Back to 80: My Literary Life

"Holy shit! Six courtyard houses? Which of your friends has so many houses?" Fang Minghua was shocked when he heard this.

"Didn't a friend of a friend tell you that? They specialize in real estate agencies. Have you heard of real estate agencies? In our words, they specialize in bringing together business between buyers and sellers! Now there are special real estate agencies in the south like Shenzhen! "Zhao Hongjun explained on the phone.

"I know, okay, come quickly, I'm still in a hurry to go to Shanghai."

"Okay, I won't delay your grand career. I'll fly there tomorrow!"

"Come directly to the General Political Courtyard to find me, OK!"

After hanging up the phone, Fang Minghua smiled. Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongjun acted very quickly.

It turned out that last fall, when Fang Minghua moved to live in an exclusive courtyard inside Chaoyang Gate, Zhao Hongjun saw it and said he wanted to build a courtyard in Xijing City.

Fang Minghua advised you that you might as well go to Yanjing and buy a courtyard house now. The Asian Games were successfully held, and the country is applying for the 2000 Olympic Games. The city will definitely undergo large-scale renovations.

If you buy a few courtyard houses, whether they are to be demolished or you live in them in the future, it will feel quite good - of course, I will look at two suitable units for you.

Zhao Hongjun agreed.

From last autumn to now, he has been to Yanjing several times, looking for various connections, and now he finally has something.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhao Hongjun flew to Yanjing and went to the General Political Courtyard to visit Song Tangtang's grandparents.

But he didn't tell the truth to the old man, he just said that coming to Yanjing was a company matter.

In the evening, Zhao Hongjun naturally did not stay at the General Political Courtyard, but stayed at the Jianguo Hotel. Fang Minghua went to find him the next morning, and the two of them went to meet his real estate middleman.

The two took a taxi to a company near Beixinqiao and met this middle-aged man, about forty years old, named Sun.

Manager Sun was very enthusiastic and introduced them in detail after meeting them.

"These six courtyard houses are located on Nanchizi Street, Dongsiliutiao, and Houhai. I will take you to see them."

After speaking, Manager Sun picked up the car keys from his desk, walked out of the room, and took the two of them into a red Santana.

The first place we went to was Nanchizi Street near East Chang'an Street. Manager Sun introduced that there were two courtyard houses for sale here.

Nanchizi Street was a street in the southeast corner of the imperial city during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since the Qing Dynasty, it has been called Nanchang Street, also known as Donghuamenwai South Street. It has the warehouses and government offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the early years of the Republic of China, Nanchizi Street was connected to East Chang'an Street, and ordinary civilians began to live here one after another.

After liberation, it was renamed "Sunflower Xiangyang Road" for a period of time, and then the original name was restored. It covers a wide range of alleys such as Zhangku, Shitoujiao, Arrow Factory Fengjia, Nanjing, Sheepfold, and Minsheng.

"This is BJ's rich area." Fang Minghao thought to himself as he sat in the car and looked at the surrounding bungalows.

Before coming to this era, Fang Minghua came to Yanjing once out of curiosity.

At that time, this place was full of luxury courtyards, and some even had multiple courtyards. Of course, these were private mansions, and the doors were closed, so you couldn't see the scenery inside.

But now, this place is in shabby condition, and the courtyard is in disarray. To put it bluntly, it is a large courtyard.

The reason for such drastic changes is that after the millennium, the local government made the renovation and reconstruction of the Nanchizi Historical and Cultural Reserve a pilot project for the city. The old courtyards, which were dilapidated and smelly in the summer, quickly restored their original appearance of a courtyard house. Value multiplied.

Fang Minghua and Zhao Hongjun followed Manager Sun and stopped at the entrance of an alley. The three of them walked in. Manager Sun used the key to open the door of a courtyard house and everyone went in to take a look.

Damn it!

The house inside is dilapidated and the yard is overgrown with weeds. It seems that no one has lived there for many years.

However, the courtyard is quite large. It is considered a medium-sized courtyard with two entrances and exits.

Manager Sun told the two that the owner of this courtyard house had immigrated abroad and no one had lived in the old house for several years, so he was entrusted with selling it.

"So broken?" Zhao Hongjun looked around and couldn't help but muttered: "Is it haunted at night?"

"Don't worry, it won't be a haunted house." Manager Sun explained:

"This house was built in the early years of the Republic of China. It has a history of more than 70 years. Of course, it is a bit old. In addition, no one has lived in it for almost ten years, so it doesn't look very popular. If you buy it and renovate it, it will be quite good. Yes, this location is great. I used to live in a wealthy family!”

Zhao Hongjun was obviously not interested, so he asked him to take him to see a house without saying anything more.

After finishing all six courtyard houses in one go, Zhao Hongjun was very disappointed. Not only was the house dilapidated, but it also had no heating, water, electricity, or even a bathroom. Going to the bathroom requires walking hundreds of meters. Some locations are not good and the lighting from all sides is not good.

"Manager Sun, Mr. Zhang and I are friends. I heard that you and Mr. Zhang are also familiar, so we can be considered friends. Why don't you introduce this shabby house to me?!" Zhao Hongjun said in a bad tone.

"Mr. Zhao, don't dislike me." Manager Sun said quickly after hearing this: "I finally helped you get this. It is very popular. Have you heard of Jackie Chan?"

"Jackie Chan? Is this the Jackie Chan who played "Plan A" in Xiangjiang?" Zhao Hongjun asked.

"Yes, that's him!" Manager Sun said: "That's a big star in Xiangjiang. You know he made a big deal last year."

Looking at Manager Sun's slightly mysterious expression, Zhao Hongjun asked: "What big deal?"

"He bought eight courtyard houses in Yanjing at one go! One of them is Kang Youwei's old house! This is absolutely true, and I bought them all from him!"

Manager Sun looked serious.

"Really?"

"Of course, why would I lie to you? The courtyard house he bought is almost the same as the one I showed you. He is a big star, how bad can his taste be?"

Listening to Manager Sun telling Zhao Hongjun about this, Fang Minghua listened silently on the side.

It seems that this story has been circulated on the Internet in later generations.

It is said that in 1990, Jackie Chan came to Yanjing to film and was fooled by a real estate agent. He bought eight courtyard houses, each for 500,000 yuan. The houses were also very shabby, and there was no water or electricity.

This decision caused a sensation at the time. Jackie Chan's friends were all amazed when they heard about it. They thought Jackie Chan was fooled and it was a waste to spend so much money to buy these old houses.

They laughed at Jackie Chan: Are you crazy? Spend so much money to buy such a pile of rubbish.

But in the end, Jackie Chan's decision was proven to be correct. These courtyard houses are worth hundreds of millions. Later, I heard that Jackie Chan bought more than a dozen Hui-style buildings in Anhui Province, and later donated four of them to Singapore, which caused a great response on the Internet.

Do you have time to visit Anhui Province?

But I'm too busy now.

Now this manager surnamed Sun boasted about Jackie Chan's purchase of a house. It is estimated that it was not done by him. It is a rumor in the industry.

Zhao Hongjun did not express his opinion in person in the end, saying that he would discuss it after returning.

In the taxi back to the hotel, Zhao Hongjun asked Fang Minghua what he thought about this matter.

"I think it's okay. If you don't want it, give me all six sets." Fang Minghua said.

"Fuck. You have a good appetite. You want such a shabby house?" Zhao Hongjun was surprised to hear this.

"Didn't you say that I have a good appetite?" Fang Minghua asked back.

"You are different. I'll keep two sets for fun, and the rest is up to you."

"Okay, but the price still needs to be negotiated." Fang Minghua reminded.

"Of course, 600,000 per unit? Are you kidding me? I'm selling wholesale!"

"Also, if the price is agreed, I want to turn one of the houses into a foundation." Fang Minghua said at last.