Chapter 302: Urban Card Drawing System (8)

The original body had a villa under her name located at Nanjiao Tea Mountain, which was an eighteenth birthday gift bought for her by her father.

This is currently the most luxurious and spacious real estate project in Jiangcheng, featuring not only stacked villas and townhouses, but also garden houses and low-rise apartment buildings.

The project area is very large; tea gardens, streams, and waterfalls are all enclosed within the grounds, becoming one of the project's selling points.

Since the "villa restriction order," detached villas like the one the Xie Family has—with large gardens and lawns in front of and behind the house, and separated from neighbors by a small garden—can no longer be bought, unless they are second-hand.

But how could a dowry prepared for a daughter be a second-hand house?

Thus, Xie Qidong waved his hand and chose a stacked villa with the best orientation and the largest courtyard, buying all three levels—top, middle, and bottom—and connecting them during renovation to form a single detached villa.

Therefore, while it is called a villa, there are actually three property deeds.

Xie Yang and Wu Jie stayed there for a few days; the environment was beautiful and the air was fresh. In the morning, they could follow the walking paths in the residential complex to the back mountain, passing through terraced tea gardens to reach the summit for the view.

However, the supporting facilities here are not yet mature; it might be more suitable for vacations or hosting gatherings, but for daily living, it is ultimately not as convenient as the city center.

As for the two large flat-floor apartments under her name, one is located by the river, and the other is in the commercial Walking Street of the downtown area.

The riverfront apartment, which has 180-degree floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river, was just delivered last year; it hasn't been furnished yet, and the interior is empty.

Xie Yang went in, took a look around, and left after seeing there were no issues.

On the way to the Walking Street apartment, she stopped by the apartment building she collects rent from to take a look.

Fifteen floors, three elevators, and six households per floor, totaling ninety finely decorated commercial-residential apartments, are all under her name. Moreover, they are for rent only, not for sale, with annual rent totaling over three million.

The original body only knew she had such an apartment building that earned rent, but she had never been here.

Considering that a few months from now, a certain tenant here, due to the property management's negligence, would lose their job and, in a moment of emotional agitation, accidentally commit a homicide—plus the fact that Feng Xuanxuan would hire internet trolls to maliciously spread rumors, causing this building to be rumored as a haunted house where no one dared to rent—Xie Yang planned to change the property management company.

But which one would be good to switch to?

She checked the property management companies with some reputation on the market and found that there were many complaints from owners in the comment sections.

An idea popped into her mind.

"Wu Jie, do you think it's feasible to form a property management team composed of retired soldiers? Money is not an issue!"

Wu Jie looked at her in surprise: "You want to open a property management company?"

"Something like that. Look, I have to hire property management for this apartment building anyway; since I have to spend the money regardless, I might as well spend it on my own people."

Wu Jie was a bit excited: "If you really open a property management company, Yang Yang, can my comrades who have retired but haven't found jobs come to you to apply?"

Xie Yang smiled and said: "That is exactly what I have in mind! Let's go! Let's find a place to think this through properly and replace the current property management! The sooner, the better."

They went to the apartment on the Walking Street.

It was also one household per elevator, but this one was finely decorated and fully equipped; one could move in comfortably without even bringing a suitcase.

Downstairs was the bustling Wanfu Street, and a hundred meters away was a huge high-end Complex, which was the Baileda that had just opened the day she transmigrated; the subway was accessible in all directions, making travel super convenient.

The main thing was that the ten prime storefronts under her name were also on Wanfu Street, a distance reachable by walking downstairs after dinner to digest.

Thinking of the fire that occurred in the original world in late autumn and early winter, Xie Yang knitted her delicate brows.

This time, the Bad Luck Card was not used, so she didn't know if this disaster would still happen.

To be safe, she decided to stay here for a few more days.

Although it was still early before the fire, it would be good to hire people to check the electrical wiring and fire-fighting equipment in the shops in advance.

Secondly, she needed to register the property management company and replace the management for the apartment building.

Registering a property management company was quite simple; a registered capital of fifty thousand would suffice, but Xie Yang invested one million. The company address would temporarily be that vacant large apartment; it cost nothing and was impressive. She left the personnel recruitment to Wu Jie; retired male and female soldiers were both fine. The salary and benefits would be 20% higher than the highest in the industry, with 13 months of pay, two days off per week—one fixed on the weekend and one during the week. If there were special circumstances requiring overtime, overtime pay would be calculated separately.

Once the recruitment information was released, plenty of retired soldiers came to apply; Wu Jie had been busier than her these past few days.

First, she called her former comrades one by one:

"Feng Lan, have you found a good job yet? Why not consider coming to me? My employer opened a property management company; you can rest assured about the benefits..."

"Lao Zhao, how are you doing at the supermarket? Do you want to switch jobs?"

"Du Jie, if you haven't settled on a job yet, come to me. I know your skills; otherwise, I wouldn't recommend you..."

But the retired female soldiers who were on good terms with Wu Jie were far from enough; she still had to promote and introduce them through former comrades, and then arrange interviews to determine the final candidates.

However, the benefits Xie Yang offered were truly tempting. In Jiangcheng, a monthly salary of seven or eight thousand for ordinary property staff was considered quite good. High-end malls might pay security guards nine or ten thousand, but that required working from nine or ten in the morning until nine or ten at night, with long working hours.

Xie Yang added 20% on top of that, plus 13 months of pay a year, and an eight-hour shift system, with overtime pay for holiday shifts according to national regulations.

Because of this, retired soldiers came to apply in waves.

After interviewing security guards, she had to interview front desk staff, chefs, administrative staff, cleaners, maintenance workers...

Wu Jie was so busy she didn't have a moment to rest.

So much so that she herself forgot that although she received two salaries, one was as Xie Yang's bodyguard and driver, and the other was as the Xie Family's steward... what did that have to do with company recruitment?

By the time she realized it, the recruitment had come to an end. Except for the property manager position for which a suitable candidate hadn't been found, everyone else had been sent for pre-job training and could start work at any time.

Xie Yang laughed out loud: "Wu Jie, those who can do more work! I believe in you! Don't worry, I'll pay you three salaries this month. How about this, let's not hire a property manager; you can take on the role concurrently!"

"..."

In the end, the property manager position was given to Du Jie, whom Wu Jie recommended.

Du Jie used to be Wu Jie's squad leader; her management and coordination skills were very strong, and her physical fitness was especially impressive—she could take down three strong men at once by herself. With her in charge of the apartment building, Xie Yang stopped worrying.

After stealing a few days of leisure, the first batch of fire-fighting equipment bought online arrived.

Portable dry powder fire extinguishers and fire blankets were bought the most, and fireproof cloaks and fire escape masks were also bought in large quantities.

"Keep two sets here, and we'll take the rest to the shops in batches." Xie Yang tried on a mask, "The quality of this brand is good; I'll order another batch later. The fire-fighting equipment at the apartment building also needs to be updated and upgraded."

The current property management of the apartment building really took money without doing work; she randomly checked a few portable fire extinguishers, and all of them were past their expiration dates.

The cleaners also only moved when pushed. It wasn't that the cleaners were lazy, but the salary the property management paid them was low, and they would deduct performance bonuses at every turn. If the cleaners weren't happy, could they work seriously?

Although she urged the property management to rectify the situation immediately, she really couldn't trust such a management company and had to replace them as soon as possible.

But the process wasn't finished yet, and it was useless for her to be anxious.

It was better to rectify the fire hazards in the shops first.

The shopkeepers renting her spaces were actually quite easy to talk to. A few days ago, when she brought an electrician to check if the wiring was aging and if the fire-fighting equipment had expired, they not only didn't get angry but also praised her for having a sense of responsibility.

Perhaps after renting out a shop, there are very few landlords who would go to such lengths to personally visit for maintenance and inspections as she does.

Once, Xie Yang even heard the tenant of the neighboring shop enviously say to her tenant: "Is your landlord a seller of fire-fighting equipment? Or perhaps they are in that line of business; no wonder they brought over so many fire extinguishers and fire blankets. Buying all that must have cost quite a bit..."

Xie Yang: "..."