Zhao Yanxuan immediately picked up his phone and made several calls.
After finishing, he looked at Ye Feng, who was being interviewed live, and sneered, "Hmph, you're not rich and powerful, wanting to reclaim land? This time I'll make you lose your pants!"
After Ye Feng finished the interview about the project progress, he immediately went to find fill resources.
First, he asked professionals to estimate the amount of fill needed for land reclamation in that sea area, then investigated the price of fill, and then learned about companies in Southeast Province that owned fill, and finally prepared to visit them one by one to discuss business.
However, when Ye Feng calculated the required fill and price, he was shocked.
Because the estimated price for creating an island through land reclamation there was as high as 4.5 billion.
And this was just an estimated price. If labor costs and other miscellaneous expenses were added, it would be close to 5 billion.
"Over five billion, that's indeed a staggering amount!" Ye Feng murmured.
Fortunately, he wasn't undertaking this project alone. He felt fortunate, saying, "It's a good thing I roped in Feifei and Lingyu. If it were just me, I really couldn't handle this project!"
Fifty billion. If Ye Feng sold his company, he might not even be able to gather fifty billion.
Although his current company was very famous and highly profitable, even with its subsidiaries, it was only worth three to four billion.
However, since it was a three-party cooperation, the cost borne by each party was less than 2 billion, which they could afford.
Moreover, the provincial finance department had allocated 2 billion as a subsidy. After deducting this, each party only needed to pay 1 billion, which made things much easier.
After thinking it through, Ye Feng immediately took Xiao Feifei to several large companies in Southeast Province that owned fill.
Ye Feng's land reclamation project required a large amount of fill, and a single company could not provide it all.
Even if they could provide it, it would take a lot of time, and Ye Feng couldn't wait that long.
Therefore, he directly approached the three most famous companies in Southeast Province that owned fill and visited them one by one.
However, when Ye Feng visited these companies, he was furious.
Because the prices quoted by the three companies were completely out of line with what Ye Feng had learned, they were outrageously high.
Ye Feng had specifically inquired about the price of fill before coming. Each truckload was around 600 to 800 yuan.
Especially during this period, it was very cheap, only a little over 600 to less than 700 yuan.
When he inquired, they directly asked for 1,100 yuan per truck, nearly doubling the price.
What puzzled Ye Feng even more was that the prices quoted by the three companies were exactly the same, 10,000 yuan each, and they were not willing to negotiate.
It felt like they had colluded in advance, which made Ye Feng furious.
If they had to pay at this price, Ye Feng and the others would have to spend an additional third, bringing the total cost to nearly 7 billion.
"These bastards must know we need a lot of fill for land reclamation, so they colluded in advance to raise prices! What should we do?" Xiao Feifei said angrily.
"Damn it, these guys are taking advantage of our situation and price gouging!"
Ye Feng gritted his teeth, unsure of what to do for a moment.
These three fill companies were the largest in Southeast Province and owned the most fill. Besides them, Ye Feng had no better options for the time being.
"Forget it, let's go back and think about it! I don't believe we can't find other fill companies if we don't deal with these three!" Ye Feng said somewhat angrily.
In fact, there were quite a few fill companies in Southeast Province, but these three were the most famous and owned the most fill.
Meanwhile, after Ye Feng left, Zhao Yanxuan immediately started a group video call with the general managers of the three fill companies.
"Hello, three general managers, how is it? Did he agree?" Zhao Yanxuan asked.
One of the three general managers replied, "He didn't agree, after all, the price is too high. Should we lower it a bit!"
Another one also said, "Yes! Under normal circumstances, if he needs so much fill, we would give him a discount. Now, not only are we not giving a discount, but we're also raising the price. Isn't that a bit much!"
"Yes! What if he doesn't buy it?" the last one added.
However, in response to their questions, Zhao Yanxuan smiled and said, "Don't worry! He will definitely buy it! These three companies are the only ones in Southeast Province that have enough fill. If he doesn't buy from you, he won't be able to buy enough fill!"
Upon hearing this, the three of them thought carefully and nodded, saying, "That's right! Land reclamation is such a huge project, requiring an immense amount of fill. If he doesn't buy from us, who else can he buy from?"
"That's right! Although there are many fill companies in Southeast Province, only the three of us have this much fill!"
"Exactly! Let's stick to this price. He will definitely buy, and we'll make a fortune off him!"
Meanwhile, after returning, Ye Feng kept searching for information on fill companies.
After searching for a day, he found that only those three companies truly had such a large amount of fill, which made Ye Feng very worried.
At this moment, Xiao Feifei suddenly said, "Actually, Southeast Province used to have four major fill companies! Why don't we go and check out that one!"
Ye Feng was stunned and quickly asked, "What? There used to be four major fill companies?"
Xiao Feifei nodded and said, "That's right, there used to be four major fill companies. However, because that fill company was from outside the province, it was jointly suppressed by these three companies, which led to its decline!"
"Oh? Where is this company? Let's go and see!" Ye Feng said with some excitement.
"It's in Dongchuan City. I'll take you to see it!"
Saying that, Xiao Feifei took Ye Feng to see the former fourth fill company.
When they arrived, they found that the company's area was no smaller than the other companies, living up to its reputation as one of the former four major fill companies.
However, while those companies were bustling with people and trucks coming and going, this company appeared very deserted. They rarely saw any vehicles entering or exiting.
Seeing this, the two didn't think too much and walked straight inside.
As they walked and observed their surroundings, a fat man wearing a gold chain suddenly walked out from inside.
The fat man wore glasses, carried a black leather bag, and had a gold mechanical watch on his wrist. His attire was incredibly ostentatious, making people want to laugh.
However, Ye Feng and the others paid no attention to the fat man, and the fat man originally didn't pay attention to Ye Feng and the other person.
But as he got closer to Ye Feng and the others, the guy's eyes lit up when he saw Xiao Feifei's peerless beauty.
He then quickly walked towards Ye Feng and the others. As they were about to pass each other, he deliberately bumped into Ye Feng's side...