novelraw Chapter 592 : Future Home
Chapter 592 : Future Home
Chapter 592: Future Home
Before the successful Olympic bid in 2001, the area where the Bird's Nest is located was just a small piece of land south of Wali Township. It included 6 natural villages with a total population of 23,000.
In fact, as early as 2002, the nearby villages had already completed their relocation work.
On December 24, 2003, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Bird's Nest officially took place.
So Chen Fan's visit this time was a bit late.
However, Chen Fan still wanted to visit this future landmark building of the capital.
Standing from afar, the Bird's Nest wasn't the controversial shape of the future, but only a small section of the steel structure at the lower level had been completed.
Various construction vehicles and workers wearing safety helmets were working bustling at the construction site.
But Chen Fan knew that the Bird's Nest would still go through a series of twists and turns, and wouldn't be fully completed until June 28, 2008.
At this moment, there was less than a month and a half left before the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
The female real estate agent beside him was still excitedly introducing to Chen Fan how spectacular the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube next to it would be in the future, and how enthusiastic and cooperative the old Beijing residents were for hosting the Olympics...
Chen Fan nodded and smiled from time to time to show he was listening.
However, his gaze was fixed on a construction site next to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube.
"What's that place over there?" Chen Fan asked, pointing to a building under construction almost right next to the Bird's Nest.
Before the agent could speak, Chen Fan suddenly realized.
Damn.
Isn't this the legendary Pangu Plaza?
However, the building was still under construction at the moment, and the majestic dragon head logo of the future couldn't be seen at all.
Chen Fan walked around casually, then told the agent that they were done for today and thanked her for her hard work.
The female agent, confirming that Chen Fan wasn't going to make a purchase, said goodbye and left by taxi.
Chen Fan then got in the car with Feng Pojun to leave.
"Old Feng, drive around the area for a bit."
"Alright."
Feng Pojun didn't say much, thinking the boss wanted to appreciate the scenery of the capital, so he slowly reduced the speed.
After driving for about 10 minutes, Chen Fan called for a stop.
"Let's get out and take a look."
Feng Pojun immediately stopped the car, then took out the crutch and got out to open the door for Chen Fan.
Chen Fan pointed to a nearby sales office and said, "Let's go inside and take a look."
Walking to the entrance of the sales office, Chen Fan glanced at the sign beside it.
"Shimao Olympic Garden Phase I Sales Office."
After staring at the sign for a couple of seconds, Chen Fan leaned on his crutch and walked in.
The lavishly decorated sales office was somewhat empty inside, with only a few beautifully dressed sales staff in uniforms and two elderly people wandering around, besides the salespeople.
Seeing customers coming in, several sales staff immediately scanned the two up and down with sharp eyes.
But soon their expressions turned somewhat disappointed.
One look at their dress, they were clearly not rich people.
Probably just came in to enjoy the air conditioning.
The female sales staff looked at each other, and finally a girl with an intern badge named Li Tongtongg came out.
"Hello gentlemen, are you here to view the apartments?"
She was talking to Feng Pojun, but soon realized she had made a mistake.
Because Feng Pojun took a step back, clearly indicating that the young man leaning on the crutch in front of her was the one in charge between the two.
Li Tongtong was a bit surprised.
But she quickly adjusted her mood and asked again.
"Sir, are you here to view the apartments?"
Chen Fan nodded, "Just looking around casually."
Hearing Chen Fan's tone, Li Tongtong's heart sank again.
She felt a bit depressed.
Not a local from the capital.
Probably just an out-of-towner on a business trip stopping by to broaden their horizons.
Seeing this female sales agent still not speaking, Chen Fan took the initiative to ask a question.
"Do you have floor plans for the apartments? Can you bring them out for me to take a look?"
Sigh.
Sighing inwardly, Li Tongtong still turned around to get a few for Chen Fan.
Anyway, she had nothing else to do, might as well pass the boring time.
Moreover, this young man looked... quite handsome actually.
Feng Pojun pulled over a chair from the side for Chen Fan to sit down.
Li Tongtong hesitated for a moment, but still turned to get two glasses of water for them.
"Thank you."
Chen Fan didn't even look up, lowering his head to focus on examining those floor plans.
Seeing Chen Fan looking carefully, Li Tongtong didn't disturb him and was about to turn back to continue chatting with her colleagues.
But just as she was about to turn around, Chen Fan spoke.
"Currently you only have Building 1 and Building 2 for Phase I?"
Seeing Chen Fan asking, Li Tongtong nodded.
"That's right. But we're only in the pre-sale stage now, the official launch of Phase I probably won't be until next year."
Chen Fan pulled out a sheet from the floor plans in his hand.
"The largest unit type is just 4 bedrooms and 2 living rooms?"
Li Tongtong nodded: "Yes, with an area of about 252 square meters."
"And all our apartments will be fully furnished, with all furniture imported from abroad. As an owner, you don't need to worry about anything, just move in with your luggage."
Chen Fan asked again: "The forest park is right next door, right?"
"Yes, our community is right next to the forest park."
Chen Fan lowered his head to look at the 4-bedroom 2-living room floor plan in his hand again.
After two seconds of silence, he suddenly asked: "What's the approximate selling price during this pre-sale stage?"
Gosh, you finally asked about the price.
Li Tongtong breathed a sigh of relief, thinking this guy was really unreliable.
Asking questions as soon as he came in, as if he was browsing a vegetable market.
"Our community is a high-end luxury community, definitely in the first tier of luxury communities even in the entire capital."
"Therefore, the price may be a little bit higher than other properties."
"Because it's the pre-sale stage now, the price enjoys some discounts. The 4-bedroom 2-living room apartment you're interested in, with an area of about 252 square meters, has an average price of around 10,000 yuan per square meter."
After saying this, Li Tongtong stared intently at Chen Fan's expression, wanting to see his shocked look.
But Chen Fan had no expression at all.
He just frowned, seemingly pondering something.
Damn, it's so cheap.
That's what Chen Fan was saying in his heart.
A 4-bedroom 2-living room apartment for just over 2.5 million yuan, plus parking space and other miscellaneous costs, even calculated at over 3 million yuan, it was still very cheap.
And more than 10 years later, just in this community, Shimao Olympic Garden, the average price of apartments would be over 80,000 yuan per square meter.
By then this apartment would be worth at least over 20 million yuan.
How many times has it increased in value?
Although it couldn't be compared with the appreciation rate of those large penthouses and villas he bought before, Chen Fan really liked this place.
Because he was planning that if his company needed to expand to the capital in the future, he and Ruochu would need a place to live.
Those villas and houses he bought before were not for living, but for waiting for appreciation.
Only this apartment Chen Fan was looking at now was what he truly liked.
In other words, Chen Fan was preparing a future home for himself and Ruochu in the capital.
The reason he chose this place was for several aspects.
First, the environment of this community was very good.
Especially the greening rate reached 55%, with various tropical landscape trees everywhere. The promotional page said that over 3,000 palm trees alone were planted.
The community had all kinds of facilities, and Chen Fan also knew that many celebrities and dignitaries would move into this community in the future.
There was also the forest park next door covering an area of over 13,000 mu.
It only took a 15-minute drive from here to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube.
Chen Fan was already planning, if in the future after Ruochu graduated and they got married and moved in, the scene of driving from home to watch the Olympic opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest.
If they had a baby by then, holding his beloved woman's hand with his left hand and hugging the baby with his right hand, what more could one ask for in life?
Buy it, must buy it!
Chen Fan made up his mind and directly pointed at the floor plan in his hand.
"I'll take this apartment."