470 Su Taotao's First House
Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang looked at each other and asked the same question. Is this old man okay? Give the house to them? ? ?
She really liked this house, but she really didn't think of taking advantage of him.
Su Taotao shook her head: "Grandpa, I like this house very much, but you don't have to give it to me. I will buy it from you at the market price, and I will also take care of your three meals a day. But once the house is sold to me, it will be mine and will definitely appreciate in value in the future. It has nothing to do with you, okay?"
The old man took two puffs of cigarette, looked at Su Taotao a few times, and muttered:
"You are handsome, kind-hearted, and not greedy. It turns out that good people in this world are not extinct..."
The old man suddenly remembered something and glared at Su Taotao: "Do I look like someone who is short of money? It is still uncertain whether I can live until next year, and still be greedy for your money that has appreciated in value for 800 years?"
Su Taotao couldn't help twitching her eyes again. You look quite poor, but you are full of energy and can live for at least another few decades.
Hey, if you calculate this way, it will cost a lot of food to take care of this old man's three meals a day for the next few decades.
The old man knocked on the screen wall and said, "This house is transferred to another to keep away those ungrateful people in the family. They have taken a fancy to this house and have come to our house again and again. They are like a dog-skin plaster and cannot be shaken off. I am not afraid of their tricks, but it makes me annoyed."
The old man pointed to the next door and said, "The yard next door is also mine. It is a little smaller than this one. I live next door on weekdays.
You have a lot of money and have nowhere to spend it. If you want to pay me according to the market price, just give it to me. Anyway, I can't use it even if you give it to me.
I have opened more stores than you have ever seen. I won't eat your rice for free. I see that you don't have time to run the store. Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I will be the shopkeeper for free. Just provide me with three meals a day."
Su Taotao didn't know what to say. There were really strange things every year, but there were especially many this year.
There are people who are rushing to give houses to others and rushing to be shopkeepers for others. Did she not check the almanac before going out this year? What kind of shit luck is this? She will go out in the same way tomorrow!
Fu Yuanhang boasts that he has seen a bit of the world, but this time it still refreshed his cognition. It is true that the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things.
"What is the old man's name?" Su Taotao asked.
"My last name is Du, Du Hongtu, you can call me Old Man Du."
How dare she, Su Taotao touched her nose and called "Grandpa Du" with Fu Yuanhang in a proper manner.
Old Man Du seemed calm, but in fact his eyebrows moved several times, and he obviously liked this title very much.
"Grandpa Du, if you are free later, let's go and do some formalities?"
Old Man Du puffed and nodded: "Okay." Old
Man Du took out a bag from his back and searched for a long time. Finally, he found a few papers that were not much better than salted vegetables. They vaguely said "contract", "real estate license", "private property purchase certificate"... He took a look and stuffed some papers back.
Then he said: "Let's go to the Housing Authority to transfer the ownership."
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Su Taotao came prepared and took her passbook and identity certificate with her when she came out.
They first went to find a middleman who specialized in this and signed the sales contract.
"Grandpa Du, I'll transfer 5,000 yuan to your account?" Su Taotao knew that Old Man Du really regarded money as dirt, so she just said a price.
Five thousand yuan to buy this location and this area is about the same, but if you really count the expensive decoration inside, it's really hard to say. I don't know how much I should charge him for just the furniture and the huanghuali wood on the beams.
Old Man Du waved his hand and said, "Whatever."
At the end, he asked, "You gave me the money, do you have the capital?"
Su Taotao knew he was talking about the capital for doing business.
Su Taotao nodded: "Yes."
Old Man Du was even more nonchalant: "Come to me when you are short of money. I have already told you that I don't need these ugly things. You must give them to me."
The middle-aged man almost couldn't sit still. He especially wanted to say something to this sloppy old man, but then he thought better of it. Who can't brag? The poorer people are, the more they are afraid of being looked down upon, and the more they want to show that they don't care about money.
Su Taotao just smiled and didn't take Old Man Du's words seriously.
The subsequent transfer procedures were also handled smoothly.
When Su Taotao got the "house deed", she felt particularly unreal.
She really didn't expect that she would actually buy a house on the first day she went out for a stroll.
This is the first house she bought since she came to this time and space. She really didn't expect it to be so smooth.
Fu Yuanhang helped Old Man Du to pack up the things in the house. After the key was handed over, Old Man Du stopped caring about it.
"The house is yours from now on. It's none of my business whether it's destroyed or demolished. Just don't miss three meals for me."
Fu Yuanhang took the key: "The restaurant may not open so quickly. I may not be able to take care of your meals during this period."
Old Man Du waved his hand: "Okay, you don't have to take care of the meals before the store opens. I'll go back to the next room to sleep. If you need anything, knock on the door, but don't knock too hard or my cat will be scared."
After seeing Old Man Du off, Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang shook their heads at the same time.
Fu Yuanhang held the key and looked at it: "Sister-in-law, this Grandpa Du's temper is really a bit strange."
Su Taotao: "He should have been a big shot in the past. Maybe he was looked down upon during the years of rural reform. It's normal for him to have a strange temper, but he's not a bad person." After
being betrayed by relatives and seeing the warmth and coldness of human nature when in trouble, how many people can still keep their original heart?
"Let's see how to renovate this house first. The kitchen must be modified. The rooms inside will be converted into private rooms, and the corridor will be used as an ordinary hall. We will open an exquisite private restaurant." Su Taotao said.
Su Taotao chose a location near the school. At first, it was for the purpose of increasing sales. After all, it is natural to focus on practicality when doing student business.
But are there not many people who think the same as her? This approach has a low threshold and fierce competition. Even if the taste wins, it can only make small profits and quick turnover, and the money earned in the end is also hard-earned money.
No matter what era or where, the 80/20 rule exists, and 80% of the wealth is in the hands of 20% of the people.
When Su Taotao walked into the old man's house, she suddenly came up with the idea of making pre-order private dishes to earn money from the 20% of people.
Even if the main business is student business, there will always be the 20% of students from wealthy families who pay the bill.
Even if the money earned in the end is the same, it will be much easier.
That's why she temporarily decided to give up the sinking market.
"Private restaurant?" Fu Yuanhang had never heard of this term.
Su Taotao nodded: "You can also understand it as a high-end restaurant that specializes in doing business with wealthy people. Take a look at how the private room is decorated. I want you to paint a few pictures to hang inside..."
Su Taotao's interior design studies in her previous life were not in vain. The decoration style was basically finalized when she walked in. The previous resident of the house was a person who was a dilettante. He only needed to enrich the elements a little bit, such as asking Fu Yuanhang to paint a few pictures and hang them up, such as changing to exquisite tablecloths, such as exquisite picture-text menus...
Make the word "elegant" more prominent, and form a strong contrast with the "vulgarity" outside the alley.
We can also work harder on the dishes to make them unforgettable, and use hunger marketing to make the waiting time for ordering a table of dishes last from three to two days to ten days to half a month. In the future, whenever there is a "high-end game", people will think of this place, and naturally customers will flock to it.