I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

The next morning, Zhou Weiguo woke up from his sleep.

"Ding dong! Congratulations, host! You have successfully given He Yuzhu a highly positive lesson!"

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Zhou Weiguo complained helplessly, "Dude, you're late!"

The man replied weakly, "I masturbated too much last night..."

Joking about the amazing system, Zhou Weiguo packed up his documents and went out. He asked everyone he met along the way and finally found the neighborhood office.

As soon as Zhou Weiguo stepped into the neighborhood office, an elderly man was sitting in the gatehouse. Zhou Weiguo approached him politely and asked, "Sir, hello! I'd like to see Director Wang. Is she in?"

The old man sized up Zhou Weiguo's clothes and asked, "Who are you?"

Zhou Weiguo quickly produced a letter of introduction and explained, "I'm a student from Tsinghua University, and I'd like to consult with Director Wang about something."

Upon hearing that the person was a college student, the old man immediately stood up and became exceptionally polite: "Oh my! College students are quite something! Go up the stairs to the second floor over there, the first room on your left is Director Wang's office, she's in today, you should go quickly!"

Zhou Weiguo thanked the old man and went up to the second floor. He knocked gently on the door, and after hearing a response, he pushed the door open and entered.

In the office, a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties was sitting at her desk. Seeing someone enter, she smiled and asked, "Comrade, what can I do for you?"

Zhou Weiguo responded with a smile, "Director Wang, I'm Zhou Weiguo, a graduate student from Harbin Institute of Technology at Tsinghua University. I'm also the maternal uncle of He Yuzhu and He Yushui from Building 95. I'm here to handle the paperwork for the east wing of Building 95."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Director Wang's eyes. She was secretly astonished: what had this young man done to warrant an official letter from his superiors, just to allocate him a courtyard? The letter only briefly mentioned the allocation, without explaining the specific reasons. Although she maintained a polite smile, Director Wang was already beginning to speculate about the background of this young man.

She quickly stood up and said warmly, "So it's for the country! I know about this. The higher-ups have issued an official letter to allocate 360 ​​square meters of the east wing of No. 95 courtyard to you so you can build your own house. I just need to cooperate with the approval process. However..."

Zhou Weiguo sensed the hidden meaning in her words and said directly, "Director Wang, please speak plainly."

Seeing his straightforwardness, Director Wang said, "Weiguo, you may not know much about Beijing since you've just arrived. Housing is extremely scarce here. We've already made plans to build our own east wing and rent it out to the people, but our Xia Kingdom is still in its early stages, and we need money everywhere. The street office hasn't been able to raise the funds. Now I have two plans for you to consider."

The first option is for you to designate 360 ​​square meters of land in the east courtyard. I will handle all the paperwork, and that will become your private property, having nothing to do with us.

The second option is that I will allocate the entire 1,600-square-meter east courtyard to you as your private property, and you can then spend your own money to build a house on this land. After completion, apart from the portion you live in, the remaining properties will be handed over to the neighborhood committee for unified allocation. Every year, the neighborhood committee will collect the rent, and after deducting maintenance costs, the remainder will be returned to you.

Which of these two options would you prefer to consider? To be honest, the neighborhood committee doesn't have the money to build houses for the residents, but seeing that everyone is short-handed, I came up with this solution. Although the new housing reform policy has been issued, it won't be implemented until next month, and it will be much more complicated to process things then. Oh, by the way, the official letter states that your house is a reward for meritorious service and not covered by the housing reform policy, so you don't need to worry.

Zhou Weiguo was secretly delighted. Such a good thing! He could find a plot of land, build a house, and then the land would be his? He could even collect rent from the house? It was incredible! He suppressed his wild thoughts and said, "Director Wang, I have no objection to the second plan, but you need to give me a rough estimate of the cost. I'm just a little curious, how can you be so sure I have the financial capacity to build such a large area of ​​housing?"

Director Wang smiled wryly, "To be honest, the neighborhood committee has wanted to develop this wasteland for a long time. It's a stinking garden inside, and the neighbors often complain, but the neighborhood committee hasn't been able to raise the funds for years, and there's been no support from higher authorities. Just then, an official letter came in saying that part of this land was awarded to you. If the higher authorities are awarding you such a large yard, they can't possibly not consider whether you have the funds to build a house. Besides, in this day and age, if you're awarded such a large yard for meritorious service, there must be some financial reward. Such meritorious service is usually only awarded on the battlefield or as a special reward for senior technical personnel. Plus, you're a top student from Harbin Institute of Technology to Tsinghua University, so I had a general idea of ​​what to do. I thought I'd give it a try, whether it works or not is another matter."

Zhou Weiguo smiled bitterly to himself. Sure enough, one should not underestimate anyone. Those who can become directors of the subdistrict offices are all shrewd people. They were able to guess his situation almost perfectly based on their analysis alone.

"Director Wang, I roughly understand what you're saying. Could you please tell me approximately how much it will cost? Otherwise, I'm not sure what to expect."

Director Wang pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Actually, we've done some estimations on this land before. Dividing the entire east courtyard into three smaller courtyards would cost around 2500 yuan per square meter. We'd need to build more than twenty rooms in total. This is because labor costs are low now; a large portion of that 2,000 yuan is for materials."

After hearing the cost estimate, Zhou Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief; it was much less than he had expected. With his current financial situation and the confidence boosted by the system's rewards, he could easily afford it. He immediately decided, "Director Wang, I choose the second option, but I have two requirements."

Firstly, apart from the house I live in, the other houses can be handed over to the subdistrict office for unified allocation to tenants. I only sign a 20-year agreement with the subdistrict office. After 20 years, I have the right to take back the house and dispose of it myself. The subdistrict office must also be responsible for evicting the tenants!

Secondly, the entire east courtyard is my private property, and the street office must keep my personal information confidential. Aside from the paperwork and filings you provide, ideally only you or the future director of the street office should know about this.

Director Wang smiled with relief: "Alright, alright, it's nothing, I promise! Don't call me Director Wang anymore, just call me Aunt Wang from now on. Aunt Wang really owes you a favor this time. I know this money is quite a lot, I'll have someone send it to you as soon as the first rent payment comes in. I won't let anyone deduct a single penny from the rent for the first two years, and after deducting the repair costs from the rent for the remaining years, I'll send it to you as well."

Subsequently, Zhou Weiguo signed a series of documents with Director Wang. When he came out of the subdistrict office, he had a stack of documents in his hand, including Zhou Weiguo's household registration documents, grain ration certificate, and property ownership certificate.

In addition, he had two keys in his pocket: one was the key to the main gate of the east courtyard, and the other was the key from the passageway between the central courtyard and the east courtyard of No. 95.

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