Yuan Fangguo was also surprised. In his opinion, whether the house was worth 1.8 million was a matter for further discussion. Putting aside other factors, at least for now he felt that the price was still negotiable.
"1.8 million is too much, and your exterior and interior are the same standard. A decent commercial apartment in Beijing costs only -4,000 yuan now, and the various layouts are quite distinct. If I'm not mistaken, your courtyard house doesn't even have a bathroom, right?"
"How can our old house be compared with those commercial houses made of reinforced concrete?" said the middle-aged man with an unhappy look on his face.
“This old house of mine has a soul.”
When she heard the word "soul", Lin Yumei couldn't help but shiver all over. She instantly thought of the news that this man's mother had passed away last year. Although she did not die at home, she still felt goose bumps all over her body when she thought of this.
"That's what literary youths say. Science knows best whether a house has a soul or not. I can only give you 1 million for your house at most. If I didn't have a big family, I would never buy your house." Yuan Fangguo said as he ran, as if he was ready to leave at any time.
"One million is too little. My building area is 280 square meters. You can calculate it. One square meter is only more than 1,000, and the rest of the area is free for you. So, 1.7 million." said the middle-aged man.
"One million really can't be any more. This is all the money I have." Yuan Fangguo insisted that it was worth this much and he couldn't take out a penny more.
He didn't dare to say that he was 100% sure, but at least there was a high probability that the man would follow his ideas. If this old house was easy to sell, he wouldn't have to publish information in the newspaper every now and then.
It is obvious that either no one is selling, or his mind has already flown abroad and he wants to sell the property as quickly as possible.
"That won't work." The middle-aged man's tone was also very tough. When he said this, he didn't even look at Yuan Fangguo and just waved his hand.
"If that doesn't work, forget it. Let's go." Yuan Fangguo said and was about to leave with his girlfriend.
Lin Yumei felt that she really didn't like this old house at all. Living in it felt like being imprisoned.
Yuan Fangguo took firm steps, but when he walked out the door, he still didn't hear the man's voice behind him.
He was too lazy to care. Since the other party didn't want to sell it and he had already set the reserve price, he would go by the reserve price and absolutely could not break the rules.
"Hey, come back, little brother." After walking more than twenty meters away, a voice finally came from behind Yuan Fangguo.
Yuan Fangguo couldn't help but smile. It seemed that this was the price.
As soon as he turned around, he saw the guy running towards him, panting.
"Okay, I'll do as you say. Can you give me the money within the next two days? If so, we'll make a deal. If not, forget it."
"It will be fine in the afternoon."
"Don't lie to me." The middle-aged man said with a strange look on his face.
"I lied to you, just don't sell it." Yuan Fangguo smiled slightly.
"I'm going to the United States soon and I can't stand your deception. Well, I won't let other people come." The middle-aged man looked helpless.
Yuan Fangguo did what he said. At two o'clock in the afternoon, he transferred a full 1 million RMB to the middle-aged man through the company account. The middle-aged man also kept his word. After receiving the money, he immediately took Yuan Fangguo to the Real Estate Bureau and transferred the house to Yuan Fangguo.
"I don't care about the stamp duty." The middle-aged man suddenly said.
When Yuan Fangguo heard this, he immediately realized that he was too excited and had even forgotten about the stamp duty for the house transfer.
However, thinking that he had already gotten a good deal on the house purchase, he still paid the deed tax with a smile on his face.
Everything went quite smoothly, and the courtyard house that was expected to be worth at least tens of millions in the future became Yuan Fangguo's own property.
However, he felt that owning just one property was not enough. In the next few days, he bought a villa and a small courtyard house in Beijing. He also bought an apartment with his girlfriend. After a week, Yuan Fangguo roughly calculated that he had spent 2.4 million.
Yuan Fangguo was not sure about anything else, the only thing he could be sure of was that the 2.4 million yuan property in 1996 would easily add up to hundreds of millions in a decade or so.
It’s a bit regrettable that he only bought a courtyard house this time and didn’t have time to renovate it.
But it doesn’t matter if this house is left in Beijing. We can just raise the price in line with the local housing prices.
After buying the house, Yuan Fangguo took his girlfriend on a tour around Beijing. Before leaving, he went to see his second brother at the unit where he was doing internship and brought some fruit snacks. The two brothers had a heart-to-heart talk for a while before he left with his girlfriend.
Perhaps it was really fate. On the plane back to Chengdu, Yuan Fangguo met Wang Kuanglin again.
But this time Li Kuiwu did not follow him.
Even Wang Kuanglin found it incredible. After looking at each other, they couldn't help but laugh.
"Going to Chengdu again?" Yuan Fangguo spoke first.
Wang Kuanglin nodded and said, "I'm going to Rongcheng to do some business. I often fly in the sky. Little brother, have you finished your case?"
This time, Wang Kuanglin also found that Yuan Fangguo's handbag was not as bulging as before. It seemed that he had spent the money.
There was a hint of joking in Wang Kuanglin's words, and Yuan Fangguo replied, "Not so fast. Once I hand it over, it will be none of my business."
"Is it okay to go back to Rongcheng?"
"there is none left."
"Come on, I'll take you to meet the leader. Maybe he will give you a promotion." Wang Kuanglin said enthusiastically.
"Which leader are you meeting?" Yuan Fangguo felt that Wang Kuanglin was no ordinary liar.
"Mayor of Shuangyang City." Wang Kuanglin said with a smile.
Shuangyang City is adjacent to Chengdu City and is also a prefecture-level city.
"You want to talk about business?"
"Yes, they want me to help them and ask my childhood friend to come and invest."
“What to invest in?”
"Build a highway from Shuangyang directly to Chengdu."
There is an eternal proverb popular among the people, "If you want to get rich, build roads first." Although Shuangyang City is adjacent to Chengdu City, there is a vast mountain range between the two cities, so there is not much communication between the two places. This is also one of the reasons why Shuangyang City's economy is quite poor in Bashu Province.
"Your childhood friend is a boss?" Yuan Fangguo asked.
Wang Kuanglin chuckled, "From the Ministry of Transportation's Planning Department. Sounds impressive, huh? Every province must report to the Planning Department when building a highway. If they disagree, there's nothing anyone can do about it."
"This is really amazing." Yuan Fangguo couldn't help but nodded after hearing it.
There is a premise for his impressiveness, that is, Wang Kuanglin did not brag this time.
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