123: Chapter 123: Earned over 200 million in one day!

8:00 AM.

As Lin Chuan personally cut the red ribbon,

the doors to the Lin Group Imperial View Bay sales center finally opened.

At that moment, it was like a flood bursting through a dam!

"Don't push!! Let me in first!!"

"I brought cash! I have money!! Save a high-floor unit for me!!"

"Stop stepping on my shoes, damn it! I'm buying two units!!"

The homebuyers who had queued outside all night rushed in like they were crazy.

Long Wu led hundreds of bodyguards, forming a human wall by holding hands, barely managing to maintain order and prevent a stampede.

"Take it slow! Everyone, line up! There are still units in Building No. 1!!"

Over a dozen saleswomen, who were originally well-trained and dressed in professional attire, went completely hoarse in less than ten minutes.

Their hair was a mess, and their high heels had even lost their soles from all the running.

There was no helping it; these customers were too crazy!

They didn't even look at the scale model or ask for the floor plans.

They rushed up and slammed their large leather suitcases and snakeskin bags onto the tables.

With a zip, the bags were revealed to be full of bundled big unity notes or brand-new hundred-yuan bills!

"Three hundred thousand, right? Count the money! Hurry up and let me sign the contract! I want the one on the eighteenth floor with the floor-to-ceiling windows!"

A coal boss with a thick gold chain around his neck roared, spit flying everywhere.

A nearby speculator wasn't having it and pushed him aside:

"The eighteenth floor is mine! I'll pay three hundred and ten thousand!! Cash!!"

"Damn it? You're trying to outbid me? I'll pay three hundred and twenty thousand!!"

In the sales center, a spectacle unfolded where customers were actually bidding against each other just to snag a single unit!

As the CFO, Miss Su sat behind the glass counter with a professional money-counting team brought in from Hong Kong Island.

A full twenty bill counters rattled incessantly, running non-stop!

Two of the machines even started smoking and burned out from working for too long!

The sound of counting money and signing contracts was everywhere.

This frantic property-buying feast lasted until ten o'clock at night.

When the last batch of customers was politely escorted out by security and the rolling shutters of the sales center were finally pulled down,

all the staff members collapsed onto the floor.

They were so exhausted they didn't even want to move a finger.

...

Second floor, Chairman's Office.

Lin Jiang held a thick ledger, his hands shaking like he had Parkinson's.

His face was flushed and his breathing was heavy, as if he were experiencing something extremely stimulating.

"Bro... Brother..."

Lin Jiang swallowed hard, his throat feeling as dry as if it were on fire.

"I've... I've calculated it..."

Lin Chuan sat on a large leather sofa, leisurely swirling a glass of red wine in his hand.

"Oh? How much?"

Lin Jiang hurried to the desk and slammed the ledger down, his eyes wide and round:

"It's crazy! Brother! The world has gone crazy!!"

"We sold a total of a thousand units today!!"

"At an average price of three hundred thousand per unit!!"

"The revenue for a single day... is a full three hundred million!!!"

Three hundred million!!

What did that mean in '92?

Many prefecture-level cities might not even have that much in annual fiscal revenue!

But that was just the revenue.

What truly made Lin Jiang's scalp tingle and even filled him with a bit of fear was the profit!

"Brother, we bought the land in a package deal, so it was cheap, but you poured money into the building materials, labor, and advertising."

"I originally thought it would take at least three months of sales for this phase of the development to recoup the costs."

Lin Jiang gripped Lin Chuan's shoulders tightly, his voice trembling:

"But Brother!"

"In just one day today!"

"We've not only recouped all the money for the land, construction, and labor!"

"But we've also made a net profit of over two hundred million!!!"

A net profit of over two hundred million!

In a single day!

Lin Jiang now felt that this wasn't just building houses; it was even faster at making money than running a mint!

Looking at his older brother, who was so excited he seemed on the verge of a stroke,

Lin Chuan simply gave a faint smile.

He took a sip of red wine, his eyes as calm as a pool of lake water.

"Brother, stay calm."

"Did this little bit of money scare you?"

Lin Chuan stood up and walked to the massive floor-to-ceiling window.

From here, he could overlook the entire dazzling night view of Harbin.

"Brother, this is over two hundred million in pure profit! For generations, our Lin family wouldn't even dare to dream of this much money!" Lin Jiang still couldn't calm down.

"Brother, what does this amount to?"

Lin Chuan pointed out the window.

"This is only the first step for our Lin Group."

"Do you think three hundred thousand for a house is expensive? In the future, these houses could rise to three million, or even more."

"And do you think we only make money from selling houses?"

Lin Chuan turned around, his eyes flashing with an ambition that transcended the era.

"The shopping plaza downstairs is the real cash cow."

"We'll only lease it, not sell it. The annual rent alone will be an astronomical figure."

"Then there are the property management fees, parking fees, advertising spaces..."

"Brother, you need to get used to this pace of making money."

"Because in the future, we will earn even more than today—a hundred times, a thousand times more."

Lin Jiang listened, dumbfounded.

He suddenly realized that his younger brother's vision and perspective had reached a level he simply couldn't comprehend.

...

While some were rejoicing, others were worrying.

On this very night, while the Lin Group was frantically counting money,

the real estate circles of the Three Northeastern Provinces were hit by a massive earthquake.

Inside a private club in Shen City.

Smoke swirled in the air, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

Several pot-bellied middle-aged men in high-end suits were sitting around a mahogany tea table.

Any one of these men was a real estate tycoon who held sway over various cities in the Three Northeastern Provinces.

"You've all heard, right?"

Sitting in the seat of honor was Shen City's largest real estate developer, Zhang Haishan, known as "Half-City Zhang."

He fiercely crushed his cigar into the ashtray, his face so grim it looked like it could drip water.

"The Lin Group and that Imperial View Bay place sold three hundred million in a single day today."

The tycoons present looked at each other, deep fear visible in everyone's eyes.

"Three hundred million? In one day?"

"When they built those six-story tenement buildings, working themselves to the bone for a year, their profit was only a few million."

"This guy had made ten lifetimes' worth of their money in a single day!"

"Where on earth did this monster Lin Chuan come from?"

Li Fugui, a real estate mogul from Spring City, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"I sent someone to look at the design of his development."

"It's so damn advanced! Compared to his houses, the ones we build are just pigsties!"

"If he's allowed to spread across the entire Northeast, will there be any way for us to survive?"

"In less than half a year, he'll have snatched up all of our market share!"

An unprecedented sense of crisis loomed over everyone's hearts.

It was like everyone was hunting with rifles and bayonets, and then someone suddenly showed up in a tank and started spraying bullets—how could they even compete?

"Master Zhang, say something!"

A younger developer said anxiously, "We can't just watch him become the sole dominant force!"

Zhang Haishan sneered, a trace of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.

"Sole dominant force? Lin Chuan is dreaming!"

"We've been eating this Northeast cake for decades. Does he, a mere brat, think he can swallow it in one gulp?"

"He's not afraid of choking to death!"

Zhang Haishan looked around at everyone.

"I propose that we all unite and form a Northeast Real Estate Alliance!"

"Blockade his building material channels! Cut off his construction teams!"

"I don't believe that all of us local bigwigs combined can't handle one upstart!"

"No matter how much money he has, without sand and cement, he'll have to halt construction for me!"

These words caused several of the more aggressive developers to nod in agreement.

"Right! Let's get him!"

"Find some thugs to cause trouble at his construction sites! Make sure he doesn't have a single day of peace!"

However, at that moment,

Li Fugui from Spring City shook his head.

"Master Zhang, everyone, listen to my advice."

Li Fugui picked up his teacup, blew on the tea leaves, his eyes twinkling with shrewdness.

"You might not know how the Wang and Zhou families in Harbin were wiped out."

"That Lin Chuan isn't just rich; his methods are terrifyingly ruthless! Even the Zhou Family's Dark List assassin and Martial Arts Grandmaster fell at his hands!"

"You want to provoke him now? You're looking for death!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people who had just been clamoring to take down Lin Chuan instantly shut their mouths, a chill running down their spines.

They had heard rumors about this, but they just hadn't dared to believe they were true.

"Then what do you suggest? Just watch him take the food out of our mouths?" Zhang Haishan asked displeasedly.

"If you can't beat them, join them."

Li Fugui smiled.

"No matter how capable Lin Chuan is, he can't handle the entire market of the Three Northeastern Provinces on his own."

"He needs land, and he needs connections."

"Why can't we take the resources we have and talk to him about a partnership?"

"He eats the meat, and we follow along to drink the soup."

"As long as we can make money—you can be at odds with anyone, but never be at odds with money, everyone."

The club fell into silence once again.

These real estate tycoons had differing looks in their eyes.

Some were full of calculation and jealousy, wanting to bring down the Lin Group.

Others were swayed by Li Fugui and began to calculate how they could cling to Lin Chuan's coattails.

Overnight,

because of the explosive popularity of Lins Imperial View Bay,

undercurrents surged throughout the business world of the Three Northeastern Provinces.