Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"Your Majesty, you don't know how ridiculous the land prices in Xin'an are now. I spent most of my life savings to build this manor. I even sold all the land you gave me during the construction process. Only then did I build the Zhengzuo Manor into what it is now."

When Karl heard Sun Tong's complaints, he became anxious.

He feels wronged.

Is it that he doesn't want to build the manor bigger?

He simply can't do it.

Nowadays, the housing prices in Xin'an city have risen to 1,200 South Korean yuan per square meter.

Although his manor was built in the suburbs, the base price here is also not cheap. This is because he acquired the land early. If he wanted to acquire these ten hectares of land now, he would probably have to spend all his fortune.

“Is housing expensive in Xin’an?”

"It's very expensive. Even in the suburbs where my manor is located, the price per square meter has reached 700 South Yuan. The cheapest house in the city is more than 1000. In prosperous areas such as Wuyang District and Chongwen District, the price is more than 2000. As for Huanglong District, the price has exceeded 5000 South Yuan."

"So expensive? What do ordinary people think about rising housing prices?"

Nanhua does not engage in real estate brokerage, and Nanhua’s land area is large enough, so Sun Tong has never paid much attention to the real estate industry.

"Ordinary people don't have much to say about this. After all, the high prices are only in the core areas. The housing prices in the periphery are still acceptable to the public. Besides, apart from a few core cities in Nanhua where the housing prices are relatively high, the housing prices in other places are still relatively acceptable to the public."

There has always been a saying in South China that there are three super and eight strong teams.

The so-called three supers refer to three supercities with a population of about 10 million in Nanhua. Among them are Nan'an, the capital of Xihua, Wenlai Special City, the base where Sun Tong made his fortune, and Xin'an, the capital of the Nanhua Empire.

Among these three cities, Nan'an is the political, economic and cultural center of Nanhua in Africa, Wenlai is the entertainment center of the Nanhua Empire, and Xin'an is the financial, political and cultural center of the entire empire.

In addition to these three cities, there are eight cities in South China with a population of over five million, namely Jiangling City in West China, Lincheng City (Pretoria) in Southern Africa, Singapore, Alkarta, Mangu, Kuala Lumpur, Kinbaan and Manila.

These eight cities are second-tier cities of the Nanhua Empire. Although they have a large population, except for Xingjiapo and Jiangling, the influence of the other six cities is relatively low.

In fact, in the whole of South China, only the housing prices in five cities are relatively scary, and the housing prices in other places are mostly not worth mentioning.

"As long as the common people have no objection, as for you just complaining to me about being poor, do you want me to tell you what kind of business your family is doing now?"

Carl did spend a lot of money to build this manor, but don't think that this guy would really go bankrupt just by building such a manor.

In fact, this old guy and his children are all qualified to be included in the South China Rich List.

Sun Tong has not investigated how much money Karl has, but he thinks it will not be less than 3 billion South Yuan. As for the six children in his family, they may not be as wealthy as him, but it is no problem for them to be worth more than 10 billion.

"That's not necessary, but Your Majesty, I have a favor to ask of you!"

"What's the matter? Tell me first!"

"It's not a big deal, I just want to ask you for a calligraphy. I just built a beach hotel in Bali not long ago. Now the hotel is almost built, but the name has not been decided yet, so I want to shamelessly ask you to help me name the hotel and write a calligraphy!"

“Why bother thinking of a name? Why not just call it Palawan Duke Hotel? What name could be more famous than this?”

"what?"

Karl didn't expect that Sun Tongqi's name would be so simple and crude, but he had actually thought of this name before. The reason why he didn't use it was mainly because he was afraid that people would think he was showing off, which was not in line with his low-key and humble attitude towards life.

But now that Sun Tong has decided on the name of the hotel, there is no need for him to avoid suspicion anymore.

"Ah, what? Just use this name. As for the calligraphy, I won't write it today. I will write one specifically for you after we return to the palace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The reason why Sun Tong had to wait until he returned to the palace was because he needed to practice in advance. In fact, Sun Tong always had a weakness, which was that his handwriting was really not very good.

After all, he had never practiced calligraphy specifically, so Sun Tong's handwriting was just readable at best, but far from being beautiful.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I think we should not play this ball for now. Let's ride horses for a while and then go directly to Saint Grace Canyon!"