Chapter 317: You Must Buy at My Place After Seeing the House!

He had to calm down; he had originally thought that with these five million, he could reach the heavens, but now he discovered that villas in Jingzhou City were truly not something he could get his hands on.

At the very least, they were not something he could afford right now.

He had indeed earned quite a bit by constantly laundering money through the system... and fleecing the sheep, but if he wanted to buy a villa, he would have to pour in both the special funds provided by the system and the money he had on hand, and even then, it might not be enough.

Zhou Yi felt it wasn't very secure; although he was a man who used cheats, buying a house was no small matter. If he spent all his money to buy a villa, how would he live his life afterward?

One must eat a meal one bite at a time and walk a path one step at a time; he would buy a house first to accumulate, and then slowly think of a way.

After all, while the special funds for house buying provided by the system couldn't be used recklessly, there was no rule saying the house he bought couldn't be sold recklessly!

If it appreciated in value by then, wouldn't that be great?

"We common folk are truly happy today!"

Zhou Yi began to hum a little tune, and his excited expression was truly written all over his face.

As for this current apartment, aside from the neighbor upstairs being a bit poor, the Small Residential District Property Management being a bit poor, and there being a few too many trashy people, there weren't any major problems.

But, after all, it wasn't something he had bought himself; it was given by the system's cheat, so the thrill of buying a house wasn't that great.

But now it was different; now that he had been given money directly, he had to re-experience the joy of buying a house. This required careful planning; after all, in this day and age, the waters of real estate trading were too deep.

So deep that even if he, Zhou Mouren, was a cheater, he wouldn't dare to test them lightly.

Lawyer Fang had said before that a lawyer who hadn't even understood the situation yet but patted their chest and told you they could definitely solve the problem of an unfinished building—you didn't even need to think about it, they were absolutely scamming you.

As for the matter of unfinished buildings, if it could be solved, it might not need a lawyer to solve it; if it couldn't be solved, even with a lawyer, it might not be solvable.

Or rather, sometimes it was no longer something that could be solved by the law.

To put it simply, the developer's capital chain breaks, the money in the regulatory account is gone, and then the person runs away—what do you do? File a lawsuit?

You might win the lawsuit, but there's no way to enforce it.

Although Zhou Yi didn't understand much before, after staying with Lawyer Fang and being influenced by what he saw and heard, he knew quite a few cases, and the answer was that one must be careful not to step into a pit.

As for pre-sale housing, we don't need to talk about big developers or small developers; anyway, Zhou Yi felt that as long as it was pre-sale housing, there were risks!

If you want to buy, buy a completed house—the kind that didn't sell during the pre-sale phase but is already built—or buy a second-hand house.

But the waters of second-hand houses are also very deep; things like one house being sold to three different families emerge one after another, and there are plenty of pit-digging agents. If you aren't careful, you might fall into a pit.

It is truly difficult for common folk to buy a house; six wallets combined are probably just enough for a down payment, and even then, it's being coveted by so many people.

Zhou Mouren felt his current mindset was the same as the protagonists in those steady Cultivation Novels; there was always someone wanting to scam him out of his money...

He found a few real estate trading apps on his phone and looked through them casually, but as he looked, Zhou Yi noticed something wrong, because he kept feeling that after looking for a long time, these pictures all looked the same.

A three-bedroom, two-living-room house in Nancheng had this picture, and a large flat in Beicheng also had this picture.

Forget it, he definitely couldn't see anything this way; he'd better leave his information first, and he estimated that real estate agents would be knocking on his door soon.

This was the current norm; new houses were hard to find, and good second-hand listings were all in the hands of agents. Others earned this money, and Zhou Yi felt it was normal to pay a reasonable agency fee.

As long as it wasn't the kind of black-hearted agent who fleeced both the seller and the buyer, it was fine.

Too lazy to go to the Company, he might as well wander around downstairs. He didn't know how Liu Nainai upstairs had been doing lately; it seemed some relatives had come, and they were arguing.

Regarding the health supplements from that Tiancheng Company, and that sales girl named Wang Rui, Zhou Yi was very clear in his heart that these people were just there to coax the elderly.

Health supplements were things that wouldn't kill you, but they weren't of much use either. However, the reason many elderly people were scammed was mainly because these young salespeople truly served them just like their own children.

If they were to be managed, it should be done by their own children; as an outsider, it was not easy for him to intervene at all.

But he still had to keep an eye on it; selling some health supplements was nothing, but if they were pulling scams like "pension fraud using houses," he had to be careful.

Taking a stroll downstairs, this Small Residential District was a pretty good place to live, but men, after all, always liked to try new things; this apartment could be for his parents to stay in when they visited.

It was just very obvious that Zhou Mouren didn't know how crazy these agent salespeople were.

Twenty minutes later, Zhou Yi put down his phone, his mouth a bit dry; the calls were truly constant, and every single person claimed they had an absolutely good listing and could take him to see it.

Too troublesome.

This wouldn't do; Zhou Mouren didn't like these constant phone calls. He thought about it—he was a man with a Company, so why not pull a workhorse from the Company?

He called General Manager Quan to ask, and General Manager Quan said that Director Chu was just about to buy a house, so he might as well let Director Chu go look at them together.

He thought about it, then it would be the very conscientious Manager Chu; helping the boss with private work, and the boss would pay.

These matters were naturally communicated by General Manager Quan, and not long after, there was a reply; the other party had already agreed.

Then it was fine; he would wait for Manager Chu to help him screen them first, and then he would go see them in person.

By the way, he chatted with Lawyer Huo from the Company again; there were many things to pay attention to when buying pre-sale housing, and the same went for buying second-hand housing.

For example, you have to ensure the property rights of the house are very clear. This doesn't mean it's enough for the homeowner to take out the corresponding certificates; you also have to go and see if there are any mortgages on the house, if it has been sealed by the court, if there are any other restrictions on the transfer of ownership, and so on.

You also have to look at the co-owners of the house; for example, for a house bought by a couple after marriage, even if there is only one name, you must have the other person's signature to buy it.

There are also things like who bears the taxes and fees, how the furniture in the house is agreed upon, what to do if one party breaches the contract, and whether the house has been rented out.

Here, Huo Pengfei said, don't easily trust the verbal promises of agents; what should be written into the contract must be written in, so that even if there is a problem later, there is something to argue about.

Otherwise, you will find that they are one way before you pay, and another way after you pay.

There are certainly many good people in the agency industry, but there are also many black sheep, so this requires you to be especially careful.

The matter of buying a house could be put aside for now; Zhou Yi entered the sage mode again. It was too boring; after Qiyi Company chickened out, was there really no other company that would be tough enough?

He might as well go home; staying at the Company was uncomfortable. He drove home all the way, and when he arrived at the elevator entrance downstairs, he looked left and right; there were quite a few people.

Many people recognized him and greeted him one after another; basically, there were mostly elderly people. At this hour, office workers couldn't possibly be off work yet.

Zhou Yi also nodded in greeting, but after waiting for a while, he felt it was strange.

"Why isn't this elevator moving? It's been stuck on the twentieth floor for a long time." Zhou Yi looked at the elevator entrance and suddenly said.

Someone next to him said: "I don't know; maybe someone on the twentieth floor is moving things? But this time is a bit too long."

Zhou Yi's brow furrowed, and he didn't speak again; if they were moving things, then that was nothing.

But he waited and waited for a long time, and it still didn't move on the twentieth floor. Someone couldn't help it and went to the other unit to wait for the elevator; there was a Fire Department corridor connecting the two units, so one could walk back and forth.

Zhou Yi also couldn't help it a bit; he thought about whether he should go up and talk to the other party—there were so many residents in this building, so even if you had something to do, don't occupy the elevator for too long.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yi said: "Everyone, don't wait anymore; let's go to the elevator in the next unit to go up. Also, who has time to go with me and see what's going on?"

The neighbors around who had just been discussing it noisily didn't speak; after all, talk is talk and fuss is fuss, but for many people, unless it profoundly affects their lives, they won't easily go looking for trouble.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head; perhaps in society, someone like him who takes things seriously is the odd one out.

Without speaking, he went directly to the nearby Elevator to go upstairs.

Of course, Zhou Mouren did not know that after he left, the other neighbors started discussing again.

"We don't need to go, Zhou Yi is there; he is just that kind of person who takes things seriously, having him there is enough."

"Exactly, exactly, we are busy every day, and Zhou Yi is very free every day anyway, just let him go."

Of course, there weren't many people discussing it this way, and the others didn't make a sound; the capable work harder, after all, and since Zhou Yi is a person who takes things seriously, then since there is a matter, just let Zhou Yi go.

Discussing it just like that, after waiting for a while, estimating that Zhou Yi had already gone up, the others then took the nearby Elevator.

Zhou Mouren naturally did not know about the discussion downstairs, and even if he did, he wouldn't care about it; the Small Residential District is very large, and people like Song Xiaofei who defend him in various ways now are very rare.

Most people's impression of him, Zhou Yi, is that this person is too serious, and I can't afford to provoke him.

Everyone not revealing his address also has to do with this reason.

He understood it very clearly himself; he is an odd one out, just as he said to He Xiaoxuan before, he doesn't take things seriously to get everyone's approval, I don't care what you all say.

Along the way, the Elevator arrived at the twentieth floor, and after passing through the Fire Department corridor to reach this unit, Zhou Yi saw a small plastic stool placed at the Elevator entrance.

Just because this thing was placed at the Elevator entrance, the Elevator couldn't close every time, and it just kept getting stuck like that.

Regardless of anything else for now, he first turned on the Sports Camera on his chest to start recording, and then Zhou Yi prepared to knock on the door.

He knocked on the door of 2001, and soon a middle-aged man walked out; after Zhou Yi explained his purpose, the middle-aged man began to shake his head and said: "This isn't my family's, it should be theirs; they have a child who often plays outside, and sometimes the noise at night is quite loud."

Hearing the word "child," Zhou Yi felt his scalp tingle; to be reasonable, after the incident where his camera was smashed before, he really didn't want to deal with a brat again.

However, since he was already here, he might as well ask; maybe this side would be easier to talk to.

Zhou Yi stepped forward to knock on the door, and the middle-aged man behind didn't go in, just watching the excitement there.

He even added casually: "Zhou Yi, they are new here, they might not be so easy to talk to."

There was even a hint of happiness in his tone; it seems he had suffered quite a bit from being neighbors with this family, and seeing Zhou Yi come up, his tone was different.

The door was knocked, and it opened quickly; after seeing the person who opened the door, Zhou Yi's brow furrowed immediately.

It was a woman in her fifties.

An older woman plus a brat is an extremely mysterious bond; after forming this bond, it has the effect of: a three hundred percent bonus to verbal attacks and a one thousand percent bonus to being unreasonable.

The woman looked at Zhou Yi and said: "Who are you?"

Zhou Yi smiled upon hearing this and said: "Hello, I am a neighbor from the sixteenth floor. I came here today because when I was waiting for the Elevator, I found that at your place here, a small stool at the Elevator entrance is jamming the Elevator, and I have to tell you that doing this is actually very dangerous, and it also hinders everyone..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the woman: "What jammed the Elevator, where is it jammed, look, isn't it perfectly fine!"

Zhou Yi took off the Sports Camera, found the video he had just recorded, and said: "Look, this is indeed jammed by the small stool."

"That's not my family's small stool!"

However, just as the woman's voice fell, a little boy about ten years old ran out from inside, grabbed the small stool, and then hid behind the woman.

Zhou Yi blinked, and the scene was suddenly quite silent.

The woman finally said: "Alright, alright, you came all this way for such a small matter. Pengpeng, don't do this in the future, you hear me? If you do it again, watch out for your dad coming back to beat you!"

After saying that, she looked at Zhou Yi again, a smile appearing on her face as she said: "Well, the child doesn't know any better, don't hold it against him. I'll have his dad talk to him later."

What else could he do? Zhou Yi could only say: "Alright then, still need to be careful; blocking the Elevator for a long time easily causes problems."

Sigh, seeing that this family obviously didn't take it to heart, one can only say that for many children, some families are really too doting now.

Especially grandparents, the affection across generations, they really wish they could hold the child in their hands.

If they encounter parents who have no opinions of their own, the child is very easily ruined.

Zhou Mouren went home, and on the other side, Chu Lan ran to several agencies and looked at several houses.

It's just that Chu Lan is obviously very unhappy now.

"Does this mean that if I want to buy this house now, I can only go through you? But your service isn't good; I asked you to go to the Housing Management Bureau to check if this house has a mortgage, and you didn't check, just said to pay the agency fee first. Is this reasonable?"

"Besides, you can see this house on many house-purchasing APPs; this isn't your exclusive listing, why must I buy it through you?"

In the store, in front of Chu Lan was a man about thirty years old, surnamed Ge, who said upon hearing this: "We already took you to see the house, and now you say you want to buy it but don't want to pay the money. Do you know this is called Skipping the Agent!"

"Anyway, let me tell you, if you want to buy this house, you must go through us, otherwise just wait, we will definitely find you to argue about this Skipping the Agent matter!"

Yesterday there was an additional Silver Grand Patron, this must be updated, but I wrote it yesterday and deleted it again. The original outline plan was to write about unfinished buildings, but after checking many specific cases, I found that this... really isn't something you can solve just by being serious. Everyone who has come into contact with related issues should be very clear that unfinished buildings are too deep. It's not that I don't dare to write about it, but there are too many issues involved. If you want to write it realistically, you have to go very deep, and it's easy to have problems...

So let's put the unfinished building matter aside for now.

Also, there will be an explosion of updates today. Thanks to Wugou Feijian for being a Silver Grand Patron. The big boss chatted with me and said, no need for too many updates, just twenty chapters will do... I definitely can't do that in one day, I can only say I will try!

Thanks to Feimaowuyu, Wen Chi, Bingshan Quqi, the extroverted Lonely Patient, Xiao Shufu, Klarkxy, Galaxy Old Driver, Wang Zhitao, another newcomer, wfei, Zifeng Hua Huihuang, Jimuyu, 0310, thanks to the brothers for the tips.

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