Over the next few days, Jiang Cheng's life was very leisurely and comfortable.
Aside from taking time to drop Huang Yuqi off at the airport, he spent the rest of his time wandering around nearby tourist attractions with Zhou Ying and Fang Yuan.
It wasn't until a phone call from Chen Xueer that Jiang Cheng somewhat reluctantly headed out to handle some serious business.
After changing into a suit he hadn't worn in a long time, he sat in his rolls-royce and headed toward the King of Fengtai.
After a half-hour drive, the car came to a smooth stop at the entrance of a luxuriously built sales center.
Wang Sheng gently woke Jiang Cheng, who was resting with his eyes closed, before getting out to open the door for him.
Since he had been dozing off just now, Jiang Cheng only slowly took in his surroundings after getting out of the car.
Before he had a chance to get a good look, a group of people walked out of the sales center to welcome them.
The middle-aged man leading them said respectfully with a smile, "Chairman Jiang, hello! I am Ling Hua, the General Manager of Hetai Real Estate. It's a great pleasure to meet you. Our chairman has been waiting inside for quite some time."
Jiang Cheng glanced at Ling Hua, gave a slight nod, and then continued to survey the surroundings.
In front of where they stood, aside from the sales center building, the rest of the area was still a wasteland, except for a dozen excavators and pile drivers.
This scene made Jiang Cheng feel like he was back in his childhood, following his father to play at construction sites.
He looked at the name of the sales center—Hetai Star Court.
Jiang Cheng noticed that residential communities in Kyoto really liked using the word 'Court' as a suffix.
However, this name was decided upon after discussions between Hetai and Xingchen.
According to Chen Xueer, the community hoped to convey a beautiful vision through this name, allowing people to find their own happy home here.
A few months ago, Xingchen acquired a forty-nine percent stake in the Overseas Chinese Town King of Fengtai land for 5.9 billion.
After several months of twists and turns, this project finally saw progress.
However, Xingchen's partner had now changed from the Overseas Chinese Company to Hetai Real Estate.
The main reason was that Overseas Chinese had once again transferred its remaining fifty-one percent stake to Kyoto's Hetai Real Estate.
As a result, the entire project was now fully owned by Xingchen and Hetai Real Estate.
Originally, Xingchen naturally had the right of first refusal for the transfer.
Overseas Chinese had consulted Xingchen immediately when they were short on funds.
However, considering that Xingchen didn't have much of a reputation in the real estate field...
Especially in a place like Kyoto.
At the time, the cost for Overseas Chinese to acquire this land was much higher than the land used for other nearby communities.
So, if they wanted to develop this land and make a profit, they had to take the high-end route.
And Xingchen was currently just an investment company.
Jiang Cheng didn't plan on long-term development in real estate either.
Xingchen lacked experience in real estate construction; even if they built it, it probably wouldn't be very convincing.
After all, if it were Jiang Cheng, he wouldn't spend a lot of money to buy a high-end community built by a company with zero experience.
Who knew what the construction quality, follow-up services, and property management of such a community would be like?
Fortunately, the other half of the shares were eventually taken over by Hetai.
According to information provided by Chen Xueer, Hetai Real Estate already had experience with thirteen construction projects in Kyoto.
These included projects like Kyoto Court, Duhao Court, and Chunli Lake Court, all of which performed exceptionally well in the luxury housing market.
So now, even though the partner for the King of Fengtai land had changed from Overseas Chinese to Hetai, it didn't have any negative impact on Xingchen.
After all, Hetai had a certain level of fame in Kyoto's real estate development.
Seeing Jiang Cheng standing still with no intention of going inside, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on Ling Hua's back.
He couldn't help but feel nervous, secretly wondering if his words or behavior just now had caused Jiang Cheng's dissatisfaction.
He began to quickly review his performance, trying to find any detail that might have offended Jiang Cheng.
Because usually, when a leader stops in their tracks, it's very likely they are dissatisfied with the environment or something else.
Just as Ling Hua was about to speak up and explain, Jiang Cheng suddenly lifted his foot and walked steadily into the company's interior.
This made Ling Hua breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, it left him feeling utterly confused.
After entering the company, Jiang Cheng didn't stop immediately but continued walking forward.
Ling Hua followed closely behind, his heart still full of unease.
Before long, a middle-aged man in a black suit came rushing out from the inside.
He saw Jiang Cheng and Ling Hua at a glance.
Although he knew Jiang Cheng was very young, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise when seeing him in person.
But he quickly adjusted his state, warmly reached out to shake Jiang Cheng's hand, and introduced himself, "Chairman Jiang, hello! It's a pleasure to meet you! I am Huang Sheng of Hetai Real Estate."
"President Huang, it's an honor to meet you," Jiang Cheng said with a smile.
Huang Sheng laughed heartily, "I've always heard that President Jiang is young and promising, and seeing you today proves it's true."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two moved to the stage that had already been set up at the entrance.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was already prepared.
Since it was a groundbreaking ceremony rather than a sales opening, there weren't many people present.
It was just a simple temporary stage set up for promotional purposes.
Normally, Jiang Cheng would naturally avoid such occasions if he could, or just have Chen Xueer appear in his place.
But who could blame him when he just happened to be in Kyoto right now?
After a beautiful female host in a formal dress said some introductory words...
Several golden lions began to take turns dancing forward.
Accompanied by firecrackers, streamers, and performances, the scene appeared very lively.
The surrounding crowd was also drawn in by the festive atmosphere and gathered around to watch.
As time passed, the ribbon-cutting ceremony reached its climax.
The beautiful host invited Jiang Cheng and Huang Sheng onto the stage to jointly cut the red ribbon.
With a'snip' of the scissors, there were more speeches, followed by the sound of firecrackers, and the ribbon-cutting ceremony was considered complete.
After participating in the ritualistic ribbon-cutting, Jiang Cheng and Huang Sheng performed the ritualistic soil-filling and foundation stone laying.
In fact, it was just taking a shovel and symbolically burying a stone tablet with a couple of scoops of dirt.
Upon completion, the scene erupted in warm applause and cheers.
This moment signified the official start of construction for the new housing development.
Jiang Cheng and Huang Sheng shook hands and congratulated each other.
At Huang Sheng's request, Jiang Cheng also gave a very standard speech.
"I am very happy to develop this project together with Hetai, and I believe our project will be a success."
"In the coming days, I hope everyone will cooperate and continue to work hard to ensure the quality and progress of the project, providing a high-quality living environment for homebuyers."
"Starting from our original intention for construction, this new community will use advanced building technology and environmentally friendly materials to create a comfortable, healthy, and smart living space."
In addition, the community will be equipped with complete supporting facilities, such as kindergartens and commercial streets, to meet the living needs of residents..."
After the ribbon-cutting, Jiang Cheng and Huang Sheng visited the construction site with the guests and inspected the project.
Calling it an inspection, it was actually just looking at the layout of the scale model.
Seeing that Jiang Cheng hadn't personally handled this project, Huang Sheng spoke up, "We at Hetai actually wanted to take over this project a long time ago. Haha, President Jiang, to tell you the truth, when Overseas Chinese said they were going to transfer forty-nine percent of the shares, we at Hetai were already doing a project evaluation. But we were indeed a step late and you at Xingchen snatched it up in one go."
Jiang Cheng responded with a smile, "That only means you weren't fated for this project back then. Besides, I think your company is quite good; aren't you involved now?"
Huang Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, but we are also very fortunate to be able to cooperate with your company. After all, such a large project isn't something just anyone can take on."