Chapter 366: Slapping Faces with a Bang

A cacophony of noisy sounds intertwined in the classroom, forming a chaotic uproar.

Seeing the caller ID on his phone screen, Shen Yan swiped to answer.

"Hello! Hello! Yes, I am the owner... I am over here in Hangzhou... That works, I will head over tomorrow morning. You all should get the relevant things ready so I don't have to run back and forth."

The classmates suddenly widened their eyes, looking at each other in dismay.

Holy crap! A windfall from the heavens had actually landed on Shen Yan.

After he hung up the phone, Lin Yang asked impatiently: "How is it, how is it? Is it really being demolished where you are?"

Shen Yan grinned: "You really guessed it right; those few shops happen to be within the planning area."

Boom!

Once these words were out, the surrounding classmates completely exploded, discussing the demolition in a hubbub. Some did not understand what demolition meant, while others knew quite a bit about it due to examples around them.

For instance, Lin Yang.

Over the past few years, Shanghai could be said to have developed at high speed like a rocket, and demolition had been in full swing, with Lin Yang's father serving as an official in the housing management department.

Influenced by what he saw and heard, it was hard for Lin Yang not to know about these matters.

Sun Dawei asked: "Shen Yan, how big are those shops of yours? About how much money can you get in compensation?"

Shen Yan said he didn't know either and would have to wait for the compensation plan to come out.

Lin Yang, based on his own experience, began to talk grandly, listing several compensation standards. Demolition compensation was nothing more than two types: either take property or take money.

Taking property was generally original demolition and reconstruction, or allocation nearby. The property area of the shops Shen Yan bought was 80 square meters, three stories high, with an actual area of 240 square meters.

There were six shops in total.

A rough calculation meant he could be allocated over a thousand square meters of shop space.

Taking money was another type of calculation: house area multiplied by the average market price of surrounding residential properties, plus signing bonuses, relocation bonuses, and other miscellaneous expenses; getting twenty million was easy.

Good heavens!

You wouldn't know until you calculated it, and the calculation was shocking.

The classmates and Lin Yang were all dumbfounded, exclaiming that Shen Yan was about to soar to the skies with this wave.

Zhu Baoping, who had come over upon hearing the news, felt his legs go weak and almost collapsed to the ground.

In all his life, he hadn't even touched twenty thousand yuan.

Let alone twenty million.

He braced himself against the desk and said with a trembling voice: "Old Shen, your luck is simply heaven-defying. You could even run into this kind of windfall from the sky."

Shen Yan shook his head with a bitter smile: "Can you guys stop being so jumpy? Nothing is even set in stone yet. Everyone disperse, disperse."

The others had no intention of leaving, still discussing it tirelessly.

Since the subway range had already been planned, how could it be changed overnight?

Zhu Baoping was still joking that it was a close call not listening to Lin Yang and transferring the shops at a low price; otherwise, he would have been so angry he'd have slapped his own thigh broken.

Facing the mocking gazes of his classmates, Lin Yang's old face flushed red, as if countless slaps were hitting him.

Back when he learned Shen Yan bought a house in the urban village, Lin Yang's father boasted that he knew the urban village like the back of his hand, claiming that the land could never be demolished, and mocked Shen Yan for being whimsical, wanting to get rich in one go through demolition.

So Lin Yang, in a tone of pitying his misfortune, advised Shen Yan to transfer it quickly, saying even a loss was better than having it stuck in his hands.

And Shen Yan's public excuse was: "I didn't think about getting rich from demolition; I'm just collecting rent for the shops every month."

Lin Yang didn't believe this, he just didn't say it out loud.

With millions stuck in his hands, how much rent could shops in an urban village fetch?

He fully believed Shen Yan was young and ignorant, but the mistake was already made, and he only said that to save face.

Thinking about it now, it was fortunate that the other party didn't listen to him; otherwise, if he had transferred the shops at a low price, wouldn't he have lost a huge fortune? He reckoned that at that time, the other party would have had the heart to take a knife to him.

"Why is everyone gathered here?"

At this moment, Chen Shanni and Wu Yue'er came in from outside. It was Wu Yue'er who spoke, her gaze sweeping back and forth over everyone, her pretty face filled with curiosity.

After learning the situation, the two women were overjoyed, feeling genuinely happy for Shen Yan. Wu Yue'er's peach-blossom eyes were even sparkling with starlight.

She looked at Shen Yan with full admiration.

Back then, she and Shen Yan had inspected the site together. Shen Yan was certain the house would be demolished and prepared to buy a few units to be safe.

Wu Yue'er felt it was unreliable, saying how could it be, if it were to be demolished it would have been done long ago, there was no need to waste that money. Shen Yan remained stubborn and bought six shops in one go.

Now the facts proved that Shen Yan was the correct one.

It was her own vision that was shallow.

Regarding this, Wu Yue'er felt no shame, but rather felt honored by it.

Tee-hee! Her own man was just this excellent!

Before long, the news that Shen Yan's shops in Shanghai were about to be demolished spread throughout the entire class, and the seventy-plus students present were all stirred up.

That feeling of envy was like a lonely boat longing for the shore, or a lost traveler longing for a lighthouse.

Luo Qiqi's eyes were full of golden light of money. She excitedly said to Yu Youwei: "Youwei, how is Shen Yan's fate so good? He bought a few shops at random, and it just so happened to coincide with the demolition."

"Let's calculate, it's only been a little over two months since he bought them. Those who don't know would think Shen Yan has the ability to foresee the future."

"Right!" Yu Youwei barely squeezed out a smile, but her heart was churning.

She regretted it so much her guts were turning green.

Sigh!

If she hadn't rejected Shen Yan's confession back then, she should be sharing the joy with Shen Yan right now.

Unfortunately... there is no regret medicine sold in this world.

When the class bell rang and everyone returned to their seats, Wu Yue'er still couldn't hide her excitement, holding Shen Yan's arm and chattering incessantly.

"Hubby, you are simply Zhuge reborn, your plans never fail. I love you to death."

Shen Yan was a bit uninterested: "That's enough, it's just a demolition, look at your lack of composure."

"Hehe! I just couldn't help myself."

Comparing Shen Yan's calm and indifferent demeanor to the undisguised envy of the other students, Wu Yue'er only felt that her man became more likable the more she looked at him.

Just look!

The things you all desire but cannot reach are, in my man's eyes, entirely dispensable.

"Hubby, I suddenly really want to pounce on you." Wu Yue'er breathed like an orchid into Shen Yan's ear.

At this moment, Shen Yan's mind was full of stocks; he had no heart to consider anything else, so he gave her a pinch behind her back and told her to go cool off somewhere.

Wu Yue'er pouted her little mouth so much that a soy sauce bottle could be hung from it; when this damn man was lustful, he could wear a person out until they fell apart, but when he was serious, he was like a pool of autumn water, without a ripple.