The three of them agreed to meet at a lakeside villa, in the outskirts of Sabine there is a huge natural lake, some years ago a real estate developer saw this side of the beautiful scenery and development potential, bought one of the sunny section of land, and then built a high-end villa area around the lake.
At the beginning of the real estate developer did not take into account a wide range of resources in the hands of the first few years of the situation, the price of the lake villas will only be because of the environment and neighbors continue to appreciate.
Some of them were sold as a favor to some celebrities at relatively reasonable prices, while the others remained in his own hands, waiting for prices to rise slowly.
At the same time, he also rented out these empty villas, even putting up the slogan "Boating on the lake with the whole family on vacation, close to nature," turning some of the villas into a kind of short-term rental housing for middle-class people who had the money to bring their families to the field to go trekking.
It must be said that this real estate developer's vision is very ingenious, in those years when the scenery is good, every weekend the place is almost overcrowded, around this villa area even naturally breed a kind of fast economic atmosphere.
Some food trucks would pile up and gather here every Thursday at the beginning of the week, providing some cheap food for people enjoying the weekend here, or renting some utensils and materials such as field barbecue cooking.
But now ...
The walls are still covered with scraps of paper and stickers that have not been neatly torn off, and occasionally a few sun-bleached colorful flags are hidden in the canopy of a tree.
There is a desolate feeling of abandonment everywhere, no one is to be seen on the streets, even the houses that have been sold seem to be especially dilapidated due to the lack of maintenance.
A forty to fifty year old guard with gray hair was dozing in the guard booth at the entrance, and he couldn't even hear the sound of the car engine.
There was no doubt that this place was finished, this residential area that had been touted as a place where you could buy one and feed three generations was dead.
The driver honked a few times, and the guard inside the cabin was so startled that he jerked to his feet and looked around, seeming to remember his job only when his eyes focused on the car beyond the railing.
As the railing rose and the car slowly pulled in, the drowsiness returned and he fell back into a deep doze.
"You're here a little sooner than I thought!"
When Lynch knocked on the door of the villa numbered "006", Joe Gleeman immediately welcomed him out, probably because he had deliberately tidied up a bit to make the villa look less dead, with some warmth and life.
This was Joe Gleeman's own villa, as the person in charge of the bank's loan business, he always had a good relationship with these real estate developers, and the person who was going to talk to Lynch about his piece of land today was also this developer of this piece of land, so they chose such a place.
On the one hand they wanted to tell Lynch that they were still very powerful, but at the same time they wanted to sell him a bad deal, which was not contradictory.
Lynch smiled, shook Joe Gleeman's hand and entered the room.
The whole house had a good layout, it was very spacious and bright, the lighting was very abundant, when the sunlight shone into the room through these slats, it would give people a feeling of golden splendor.
Of course, there were some shading devices outside the house, in summer, that is, now when they can play a role, the sun will not shine in, but this inside is still very bright.
"Something to drink?" Joe Gleeman asked as he walked over to the bar.
Lynch looked around and said casually, "Coffee.
Later he had to talk about official business, he didn't think it was a good time to drink, Joe Gleeman immediately made a cup of coffee for him, and also slightly explained, "I don't know how to use a grinder, so this is coffee powder brewed directly, so I hope you'll be able to get used to it.
Coffee powder is a bag of coffee powder made in advance, it's not very easy to control the quality, so some people feel that the coffee brewed from this kind of coffee powder bag does not have a very pure flavor, and sometimes the roasting is not in place, there will be a noticeable sourness.
Lynch casually nodded his head, he didn't come here to taste coffee, the two of them sat down and waited for a few seconds in the back room, Joe Gleeman began to introduce the buyer.
This buyer, that is, the real estate developer is currently losing a lot of money, recently he found a new project, this project is not fast to make money, but it is better than stable, many people are interested.
In fact, a lot of money within the Federation is like this now, they are like headless flies stumbling around, trying to find some reliable projects that can safely survive the winter.
Sometimes some people have just taken out a plan and been able to quickly attract the attention of some capital.
This has led to a lot of scammers on the market, including Little Fox alumni who are actually scammers.
Using a lousy script to attract investment, claiming that as long as they received investment, they would be able to achieve the great goal of doubling their profits, it looked like a very stupid way to cheat people, but a lot of people had fallen for it.
The time passed quickly in silence, and about ten minutes later, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his early to mid-forties walked in from outside the room with a broad smile.
His physique was rather ordinary, not fat but with broad shoulders, and his face was very similar to those of heroes in movies, with a standard "straight face".
With his meticulously groomed hair and few but exquisite accessories, he was a very cultured guy.
"Hart, nice to meet you, Mr. Lynch!" before Joe Gleeman could introduce them, this Mr. Hart took the initiative to introduce himself and shook Lynch's hand firmly.
"Lynch, it's a pleasure to meet you too, Mr. Hart!" Lynch's face was full of smiles and maintained the same enthusiasm, if Joe Gleeman didn't know that this was the first time the two had met, he would have thought they were very good friends reuniting after a long time.
After the two men let go of each other's hands, the two men sat down individually and Joe Gleeman went to get glasses and wine for Hart, who owned the house and now rightfully had to do the serving.
The two men casually talked about some of the current situations in Sabine, it was hard not to talk about the bad economy.
As they talked, Hart sighed softly, a little ruefully and a little sighing, "Mr. Lynch, you saw what was going on out there when you got here, didn't you?"
From the time he entered the room until he sat down and said those words, Lynch had been paying attention to him, and what made Lynch feel a little interesting was that this Hart Reality didn't seem to be shocked by Lynch's youth at all, nor did he belittle him for it, which was quite amusing.
Lynch nodded a little and said, "Indeed, it looks like this place is about to be abandoned.
Hart laughed bitterly as he talked about his failed investment this time, in fact it couldn't be blamed on him, at that time not everyone would have predicted the current situation, even some of the big consortiums with many think tanks couldn't avoid falling deeper into it.
"I have a new plan now, and I'm also very interested in that piece of land in your hands, I'll be honest, I may not be able to get that much money to ... at once," he was talking when Joe Gleeman came over with a glass of wine and handed it to him.
He said thank you and took a sip, acting sincere, "I intend to develop a new residential area after I take your land, the President's Cabinet has passed a new bill this week, they will encourage developers everywhere to build 'cheap apartments' with policies and subsidies to match! "
This policy is not fake, given the heavy financial pressure on Federation citizens at the moment, many families have reached the stage where they have to sell their homes to make ends meet.
Once they lose their homes, these people will become vagabonds with no place to live.
Not only will they become insecure, but society as a whole will become insecure because of the large number of vagrants on the streets.
When people begin to hate their current situation, it is easy for some to turn to crime.
The President's Cabinet, the Conservative Party, the Progressive Party and the Socialist Party, together with experts and scholars, have concluded that this economic downturn will continue for a long time at least, and that the first thing to do is to ensure the rights of every citizen before finding a way out, and that building low-cost housing for these people has become a good way out.
Studies and surveys have shown that social stability increases dramatically when a family has at least one place that is temporarily theirs and is not invaded by others.
Real estate developers who build low-cost housing will be exempt from all land use fees, completely exempt from taxes, and will receive additional tax exemptions and a range of policy support, including long-term government financial subsidies.
What's more, all the indicators of these cheap apartments are relaxed, such as the area per capita and so on, making it possible to build one and a half or even two apartments in the area where only one can be built.
The government, on the other hand, will pay part of the rent and expenses of each resident. Fitting more families into less space will result in more subsidies, which is a very cost-effective deal.
At least from the current situation, this business can still be done, there's no need to consider that this business will lose money, it's just that the rate of profitability is slower, but in the current economic environment, as long as you can make a profit, what do you care if it's slow or not?
Lynch nodded his head from time to time, this was indeed a good business, and with the cooperation of the local government, some people, including the homeless on the streets, could potentially live in these cheap apartments.
Besides, this Mr. Hart didn't have to sell the houses he owned, he just rented them out, and when the economy improved, the price of land and holidays went up, at that time he sold these apartments, and he thought that the people who had been living in the apartments for at least four or five years would be happy to buy such an apartment.
It was a good project, but the downside was that Hart didn't have the money, so he wanted to negotiate the deal some other way.