Chapter 21 Buying a House
After the gang members fled, the white man Fast carefully walked out of the room and looked down on the balcony, and only turned around after seeing those people disappearing from the door of the apartment to the street, and saw Xiao Zhenlei staring at him, and his face was extremely unkind, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a gentlemanly salute: "This respected gentleman, I am really sorry just now, I really have no way to do this, I don't let me really be killed by them!" Please forgive me for what I have just done, but rest assured, I believe that you have come to work for me, and if you ask for it, I will definitely do your job to your satisfaction."
Xiao Zhenlei sneered and smoked a cigarette, swallowing clouds and spitting fog: "Hmph, do you think that just a few words from you can make me give up my anger against you?" I came to you today to prepare for you to find me a house, the house should be big, luxurious, but the price should not be too high, the market value of 10,000 oceans of the house, you have to use your three-inch tongue to cut the price by more than half, if you can't do this, do you know the consequences? Hmph, as long as I say a word, those people just now will sink you to the bottom of the river to feed the fish! ”
Fast has been in Shanghai for a long time, and he is very clear about the local gray forces, but he is not very familiar with those Jianghu high-rollers and Jiangyang thieves who are very mobile in the public concession, after what happened just now, he also thought that Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang were outlaws active in the public concession, he would rather offend the local gang, the local gang will not kill foreigners, even if he owes money, there is no worry about his life, but he offended those high-rollers, I am afraid that he will not even find the body if he dies, Xiao Zhenlei scared him so much, But Xiao Zhenlei's requirements are too high, even if his mouth is very powerful, there is no way to bargain the price of a house with a market value of 10,000 oceans to less than half the price.
He said with a sad face: "This gentleman, your requirements are too high, you must know that I am just a bag of inquiries and middlemen, I am not the head of the house to sell, I can't say anything about the price!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei's face changed: "So you just don't have any effect?" ”
"No, no, no!" Fast thought that Xiao Zhenlei was going to kill him, so frightened that his face turned white, at the moment of life and death, he suddenly remembered something in his mind, and hurriedly said: "Sir, don't kill me, I know that there is a house that is very big, very luxurious, and the price is also very low, but no one dares to buy it, because since this house has been the original owner of the family of sixty-eight all died tragically at home last year, there have been unclean things in that house for a long time, and then two owners in a row were scared to death, After that, all the rich people in Shanghai thought that the house was unlucky, so no one dared to buy it! If you don't shy away from it or don't fear being taken on by demons, I think you'll be satisfied when you see that house."
"Something to do?" Xiao Zhenlei said and said: "This is really interesting, I want to go and see that house, to see if there is really a hurry to the east, let's go, Mr. Fast, take us to see."
Under the leadership of Fast, the three of them soon came to Beijing Road, stopped at the door of the Yidong Mansion on the south bank of Suzhou Creek, and Faster stood up and said: "Sir, this is it!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei looked at this house, only to see that the front of this house has been overgrown with weeds, not to mention the inside of the house, the house in the house is a typical Western-style spire high-rise, the front of the whole house is rectangular, a total of three floors, look at the construction area to know that there are many rooms inside, the roof is a round spire in Gothic style, just a little calculation to know that the area of this yard is not small, at least twenty acres in size, although this place is located on the south bank of Suzhou Creek, but after all, it is in the British Concession, The market value should be very high, but because of the tragic death of the original owner's family of 68 people, and the subsequent two successive owners were scared to death, no one dared to buy this house, because no one bought it, the price has been falling, and it seems that even foreigners are not immune to the vulgar fear of bad luck.
Parting the weeds that were more than one person high, Xiao Zhenlei walked to the courtyard door of the house and asked, "Can you go in?" ”
Fast shrugged: "I don't think it's a problem, the current homeowners rarely come here, but if they want to go in, they have to climb through the iron gate."
Xiao Zhenlei jumped up, grabbed the railing on the iron gate with both hands, pulled his body up, and his legs had already jumped over the iron gate into the courtyard.
Xiao Zhenlei found a dead wooden stick in the yard and separated the dense weeds and came to the door of the western-style building, although the steps and porches of the western-style building were covered with dust, and there was a smell of decay, it seemed that this western-style building had a sense of historical vicissitudes and a sense of heaviness, and it felt like a mysterious castle, which had a historical heritage.
At this time, Fast and Ma Xiaoshuang have already walked over, Fast introduced: "This house has been built for more than 50 years, when it was first built, the main material of the wall was all bluestone, after the invention of cement, the later homeowner used cement mixed sand and gravel to renovate and reinforce the wall, it can be said that this house is very strong and strong, and can be used as a bunker." The current owner is the son of the previous owner, named Mads, I heard that the mix is not very good, and there are plans to return to China, if you really want to buy this house, sir, we can use this to cut some price! ”
Xiao Zhenlei walked to the window and looked at the inside of the house through the window, inside the door was a large living room, and the situation inside made him a little surprised, turned his head and asked, "Are you sure that the owner of this house, Mads, doesn't come often?" ”
Fast laughed: "This guy's old father was scared to death by the unclean things here, do you think he will come often?" If you look around this house, no one has been here for at least a few months! ”
This house has quirkiness! This is what Xiao Zhenlei found after observing the situation in the house, it is definitely strange, think about it, no one has been here for months, but there are many fresh footprints on the ground in the living room, and the European-style leather sofa bench (the filling is not a sponge, of course, but something like velvet) is smooth and clean, is there really a ghost here?
Xiao Zhenlei walked around the western-style building, did not find anything unusual around the western-style building, and when he returned along the original road, he was thoughtful, returned to the door of the western-style building and asked, "Then Mr. Fast, what is the price of this house now?" ”
Fast said; "Last month Mads approached me and asked me to find him a buyer, and he paid four thousand five hundred pounds, which is very low now, and you should know that if not so many things are happening here, the market price is definitely above ten thousand pounds!"
Xiao Zhenlei took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and saw that Fast was watching him swallow saliva, so he threw a cigarette over, and the other person was overjoyed, and hurriedly caught it, and after holding it in his mouth, he quickly took out a match and lit it for Xiao Zhenlei, and then lit it for himself.
Xiao Zhenlei took two puffs and asked, "Then what do you think is the lowest price that Mads can accept?" ”
Fast thought for a moment and replied: "If the gentleman really wants to buy it, I think with my bargaining skills I can cut the price to three thousand five hundred pounds, and then it will be very difficult!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei retreated into the weeds in the middle of the yard and looked up at the second and third floors and the dome on the roof, and said to Fast who had already walked over: "If you can cut the price below three thousand five hundred pounds, not only can you write off what you owe me, but for every hundred pounds less, I will pay you twenty pounds for the intermediary fee, as for how much intermediary fee Mads gives you is a matter between you!" ”
Fast immediately said: "For every hundred pounds less, I want thirty pounds of commission!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of cigarette and agreed: "Yes, the premise is that this business must be negotiated, otherwise, I don't say that you should also know what the consequences are!" ”
Fast didn't care about Xiao Zhenlei's threat at all, he smiled: "Of course, as long as it is related to money, I will do my best, I think we can go to that Mr. Mads now!" ”
The three of them spent an hour to find the owner of the bungalow, Mads, Fast, this guy was not only a middleman, but also as Xiao Zhenlei's negotiator to directly negotiate with Mads on the issue of the price, this guy's negotiating ability is really extraordinary, he stubbornly grasped the problem that the house had happened many strange events to make a fuss, and then took advantage of Maddes's eagerness to get rid of the psychology, and cut the price of the house directly to 3,200 pounds.
The reason why this house has not been sold until now is that the rich people thought that something had happened here, and they were afraid that there would be something unclean, so they did not dare to buy it, and the people who dared to buy it thought that the price was too high, so the house has been empty.
Because Xiao Zhenlei does not have so much money in his hands for the time being, he paid a deposit of 30 pounds first, ensuring that the remaining money will be paid in full within three days, and then go to the Concession Ministry Bureau to go through the property transfer procedures, and Mads took the deposit to ensure that the house is not allowed to be sold to others within three days, if Xiao Zhenlei has not paid off the remaining balance after three days, the owner Maders has the right to sell the house to others, and the deposit collected will also belong to him, Xiao Zhenlei must not ask for a deposit again, after the two parties sign the contract and press the fingerprint, The contract came into effect.
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