Chapter 2239
Yi Zhonghai's Response
In this lifetime, there will never be a trash can like Sha Zhu.
All the suffering was then distributed among the bystanders.
The general public has little attachment to the traditional courtyard houses.
As beneficiaries, Yi Zhonghai and his two companions still cherished the courtyard house.
At this moment, the three of them sat together, discussing the situation in the courtyard.
With Yan Bugui's intelligence, he could naturally see the situation in the courtyard.
After Xu Fugui explained his method for selling the house, many people in the courtyard became interested.
This is not good news for them.
If the people who move in don't have any sense of martial ethics, these old men will definitely be bullied.
"Old Yi, we can't let them sell the house."
Liu Haizhong didn't think much of it and said, "Just because you tell them not to sell doesn't mean they won't sell."
Didn't you see today's college-wide meeting?
They all surrounded He Daqing and Xu Fugui, trying to curry favor with them, and nobody paid any attention to us.
I've never met such a snobbish person.
Liu Haizhong still harbored resentment over the people in the courtyard ignoring him during the day.
As the second oldest man in the courtyard, only Yi Zhonghai could outrank him in the entire courtyard.
Today, those little rascals in the yard actually dared to ignore him.
At this moment, Yan Bugui had no time to play with Liu Haizhong; he just wanted to think of a solution as soon as possible to stop everyone from selling their houses.
"What time is it? Stop trying to show off."
Our most important task right now is to figure out how to stop them from selling the houses.
Seeing that Liu Haizhong was about to get angry, Yan Bugui continued, "Have you ever thought about letting them sell the house?"
If they sell it to some petty thugs, they can let those thugs live in the courtyard house.
What do we do?
Liu Haizhong's words of dissatisfaction were shut down.
Although these three old men are all-powerful inside the courtyard, they are of little use outside of it.
They are typical bullies who prey on their own people.
When it comes to facing outsiders, they are not as good as Xu Fugui.
"How am I supposed to know what to do? They don't listen to us in meetings either."
Yi Zhonghai, his face ashen, raised his head and said, "You should all keep quiet."
No matter what, we can't let outsiders live in our compound.
"You just say you won't let them stay, then tell me, how can we prevent them from staying?" Liu Haizhong asked.
Yan Bugui stared at Yi Zhonghai, wanting to know what solution he could come up with.
Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath: "This problem is actually very easy to solve."
Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui's faces lit up with joy as they looked intently at Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai took a sip of water to calm himself down.
"Just make sure they can't sell them."
After waiting for a while, they received this answer, which left both Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui somewhat dissatisfied.
"You make it sound so easy. How can we prevent them from selling?"
Yi Zhonghai said contemptuously, "The people in our institute are all selfish; they only think about themselves."
When there are benefits, they're faster than anyone else to get them.
Yan Bugui frowned: "Everyone knows about these things, so don't mention them. Just tell me what we should do."
Liu Haizhong chimed in, "Yeah, you'd better hurry up and tell us how to make sure their houses don't sell."
Yi Zhonghai glanced at Yan Bugui with slight dissatisfaction. He had intended to vent, but Yan Bugui interrupted him.
"Will raising housing prices solve the problem?"
"Housing prices are rising?" Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui muttered at the same time.
Neither of them could figure out how to raise housing prices, or why raising housing prices would make houses unsellable.
Yi Zhonghai and his companion didn't understand, and were secretly pleased with themselves. The three were partners, but none of them truly respected the others.
Being able to lead by two people is also good news for Yi Zhonghai.
"That's right. The people in our compound are all greedy for small gains. We just need to secretly spread the word that someone is buying a house at a high price."
Once they find out, they'll definitely be thinking about selling it at a higher price.
Yan Bugui had figured it out and gave Yi Zhonghai a thumbs up: "It has to be you. That was a brilliant move."
Liu Haizhong is slow to think, but he figured it out.
As long as there's a possibility of selling the house for a high price, the people in the compound won't easily sell it.
As a result, people who originally wanted to buy a house will eventually not do so.
He admitted that Yi Zhonghai's method was good, but he just couldn't accept that Yi Zhonghai was stealing the limelight.
"I don't think just doing this is enough. We need to do something else."
Yi Zhonghai knew he was unconvinced, so he asked, "What do you think should be done?"
Liu Haizhong thought hard for a while and came up with a terrible idea.
"We should keep collecting recyclables and keep making a mess of the yard."
"If other people come to see the house and see that our yard is messy and we're asking for a high price, they won't be interested."
Yi Zhonghai thought about it and couldn't find any fault with his bangs.
The two people used different methods, but they actually arrived at the same goal through different paths.
One approach is to increase housing prices, while the other is to decrease the actual value of houses.
Yan Bugui, unable to think of a more insidious idea, gave up on competing with the two.
“Your methods are both good; we can use both approaches together.”
Liu Haizhong looked at Yi Zhonghai smugly.
Yi Zhonghai snorted: "Don't rush, I have another purpose."
Liu Haizhong was taken aback and asked in surprise, "What other purpose do you have?"
Yi Zhonghai smiled and said, "My goal is to force Sha Zhu to buy the house in the courtyard?"
Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui looked at Yi Zhonghai with puzzlement at the same time.
"That's impossible. Both Lao Xu and Lao He said they want to sell the house."
"Yes. His family doesn't lack houses, so why would they buy a house in the courtyard?"
Yi Zhonghai explained, "Think about it, if the house prices eventually go up, will anyone buy them?"
“Of course not!” Liu Haizhong interjected.
Yi Zhonghai nodded: "That's right. In the end, the house prices are too high, and no one can afford to buy them."
But Sha Zhu is different; Sha Zhu has money, and he can afford it.
"We can have those people in the courtyard who want to sell their houses go to Sha Zhu."
"Would Sha Zhu be willing to be a sucker?" Yan Bugui asked this question after understanding Yi Zhonghai's plan.
Yi Zhonghai looked helpless: "To be honest, I don't know either."
I only thought of it because I saw that Sha Zhu liked to buy courtyard houses.
Speaking of courtyard houses, ours is one of the best in Beijing.
"If Sha Zhu really likes courtyard houses, I don't believe he won't be tempted."
Yan Bugui put himself in Yan Bugui's shoes and realized that if he were in Yan Bugui's shoes, he would definitely be willing to buy the courtyard.
Liu Haizhong didn't think too much about it and asked directly, "So what if he bought someone else's house?"
He has so many houses, and he's not going to come back to live there anyway.
Yan Bugui suddenly paused, looking at Liu Haizhong in surprise. He hadn't even thought of that question, yet Liu Haizhong had.
Yi Zhonghai was also somewhat surprised, but not much.
He looked at the two of them intently: "It all depends on us now?"
"Us?" Liu Haizhong asked, puzzled.
Yi Zhonghai said definitively, "That's right, it's us. A single courtyard house isn't worth much, but what about the whole courtyard?"
Sha Zhu bought all the other people's houses, leaving only the houses for a few of us.
Do you think he might want to buy the house we have?
If he wants to buy the house we have, then he's begging us.
Then we can take the opportunity to make demands of him.
If he doesn't agree, we won't sell him the house. (End of Chapter)