Du Heng was Lu Yuan's classmate in college, but after a year they switched to the Department of Architectural Engineering. He could have become a senior engineer in a large company, but he couldn't accept the company's rules and didn't go. After that, he kept changing jobs. Unexpectedly, he started his own decoration company.
The group was still discussing the location and time of the gathering, while Lu Yuan had already contacted Du Heng and obtained the address of his interior design company.
Although Du Heng works in interior design, Lu Yuan is here to buy a house and choose a location. He knows nothing about this field, but Du Heng is different. Lu Yuan wants Du Heng to give him some good recommendations.
The next morning, he rode his electric bike to Du Heng's renovation company.
Luckily, he had a mobile phone navigation app, otherwise Lu Yuan really wouldn't have been able to find the place. After many twists and turns, he finally found Du Heng's decoration company in a tiny residential house.
Pushing open the door that was already turned upside down, a musty smell immediately hit him. Covering his mouth and nose, Lu Yuan saw a thin young man cleaning the house. It was Du Heng, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.
"Uh... I didn't expect you to come so soon. Please have a seat!" Du Heng greeted him with an embarrassed expression.
The room had only a small window, and was littered with instant noodle boxes and various kinds of household garbage. The original color of the sofa was no longer visible. Clearly, Du Heng had made this his place of work and life.
As for this studio, Lu Yuan's assessment was that it was dilapidated and cluttered. If anyone could ask him to renovate it after seeing the environment, they would have to be blind. That's right, Lu Yuan chose him and told him his ideas one by one. The other party had already written down all of Lu Yuan's requirements.
"Lu Yuan, are you... planning to build a bunker? To tell you the truth, no house can meet your standards. If there really is one, I think an air-raid shelter would be more suitable, but that's underground, which doesn't meet your requirements for above-ground buildings. And... how much budget do you have now? Have you chosen a location for the house yet?" Du Heng asked with a frown.
Lu Yuan approached Du Heng because of his personality. Although Du Heng wasn't good with words, he was meticulous in his work and would never reveal anyone's privacy. The house Lu Yuan wanted to build had extremely high requirements and needed strict secrecy to prevent too many people from knowing about it. Du Heng's personality perfectly matched these requirements. In addition, Du Heng's skills were definitely up to par. He had a full range of construction engineer certificates. Just the fact that he could complete a course that others took four years to complete in three years was something that was definitely not something an ordinary person could do.
"Um... I only have 100,000 yuan on hand, but I'll have some income coming in soon!" Lu Yuan felt a little insecure. He didn't even have a house, and he had been chatting with people for a long time.
Fortunately, Du Heng wasn't angry. Instead, he stroked his chin and pondered for a while.
"The city center... and it needs to be big enough... Hmm... it seems there really is a place that can meet your needs!"
Lu Yuan was so happy after hearing this that he almost jumped up, but he didn't show much reaction.
"There's a rural-urban fringe area in the northern suburbs of Qingshui City. Land there is cheap, so many factories choose to build there. Mainly because it's part of the city, the electricity and water supply are very complete, and the network facilities are even more comprehensive. The problem is that you have to be able to endure the loneliness, as it's a bit far from the city center."
"It's alright! That's not a problem! Are you free now? Let me treat you to a meal." Just because Du Heng is so particular, Lu Yuan has to treat him to a meal.
"No need, I don't have the habit of eating breakfast. Let's go now!" As a workaholic, Du Heng completely ignored the breakfast part and immediately wanted to take Lu Yuan away.
Lu Yuan rode his electric bike with Du Heng and sped all the way to the urban-rural fringe area in the northern suburbs.
Some factories have already been built here, and the roar of the machines in the factory area is quite noisy. Trucks passing by randomly occupy the lanes, forcing the two to abandon the tram and walk.
Behind the factory area are several dozen acres of farmland, mostly planted with wheat, which is currently just seedlings.
Beyond the fields lies the residential area, with rows of houses one after another, all looking quite similar, clearly built in a concentrated manner. Further on are villa areas, the private residences of factory owners from the surrounding area.
The reason these wealthy people chose to build villas here is twofold: firstly, it reduces traffic congestion when traveling, and secondly, the environment here is acceptable. The factory area is several kilometers away from the residential area, so it does not affect their lives at all.
They found a homeowner who wanted to sell land, explained their purpose, and the homeowner warmly led the two to a deserted plot of land.
"This place is about 700 square meters. We used to grow wheat here, but it's been neglected for the past few years and is now abandoned. However, it's a great place to build a house! Look, there's a two-lane highway right in front, and it's surrounded by villas, making it very convenient to get around. It's a perfect location for building a house!"
The homeowner went on and on about how great the land was, and the two of them didn't interrupt.
Lu Yuan was quite satisfied with this plot of land. It was spacious, had convenient transportation, and was equipped with water and electricity, and could even be connected to industrial power.
Upon arriving at the homeowner's house, the two parties began negotiating the price.
"I'll handle all the paperwork for this land, 100,000 yuan, no bargaining!" the homeowner stated his price.
“Um… Uncle, your price is too high. 100,000 for a wasteland of more than 700 square meters? It’s more than a ten-minute walk from the residential area! There are also some farmland around it, so there will definitely be a lot of mosquitoes in the summer. There are also too many cars on the road, which will affect people’s rest…” Du Heng, who was about to buy the land directly, started to point out the shortcomings of the land one by one. This really surprised Lu Yuan that this taciturn man was so good at bargaining.
"Furthermore, I've inspected the surface area; the underground fertilization is excessive, causing the soil to compact! And with an area of only about 730 square meters, it's indeed a bit small for building a factory..."
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The homeowner said with a dark face, "Fine, the lowest price is 70,000. I won't sell it for a penny less!"
Du Heng nodded and then glanced at Lu Yuan.
"Sigh! Okay, seventy thousand it is. When can we complete the formalities?" Lu Yuan asked, barely suppressing his excitement.
"I'm free every day, I can get everything done today!"
After another busy afternoon, Lu Yuan was overjoyed as he looked at the documents in his hand. He had acquired a piece of land for only 70,000 yuan, mainly in the city center, and it was even designated as residential land. It was incredibly cheap! Now, the matter of the house had finally taken the first step successfully!
However, having land is not enough; you also need money to build houses. The next step is to earn money to build houses.
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