Lin Sanqi has another advantage that he hasn't mentioned yet.
If a school is set up in a small Western-style building, the school will protect the building well and move away cleanly after 20 years.
But if the small Western-style building continues to maintain its "slum" style, and the owner does not move out now, the tenants will not move out in 20 years. Moreover, the tenants have sons and grandchildren, which means they can rent the house forever.
Even when some slums are being demolished, it is impossible for the landlord to just take the money and leave, because the tenants have lived there for so long that they treat the house as their own and still demand compensation for the demolition.
In short, this is a quagmire that will do more harm than good to the Lin family.
Lin Kucan thought for a while and finally spoke:
"It's not impossible, but can you guarantee that the neighborhood committee or the subdistrict office will agree? And there's also the 50,000 yuan donation, which your brother can't come up with."
Lin Sanqi's characteristics started to show up again. He patted his chest and said:
"As long as you agree, I'll take care of it!"
The next day, Lin Sanqi, wearing a colonel's military uniform, sat opposite Director Guo of the Street Office.
Lin Sanqi is now a director-general, which is the same rank as the mayor of Huadu City. The director of the sub-district office is only at the section level, so naturally he is extremely polite to Lin Sanqi.
What's more, he has a letter of introduction from the Central Military Commission. Isn't he just taking advantage of the power of others?
Director Guo was a middle-aged woman. She personally made a glass of boiled water for Lin Sanqi:
"I don't know whether to call you Colonel Lin or Dean Lin. Haha, it's an honor for our neighbors to have such a senior cadre like you on Renji Road."
Lin Sanqi also said politely: "Director Guo, don't be polite, just call me Sanqi, I am actually your junior."
"Okay, then Aunt Guo, you're welcome. Are you really determined to transform your small Western-style building into a school?"
"Yes, this was a joint decision made by our family. When we returned to our hometown this time, we saw that Renji Road Primary School was in such a dilapidated state that it didn't even have a playground. My father felt sorry for the children and wanted to make a contribution to our hometown.
Aunt Guo must have visited my family's Lingnan Hall Medical Clinic back then. We have two buildings in our house, which can be used as classrooms. There is also a patio in the middle that can be used as a playground. It is perfect for running a school.
And my father also said that in order to help our hometown, our family will invest another 50,000 yuan to renovate the small Western-style building. Aunt Guo, this is the pure heart of our Lin family. "
Sure enough, when Director Guo heard that the Lin family was going to donate another 50,000 yuan, he was overjoyed. They would get a school for free.
But Director Guo was also an experienced man, and he knew that there was no free lunch in the world, so he asked with a smile:
"Well, Sanqi, it's just the two of us now. Let's be frank. What does your Lin family want? You can raise it now. Aunt Guo will definitely help if she can."
Lin Sanqi didn't hesitate. He wasn't a hypocritical person and preferred a straightforward approach to transactions.
"Aunt Guo, our family doesn't ask for much. One is that my parents, my eldest brother's family, and my second brother's family's household registration should be moved back to Huadu from the capital, and we'll be placed in the small Western-style building. Is that okay? Of course, we don't need the government to find jobs, and we don't want food quotas."
Having a house and a household registration will make it easier for you to take the house back in the future.
As for the Lin family going to Hong Kong and obtaining Hong Kong hukou, what if they don't recognize dual citizenship? This is also easy to deal with. Now there is no computer network, so how can the neighborhood committee and street office in China know?
Director Guo had a question mark in his mind, but he nodded in agreement:
"That's no problem. You are originally from Huadu. Moving your household registration back to your hometown is a normal procedure. I will handle it for you right away."
"Another request is that the street office help our Lin family replace the property title deed for our small Western-style building. Our current title deed is from the Republic of China era, and we want to replace it with a new China title deed."
"That's no problem, Auntie Guo promises it can be done today."
These days, you don’t need to be online to get a property title, and there’s no deed tax. You just go to the street housing management office to register, keep a record, and then they’ll handwrite a property title for you, and that’s it.
Lin Sanqi sat up straight at this time and said seriously:
"The last requirement is that our Lin family and the street office sign an agreement whereby we rent our small Western-style building to the street office for 20 years, free of charge, to run a school. During these 20 years, we are not allowed to use it for any other purpose, and we cannot arrange for outsiders to rent it. We are only allowed to run the school."
Director Guo thought the Lin family would make some excessive and difficult demands, but he didn't expect them to make just three simple ones?
"Are these all the requirements?"
“That’s all I ask!”
Director Guo's vigilance dissipated upon hearing this. "If these are the only three requirements, I can agree to them now, and we can sign the agreement right away."
Lin Sanqi didn't hesitate and immediately took out a large bag of cash from his backpack:
"Auntie Guo, here is 50,000 yuan. We in the Lin family keep our words. Finally, I have one more request, which is not a request, which is that I hope the school will move into the small Western-style building within a month.
Seeing so many students studying in dark old classrooms, my father and I were heartbroken and very uncomfortable.
When Dean Guo saw so much money, he became even more excited.
Of course, she did not doubt why the Lin family could come up with so much money. After all, she had seen the Lin family living in villas and driving cars during the Republic of China. How could such a family be so poor?
"Okay, okay, Sanqi, Auntie Guo thanks you, the Lin family, on behalf of the children. Haha, we'll move to another school in a month, no, within half a month. But I remember that many of your relatives still live in your small Western-style building. So these people..."
"Drive them away! I don't care what method the street uses. Drive them away! No need to give my family face."
When Director Guo heard this, he understood. It turned out that Boss Lin and his family were using this method of killing with a borrowed knife to force their relatives to leave.
However, the street is the beneficiary. It gets a school and money for free, so naturally it has to help the Lin family run it well.
"Okay, I'll leave this to Aunt Guo."
Both of them chuckled, having achieved their goals.
The next day, staff from the Shamian Sub-district Office knocked on the door of the small Western-style building.
Shi A Tiao thought the boss and his family were here again, so he opened the door cursing:
"If you leave, you're gone. Why would you come back? You can't have peace all day long. No matter how much you argue, it's useless. You can't make us move. Oh, yes, it's Director Guo."
Director Guo ignored Shi A Tiao and instead brought over twenty people, including staff from the subdistrict office and police officers from the police station, into the Lin family's small Western-style building and began pointing and commenting.
"This can be used as a teaching building..."
"These rooms can be used as teachers' offices..."
"It's possible to transform the middle yard into a 100-meter circular running track..."
A group of people from the street office came, and instantly the Lin family relatives were confused. Uncle Lin hurried out and asked:
"Director Guo, I don't understand what you're saying. This is our Lin family. When did it become a school?"
Director Guo is also a local, and he looks down on those who occupy other people's properties, so he said unhappily:
"Comrade Lin Kucan has already transferred the small Western-style building to Renji Road Primary School. We're here to renovate it to make it easier for the school. By the way, everyone living here needs to move out. Do you understand?"
Shi A Tiao became anxious when he heard this:
"This is our home. What right does Lin Kucan have to give it to the neighborhood school? Did he get our consent?"
Director Guo snorted softly, "Comrade Lin Kucan has the title deed, proving it's his family. You said it's yours, so bring out the title deed so I can see it."
"you……"
Uncle Lin knew that the old man was cutting off the source of his troubles, and he got angry all of a sudden:
"It's our home, and we won't move. What can you do?"
Director Guo sneered:
"What are you doing? Are you planning to confront the government? Let me tell you, this is a matter of great importance to the education of hundreds of students. Aren't you afraid of being drowned in the spit of your neighbors?
Also, all of you Lin family members are here, I'm putting this out there today: if you don't move out within a week, everyone with a job will be fired, and your food supply will be cut off. Only then will you be able to move out, and your food supply will be restored when you do!"
Uncle Lin got anxious when he heard this: "Guo Baiqin, how dare you? Are you really serving the people?"
"Lin Lao Er, don't be so aggressive with me. My words not only represent the opinions of our street office, but also those of the district and city. If you don't agree, feel free to sue me. When all of you young people are fired from the factory, don't come to me crying."
Director Guo brought people to demonstrate around, and before leaving, he posted the government expropriation notice of the small western-style building on the wall, and then left.
Lin's relatives gathered around and looked at the announcement, not knowing what to do.
"Second uncle, what should we do?"
Uncle Lin stamped his feet and said, "Big brother, you have such a cruel heart. Sanqi is now a cadre in the provincial government. It would be so easy for him to do something bad. We are occupying the property of the eldest wife in the first place. There is no reason to sue us.
Let's all move. If you don't, your younger generation will lose their jobs. If the street stops the food supply, all three of us will be left with nothing. Sigh..."
"I told you from the beginning that we couldn't occupy my uncle's house, but it was you, the third branch, who insisted that we could."
"Bullshit, when Qizi came back, I told us to give up the small western-style building and return it to Big Brother's family, and everyone can just live in the old clinic, but you just didn't listen."
"You four are not good people either. Your family occupies the most houses."
"If you say another word, I'll give you a slap!"
"Pujie, if you dare, try it."
“Just give it a try~~~”
The relatives of the Lin family started fighting with each other after a disagreement. The quarrels, crying and cries for help made the small Western-style building a complete mess.
The next day, Lin's relatives moved out of the small villa one after another and returned to the old house or the collective dormitory of their unit.
A month later, Renji Road Primary School officially started classes in the Lin family's small western-style building.
This incident not only solved the problem of the Lin family's house being occupied, but also earned the Lin family a reputation for being kind and generous in their hometown, laying a solid foundation for their return after the reform and opening up. (End of this chapter)
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