Chapter 169 Welcoming the New Student
"Xia Xia is going to enter the real estate industry. Have you heard the news?"
A post suddenly appeared on the forum at three o'clock in the morning, and quickly became popular at a time when no one should be around.
1L: I wonder, are you guys all so well-informed? Is that true? Can you give me some more details?
2L: Although I don't want to make malicious assumptions about Xia Xia, is this really a good idea? Are you going to start cutting leeks? Sigh...
3L: Brothers on the second floor, please don't search for enemies in vain. I have also heard about this matter. To be honest, a distant cousin of mine married into Yanggou Village, and I heard all the news from her. It seems that Xia Xia did buy a piece of land to build a house, not in their village, but in Donghua Town. It was originally a deserted village with almost no one living there. I heard that several original residents did not want to move and wanted to ask for a huge sum of money.
4L: Brothers on the third floor, please continue??? Why are you not talking anymore?
3L: The takeaway arrived, I went to get it. Let me continue, I'm already in my thirties and haven't bought a house or gotten married yet. My family is poor, so my cousin would message me as soon as there was any news. She knew I was also a fan of Xia Xia, so she told me some of Xia Xia's ideas.
At present, it is true that Xia Xia wants to enter the real estate industry, but she is not a developer in the traditional sense.
The house is not for sale, but for rent instead of purchase. After renting for twenty years, you can get the property certificate of the house without the need for a down payment. The specific operation process has not yet been determined, but I feel it is pretty good anyway.
I originally wanted to buy a house secretly without your knowledge, but I didn’t expect that there was an expert in the forum who also knew about it.
5L: I agree, this is a great deal! I can get my own house there for the price of renting a house. I’m really tempted.
I'm looking for a job in Donghua Town. Could anyone recommend something?
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Although there is little information in the forum, the few pieces of information are enough to drive a group of contemporary young people who cannot afford to buy a house crazy.
The current real estate market is distorted. Young people wanting to get married need a house, and most graduates can't afford to buy a house in full within five years of working. Even if they can scrape together a down payment, they're still stuck with a mortgage for at least 30 or 40 years, sometimes racking up hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan in interest. After ten years of paying off the mortgage, they've finally paid off all the interest.
Not to mention that young people nowadays are facing difficulties in finding employment. Once they reach the age of 35, they are at risk of being fired or having their salary cut by the company. It will be a bit difficult to find a qualified job.
Then you have to pay off your mortgage and car loan. If you already have a family and children, life will be even more difficult.
So now many young people are more resourceful. They don't touch dai at all, of course, mortgages, car loans, and they don't touch passing on the family line.
Many people say that today's young people are an irresponsible generation. Without having children, they have no future. But who has ever thought about this for young people?
Xia Wu's move to build a house immediately ignited the hearts of fans.
They really support Xia Wu.
Xia Wu only released the news within the company in advance, and she ignored the questions that flooded into the Kuaishou video account.
Xia Wu doesn't like to brag, she just wants to speak with facts.
The residential building has been designed by Xia Zhi and Ma Fangzhou. This is a big project, full of Xia Wu's beautiful expectations. Xia Zhi and Ma Fangzhou also put in a lot of effort, revised countless versions, and stayed up all night before finally completing the design blueprint.
Xia Wu planned to divide the construction into three phases. With more than 1,700 acres of land, it would not feel crowded even if more than 30 buildings were built, let alone 12.
But Xia Wu does not plan to build houses too densely. There are not so many people in Donghua Town, and if the housing capacity is sufficient, she wants to make the living conditions as better as possible.
In her expectation, the area of the houses were all the same, 130 square meters, not counting the common area, and with two large balconies that were not included in the total area of the house.
As for how many rooms it has, that depends on the user's needs. Generally speaking, two bedrooms and one living room are very comfortable for a single person, two bedrooms and one living room are enough for a family of three, and a family of five may need three bedrooms and two living rooms. In any case, 130 square meters is enough.
Then there are the floors. Xia Wu did not plan to allow too many high-rise buildings to rise in the underdeveloped Donghua Town, so the tallest floor would be ten stories, with one elevator and two households, which was just right.
She wants to build a community where residents can enjoy the convenience of city life and the friendliness of interacting with neighbors in the village.
Therefore, in addition to residential buildings, the entire community must also have supermarkets, parking lots, and a sufficient variety of public facilities...
Xia Zhi is a man who dotes on his sister. No matter how outrageous Xia Wu's request is, he will try his best to satisfy it. If he cannot satisfy it, it is definitely not because there is something wrong with Xia Wu's idea, but because the current design concept is too backward.
Xia Zhi lost countless hair for this design, but finally made Xia Wu satisfied.
The project bidding was won and construction is proceeding as scheduled.
The overall construction period will take at least one or two years, but it is still very simple to build one or two buildings for use first.
Zhou Hui and his friends took advantage of the summer vacation to work in Donghua Town. They joined an engineering team. Two of them, four college students, worked their way up from small workers to team leaders, and then school was about to start.
They beat their chests and stamped their feet, thinking that university had delayed them. Who would have thought that while they were looking for internships, construction in Donghua Town was about to start, and it was a long-term construction project.
The four civil engineering students couldn't resist and applied to the school in advance for internships, campus recruitment, and postgraduate entrance exams. If they couldn't find a job, they would take the postgraduate entrance exams.
Zhou Hui just wants to make a difference in Donghua Town, contribute his strength, and then settle down there after the building is completed!
If the rent is too expensive, he will share it with a few brothers. During his rest time, he will stay at home to play games, and when he has nothing to do, he will ride his bike for a stroll. It is so much fun.
Relying on the construction site experience accumulated during the summer vacation and with Xia Wu's recommendation, Zhou Hui and his colleagues successfully joined the Blue Sky Engineering Team and began to build the building.
I don’t know how many times he swung the hammer or how much mortar he put in, but Zhou Hui was filled with pride as he watched the foundation being laid and filled with steel bars and cement.
His post on the Taoyuan Forum is always popular. The post is called "Taoyuan Community Dust-Removal Diary"
"Hello everyone, as you can see, the main package is a workhorse. If nothing unexpected happens, the main package will quickly devote himself to the beautiful land of the motherland after graduation and contribute his youth, so that the main package, who has no contact with girls in the first place, will completely leave the lonely road and never return."
"But the unexpected still happened. When the host was in his junior year, he saw Xia Xia's video and was captivated by her beauty (crossed out) and delicious food. He completely became a villager of our Taoyuan Village and reached the pinnacle of his life from then on."
"During the summer before my senior year, the lead author mustered up the courage and took my three rebellious sons on a bus to Donghua Town. Thanks to my thick skin, I managed to get Xia Xia to find her four useless civil engineering fans a job as plasterers on a construction site. Those two months were the two months the lead author least regretted being a civil engineering dog. Every day after get off work, I could stroll around Yanggou Village. It felt like stepping into the real Stardew Valley. The villagers were the NPCs I was most familiar with. Even though the lead author didn't live in the village, I knew everyone by name and could even chat with them."
"The landlord and his three unfilial sons rented a house in the village. The monthly rent was only 300 yuan, with free water and electricity. They could also eat the unpolluted vegetables from the vegetable garden at the door. The landlord rented the house to a wealthy man who also raised cattle..."
"I've already written about the specific process of living in Yanggou Village. If you're interested, you can check out my previous posts. I won't go into details here, lest the administrator block my account and accuse me of spamming."
"Anyway, the main contractor, relying on his limited experience from a summer job and his connections, successfully joined the Taoyuan Community Construction Team in the second semester of his senior year, and rose from a laborer to a foreman."
"This post is just a diary of my growth. Brothers who are interested, please support me. If there is any new information released, I will definitely be the first to tell you!"
Zhou Hui is extremely popular in the forum. He is a veteran fan of Xia Xia. He is lively and funny. He often says shocking things and looks quite cheerful. The most important thing is that he really does it when he has something to do!
While everyone was still watching Xia Wu's building, he had already joined in and started building the building.
Zhou Hui's three roommates are like conjoined twins with him. Four male college students swing hammers and beat ashes every day. What should be a hard job becomes particularly joyful for them.
Gradually, many people began to envy Zhou Hui's life.
This time, building Taoyuan Community was different from the last time he worked as a summer intern to build a road. It was all Xia Wu's own project, and there was no reason to treat him differently. So there were hundreds of mouths to feed on the construction site, so Xia Wu directly recruited a few cooks. The building hadn't been built yet, but now a canteen had been opened on the construction site, and there were five or six cooks and helpers responsible for cooking every day.
Fresh vegetables and pork are supplied every day. The vegetables are delivered from Yanggou Village. There is not much in the village except for vegetables, including all kinds of vegetables.
Especially spring leeks, which are at their freshest and tenderest, can be used to fry eggs and make leek pancakes. Those men on the construction site do physical work, and they are like hungry wolves at mealtime. It is no problem for them to make one or two kilograms of leek in one meal.
Although Xia Wu raised pigs, she didn't raise many. She slaughtered a few pigs during the Chinese New Year, but they were not enough for her own consumption, let alone for sending to the construction site.
So all the pork is bought from Haotang Village.
Occasionally, Xia Wu would send over some chickens and stew them with potatoes to reward the workers.
Hundreds of people worked day and night, and the results were astonishingly good. In less than two months, several high-rise buildings were dug out of the ground and had taken shape.
When the building was completed, Xia Wu took Ji Yunzhou to participate in the building sealing ceremony and ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion.
With these buildings as a foundation, Xia Wu can finally announce more detailed details.
Xia Wu no longer posted videos online, but chose to post on the forum. She wanted to build a house as a benefit for her fans, or to give young people in her fan group the opportunity to own a home.
"Hello everyone, I'm Xia Xia. Ever since I announced I was going into real estate, there have been a lot of different opinions online and in real life, and they all make sense. Forgive me for not responding before, because I have so much to say, but I don't know where to start."
"Now that I've gotten a little better, and I've got some idea of what I want to say, I'll take this opportunity to tell you all."
Xia Wu talked about the early days of her business. At that time, she was just selling strawberries in the village. She worked as a customer service representative, shot videos, and shipped the goods. She was so busy that her family was also busy.
One day, she met a strange customer who repeatedly asked her whether the strawberries were delicious, whether there would be bad ones when they were shipped, and whether the price could be cheaper.
Xia Wu was so busy at the time that she lost her patience as a customer service representative. She thought she had just encountered a difficult customer, so she blocked the customer's messages and chose not to reply. If she wanted to buy, she would buy, and if she didn't want to buy, forget it.
I don’t know how long it was, but Xia Wu suddenly remembered her, found the chat interface, clicked on it, and found that after she blocked the customer’s messages, the customer sent her many messages again.
She knew that the girl's name was Xiaoyue, and that she came from a poor family. She was 32 years old.
Xiaoyue has an older brother and a younger brother. Her older brother went to junior college and her younger brother was admitted to university. Only Xiaoyue graduated after junior high school.
My family said that girls don’t need such a high level of education. They just need to start making money early and marry into a good family in the future.
Xiaoyue was still young at that time and had no way to resist, so she could only go to work in a factory after graduating from junior high school.
She supported her older and younger brothers' education with her own money from working, and she met her husband when she was 25. Like her, her husband was an ordinary man, with no looks, no education, and an average family background. He was also the unfavored child in the family.
The two people like each other, but they are obstructed by their families because of the issue of bride price. Xiaoyue's family wants her to marry a rich man, regardless of whether she likes it or not.
In order to be with her husband, Xiaoyue woke up at the age of 27, eloped with her husband to another city, and the two got married.
Her husband has been working for more than ten years and has saved almost 200,000 yuan. The two of them are thinking of paying a down payment and buying a small house so that they can also provide a home for her unborn child.
Two ordinary young couples, after careful selection and excitement, chose an unfinished building. They spent all their money on it. However, as time passed, their child grew up to kindergarten age, and the building was still not completed. They had already paid the down payment, but they still had to pay the mortgage...
The couple fell into the abyss of life.
When Xiaoyue sent a message to Xia Wu, it was the most difficult time in her life. Their family of three lived in the basement. In order to save rent, they were very frugal with their meals, but her child really wanted to eat strawberries.
Strawberries sold offline are too expensive. Xiaoyue passed by the fruit stall several times but couldn't bear to buy any.
I saw that Xia Wu was selling cheap strawberries online, so I decided to bite the bullet and buy some for my son to try.
But she asked too many questions. Xiaoyue realized it belatedly and apologized to Xia Wu, but Xia Wu had already blocked her by then.
Seeing that Xia Wu didn't reply, Xiaoyue used this window as an outlet for her pain. She rambled on about her own problems, and finally ordered a strawberry, earnestly writing a positive review, "The strawberries are so sweet! When I move into my new home, I'll definitely buy a few more."
When Xia Wu saw that comment, she couldn't get over it for a long time, and the guilt in her heart almost overwhelmed her.
She finally found Xiaoyue's address, and until now, she has maintained the habit of sending Xiaoyue a vegetable package every month.
"To be honest, I didn't dare to say this before because I was afraid of being scolded."
After Xia Wu returned to Yanggou Village, every person he came into contact with was experiencing real pain, being ignored and forgotten. Everyone was struggling in the quagmire of pain, crying out silently, but was classified as the bottom of society by many people, and thus could no longer be seen.
"If Xiaoyue were a character in the story, she might have a happy ending, perhaps with some unscrupulous real estate developer coming to their senses and completing the unfinished building or refunding them their money. But reality is not so naive. In fact, Xiaoyue and her family of three still live in the basement. Since she has no family to help take care of her children, she can't leave them to go to work. Her husband is the only one working at home, and he has to pay the mortgage and the daily needs of the three of them."
"They're just trying their best to survive. Why is this happening? Do you blame them for not having a good education and a high salary, or do you blame Xiaoyue for only being a housewife and not working?"
"Why doesn't anyone blame society for this deformed and indifferent society?"
Whenever Xia Wu saw this, he wanted to do something for them.
A portion of healthy vegetables, an all-inclusive leisure sanctuary, and a small home that can shelter you from the wind and rain.
"I want to build a dream community where personal privacy and public facilities coexist, just like in a village, where everyone knows each other and has a comfortable social circle. At the same time, I want to eliminate the poor sound insulation of urban buildings and avoid neighborhood disputes caused by noise."
Xia Wu didn't want young people to be burdened with mortgages anymore, so she built these buildings.
Du Fu once said, "I wish I had thousands of mansions to shelter all the poor people in the world and make them happy! It would be as stable as a mountain, unmoved by wind and rain."
This is also Xia Wu's dream.
"Ever since the news of my building spread, many fans and close friends have asked me to make reservations in advance so they can buy the house once it's finished. I turned them down at the time because I was planning to provide this house to young people who don't have a home or can't afford it, so there are purchase restrictions."
If you own a house, don’t join in the fun.
In the eyes of some rich people, buying a house is as easy as drinking water. If they really have to pay for it, ordinary people may not even have the chance.
Xia Wu must use his punches to restrict himself.
If you want to buy a house in Taoyuan Community, you must provide proof that you have no other properties under your name. If you do, you cannot purchase it.
Maybe the restrictions will be relaxed later, but not now.
Xia Wu briefly introduced the facilities that would be available in Taoyuan Community. The most attractive one was the purchase restriction.
As soon as she posted this, some were delighted, others were worried. Xia Wu had really said too much. A bunch of wealthy people on the forum were simmering with anger, ready to buy the house as soon as it came up. Since the house prices weren't expensive, they could just buy one and keep it there as a vacation.
Who knew that Xia Wu was on guard against them and would do this.
Some ordinary people who couldn't afford to buy a house were happy to see this news. People like Zhou Hui are definitely second-generation farmers.
However, as soon as Xia Wu's purchase restriction policy came out, those suspicious voices disappeared instantly.
Some people originally suspected that Xia Wu wanted to take advantage of the current real estate boom to drive up the real estate prices in Donghua Town. This would certainly be beneficial to the local area in the short term, but in the long run, small towns with no industrial support but only real estate would usually face a situation where wages were low or even unavailable, but consumption was very high.
Now it seems that Xia Wu is not so eager for quick success.
Moreover, since Donghua Town built roads and Taoyuan Community, the local economy is slowly developing. What does this development mainly rely on? Of course, it is the tourism industry. Other sustainable industries are still not in sight.
Xia Wu left an email address in the post, asking those who want to rent a house to think it over and then submit their situation. Xia Wu will verify and screen them, and there will be a public announcement period.
After determining the residents of several buildings, we will adjust the number of bedrooms and living rooms in the houses according to the residents' requirements, and then carry out unified partition decoration.
By then, the tenants can move in with their luggage.
The more comprehensive and thoughtful Xia Wu's thoughts were, the crazier everyone became. In just a few hours, Xia Wu received hundreds of emails.
She definitely couldn't read all the emails by herself, so she asked Yang Shuhua, Zhao Jing, Shao Yun and some employees who knew how to use computers to review them.
It was a rare occasion for Xia Wu to ask everyone to work overtime, and instead of being unhappy, everyone was very excited.
The review of tenant conditions must be serious and rigorous, and no one should take advantage of loopholes, resulting in people who really need it not being selected.
First, conduct a preliminary screening to eliminate those who own houses under false names, and then find some young people who meet the requirements.
In addition to the lack of housing, Xia Wu also took into consideration the work issues of young people. If they rent a house here but do not work nearby and may not come back many times a year, not to mention the housing vacancy problem, won’t young people have to pay extra rent?
This is not what Xia Wu wants.
So when it comes to work, Xia Wu prefers those who have skills and can work and support themselves in Donghua Town, or those who are freelancers.
Two days later, a couple carrying large and small bags and a child got off a bus.
The two of them found a noodle restaurant in the town to eat, and then started looking for a house to rent in the town.
The couple, one is called Dafei and the other is called Xiaoyue. Just a month ago, the couple who bought an unfinished building came to their senses and chose to divorce. Dafei was the only one to bear the debt, and then he resolutely chose to stop paying the mortgage.
Over the years, they have run around and cried bitterly for this unfinished building, but still can't find a good solution. The building has not yet been topped out, and only a few construction sites in the huge construction site are slacking off. Suing is useless, and the developer seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
The money cannot be recovered, the completion of the building is nowhere in sight, and yet I still have to pay the mortgage every month.
The couple were like vampires that couldn't be shaken off. They were only in their early thirties, but they looked as old as forty.
Xiaoyue is a fan of Xia Xia, and she has been following the news of Yanggou Village. After knowing that Xia Xia was going to build a building, the two of them had no other thoughts. But just two days ago, Xiaoyue tried to submit a rental application, and it was approved.
A huge pie suddenly fell on their heads, and the couple was almost stunned.
They had long wanted to get rid of the unfinished building and had already transferred the debt through divorce and stopped paying the mortgage.
Just like when they were in their twenties and resolutely ran away from home in order to be with their beloved ones, this time, they once again mustered the courage of a gecko breaking off its tail and chose to come to Donghua Town to welcome a true new life.
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