1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 65 Buying a House
"Damn! Are you murdering the boss?"

Early in the morning, Zhai Yuan was sleeping soundly in bed when he was woken up by Zhai Yao pinching his nose.

After glaring at his sister, before he could say anything else, Zhai Yao confidently handed him his brother's phone.

"The phone is calling you!"

"Who is it?"

Zhai Yuan was in a bad mood when he woke up. He picked up the phone and asked bluntly.

"Ayuan, when will the new movie called "Blind Girl" be released? After seeing the poster recently, the audiences are very excited."

Chen Jiale didn't hear any clues, and his excited voice still came out from the receiver.

Zhai Yuan yawned with tears in his eyes, motioned to Zhai Yao to close the door, then he threw back the quilt, got out of bed shirtless in his boxer briefs.

He asked, "How is the attendance rate of the six video halls now?"

Carlos Chan replied: "Not 100% but almost 90%."

"Then why are you so anxious!"

Zhai Yuan said unhappily, "Wait for notification. Tell me when the attendance rate drops to 60%!"

Now, relying on the promotion of "The Blind Girl", the goal of increasing the attendance rate of video halls has been achieved. Showing feature films will not bring more revenue. Of course, the traffic from the promotion will be eaten up first, and then the traffic from the movie release will be eaten up.

What a fool!
After hanging up the phone, Zhai Yuan stretched lazily.

Put on clothes, wash face and brush teeth.

After everything was done, he returned to the room and saw Zhao Meizhen and Zhai Yao sitting at the table. Although they were watching TV, their minds were obviously not on it. They would glance at Zhai Yuan out of the corner of their eyes from time to time.

What's wrong? Zhai Yuan thought.

He picked up a bowl of warm white porridge from the table and started to eat breakfast with some pickles.

"Brother, it's the weekend today."

Seeing him like this, Zhai Yao couldn't help but mutter something.

Then she was slapped by Zhao Meizhen.

"Why are you hitting me? He said last week that he would take us out to see a new house this weekend!"

Zhai Yao pouted and complained to Zhao Meizhen.

Only then did Zhai Yuan remember that this was indeed the case.

When I returned home last week, I saw Zhao Meizhen applying ointment. After asking her, I found out that she accidentally fell while going upstairs and rolled down several flights of stairs.

At that time, Zhai Yuan made up his mind to move out of the housing estate, but as he had too many things to do in those days, he planned to buy a new house on the weekend.

That is today.

"Remind me earlier next time."

Zhai Yuan took a bite of pickled vegetables, ate a few mouthfuls of porridge, and said in a very unpresentable manner: "Let's go out together after I finish my meal."

Zhai Yao grinned, happy from the bottom of her heart.

It turns out that you can afford to live in a new house without being someone’s mistress. What a great thing!

Zhao Meizhen still had some concerns.

She only knew that Zhai Yuan made money outside, but she didn't know how much exactly.

So I calculated based on buying a room of more than ten square meters and allocated the number of people in my mind.

Now: Zhai Yuan, Zhou Haimei, Zhai Yao.

Future: Zhai Yuan, Zhou Haimei, grandson and granddaughter.

When I think of this, I can't help but smile.

She said to Zhai Yuan, "Ama is used to living in the housing estate, and she can't bear to leave your Aunt Mei and the others. After the house is bought, you can move in with Yaoyao, and when Yaoyao gets married, she can move out. Do you think this is a good idea?"

This is a common practice among people in Hong Kong who are able to move out of housing estates at this time. They may not have younger brothers or sisters, but most of them will not live with their parents anymore.

Ordinary citizens don’t understand what real estate investment is. They buy houses simply to get married, start a family, and live in a world of two.

"If you don't move in with me, who will cook for me?"

After listening to what Zhao Meizhen said, Zhai Yuan smiled without commenting, and then asked shamelessly.

Zhao Meizhen was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhai Yao.

Seeing that both men's eyes were fixed on her, Zhai Yao laughed dryly: "It can't be me? I have committed murder while cooking." She was not saying this without any reason.

Back when Zhai Yao was washing dishes in a restaurant, she claimed that she had secretly learned the restaurant chef's unique skill of making bread, and started to experiment with it when she got home.

Later, when the bread was made, even Zhao Meizhen, who cherished food so much, took a bite and just said silently, "Throw it away, be careful not to hit someone."

In the end, no one was hit, but the next day a stray dog died in the housing estate with half a piece of bread stuck in its throat.

"Okay, we'll talk about how to live after we buy the house. Now let's go to the sales office and take a look."

Zhai Yuan smiled and stopped joking with the mother and daughter. He swallowed the last mouthful of porridge, wiped his mouth and said.

……

The Hong Kong property market has continued to decline in the past two years. According to the news, Zhai Yuan found that the cumulative decline has exceeded 15%.

The private housing market is not doing well, so real estate sales are particularly active.

As soon as I entered the door of a company called Yihua Real Estate in Kwun Tong, a female salesperson in a suit came up to greet me.

"Please come in, three of you. Do you want to buy a house?"

The smile was very warm, and he did not show any disrespect at all because the family of three were dressed simply.

"just looking around."

As the elder, Zhao Meizhen walked in front, looking a little nervous. Although she had taken out new clothes to wear during the Chinese New Year, she still looked very simple.

This was also the first time for Zhai Yao to enter the real estate company like this. Although she was usually carefree, she was a little reserved at this time.

She didn't dare look around, so she lowered her head and rolled her eyes around.

"It doesn't matter. It's okay to just take a look. You don't have to buy it, but it's better to pay attention to the housing market prices in advance to be prepared."

The saleswoman was still enthusiastic and welcomed the mother and daughter into the lobby. She then said to Zhai Yuan, who was walking at the end, "Sir, please come in. What would you like to drink?"

The plot is wrong.

Zhai Yuan thought, shouldn't it be you who looks down on me, and then I act cool and slap you in the face, and then you throw yourself into my arms?
You are so warm and polite that I look stupid. I don't even wear Baleno and even put on a pair of cloth shoes~
After entering the lobby, the female salesperson began to introduce the property to the three people.

Zhao Meizhen and Zhai Yao listened to her, their minds wandering most of the time, mumbling and humming in agreement. Only when she occasionally mentioned the price did they become a little more alert.

Zhai Yuan listened carefully.

In addition to its own properties, this real estate company also sells properties for other companies.

For example, high-end real estate projects such as Huangpu owned by Li Ka-shing and Hongji owned by Li Zhaoji.

However, the places are either in Hong Kong Island or in Yau Tsim Mong, which is too far from Kwun Tong.

Zhai Yuan’s video hall business is located in Sau Mau Ping and he doesn’t want to move out of Kwun Tong for the time being.

“Of course there are properties in Kwun Tong!”

After several conversations, the female salesperson also realized that Zhai Yuancai was the backbone of the family.

Focusing on him, he introduced: "How about this Jubilee Garden? It has already started pre-sale and will be completed by next year at the latest. The price is 400 yuan per square foot. If you pay in full, you can get 395 yuan. If you pay in installments, the loan interest will not be calculated before you move in."

"Are there any ready-made houses? I want one that I can move in right away." Zhai Yuan asked.

"Have!"

The saleswoman smiled even more broadly, and it was obvious from her words that the customer was interested in buying.

She flipped out another piece of advertising paper and first introduced a remote property to Zhai Yuan. It was a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment of over 500 square feet, with an average price of over 400 yuan.

"Is there a bigger one with a better location?" Zhai Yuan asked again.

The saleswoman hurriedly took out another piece of advertising paper and said, "Sir, how about this Bili Garden? It is located on Kung Lok Road in Kwun Tong, facing the sea to the south. However, there are many schools on Kung Lok Road, and the housing prices are higher. The average price is around 700 per square foot, and the largest unit can be up to 1,200 square feet. If you buy it now, you will get a parking space for free."

Zhai Yuan took the advertisement and took a look at it.

A 1,000 square foot apartment with three bedrooms and two living rooms would cost around 700,000 yuan.

"Let's take this one, the one thousand two hundred feet one."

Zhai Yuan didn't waste time and directly picked the most expensive one.

If he had enough money, he would really like to buy the entire building.

Hong Kong River, sea view, school district housing, parking space, thousand square feet luxury house.

If a house like this were placed in the future, wouldn’t it be worth tens of millions?

(End of this chapter)