Chapter 387: Raising the price from the ground up

Chapter 387: Raising the price from the ground up

Chapter 387: Raising the price from the ground up
Several people went to Li Kailang's house first.

Except for the Yu family, who have not been to his house, everyone else has been there.

Lu Wenjiang and Zhang Fen had come here once before, but because Sha Zhu was looking for trouble that day and caused unhappiness between the two, they went back first.

Afterwards, Li Kailang found a time to get together again. Everyone had seen the decoration of his house and loved it very much.

Zhang Fen said excitedly: "Xiao Li, the decoration of your house is so good that I don't want to go back every time I come here. Who else has such a convenient home except you?"

Li Kailang responded with a smile: "After we buy a house, we can also decorate it according to your requirements. In the future, your house will be not much different from mine."

"That's true. I'll have my own house in the future, so I'll have to decorate it the same as yours, so I can eat, drink, defecate and urinate at home."

Speaking of this, Zhang Fen couldn't help but fantasize.

After hearing what Zhang Fen said, several people from the Yu family turned their heads to look at him. It was surprising that they could solve the problems of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in their own home.

Like everyone else, my father and mother went to public toilets and bathhouses.

Seeing the Yu family's puzzled expressions, Han Xiaohui explained: "It's okay, you will know when we get there."

Not long after, the two arrived at Li Kailang's house.

He came back in the middle of the day and brought a stranger with him. Everyone in the yard was very surprised, but it was lunch time and no one cared much about it.

When the door opened, Li Kailang said, "Brother Zhang, you are familiar with this house. Please introduce it to me. I will go and open the ear room."

"Okay." Zhang Fen, like the owner of the house, took the three members of the Yu family to visit Li Kailang's house.

"Look at this kitchen, this stove, and these many cabinets. They can hold a lot of pots and pans."

"The most important thing is the bathroom and toilet. Look at the toilet. You don't have to rush out to use the toilet early in the morning. You can also take a shower in this bathroom. You can feel the hot water."

Zhang Fen introduced it skillfully, explaining everything in detail except the bedroom.

"It's so amazing, no wonder you can't forget about it." Yu Xuewei murmured, the envy in her eyes was beyond words.

"From now on, our home will be decorated in the style of Xiao Li's home. What do you think?"

"That's great. I've been thinking about this for a long time." Zhang Fen nodded in response.

Just by listening to Zhang Fen's words, she could imagine how comfortable life would be with these furniture.

The same goes for Yu's father and mother. It's amazing that a home can include so many functions. Not only Zhang Fen is obsessed with it, but they are the same too.

Even though Zhang Jinwu and Han Xiaohui had been there before, we still liked his house very much when we saw it again. Compared with Li Kailang's house, his house looked like a shabby house.

It’s not that they haven’t thought about decorating the house, but the layout of the house has already been decided, so it’s basically impossible to do so. In the end, they can only think about it.

No matter what they thought, Li Kailang entered the ear room and saw that there were only a few small pieces of furniture in the room, and they could not hit what Li Kailang said at all.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, he took out all the furniture in the planting space.

"It's much more comfortable looking at it this way." Li Kailang clapped his hands and looked at the room filled with furniture, at least more than twenty pieces.

"Oh, I almost forgot about the bicycle."

Li Kailang entered the planting space again, accelerated the flow of time, and immediately cut the bicycle into eight pieces and flowed backwards.

Not long after, two identical Phoenix brand bicycles appeared in front of us.

Li Kailang used several pieces of wood to make a long box, and then put a few sacks on it. He wanted to do a good job on the surface, after all, he was giving someone a new car as a gift.

After finishing it, Li Kailang moved the planting space to the original location of the bedroom.

This operation only took a few minutes for the outside world to see.

Li Kailang was about to call them over to take a look, but before he could open his mouth, they arrived first.

"You two can take a look at it and choose what you like."

Zhang Fen walked into the ear room without hesitation, and looking at the furniture that almost filled the entire room, he immediately let out a long sigh.

Not to mention seventy-two legs, even a hundred and eight legs would do.

"Xiao Li, when did you make so many pieces of furniture?" Zhang Fen couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, several people came in to take a look and also let out a long sigh.

"It's no big deal to do it when you have nothing to do." Li Kailang said calmly.

"Aren't you still studying? How do you have time to do so much?" Zhang Fen said again.

"Look at what you said. Studying should also be a combination of work and rest. Besides, these furnitures are not carved yet, so they are not that great. Just like them."

Ignoring what Li Kailang and Zhang Fen said, Yu Xuewei was very happy and asked, "Can I really have both?"

"You can take them all." Li Kailang said affirmatively, and then looked at Yu's father and mother.

"Uncle, aunt, take a look at what you like and pick a few to take. These pieces of furniture are just sitting there and have no use."

"Leaving it here will delay my making furniture. Take whatever you like. You're welcome."

"This is not a good idea." Yu's mother said this, but she was very excited in her heart, not because it was free, but because the furniture was really good.

Look at this wardrobe made of golden nanmu. How nice it is. It feels very smooth to the touch, without any roughness. If you look closely, there are not even burrs.

At first glance, these furniture were recently made and look very new. It just so happens that the furniture in my house has been used for more than ten years, so it’s time to replace it.

Li Kailang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, take it if you want. If you feel embarrassed, don't talk about money, just bring me the wood."

"Ah, this..." Although I said it was free before, but when I saw such good furniture, it would cost at least dozens of dollars to buy it outside.

Li Kailang told them to take it directly in exchange for some wood, which was really a loss.

Zhang Fen said, "Father and mother-in-law, please don't be polite. Xiao Li can make all these furniture. Whatever he says is the truth."

Then he looked at Li Kailang and said, "When I get the timber ticket, I will definitely buy you some red sandalwood and golden nanmu."

"That's great." Li Kailang agreed happily.

"Why do you want rosewood and golden nanmu?" Yu Xuewei was puzzled as to why they wanted only these two.

"These two are valuable. Xiao Li said that these two pieces of wood can be kept as heirlooms. I still have red sandalwood at home."

"How come this is valuable and can be used as a family heirloom?" Yu Jiayou was puzzled again.

Zhang Fen looked at Li Kailang. He had forgotten what he said when he left Li Kailang.

"As we all know, wood doesn't grow fast, and this wood doesn't grow fast, and it consumes a lot. If the supply can't keep up with the consumption, it will naturally be very expensive in the future."

"Of course it's not that expensive now, so I said keep it as a family heirloom and sell it to make money later, but you don't need too much."

"So that's how it is. Then let's find some time to keep some for ourselves." Since both family families had kept some, the Yu family would naturally follow suit and keep some as well.

"By the way, there are also bicycles. Take a look." Li Kailang suddenly said, and hurriedly took out the bicycle box.

"This bicycle has been sitting in the box since I bought it. It's still brand new. Would you like to take a look?"

"Look!" Cui Yuan said anxiously. This is the bicycle prepared for his wife.

When I can get a bicycle ticket in the future, I will give both the ticket and the money to Li Kailang, so as to live up to his favor.

"Okay." Li Kailang opened the box and took away the sack. A brand new bright red Phoenix bicycle appeared in front of everyone.

"Wow~" Yu Xuewei sighed in shock once again. The car looked undoubtedly new. She touched it immediately and found there was not a speck of dust. It was obvious that the car had been well maintained.

"By the way, here are the purchase records and license plates for this car. Take them. When we have time, we can go to the police station to change the registration."

Li Kailang gave Zhang Fen the bicycle information and said, "This bicycle will be yours from now on. Oh, and remember to pay this year's fee. I forgot about it."

After you buy a bicycle, you have to pay a tax of 3 yuan every year, unless you don't have to pay when the bicycle is scrapped. Otherwise, you have to pay it all the time, no matter it is new or old.

"Xiao Li, thank you." Zhang Fen was so grateful that tears welled up in his eyes.
Li Kailang waved his hands: "It's okay, we are all from the same school, who else can I help if not you? When I get married, you can help me back."

These things are nothing to him. On the contrary, they can help him clear out his inventory and make more other things.

Seeing that Zhang Fen had the urge to hug him, Li Kailang immediately changed the subject, "Let's go check out the house first. The owner should still be home."

"Yes, yes, let's see the house first." As soon as they heard the word "house", everyone's attention was immediately diverted. This was the purpose of their coming here.

"Then let's go quickly."

Li Kailang immediately took people to the yard of No. 85, crossed the moon gate, went inside, and found the owner of the two back houses.

"Old Huang." Li Kailang shouted and led people into the small courtyard.

"Hey, Master Li, why are you here?" Old Huang looked at Li Kailang, then at the person following him, and immediately guessed the purpose of his visit.

"You ask even though you already know the answer. Why would I come to you if I'm not here to buy a house?" Li Kailang introduced the person behind him.

"My brother and sister-in-law are getting married soon and are going to buy a new house. Aren't you going to sell your house? I'm here to introduce you to someone else."

"Really? That's great. Thank you, Master Li. It's really troublesome for you. Let's have a drink when we have time." Old Huang said politely.

"Okay," Li Kailang nodded, "Let's talk about your house first."

"Okay, follow me." Old Huang started to introduce everyone one by one.

The content is much more detailed, and in summary it is pretty much the same as what Li Kailang said.

The tour was over soon, and Old Huang said, "What do you think?" After listening to what Old Huang said, everyone immediately felt that the house was just average. If it hadn't been for Li Kailang's good planning, they might have turned around and left.

If we were to decorate the house as Li Kailang suggested, the cost would be quite high and it certainly could not be paid before the wedding.

Zhang Jinwu looked at Yu's father and mother, "What do you think?"

Yu's father and mother were a little embarrassed. They showed no interest in what old Huang introduced.

Everyone looked at Li Kailang again, wanting to ask for his opinion. "Xiao Li, what do you think?"

"I think it's pretty good, you guys take a look," Li Kailang said as he once again made plans for everyone.

I just talked about it before, but now that I am in the actual place, I can talk about it more comprehensively and in more detail.

"Look, this place is close to the public toilet. When the time comes, we can connect a pipe underground and build a bathroom and toilet here."

"Look at this yard again. When the time comes, leave a small piece of land for drying quilts or something, build everything else, and leave a large skylight in the middle. Then the house will be much brighter."

Li Kailang expressed his thoughts in detail and finally mentioned the key issue.

"It will cost about 300 to 400 yuan to complete this renovation, and it will take about two to three months. But this house is for the two of you to be your wedding home, and you will be living there permanently, so it's only right that it's built better."

"Besides, with such a big house, we can get a three-bedroom apartment. When my sister-in-law gets pregnant, everyone can come and take care of her. It's good things that come in time."

After listening to Li Kailang's words, everyone felt that it made sense. If they had to live there for decades, they could afford to wait for two or three months.

As for the money, three or four hundred yuan is a huge sum of money for Zhang Fen, but for Zhang Jinwu, it is just a small amount, if not a drop in the bucket.

After all, if you accumulate wealth over more than ten years, even if you save 10 yuan every month, you will have 10 yuan in 1 years. The actual amount is definitely several times this amount.

"That's true. Let's listen to Xiao Li and choose this one. Don't waste time." Han Xiaohui looked at Yu's mother.

"Okay, sure." Yu's mother had no objection.

Li Kailang looked at Old Huang and said, "Old Huang, last time I came to see you, you said you wanted 600 yuan. This time I introduced you, so you should ask for less."

"That's right." Old Huang nodded cheerfully, "The price was the same last time, it will definitely be different this time."

From what he said, this house shouldn't be too expensive.

Zhang Fen hurriedly asked, "How much?"

Old Huang held up seven fingers, "700."

"What?" Li Kailang glared at him instantly, "Old Huang, what you did is really dishonest. Why did you increase the price by 100 this time? Are you bullying me?"

Old Huangtou: "Hey, Master Li, how can you say that? I didn't think it through before, but I have thought it through this time. 600 yuan is too cheap, 700 is about right."

"This is all because of you, Master Li. If it were someone else, they wouldn't be able to get it without 750."

"Haha, Old Huang, you are asking for too much!"

Old Huang pretended to be wronged: "Master Li, how can you say that? You can't wrongly accuse me. If you don't believe me, go and ask around. I've been quoting this price for a long time."

Li Kailang laughed: "Haha, do you think I don't know? I see that after listening to what I said, you think it's good and you raise the price. Do you really think I'm a fool?"

When he was planning, he saw Old Huang's eyes rolling around from time to time. He must have had bad intentions. It turned out to be here.

The fact is just as Li Kailang said, the initial price was 600 yuan, and it could be lower if Li Kailang came.

But after Li Kailang explained the plan, Old Huang thought the price was too low and started to raise the price.

Generally, the price of a back-to-back house is between 200-300. Old Huangtou’s house is not in such a good location, so the price is just over 200.

All in all, two back houses plus a small courtyard, a total of three and a half back houses, the price is about 700 yuan.

But in fact, it cannot be calculated like this. Old Huang wants to get the money as soon as possible to go back to his son, and the two rooms are sold as a bundle, so naturally the price cannot be too high.

600 yuan is the most suitable price for this house, but even at the most suitable price, not many people would buy it because it is simply too expensive.

"Humph, Old Huang, you are being dishonest. With the 700 yuan, why don't I buy a better house instead of yours?"

Old Huang took it calmly. After listening to Li Kailang's words, he completely understood the advantages of his house.

"Of course my house is big enough. Ask around and see if anyone has a house as big as mine. If there is, go find someone else."

"It's up to you whether you want this house or not. If you want to be lucrative, there are plenty of people who want it."

After listening to Li Kailang's plan, he no longer had to worry about not being able to sell the house.

Hearing this, Li Kailang was furious, but he held back, "Okay, you can use my words to deal with me, but don't forget, the size of your house depends on the decoration."

"I want to see who is willing to spend 700 yuan to buy a house and another 300 yuan to renovate it. This will cost at least 1 yuan, and they have to wait for three months."

"After the renovation, you still need to buy furniture, which will cost at least 1 yuan. With this money, you can buy two houses in better locations. Why should I buy yours?"

Hearing this, Old Huang was stunned for a moment.

Yes, there are many rich people in Beijing, but who is willing to spend 1 yuan to buy a house, renovate it, and buy furniture?

Li Kailang said calmly, "By the way, I remember that you, Old Huang, were going to join your son before the New Year. Now there are less than three months left. Just wait patiently."

"I'm curious as to who would be willing to spend such a large sum of money to buy a house on the back floor."

"Old Huang, if you want to raise the price, someone has to buy it anyway."

After saying that, Li Kailang shook his head.

People who can buy a back house are basically those whose family is in urgent need of a house. If they are not in urgent need of a house, they will not buy it and will wait for the factory or the street office to allocate it. If there is a free one, why should they spend money to buy it?

Under such circumstances, one can imagine how difficult it is to sell Mr. Huang’s house. Even if he wants to buy one, he will only buy one. How can he buy two?

It was Li Kailang's yard. Not all the houses at the back were occupied, only two of them.

If these two houses were adjacent, Li Kailang could introduce them to Zhang Fen, but they are the first and last houses, so how could he introduce them?

After hearing what Li Kailang said, Old Huang's eyes rolled around again, and his mind worked quickly, thinking about the feasibility of what Li Kailang said.

It has been more than a week since he put up the notice to sell the house. Many people asked about it, but when they heard that he was selling both houses together, they did not give up the idea immediately.

"Oh, Master Li, blame me, blame me. I said the wrong thing just now. It was 600 yuan." Old Huang slapped his lips.

After Old Huang showed his confidence, Zhang Fen and Yu Xuewei decided to buy it. 600 yuan was not a lot.

Han Xiaohui pulled Li Kailang's sleeve, indicating that he could buy it.

But Li Kailang didn't intend to do so. "Haha, it's too late, Old Huang. Do you think I'm so easy to control? If you just say I'm wrong, everything will be fine."

"Master Li, let's draw a line. How much do you say?"

Li Kailang stretched out his hand and slapped it. "500 yuan."

"500?! Why don't you just go grab it? No, absolutely impossible. 500 is too little. I won't sell it to you."

"If I say 500, it's 500, not a penny more, it's up to you whether you want it or not." Li Kailang finally retorted.

"No, no, 600 is the minimum, it's up to you whether you want to buy it or not!" said Old Huang stubbornly.

Hearing this, Li Kailang naturally would not give in.

"Okay, if you don't want to sell it, then forget it. Aren't you the only one selling houses around here? I don't believe that with this 1 yuan, you can buy any other good house, but you have to buy yours."

After saying that, Li Kailang decisively turned around and left.

Seeing this, several people immediately turned around and followed without any hesitation.

Old Huang glanced at them and watched them leave. His mouth twitched but he didn't say anything.

After everyone left, Zhang Fen couldn't help but say, "Xiao Li, 600 yuan is actually quite good, why don't you take it? There's no need for us to get angry."

Li Kailang looked at Zhang Fen and said, "If you don't fight for the bread, you'll fight for your dignity. You can't swallow this anger. But don't worry, he will beg you to buy a house soon."

“Maybe you can buy it for 500 yuan, not to mention 400 yuan.”

"Why?" This question puzzled everyone. Why could the price keep falling?

Li Kailang explained: "It's been a week and only people have asked but no one has bought. This shows how hard it is to sell this house. And as it gets closer to the end of the year, everyone is saving money for the New Year, so it's even less likely to buy."

"If no one buys, won't Old Huang be even more anxious? He could break it up and sell it one by one, but the money he makes from selling them one by one is definitely not as much as selling them all together."

"Don't forget, he's going to live with his son, so he has to bring some money with him."

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

"Of course, if Old Huang really sells them one by one, he's amazing. We still have to be prepared. I'll keep an eye on Old Huang for you, and I'll ask around in other courtyards."

Han Xiaohui agreed: "Okay, let's do as you say. We should also be prepared for both situations."

"It's getting late, so you should go back to work first. We will take care of this." Zhang Jinwu looked at Yu's father.

"Okay, thank you for your help. I can't take a leave." Father Yu thanked him.

"It's okay, it's all for the children."

Without further ado, Yu's father left first.

The others also went their separate ways to do their own things, Li Kailang and Lu Wenjiang returned to the factory to work.
After all, the two of them did not ask for leave. Zhang Jinwu and Zhang Fen both asked for leave and did not have to go back.

(End of this chapter)