As soon as Xu Weiguo returned, he saw Manager Gao running away frantically.
He stared blankly in the direction Manager Gao had left for a while before asking, "What's wrong with Manager Gao?"
"Why does he seem to be in such a hurry?"
Zhang Yumei shrugged: "I don't know. I just heard him and Qinqin talking about pickled vegetables and locations."
"I didn't understand much either. After we finished talking, Manager Gao left in a hurry."
Okay, Xu Weiguo guessed they were probably talking about booths at the Canton Fair.
However, Xu Weiguo couldn't help with the stall issue, so there was no need to ask.
"I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Zhang Yumei and Huang Qinqin exchanged a glance and asked in unison, "Is it related to the house?"
"Yes, both pieces of news are related to houses."
Upon hearing Xu Weiguo's affirmative answer, Zhang Yumei immediately perked up.
"Honey, wait a minute, Fang's gone to get some soy sauce from the lady next door."
"I'll go over and call her back first!"
After saying that, he hurriedly went out.
Before long, Zhang Yumei returned with Xu Fang.
Once everyone was present, Xu Weiguo asked again, "Do you want to hear the good news first, or the bad news first?"
"Good news!"
"Bad news!"
Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang both wanted to hear the good news first, while Huang Qinqin wanted to hear the bad news first.
Xu Weiguo responded, "Two votes to one, so let's start with the good news."
"The good news is—"
Snap!
Seeing that Xu Weiguo was dragging out his words and acting mysterious, Zhang Yumei simply slapped his thigh.
"hiss!"
Having been sanctioned, Xu Weiguo dared not delay any longer and spoke decisively.
"The good news is that we can start saving money to buy a house."
"Moreover, a large house that originally cost 300 yuan can now be bought for 210 yuan. And Mr. Chen has also agreed to help us collect the rent."
"Very good!"
"Yay!"
"And the bad news?"
After hearing Xu Weiguo's words, Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang were extremely excited.
I completely forgot that Xu Weiguo just said he had some bad news.
Xu Weiguo raised his hand, signaling them to be quiet.
"The bad news is that because I negotiated the price down, we will have to buy at least fifteen houses at once."
"How many?!"
"Fifteen sets?!"
Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang were stunned when they heard the number.
Not to mention Zhang Yumei, even Huang Qinqin began to doubt whether she had misheard.
She asked tentatively, "Four or five sets, right?"
"Then Mom and Dad, you get one set, and Auntie gets another set."
“I’ll buy another one for my parents, and Junhui and I will buy two more, that should be enough.”
As soon as Huang Qinqin said this, Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang also hugged her, perhaps they had misunderstood her.
She looked at Xu Weiguo expectantly, hoping he would say something like, "That would be just right."
However, reality is often cruel. Xu Weiguo said somewhat guiltily, "We're still short ten sets..."
Xu Weiguo didn't want to either, but 300 yuan and 210 yuan are a big difference!
Xu Weiguo originally thought that if they had ten sets, his family could scrape together six or seven sets.
Then ask the Huang and Mu families, and they should be able to get ten sets in no time.
Who would have thought that Guangzhou wouldn't agree?
"Dad, fifteen sets, isn't that a bit too many?"
Huang Qinqin's problem is now more than just a slight headache.
She even considered not buying any at all because of the quantity of fifteen sets.
"But if you buy it at the original price, it's a difference of 90 yuan!"
"The price difference is enough for us to buy several more houses. How about we think of a way to find someone else to chip in?"
Xu Weiguo knew there would be some difficulties, which is why he said it was bad news.
Since things have come to this, this is the only way.
Huang Qinqin plans to first note down how many sets they can acquire for their own home.
"Second Aunt is buying one set, and Mom and Dad are buying two sets, right?"
Xu Fang nodded: "Yes, I'm afraid if I buy two sets, I won't have much money left."
In fact, Xu Fang has enough money right now to buy three sets of apartments.
But she was a little scared that the house might not be able to be rented out.
If she has no source of income and no savings, then she'll be in big trouble.
Huang Qinqin actually wanted to persuade Xu Fang to buy another set.
She felt that, based on the current trend in Guangzhou, the money spent on buying a house could be recouped in at most two years.
After that, the rent was pure profit.
But after thinking about it, Huang Qinqin still didn't say anything.
On the contrary, Xu Weiguo directly helped her decide to buy another set.
"Ah Fang, why don't you buy two sets?"
"When I was asking around these past few days, I found out that there are a lot of people in this area who need to rent a place."
"No one is buying these houses yet, simply because not many people have thought of buying them and then renting them out."
"Those who need the money can't afford it all at once, so they have to rent a place month by month."
“I’ve calculated it. Even after deducting the compensation paid to Mr. Chen, we can earn back the money for the house in two years at the latest.”
Don't be fooled by the fact that buying a small house costs only 200 yuan; it's roughly equivalent to a worker's salary for a year or half a year.
But this salary is just a salary.
It also covers a family's basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation; for an average person, saving five yuan a month would be considered quite good.
So now that Xu Fang has both money and opportunities, Xu Weiguo hopes she can seize them.
Xu Fang was still a little hesitant: "Brother, how about I buy one first?"
"What if we can't rent it out? That would be terrible."
Seeing that Xu Fang was still unwilling, Xu Weiguo asked one last time, "Are you really not going to buy another one?"
"This is a rare opportunity, and currently, there's a high chance we'll break even in two years."
Xu Fang's resolve began to waver, but in the end she shook her head: "No."
"I'll just buy one set."
Xu Weiguo sighed helplessly: "Fine, as long as you don't regret it."
Although Xu Weiguo really wanted to force her to buy another set, he was not Xu Fang after all.
Zhang Yumei originally planned to buy two sets, but she changed her mind after seeing how Xu Weiguo was persuading Xu Fang.
My heart started to flutter with desire.
"Honey, what you just said about earning back the money for a house in two years, is that true?"
"It's true, I've noticed these past few days that there are a lot of factories in Guangzhou that are engaged in overseas trade."
"Moreover, both Hong Kong people and foreigners particularly enjoy traveling to Guangzhou."
"With more migrants, the demand for housing will increase."
Xu Weiguo asked the person in charge, Chen, and according to him, they would never have sold those houses if the city hadn't been in a hurry for cash.
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