Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

When the sales manager saw Du Shaojie coming back so soon, his face was as bright as a flower.

There was nothing much to say, this was a high-quality customer. After consulting with the sales manager, he immediately waived Du Shaojie's property management fee for one year.

The entire community project was carried out in stages, and several buildings have been completed. Du Shaojie bought a ready-made house. Of course, there is no such thing as pre-sale houses now, and selling pre-sale houses will be a matter of many years in the future.

Du Shaojie paid the money and got the key to Room 301, Unit , Building . The sales manager escorted them to the gate of the community.

"Take care, Mr. Du! I'll notify you as soon as the property certificate comes out."

Before Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin left Donghu New Village, they consulted the sales manager and asked where to find someone to do the decoration.

It’s not that he is impatient, but mainly because Lao Zheng hasn’t come back yet and he and Liang Meiqin have nothing to do.

After walking for about 10 minutes, Du Shaojie found a group of men who were smoking and chatting. These people were the contractors for the renovation. He found two who looked pleasing to his eyes and took them to the newly bought house.

Liang Meiqin bargained with the other party and finally agreed on the price for the whole package.

Today's decoration is not that complicated at all. It can be done in a few days by smoothing the floor and painting the walls white.

"Boss, please give us some money. We won't run away."

Du Shaojie refused to give the advance payment, and the two workers kept pestering him.

"You guys buy the materials tomorrow, and I'll pay you half of the money when the project is halfway done. Once it's all done and there's no problem, I'll pay you the remaining half right away. Just tell me whether you want to do it or not. If not, I'll find someone else right away."

Du Shaojie was a little annoyed, but the two men gave up and promised to do a great job.

The next morning, he and Liang Meiqin went to take a look and found that the two workers had indeed bought the materials and had already started work.

Then the two went to find Uncle Chai and finally met Lao Zheng.

"Look at my yard. It's spacious enough. The area of ​​the three floors combined is 300 square meters. Although the storefront is not big, the location is good. With your cooking skills, Chef Du, you will definitely make money."

Old Zheng is in his forties and has a terrible amount of hair, but he is eloquent.

He asked for 8 yuan for the yard and 3 yuan for the storefront, which was definitely a high price.

Lao Zheng's house is not comparable to the "Donghu New Village". The houses in Donghu New Village are luxury houses nowadays. They cost 700 yuan per square meter, while his house is considered expensive at 200 yuan per square meter.

The current housing construction cost is between 100 and 150 yuan per square meter. The total cost of Lao Zheng’s three-story building will not exceed 3.5 yuan.

Including the yard, the entire house is estimated to be worth around 5 yuan.

Even with a premium, it's worth 6 yuan at most. Not counting the kitchen, the storefront is only about 30 square meters, so 2 yuan is the limit.

Therefore, the price Du Shaojie can accept is between 7 and 8 yuan.

In his previous life, he had seen many posts on the Internet saying that in the early 80s, a courtyard in Beijing could be bought for 2000 yuan.

He didn't know what the yard people were talking about looked like, but for example, the yard of Old Zheng's family was much more than that, almost 30 times more.

Of course, there are certain differences in housing prices between the two places, so we cannot generalize.

"Uncle Zheng, you are not sincere when you say that, right? You know best how much your shop and house are worth. So, I'll pay 6 yuan for the shop and the house. OK, I'll buy it."

"6 yuan is too little. It only takes a few minutes for you, Chef Du, to make money. We are all acquaintances. Please give me an even number. How about 10 yuan?"

The two men exchanged sharp words and bargained.

Uncle Chai was chatting with Liang Meiqin. Uncle Chai didn't know what to say, but he pouted from time to time, which actually showed that he was a little dissatisfied with Lao Zheng.

After all, it was he who introduced Du Shaojie to buy the house, so why did Lao Zheng just charge him so much?
Later, Du Shaojie raised it to 6, and Lao Zheng reduced it to 5. From this point, it can be seen that Lao Zheng was actually more anxious than Du Shaojie.

In this kind of situation, whoever is impatient will lose. In the end, Du Shaojie successfully bought the house and storefront for 7 yuan.

The two parties first signed a contract, and Du Shaojie paid a deposit of 1000 yuan to the other party.

There are still a lot of procedures to go through, which is very troublesome. Du Shaojie has to wait until the transfer is completed before paying the full amount.

night.

Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin invited Dr. Wu to dinner, and both the guests and the host enjoyed themselves very much.

The next step is to wait for Lao Zheng to go and handle the formalities. He will only make a trip when Du Shaojie is needed.

Taking advantage of the relatively free time, Du Shaojie went to visit Director Luo.

When Director Luo heard that Du Shaojie had bought another yard and a shop in Yangcheng, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

It takes a very persistent person to do this. He owns one property after another. Isn't he afraid that the policy will change and he will lose all of them?
But it's hard to say this, he could only complain in his heart.

"Xiao Du, I'll ask about the transfer of the property rights for you. Just get it done quickly. Also, I heard about Miqin's situation from Xiao Cai. Let's see where she wants to develop.

If you want to go to Shenzhen, go find Xiao Cai, she will make all the arrangements. If you want to stay in Guangzhou, tell me and I will make the arrangements. "

It is said that Director Luo does not have much real power, but it depends on who he is compared with.

He can solve ordinary small matters with just one phone call.

"Thank you, Director Luo! I'll talk to her later and see what she decides. It's getting late, I'll go back first. When I'm free in a few days, I'll cook some of your favorite dishes." Du Shaojie was only paying a courtesy visit today, and he said goodbye after sitting for an hour.

Director Luo nodded and walked the other person to the door.

When Du Shaojie returned to the hotel, it was already dark, so he took Liang Meiqin to the night market and solved the problem of dinner.

The next morning, Director Luo called the hotel and said that he had contacted someone for him and gave him a name and phone number, telling him to go directly to that person to do the work.

Du Shaojie expressed his gratitude again and again, and then went with Lao Zheng to handle the formalities.

With the help of acquaintances, the transfer was handled very quickly and all the procedures were completed within one day.

Du Shaojie paid the balance, and Lao Zheng immediately handed him the key to the shop. The house still needed to be cleaned up, and it would be vacant in three days, and then the house could be handed over.

After working hard for more than a week, I finally finished these chores.

"Mikoto, are you bored?"

“It’s not boring. I think it’s quite interesting.”

Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin were cleaning the storefront. The kitchen facilities were basically all there, and if there were any deficiencies, they could just buy some later. The tables, chairs, and benches in the front were quite worn out, so they were all sold as junk to someone who collected old furniture.

They ordered new tables, chairs, benches, and some kitchen utensils for the kitchen yesterday, which will be delivered soon.

"Ajie, you can just hire two people to do this kind of work. Why do you have to do it yourself? Have you cleaned up Lao Zheng's house? Do you want me to call a few people to help you?"

The delivery man and Uncle Chai walked in one after the other. Uncle Chai looked at Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin, who were sweating profusely, and couldn't help shaking his head.

Du Shaojie didn't care about it. What's the harm in contributing a little? It's not like he can't do it.

"Uncle Chai, thank you for your kindness. I need to repaint Uncle Zheng's house, and the workers have arrived early in the morning. I'll contact you again when I need help after everything is done."

"Yeah, the store is almost done, right? When are you opening?"

Uncle Chai nodded, and then urged Du Shaojie to open the business.

Du Shaojie was a little bit amused and helpless. He had a lot of things to do recently and would be busy arranging Liang Meiqin's work next. He didn't have the time to spend in the store every day.

"Let's talk about it in a few days, until I finish what I'm doing. Uncle Chai, just tell me what you want to eat, and I can make some when I have time."

Uncle Chai is a nice guy, and Du Shaojie is also willing to have a good relationship with him.

"Haha, that's what you said. Why don't you make some [Boiled Chicken] or [Roast Duck] when you have time? We are so eager to see them. If you really don't have time, you can just stir-fry some beef noodles."

"Uncle Chai, since you asked me to do so, how can I not do it? Come over tomorrow at noon, I guarantee there will be something delicious."

Du Shaojie waited for Uncle Chai to leave, and continued to clean up the store with Liang Meiqin.

There was no way to cook today, so the two of them went to buy various seasonings and then went to a restaurant for lunch. After dinner, they went to look around the newly bought house. The two people who were in charge of the renovation project were still the two people who did the decoration for Donghu New Village.

The two men did a great job and their price was reasonable, so after the renovation of Donghu New Village was completed, we let them continue.

The two went to buy new furniture, home appliances and daily necessities in the afternoon, and then delivered them to their new home in Donghu New Village. The house is more than 90 square meters, with three bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen.

A few days ago, Wang Yuxiu remitted 20 yuan to Du Shaojie in several installments, so he was not short of money.

"After cleaning it up like this, it looks pretty good."

As night fell, Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin admired the fruits of their labor in the house.

Although it is not luxurious, it is clean and tidy and very comfortable to look at.

The furniture is basically all there, but there are not many kinds of electrical appliances, including a Wanbao refrigerator, a 14-inch Panda brand black-and-white TV, and three electric fans.

Du Shaojie looked at Liang Meiqin's expectant eyes and said with a smile, "Check out of the hotel tomorrow and move in here."

Liang Meiqin nodded vigorously. If they were in the old street, she would be embarrassed to live under the same roof with Du Shaojie. After all, many people knew them and she was afraid of attracting criticism.

But in Donghu New Village, no one knows each other, so she doesn't feel any psychological pressure at all.

At this time, someone knocked on the door. Du Shaojie opened the door and saw that it was the property management who delivered the gas tank. This was a gift when buying a house, and the gas supply book was also delivered.

The city has invested some money in its first commercial housing estate.

Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin then left Donghu New Village and took a bus back to the hotel. The two places are not far apart, and the bus takes nearly 20 minutes to drive, so the transportation is quite convenient.

"Miqin, have you thought about it? Do you want to stay in Yangcheng or go to Shenzhen?"

Du Shaojie's mission this time has been basically accomplished, and the next issue is how to settle Liang Meiqin.

He asked casually during dinner.

"Are you going back?"

Liang Meiqin was stunned and answered irrelevantly. (End of this chapter)