Chapter 218 One Building in Three Days

Author: September Sauce

Chapter 218 One Building in Three Days

After confirming their participation in the overseas plan, a number of real estate group companies, including R&F and Poly, formed a consortium and initiated acquisition negotiations with 555 Fulton.

Their purpose is simple, that is, to use the 555 Fulton as a springboard to launch their business in the United States.

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Of course, they may not really do it.

Since the plan was officially established, a rare, abnormal, and extremely high-profile publicity campaign has been launched. Not only the domestic but also the American real estate market has learned of the news.

For a time, the U.S. real estate market was shaken.

The reason is simple. In this era, almost everyone knows that "Made in China" is synonymous with low price.

If they really enter the U.S. market, how much impact will it have on the entire real estate industry?

As soon as the news came out, some people were happy and some were sad.

Those who are happy are those ordinary people who cannot and cannot afford a house.

They believe that the intervention of Huaxia Company will inevitably bring down the unattainable housing prices. At that time, they may have the opportunity to buy a small house of their own in their own city.

The ones who are worried are speculators, investors and real estate companies.

They all knew what the fall in housing prices meant, so as soon as the news was released, major real estate companies immediately held emergency meetings.

Texas, Holden Company Headquarters.

President Boom Horton sat in the middle of the conference room, listening to the consultant's report with a serious face.

"Based on the current situation, there is no suspense for the other party to enter the real estate market."

"Their negotiations with 555 Fulton have begun, and from what we have learned, the likelihood of an acquisition is high."

"After all, 555 Fulton has been losing money for three consecutive years, and they continue to find third parties to take over."

"And the Chinese investment group is the best candidate to take over."

"They have strong funds and sufficient experience. Even the official ones have shown positive signals for this acquisition."

"Wait a minute."

Holden interrupted the consultant's speech, and then asked:

"You mean, the government supports the other party to enter our real estate market? Why?"

"In order to curb the overheating trend of real estate."

"According to data from the past three months, the average house price in major domestic cities has increased by more than 5%. Although most of this increase is affected by financial market fluctuations, officials are not concerned."

"From an official perspective, all they see is an imbalance in the process."

"In this case, instead of regulating through monetary policy, it is better to introduce catfish into the market--while achieving the purpose of reducing prices, it can also break the monopoly to a certain extent."

Having said this, the consultant spread his hands and continued:

"To be honest, if I were the official, I would also choose this strategy."

"Obviously, the current China Investment Group is this catfish, and they are about to jump into the pond."

Hearing his words, the conference room fell into silence for a moment.

Originally, before the meeting started, everyone wanted to block this investment through operations at the official level, but now, the official attitude has been very obvious. If they intervene again, they will probably be blocked.

Leave a bad record.

But can we just watch this catfish jump in and steal our own resources?

Holden frowned and asked:

"Is there any way we can get their investment strategy?"

The consultant shook his head and replied:

"There is no way at the moment - or in other words, they may not have formulated a strategy yet."

"However, 555 Fulton has always focused on secondary markets, such as rural areas, secondary cities, etc."

"Preliminary estimates suggest that China Investment Group will continue this strategy after taking over."

"The reason is very simple. 555 Fulton has a weak voice in the high-end market and has no relevant resources."

"You can't feed the second Holden Company just by relying on money."

Holden nodded slightly, which coincided with his judgment.

The other party should not take action against the high-end market. As long as this is the case, at least in the short term, we will still be safe.

But what about the long term?

Holden sighed, looked at everyone in the conference room, and asked a question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time:

"So, do you think these Chinese people are here to make money, or do they have other motives?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat.

In fact, they have not thought about this problem and believe that this investment group may intend to destroy the entire real estate market in the name of investment.

But this malicious speculation seems a bit too far-fetched.

After all, no matter how you look at it, those Chinese people are qualified and reputable businessmen.

In past experience, they are much more popular than Indians, islanders, and even Europeans.

Is it possible that this is just a purely profit-seeking activity?

After all, the U.S. real estate market is currently booming. Everyone knows it is a gold mine and everyone wants a piece of it.

Not only China, but also several companies in Europe are also in contact with American companies. Even if, could it be said that they also have ulterior motives?

This shouldn't be right?

After a few seconds of silence, someone in the corner of the conference room raised his hand and said:

"I don't think there's an answer to that question."

Everyone looked at him in astonishment, and then he continued:

"However, at the same time, we should also know that no matter what the answer to this question is, fundamentally speaking, the entry of the Chinese will have the same impact on us."

"They will inevitably lead to a decrease in real estate prices, and will definitely take away our profits. In the most extreme case, they may even lead to the collapse of the entire market price."

"So, no matter what, we should be prepared."

"My suggestion is that our price increase strategy should be launched."

"We must find a way to continue to increase prices to offset the impact of this catfish."

Holden looked at the young man who spoke with admiration and followed his words and asked:

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"You must know that a simple price increase is absolutely unacceptable to the market, and may instead have an impact on our reputation."

"Second-hand house."

The young man interrupted.

"Now, the only thing that can move this market is financial means."

"We can't take the initiative to raise prices, but we can take advantage of the heat in the financial market to continue to heat up our own market."

"Today's home buyers are either wealthy speculators or poor people who are in desperate need. There is no middle class."

"So, as long as the price of second-hand houses increases, the price of our new houses will also increase."

"Moreover, it is much easier to leverage the price of second-hand houses than to leverage the prices of new houses."

"I have calculated that it may only require no more than 50 billion US dollars."

"50 billion?!"

Everyone in the conference room couldn't help but exclaimed.

You know, even for Holden Company, this is definitely not a small number.

However, Boom Horton, who was sitting in the middle, laughed.

He knew that this was definitely a feasible strategy.

Because, someone will definitely help Holden pay the bill.

Those investors who stand at the top of the financial market do not want this catfish to disrupt the market even more than themselves.

Holden, who is far away in the United States, still doesn't know that by continuing to hype up the real estate market, they are actually putting a tighter and tighter rope around their necks.

The end is not far away, but with the chariot of capital racing wildly, everyone seems to have forgotten one thing:

The other end of this rope is still tightly trapped on a large mountain.
To be continued...