Due to the unique nature of Banshan (Half-Mountain) within Jiangzhou, discussions had already begun before the bidding process. Topics included speculation on whether the land would fail to attract bids, and what its potential uses might be if acquired by investors.

Against this backdrop, a small group of local reporters gathered outside the Land and Resources Transaction Center.

However, they were all stunned to learn that the auction had concluded, and that Banshan had been acquired by a company named Tenglong Real Estate for 6.8 billion yuan, with plans for property development.

Having heard rumors of several tourism development companies participating in the bidding, many had hoped Banshan would become another tourist attraction in Jiangzhou.

But the result was that an unknown, even unheard-of real estate company had won the bid with a staggering 6.8 billion yuan, intending to develop it for residential purposes.

They were completely taken aback!

"Could the representative of Tenglong Real Estate please step forward?"

As groups of formally dressed men and women emerged from the Land and Resources Transaction Center, the reporters immediately swarmed them.

"Do you know Zhao Qian, the Coal King of Jinxi?" a middle-aged man asked with a smile.

"Zhao Jiwei?" Several reporters responded instinctively.

This information was clearly familiar to them.

After all, Zhao Jiwei was somewhat of a local celebrity in Jiangzhou.

This was largely due to his father, Zhao Qian's, infamous reputation as a wealthy tycoon, which inevitably cast a spotlight on his son.

"Yes, that's him!"

The middle-aged man smiled and said before walking briskly away.

The reporters instinctively looked up towards the steps.

They saw Zhao Jiwei walking down with a smile on his face.

In an instant, the reporters surrounded him.

"Mr. Zhao, are you the representative of Tenglong Group? Did you win the bid for Banshan's development rights with 6.8 billion yuan?"

"Uh... yes, is that so surprising?" Zhao Jiwei replied, feigning surprise.

"It's reported that Tenglong Group plans to develop Banshan for residential purposes. Is this true?" a reporter asked anxiously.

"Yes, is there a problem? This has been officially approved!" Zhao Jiwei said calmly.

"Mr. Zhao, please forgive my bluntness, but given the current downturn in the real estate market, even leading companies are slowing down their development pace. However, you spent 6.8 billion yuan to acquire Banshan for property development. Based on this price, what kind of residential projects are you planning to develop?" a female reporter asked quickly.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Jiwei would have ignored such questions and walked away.

His principle was to maintain a low profile whenever possible.

However, remembering the publicity stunt he had discussed with Zhang Jingshan and Li Changfeng, he smiled and replied, "What kind of projects are we planning? We intend to build the nation's top-tier villa district!"

"The nation's top-tier villa district?"

In an instant, the reporters were stunned.

Even the men and women who had walked out of the resource trading center paused in their tracks.

However, Zhao Jiwei didn't linger. He smiled and continued walking towards the steps.

The reporters quickly snapped out of their daze and rushed after him. "Mr. Zhao, is this your father, Chairman Zhao Qian's, intention? And is Tenglong Real Estate your father's company? We heard that your father has also been involved in real estate projects in the Pearl River Delta. Is he now planning to enter the Jiangzhou real estate market?"

Zhao Jiwei stopped.

"Tenglong Real Estate has no connection with my father, and my father has no plans to get involved in the real estate industry. Well, that's all I have to say!"

Waving his hand, Zhao Jiwei quickened his pace.

The reporters didn't pursue him further.

However, they were once again confused.

Tenglong Real Estate wasn't owned by the nouveau riche Zhao Qian, the Coal King?

Apart from Zhao Qian, what other nouveau riche would spend 6.8 billion yuan to acquire Banshan for villa development?

And even claim to build the nation's top-tier villa district.

Weren't these Zhao Qian's usual impulsive actions?

"Brother Ye, we got Banshan! 6.8 billion!"

Inside a Porsche Cayenne, Zhao Jiwei, having left the Land and Resources Center, immediately called Ye Chen.

"Good! The next step is to handle the bidding for construction and other related matters. You'll be in charge of that!"

Ye Chen replied casually, back at Shanshujian.

"Okay, no problem! There's one thing I need to tell you. When I left the Land and Resources Center, I ran into some reporters. After they learned that Banshan was acquired by Tenglong Real Estate for 6.8 billion yuan for development, they surrounded me. So... I told them we were going to build the nation's top-tier villa district!" Zhao Jiwei said.

Although he was the second-largest shareholder of Tenglong Real Estate.

Although he was also the person in charge of Tenglong Real Estate.

He had never dared to ignore the fact that Ye Chen was the true leader.

"It's fine, go ahead and say it! It's a good opportunity to increase the visibility of Tenglong Real Estate!" Ye Chen said.

"This is also related to the visibility we discussed before with Changfeng and Jingshan. However, if this is the case, I'm afraid you will become the center of attention again! Because as long as they investigate Tenglong Real Estate's shareholding structure, they will know that you are the major shareholder!" Zhao Jiwei said.

"You are worried that the 'nouveau riche' storm that has just subsided will rise again!" Ye Chen said with a smile.

"Cough..." Zhao Jiwei felt awkward.

"It's okay, I am a nouveau riche anyway, what's there to be afraid of people saying!" Ye Chen said nonchalantly.

"Then, I'll call Changfeng and Jingshan to let them know we got Banshan!" Zhao Jiwei said.

"Okay, go ahead!"

Ye Chen hung up the phone.

After letting out a long breath.

He sat on the sofa and couldn't help but smile wryly to himself, "Tenglong Technology, just investing in Tong Zhen for lithography machine research and development will cost several billion yuan a year. Tenglong Real Estate, building the Banshan villa district will require no less than several billion yuan in the first phase. Jianghu Hot Pot will also need several hundred million yuan in follow-up investments. Qianlong Game Company needs two hundred million yuan for R&D funds and tens of millions for mobile game promotion. I won't even count the security consultant company for now. Just these items alone will require at least 10 billion yuan in the next year! It's fortunate that I earned about 20 billion yuan from Stella, otherwise, it would really be difficult to move forward!"

Shaking his head to clear his thoughts.

He didn't want to think about money matters, especially when he finally had some time to relax.

After stretching, he got up from the sofa and walked towards the kitchen.

He had already bought a large amount of ingredients on his way back from Qianlong Game Company, enough to keep him busy until the afternoon.

While Ye Chen was focusing his mind and energy in the kitchen, as expected, the news of spending 6.8 billion yuan to acquire Banshan in Jiangzhou for property development and the bold claim to build the nation's top-tier villa district went viral.

Along with the Tenglong Real Estate brand, this unknown, completely unknown real estate company also became a sensation!