novelraw Chapter 591 : Buying a House is No Different from Buying Vegetables
Chapter 591 : Buying a House is No Different from Buying Vegetables
Chapter 591: Buying a House is No Different from Buying Vegetables
After driving around the Communication University area, Chen Fan actually discovered quite a few housing developments for sale.
He first had Feng Pojun park the car and went to a roadside newsstand to buy a map of Beijing. Then Chen Fan studied the map for a while.
Finally, he chose Dingfuzhuang West Village No. 1 Courtyard as the target for purchasing a house.
This location wasn't particularly prosperous, but it was only about 500-600 meters away from the Communication University.
The community was built in 1998, located between the 5th and 6th Ring Roads, with housing prices at only around 2,000 yuan per square meter.
In 2004, the housing prices in Haidian District were only about 5,000 yuan, Chaoyang District was 4,600 yuan, and even Sanlitun was only 5,500 yuan on average.
At this price, what else was there to say? What's the difference from getting it for free?
Chen Fan decisively chose a two-bedroom apartment, securing it for 250,000 yuan. The owner even threw in a storage room and a parking space.
Paying the deposit, signing the purchase contract, and then agreeing with the owner to go to the Housing Administration Bureau in a few days to sign the transfer procedures.
The entire process was completed in less than an hour.
For Chen Fan, who currently had several hundred million in cash flow, it was indeed not worth mentioning.
However, over the next two days, Chen Fan fully proved that buying a house was no different from buying vegetables.
The house in Dingfuzhuang was a bit out of the way, and the future appreciation potential wasn't very high, but Chen Fan didn't care.
The reason he bought this house was for his girlfriend, Su Ruochu.
He had visited Su Ruochu's dormitory, and the space was really too small.
Su Ruochu still had to study there for three years, so buying a house and giving it to her, even if she didn't live there often, coming to relax for a couple of days occasionally would make it worthwhile.
Of course, in the future, when Chen Fan often came to see his wife, it would also serve as a place to stay.
After buying this house, Chen Fan took out the Beijing map and continued his house-hunting journey.
However, this time he didn't focus on properties outside the 5th Ring Road, he only looked at houses inside the 4th Ring Road.
To save time, Chen Fan directly had Feng Pojun take him to a real estate agency, found an agent, and had them drive him around Beijing.
After all, he was an outsider, and even with two lifetimes of experience, his understanding of Beijing's housing market wasn't as good as a professional agent's.
At first, seeing that Chen Fan was from out of town and so young, the female agent couldn't quite gauge him.
But after Chen Fan specifically requested to only look at large flats and small villas, this agent with beautiful long legs had a sudden realization, thinking she might have struck gold.
Sure enough, in one afternoon, she took Chen Fan to tour four communities.
At the fourth community, Chen Fan took a liking to one of the large flat villas.
He reached out with a pen and circled it on the brochure.
"I'll take this one."
The female agent was visibly stunned.
"Sir... you mean you want to buy this house?"
"Yes."
"Are you... planning to get a mortgage or pay in full?"
Chen Fan asked, "If I pay in full, will the procedures be faster?"
The female agent nodded, "A bit faster, but the difference isn't particularly significant."
Chen Fan suddenly changed his mind.
"Then let's go with a mortgage. This is the one."
He had cash flow in hand, there was no need to pay in full. He could invest the saved money in the stock market or other businesses.
The female agent's heart skipped a beat.
She had guessed she was going to get lucky today, but she didn't expect such a big windfall.
She knew that if Chen Fan bought this house, the commission she would receive was no small sum.
Chen Fan thought for a moment and asked again, "I can't stay in Beijing all the time. If there are procedures to be handled, can I entrust your agency to handle them?"
The female agent nodded excitedly.
"Of course, no problem."
"Alright then. I have no other questions. We can go pay the deposit now."
"Certainly, sir. Please follow me."
The female agent's voice was almost floating with excitement.
At first, she saw Chen Fan dressed ordinarily, looking unremarkable.
But who would have thought, he casually bought a flat villa.
The whole process took less than an hour.
This is what you call a successful person, this is exactly what a successful person is like.
Looking at Chen Fan again, she found him increasingly handsome and attractive.
She wondered if this handsome guy had a girlfriend.
Even if he had a girlfriend, it wouldn't matter. He's so young, at the peak of his vigor, surely having a mistress on the side shouldn't be a problem, right?
Damn, what am I thinking?
After completing the procedures, the female agent's attitude towards Chen Fan became increasingly respectful, even her tone of voice became more coquettish.
Unfortunately, Chen Fan only had eyes for the houses and didn't give her a second glance.
In the evening, when dining with Su Ruochu, Chen Fan didn't tell her about buying the house.
He planned to give her a surprise in a few days when all the procedures were completed and he got the keys.
The next day, Su Ruochu returned to school for classes from the hotel, and Chen Fan continued house hunting with that female agent.
He was returning to Yunhai tomorrow, so Chen Fan's house-viewing pace noticeably quickened.
By the end of the day, Chen Fan had bought another 6 villas and 8 apartments, all located between the 3rd and 2nd Ring Roads.
The female agent was completely stunned.
She had never seen someone buy houses like they were shopping at a vegetable market.
She had heard senior colleagues talk about coal bosses from the Northwest buying houses by the block, but those were all 40-50 year old pot-bellied old men.
This was the first time she had seen a young man buy houses like this.
In the end, the female agent's eyes were practically shooting stars when looking at Chen Fan.
Now, forget about being kept as a mistress, if Chen Fan invited her back to the hotel tonight and something happened, she felt she definitely wouldn't refuse.
Unfortunately, even on the way back after viewing the houses, Chen Fan's attitude towards her remained strictly professional.
This left the female agent quite disappointed.
She had wasted two hours carefully applying makeup today.
Sitting in the car, Chen Fan lowered his head to look at the map.
To be honest, all these villas and houses he bought today weren't for living in.
His point in buying houses was just one thing: location.
As long as the location was good and had potential for appreciation in the future, he would buy it.
Buy them and hold onto them for ten or twenty years, then sell them off and just wait to count the money.
However, Chen Fan didn't just buy indiscriminately. In his view, buying a dozen or so properties was enough.
There was no need to invest all his money into it.
Especially since before coming, he had planned to buy a siheyuan courtyard house, but now thinking about it, there was no need at all.
With the money for buying a siheyuan, he could directly invest in the stock market or invest in internet companies, which would also bring huge profits, and in less time.
"That should be enough."
Chen Fan muttered softly, raising his hand to put away the map in his hand.
His gaze swept out the car window.
Looking at the somewhat familiar yet strange street scene before him, Chen Fan suddenly asked casually.
"What was that we just passed..."
The female agent in the back seat finally had a chance to speak.
"Sir, what we just passed was the Beiding Niangniang Temple. It's a great place in our Beijing. Legend has it that this temple is very efficacious."
Chen Fan suddenly froze.
"Old Feng, turn back. I suddenly remembered, let's go look at the houses near here again."
Feng Pojun didn't say a word, immediately making a U-turn at the next intersection.
The female agent immediately got excited, chattering away about the legend of the Niangniang Temple to Chen Fan.
Little did she know that Chen Fan had absolutely no interest in this Niangniang Temple.
The reason he was so sensitive was because he remembered.
This area near the Niangniang Temple would all be demolished in the future.
And in a few years, the most famous building standing here would be called: the Bird's Nest!