Chapter 303: Urban Card Drawing System (9)

After putting the fire-fighting equipment in order, the two of them sat down to eat their late breakfast.

Tian Sao did not come along; her niece back home was getting married recently, so Xie Yang simply gave her a short long vacation, allowing her sufficient time to return to her hometown to attend the wedding feast.

Wu Jie had eaten at the Canteen when she was in the military, and after retiring, she came to her house; she had neither the opportunity to cook, nor was she truly very good at it.

Xie Yang herself knew how to cook, but at present, her persona was that of a "pampered rich young lady who has never lifted a finger," so she couldn't just suddenly know how to do everything without having learned it, right?

In any case, there were plenty of eateries on the Walking Street, from breakfast to late-night snacks; even if she ate there every day, she could go ten days or half a month without repeating a dish.

She usually ate what Tian Sao cooked, so changing the flavor occasionally was not bad either.

Xie Yang drank her soy milk and ate her egg pancake and Fried Dough Stick with satisfaction, taking a moment to log into the Card Drawing System to check in.

After checking in, she discovered she had checked in for ten consecutive days, accumulating 50 points, enough to draw one common card.

Xie Yang was quite curious about what a common card was like, so she decided to draw one to see.

【Congratulations to the Host, you have drawn a common card—Limited Time Little Happiness.】

Little Happiness?

Does it mean a little bit of luck?

The duration of a rare card is one year, while the common card with the words "Limited Time" has a shorter duration, only three days.

Xie Yang clicked to use it, then went out to deliver the fire-fighting equipment to the shops.

Just out of the Elevator, she picked up some pocket money dropped by some child—five yuan; crossing the street, the light turned green just in time; wanting milk tea, she went to queue, and the line she chose moved the fastest; passing a convenience store to buy a drink, she twisted off the cap, "One more bottle"…

Xie Yang: "..."

Although, well... it was no better than a chicken rib.

Glancing at her zeroed-out points, she twitched the corner of her mouth and decided that in the future, she would only check in and not waste points casually; she would save them to draw cards of rare grade or higher.

By the end of April, Xie Yang had finally managed to get the property management company up and running, and had also replaced the apartment building's property management with her own staff.

Unilaterally terminating a contract within the term usually requires paying damages, but the old property management had too many existing problems, and they wouldn't win if it went to court, so in the end, both sides took a step back: Xie Yang compensated the property staff with three months' wages to terminate the contract early.

With the new property management moved in, Xie Yang was willing to invest money, and she carried out drastic reforms to address the drawbacks left by the old management in a timely manner: upgrading fire-fighting equipment, deep-cleaning the Elevators, cleaning the exterior facade, strengthening cleaning work in public areas, and improving the building's greenery...

At the same time, she distributed notices door-to-door: informing everyone that the new property company was opened by the owner of this apartment building, there was no such thing as third-party profit, and the sole purpose was to serve the apartment tenants. If tenants had any dissatisfaction with the property management, they could call the owner's phone to complain at any time; if they encountered any trouble or difficulties in life, they could also consult the property management or seek help.

Apartment tenants: The owner changed? No rent increase, but service increased?

However, for the tenants, as long as the rent didn't increase, anything was fine.

But as the property services progressed, the tenants truly felt the changes in the apartment building:

Pushing open the apartment building's main door gave one the feeling of stepping into a high-end hotel—

Elegant, sound-absorbing carpets, a fresh air system with constant temperature throughout the four seasons, free lemon water, small candies, and current newspapers and magazines in the lounge area, umbrellas available for free borrowing on rainy days...

When tenants returned, they would receive caring greetings from the property staff the first moment they arrived.

If it were a holiday, they would also receive a warm little gift, and deliveries and takeout would be sent to the tenants' doors by hotel-style Robots.

A small bar counter was also set up in the corner of the apartment lobby, providing common alcoholic beverages, instant noodles, biscuits, and feminine products at fair prices.

The utility room at the back of the lobby was converted into an employee Canteen to facilitate staff dining, and it was also very affordable.

Of course, apartment tenants could also order meals one day in advance via the service app, with prices only 20% higher than the employee price.

For example, a serving of Potato Beef Brisket over rice with a side of Dried Laver and Shrimp Skin soup cost employees only 10 yuan, and apartment tenants 12 yuan.

Or for example, the morning combo set of white porridge/soy milk, Fried Dough Stick, steamed buns/flower rolls, which cost employees only 3 yuan, and apartment tenants 3.6 yuan...

In short, it was much more cost-effective than eating outside.

The meal ordering service became extremely popular after its launch!

If it weren't for the limited opening hours of the employee Canteen—breakfast 6:00-7:30, lunch 11:00-12:30, dinner 17:00-18:30, and not operating outside these hours—most tenants would have wanted to rush back to eat at noon.

Don't look at the fact that those who rent here are generally white-collar men and women who work in the CBD and have five-figure monthly salaries; who wouldn't be happy to save money?

A meal downstairs from the company costs twenty or thirty, and the taste isn't necessarily that good, but eating back at the apartment only costs 12 yuan.

Breakfast is even cheaper, only three or four yuan; if they ate all three meals back at the apartment, they could save at least thirty or forty a day, which adds up to a thousand or so a month.

Oh my!

The tenants were overjoyed!

This is practically a free benefit! Is the apartment owner doing charity?

The only bad thing is that the opening hours of the employee Canteen are too inconvenient; according to this schedule, they are either not awake yet or haven't finished work yet, so they can only enjoy this benefit on weekends.

But they want to sleep in on weekends; they can't set an alarm to wake themselves up just to eat an affordable breakfast, and then go back to sleep, right? It would be better to sleep until noon and save the breakfast money altogether.

They go out to have fun during the day and usually return at night, so it seems there is no chance to enjoy this benefit.

Therefore, after being lively for a while, the popularity cooled down again.

There's no help for it; if you want to "shear the sheep," you have to match the sheep's time. They, as ordinary working people, just can't do it, ah ah ah ah!

But regardless, the changes brought by the new property management made everyone very happy:

"Your property management is really good! I hope you keep doing this for a long time!"

"Will the rent really not increase again in the next two years?"

"Who exactly is your boss? Could it be the head of some big hotel?"

Look at these services; they are no worse than some five-star hotels.

Seeing that the relationship between the new property management and the tenants was so harmonious, the heavy stone in Xie Yang's heart fell halfway.

She invested money to open a property company, spent money to improve property services, earned mid-range rent, gave back high-end services, and sent warmth to every tenant; surely, the murder case from the original world wouldn't happen again, right?

By the May Day holiday, Lao Xie had finally finished discussing business and was preparing to return to the country, asking his daughter if there were any gifts she wanted, no matter how expensive, he would buy them.

It seems that Comrade Lao Xie can earn quite a lot from this business deal!

Xie Yang didn't have anything she wanted to buy, but it wouldn't be good to refuse Comrade Lao Xie's kindness, so she simply said: "Dad, then bring me a few pieces of gold jewelry or gold bars; I heard people say that gold in Switzerland has high purity. I feel that gold is more value-preserving; in the future, I won't buy clothes, bags, or ordinary jewelry anymore. When I have money, I'll buy gold!"

Father Xie: "..."

Has his daughter changed her nature? She doesn't love luxury handbags anymore and loves gold instead?

Is this considered a good thing or a bad thing?