Chapter 587: Renting a Siheyuan

Bang Geng was driven off, feeling he had lost face.

He felt even angrier.

But Yang Qing's family had many bodyguards, so he didn't dare to act out and could only leave resentfully.

The others in the siheyuan also disliked Bang Geng greatly, watching them like a joke.

Qiao Hui felt humiliated; halfway, she couldn't help complaining.

"Is this your mother? How can you treat your own son like this?"

Bang Geng snorted.

"She doesn't just have one son, me; she has two sons."

"Now she's involved with Yang Qing, so she naturally finds fault with me, surnamed Jia, in every way."

"We absolutely cannot let her get away with it."

"She wants to get rid of me, this Jia family burden, but I won't go along with her wishes."

"In this lifetime I'll do nothing; just let him support us. If she dares not to support us, then nobody will have a good time."

Qiao Hui also snorted.

"Right, she should support us."

"When you were little, she abandoned you; that's her debt to you."

"Also, Yang Qing already has a wife—how could your mother be with him? Isn't that a crime?"

This Bang Geng still knows a thing or two.

"They went to Gangdao—do you think it's the same as here? In Gangdao, having three wives and four concubines is normal."

"Since my father passed, she's been involved with Yang Qing unclearly, and later they even eloped together."

Qiao Hui didn't know her mother-in-law had such a history; isn't that just a slut who messes around with men and women?

She still has the nerve to lecture me; at least I haven't been fooling around with other men.

In her heart she had even more objections to her mother-in-law.

Yang Qing isn't any good either—getting involved with a widow, what good could that be?

Before eloping, they must have done who knows how many bad things.

Just thinking about it makes one's mouth dry.

Pfft, shameless.

Yang Qing drove back to the hotel with Li Da Xiong and Liu Guangtian.

Supposedly to see Yang Qing off, but actually Yang Qing had something to say to them.

As for Bang Geng, he's not his son.

He's a white-eyed wolf; only an idiot would give his heart and soul to him.

Liu Guangtian and Li Da Xiong were entering such a high-end hotel for the first time; its luxury made them feel ill at ease.

Yang Qing saw their nervousness and comforted them.

"Don't be so nervous; this place, aside from being expensive, is pretty much like an ordinary place."

Liu Guangtian explained.

"It's not that we lack experience; this place is for receiving foreign guests, and we basically never get a chance to come in."

"Everyone coming and going are foreigners; if we accidentally damage diplomatic relations, we'd make a huge mistake."

Yang Qing sighed inwardly; the Daxia people's tendency to fawn over foreigners is closely related to current foreign policy.

In order to improve foreigners' impression of the country, they overvalued foreigners, unconsciously giving them supranational treatment.

After a few years, for foreign investment, this supranational treatment will be expanded, which is a bit too fawning.

It makes ordinary people feel inferior.

When a dispute arises, some people use foreign friendship to pressure their own compatriots, and are even more lenient with foreigners.

This situation continued until Yingjiang regarded Daxia as a rival, around 2020, before it began to improve.

"Don't be so careful; who isn't just a person?"

"Moreover, we are masters of our own home."

"It makes no sense that we, being masters of our own home, would still be inferior to these oppressed people."

"As long as we're in the right, we needn't fear; to earn others' respect, we must first put ourselves on their level."

"If you do nothing like this, you'll become guilty and shrink back, only making others think you're a coward, and cowards don't earn respect."

"Foreign guests—who doesn't have a foreign guest friend?"

"Speaking reasonably, we aren't afraid of them at all."

"Brother Qing, you're respected worldwide; don't embarrass me."

Yang Qing's words were like a spring of water poured on them; their spirits lifted and their backs straightened.

Exactly, we all have one nose and two eyes; what do we have to fear them for?

"We understand; from now on we'll just treat them as ordinary people."

"Right, being timid on our own turf only makes others look down on us; equal treatment is fine."

"Alright, let's stop talking about this and get down to business."

I see many siheyuan are mostly empty, and there are also many places in disrepair.

Should these siheyuan be sold or not? If not sold, should they be rented? For how long at most?

Li Da Xiong knows this.

"Brother Qing, the siheyuan still follows the rules you set."

"Only rent, not sell; currently most places nationwide follow this policy."

Now, five-tenths of the siheyuan in Jingcheng have already been bought by Honghai.

The remaining two-tenths are held by another two companies.

The remaining three-tenths are in private hands.

However, they cannot be bought or sold, and the owners are already tied to the houses; once they leave, Jiedao will take over, and then the three major companies will buy them out with money.

However, nowadays everyone prefers to live in apartment buildings, so the occupancy rate of siheyuan is getting lower and lower.

That's exactly what you see.

In recent years, the main roads of Jingcheng are being upgraded for their pipeline facilities.

But the hutongs and lanes, these small streets, because the majority of real estate is in the hands of Honghai and other real estate companies, the municipal government does not manage them.

Honghai and other companies, in recent years, because of heavy workloads, also lack the energy, time, and resources to handle the pipeline facilities of these areas.

So the current situation of the big courtyard is actually no different from before you left.

Rent, Honghai is definitely willing to rent, but if you want to live comfortably, you can only pay for the renovation yourself.

Moreover, it needs to be restored to its original state; the main appearance of the big courtyard cannot be changed.

Yang Qing never expected that the rules he set back then would actually turn out like this.

This is good; this way the siheyuan won't become a profit-making trade for others.

Rent can also replace land finance, forming something similar to a property tax, as local fiscal revenue.

Moreover, as the population increases and the number of houses grows, local fiscal revenue will become higher and higher.

This way we won't have to exploit ordinary people.

Yang Qing believes this is the best thing he has done in his lifetime.

Tomorrow, when you return to the company, help me see which big courtyards have fewer people, making them easy to vacate.

It would be best if they are adjacent to the main road, making repairs and renovations easier.

I need a place to live in Jingcheng, and the company also needs an office.

Li Da Xiong said there's no problem.

Tomorrow I'll get it done when I go back.

Brother Qing, Manager Wan will surely come to see you tomorrow when he knows you're back.

By then, you can tell her that her rights are relatively greater.

Yang Qing rolled his eyes.

Do we need to go through the back door?

Just do it properly, however it should be done.