Chapter 621: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 621: Wang Erhai Deals with Liu Ming

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wei Qian brought meals back for everyone, and while Wang Xiaohua was eating, he received a call from his second brother Wang Erhai.

"Second Brother, what's wrong?"

"Third Brother, I have a question for you: do you think it's necessary to buy a house in a big city now?"

The reason Wang Erhai suddenly called to ask this question was that deep down he actually didn't want to buy a house in a big city, but he had previously promised Liu Mei Qi that they would buy a house in Guangzhou after marriage.

Houses in Guangzhou were so expensive; Wang Erhai didn't want to spend all the money he had earned through hard work on buying a house all at once.

"If you have the ability to buy in a big city, then buying in a big city is naturally better."

Wang Erhai gave his opinion.

Wang Erhai then asked:

"You mean, will housing prices in big cities keep rising? Prices are already absurdly high now; if they rise again, can us ordinary people afford it?"

Wang Xiaohua said: "In the current GDP, land finance accounts for a large proportion. Do you know what that means?"

"What does it mean?"

"It means local governments won't actively burst this bubble; instead, they will actively push housing prices up. For example, purchase restrictions, for example, curbing second-hand home sales, for example, school district housing policies—these policies seem to suppress housing prices but are actually pushing them up. Unless there is an external force driving it, even though prices are artificially high, they will continue to rise."

This was just Wang Xiaohua's own small opinion; he didn't know if his view was right, but he believed that if one had money, it was better to buy a house as early as possible.

Subsequent economic development, however, proved his guess correct.

From 2014 to 2019, real estate still had five years of high growth, especially after National Day in 2016, which was the final madness.

"Is that so…"

After consulting his third brother, Wang Erhai smoked with his head down.

He really didn't want to buy a house; wasn't it better to take the money in hand and make his business bigger and stronger?

As a real estate intermediary, he knew too well how deep the waters were in housing.

"What did your third brother say?"

Liu Mei Qi stood to the side with her arms crossed across her chest, looking cold.

It was obvious she and Wang Erhai had just quarreled about buying a house.

"Wang Erhai, I'm telling you: if you're a man, you'd best keep the promise you made back then. Who was it who kept telling me that after marriage we'd buy a house in Guangzhou!"

Wang Erhai pulled a long face and stopped speaking.

Because he had indeed promised Liu Mei Qi to buy a house in Guangzhou, though reluctantly.

"After buying a house in Guangzhou, who's going to live there?"

Wang Erhai was still making excuses.

"If you won't live there, I will, isn't that fine!"

Liu Mei Qi argued her case.

She didn't understand real estate; she simply felt that buying a house in a big city like Guangzhou was incredibly prestigious!

"Running back and forth between the County Town and Guangzhou every week—don't you find that tiring?"

Wang Erhai continued to make excuses.

Liu Mei Qi grew impatient:

"Wang Erhai, stop being vague. Why make so many excuses? Just say you don't keep your word, that you're not a man!"

What men care about most is a woman saying they aren't men; it hurts their self-esteem terribly.

So Wang Erhai was provoked.

"Who the hell isn't a man?"

Wang Erhai slammed the table, stood up, and glared at Liu Mei Qi.

Liu Mei Qi, however, was not afraid of him, holding her neck high with cold arrogance:

"So are you going to buy a house in Guangzhou or not?"

"Buy buy buy, I'll buy it for you. Is that okay now!"

Wang Erhai truly couldn't stand Liu Mei Qi's nagging and finally compromised.

"Then you tell me, when do we go to Guangzhou to look at houses?"

Liu Mei Qi's face showed a triumphant expression.

Wang Erhai resisted inwardly, so he didn't give a clear time, only speaking vaguely:

"I'll go after I finish the work at hand."

Liu Mei Qi saw through his little scheme at once and sneered:

"You have so much work at hand—can you finish it? You must give me a definite answer!"

Wang Erhai was furious; his little scheme had been seen through by Liu Mei Qi.

Finally forced into a corner, he could only give a definite answer:

"After I deal with Liu Ming, we'll go to Guangzhou to look at houses. Is that okay?"

Liu Ming was the deputy sales manager of Shanhai Real Estate's County Branch. Since Liu Mei Qi was transferred to the Personnel Department, Liu Ming had actually become the head of the Sales Department, only Wang Erhai had never given him the position of General Manager of the Sales Department.

Previously Wang Erhai had promised Liu Ming that after the sales results of Huangsheng New City came out, he would promote Liu Ming. Now Huangsheng New City's opening sales on New Year's Day were a great victory in the first battle, selling out completely.

At this time Liu Ming had already achieved merit overwhelming the master, and dealing with Liu Ming seemed even more urgent.

Wang Erhai had been thinking about this matter these past few days; unexpectedly, after returning home, he was still bothered by Liu Mei Qi like this.

In his view, buying a house was truly not urgent.

"How long will it take you to deal with Liu Ming?"

Liu Mei Qi continued to press him.

She had to get a clear answer today.

Because she knew that if she didn't get it clear, Wang Erhai would definitely brush it off.

"Within a month."

Liu Mei Qi said:

"A month is too long. If Liu Ming isn't dealt with within half a month, he'll probably firmly secure the top position in our Shanhai Real Estate sales department. By then, if you want him gone, you'll have to pay a heavy price. This matter must be settled quickly!"

Liu Mei Qi was right about this.

Wang Erhai agreed; Liu Ming had to be dealt with quickly.

"I want to cut the knot quickly, but the problem is that to deal with Liu Ming now, we need a legitimate reason—he hasn't committed any major offense!"

Actually, Liu Ming hadn't committed even a minor offense.

Wang Erhai indeed couldn't find a reason to deal with Liu Ming, which was exactly why he was troubled and depressed.

Liu Mei Qi then came up with an idea:

"Since we can't demote him, let's just promote him!"

Wang Erhai looked speechless:

"What do you mean? Does he still have room for promotion? If he's promoted again, he'll replace me!"

Liu Mei Qi said:

"Isn't our Shanhai Real Estate in this County Town a branch of the Shanhai Real Estate in Guangzhou? In other words, our company is nominally just a subsidiary of Guangzhou Shanhai Real Estate. So if we transfer Liu Ming from the subsidiary to Headquarters to serve there, isn't that giving him a promotion? Handled this way, Liu Ming definitely won't have a reason to refuse!"

Hearing this, Wang Erhai was stunned.

Promoting in name while demoting in reality was a very common personnel transfer method in officialdom. Liu Mei Qi had followed Zhang Sheng for a while and had dealt with quite a few officials before coming up with this idea.

"But will my older brother accept Liu Ming on his end?"

Wang Erhai hesitated a bit.

Liu Mei Qi said:

"Your older brother will definitely accept him. Your older brother is quite straightforward. Someone as capable as Liu Ming—if you hand him over to your older brother, your older brother would be delighted. How could he possibly be unwilling?"

Wang Erhai said:

"Then I'll find some time later to call my older brother and ask and see what his reaction is."

Liu Mei Qi urged:

"Don't wait until later to call. Call your older brother right now!"