Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 82

“Ding, you know what? I just heard some shocking news!” Qian Zhiyuan exclaimed.

Manager Ding glanced at Qian Zhiyuan indifferently, uninterested in the so-called “shocking news.”

Knowing Ding’s personality, Qian Zhiyuan wasn’t deterred. He continued with a dramatic expression, “Lin Mengting actually bought a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment in the community next to our company!”

“What’s so shocking about that?” Manager Ding didn’t even bother to lift his eyelids. Over the past year, almost every salesperson in the company had bought a house, and both he and Qian Zhiyuan had bought two each.

“But did you know Lin Mengting chose a down payment of only 20%, a twenty-year repayment plan, and a monthly mortgage of four thousand yuan?” Qian Zhiyuan slowly dropped this bombshell. When he first heard the news, he was equally shocked and incredulous.

If he hadn’t been reborn and knew the future development of the real estate market, knowing that in a few years, the industry would boom, he wouldn’t have dared to buy two houses at once and plan to keep buying more.

But even so, he couldn’t imagine committing to a four-thousand-yuan monthly mortgage for just one house.

Yet, a young girl like Lin Mengting had the audacity to make such a decision!

“What?!” Manager Ding was also stunned. However, having lived decades longer and been seasoned by years in the workforce, he quickly understood Lin Mengting’s intentions and couldn’t help but praise, “I didn’t expect such a young girl to have such vision, courage, and audacity!”

“Exactly! If young girls can make such decisions, we can’t be outdone, right?” Qian Zhiyuan said, trying to persuade Manager Ding to buy a house in the same community.

“I went to see the community. It’s indeed good, with a nice environment, a large park, and shopping malls nearby. There’s also an adult education college and elementary and middle schools, making it convenient for children’s education and saving a lot of commuting time.”

Qian Zhiyuan spoke eloquently, his words subtly urging Manager Ding to buy a house in Shuxiangyuan community.

“Even if you’re worried about not being able to afford three houses with your monthly salary, you can apply to the company for an advance on your salary and funds, increasing the down payment by 10%. This way, the monthly mortgage will only be one or two thousand yuan, and with the mortgages on your other two houses, the total monthly payment won’t exceed five thousand yuan. Or, you can rent out the house. Although the rent might not cover the mortgage completely, it can offset most of the payment. Later, when you want to live there, you can just take the house back.”

Does Qian Zhiyuan, the “reborn one,” really have such good intentions to help Manager Ding, his “partner”? No way! It’s just because Manager Ding has a particularly good relationship with the old-fashioned finance director and, as a mid-level manager, has a voice with the higher-ups. Having Manager Ding be the “first to eat the crab” would prevent him, an ordinary salesperson, from standing out and having his application rejected by the finance director who always looks down on him.

If such a thing happened, no matter how he explained it, he would become the laughingstock of the company’s high-level circles.

Manager Ding was tempted but still hesitated.

This wasn’t a small decision!

If he made this choice, he would have to cut back on his living expenses and couldn’t spend as freely as before.

A man without money can’t go to many places, missing out on opportunities to expand his social circle, meet more friends, and gain the support and help of more benefactors.

“Ding, you’re not usually such a hesitant person. Is it really so hard to make this decision?” Qian Zhiyuan patted Manager Ding’s shoulder and made the decision himself. “After work, let’s go check it out. If it’s good, we’ll sign the contract together.”

Saying this, Qian Zhiyuan paused, looked at Manager Ding meaningfully, and added, “You’ll thank me later.”

In any era, houses are the most secure investment and the most worthwhile.

Thinking about selling any house for millions a decade later, experiencing the thrill of overnight wealth and becoming a billionaire, made Qian Zhiyuan laugh uncontrollably.

Of course, in reality, if he could, Qian Zhiyuan wouldn’t want to focus so much on houses. Even knowing these “cabbage-priced” houses now would become “gold” or “diamonds” in the future, without capital, everything was just a pipe dream!

If it weren’t for Lin Mengting’s house purchase reminding him of another “get-rich” opportunity, he might have put all his energy into competing with Lin Mengting out of spite.

That would be “putting the cart before the horse” and wasting the “golden finger” heaven gave him!

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Here’s a story related to houses

Someone once sold their house worth millions to start a business. After more than ten years of hard work and competition in the business world, they bought the house back.

The price difference between the sale and repurchase was nearly ten million.

It was as if they had wasted those ten-plus years!

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So, without Lin Mengting knowing, most of the owners in Shuxiangyuan community became her colleagues. In some ways, Shuxiangyuan turned into a “dormitory” for Hongxing Company.

Years later, those who followed the “buying house” trend initiated by Lin Mengting and egged on by Qian Zhiyuan would sincerely thank them.

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But that’s a story for another time.