Hu Youmin has two uncles in Baisha, the eldest uncle was recruited out when he was young, became a city person, and now the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau drives a sprinkler truck, which is the pride of his mother's family, and the second uncle set up a stall in the well bend of Baisha Huayu District to repair bicycles. The eldest uncle is a little arrogant, and he has a sense of superiority in front of their family, Hu Youmin doesn't like him, and he can only live in the second uncle's house when he goes to Baisha.

The second uncle's house is in Jingwanzi Hongxing Village, which is a suburb, similar to the countryside, there is a construction machinery factory nearby, they live in the house of the supply and marketing cooperative, the second uncle works as a salesman in the supply and marketing cooperative, is a contract worker, and the second uncle repairs bicycles in front of the supply and marketing cooperative. This is a small supply and marketing cooperative, with four tile houses on the street, which is the façade of the supply and marketing cooperative, and a row of dormitories behind it.

When Hu Youmin found here, the second uncle couldn't recognize him, listened to his introduction, and hurriedly welcomed him to the house. Hu Youmin brought a local chicken from home and bought two boxes of dim sum in the store, the second aunt was very enthusiastic, she took the things, and said: "What do you buy, you look so handsome, I don't recognize it." ”

The second uncle's family has two daughters, the eldest is called Liu Xiaoying, who is in the fifth grade of primary school nearby, and the younger is called Liu Xiaoping, who is only four years old, goes to kindergarten, and is not at home now. The supply and marketing cooperative, called Red Star Store, has three salesmen, a store manager, and one of the salesmen is a young man who has just graduated from the supply and marketing school.

After a while, Hu Youmin asked the second uncle, is there a house suitable for renting a furniture factory nearby? The second uncle said I'll help you ask, and the second aunt said, "I don't know if the old team house in the village is rented?" The second uncle said that it is not far, less than two miles, I will take you to see Ha, and I will help you ask the village chief of Ha at night.

The old team house is behind the Red Star store, there is an asphalt road next to the store about 1 km in, the road can be taken by car. The house is on the side of the road and is a four-room tile facing north and south. It may be that it has not been inhabited for a long time, it looks very dilapidated, the house is surrounded by vegetable patches, and there are no residents. There are cement floors in the front and back of the house, the front is smaller, the house is eight meters from the road, and the empty flat is twenty meters wide, which is suitable for parking.

On the east side of the house, there is an eight-meter-wide walkway leading to the back of the house, and the back is much larger, which is the activity place of the old team house, which is about 20 meters wide and more than 30 meters long. This place is suitable for opening a furniture factory, but the house is less, if the back is built a circle of eight meters wide house, and the front house forms a courtyard, the front house is eight meters, twelve meters wide, adding up to more than 600 square meters, it is enough, open a gate in the east aisle, and then repair the old house, also like a factory.

What Hu Youmin likes the most is that there is a transformer next to the old team house, and the old team house is connected to three-phase electricity. In the future, when the factory is large, it will be necessary to enter the equipment, but many equipment requires three-phase power supply. On the way back, Hu Youmin told his second uncle his thoughts, he said: "You are so big, I'm afraid that you will have a lot of money, and you go to the village chief's house with me at night to see that you can rent it for a lot of money." You're a bargain for yourself. Along the way, Hu Youmin calculated in his heart how much it would cost to build?

According to their own planning, it will cost 18,000 yuan, and it is estimated that it will cost more than 20,000 yuan if the old house is repaired. To invest such a large sum of money first, Hu Youmin was a little hesitant. When I asked my second uncle about the market for renting a house here, my second uncle said that there was no one to rent here, it was very cheap, and the two bedrooms and one living room were about 80 square meters, only 50 yuan a month.

Hu Youmin asked about the situation in the village again, and the second uncle told him that he had lived here for five years, and he was familiar with the village chief and secretary, and he was easy to talk to. The village chief's surname is Guo, in his forties, he is a big local family, he is stronger, and the secretary's surname is Yang, who is in his fifties, he is a smiling Buddha, and he is happy all day long.

He also said that the local villagers basically know each other, and they have made some friends, and they still have some face here, and he can help him solve anything in the future, Hu Youmin just smiled at the words of the second uncle, in the face of real interests, brothers can turn against each other, father and son can become enemies, and sometimes face is really not worth anything.

The second uncle asked him if he would go to Village Chief Guo's house at night? Hu Youmin said that he was not in a hurry at first, but would take a look around first. If you meet the village chief or secretary, you can ask how much does it cost a year, can you build an additional house, and how long can you rent it?

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the two cousins came back from school, Liu Xiaoying was healthy and lively, but Liu Xiaoping was introverted and didn't talk much. They did as the second uncle commanded, and timidly called him brother. Hu Youmin didn't prepare a gift for them, one of them gave them ten yuan, asking them to buy something to eat by themselves, and the two little girls took the money and ran happily to the store.

There is a duty room in the Red Star store, which is to cope with the security inspection of the superiors, and no one usually sleeps, so the second aunt replaced the bedding inside with a clean one, and Hu Youmin slept there at night.

In the next few days, Hu Youmin took a look around the neighborhood. I have a general understanding of the situation here, the street in front of the Red Star Store is called Shaoshan Road, which is one of the main roads in the north-south direction of Baisha City, and the Red Star Store is on the east side of Shaoshan Road. About a kilometer north along Shaoshan Road, a large furniture market has just been built, called Jingwanzi Furniture City.

One kilometer to the south there is a Lianhu building materials market, one kilometer to the south there is a red star market and the red star exhibition hall, the red star market is a large vegetable and fruit wholesale market, and then about 500 meters past is the south bus station. There are very few factories in the vicinity, and there are not many construction sites for development and construction.

There are not many places suitable for opening a furniture factory, Hu Youmin saw a place that has done an auto repair factory, with an area of more than 1,000 square meters, and it costs 4,000 yuan a year. I saw an abandoned pig farm, the place is big enough, but the house is dilapidated, and it costs a lot of money to repair, 3,000 yuan a year.

In the vicinity of the Lianhu building materials market, there are many warehouses for rent, and the kind of big sheds built are very large, but the landlord does not agree to open a furniture factory. I also saw a private house, a two-story small building, with a large courtyard at the back, and a simple shed was built, which was more suitable, but Hu Youmin was a little worried that the noise and the smell of paint would disturb the people.

When he returned to his second uncle's house, his second uncle told him that he had met the village chief, and the village chief Guo said that the place cost 2,000 yuan a year, and that he could build a house, and the rest would be discussed in detail with the village department. Hu Youmin asked if he could go to Village Chief Guo's house first to find out the bottom of it? The second uncle said that there should be no problem, and it would be better this way.

After dinner, Hu Youmin bought two Baisha cigarettes at the Red Star Store, which were local cigarettes in Baisha, more than 40 yuan a cigarette, and went to Guo's village chief's house with his second uncle. Village Chief Guo is a typical image of a village cadre, wearing yellow rubber shoes, a coat, and a cigarette in his hand, and shrewdness is hidden under his rugged appearance. He let them into the hall with a haha.

The second uncle smiled and said, "It's the last time I rented the old team house in the village with you in Gangdi, my nephew wants to rent it to see if he can get a discount?" He has seen several miscellaneous places in a few days, and the conditions are better than the others, but he wants to get to me and take care of each other. ”

The second uncle introduced Hu Youmin to Village Chief Guo, he looked at Hu Youmin for a while, and felt that he was so young and a little unreliable, so he asked him what he was renting that place for?

Hu Youmin said that he wanted to open a furniture factory, and there were no people living around that place, so it was more suitable, but there were too few houses, and many houses had to be built.

Asked if the procedures for building a house were good? Should the village handle it or should he handle it? Then he casually asked if the three-phase electricity in the old team house could still be used.

Village Chief Guo said that it was quite suitable to open a furniture factory in that place, and it would not disturb the people. There is no problem in building a house, the procedures are handled by the village, the three-phase electricity can be used, the water and electricity are opened, the water and electricity bills are charged according to the price specified in the policy, the village does not increase the price, and the village will not share other expenses with him. The village has always wanted to rent out that place, but no one rents it, and now there are people renting it, and Village Chief Guo is very happy.

Seeing that Village Chief Guo was interested, Hu Youmin said in embarrassment, in fact, those few rooms can't be counted as houses at all, and basically have to be rebuilt, so they can only be regarded as a vacant land, according to the market and area here, only 1,000 yuan a year, and he has to invest 30,000 or 40,000 yuan to build a house.

may feel that he is too ruthless, but Village Chief Guo didn't make a sound for a while, and Hu Youmin didn't urge him, and waited quietly. He thought for a while and said to Hu Youmin, I will meet with the secretary and other village cadres on this matter, and I will inform you when the village has opinions. Hu Youmin said that it would be troublesome to Village Chief Guo, and at the same time put the cigarette he brought on the coffee table and said goodbye to Village Chief Guo.

The next night, Hu Youmin bought two more white sand cigarettes and asked his second uncle to take him to Secretary Yang's house. Before he could say what he meant, Secretary Yang said that Village Chief Guo had told him about it, and he would be notified when the village agreed on it, Hu Youmin had no choice but to put down his cigarette and say goodbye, and when he went out, Secretary Yang looked at the cigarette on the coffee table, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You Yanzi, don't worry." ”

After waiting for another two days, Village Chief Guo informed his second uncle that Hu Youmin should go to the village to talk about renting a house. When he and his second uncle arrived at the village headquarters, Village Chief Guo and Secretary Yang were there, and Village Chief Guo spoke first, saying that Hu Youmin's request could not be relaxed? The conditions for the beginning could not be passed by other village cadres, and they could not explain it to the villagers. Secretary Yang said on the side that the village welcomes him to invest, and the village will escort his factory in the future, and rest assured that he will invest and build a factory here.

Hu Youmin said complimentally: "I decided to open a factory here because I saw that the people here are simple, the village chief Guo and Secretary Yang are honest and fair, and they attach importance to foreign investment." I don't know what conditions need to be changed?"

Village Chief Guo said that the rent and the term of the contract cost 1,800 yuan a year, and considering that his investment was relatively large, he could waive the rent for two years, and the rent would be increased by 5 percent from the third year, and the contract could only be signed for 10 years.

After some bargaining, it was finally decided that the old team house and the vacant land in front of and after the house should be exempted from rent for two years and three months at 1,500 yuan a year, of which three months are the preparatory period for building a house and a factory, and a deposit of 2,000 yuan should be paid in advance, and the rent should be paid once a year, which will be calculated from the approval of the building procedures. The contract is signed every 10 years, and the rent is increased by 5% from the fifth year onwards. After the negotiation was completed, Secretary Yang took out a contract and asked if he would sign it now? Hu Youmin took the contract and said that he would first look at the terms of the contract and pick an auspicious day before signing it.

After going back, Hu Youmin carefully studied the contract, added or subtracted some clauses, refined the content of the rough elephant, and increased the liquidated damages to 50,000 yuan. The next morning, I found a law firm and spent 100 yuan to ask a lawyer to revise it. Four copies of the contract approved by the lawyer were printed, and in the afternoon they were taken to the village headquarters to sign, and when the village chief Guo saw that the main terms had not changed, he signed it and stamped it with the official seal of the village committee.

Hu Youmin went to the accountant to pay a deposit of 2,000 yuan, and the accountant issued him a receipt, and at Hu Youmin's request, he also stamped the official seal on the receipt. After handling these things, Hu Youmin invited Village Chief Guo and Secretary Yang to go to dinner in the evening, and the second uncle also went to accompany him. At the wine table, Hu Youmin kept toasting to Village Chief Guo and Secretary Yang: "Thank you for your care, I will rely on the village chief and secretary to eat in the future!"