Chapter 353 The Real Big Shot

Chapter 353 The Real Big Shot

Chapter 353 The Real Big Shot
June 2023, 8, Sunday, cloudy to thunderstorms, 6~23℃.

Early in the morning, Tang Song got up early.

I put on some sportswear and started jogging along the not-so-clean roads in the town.

Due to the bad weather, it was not yet fully light at this time and there was basically no one on the road.

Only the occasional electric car or car passed by.

After completing his daily aerobics, Tang Song took a quick cold shower and headed straight into the kitchen.

I cooked millet porridge, fried two fresh seasonal vegetables, and made a few egg pancakes.

When Xu Feng walked out of the bedroom, she saw a steaming breakfast on the table and her son smiling and calling her to eat.

I was instantly moved to tears.

During the meal, Xu Feng took out his cell phone and began to introduce Tang Song to the properties for sale in the county.

"The best and most popular residential areas in our county are Fengze Garden and Yunjingtai, which are fully furnished. The environment is very good, and it is like a park inside. Fengze Garden is on the edge of the East Ring Road, next to the highway, so it is convenient for you to go back and forth from Yancheng..."

Nowadays, for young people in rural areas to get married, a house in the city is a must.

Neighbors and relatives often discuss houses.

Xu Feng knew a lot about real estate information in the county town, and he also looked up a bunch of information last night, so he could talk about it very clearly.

Houses in small county towns, especially those in high-end school districts with such good locations, have a very good value retention rate and can be considered an investment, not a waste of money.

After listening to his mother, Tang Song said decisively: "Fengze Garden is located in a remote area, and the supporting facilities are not complete. The house is mainly for you and my father to live in. Let's buy a more lively one. Yunjingtai is next to the hospital and the shopping mall, and there are all foreign houses, which is quite suitable."

"Then let's go to Yunjingtai first!" Xu Feng's face was full of anticipation.

A relative of hers got married before, and the new house was in Yunjingtai. She went in to visit it several times.

I still remember the shock and envy I felt at that time.

After deciding which property to go to, Tang Jianying said, "I have a relative who works in a government agency and knows many of the developers' leaders. I heard that he can get an internal discount price, which is much cheaper than outside. I'll give him a call and ask."

After saying that, Tang Jianying picked up his phone, looked through the address book, found a contact and called him.

The phone rang for a while and was finally connected.

Tang Jianying cleared her throat, put the receiver close to her ear, and said with a smile, "Hey, have you eaten yet, Maolin?"

"How are you doing lately? Is work going well?"

"My family is planning to buy a house in the county town, and we wanted to ask you if we can get a preferential price."

"The Yunjingtai neighborhood next to Hualian."

"Well, you don't know what's going on between your sister-in-law and me. We can't afford such an expensive house. It's my Xiao Song, who is doing live streaming e-commerce in Yancheng. He made some money and plans to buy a house here."

"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work. I'll wait for your news!"

After hanging up the phone, Tang Jianying breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at her son, "Your uncle Mao Lin said it should be fine. He contacted them and will call you back later."

Then, Tang Jianying talked about the other party’s situation.

He is the son of Uncle Tang Song, a few years younger than Tang Jianying. He currently works in the county Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau and is a leader. He is considered the person with the most connections in their family.

As a result, Uncle Tang Song’s relatives are very prestigious in the village.

During the Chinese New Year, ancestor worship is hosted by him and is very popular among the family.

This is how it is in the countryside. When doing anything, the first thing that comes to mind is to use connections.

People who have connections or can provide direct benefits to others are often highly respected.

Although they would be envious and jealous of people like Tang and Song who are simply rich, and would try to curry favor with them, if it cannot have any impact on them in the future, it would just be superficial effort.

Some people with dark intentions will even make up bad things about others behind their backs.

...

After breakfast, the three of them set out from the town to visit Tang Song’s grandparents who lived in the village.

The two old people lived at the north end of the village.

The house is the old house of our family. It is very dilapidated and is about thirty or forty years old.

The wall paint is peeling badly, the house is damp and stuffy, and the living environment is very bad.

Fortunately, my grandparents are in good health. They raise more than a dozen old hens at home and often work in the fields.

Seeing the brand new Tang Song, the elegant Mercedes-Benz, a whole box of Moutai liquor, and large and small bags of gifts, the two old men held Tang Song's hand and expressed their feelings for a while.

They are all ordinary rural people without much knowledge. They are happy from the bottom of their hearts to see their grandson living such a prosperous life.

Tang Song's grandmother even lit a few incense sticks and worshipped all the gods in the house.

She said that she made a sincere wish every New Year, and this time it finally came true.

Chatted with grandparents for a long time.

Tang Song said directly: "Mom and Dad, why don't we buy two houses and bring grandpa and grandma over so that it will be easier for you to take care of them."

Xu Feng and Tang Jianying looked at each other, both a little hesitant.

"No, no, why spend this money!" Grandpa waved his hand and said, "We are used to living here. We usually raise chickens, grow vegetables, and chat with old neighbors. How nice!"

Grandma also advised: "Yes, Xiao Song, it's not easy for you to make money, so you should find a partner and get married as soon as possible."

The main reason was that they didn't want Tang Song to spend so much money, and Tang Jianying was not the only son in the family, he had two younger brothers.

It was not fair to ask Jianying's family to help them buy a new house in the county town.

If the other two sons set their sights on this house in the future, it would be a real mess.

They have seen a lot of similar things over the years.

Tang Song pondered for a moment and said, "Then renovate this place. You are getting old, and you should move to a better living environment for the sake of your health."

With his insistence, things were finally settled according to his suggestion.

Grandma held Tang Song's hand and cried.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the three got in the car and left the old rural house.

Xu Feng patted her husband's arm and urged, "Jianying, give Mao Lin another call and ask him about the internal price. He said he would give a reply in a while, and it's been almost two hours."

Tang Jianying nodded and dialed again.

"Hey, Maolin."

"No rush, no rush. It's the weekend and my kids are at home. I'm thinking of going over to look at the house today and I'll book it if I can."

"Oh, that's possible, right? Okay, okay! Then let's go to the sales office now."

"Oh, Maolin, don't cook at home at noon. Call Qiaoling and let's go to the restaurant for a meal. Xiao Song brought back Maotai liquor from Yancheng. Let's have a few drinks at noon!"

"Okay, okay, you go ahead and do your work. We'll contact you when we get there."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Jianying said, "Mao Lin asked us to go to the sales office to look at the house and negotiate the price first. After the negotiation is completed, he will come forward to talk to the leaders of the developer and ask for a lower price than ours."

"Great!" Xu Fengxi smiled and said, "Let's go directly to see the house! Come on, son, I'll give you the directions."

"Okay." Tang Song nodded with a smile. With his current net worth, he naturally didn't care much about this discount, but for his parents, they would definitely be happier to save some money by relying on their own connections.

Soon, the car turned a corner and headed towards the county town.

The town where the Tang Song family lives is very close to the county seat, only 3 kilometers in a straight line.

...

More than ten minutes later, the car arrived at the Yunjingtai Sales Office.

This is an independent two-story building located in the northeast corner of the community, with luxurious and exquisite decoration.

There is a large lawn outside and a medium-sized garden landscape, which looks very high-end.

As we walked into the bright and transparent glass revolving door, a smiling salesperson quickly came to greet us.

To be able to work as a salesperson in such a popular high-end real estate project, one must have good qualities and vision.

Seeing Tang Song's clothes and temperament, the expression on his face became more vivid and enthusiastic.

They fetched hot water and brought fruit plates.

After a brief chat about their housing needs, the three of them, led by the salesperson, first walked around the community and then visited several houses of different types.

Good greening, low plot ratio, separate traffic for people and vehicles, special electric carport, complete supporting facilities, and standardized property management...

Tang Jianying and Xu Feng became more and more satisfied the more they looked at the neighborhood, and felt that this community was truly impeccable.

The only problem may be that it is difficult to choose a house.

The community has been delivering houses for more than half a year, and the best floors and buildings have all been sold out, and the remaining ones have more or less some minor problems.

After discussing for a while and going to take a look on site, the three of them finally picked out a relatively satisfactory one.

A large three-bedroom apartment of 143 square meters, on the third floor, not completely facing the street.

It comes with fine decoration and the price is 8400/㎡.

There just so happens to be a very powerful promotion going on right now, and the total house price after the discount is 118 million.

If you pay in full, you can get another discount of 3, which is 115 million.

Hearing this number, Xu Feng and Tang Jianying clenched their fists.

115 million! They had never seen so much money in their lives.

If they were buying it for their son, it might be better.

Now that it’s my son’s turn to buy things for them, I always feel a little flustered and uneasy.

Xu Feng whispered, "Can you offer a better discount? We really want it. If it's suitable, we can decide on it soon!"

"Well... I've already given you the best discount within my ability. It's really not going to work." The salesperson hesitated for a while and said, "How about this? I'll ask my supervisor to see if they can exempt us from the property management fee for a few years."

"Okay! Then please go and ask."

"Okay, please wait a moment." The salesperson bowed politely and walked quickly towards the office.

Tang Jianying looked at the time and said, "Why hasn't Mao Lin come yet? I'll go make a phone call."

After saying that, he raised his phone and dialed Tang Maolin, whispered a few words, and hung up.

"He told us to wait a few more minutes and he would be here soon."

"That's good." Xu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and turned to whisper to Tang Song.

Imagine living here in the future.

After waiting for about ten minutes, I saw that Tang Maolin had not arrived yet.

Xu Feng was a little anxious, so he picked up Tang Jianying's phone and called her. They had called her early in the morning, and they had been at the sales office for an hour, but she didn't show up.

The phone rang a few times and then was hung up.

"Oh hey, why don't you answer the phone? I'm so anxious, what does this mean?" Xu Feng is not a gentle person, and his tone of voice is a little anxious.

Then, a somewhat sharp middle-aged female voice came from the door: "Sister-in-law, you have a really bad temper. We rushed over to help you, why are you still in trouble?"

Tang Song frowned slightly, and when he looked up, he saw a middle-aged man and woman walking towards him.

The man was my uncle Tang Maolin, who was in his 40s, well-dressed and had the demeanor of a leader.

The woman was his wife, Li Qiaoling, who was smart-looking and had a head full of curly hair.

I have seen it many times in the village before.

Xu Feng smiled awkwardly and said, "Maolin, Qiaoling, you are here because we are waiting so anxiously. I have no other intentions."

Tang Jianying also tried to smooth things over, saying, "It's almost noon, and I was thinking of inviting you to have a meal at the nearby Huajing Hotel, but I'm afraid it'll be too late and there won't be any seats available."

Li Qiaoling said with a smile: "You really don't have to worry about this. Our Maolin knows the owner of Huajing, so it shouldn't be a problem to reserve a private room."

"Haha, I was indeed worrying for no reason." Tang Jianying said enthusiastically, "Come on, let's sit down and talk."

Listening to their conversation, Tang Song felt a little uncomfortable, as he felt that these two relatives were a bit too close.

However, the other party was an elder in the family after all, and he couldn't say anything since his parents took the initiative to ask him for help.

He took the initiative to greet them: "Uncle Maolin, Aunt Qiaoling."

Noticing the young man sitting on the sofa, Tang Maolin raised his eyebrows, "Jianying, is this your son Tang Song? He has changed a lot compared to the New Year. I heard that he started a business and made money. He is really young and promising."

Hearing the other person praising her son, Tang Jianying smiled widely, "Well, he was a little fat before, but now he has lost weight and looks more energetic."

Li Qiaoling saw the handsome young man sitting there and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

They would return to the village every Chinese New Year and had seen Tang Song many times, but he was far from being as outstanding as this one.

And considering that he wants to buy a house in Yunjingtai, it shows that his financial conditions are also very good.

An absolutely high-quality object!

Her eyes lit up and she asked with a smile, "Xiao Song, do you have a date? Do you want me to introduce you to someone? She's my niece, she works in the system, and she's very pretty."

Tang Song looked at his aunt and shook his head, "No thanks, thank you Aunt Qiaoling for your kindness."

"Haha, okay then." Li Qiaoling pouted and said in a joking tone: "Xiao Song, you were a bit rude just now. You didn't even stand up when you saw us coming. Even if you are the boss, you can't forget our relatives."

After a brief contact, she felt that her nephew was a little arrogant, which made her uncomfortable as she was used to being respected and admired by relatives.

I couldn't help but want to type a few words.

Seeing Li Qiaoling talking about her son like this, Xu Feng's face looked a little unhappy.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. We're all family, there's no need to be too fussy. Let's get down to business first." Tang Maolin took out his cell phone, waved to the salesperson standing next to him, found the contact and dialed the number.

The phone rang for a while before it was answered.

Tang Maolin showed a warm smile on his face, "Hey, Mr. Wang, are you busy now?"

"Yeah, that's what I told you on WeChat this morning."

"Okay, that's troublesome."

Tang Maolin handed the phone to the male salesperson next to him, "This is your CEO Wang's number."

The salesperson quickly took it and said in a clear and loud voice: "Hello, Mr. Wang, I'm Xiaolin from the sales department."

"Yeah, I understand."

"Okay, don't worry, I got it."

After just a few simple words, the call was hung up.

The salesman Xiao Lin handed the phone back and said with a warm smile: "Our President Wang said that we can save another 100 yuan per square meter on top of all the previous discounts, which is equivalent to a total price reduction of 1.5 yuan. This price is already very suitable!"

Although the discount was smaller than they had expected, Tang Jianying and Xu Feng were still sincerely grateful.

"Okay, we are all family, don't be so polite." Tang Maolin waved his hand, "The developer of Yunjingtai is Handing Group. Mr. Wang came from Yancheng, not a local. Otherwise, it would be even cheaper."

When Tang Song heard the words "Handing Group", his eyebrows raised slightly. He had never paid attention to the name of the developer before.

I took out my phone and searched, and sure enough, I saw "Handing Real Estate Development Co., Ltd."

As a well-known local real estate developer in Yan Province, Handing has businesses throughout the province, and Yunjingtai is one of them.

Xie Yue has been talking to him about the short drama base recently, and the two have a good relationship.

If it was just for this little discount on the house price, there was no need for Tang Song to look for him. After all, favors are much more valuable than money.

However, he knows that many developers will reserve a few houses with the best lighting, best floors and best layouts in their projects.

Either they are booked directly by the company's top management, or they are kept to build connections.

In order to make his parents live more comfortably, he doesn't mind taking a detour.

At this moment, someone patted my shoulder.

Tang Song raised his head and saw Tang Maolin's serious face.

"Xiao Song, we are chatting here, don't just lower your head to play with your phone."

He had been in government agencies for a long time, and as an elder in charge of the family, he naturally had an oppressive aura.

In fact, I have no ill will towards the younger generation of the Tang Song family. I just want to give them a reminder and educate them.

Tang Song nodded calmly, “I know Uncle Mao Lin because I heard you mention that the developer is Handing Group, so I checked it out.

I have a friend in the Han Ding Group. I am not particularly satisfied with the house I have chosen. I will call him to ask if he can help me change to a prime floor that is not facing the street. "

Tang Maolin was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "I didn't realize that you have such a wide network of contacts, Xiao Song. However, the Handing Group is so large that each region has a corresponding person in charge. It's useless even if you know the leader of a department."

"Yeah, there are a lot of twists and turns here." Li Qiaoling also joked.

Tang Song smiled and didn't say much. He took out his cell phone and called Xie Yue.

The phone rang twice and was quickly connected.

They exchanged a few pleasantries.

Tang Song directly stated his purpose.

"Yes, it's Yunjingtai Community in Jing County, Quancheng."

"Okay, I'll wait for your news. Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Song smiled and said to his parents: "I've already told him, it should be fine."

Hearing this, Xu Feng and Tang Jianying instantly showed pleasant smiles, "That's good, that's good!"

They are very satisfied with the community because they bought it late and don't have to be too picky.

After all, this is where you're going to live for decades, so the more comfortable it is, the better.

Tang Maolin's eyebrows twitched and his eyes flickered.

It was obvious from Tang Song's attitude and tone that he was not joking.

He works in the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, so he naturally knows that this kind of real estate has reserved housing.

But his position was not high, and although he knew some middle-level leaders of the developers, the relationship was not close.

Even if you ask for it shamelessly, they will definitely give you a perfunctory response.

After a few minutes.

"Ding-ling-ling——" Tang Song's cell phone suddenly rang.

Answering the phone, "Hello, hello."

"Well, I'm Tang Song."

"Okay, Manager Wang, I got it. Bye."

Hearing the name "Manager Wang", Tang Maolin's heart skipped a beat and he asked softly, "Tang Song, who called you just now?"

"Wang Yanbin, the manager of the sales department."

"Um...it's Mr. Wang..." Tang Maolin grinned and looked at Tang Song with disbelief, "This..."

Wang Yanbin is not only the sales manager of Yunjingtai, but also the regional manager of Handing Group in Jing County.

Just one phone call from Tang Song was enough to make Wang Yanbin contact him within a few minutes. The power behind this is terrifying.

At this moment, "Dong Dong Dong——" the sound of hurried footsteps approached.

Then, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie trotted over.

Looking at them, he asked nervously, "Which one is Mr. Tang Songtang?"

"Hello, it's me." Tang Song stood up with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Tang!" The middle-aged man bowed slightly and said, "I am the head of the sales department, Sun Qiwen. Our General Manager Wang is on his way and will be at our sales office soon. If it is convenient for you now, I will take you to Building 8. There is a large four-bedroom apartment on the fifth floor, 5 square meters, with a square layout and excellent lighting."

Hearing this, Tang Jianying and Xu Feng were extremely surprised and quickly stood up from the sofa.

Building 8 is located in the central area of ​​the community, with no obstructions in front, and is the king of the buildings in the community.

When the salesperson Xiao Lin took them to the community, he said that all the houses there were sold out when they were first put on the market.

"Okay, then I'll trouble your supervisor Sun."

"Mr. Tang, you are too polite!" Sun Qiwen took a deep breath and asked nervously, "There is one more thing. Mr. Zhao from the Quancheng branch of the group wants to treat you to a meal. I wonder if it is convenient for you?"

Tang Song raised his eyebrows, knowing that it must have been arranged by Xie Yue.

After considering for a moment, he said calmly, "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, let him contact me then."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Tang!" Sun Qiwen nodded with a flushed face and followed Tang Song carefully.

Looking at the incredible scene in front of them, Tang Jianying and Xu Feng in the back were stunned.

Why does it feel like my son has more face than Mao Lin? And much more!

This attitude can no longer be described as friendly, it is simply servile!

Tang Maolin hissed and his expression changed.

He touched his wife Li Qiaoling who was still in a daze and whispered, "Come on! Say more nice things later!"

After saying that, he trotted towards the door.

Mr. Zhao from the Quancheng branch of Han Ding Group? Isn't that the general manager Zhao Mingbo?
He is considered a middle to senior management in Handing Group, but he actually took the initiative to invite Tang Song to dinner and was so cautious.

Is their family going to produce a real big shot?
(End of this chapter)