Chapter 148 Purchase of the first property in Central

Chapter 148 Purchase of the first property in Central

Chapter 148 Purchase of the first property in Central

Xiong Yaohua was flattered when Yang Wendong said this, and he also shook hands and said, "Hello, Mr. Yang."

Before coming here, he had already looked up Yang Wendong's identity information through some newspapers. The title of Post-it Note King is actually not well-known in Taiwan. It was only mentioned by chance in a local Taiwanese newspaper a month or two ago.

Later, someone found him and brought him a Hong Kong newspaper, which made him realize that there was a young wealthy man who had made his fortune from scratch in Hong Kong who wanted to find him.

He actually didn't quite understand why he was noticed by such a person when he was just a small-time novelist.

"Come, sit here." Yang Wendong greeted everyone.

Lin Haoyu also said: "Mr. Xiong, don't be polite, be more comfortable, my brother Dong doesn't have the airs of a boss."

Xiong Yaohua nodded and said, "Okay."

The three of them sat down quickly, and Yang Wendong still took out a few bottles of Coke. They were all young people and Chinese, and in a relaxed non-business environment, they did not prefer tea and coffee.

However, even though he is a young man with a strong metabolism, Yang Wendong would not drink beverages as water. Diabetes in this era can be fatal. He can only satisfy his cravings when it is hot in the summer.

After taking a sip of iced cola, Yang Wendong asked, "Mr. Xiong, how many novels have you written now?"

Xiong Yaohua naturally knew the purpose of being called in, so he replied: "Two books, I had a short literary novel before, but the performance was not very good.

At the beginning of this year, I wrote another martial arts novel called "Sky Sword", but it has not been published yet."

Yang Wendong asked in surprise, "No newspaper has contacted you? Or is it a newspaper in Taiwan that doesn't like serializing martial arts novels?"

Gu Long shook his head and said, "That's not the case. There are also several newspapers in Taiwan that publish novels, and I even think their novels are not as good as mine.

But I was too young after all, and this was my first novel, so no newspaper was willing to publish it, so I decided to just finish it and show it to them."

"Yes, Mr. Xiong is only 22 this year, right?" Yang Wendong nodded and said.

After finding Gu Long, Yang Wendong also had his basic information. He was born in 1938, three years older than Yang Wendong. At this age, being able to write novels was already considered a rare talent.

Of course, Gu Long’s early novels in history were not that good, but that was only compared to his later masterpieces such as "Chu Liuxiang" and "The Little Li Flying Dagger". At least for now, they can still attract many people's attention.

There are few entertainment programs in this era. No matter what kind of novel it is, as long as it has a little interest, good writing style, and storyline, there will definitely be people who read it. After all, there is no conflict between multiple novels. There is no problem in reading Jin Yong's novels and then reading Gu Long or others.

Xiong Yaohua took out a book from a bag beside him and said, "Mr. Yang, this is the novel I wrote, "Sky Sword", you can take a look first.

The main content of the story is the story of Jiulong seizing the throne during the Qing Dynasty. "

"Qing Dynasty?" Yang Wendong took the book and asked, "Why did you choose a story about the Qing Dynasty?"

Xiong Yaohua replied: "It is relatively recent, and many people know about the background of Jiulong's seizure of the throne."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "That's right!"

As a time traveler, especially after the Internet era and the popularization of many novels on Qidian.com, he knew what the essence of the Qing Dynasty was.

However, in this era, normal people don’t know these things, and naturally don’t care about the differences between dynasties. Even decades later, before the Internet era or when it just started, Qing Dynasty dramas were extremely popular.

Without saying anything more, Yang Wendong opened the notebook and saw the contents inside:
[Spring is early in the south of the Yangtze River, the grass is long and the orioles are flying. The setting sun in March still has a bleak feeling at night. In the suburbs of Moling, …………]

"The handwriting is nice, and the writing is good." Yang Wendong praised after reading the first paragraph.

Even if he studies Chinese for another 20 years, he probably won't be able to write at this level. Writing, like singing and dancing, requires talent.

If you can write a good novel with hard work, then there wouldn't be only a few great writers among the billion people in the country in the past.

Xiong Yaohua smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

After Yang Wendong looked at a few pages, he closed the book and stopped reading. It was obviously not a good time to read novels. He then asked, "Mr. Xiong, how about putting your novel on my newspaper?"

"Mr. Yang, do you have your own newspaper?" Xiong Yaohua asked uncertainly. The information he had seen before did not mention this, but it was also possible that the information he had read was incomplete.

"Yes, it's under construction." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "It's called Hong Kong China Daily, and it will probably be ready for listing in two months.

I hope this newspaper will also have martial arts novels. I read a little bit of your book and it seems pretty good. What do you think of it?"

"Of course." Xiong Yaohua said with a smile, "I am also very happy to be on the Hong Kong newspaper."

"As for the price, I'll give you based on the income of an ordinary Hong Kong writer plus 20%. How about that?" Yang Wendong said again.

Xiong Yaohua asked: "How much do ordinary writers in Hong Kong earn? I don't know that."

Yang Wendong replied: "Generally speaking, it's about 6 yuan per thousand words. I can give you 2000 yuan. If you write 12 words for us every day, you will earn about yuan."

This amount of money may not seem like much, but you have to know that many ordinary people may not be able to earn HK$1.5 in a day's work.

With 12 dollars a day, one is definitely considered a high-income Chinese in Hong Kong. Only company executives or business people can compare to this.

"2000 words a day?" Xiong Yaohua was a little embarrassed and said, "This is a bit difficult."

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "If you can't do it, then you don't have to submit it every day, but don't stop for too long. You can discuss this with the future editor of our Hong Kong Chinese Daily."

Even Jin Yong's currently serialized "The Return of the Condor Heroes" is not updated every day, and discontinuation is the norm. This kind of martial arts novel requires the pursuit of perfect text, and it is indeed difficult to write 2000 words a day.

"Okay then." Xiong Yaohua agreed.

Yang Wendong added: "By the way, do you still want to live in Taiwan? Do you want to consider living in Hong Kong?"

"Come live in Hong Kong?" Xiong Yaohua was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Yang, it's too risky for me to move to Hong Kong when nothing is certain."

"Yeah, that's right." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said, "Well, I will arrange a place for you to live in this factory, a separate dormitory, you can work during the day and sleep here at night.

We can also go out and have fun on weekdays, and we can discuss the plot together. I am also a little interested in martial arts novels, how about it?"

The biggest cost of living in Hong Kong is renting a house, and in this era, you still need to pay a huge deposit to rent a house.

Xiong Yaohua thought for a while and said, "Then I will go back once or twice a month." "No problem, I will reimburse you for the boat ticket." Yang Wendong didn't care. The distance between Taiwan and Hong Kong is not far, and the boat ticket is not very expensive.

Xiong Yaohua nodded and said, "Okay, but you still need to wait two months before the newspaper opens. I'd better move back to Taiwan first. I'll come over when you're ready."

"Okay." Yang Wendong agreed and said, "But in these two months, you can also write more, so that a lawyer can sign the contract for you later.

I can pay you first for the 30,000 words you have already written. The more you write, the more money you will get.”

It's just a few hundred dollars, he doesn't care at all.

Xiong Yaohua smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Yang."

After Xiong Yaohua left, Lin Haoyu asked, "Brother Dong, are you sure his novels can compare to Jin Yong's?"

"It doesn't matter if we can't compare, as long as it's better than nothing." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Whether a newspaper can be successful or not ultimately depends on the news. Novels are a little helpful, but they can't play a decisive role."

Not to mention that Gu Long is still so young now, even when his level matures, he may still not be able to compare with Jin Yong.

However, this is not a matter of choosing one or the other. They can easily coexist. Consumers can read two or even more novels at the same time. In the future, they will always have Gu Long's novels, which will be of some help to their newspapers.

It would even be beneficial to himself, now that Gu Long's history had changed, with his funding, he might be able to write more novels, and then he could have more fun in this era of too little entertainment.

……

The newspaper issue has come to an end for the time being. The next thing to do is to decide on a location.

When the agent learned that the "Post-it Note King" wanted to rent an office in Central, he immediately put in a lot of effort and sent a large amount of information.

Yang Wendong and Qin Zhiye were also randomly selecting properties. Suddenly, Yang Wendong picked up a piece of paper with a picture of a property building on it and the property information below. He asked, "Is this property available for rent or sale?"

"Yes." The intermediary woman immediately understood what Yang Wendong meant when she heard his tone, and said with a smile: "The owner of this building has immigrated to Canada. It was previously rented to an accounting firm, but later they felt that this place was not suitable for them, so they moved to a building in Central.

It's empty now, Mr. Yang, if you want to buy it, it's no problem, and it will be much more convenient for you to do anything there in the future."

Qin Zhiye on the side also put down the documents in his hand and looked at the boss. If he could buy a property, it would be of great benefit to the future operation of the newspaper.

"Let's go and take a look at the scene." Yang Wendong said after thinking for a while.

If it was just a lease, he wouldn't really care, but since he came across a property that was still for sale in Central, he had to think about it.

Although this location is not considered a good location in Central, it is at least in Central.

It has been a year and a half since he came to Hong Kong. Thanks to some creative ideas, he finally has enough money. When he has extra funds, or when he has a credit line from the bank, it would be a waste to keep the money in the bank.

The intermediary woman smiled happily and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

In the afternoon, the weather was a bit hot, so Yang Wendong, Qin Zhiye and the intermediary woman came to the scene together. It was a building with 4 floors.

"It's a bit shabby. No wonder the accounting and law firm ran away." Yang Wendong said with a smile after seeing the building.

Accounting and law firms all need to rely on their clothes. If they rent a bad location, it will definitely affect their business.

The intermediary woman said, "Mr. Yang, this building is from the 30s. Houses from that time are considered old now, so this is normal."

"Well, what's the approximate price?" Yang Wendong didn't care. For a house in Central, the most valuable thing is naturally the land, not the building on it.

The agent said, "This building has a floor area of ​​3.8 square feet, and the price is HK$22 per square foot, which is a total of HK$83.6. If you want it, I think HK$80 is fine."

Yang Wendong asked again: "How big is the area of ​​this building?"

The agent said: "The total area is 1.2 square feet. There is also some greenery around the house, which is also integrated."

"Well, let's go in and take a look first." Yang Wendong did not answer directly. It was a transaction worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, so it was impossible for him to bargain immediately.

He still needs to find a lawyer for the follow-up, but he has a general understanding of the housing prices in Central. A piece of land in Central was auctioned before, and the price per square foot was HK$166;

The location here is a little bit more remote than that piece of land. It's about sixty or seventy yuan per foot. As for the old building above, it's not worth anything at all.

"Okay. Please come this way." Seeing that there was a big order, the female agent naturally provided very good service.

After walking around the building, Yang Wendong came out again and said to the intermediary woman, "Well, I will arrange for my lawyer to contact you. You can discuss the details with him."

"Okay." The intermediary woman nodded and said, she also knew that bosses generally would not participate in such negotiations, and would entrust lawyers or professional assistants to do so.

A few days later, Zhang Weida came to the headquarters of Changxing Industrial Factory with some information.

"Mr. Yang, the price of the Eric Building has been negotiated. The total is 75.6 Hong Kong dollars." Zhang Weida handed some information to Yang Wendong.

Yang Wendong glanced at the cover of the document and asked, "Did you reach an agreement so quickly? No more bargaining?"

Zhang Weida replied, "Mr. Yang, it's not that we don't want to bargain, but the housing prices in Hong Kong now often change every day. Sometimes if we delay bargaining for a few more days, the housing prices may rise even more, which is not cost-effective."

"That's right." Yang Wendong nodded. In his previous life, when housing prices in the mainland were rising, this kind of thing also happened and was even reported in the news. Then, he said, "Let's put it here for now. I'll give you an answer later."

"Okay." Zhang Weida said and left.

Yang Wendong then looked at the information sent to him, and then opened another document, which contained the real estate transaction records in Central, Hong Kong in the past six months.

This was also something he specially commissioned someone to find. Since he was planning to buy a property in Central, he naturally needed a lot of relevant information.

After a while, he called Zhang Weida again and said, "Let's set the price. As for the funding, we will negotiate with Liao Chong Hing Bank and mainly use their loans. We will only contribute 20% to 30%."

Although my own funds are not so tight anymore, I will definitely still use the bank's money if I can; especially since it is collateralized, it is also the bank's favorite.

Zhang Weida agreed and said, "Okay, I will ask Liao Chong Hing Bank to give you the lowest interest rate."

(End of this chapter)