Chapter 151 Exploiting Weaknesses

Yao Fanghua and Wu Peng had been waiting at the teahouse for a while.

They were originally willing to pay a high price for the house, but since it was being sold by the Sun family, they were unwilling to pay a high price and even had to lower it.

The four met at the teahouse, exchanged a few pleasantries, and initially planned to discuss the price there. However, Wu Peng and his companion suggested they take another look at the house.

Chen Zhong: "Of course, of course. Buying a house is a big deal. It's good to take another look." Once they've found a house, it'll be quieter to negotiate the price there. So the four of them rode off towards the house.

Yao Fanghua and Wu Peng looked at it one more time as a formality, and then asked about the price.

Chen Zhong gestured for Sun Guozhu to speak.

"Three hundred thousand."

Wu Peng shook his head, "Too expensive."

Chen Zhong: "This house has a good location and is quiet. Every brick and tile is made of high-quality materials! Everyone knows what the housing market is like these days. Even the fan factory building cost a fortune; they charge by the square meter!" It's practically robbery! "Okay, I'll give you a fair price. Xiao Sun, don't go for 300,000; 280,000 will be about right."

Wu Peng shook his head again, "Too expensive. It can't be that expensive."

Just then, someone pushed the door open and came in.

"I was wondering why the front door wasn't locked; it turns out it was Xiao Sun here. What a coincidence, I brought some people to view the house,"

Upon hearing that another couple had come to view the apartment, Sun Guozhu immediately straightened his posture. The new couple were stylishly dressed and clearly wealthy. Sun Guozhu promptly went over to show them the apartment and began to enthusiastically introduce it to them.

Chen Zhongxin's heart sank. This old Duan really came at the worst possible time!

Old Duan met Chen Zhong's gaze and chuckled. "You think you can get all the money, Old Chen?" he thought. "This client I brought looks wealthy; this deal is guaranteed to be his. If it really goes through right in front of Old Chen, Old Chen will be furious. Just thinking about it makes me happy."

Sun Guozhu led the wealthy couple on a tour. The woman with curly hair and sunglasses remarked, "It's so small and dilapidated. This is an old house that's been around for many years."

Sun Guozhu smiled and said, "The house is a bit old, but the location is good, and every brick and tile is made of good materials."

Lao Duan: "Indeed, the location is good, and the building materials are also good. I can vouch for that."

"How much is it? Tell me."

Sun Guozhu glanced at Wu Peng and his wife, who were looking in their direction, and said, "Three hundred thousand."

"How much?!" The beautiful, wealthy woman took off her glasses and said in disbelief, "Are you robbing me? Do you think I'm a sucker? Thirty? It's not even worth one hundred thousand. I'll offer eighty thousand at most!"

Would you sell it for 80,000?

Sun Guozhu had been so attentive all this time, only to be given 80,000 yuan. He was stunned, thinking he had misheard. He thought, "If not 280,000 yuan, then at least 180,000 yuan."

Old Duan was also stunned, not expecting these two to offer such an outrageous price.

"It's cold in winter and hot in summer, especially winter. Living in this kind of house is unbearable. It's much better to buy a newly built apartment building. Besides, who knows how many generations of people have died in this old house? Tsk tsk, it's a bit unlucky."

Would you sell it for 80,000?

Sun Guozhu shook his head, his face darkening.

"Fine, don't sell then, honey, let's go!" The beautiful, wealthy woman put her glasses back on, linked arms with her husband, and walked away in her high heels.

Sun Guozhu had intended to haggle over the price, but the two men left without a second thought...

Old Duan quickly followed, wanting to sound out the client whether Sun Guozhu's exorbitant pricing had angered them. That Sun Guozhu, why did he have to ask for such an outrageous price?

Chen Zhong looked at Lao Duan's retreating figure and gave a mocking smile.

At this moment, Yao Fanghua spoke up and called out to her husband, "Let's go too. Let's go look at other places and also check out the buildings near the fan factory. We're not in a hurry to get a house anyway."

Sun Guozhu got anxious. You guys aren't worried, but he is.

"Twenty-five, how about twenty-five?"

Wu Peng pulled Yao Fanghua away, saying, "I'll listen to my wife."

Chen Zhong wanted to establish his authority in front of Lao Duan, and was also afraid that Lao Duan would steal his business later, so he followed Sun Guozhu to stop them, saying, "The price is negotiable. Let's sit down and talk first."

Yao Fanghua: "I think what that person said is right, it's only 80,000."

Sun Guozhu shook his head vigorously, "Eighty thousand is definitely not going to work, definitely not going to work. Twenty, twenty, that's my bottom line."

Yao Fanghua also shook her head: "Okay, let's give a fair price, 100,000, that's our bottom line. What that person said earlier is quite right. I also think it's better to live in a new apartment building. We didn't think much of it at first, but after what she said, this house feels gloomy."

Sun Guozhu's face darkened, and Chen Zhong's expression wasn't much better. That good-for-nothing Duan, what kind of people did he bring?!

It's good that they're willing to talk; it means there's room for negotiation. Chen Zhong sighed. It seemed unlikely he'd make a fortune today. These two were definitely not easy targets, and to make matters worse, there was this troublemaker. What bad luck.

The group sat on the stone benches in the courtyard, exchanging words back and forth. One person lowered the price by ten thousand, another by two thousand. In the end, the price remained deadlocked at one hundred and thirty thousand. The other party refused to raise it any further.

At this point, even Chen Zhongdu had started speaking on Yao Fanghua's behalf. Anyway, the price definitely wouldn't exceed twenty, so the final price didn't matter much to him; as long as it went through, he could get the agreed-upon two thousand in service fees.

Chen Zhong pulled Sun Guozhu aside, and the two went to a corner to talk. Chen Zhong earnestly advised, "You don't want the house to be stuck with you, do you? There aren't many people looking at houses lately, and how many can afford to pay tens of thousands of yuan upfront? It's a rare find. Think it through. If you can't sell it this time, who knows when you'll have another chance? If your wife hears about this house, she'll come here every day to keep an eye on it, and she might even try to take it. With her watching over it, you can forget about selling the house. Even if you do sell it, she'll probably take half the money. Otherwise, will she let you sell it easily?"

The thought of Shen Jiao gave Sun Guozhu a splitting headache.

Sun Guozhu reluctantly broke his bottom line, holding his breath, "Then we'll have to lower our fee too. We originally agreed that we'd only get 2,000 if it sold for 200,000. It only sold for 130,000, so it definitely can't be 2,000. How about 1,000?" 130,000? Sun Guozhu's heart was bleeding.

Chen Zhong was furious. He had worked so hard, and now his payment was being cut in half.

"Brother Sun, you can't say that. We agreed that I would get two thousand as a service fee as long as the deal was made. You're not going to cut my service fee now that the deal is done. I went through all the trouble of connecting you with this person, and you're not going to do this to me!"

"I'm losing money by selling it at this price. Brother Chen, please have some sympathy for me. A thousand in kickbacks isn't a small amount," Sun Guozhu said, playing the victim.

Chen Zhong's heart ached with anger. "You bastard surnamed Sun, I shouldn't have helped you! I should have let this house rot in your hands!" He deserves to be a scoundrel for life, and he deserves to be cuckolded and a cuckold for life!

"Brother Chen, calm down. 1,500 is fine, isn't it? 1,500 is a good kickback." The price was already set, the house was sold, and it didn't matter whether Chen Zhong stayed or left. The house sold for this price, and Chen Zhong still had the nerve to ask for 2,000? He was ashamed for him. Giving 1,500 was already more than enough; it was already a generous gesture. Chen Zhong should be content!

"Can you blame him for not selling the house for a good price?" Chen Zhong sneered. "Brother Sun, two thousand yuan, not a penny less. Otherwise, I'll just ask Shen Jiao for it directly. I think she'll be happy to pay the two thousand yuan."

Sun Guozhu's face flushed red. He silently thought to himself that a small act of impatience could ruin a great plan. He swallowed his anger, softened his tone, and even gave Chen Zhong a forced smile.

House prices didn't go up, and agent fees didn't come down either. Sun Guozhu felt he wasn't suited for business; politics was a better fit for him, but unfortunately, his father had cut off his political career. In the past, someone like Chen Zhong would never have dared to speak to him like that; even if they flattered him, he wouldn't give them a second glance.

The two returned to the stone table one after the other. Chen Zhong smiled again and discussed the paperwork with Yao Fanghua and Wu Peng.