Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 166 of 214
"Mm." Chen Shutang smiled happily and, every inch the lady of the house, stood before the model of the showroom and began to look it over. That Yang Ce let her make the decision showed how much he valued her—how could Chen Shutang not be happy?
"I think the duplex is quite nice." After looking for a while, Chen Shutang asked, "How much per square meter is the duplex?"
"Duplexes are generally on the fifth and sixth floors, with a loft thrown in—in effect a three-level duplex, very luxuriously designed. The total area is around three hundred and fifty square meters, at seven million five hundred thousand per unit," the saleswoman said.
"Ah? Seven million five hundred thousand? That's so expensive!" Chen Shutang clicked her tongue, then shook her head. "It's a bit too much. We're just students from Songjiang Engineering University nearby—buying something decent is enough."
Hearing Chen Shutang's words, the saleswoman showed no sign of contempt or displeasure. Instead she smiled and said, "In that case, why not consider a small studio apartment? This layout is much like a hotel room. The young men and women starting businesses over at the computer market all love this kind of arrangement. It's selling very well right now, and the price is reasonable—only about three hundred thousand per unit."
"Mengyan, price isn't the issue. What matters is that we live comfortably. And there's Jiajia too—she needs to rest and recover here, so I think the environment matters a great deal." Yang Hengye said, "The duplex is nice, but wouldn't it be even better to buy a private villa?"
From Yang Juehuan's words the saleswoman knew that this man was the real money behind the pair; the girl beside him probably did not come from a well-off family, which was why she had hesitated. The good thing was that she had found herself a wealthy boyfriend—even the saleswoman rather envied Chen Shutang her good fortune. So she said, "Heh heh, sir, miss, how about we first go and look at the actual houses, and then decide whether to buy?"
"That works too." Seeing that Yang Ce did not care about the price of the house, Chen Shutang was somewhat swayed—after all, a villa was much better than a duplex.
To be continued.
687. An Old Classmate
"This way, please. We have an eco-friendly car to take you there," the saleswoman said, walking ahead.
The so-called eco-friendly car was the sort of battery-powered vehicle that ran without gasoline—well suited to the property management of a residential compound.
Yang Ce and Chen Shutang followed the saleswoman toward the entrance, and coming the other way was a man—clearly another salesman—talking a blue streak to a middle-aged man beside him.
"Li Dagang!" Yang Ce cried, looking at the man with some delight.
"Yang Ce!" Li Dagang raised his head, and joy spread across his face at the sight of Yang Shuoxuan.
"Xiao Li, a friend of yours?" the salesman who had been attending Yang Juehuan asked Li Dagang with a smile.
"Yeah, a good buddy from high school." Li Dagang said, "Brother Zhang, my client here—could you take him over for me? He wants to buy commercial space. I want to catch up with my buddy."
"Sure." The salesman called Brother Zhang nodded in agreement, walked over to take Li Dagang's place, and continued explaining things to the middle-aged man.
In fact, Li Dagang and Brother Zhang had simply made a swap. Even without the swap, since Yang Ce knew Li Dagang, Brother Zhang could not very well have kept handling the client—after all, they all worked in the same place and would see each other constantly. One could not ruin a colleague's relationship over a bit of commission.
What was more, the middle-aged man wanted to buy commercial space, and once the deal went through, the commission would be no smaller than that on a villa. So he gladly agreed to Li Dagang's request.