Around 3 PM, I wandered over to the vicinity of the junior high school, pretending to be someone who wanted to buy a house, and chatted with the security guard at the gate for over an hour.
Chen Hong grew up in Jinan, and her Jinan accent is still very authentic. The two security guards chatted with her for more than an hour.
Knowing that she lives in the nearby area and wants her child to attend junior high school here, I'd like to inquire about the school district housing situation in this area.
The two elderly men, without any hesitation, gossiped with Chen Hong about the neighborhood, from the developer to the delayed handover of the apartments. They then moved on to the homeowners taking possession of their new homes and the renovation progress of each apartment.
He then talked to Chen Hong about the residents who moved into the community, and where they came from, until finally they got to a topic that Chen Hong was interested in.
In just over an hour, Chen Hong had figured out the situation here. No wonder Liu Shaolong's wife was stammering and couldn't explain what had happened!
It turned out she knew less than the security guard. Since the new apartments were handed over to residents, the community has become very lively, with everyone starting renovations and preparing to move in.
As a school district property for a key middle school, and also affected by this year's rising housing prices, the price of this community has risen to more than 6,000 yuan per square meter.
The price is even higher than the school district house near the high school that Chen Hong bought, and now it's so hard to find one that most people can't even buy one.
Nowadays, parents pay more attention to their children's college entrance examination results, and are flocking to school district housing.
Several households in this community have already been forced to resell. Some powerful and influential people didn't pay much attention to this community when it opened for sale last year.
Now that the houses have been built and handed over, housing prices across the country have risen sharply, and many people have their eyes on the houses in this community.
Some of them transacted privately with property owners and resold the houses at a higher price. This is understandable; it's a matter of mutual consent, and as long as the price is agreed upon, it doesn't bother anyone else.
However, some people are particularly shameless. They take a fancy to someone's good apartment layout, but the original owner doesn't want to sell, so they start using both soft and hard tactics, employing all sorts of methods to force the original owner to resell the house to them.
Some homeowners are ordinary people who live in Jinan and have many relatives and friends whose work and lives are involved, so they dare not offend these people.
I had no choice but to reluctantly sell this great school district property. Although I was unwilling, thankfully the matter didn't escalate.
It won't work if there are a few households where the homeowners are from out of town. They bought the house here because they wanted to move their household registration to the city so that their children could receive a good education and the adults could settle down in Jinan.
Unexpectedly, they encountered these powerful people, who were definitely unwilling to sell, and the matter caused quite a stir.
According to the security guard, "You can't fight city hall; sooner or later, these ordinary people will have to give in."
Otherwise, as long as you are in Jinan, whether it's for adults to work or children to go to school, they can easily trip you up and make your life a mess, making it impossible for you to continue living.
Hearing this, Chen Hong understood that the house she had chosen was in the best location, had the best layout, and was on the best floor in the community, and its size was a standard 120 square meters, suitable for a family of four or five.
"The house is in such a good location that it has attracted the attention of bad people," Chen Hong thought angrily.
Originally, after her rebirth, everything went smoothly for her, and all the people she met were good people. She hadn't even encountered a single bad person as described in the news media in her previous life!
You really shouldn't make grand pronouncements, or bad guys will come knocking on your door.
Chen Hong sighed inwardly. She had just wanted to live a peaceful and low-key life, so why was someone so stubborn as to make her uncomfortable?
Chen Hong flattered and coaxed the two security guards, and in the end, she finally found out who had taken a liking to her house.
Chen Hong scoffed. It turned out she was the mistress of a municipal party committee official, neither the official himself nor his family member.
People these days are really outrageous. Even mistresses dare to use the names of high-ranking officials to scare ordinary people. For such a small benefit, they are not afraid of bringing shame to their high-ranking official mistress.
Chen Hong hadn't found out the woman's specific situation yet, and she wasn't in a hurry.
She has many friends in Jinan. Although they haven't seen each other for several years, they still send each other gifts during the Spring Festival and have maintained contact.
After finding out more details about this woman tomorrow, Chen Hong will decide whether to meet her. Then she will be able to come up with a way to deal with her.
That evening, Chen Hong went to Liu Shaolong's house, had dinner there, and listened to Liu Shaolong recount the details of what had happened. The events were indeed largely consistent with what the security guard had described.
However, Chen Hong only now realized that the mistress of the high-ranking official surnamed Liu was herself a cadre in the Land and Resources Bureau.
Their workplace is the developer's superior authority. The developer needs their workplace's approval and stamp for many things when acquiring land and building houses.
The woman didn't come forward herself; instead, she contacted Liu Shaolong through the developer and property manager.
However, it was discovered that Liu Shaolong was not the homeowner, but rather the homeowner's representative, and that he was not in charge of such a major matter as reselling the property.
All they could do was urge Liu Shaolong to invite the homeowner to Jinan to discuss the resale of the property.
According to Liu Shaolong, this woman surnamed Liu is quite famous in the industry.
Her lover is a high-ranking official in the municipal party committee, holding a deputy provincial-level position, someone ordinary people like us can't afford to mess with.
Liu Shaolong suggested that since Chen Hong wasn't living there herself anyway, they could simply sell the property to her if necessary. They said they wouldn't reduce the price; they would buy the property from Chen Hong at the original price.
Chen Hong pursed her lips and said nothing to Liu Shaolong. It seems Brother Liu hasn't been doing so well in Jinan these past few years; he's lost all ambition.
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