The train stopped at Pujiang Railway Station at seven o'clock in the morning.

Chen Li and Xiao Hua, Wang Mingjian, Zhang Xiaojin, and Ye Qianyun have become acquainted, and they also feel that they want to find Xiao Hua to help him find a house in Pujiang to live in first, so that he can really feel the life of ordinary men and women in Pujiang and feel the characteristics of the city of Pujiang.

Therefore, after getting off the bus, Chen Li took a rucksack, followed Xiao Hua, Wang Mingjian, Zhang Xiaojin, and Ye Qianyun to the subway station, and Gu Jianhua, a building materials businessman, left his contact information, and went directly out of the station to hail a taxi and left.

The train stopped at the platform at seven o'clock, checked the ticket and left the station, and walked to the subway station to take the subway, Chen Li saw that the subway in Pujiang at seven o'clock in the morning was already a little crowded.

Chen Li and Xiao Hua, who has been working in Pujiang for more than two years, have no luggage, Wang Mingjian, Zhang Xiaojin, and Ye Qianyun went out for the first time, and they decided to wander in Pujiang, not only to bring a change of clothes in spring and summer, but even to bring sheets, bedding, suitcases, travel bags, and a bunch of bags.

Xiao Hua lives in the community, in the old alley built before the liberation, the city took out financial funds the year before last, the community has been upgraded, although the stairs and walls in the house are very old, but the environment in the community is quiet and tidy, and the stone road in the alley is still quite felt.

Five or six hundred meters from the community, there is the Huaihai Road business district in Pujiang, and the location is quite good.

Xiao Hua rented a house in the community with two bedrooms and one living room, and the roommate who shared the house just moved out a year ago, leaving one room vacant.

Now he thinks that Zhang Xiaojin, Ye Qianyun, and Wang Mingjian worked in Yinghe's electronics factory before, and they were owed wages for several months, with no income, and they were also very nervous about bringing some money out of hand, so he thought that Zhang Xiaojin and Ye Qianyun lived in a room, and Wang Mingjian squeezed a room with him, so that in addition to the feelings of his classmates, Zhang Xiaojin, Wang Mingjian, and Ye Qianyun could also help him in addition to looking for a job, even if the rent was offset.

The house is very dilapidated with stairs and walls in the corridors, and the house says that there is a hall, but it is difficult to turn around when it is a dining table, let alone put down a TV, sofa and other large items.

Zhang Xiaojin, Ye Qianyun, and Wang Mingjian came over, and they were ready to endure hardships, and saw that the house was not big, but it was quite tidy, and the appropriate decoration also made the style of the room not low, so that they were quite surprised to hear that such a small house, the rent in this area of Pujiang is 3,000 a month, and they were also shocked.

Chen Li doesn't need to have too many requirements for the house, but he hopes that it should be very comfortable, preferably like Li Meng's house in the old water conservancy bureau in the commercial city, so that people can live in it and read quietly for a day without feeling bored.

"I have a house in my hand, Brother Chen will definitely be satisfied with it!" Xiao Hua helped Zhang Xiaojin arrange his luggage, and told them that they could buy commonly used daily necessities in the supermarket outside the community, and then Zhang Li came to talk about Chen Li's matter, "At the entrance of the alley, there is a house on the ground floor, I will take you over to see it now."

At this time, Chen Li learned that before Xiao Hua resigned from his original unit a few years ago, he signed a three-year long-term lease of four rental houses in this community at a lower price, and then he found someone to decorate, buy household appliances and furniture, and then rent them to white-collar workers or middle and senior management of nearby companies with relatively high living requirements.

After Xiao Hua resigned, the plan was to open a real estate agency, but he didn't have much money in his hands at this time, and the second-hand housing transaction business with relatively high commissions in the store could not be much, and the rental and loan intermediary business of the house was relatively limited, and it was difficult to make it bigger, and there was no brand effect of the chain store, and it may not be possible to do a few orders a month. Appliances, cleaned up and tidy, however rented out at a higher price, earn the difference from it.

Xiao Hua has been working hard in Pujiang for more than two years, and it is not easy, with nearly 200,000 savings in his hands, in addition to renting a store to open a store, he still has to do seven or eight such houses to test the waters.

This is the business idea in Xiao Hua's mind, and it was impossible to reveal it to Chen Li on the train before, but at this time, he recommended the room to Chen Li as a housing rental client or second landlord, and he had to sign a rental agreement with Chen Li directly, but he wanted to make these things clear.

Xiao Hua pushed Chen Li's house in the same community, but it is located in the seat at the entrance of the alley, located on the ground floor, the room type is also two bedrooms and one living room, the hall is very rare, and the other room is opened, connected with the hall, which can be used as a larger work study, and more importantly, the work study goes out, there is a small courtyard of twelve or thirteen square meters, paved with blue bricks, and two old vine roses are planted in the yard, which are blooming at this time, as well as canna, Yueji, very elegant.

The parasol is opened to close off the view from the second floor and also to ensure the privacy of the yard.

The courtyard wall is not fully enclosed, and the small windows of the blue brick lattice can see the people coming and going at the entrance of the alley, and it is not too noisy.

When Chen Li saw this small courtyard, he liked it very much and decided to rent it.

"This house, I originally planned to rent it out for 6,000 yuan, and Brother Chen is a fellow countryman, even if it is 5,000 months, I will pay three for one, because it is the house in my own hand, and there is no intermediary fee," Xiao Hua saw that Chen Li rented the house neatly, and asked him to keep the account and pay directly, and also knew that Chen Li was half a peer with him, so he no longer hid anything at this time, and introduced some of his efforts before starting a business with Chen Li," I used to rent this house at a rent of 3,000 per month, rented it for three years, and spent two months cleaning up and taking care of it a year ago, and I found workers to work in this yard for ten days.

Chen Li secretly calculated, after deducting the renovation period and the interruption in the middle, after the three-year long-term agreement of this house, Xiao Hua will almost be able to make a net profit of 40,000 or 50,000 yuan in rent difference, which is quite a good idea for people who have just started a business to seize the gap between the services that the owner can provide and the demand gap between the middle and high-end tenants.

If Xiao Hua's platform is more reputable, can sign a longer rental agreement, and provide more thoughtful rental and related living supporting services, the total income of a house will be more considerable.

And from this set of small courtyards and interior decoration style, it can be seen that Xiao Hua not only has strong execution and ideas, but also has a good grasp of the needs of mid-to-high-end customers and his understanding of architectural decoration.

At this time, Zhang Xiaojin, Wang Mingjian, and Ye Qianyun packed their luggage, went downstairs to the supermarket at the entrance of the alley to buy daily necessities, and heard the conversation between Chen Li and Xiao Hua, and walked over to visit.

Although the room was not bigger than the one Xiao Hua lived in, Xiao Hua's house was shared by the four of them, plus the small courtyard that was exquisitely cleaned up outside, which made Ye Qianyun look full of envy, but when she heard that the rent of this house for one month was worth her salary for the previous half a year, she was so frightened that she stuck out her tongue.

Chen Li didn't have much cash in his hand, so he sent the bank account that Xiao Hua gave him to the assistant, and asked the assistant to directly transfer the money equivalent to four months' rent into Xiao Hua's bank account, even if the house was officially rented.

After Xiao Hua and the others left, Chen Li ran to the supermarket outside the alley and bought daily necessities such as toiletries, even if he temporarily settled in Pujiang, the whole process was more comfortable and smooth than staying in a hotel, and there was also ready-made broadband.

In fact, the alley he lives in is called Miaodian Street, it is very tasteful, if there is a car driving in, even the bicycle can not pass, the bluestone paving the ground steps out of the smooth for a long time, the winter of Pujiang is relatively warm, even if the first month still slides past, there are still wet green moss in the corner of the wall, there are occasionally one or two wild grass plants on the wall, and there are several old villas in the style of folk mansions at the other end of the alley, which are hidden in the thick shade, very quiet.

Chen Li walked around for most of the day in several alleys nearby, while Chanda made several phone calls in the afternoon, and Chen Li asked him to meet in the newly rented house on Miaodian Street before he walked back.

As soon as he walked outside the alley of Miaodian Street, he saw Xiao Hua and them standing outside a façade room from a distance, talking to people, Chen Li walked over to say hello, only to know that Xiao Hua saw this façade room at the end of the alley, and planned to rent it to open a store. Ye Qianyun helped to clean the store briefly, and Xiao Hua took Wang Mingjian to borrow a tricycle from the community property, dragged a dismantled office furniture, and put it in the house to move, ready to assemble it overnight, and it can be opened to the public tomorrow.

"Chen Li, Chen Li!" Chanda couldn't drive in, parked at the end of the alley, followed the house number and walked this way, and saw Chen Li shouting happily.

"My friend, who works at Xinchaorui Real Estate Agency, is a real peer with you. Chen Li introduced Chanda to Xiao Hua and they got to know each other.

Xiao Hua politely shook hands with Qian Da and said to Chen Li, "If Brother Chen doesn't think I'm squeezing over there, Xiao Ye and Zhang Xiaojin have already gone back to cook, come over and have two drinks together in the evening?"

"Okay!" Chen Li happily agreed, he decided to live here for a while, if he didn't have a few friends, but wandered around Pujiang City all day, it would be very boring, put down his backpack, and help Xiao Hua move the furniture board into the house and help assemble it together.

Qian Da also knew that Chen Li had always been low-key, and besides, there was really no need to show Chen Li's identity to Xiao Hua, a friend he had just met on the train, so he helped to do the work.

Qian Da is actually two years younger than Chen Li and Zhou Bin, but he didn't go to school at the age of seventeen or eighteen, first fooled around with the young people in the society, and then was stuffed by his old son Qian Wanli to Chen Li to clean up, and he just came from the company, wearing some work uniforms like ordinary employees, at this time he looks older than Chen Li, and he is much simpler than before.

After Gao Fengming and Qian arrived in Pujiang, the second-hand housing transaction business of Xinchao Rui Real Estate was expanded to Pujiang, and the previous year was mainly preparation, personnel recruitment and training, and only 30 stores were opened in Pujiang at present, even if the real estate agent staff was overrecruited, but in the field of real estate brokerage business with a scale of 100,000 employees in Pujiang, the market share was still very small, and the market share was less than two or three thousandths, so naturally it could not have any influence.

At the same time, Xinchaorui didn't have any business in Yinghe before, even if Xiao Hua was an old man of real estate agents, he really hadn't heard of Xinchaorui, and he just regarded Qian Da as Chen Li's friend and his peers, and simply cleaned up the store, and took Chen Li and Qian Da to their rented house to eat and drink together