"I can't afford to gamble. What if this kid really knows those big shots?" Huang Jie thought to himself, "I might as well go with the flow and do him a favor."
"Thank you so much, leader!" Zhang Cheng smiled even wider. In these days, connections are sometimes more effective than in later generations.
Huang Jie quickly wrote the note, stamped it, and handed it over.
Zhang Cheng carefully put it away, and when he shook hands with Huang Jie to say goodbye, he casually stuffed a pack of cigarettes into Huang Jie's hand.
Following the directions Huang Jie gave him, Zhang Cheng rode his old bicycle westward into the city.
These days, there aren't many proper real estate sales offices.
After searching for a while, Zhang Cheng finally found an office with a sign that read "Commercial Housing Sales".
Zhou Yuanhang was sitting inside, silently smoking one cigarette after another.
He made some money in recent years by cooperating with the government. Two years ago, on a whim, he followed the trend and started developing commercial housing. He bought a piece of land and started building the buildings right away.
And what was the result?
Of the three five-story buildings, only three units were sold, leaving twenty-one units stuck in our hands.
Now, Zhou Yuanhang is constantly being harassed at his door by debt collectors...
The city said they would help find a solution, but it's almost Chinese New Year and there's still no progress.
"Excuse me, is this a place to buy residential properties?"
A voice came from the doorway, and Zhou Yuanhang's eyes lit up. He quickly stood up. But when he saw it was just a young man, probably only in his early twenties, his heart sank.
In reality, Zhang Cheng was only eighteen years old...
"Young man, you want to buy a house?" Zhou Yuanhang composed himself and greeted him with a smile, "Come in, come in!"
Zhang Cheng entered the office with a smile and asked directly, "How big are the rooms here?"
"We have units ranging from 80 to 120 square meters, depending on how big you want."
At this point, the square footage doesn't include the concept of shared area; it's the actual area.
How much would a 120-square-meter apartment cost?
"It depends on which floor you choose."
Which floor is the cheapest?
“That must be on the first floor,” Zhou Yuanhang explained with a smile. “I have three more first-floor apartments here, 118 square meters, 106 square meters, and 97 square meters. The 118-square-meter one costs 2,800…”
Zhang Cheng did the math in his head. The cheapest apartment, a 97-square-meter unit, would cost at least 2,000 yuan. He didn't have enough money in his hand.
"Boss, can you give me a discount? I don't think many people want this apartment."
"Young man, you can't say that!" Zhou Yuanhang cursed inwardly. Even if it was the truth, you shouldn't expose someone's shortcomings to their face.
"Young man, if I may ask, how much are you planning to offer?"
"One thousand and five!"
One thousand and five?
Zhou Yuanhang's brows were furrowed tightly. He would lose money if he bought that 97-square-meter apartment for 1,500 yuan!
Seeing Zhou Yuanhang's hesitation, Zhang Cheng didn't want to linger and prepared to leave first. After selling the herb gift boxes for a few more days, the money would be enough to buy that 118-square-meter apartment; a little more time wouldn't make a difference.
But when Zhou Yuanhang saw Zhang Cheng about to leave, he thought the deal was going to fall through, so he quickly stood up and said, "Young man, if you can pay me today, I'll sell you a set for 1,500. How about it?"
Um?
Is this for real?
"Okay!" Zhang Cheng grinned, took out the stamped slip from the Construction and Reform Bureau from his pocket, handed it to Zhou Yuanhang, and then counted out 1,500 yuan.
Seeing that Zhang Cheng was prepared, Zhou Yuanhang finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly opened the drawer to get the invoice...
"Young man, take this invoice and you can get the property certificate at the housing management bureau... Oh, and don't forget to pay the taxes," Zhou Yuanhang reminded him with a smile.
"Um!"
After putting away the invoices, Zhang Cheng left the office, hopped on his old bicycle, and sped off towards the housing management bureau.
After a lot of trouble, Zhang Cheng finally got his hands on the property ownership certificate.
Holding the red certificate, Zhang Cheng felt a pang of emotion. In his previous life, he had been so foolish in the army that he had never even considered buying a house. Unexpectedly, only a month after being reborn, he already owned his first house.
Now that we've got the house, we're not in a rush to do any renovations.
Crunch, crunch.
Zhang Cheng rode his bicycle back to the hospital.
As soon as they entered the hall, Liu Yihan greeted them, her big eyes full of excitement: "Zhang Cheng, I must treat you to dinner tonight!"
Zhang Cheng guessed that she must have received the thousand yuan, so he joked, "If you have money, save it as your dowry."
"What are you saying!" Liu Yihan's face turned red, and she pouted. "I don't care, you stood me up for everything you promised me last time!"
"Okay, okay, okay!"
With so many people watching, Zhang Cheng didn't want to be bothered by her, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"It's a deal then. No going back on your word, or I'm cutting ties with you!"
"Don't worry, why would I run away if there's food to eat? Last time was an accident!" Zhang Cheng quickly added.
After saying goodbye to Liu Yihan, Zhang Cheng went up to the third floor of the inpatient department.
Seeing Zhang Da Nao and the others coming to greet him, Zhang Cheng pondered how to arrange things for them.
Suddenly, he had an idea. Since they were just sitting idly in the county town anyway, why not have them pack herbal gift boxes? He couldn't keep bothering Sheng Changnan.
Let's get right to it.
After exchanging a few words with Zhang Da Nao and the others, Zhang Cheng went downstairs to the purchasing department to find Zhou Qiyuan.
As it turned out, he wasn't there; he was probably busy with shop matters at the supply and marketing cooperative.
It wasn't until after 3 p.m. that Zhang Cheng finally managed to catch Zhou Qiyuan.
Sure enough, he had just returned from the supply and marketing cooperative and rented the shop on South Street.
Zhang Cheng asked Zhou Qiyuan for the shop key, then hurriedly left the hospital and rushed to the cardboard box factory, asking Sheng Changnan to deliver all the finished cardboard gift boxes to South Street.
After running around for more than an hour, I finally got everything arranged.
She gave Zhang Da Nao five yuan and told him to take his men to get dinner first, while Zhang Cheng himself was pulled along by Liu Yihan, who said she was going to eat too.
Zhang Da blinked, watching Zhang Cheng's retreating figure as Liu Yihan dragged him away, and muttered to himself, "This girl, she's probably taken a liking to Er Gouzi."
“Big Head Bro, Er Gouzi is so capable now, isn’t it normal for girls to have their eyes on him? In ancient times, Er Gouzi would definitely have three wives and four concubines,” Zhang Jianhao said seriously from the side.
Zhang Da Nao turned around and glared fiercely at Zhang Jianhao: "What do you know! These days, messing around with women will get you arrested and jailed!"
"Go to jail?" Zhang Jianhao curled his lip. "Even Chief Zhao of the police station is on friendly terms with Brother Gou. Who would dare to arrest Brother Gou?"
Zhang Da was speechless; Zhang Jianhao's words actually made some sense.
Unable to win the argument, Zhang Da Nao simply stopped talking, kicked Zhang Jianhao in the butt, and cursed, "You talk too much nonsense, as if no one else knows anything?"
Liu Yihan chose a spot, hidden in a small alley, a small bungalow that looked like a small restaurant without a license plate.
Zhang Cheng had no opinion on what to eat; he would eat whatever Liu Yihan ordered.
During the meal, Zhang Cheng asked Liu Yihan if there were any caregivers at the hospital.
Liu Yihan understood why he asked this, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "The hospital doesn't offer this service; we have to find someone from outside to take care of the patients. It's just that it's almost Chinese New Year, so the caregiver's salary is sure to go up a lot."
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