Episode 31: Buying a House!

  "Master, let's go to the Ocean Garden." The next day, Li Yan got up early and saw that Heifeng Lang had recovered more than half of his strength, so he couldn't help but feel a lot more at ease. After morning exercise and breakfast, seeing that his mother didn't plan to set up her stall, he bid farewell to his mother and left the house, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for the direction of the Ocean Garden. Now, all he could think about was buying Shanheju.

  The taxi stopped in front of the sales office building of Ocean Garden, Li Yan paid the fare and walked into the lobby of the sales office. Inside, more than a dozen beautifully dressed sales ladies were chatting, when they saw Li Yan come in, they just glanced at him with their eyes and continued to chat indifferently.

  It is often said that no matter what you do, as long as you do it for a long time, you will have something called experience. Similarly, this salesgirl has been doing this for a long time and has developed a set of skills to capture customers. From her clothing, she can tell whether it's a domestic or international brand, what level the brand is at, how well it matches, and whether it fits well on her body; from her speech and behavior, she can tell if someone has already bought property elsewhere, often mentioning some celebrity or naturally comparing with a foreign place, all of which indicate that they have a background. The most obvious sign is that she can judge a person's identity and purchasing power based on their "ride".

  In this country with a strong personality, there has always been a saying "good horse matches good saddle", so those rich people all hope to make their appearance more impressive. Taxis, Santana and Audi are not even worth a glance, while BMW is worth taking a look at, if it's Lincoln or Rolls-Royce, no matter whether the person who comes out is male or female, young or old, all sales staff will rush to greet them, after all, those who can afford such luxury cars are generally real big spenders!

  Unfortunately, Li Yan's outfit was ordinary, or to put it more realistically, he was wearing a set of clothes from a street stall, and he had taken a taxi here. With his appearance, the total value of his entire outfit couldn't have exceeded 100-200 yuan. Anyone who saw him wouldn't think he was a rich man, but rather just an ordinary worker.

  Here is the translation:

  Besides, this Ocean Garden, located in the eastern part of Donghai City, borders Longtan City to the east and faces the East China Sea to the west. After being developed by Hailin Group, a large real estate company under Longtan City, the houses inside have become symbols of status. Not to mention those seaside villas, even the luxurious mansions that have been developed are expensive, with prices exceeding tens of millions. Just looking at Li Yan, he doesn't seem like someone who can afford such a luxury mansion. Therefore, when people see his appearance, who would be willing to approach him?

  Li Yan didn't have much experience buying a house after all, so he didn't think the salesgirls were unfriendly or unwilling to answer questions.

  Standing at the entrance of the hall, Li Yan glanced around slightly before walking towards a saleswoman who was pretty and wore glasses, saying: "I want to see the house, would you please take me there?"

  "Who's this?" The salesgirl looked Li Yan up and down with extreme suspicion, then snorted in disdain and turned back to continue chatting with her companion.

  At this point, even if Li Yan was inexperienced, he understood in an instant that the other party was looking down on him.

  Just as he furrowed his brow, a girl who looked to be around twenty-two or three years old stood up. The girl's appearance was only average, but her smile was extremely radiant and made people feel comfortable: "Sir, if you want to look at the house, I'll take you there, okay?"

  "Alright." Li Yan nodded and didn't say much more. After all, he was here to buy a house and didn't want to get entangled with these mercenary salesgirls.

  "Then follow me." The girl stretched out her hand to make a please gesture, then led the way in front, while Li Yan walked behind, and soon they were out of the sales department's hall.

  The two had not gone far when the saleswoman who had ignored Li Yan earlier spoke out in a slightly sarcastic tone: "Look at that person, his entire outfit is probably worth no more than 100 yuan. Someone like him thinks he can buy a house in Haiyang Garden? What a joke!"

  The sales ladies next to her also nodded in tacit agreement, one of them even giggled out loud: "You're really something, she's just arrived not long ago and has no experience, where did you get such sharp eyes? Looks like she'll be busy for nothing. By the way, how about that contract you signed earlier......"

  Not far from the sales office, the chatter of the sales ladies was not low, and the girl naturally heard it too, but she could only pretend to be unaware. She took out a box of business cards from her pocket, pulled one out, and handed it to Li Yan: "My name is Guan Yue, I'm a salesperson in this sales department, please take care of me, sir."

  Li Yan took over Guan Yue's business card, held it in his hand, and couldn't help but pause for a moment. It was a very ordinary paper business card, nothing special about it. However, he had received high-end cards from Fang Yuan, Fang Pao, and Lin Xincheng yesterday, so now holding an ordinary one felt somewhat unfamiliar.

  "I don't know how to address you, sir? What price range of house are you looking for? Do you have any specific requirements for area, location, and design? I can take you to see some in person." Guan Yue's face wore a very professional and sweet smile.

  "My name is Li Yan, the price doesn't matter," Li Yan casually stuffed Guan Yue's business card into his own pocket and responded with a sentence: "I heard that in your Longkou Mountain's Half Hill Villa, there is a place called Shanhe Residence, which comes with a large area of mountain forest land within Longkou Mountain. Is it that one? If it's convenient, take me over to take a look!"

  When she heard this, Guan Yue looked at Li Yan with some surprise. She hadn't expected that a young man of his age, who was dressed in such shabby clothes, would have such a big tone.

  "Alright, I'll take you there to see it for yourself. The Shanhe Villa is one of the most expensive villas in our Ocean Garden community. And when we first launched the sales, our company had already included a large area within the Longkou Mountain as part of the villa, bundling them together for sale. Although the price was quite steep, adding this natural mountain peak made it worthwhile...". Guan Yue introduced Shanhe Villa while driving Li Yan there in her car. Unfortunately, Guan Yue's car was just an ordinary QQ, otherwise, she would have looked like a beautiful woman with a nice car.

  Before long, the car arrived at a mountain range near Linhai. On the surrounding hills, there were several villas built on top of each other. The highest peak was closest to the sea, about hundreds of meters away. To the east was the vast ocean, and to the north was a coastal mountain range with dense forests. However, it was the western and southern slopes that were the most gentle. On the western slope, there were four villas built, while on the southern slope, which was slightly steeper, only one villa was built on the relatively flat mid-slope. This was the Shanhe Residence that Li Yan had been dreaming of. The terrain of this villa was also a bit rugged and isolated, so the developer sold it together with the northern forest as a package deal.

  Driving up the mountain from the west slope along the well-built road, stopping in front of Shanheju, Li Yan seemed to have seen what it means to be a luxurious villa. Due to the fact that there is only one villa on the entire south slope, the entire Shanheju occupies an area of several thousand square meters, with pavilions and buildings connected together, which is indeed worthy of being called a villa. The main building in the middle has three floors up and down, with a Chinese-style decoration, but it incorporates a large number of post-modern techniques, looking simple and smooth, yet with a faint oriental charm. Whoever faces such a house will probably produce an irresistible temptation.

  Standing on the balcony of a room on the second floor, looking east, you can see the endless sea. You can also see a large beach under the eastern mountain slope, which is also an accessory product of Shanheju, because that beach is not big, about 200-300 square meters, nestled in the mountainous terrain of Longkou Mountain, and only a mountain path in the backyard of Shanheju can lead to it.

  As for Shanhe Residence, Li Yan was really satisfied, but after hearing Guan Yue introduce the advantages of Shanhe Residence, Li Yan immediately asked: "I don't know, what is the actual selling price of Shanhe Residence?"

  "Before the completion of Shanhe House, our company's high-level executives had valued it at 1.2 billion yuan. After its completion, due to the addition of the northern mountain forest, the price was increased by 100 million yuan, making it worth a total of 1.3 billion yuan." After a slight pause, Guan Yue seemed to have no intention of hiding anything and said with some embarrassment: "However, Shanhe House has some problems. Because in the past, people who wanted to buy it all said that it was haunted, so even though the price has now been reduced to 900 million yuan, still nobody is willing to buy it."

  900 million? Isn't it 916 million? It seems that Chen Nannan's information is a bit outdated! Upon hearing this, Li Yan couldn't help but feel a slight movement in his heart. He didn't feel particularly happy because the price was 6 million cheaper than he had previously known, and instead casually asked: "Is there any discount?"

  Guan Yue Dao said: "Discounts are naturally available, the largest of which is full payment. If you pay the full amount at once, I can give you five points."

  "Uh-huh," Li Yan responded with a nod, "Alright then, I'll buy this house."