sbdcsierra Chapter 136: Is this guy out of his mind?
Chapter 136: Is this guy out of his mind?
Since they were already so close, Huang Xiaochuan didn't treat Sang Weihong like an outsider. He directly gave Sang Weihong 20,000 yuan, and Sang Weihong only needed to give him 400 subscription certificates, including all those who won the lottery and those who didn't.
This outrageous move startled Sang Weihong. Everyone knew that this junior was a big spender, but throwing out 20,000 yuan felt like he was just throwing out 20 yuan. Are there really people who don't care about money?
After entrusting everything to Sang Weihong, Huang Xiaochuan became a hands-off manager, asking no questions and simply waiting for the results.
He rode his secondhand Phoenix motorcycle all over the place looking for a house. He had no choice! He had too much money in the bank, and he couldn't sleep at night unless he found a way to spend it.
A few days later, the rainy season began, and this year, once the rainy season started, we basically didn't see the sun. The drizzle was incessant, and the rain almost broke people's hearts.
Another side effect of the plum rain season is that clothes are dried in the shade, which is very uncomfortable to wear. So Huang Xiaochuan would wear a raincoat and go out for a stroll whenever he had free time after class or when he didn't have get out of class.
Getting a little rain is nothing; the sun will come out and he'll be fine. He has several million yuan sitting in the bank, and that money weighs heavily on Huang Xiaochuan's heart.
Huang Xiaochuan blamed himself for going too far and not stopping in time; it was all his greed that was causing the trouble!
In this life, Huang Xiaochuan developed a habit of summarizing afterward, always considering the gains and losses after doing anything.
There are gains and losses, and losses and gains. Although the weather during the plum rain season is a headache, the temperature is still relatively comfortable. Once the plum rain season is over, the real summer will arrive, and the scorching sun will bake everything.
Huang Xiaochuan found another suitable house near Qingyu Road. This house is a new-style villa. Generally speaking, new-style villas are single-bay, but this one is special. It is a double-bay new-style villa, with the south-facing bay being ten meters wide.
It has a courtyard in the front and a courtyard in the back. The south courtyard is about 50 square meters, and the north courtyard is smaller, about 20 square meters.
The building has three floors plus an attic. The registered area on the property certificate is 383 square meters, but the actual usable area exceeds 400 square meters.
The house has excellent natural lighting and is very well maintained. It has all the necessary gas, electricity, and coal supplies. Huang Xiaochuan took a liking to it at first sight after visiting it once.
The landlord's surname is Zhu. He is a middle-aged man in his early forties and is very talkative.
"Mr. Huang, to be honest, if it weren't for needing money to go abroad, I wouldn't be willing to sell this house."
Huang Xiaochuan found it strange. Why would they want to go abroad for no reason? This family didn't seem to be short of money.
"Mr. Zhu, are you planning to sell the house and never come back after going abroad?"
The landlord, surnamed Zhu, said with a touch of smugness, "My brother is in Japan now, making tons of money. He's already bought a house there and wants my whole family to come over. The wages are higher there; a single employee can earn several thousand or even tens of thousands a month. Here, you'd only make a few hundred dollars at most. It's incomparable!"
Huang Xiaochuan was immediately dumbfounded. "Holy crap, what's going on in Japan right now? The lost thirty years have only just begun, the unemployment rate is terrifyingly high, and now people are flocking to Japan? Is your brother even related to you? You're going to ruin people's lives!"
Besides, even if income is high, the cost of living is also high! You only see the low income in China, but there are so many opportunities here! The stamp market, the stock market, treasury bonds—which one doesn't make money? Selling the house and running abroad—looking at the landlord, he doesn't seem to have any special skills. Has he lost his mind?
Just leave this house here and do nothing. In twenty or thirty years, it will sell for tens of millions of dollars, as easily as playing around.
However, Huang Xiaochuan isn't some kind of saint who saves people. He wouldn't bother trying to persuade this person to stay. Besides, even if Huang Xiaochuan did speak up, it wouldn't make a difference. He'd just be seen as an idiot. Whatever, I'm here to buy a house. What else is it to me?
So Huang Xiaochuan echoed the landlord surnamed Zhu's words, saying, "That's right, that's right, it's easy to make money off foreigners."
Then Huang Xiaochuan changed the subject and started talking to the landlord, surnamed Zhu, about the house.
"Mr. Zhu, the price of 460,000 is no problem, but you know I can only pay you in RB."
Huang Xiaochuan agreed to the price mainly because the house was well-maintained and required no repairs at all. Even the yard was spotless, despite the rain outside.
The location here is also fantastic, thanks to the Xu family! This place has been, is, and will continue to be an important commercial center in Shanghai. It offers bustling city life outside and tranquil peace and quiet inside. How could that idiot surnamed Zhu want to sell such a great place to Japan?
Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan readily agreed to the price, the landlord surnamed Zhu was also very happy and immediately said, "Mr. Huang seems to be a straightforward person. That's great. We'll sign the contract later. You can pay me a deposit first, and then we'll transfer the property and pay the remaining balance in the next couple of days, okay?"
Huang Xiaochuan was speechless. Damn it, that's what I wanted to say to you! You stole my lines! Fine! That's it then!
The landlord, surnamed Zhu, did this because he was in a hurry to leave. His whole family had already obtained their visas and other documents, and he was just waiting to sell the house, get the money, exchange it for Japanese yen, and fly directly to Tokyo.
On the third day, both parties completed all the formalities and officially handed over the house to Huang Xiaochuan. The family of five held a farewell ceremony in the house. The landlord, surnamed Zhu, also told Huang Xiaochuan: "Mr. Huang, I hope you will take good care of it in the future. Our family has lived here for four generations. It's all over with me now. I hope you will have the opportunity to come back and see it again."
Huang Xiaochuan smiled and shook hands with the previous owner: "Don't worry, I will take good care of it, and you are welcome to come back and visit anytime."
What Huang Xiaochuan was really thinking was, "If you come back twenty years later and find that this house is worth tens of millions, how would you feel?"
After seeing the family off, Huang Xiaochuan shook his head. He wanted to wish them good luck, but he couldn't bring himself to say it. This family had chosen to face hardship and suffering, so wishing them well would be pointless.
Standing in the house that now belonged to him, Huang Xiaochuan felt incredibly lucky to be experiencing the development of this era firsthand once again, watching everyone choose to pursue different goals.
Not long after buying this house, my freshman year final exams were about to begin, which also meant that my freshman year was coming to an end.
In order to implement his plan, Huang Xiaochuan discussed it with Yu Xiang.
Logically speaking, Huang Xiaochuan should have gone back to Qingjiang this summer vacation. He's been away for almost a year and it's time to go home and visit. However, Huang Xiaochuan already has a place to go this summer, and Yu Xiang is doing an internship this summer, so she won't be going back either.
However, the two would be separated for more than a month, so Huang Xiaochuan wanted to tell Yu Xiang in advance so that she wouldn't worry.
"Sister Xiang, I'm going to Shenzhen University this summer. You know, when my second senior brother came last time, he invited me to help him finish a paper." Huang Xiaochuan's words were half true and half false. It was true that Jiang Qiming was writing a paper, and the main ideas were provided by Huang Xiaochuan. However, it wasn't Jiang Qiming who invited him; Huang Xiaochuan went there on his own business.
Yu Xiang had no idea that Huang Xiaochuan had so many hidden agendas. Seeing that he was going to take care of important business, she would definitely support him.
"Then go ahead! After you're done, go home first. See how long it's been since you last went home?"
"Okay, I'll transfer in Nanjing and go home after I finish things in Shenzhen. I'll go and say hello to my mother-in-law first! I still need to tell them about us in person, otherwise it will seem like I'm not polite."
"Pah!" Yu Xiang's face immediately turned red, and she spat at Huang Xiaochuan, but she was still very pleased with herself.