CHAPTER XV
On the third day after moving from a luxury villa to a cheap hotel, Dilly was a little breathless - three days had passed, and no one had called to inquire about buying a house.
After Gray got off work at noon, Dee Li hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it?" Has anyone contacted you? ”
Gray shook his head: "If someone wants to buy a house, the real estate transaction center will notify me immediately, or ask the buyer to call me directly and contact me." ”
Di Li sighed, she frowned and sat down, "What's the matter?" Could it be that such a large villa is only sold for one million, and some people will be too expensive? ”
"You can't say that, Deere." "A million is not a small amount, and even if someone thinks the price is reasonable and wants to buy it, they have to pay that much money." ”
Di Li pressed her forehead with her hand, her face full of sadness: "So, we can't sell this house as soon as possible." And I don't know how long I'm going to stay in this little hotel? ”
"Don't worry, Dilly. It's only been two or three days now, so we'll have to be patient. Selling a house is no small feat......"
As he spoke, Gray's cell phone rang.
He and Dee Li glanced at each other, then quickly picked up the phone: "Hello, who?" ”
After listening to the other party's words, Gray's face showed excitement.
He tried his best to control his emotions and pretended to be calm and said, "Well, okay, when are we going to meet...... What, now? ”
Gray looked at his watch, it was almost twelve o'clock in the afternoon.
"That's good." "Since you are so anxious to see the house," said Gray, "we will see you in that villa in twenty minutes, and I will go and open the door and wait for you at home." I think, you know the location of the house...... Well, okay, goodbye. ”
After hanging up the phone, Di Li asked impatiently, "Is it the person who is going to buy a house?" ”
Gray nodded brightly: "Looks like he's interested in our villa – and sounds like a rich man – and might be happy to buy it!" ”
"Great, Gray!" Deli shouted happily, "Then you go!" ”
"Honey, I wish me success." Gray leaned down and kissed Dilly on the forehead, then turned to go out the door.
Twenty minutes later, Gray met the man who was about to buy a house in the living room of the villa.
"Hello, my name is Shak." The man offered to hold out his right hand.
"Hello, I'm Gray." Gray shook his hand and said, "Please be seated." ”
Shak was in his thirties, tall, thin, and his eyes seemed to see nothing, and he didn't seem to miss anything. He didn't sit down, but paced around the house, observing everything inside.
"So, Mr. Shak, I'll show you around the house first." Gray raised his hand and said, "This house has a total of 300 square meters upstairs and downstairs, a living room, a dining room, and five rooms......."
It took about ten minutes for Shak, led by Gray, to go through every room—except the storage room, of course.
Finally, they sat back on the couch in the living room.
Shack slumped down on the leather couch, turned his narrow back, took a comfortable position, sat sideways, rested one elbow on the round armrest, and lifted Erlang's legs—his casual gesture could only give Gray the illusion that he was already the owner of the house.
"How? Mr. Shak? Gray asked.
"As far as the house goes, I'm satisfied." Shak replied honestly.
"That's good." Gray smiled.
Shak craned his neck forward: "What we're going to talk about now is about the price of the house. ”
"I think you've already known through the real estate exchange center that this villa is selling for a million – including the furniture inside."
Shak shook his head and said, "No, I can't give up that much money. ”
Gray asked a little unhappily, "Then how much do you think this apartment is worth?" “
Shak pointed his finger at his knee: "Eight hundred thousand at most." ”
"Eight hundred thousand?" Gray said in surprise, "At this price, you can only buy an ordinary, medium-sized commercial house." I have to warn you, Mr. Shak, that this is a large and luxurious villa. To be honest, if I hadn't been in a hurry to use the money, I might not have been willing to sell it if you paid 1.5 million. ”
Shak was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly said abruptly, "Mr. Gray, I'm not a fool. ”
Gray frowned, "What do you mean by that?" ”
Shak cleared his throat and said, "In this case, we might as well open the skylight and say something." If your house is under normal conditions, of course, it is worth far more than 800,000 yuan, I understand. However, in this case, I am afraid that its value will be greatly reduced. ”
Gray looked at him in confusion: "Now this situation? What do you mean? What's going on now? ”
Shak stared into Gray's eyes, "I've heard that this house is a little haunted—there are often visions, right?" ”
Gray gasped, but he tried to keep his composure, feigning anger and saying, "What boring man-made ballad is this?" Pure nonsense! ”
Shak shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't think it's like a rumor, otherwise why would you sell this house for a low price of one million, but no one will care about it in the trading center for three consecutive days?" ”
Gray suddenly felt embarrassed, and he said, "Why did you buy this house when you believe the rumors that this place is haunted?" ”
"Because I'm an atheist," Mr. Shack said, "I bought this house to prove that I'm not afraid of these so-called ghosts." ”
Gray hung his head and was silent—a situation he had never imagined before he set out here.
After a while, he raised his head and asked, "Who did you hear that this place is haunted?" ”
"There are no impermeable walls," Shaq said in a mocking tone, "and sometimes, the more we try to hide something, the more it leaks out." ”
With that, he looked at Gray meaningfully—Gray didn't know what to make of his words.
"Now let's go back to the question," said Shaq, "800,000, what do you think of the price?" ”
Gray shook his head and said, "It's too little, I can't take it." ”
"Mr. Gray, you have to think about it, I am probably the only one willing to buy this house now. If you change it to someone else, I'm afraid that if you sell it to them for 300,000 or 400,000 yuan, they won't dare to buy it. ”
Gray thought for a few minutes, and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth word by word: "Nine hundred thousand, I won't sell any less." ”
Shak briefly thought for a dozen seconds and said, "Okay, it's 900,000." ”
"Cash." Gray added.
"Yes," said Shak, "when are we going to do the closing procedures?" ”
"This afternoon, if you want."
"Alright," Shack said, standing up, "we'll see you at two o'clock this afternoon, at the Real Estate Exchange." ”
Before Shack walked out of the room, Gray suddenly remembered something and said, "Mr. Shak, do you like dogs?" ”
Shak looked back: "Dog? Yes, I like it, what's wrong? ”
"Well, I used to have a famous breed dog in this house, a pure-blooded Scottish dog. But now that I've sold the house to you, and I can't get a new place to live anytime soon, the problem of getting a dog has become quite a hassle. So I thought, if you want, I'll give you that dog that has been growing up in this house, how about it? ”
Shak thought for a moment and asked, "There's nothing wrong with this dog?" ”
"Don't worry," Gray laughed, "it's definitely a sensible dog, and I'm sure you'll like it." ”
"Well, after completing the transfer procedures, you can send it over."
"Thank you for your willingness to keep it - you solved a big problem for me." Gray said gratefully.
"We'll see you later, then."
"See you later."