"Mr. Lou, Mr. Lou?" The intermediary Xiao Wu shouted softly, his accent more and more like his Taiwanese store manager, and knocked on the door three times very professionally. Actually, I don't like people to call me sir, this title exudes an old-fashioned style, and I would rather be called by my first name.

Xiao Wu has a slick and sophisticated air that does not match his age, and the kind of self-righteous smile on his face that makes people feel professional is not very comfortable, and the smile that can see the traces of training is actually worse than not smiling. But I like him to be very capable, and he entrusts him with any business.

The intermediary industry gathers many young people who want to make quick money, who give up their profession as soon as they leave school and go directly to work without much training. Although the taste of shortcuts is very strong, it is understandable that survival is not easy to fall. Of the more than 30 shops downstairs in my house, one-third are real estate agents, and if you catch up with the time, you can see waves of slogans. I have the impression that those who shout slogans and do exercises before the start of construction on the rivers and lakes, except for haircuts and insurance sellers, are housing agents. Most of the hairdressing gangs and insurance gangs are perfunctory, and the intermediary gangs are really energetic and nervous.

Based on the housing prices in Xiamen, an ordinary house of more than 80 square meters is often four or five million, and the intermediary fee for a set of intermediaries is more than 100,000 yuan. It's more refreshing than anything else. Although there is a lack of long-term security in this industry, real estate has been rising all the way in recent years, and it is really a lot of income to do a good job. Sometimes I am tempted to simply act as an intermediary, and I can also pretend to be public and private when I need to.

Xiao Wu is one of them. Once when I was having dinner with Shi Ting, I met their store for an annual celebration banquet, and the sales champion sitting on the main seat was Xiao Wu. At that time, he had a big gold medal hanging around his neck, and his face was red from drinking. Every time they drank a round, they got up and shouted slogans, which was very noisy, and every time Xiao Wu took the lead in shouting with his little fist. At first, we thought it was funny, but then we heard that this kid's performance as an intermediary fee could be hundreds of thousands, and in addition to being in awe, my desire to be an intermediary was on another level, thinking that if I won the championship, I would solemnly donate the gold medal to my alma mater.

Xiao Wu has a Lincoln MKZ hybrid car, worth three or four hundred thousand, this kid is a chicken thief, never park his car near the intermediary store, one day I saw him drive out of the parking lot two blocks away, he was quite embarrassed.

This is also one of the survival strategies of intermediaries, which will always make you feel that they are grassroots, and they are the dicks who dream of making a fortune in the city, and you take it for granted after being busy around you, and it is not too painful to give them a commission according to what they say about the intermediary fee. This is the real pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

I'm trying to work as an agent more and more.

But I never liked their black ties, it was very easy to think of the funeral home, and they came three or four at a time, and the black press really seemed to be sending me on my way.

There was a large group of people behind him, I was not interested in examining them one by one, I glanced at it and nodded to say hello with a smile, feeling like an old man, and pointed to the opposite door: "This is the set that you want to rent, let's take a look first." He opened the door with his key.

A group of mermaids rushed in, and immediately divided into three strands, and two strands of guests looked at each room. Xiao Wu has been waving his hand and making various introductions, and his posture is very similar to that of a hammer brother at the auction. If conditions permit, he always takes a group of guests to see the house collectively, which not only saves physical strength, but also promotes the transaction by provoking. Dry intermediaries are also learned.

Xiao Wu was accompanied by two other intermediary newcomers, standing with me blankly, I leaned against the door of the living room, looking at the back of their heads in a daze.

This house has two bedrooms and two living rooms, and the furniture used is all brought from Xinjiang, and it was all made when my parents got married. At that time, the simple European style was popular, and it was painted cream white. When the army was transferred, my father said that he would not give it away, but had to bring it back, saying that the wood used to make furniture at that time was originally used to make gun butts, and it was a high-quality walnut wood that was finally obtained, and it was no problem to use it for hundreds of years, so how could it be given away. In the spirit of being a gun, all the furniture was consigned, and even the wood that was not used up at that time was brought back. When I came back, I made up two more pieces of furniture with those woods as needed. My mother was a literary fan who kept up with the times, and at that time she ordered the white paint to be shoveled off and changed back to the original wood color, and my father said that the cost of changing the color was no less than the salary of making furniture back then. The furniture has been used for her own use, and after the demolition a few years ago, she moved to a new house, and her mother had to change the furniture to change her mood, so the furniture was transferred to a rental house again.

My father did not give up, and once patted me on the shoulder and said solemnly: "I will give you this set of furniture when you get married!" ”

The two groups of people came out soon, and the price was not returned, Xiao Wu waved his hand and shouted: "There is another set upstairs with a lower price, let's go upstairs!" ”

So the hula was all gone.

I went home and continued to drink tea and watch the news. Half an hour later, there was another knock on the door, and a tall girl stood at the door and smiled at me. I also smiled at her and nodded to say hello, feeling that I was the eternal old man, and pointed to the opposite door: "This is the set that I want to rent, let's take a look first." He pulled out the key again and opened the door.

The girl hesitated and looked at it, then walked to the back room, walked a few steps, turned back lightly, and asked me with a smile, "Is it okay?" The black and bright eyes were like a big shot of Wuwu, focusing straight on my face, my heart trembled, I nodded with a smile, raised my hand in Xiao Wu's posture, and made a beautiful invitation: "Look at it casually." ”

The girl looked slightly smaller than me, looked around quietly inside and out, and then stood on the balcony and looked into the distance, looking preoccupied. In the midst of high-rise buildings, this house rarely has a wide view, almost the entire Songbai Lake. At eight or nine o'clock, the sun changed to beat her against the light, and the high bridge of her nose and lip line were unusually well defined, and I muttered to myself, "What a beauty." ”

I can't see her career direction from the dress, but it's definitely not in the entertainment industry, if you are afraid of trouble when renting a house, don't rent it to the entertainment industry, it's easy to get into trouble. Her skirt cut is very decent, the fabric is exquisite, and the style belongs to the artistic and sullen category, I know that this kind of clothes are generally branded, and they seem to be worth a lot, but I don't know much about clothing brands.

Although I am currently unemployed and living on renting a house, I don't have much patience for accommodating tenants, and I know that the more well-dressed and careful the customer is, the more likely it is that various additional conditions will be proposed in the future. Bargaining is not my strong point, I always happily offer the lowest price directly, but anyone who is sincere will know that I am below the market, and I still have illusions about continuing to cut, that kind of person is not worth cooperating.

But there are always exceptions, and I wonder how much more concessions she can make if she wants to rent. I can still take a closer look at a tall, well-proportioned and fair-skinned temperamental beauty, especially since she has two plump, firm, curvy long legs.

I once read a report that says good-looking animals are less likely to go extinct. The reason is also very simple, human beings themselves have hooked ugly species and poisonous species in the long-term survival and evolution of nature, and tried to eliminate all the ugly monsters that can be eliminated. Although the situation is similar now, people will allocate huge sums of money to rescue the endangered and cute giant pandas, and worry about their survival, but at the same time, they still don't really care that some kind of colorful spider in South America or some strange snake with a strange head in Africa may not survive a few years before disappearing from the face of the earth. More than 90 percent of the earth's mammal species are extinct at the hands of humans, not to mention these lower organisms, and humans have a choice in this regard.

Darwinian violent pragmatism, I like that term, and I can certainly do my part to make beautiful animals more nourished.

Her eyes are clear and full of wisdom, her smile is very warm, and every time her eyes meet with someone, she smiles politely, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.

I like people who have content in their eyes.

I often see literature that promotes the so-called simple-eyed people, and I don't like it at all, and that makes me feel insecure. I can't see anything empty in my eyes, maybe it's simple, but it's stupid to simply take a step back, I don't like a sincere fool; And it is more likely to be scheming, maybe it is a person who is very deep in the city, and his joys, sorrows, and sorrows are invisible, making himself completely invisible. I always felt that invisible motives are dangerous in themselves, and since this kind of person is unknowable, it means danger to me, and life and death should not be approached.

That's pretty much the same with my life experience. For example, my mother, if one day she stares at me with a particularly calm, unfathomable and stagnant heart, I know that the storm is approaching, and she is already a stone's throw away from being beaten. As long as there is a little bit of something in her eyes, even if it is cunning or vicious, it can make me feel more steady, even if she is still beaten, she is still a good mother.

That's the main reason why I shy away from performative people. Therefore, for a person like me, who lacks universal love and is suspicious, the most worry-free way is to simply classify all those who seek to show purity as scheming who love to play and take strict precautions, which is also a simple and violent pragmatism.

If there is anything worse than purity, it is that the eyes are as cold as ice and snow, this kind of person has a heavier desire to perform, basically the brain is really empty, obviously incompetent and harmless but likes to pretend that he is poisonous, and indifference is just a fig leaf for them.

After turning around, she was already quite sure that she was satisfied with the house.