1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 66 Stepping on the Field
A 1,200-square-foot house is about 108 square meters.

Just a fraction of it is bigger than the public housing unit where Zhai Yuan lives now.

However, private buildings do have common areas.

The so-called public area is a method of calculating the area of a house when buying one.

It was first invented and promoted in Hong Kong in the 1950s by the top real estate tycoon Lei Zhendong.

Other advanced concepts in the property market, such as selling pre-sale properties and installment payments, also came from him.

As it promoted the prosperous development of the real estate industry, the Hong Kong Real Estate Construction Chamber of Commerce was established in the mid-1960s.

Lei Zhendong was elected as the first president and became the undisputed leading tycoon in the real estate industry.

In the past, if you bought a house of 100 square meters, it was 100 square meters.

After the common area is determined, the area occupied by elevator shafts, pipe shafts, stairwells, garbage chutes, shared walls, etc., must all be included in the area you purchase.

Generally speaking, after removing the common area, about 85% of the actual living area will remain.

There are also shameless real estate developers who directly take away 30% to 40% of the common area, so that a house of 100 square meters is left with only 60 to 70 square meters.

The real estate developers said that if there were no common areas, citizens would not be able to afford to buy houses.

Zhai Yuan had never done such an unethical business as real estate, and he had no intention of doing so in the future, so he didn't know whether this was true or not.

"Don't worry, sir. The public area of Biliyuan is definitely the smallest in the surrounding area, only 12%. This can be written into the contract as a guarantee."

The female salesperson, who is also a worker, also feels that this area is already a great bargain.

A high-end community with a fashionable style and a cool environment. I can’t wait to have one for myself.

"Okay, then take us there to have a look."

Zhai Yuan didn't continue to choose. Houses in Kwun Tong were probably around this price. If he continued to choose, he would only be able to look at villas.

"Yes sir, I'll get the key now."

The saleswoman nodded excitedly and trotted back in her high heels.

Only after she left did Zhao Meizhen and Zhai Yao seem to breathe a sigh of relief.

"How many hundreds of dollars a foot? How many plastic flowers can I make with a few hundred dollars?" Zhao Meizhen had an expression of disbelief.

Zhai Yuan thought to himself, don’t complain. Now you can still afford the house price by wearing rubber flowers. In a few years... haha.

"Brother, 1,200 square feet, wouldn't that be 700,000 or 800,000?"

Zhai Yao counted on her fingers for a long time and asked in surprise: "Does your video parlor make money so quickly?"

Of course Zhai Yuan couldn't come up with that much cash. The video hall had only been profitable for a short time, and not all of the video cassettes had been sold.

My entire property is worth about 400,000 yuan.

“You can buy it with a loan.”

He explained to the mother and daughter: "The down payment is 10%, and the installment is 30 years. The monthly interest rate is 0.1 cent, and the monthly payment is 130 yuan for every 10,000 yuan."

When she heard that the money was borrowed, the traditional Zhao Meizhen became nervous again and muttered that it would be better to buy a small house to live in first, which would be better than public housing.

Zhai Yuan, who had suffered such losses before, certainly would not accept it. He kept in mind the ten-word mantra of buying big rather than small, buying high rather than low.

Zhao Meizhen wanted to persuade her again, but the female salesperson came trotting over in her high heels.

She was afraid of embarrassing her son, so she swallowed her words back.

"Sir, shall we set off now?"

Shaking the keys in her hand, the female salesperson asked for Zhai Yuan's opinion.

"Okay."

Zhai Yuan responded and was about to go out when his brother's phone suddenly rang.

After nodding to the female salesperson, Zhai Yuan walked aside and answered the phone.

After listening to a few words, his brows furrowed.

The female salesperson next to him observed Zhai Yuan's expression and her heart sank when she saw this.

She has seen many customers who suddenly change their mind when buying a house, and they usually use the excuse of answering the phone to get out of the situation.

Not long after, Zhai Yuan turned back.

"I'm sorry, I have something urgent to deal with and can't look at houses for the time being."

When the saleswoman heard this, the last spark of hope in her heart was immediately extinguished.

She still maintained a polite smile: "It doesn't matter, the house can be viewed at any time. Sir, why don't you leave your phone number and I will reserve this house for you first to prevent it from being snatched away by others."

Zhai Yuan waved his hand and turned to look at Zhao Meizhen and Zhai Yao.

"Something happened at the video studio. I have to rush over right now. Mom, take Yaoyao to look at houses first. Don't worry about spending money. If you like it, buy it. 1,200 square feet is enough for our family of three. There's no need to talk about staying in public housing."

He kept talking and explained the whole thing clearly.

At the same time, he took out a checkbook from his pocket, wrote out a down payment check of 100,000 yuan and gave it to Zhao Meizhen. Zhao Meizhen took the check and looked at the zeros on it, feeling dizzy.

He hurriedly kept the check close to him for safekeeping.

"Miss, please take my family to see the house first. Please explain the things they don't understand."

After saying a few more words to the female salesperson, Zhai Yuan hurried out of the property building without even bothering to look at the smiling face.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, his face instantly darkened.

Chen Jiale's anxious voice on the phone echoed in my ears again: "Ah Yuan, it's a big deal. Our video hall has been hacked. The place is full of hooligans who don't buy tickets and refuse to leave. They walk around with their weapons and scare all the customers away."

Here they come again, the most disgusting group of people of this era, the Young and Dangerous.

……

When Zhai Yuan rushed back to the Sau Mau Ping Estate, audience members kept passing by him, cursing at him.

"What a bunch of rotten things. I couldn't even watch the movie. I thought I could see the inspector's wife appear today."

These were all gods of wealth who were willing to spend money to buy tickets. In Zhai Yuan's eyes, they looked like Hong Kong dollars flying past his eyes.

Book that!

Zhai Yuan quickened his pace and came to the first video room.

As soon as I got downstairs, Carlos Chan came up to me in a hurry.

"Ayuan, here!"

He greeted Zhai Yuan and moved closer to explain the situation again.

Not long after I finished talking to Zhai Yuan on the phone in the morning, as soon as the door of the video room opened, a group of hooligans suddenly rushed in from outside.

Chen Jiale thought that business was pretty good today, but after this group of people came in, no one was willing to buy a ticket or leave, and they just sat in their seats laughing.

When new audience members came in, they didn't make any noise, but just looked at each other with threatening eyes.

If the eye attack doesn't work, they will deliberately wave the Coke bottle or fruit knife around, anyway, they must drive the new customer away.

“Now all six venues are in the same situation. What should we do?” Chen Jiale asked at last.

Zhai Yuan scratched his hair and asked, "Did you call the police?"

Chen Jiale said helplessly: "The police have been here, but these people didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so they couldn't arrest them."

"What's going on with him?"

When Zhai Yuan was thinking about how to solve the problem, he caught a glimpse of Liang Zhichao sitting at the stairs.

Liang Zhichao put his hands on his knees and buried his head in his crotch. If it weren't for the familiar clothes he was wearing, Zhai Yuan would have almost failed to recognize him.

Chen Jiale shrugged and motioned for Zhai Yuan to go and take a look himself.

Zhai Yuan walked up to Liang Zhichao and asked unhappily, "Hey, what are you doing? Are you just being quiet and acting like an ostrich?"

Liang Zhichao still kept his head down, nodding his head a few times as if to shake his head to indicate that he was fine, but he said nothing.

But I could still hear some sobbing.

"I support you!"

Zhai Yuan had no idea what was wrong with him, so he simply sat down next to him, and his sobbing became more and more obvious.

He nudged the other person with his elbow: "What happened? The video studio was being robbed, why didn't you go to help?"

After hearing this, Liang Zhichao finally raised his head with tears in his eyes.

"How do you know I didn't go to help?"

His eyes were black and bruised like a panda's, and he cried, "I said I was your boss and told them to get out of here immediately, but I got punched in the left eye."

Although it was miserable, it looked really funny.

When Zhai Yuan was hesitating whether he should laugh in this situation, Chen Jiale burst into laughter first.

"Where's the right eye?" he asked, pursing his lips tightly.

"Then if I get hit, of course I have to fight back."

Liang Zhichao's nose and tears were streaming down his face. He said aggrievedly, "So I went to the shit pit and scooped up a bag of shit, and then poured it on the guy who beat me on the street, and then it became like this."

After listening to this, Zhai Yuan finally couldn't help laughing out loud. This really sounded like Liang Zhichao's style.

"That person was merciful."

Zhai Yuan joked and thought to himself, if someone did this to me, I could chase him two miles with a knife.

After the joke, we still have to solve the problem at hand.

Zhai Yuan stood up, suppressed his smile, took out his brother's phone and dialed the number of Jinmaoping Theater.

"Hello, Manager Qian, this is Zhai Yuan. Would you mind talking? I'll be waiting for you at Sau Mau Ping Estate."

(End of this chapter)