the next day.
Wang Qian had just gotten up and washed up when a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
At the same time, a gruff voice came from outside the door, "Xiao Qian, are you up? I have good news to tell you!"
"What good news?"
He asked that question aloud, then quickly finished washing up and opened the door.
Outside the door stood a burly young man in a security guard uniform, with sharp, chiseled features.
It was Yang Shenglong, the security captain.
"Xiao Qian, I went around looking around yesterday and found a few plots of land suitable for building a house. Do you want to go take a look?" Yang Shenglong said excitedly.
"Oh? Did you get it?"
Wang Qian beamed with joy, "Alright, then take me to see it."
After eliminating threats like Scarface and Zuo Xianglong, besides continuing to focus on his business, he wanted to settle down in the city and bring his wife and children to live with him. Otherwise, if he made money, he would have to live apart from his family. What would be the point of his efforts then?
Originally, he wanted to buy an existing house, but Qin Nan's suggestion made him change his mind.
Housing in this era, whether in terms of structure or exterior decoration, is generally quite outdated. In another twenty years, these housing structures will be rejected by the market.
However, if he could buy a plot of land to build on, he could design the structure and effect he wanted as he pleased.
...
Soon after, Yang Shenglong led Wang Qian to a nearby wasteland.
This place is not far from the second alley of Beifeng Street. It is surrounded by old houses, but there are a few open spaces in the middle, which are overgrown with weeds.
"This is it!"
Yang Shenglong pointed to the wasteland in front of him, "This whole area is occupied, but it belongs to several families. I asked them, and they said they could transfer the ownership if the price was right."
"What prices do they want?" Wang Qian asked.
This place is really nice; it's a bit far from the main street, so it's quite quiet.
The main reason is that this area is still undeveloped, so building a house of my own design here is perfect.
"Their asking price is a bit..."
Yang Shenglong hesitated, looking embarrassed.
"Just say it!"
Wang Qian urged, "Buying and selling is a free choice. If it's suitable, I'll buy it; if not, I'll find something else. It's okay."
"Okay, this wasteland is divided among five families. One family is not selling, and the other four families have offered different prices."
Yang Shenglong pointed to the plot closest to the street, "That plot is closer to the street, and the price is the highest. It's 500 square meters and costs 120,000."
Then, he pointed to the land of four other families in turn and stated their selling prices.
The amounts range from 120,000 to 100,000, 90,000, and 80,000.
As for the one on the very edge, they simply won't sell.
After explaining the price they were asking for, Yang Shenglong said indignantly, "Their prices are indeed inflated. The price of land in the suburbs is only a few dozen yuan per square meter right now, but they've raised the price to over two hundred yuan per square meter. Isn't this taking advantage of the situation to raise prices?"
Wang Qian did not answer, but instead looked around.
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that several people were peering at them from over a hundred meters away.
As he looked over, the other person seemed afraid that he would see them and hurriedly shrank behind a nearby earthen wall.
"Is someone spying on us?" Wang Qian asked instinctively.
Yang Shenglong seemed to have noticed as well, curled his lip, and snorted coldly: "These are the owners of these plots of land. I told them you wanted to buy a plot of land for your home, and now I'm taking you to the site for an inspection. They probably came along out of curiosity to see your reaction."
"I see..."
A sly smile crept across Wang Qian's lips.
If they want to see their own reaction, it proves that the four families selling their land still hope that they will take a liking to it and buy it at a high price.
However, the prices quoted by these four families were ridiculously high.
In this day and age, even in the prime locations of county centers, prices don't necessarily reach over 200 yuan per square meter.
However, the prices offered by these four families ranged from over one hundred to over two hundred yuan per square meter, clearly indicating that they knew he was now the boss of the company and thought he was foolish and rich, so they took the opportunity to raise prices on the spot.
"Xiao Qian, maybe we should just forget about it."
Yang Shenglong said at the right moment, "None of these four families are easy to talk to. The more you want to buy it, the more they will take the opportunity to ask for exorbitant prices. They are shameless."
He paused, then added, "Why don't we go look somewhere else? Even if you have money, you don't have to be a fool and let them rip you off."
“No, I want to go and talk to them.” Wang Qian shook his head.
"You still want to talk to them?"
Yang Shenglong rolled his eyes. "They followed us secretly to see your reaction. If you take the initiative to talk to them, they'll assume you really want to buy it and then refuse to lower the price no matter what."
"That's not necessarily true!"
Wang Qian smiled mysteriously and said, "Let's go. Since they're here, it won't hurt to talk to them."
"Xiao Qian, don't do anything foolish!"
Yang Shenglong caught up with them and earnestly advised, "They dare to ask for such a high price because they know you want to buy the land. If you go to them now, won't you just fall into their trap?"
"I know what I'm doing."
Wang Qian shook his head. "Let's go talk to them."
"Xiao Qian, you..."
Yang Shenglong was extremely depressed.
However, seeing Wang Qian walk away, he stomped his foot angrily and quickly chased after him.
Although he was worried that Wang Qian would do something foolish, in his impression, Wang Qian was not only never foolish, but was so shrewd that he could not even come close to him.
Wang Qian's initiative to talk to those four families at this time might have some purpose that he is unaware of.
As Wang Qian approached, the group seemed to realize they had been discovered and quickly pretended to be chatting as if they had always been there, completely ignoring Wang Qian's approach.
Wang Qian naturally wouldn't expose him. He walked up to one of the middle-aged men, extended a hand, and said, "Hello, my name is Wang Qian. I heard that your land is for sale, is that true?"
"So you're the one who wants to buy my land?"
The middle-aged man pretended not to know Wang Qian, but still reached out and shook hands with him.
Three other middle-aged men of similar age also gathered around, looking Wang Qian up and down, their eyes filled with a strange fervor.
"Yes, that's what I want to buy!"
Wang Qian did not deny it, "However, your price is really too high and somewhat unreasonable. I would like to talk to you and see if you can lower the price."
Upon hearing this, Yang Shenglong slapped his forehead.
He had followed Wang Qian earlier, thinking he had some unexpected brilliant plan.
Unexpectedly, they started haggling right away. Isn't this exactly what these people want?
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