she couldn't help but raise her hand and pushed him.
She really just gave him a light push.
But that thin body dropped down weightlessly like a fallen leaf.
After waiting for what felt like a century, Jiang Qiaqia finally realized something was amiss.
She screamed and threw herself on the limp body in a frenzy——
"QI QING!!!–"
