Siheyuan: The Idiot in Charge

Chapter 125

In the 1960s, Xiangjiang's industrialization advanced rapidly, its economy began to take off, and its population grew rapidly.

Land prices, house prices, and rents began to soar significantly.

From 60 to 65, it was when the real estate industry in Xiangjiang was in full swing.

Jia Weidong definitely wants to get a share of Xiangjiang real estate, but these few years are not the best time to invest in real estate.

In his previous life, Jia Weidong was in the building materials business and had some knowledge of the development history of Xiangjiang real estate.

"Well, just buy a house for the time being so that you and Lou Xiaoe can have a place to stay when you come here in the future." Jia Weidong has already made a decision.

Delta Real Estate.

A housing agency located on Jaffe Road.

The name seems to be lofty and noble, but it is actually just a small door of seven or eight square meters.

There is no real estate trading center in Xiangjiang. If you want to buy a house, you can only find a real estate agency.

In the afternoon, Lou Zhenhua came here with Jia Weidong.

"Are you two looking to rent or buy a house?" the owner of the agency gave a warm reception.

The agency boss looks like he is in his early 40s, with a thin face, slightly high cheekbones, a pair of shrewd small eyes, and a mustache that trembles when he speaks.

"I want to buy a high-rise building nearby, with three bedrooms and about 1200 square feet." Jia Weidong directly explained his intention.

"Beautiful boy, yes, yes, let me take a look." The agency boss was so excited that his face turned into a chrysanthemum, and he took out a notebook and started rummaging through it.

If this was a deal, he would get a hefty commission.

“谢斐道46号4层的一个、48号5层的一个、骆克道18号2层的一个.”中介老板开始一个劲的报着房源。

"Stop, this is No. 18 Lockhart Road. Please take us to see it." Jia Weidong interrupted the boss. It's two blocks away from Lou Zhenhua's house, very close.

"Okay, okay," the agency boss said, taking out an iron ring with keys hanging on it from the drawer, and took Lou Zhenhua and Jia Weidong to look at the house.

Along the way, we got to know each other. The agency owner’s surname was Huang and his ancestral home was Guangdong.

No. 18 Lockhart Road is still a five-storey tenement building. It was built at the same time as the house where Lou Zhenhua's family lived. It has the same appearance and degree of newness.

Why choose a house in Lockhart Road?

First, Jia Weidong will not live in Xiangjiang permanently for the time being and is close to Lou Zhenhua's home, so that his family can help take care of it.

Second, after Lou Xiao'e came to Xiangjiang, they stayed close together, so that she and her second uncle's family could take care of each other.

Tanglou.

Because most of them are Chinese, that’s why it’s called Tanglou.

It is a combination of shops and residences, and its appearance is similar to the 6-story houses with ground garages in the old residential areas of later generations in the mainland. The difference is that each tenement building has only one household per floor.

The first floor is all storefronts along the street, and all the buildings from the second floor upwards are housing.

Jia Weidong and the others were looking at the second floor.

It has an area of ​​1237 square feet, three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, two bathrooms, and a worker’s room. There's nothing interesting to see, it's similar to the layout of Lou Zhenhua's house.

"This house has been rented to others before, and the owner of the house is going to go there." Boss Huang introduced it eloquently.

"That's it. How much does it cost?" Jia Weidong said after looking around.

"I live next to here, and I know the current market price of this house. Don't ask for the price," Lou Zhenhua said in a warning tone.

"Don't worry, Boss Lou. Mr. Jia is happy. Of course I won't bargain with you. The landlord gave me the lowest price of 68,000 yuan." Boss Huang straightened his face and said.

Jia Weidong did the math and found that 55 per square foot was less than yuan per square foot. Now is the time when housing prices are rising, and it is estimated that they cannot be reduced much. He did not have time to slowly bargain with the landlord, so he said: "Okay, I will go to the lawyer's office tomorrow to sign the contract." Deed, is it okay?"

"Master Jia, let's go to my store first to sign a temporary deed, and you'll pay the details."

"Sure, no problem," Jia Weidong replied readily.

The three of them returned to the agency and signed a temporary contract. Jia Weidong gave a deposit of HK$2000 and agreed to go to Hu Guan Law Firm on Queen's Road to sign the contract at 1 pm tomorrow, pay the house payment, and go through relevant procedures.

In the morning, Jia Weidong had to go to the bank to exchange Hong Kong dollars, but he didn't have enough time.

<divclass="contentadv">Although Lou Zhenhua only accompanied the whole process and didn't talk much, he secretly admired Jia Weidong for "his words and actions are organized and steady."

Lou Zhenhua’s family.

After returning from the agency, Jia Weidong and Lou Zhenhua sat in the living room chatting.

In the evening, two young men, a man and a woman, opened the door from outside and walked in.

What a handsome man and beautiful woman.

The man is about 1.75 meters tall and has a square face. His face is about 60-70% similar to Lou Zhenhua. He is dressed in a police uniform and has an extraordinarily tall and heroic appearance.

The woman is about 1.65 meters tall, with a voluptuous figure, an oval face, willow eyebrows, skin as fair as porcelain, long hair parted on the side, fashionable and beautiful.

"This should be Lou Zhenhua's eldest son and daughter-in-law," Jia Weidong thought as he looked around.

After the two entered the house, they were naturally looking at the stranger Jia Weidong.

Seeing this, Lou Zhenhua quickly introduced, "Weidong, these are your brother Xiaoxiang and sister-in-law Xingyue."

"Hello brother Xiang, hello sister-in-law!" Jia Weidong stood up and greeted with a smile.

"Xiaoxiang, Xingyue, this is the godbrother of our cousin Xiao'e, Wei Dong."

"Weidong, hello." Lou Xiaoxiang was very enthusiastic. His cousin-in-law Shi Xingyue seemed to be in a bad mood when she came in. At this time, a smile appeared on her face and she greeted Jia Weidong with a smile.

"Yue'er, what's wrong with you today? Are you feeling unwell?"

During dinner, the second aunt asked her daughter-in-law with concern when she saw her daughter-in-law looked listless while eating.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'm a little busy today and I'm tired." Shi Xingyue responded with a forced smile.

Shi Xingyue is 24 years old this year. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong in 60, she applied to work at HSBC Bank.

After working for one year, because of my strong business ability, good image and good temperament, I was transferred from the ordinary counter area in the lobby to the VIP customer area.

During this time, there was a man surnamed Li who claimed to be the owner of a certain trading firm. He always came to her to deposit and withdraw money under the guise of speaking dirty words and having bad intentions.

The constant harassment is annoying.

Today, I actually asked Shi Xingyue to go out for dinner at night, but Shi Xingyue politely refused.

Angry and angry, Li Zhanan complained to the bank's head clerk, saying that Shi Xingyue's service attitude was bad and threatened to close the account and transfer it to another bank.

This is a large customer with a deposit of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. For example, Shi Xingyue and Lou Xiaoxiang's monthly salary is only about 300 Hong Kong dollars.

At this time, it was the period when the Hong Kong government encouraged citizens to actively save and banks vigorously solicited savings.

As a result, Shi Xingyue was severely reprimanded by the bank's supervisor. He had to either save this customer or get a customer with comparable strength. Otherwise, he would be transferred back to the ordinary counter. Not only would he be embarrassed, but his salary would also be significantly lower.

This was the reason why Shi Xingyue was in a bad mood.

"How can I tell my family about this kind of thing? I don't have any relatives or friends who can spend hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars at once." Shi Xingyue thought of this, feeling a little sad.

"Sister-in-law, take me with you when you go to work tomorrow morning. I need to exchange some Hong Kong dollars to pay for the house." Jia Weidong said to Shi Xingyue with a smile. Little did he know what Shi Xingyue was thinking.

"Okay" Shi Xingyue agreed softly. She didn't care. For a young man who had just come from the mainland, it was very impressive if he could buy a one-story house. How much would he have left after buying a house? .

Lou Zhenhua's youngest son lived on campus, and Jia Weidong was arranged to live in his room.

Silent all night.

The next day.

After breakfast, Jia Weidong carried his canvas bag and walked with Shi Xingyue.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the HSBC headquarters where Shi Xingyue worked.