Chapter 676
: Rich and Powerful Zhu Jiewen
When Zhu Jiewen heard Xu Bo'an's provocative words, he really felt uncomfortable.
It's not about the money, but about the reputation. It seems that I have to buy this house today. Anyway, I like the houses here very much. I will treat it as a new house for my future marriage.
Although the money I have saved is not enough to pay the down payment of the house, it is more than enough to pay a deposit. As for the down payment of the house, I can find someone to help me make up the money. The monthly payment in the next year will be nearly 300,000 yuan. Although it seems a lot now, it is actually not completely nothing.
Some time ago, my family's three most worthless old houses in the suburban village were bought by some idiot. I heard from my parents that they are going to sell them soon, and they just need to go through the paperwork. If we add up all the miscellaneous money, we can probably get nearly two million yuan by then.
In this case, the pressure isn't that great.
If I can get this house right now and leave a good impression on my white moonlight goddess Su Jie, maybe I can pursue Su Jie.
Marrying a beautiful woman and living in a mansion, those days would be so carefree!
Thinking of this beautiful future, Zhu Jiewen gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
Zhu Jiewen first glanced at Xu Bo'an with contempt, and then pretended to be nonchalant and said to Tong Xiaojian: "Master Tong, right? I really like the house here, and I decided to book it today. As for the deposit, how much do you think is appropriate?"
When Tong Xiaojian heard Zhu Jiewen's words, he was so happy that he went straight to the top of his head. His luck today was simply against the sky. In just a short while, the same customer actually ordered two houses from him directly. Especially this large flat, the commission was very high. This overwhelming wealth was really too sudden.
Before Tong Xiaojian opened his mouth, Xu Bo'an smiled and said, "Oh, Dr. Su, your classmate is very capable. He bought a house just like buying vegetables at the market. He actually booked two houses in one day. I am really envious and jealous! Don't you think so, Su Jie?"
Su Jie smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, I am also very envious and jealous."
When Zhu Jiewen heard Su Jie's words, although his heart was bleeding for booking two houses in one day, he still put on a forced smile so that no one could notice it, and said to Su Jie calmly: "Su Jie, you are too kind. With your ability, you can reach my current level in a few years."
Tong Xiaojian suppressed his excitement at this moment and said to Zhu Jiewen: "Mr. Zhu, you are really the most straightforward customer I have ever met. Top students are really extraordinary!"
Seeing that Zhu Jiewen had decided to buy the house, Xu Bo'an said to Zhu Jiewen in a fake tone: "Mr. Zhu, you are indeed very wealthy!"
When Zhu Jiewen heard the praises from several people, he was so happy that his tail almost reached the sky. Although he had spent a lot of money today, he could make the goddess Su Jie look at him with respect and he could step on Xu Bo'an under her feet, so his money was not wasted. Not to mention, it felt pretty good.
Zhu Jiewen glanced at Xu Bo'an and ignored him. Then they followed him into the sales office. They came out only after Tong Xiaojian and Zhu Jiewen completed the deposit payment procedures.
After buying the mansion, Zhu Jiewen felt that he had regained his confidence and invited Su Jie again, saying, "Come to our company. In a few years, you can be like me."
Zhu Jiewen invited Su Jie again at the right time. If Su Jie could work in his company, it would be only a matter of time for him to win the heart of the goddess. After all, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first!
At first, when Zhu Jiewen told Su Jie about working in his company, Su Jie was still a little resistant. After all, an annual salary of two or three hundred thousand was not very high for her as a PhD graduate. But after seeing that Zhu Jiewen actually booked two houses in one day, Su Jie's heart began to waver. Could it be that Zhu Jiewen was very popular in the company, or was two or three hundred thousand just a guaranteed salary, and there were other bonuses at the end of the year?
If this is what you think, then you can go and have a look. After all, it is nice to have someone you know to take care of you when you go there.
Thinking of this, Su Jie readily accepted Zhu Jiewen's invitation and said, "Okay, then take me to see it later!"
Zhu Jiewen was very happy to hear that the goddess agreed to his request, and said, "Then let's drive there together!"
Tong Xiaojian said to Xu Bo'an, "Old Xu, I'm done with my work today, so let's go directly to the Government Affairs Center!"
Xu Boan said: "Okay."
Zhu Jiewen heard the conversation between the two, looked at Xu Boan, smiled contemptuously and said, "Mr. Xu, what a coincidence! Are you going to buy a house too?"
Xu Bo'an said: "You really guessed it right."
Zhu Jiewen said: "I wonder where you want to buy a house?"
Xu Boan told the truth: "It's a house in the suburbs. I heard it was the family quarters of factories and mines from other places. It was called 'Taiyue Steel Quarter'."
As soon as Xu Bo'an finished speaking, Zhu Jiewen couldn't help laughing out loud, and his tears were about to flow out. He laughed and said, "Hahaha, no way, Mr. Xu, why would you buy a house there? The houses there are the least valuable houses in the whole Jiangcheng City. They are the first batch built. They are more than 30 years old, older than you. Why did you think of buying a house there?"
The reason why Zhu Jiewen said this is because his parents were employees of Taiyue Steel in the early days, and he grew up there since he was a child. He knows what it is like there very well.
Looking back on my childhood, Taiyue Steel was a "hot commodity" that people in Jiangcheng were scrambling to get into. As the top state-owned enterprise in Jiangzhou City, it not only had an extremely stable employment environment, but also very generous welfare benefits. Under the social background at that time, Taiyue Steel was undoubtedly the most ideal "iron rice bowl" in people's minds.
However, with the continuous development of society, various new types of enterprises have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, the industry structure has undergone earth-shaking changes, more factories have been established one after another, and market competition has become increasingly fierce.
In such an environment, the once glorious Taiyue Steel gradually lost its former advantages, its market share was constantly squeezed, its operating conditions deteriorated, and it eventually slowly withdrew from the stage of history.
The factory no longer exists, and all the employees of Taiyue Steel were laid off. Zhu Jiewen's originally good living conditions plummeted during that period. His parents had no choice but to run around looking for new jobs to support the family. Since then, it took a long time for their family to slowly recover from the blow, and their lives gradually got back on track. After the closure of Taiyue Steel, the housing prices there plummeted. In addition, after so many years, the houses there have long been dilapidated. The people who still live there are either the elderly, the weak, the disabled, or those with very poor economic conditions. The rest have moved away long ago. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a "slum".
It's just that recently some blind guy wanted to buy the houses there in batches, so they decided to sell the house, otherwise it would be a waste of money in a few years.
Zhu Jiewen didn't expect that Xu Bo'an in front of him actually wanted to buy the house there. It turns out that there are so many fools in this world!
After Zhu Jiewen finished speaking, he did not forget to step on Xu Bo'an and continued, "Oh? I see, you want to buy cheap houses there. A house there only costs more than 100,000 yuan. The two houses I bought today are enough to buy dozens of houses there!"
When Tong Xiaojian heard Zhu Jiewen say this, he was about to open his mouth to explain for Xu Bo'an. After Xu Bo'an saw it, he gently pulled Tong Xiaojian's arm, and Tong Xiaojian swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Xu Boan is now very wealthy and doesn't take Zhu Jiewen's ridicule to heart at all. It's like when you have a car, you will be very calm even when riding an electric bike, but if you only have an electric bike to ride, you will always feel a little uncomfortable.
How does the saying go? Not wanting to eat and not being able to eat, although the results are the same, they are two completely different mentalities.
What's more, Xu Boan saw that Zhu Jiewen's behavior of buying a house just now was to show off in front of them. Just now, Xu Boan quietly activated the Fortune Divination Sutra and simply predicted that Zhu Jiewen's life in the next few years would not be easy.
Xu Bo'an didn't seem angry at all, and said to Zhu Wenjie calmly, "You don't need to worry about where I live. I think you should worry more about yourself! It's not easy to make money in the next few years."
After hearing what Xu Bo'an said, Zhu Jiewen said unhappily: "I'm telling you out of kindness that the house there is not very good, but you don't appreciate it. So, do as you please!"
There was no need for Xu Boan to pay any more attention to someone like Zhu Jiewen. Anyway, his goal today had been achieved. Not only did Tong Xiaojian make a lot of money in agency fees, but Zhu Jiewen also paid an unbearable amount of real money. Although it was not obvious now, he would definitely regret his decision today in the future. This was also the price he paid for his momentary success.
After Zhu Jiewen finished speaking, he turned to Su Jie and said, "Su Jie, now I will take you to visit our company!"
After Su Jie said "hmm", she briefly greeted Xu Bo'an and Tong Xiaojian, and then they separated.
Zhu Jiewen, who was with Su Jie, was very happy, as if he was a winner, and took Su Jie to where he parked the car.
Xu Boan and Tong Xiaojian also went to look for their cars. After a while, Xu Boan walked to his parking space. Just as he was about to take out the car keys, he heard a car horn. Xu Boan turned around and saw that the person sitting in the driver's seat was Zhu Jiewen.
Zhu Jiewen looked at Xu Bo'an with a smug smile on his face and said, "Mr. Xu, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into him while picking up the car!"
Xu Bo'an said calmly: "It's quite a coincidence!"
Zhu Jiewen said with a hint of boasting: "Since we are so destined to meet, I will wait for Mr. Xu, and we will drive out together."
Xu Boan chuckled and said, "You're welcome then."
The reason why Zhu Jiewen said this was not out of kindness and wanting to wait for Xu Boan, but because he concluded that for someone like Xu Boan who bought a "slum" house, the car he drove could not be a good car.
He drives a BMW, which costs RMB 350,000. The price of the car alone is enough for Xu Boan to buy two houses. Moreover, the subsequent maintenance and upkeep are not at the same level as his high-end car. Zhu Jiewen does not want to miss the opportunity to harm Xu Boan.
After Xu Boan took the car key and pressed the unlock button, his big red pickup truck began to honk rhythmically and the headlights came on. Then Xu Boan sat in the driver's seat in a very cool manner.
At this time, Zhu Jiewen was staring at Xu Boan intently. When he heard the horn of the big red pickup truck, he didn't take it seriously at all, because the price of that big pickup truck would be at least hundreds of thousands. People like Xu Boan who bought a "slum" house would never be able to own such a car.
Just when he thought it was someone else's car, he saw Xu Boan already sitting in the driver's seat. He really wanted to remind Xu Boan that he had gotten into the wrong car.
But before he could say anything, Xu Bo'an had already started the car and drove away in his big red pickup truck. Zhu Jiewen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, smelled the exhaust fumes with an expression of disbelief on his face.
At this moment, he was extremely angry and wanted to yell at her, but considering that Su Jie was still sitting in the car, he had to remain modest and gentlemanly. He couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Damn it, I sold everything I had to buy a house just to step on him, but I didn't expect that the car he drove was worth nearly a million."
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He unconsciously gripped the steering wheel tighter and tighter, his knuckles turning white from the excessive force.
Impossible, absolutely impossible, could it be that the car was rented by Xu Boan temporarily? Yes, that's right, it must be like that. The more Zhu Jiewen thought about it, the more he felt that this speculation was very reasonable. His hands, which had been tightly gripping the steering wheel, gradually relaxed. After figuring this out, he felt less uncomfortable.
Su Jie saw Zhu Jiewen holding the steering wheel but was reluctant to start the car, so she reminded him, "Captain, shall we go?"
Zhu Jiewen finally reacted and said to Su Jie: "Oh, okay, let's go now!"
Zhu Jiewen then drove out of the parking lot.
Xu Boan drove out of the parking lot and met up with Tong Xiaojian. They first went to Tong Xiaojian's agency to pick up the agency contract and related documents signed with the landlord, and then Xu Boan drove with Tong Xiaojian to the government service center. (End of this chapter)