Chapter 11
When they finished their meal and paid the bill, the newlywed glanced at the bill curiously and shuddered again.
The three of them spent a total of 12,000 yuan, which was just for a meal.
But the way Xue Mi signed the bill and paid the money looked so relaxed, as if she had just casually taken out 5 dollars.
Just as another colleague said, Sister Xue Mi resigned and must be preparing to go back and inherit the family business.
As it was still early, the group strolled around the nearby commercial street. Xue Mi stopped by a mobile phone store and quickly fell in love with the latest high-end mobile phone from the Huaduo brand. Unfortunately, this model was so popular recently that the store didn't have the actual product. She could only pay a deposit to make a reservation, and it would take about a month for the product to arrive.
After thinking that she might not be in City A in a month, Xue Mi did not rush to place the order and just said she would wait and see.
Unexpectedly, just after coming out of the mobile phone store, Xue Mi received another call. It was the bank's financial manager Yuan Xuebing who asked her if she was at home. The bank had prepared a gift specifically for its big clients, but they forgot to give it to her yesterday.
Xue Mi said that she was now in the commercial street, and the person on the other side immediately said that she was nearby and could arrive in a few minutes.
Sure enough, Yuan Xuebing appeared at the street corner soon after, holding the paper bag in his hand. He handed it to Xue Mi and kept apologizing, "I'm so sorry. I should have given it to you yesterday, but I forgot."
Xue Mi looked down and found that it was the high-end Huaduo brand mobile phone that she had just set her eyes on, and even the color was the one she liked.
Yuan Xuebing didn't bother them any more. He greeted Xue Mi's two friends politely and left neatly.
My dining companion couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You are so amazing, you just said you wanted to change this phone, and someone sent it to you right away."
This model was only recently released and it caused a huge sensation as soon as it was launched. People were snapping it up all over the country and it was out of stock everywhere.
I heard that a spot machine of this model now costs at least one or two thousand yuan more online, especially the high-end version that Xue Mi has, which has a huge premium.
"It's a gift for an event." Xue Mi explained with a smile, but she had already guessed in her heart that Yuan Xuebing probably prepared this gift specifically because he saw her old phone yesterday.
It has to be said that the power of money made her feel the extremely considerate service.
"What kind of event would give out such expensive gifts?" The dinner partner was even more surprised, but did not want to ask more, for fear that his heart would twitch after hearing it.
As expected, she could not understand the world of rich people at all.
But what she couldn't understand the most was how Xue Mi could tolerate that cheap, broken cell phone for so long even though she was so rich.
I can only say that this may be the bad taste of rich people.
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When they met Zhang Xuan at the agreed place the next day, Zhang Xuan also noticed the new mobile phone in Xue Mi's hand.
"How come your phone arrived so early! Someone in my office ordered one before the New Year and hasn't received it yet." She played with the phone out of curiosity for a long time before reluctantly returning it to Xue Mi.
It’s just like the online reviews, it’s really great to use.
"I have a friend who has an inside channel. If you are interested, I can ask for you?"
"Forget it, forget it. I've only used my current phone for a year. I'll consider changing it after another year," Zhang Xuan shook her head. "Since you've already bought the phone, let's go look at houses. Which building do you plan to buy in? Do you have any requirements?"
Xue Mi shook her head: "I don't know yet, let's wait and see."
They went straight to the hottest property nearby.
The real estate market has not been very active recently, and since the Chinese New Year had just passed, the number of real estate sales in the sales hall was even greater than the number of customers shopping.
Seeing someone coming in, a senior salesperson nearby quickly took a look at the two people: two young girls, dressed casually, and not driving.
This kind of people just come in to take a look, they are not her target customers at all, so she is too lazy to receive them.
But after looking at the manager not far away, she motioned for the intern next to her to come over and said, "Don't say that I didn't give you a chance. Whether you can get a job and become a regular employee depends mainly on your own ability."
At this time, Xue Mi walked around in front of the simulation model of the property, but still couldn't make up her mind.
This is a property that has been on sale for more than two years. It now has both pre-sale and ready-to-move-in properties, as well as fully furnished units. Next to it is a villa area, and close to a landscape lake, the environment looks pretty good.
Of course, the price is pretty good too.
At this time, the intern had already walked over, holding a huge folder with beautifully printed information in his hand: "You two are here to look at the house? Do you have any specific requirements for buying a house? How many people will live there? I can introduce it to you."
Xue Mi originally wanted to buy a small house. It didn’t need to be too big, nor did it need too many rooms. She would live alone anyway, and more rooms would not be of much use.
She told him her needs, and the sales trainee selected several floor plans, all of which were small apartments under 90 square meters with relatively affordable total prices.
At this moment, the senior salesperson who had a look of disdain just now suddenly came over with a well-dressed middle-aged man and woman. They made a brief introduction to the sand table model. Hearing that the middle-aged couple were interested in the large apartment, she was too lazy to turn around to get the information and directly took the folder from the intern.
Then she gave Xue Mi and the other two a fake smile and said, "Excuse me, I'll take this brochure for a while, you two can use it as you please."
The senior salesperson, wearing stilettos, sat at a booth with her clients and started introducing them. The intern rubbed his hands nervously and said to Xue Mi and the other person awkwardly, "Sorry...you two take a seat first. I'll go get another copy. I'm so sorry."
The intern bowed and apologized repeatedly, looking flustered and embarrassed. She hurried to the counter and asked for another folder and brought over a stack of snacks. However, she was intercepted by the senior salesperson on the way. Not only did he take the snacks away, he also seemed to scold the intern, telling her to quickly send away the irrelevant people and not to waste the company's resources.
The intern hesitated for a moment, but finally brought over another plate of fruit and continued to apologize.
Xue Mi and Zhang Xuan saw all the little incidents that happened in the middle. Zhang Xuan was unhappy and pulled Xue Mi, indicating that they should just leave.
Xue Mi glanced at the bewildered intern, but was not in a hurry. She said softly, "Let's wait and see."
Seeing that the two people didn't get angry, the intern secretly breathed a sigh of relief and began to introduce the apartment type again. He was a little hesitant at the beginning, but gradually became smoother later on, and it seemed that he had done a lot of homework beforehand.
However, just looking at the floor plan is not very intuitive, so Xue Mi asked if she could see the room type in person.
"Of course." The intern agreed readily and went to ask the manager for the key.
The senior salesperson had just sent the middle-aged couple away with regret. At this time, he glared at the intern and said, "Do you know whether they will buy it? Why are you wasting your time?"
But they are very close to the manager now. Recently, due to poor performance, the sales pressure is very high. The sales department just held a meeting last night, so she dared not speak too loudly. She glanced at Xue Mi and the others, and finally said with a playful look: "Forget it, you can't make any orders anyway, and you will be kicked out in a few days, so go ahead and have fun."
Then, she twisted her waist and walked towards a couple who looked like they were getting married, smiling.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. The property is a bit far away, but we have a car for house viewing. I'll take you over to have a look." The sales trainee said to Xue Mi and Zhang Xuan.
"Thank you, thank you for your trouble." Xue Mi smiled.
"What's the trouble? This is my job." After leaving the sales center, the sales trainee relaxed and looked a lot more confident and confident than before.
Xue Mi was not interested in pre-sale properties and chose existing properties. These were all 21-story buildings with elevators. The real estate company had made model rooms for some of the house types, but not for some. The salesperson took them around the unfinished houses.
The real estate market has indeed been bleak recently, but probably because this property is in a relatively good location, there are still some home buyers coming to see it. There are also a few people doing renovations upstairs and downstairs, and the loud noise of the electric drills gives Xue Mi a headache.
"The scenery here is quite good. There is a scenic lake next to it. There is also a lakeside park built by our company for residents to experience. On the other side, you can see Yongjiang River... Although it is a bit far, it only takes 20 minutes to walk there," the salesperson continued to talk about the highlights of this property. "The school district of our property is also good. It is close to the vegetable market, shopping malls, and hospitals. It is still very comfortable to live in."
Unfortunately, this set of words, which I had memorized countless times, seemed somewhat weak amid the roar of the electric drill.
The salesperson obviously discovered this problem in time and smiled awkwardly: "There are indeed a lot of people doing renovations recently. Why don't we go down and take a look at the lakeside park first? The environment there is quite nice. I usually go there often."
After coming out of the elevator, Xue Mi finally felt her mind calm down and she took a deep breath.
"I think the occupancy rate here is pretty good. There must be a lot of people doing renovations recently, right?" Xue Mi asked.
The salesperson smiled proudly: "We were one of the best-selling properties in City A last year. Our main advantages are convenient transportation and complete supporting facilities. In addition, our company is strong, and the quality of the houses is very good..."
Unfortunately, the advantages in the salesperson's mind turned into disadvantages in Xue Mi's mind at this time.
School district housing and the like are totally unimportant to her now. Even hospitals, shopping malls and vegetable markets have little impact on her. The reason why Xue Mi came to buy a house was purely to fulfill an obsession. It is questionable whether she will live here permanently in the future.
But even if you don’t live there permanently, it doesn’t mean you don’t live there at all.
You may encounter neighbors who are renovating your new house upstairs and downstairs. This is common sense and not a big problem for ordinary home buyers. You just have to endure it.
But for Xue Mi now, there is no need to endure it anymore.
The numbers in her bank card are the reason why she can't bear it.
The salesperson is now taking the two of them for a walk in the lakeside park.
The area of this park and the scenic lake were much larger than Xue Mi had expected. The scenery was indeed nice. From time to time, one could even see a few large birds with long legs and sharp beaks flying over the lake.
Upon asking, I found out that this lakeside park is actually part of the municipal construction. City A used the original natural lake to build a wetland park. The real estate company did contribute part of the funds, but it was mainly to gain the bargaining chip for the underground construction site.
In the shade of the green trees by the lake, Xue Mi could vaguely see several single-family villas, each with its own unique architectural style. The key is that each villa occupies a large area, not only occupying a large area of the scenery, but also very quiet.
"The villa here is also owned by your company, right?" Xue Mi asked casually, "How much is it?"
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