Chapter Twenty-Eight: Viewing the House
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"Why did you let Erya go on stage, isn't there a rule in the opera industry that women are not allowed to sing on stage?" Sun Wei saw that Xie Xiaoshu was attentive, so he walked directly to her and sat down, and then asked.
"Don't you think Erya's voice is very suitable for singing? It's a pity that such a good seedling is wasted, and the rule you said is the old emperor's calendar, the last time I participated in the gathering of the quyi world, everyone also mentioned this matter, why do we Shanghainese people must follow the rules formulated by the Beijingers, at that time, there were many quyi people who proposed to abolish this rule. Xie Xiaoshu saw Sun Wei when he sat down, and when she heard the inquiry, she explained.
"That's right, it's always bad to hold on to the inadequate, and rules like this that discriminate against women should have been abolished a long time ago." Sun Wei had a dispensable attitude towards abolishing or not abolishing this rule, so he replied to Xie Xiaoshu along the way.
"I love to hear what you say, why can't women do what men can do." Xie Xiaoshu said loudly.
"Can a man pee standing up, but can a woman?"
Of course, Sun Wei just slandered in his heart, and then he quickly changed the topic in order to prevent Xie Xiaoshu from turning into a feminist warrior: "Your vision is really good, just with Erya's voice, as long as you find a famous teacher to train you, you will definitely be able to become popular all over Shanghai." ”
"That's right, you don't look at who has a crush on who." Xie Xiaoshu was a little smug when she was praised by Sun Wei, and then she remembered something serious and said: "By the way, Ah Wei, Gu Yecheng came over just now and sent the bill of exchange that Wang Dingye was deceived in. Wang Dingye's bill of exchange was fortunately a usance bill, and before it was time to pay, the gang wanted to find someone to discount and transfer, but they found our people, so they were caught by Gu Yecheng. ”
"It can only be regarded as their bad luck, who doesn't know that we are the only one who does the discount transfer business in the entire public concession, and we don't know that we will sell the stolen goods in another place after committing the crime." Sun Wei said with a little sympathy.
"I'll put the bill of exchange upstairs, I'll get it for you after listening to the play, and the gang of white demolition parties was also sent to the patrol room by Gu Yecheng." Xie Xiaoshu said.
"Don't worry, wait for Yecheng to tell Wang Dingye the news that the bill of exchange has been found, and let him beat the gong and drum to patrol the house to get it." Sun Wei is the same as his predecessor in his style of doing things, and he has done good deeds, so that the entire concession will know about it.
Xie Xiaoshu stopped talking when she heard this, and concentrated on watching the pillars of the Yongan Theater teach Erya to sing.
Sun Wei looked at Xie Xiaoshu's focused expression, but he soon thought that he still had something to do, so he asked, "Xiaoshu, yesterday you told me that you had found two western-style buildings for sale, where are their specific addresses?" ”
"Ah, you said those two houses, I'll take you there later." Xie Xiaoshu replied casually.
Sun Wei naturally didn't dare to let Xie Xiaoshu go to see the house with him, otherwise he would not have to make trouble in his back house, so he excused himself and said: "This kind of rough work won't toss you, besides, you have to watch the rehearsal on stage, you just tell me the intermediary and address, I'll just go and see it myself." ”
"Well, is your tigress going to follow you to see the house?" Even though Sun Wei concealed his tone, Xie Xiaoshu still heard his words for the first time.
"Hehe, my Xiaoshu is really ice and snow smart." Sun Weibei laughed and said cheekily.
"I'll let you go this time, be careful that you won't be so lucky next time." Xie Xiaoshu was willing to follow Sun Wei before he made a career, in addition to his relatively handsome appearance, he also has his ability to please women, even if he has a lot of anger, but when he saw Sun Wei's flattering expression, it all disappeared.
The intermediary who helped Xie Xiaoshu find a house was naturally a disciple of Sun Wei's gang, and brokers like them, who traveled all over the concession and beyond, were the best sources.
Sun Wei also knew that he had more enemies in the concession, and he usually had to bring two bodyguards with short guns when he went out, and after seeing the intermediary, he asked one of the bodyguards to take his mother-in-law and Wang Qian and others with the address to the place where the house was sold, and he followed the intermediary to the front station first.
The first house is in the area of the interaction between Sima Road and Shandong Road, and the central patrol house where Sun Wei works is only separated by a street on Henan Road, and the door of the house opens to the east, leading to Shandong Road to the east and Sima Road to the south, but compared with the main road, the road in the street still continues the narrow street of the alley, and the width is not enough to let two cars drive side by side, but fortunately, cars are not popular in Shanghai now.
According to the introduction of the intermediary, the owner of this house was a senior staff member of the British business Jardine Matheson, and some time ago he was transferred to the Hong Kong headquarters by the head office, and the house he stayed in Shanghai entrusted a friend to help ask the intermediary company to put it up for sale, and now there is only one old janitor invited by the intermediary company in the whole house.
The old man who guarded the door didn't know Sun Wei, the Chinese detective who was well-known throughout Shanghai, and he wouldn't know that the intermediary company he worked for was Sun Wei's property, but he knew the intermediary who took Sun Wei to see the house, so he opened the door directly and let them into the courtyard.
Sun Wei had already warned the intermediary not to reveal his identity at will when he came, not because he wanted to suddenly report his name at a critical time to pretend to be forced, but because he was afraid of adding unnecessary trouble, after all, this was just a very simple house purchase operation.
The house in the courtyard is a standard English country style villa, the overall structure is a two-story brick and stone structure, and the main villa has a construction area of about 300 square meters, which belongs to the English country style spire garden villa.
The owner's friend probably wanted to make it easier for the buyer to see the house, so he put the key to the door in the gatehouse, and the agent took out the key to the villa directly from the gatehouse, and then opened the door of the villa house for Sun Wei and took him to see the internal structure.
The villa enters the door is a large living room of nearly 100 square meters, one side of the living room is the kitchen, bathroom, the other side is the guest room, the maid's room, the stairs are located in the northernmost part of the living room, and then Sun Wei left the intermediary and bodyguard to wait for the family downstairs, and walked up alone.
There is also a small living room on the second floor of the villa near the staircase, along the small living room to the south is a corridor, on both sides of the corridor are distributed four bedrooms and a bathroom, two of which are side by side and completely facing the sun, the space is relatively large, and also has a separate cloakroom and bathroom, as for the other two bedrooms are separated from the east and west sides, the space is also a little smaller, there is no separate cloakroom and bathroom.
The owner of the house must have emptied the furniture of the villa before leaving Shanghai, making the whole villa look very empty.
This villa is the larger of the two houses, and the other one is not much different from this one in terms of layout, but it is insufficient in terms of area, so after looking at the structure of this villa, he has a plan to buy it.
"Do you have the address of a homeowner friend? I'm going to buy this house, and you help me find the owner's friend, and I will close the deal at the price he said for 21,000 taels. Sun Wei knew the basic information of the house from the intermediary on the way here, so he directly asked for the transfer agreement after he walked downstairs.
"Okay boss, you go to the concierge to rest first, and I'll go find the owner's friend to sign the transfer agreement." The intermediary immediately left, but as he walked out of the door, he gave a few words to the porter, who had been sitting like a mountain.
After the agent left, Sun Wei walked around the courtyard outside the villa again, and then entered the rest room of the concierge and waited for the owner's friend to come and sign the transfer agreement.
"Boss, you sit, do you drink water, I'll pour it for you?" When the old man at the door saw Sun Wei walking into the gatehouse, he quickly stood up and moved a stool for Sun Wei, and then wiped it twice with his sleeve.
"Uncle, don't bother, I'm not thirsty." After Sun Wei sat down, he looked at the tea bowl used by the old man that was no longer clear in color, waved his hand and excused himself.
"Boss, where are you going to be?" The old man wanted to move his stool next to Sun Wei as he spoke, but was stopped by the bodyguard behind Sun Wei with sharp eyes, so he had to move back a little sneeringly.
Sun Wei saw that the old man was so enthusiastic, and at the beginning, he thought that the intermediary had told him his identity, and he immediately became angry in his heart, but after hearing the old man's interrogation, he realized that he had misunderstood, so he said perfunctorily: "It's all small business, barely able to make a living." ”
"Boss, you are too modest, where is a small business that can afford to buy a bungalow. I don't know if there is a lack of concierge after you buy this western-style building? Don't look at my age, I can carry a sack of 100 pounds, and I will definitely be able to watch the door tightly for you. The old man was afraid that Sun Wei would not believe it, so he patted his chest hard.
"Hehe, how do you feel better than my bodyguard, he is the porter of my villa, if you can beat him, I will hire you as my porter." After understanding the reason, Sun Wei smiled a little dumbly.
"Uh...... In fact, being a porter doesn't have to be a good fight, although I can't beat your bodyguard, old man, but pay attention to the experience of being a porter, and he can't catch up with the horse. After a brief moment of stunned, the old man was still making his last effort.
"Actually, it doesn't matter who I want to be my porter, as long as I can take care of my home, I'm just afraid that he won't agree to let you be my porter." Sun Wei didn't expect to meet such an interesting old man when he bought a house, and he was idle anyway, so he had the idea of teasing.
"Boss, you're joking with me again, you're the boss, and you don't want to use whoever is the porter, whoever will be the porter, where is there still a reason to let others call the shots." The old man obviously heard the charm of Sun Wei's ridicule, and said with a little dissatisfaction.
"I'm really not joking with you, he's not just my bodyguard, but my brother, and this porter is naturally whatever he wants." Sun Wei explained with a smile.