Diary of the life of a working wizard

"Now the Chinese are richer than you Russians." Although it was just a light sentence, it sounded like a huge thunder in the ears of Anufri, Vladimir and the local Cypriot people attending the party, shaking them Ears ringing.

It took a long time for everyone to come back to their senses. But Anufri and Vladimir could not find a word to refute except staring at Xia Yunjie with extremely ugly expressions. Because the facts are there, China's economy is developing rapidly. Although the per capita income is not as good as Russia's now, it cannot cope with China's large population base. By 2005, China's economic aggregate ranked sixth, while Russia ranked sixteenth, and rich people were springing up like bamboo shoots after the rain. It has emerged, so whether it is the total economic volume or the number of wealthy people, China has left its former Big Brother far behind. But just now they were habitually looking at China with the same eyes as before. Naturally, they were humiliating themselves.

After Sophia waited for the Cypriot to come to his senses, she stared at Xia Yunjie as if she had discovered a new world. A simple sentence also reminded them that their views on China have lagged behind. China is no longer what it used to be and is catching up with developed countries in Europe and the United States at an alarming rate.

"Xia, is your friend really interested in buying a house in Limassol?" Although Xia Yunjie's words woke everyone up, China has been weak for many years, and it is still difficult to completely change the minds of Europeans and Americans at once, and at this time Although China's economic aggregate is very large, its per capita ranking is still very low. Therefore, although what Xia Yunjie said is deafening, if you want Cypriots to believe that the Chinese will just spend more than 300,000 euros to buy The villa was still a little difficult, so after coming back to her senses, Marina still asked in disbelief.

"You will know the details when you meet in person." Xia Yunjie said with a smile. Of course he doesn't have any friends who want to buy Marina's house, and he certainly won't watch the warm and friendly Marina end up selling her house. Now he is just looking for an excuse to ruin the good things of Vladimir and others. Afterwards, he would naturally help Marina.

But Xia Yunjie couldn't say this in front of so many people now.

"Don't worry Xia, as long as your friend is really interested, we can completely negotiate the price of the house, and I will still give you a 6% commission." Xia Yunjie's avoidance naturally made Marina a little disappointed, but she still looked at it anyway There was a glimmer of hope, so she still said seriously.

"Marina, we Chinese friends don't mention money among us. You are my friend. If I can help you, I will be very happy." Xia Yunjie looked at Marina sincerely and said.

Although they had just met Marina, Xia Yunjie had really developed a liking for her. Of course, that kind of good impression is not personal, but out of pure friendship.

Seeing Xia Yunjie's sincere expression, Marina was greatly moved, and the surrounding Cypriots were also somewhat moved.

In the Western world, everything is easy to discuss between people. The only thing that is not easy to discuss is money. Even among family members, their money is clearly calculated, let alone between friends. Therefore, in European and American countries, even if they are very good friends, they still naturally control their meals. They are two completely different cultures from Chinese friends who rush to pay for their meals. As for borrowing money, except for banks who are willing to lend you money, even your best friends and even family members will rarely be willing to lend you money. This is also the reason why Marina's family encountered an economic crisis and had no choice but to sell their house, because no one was willing to lend money to their family. Of course, most foreigners don’t have extra funds in their pockets.

Therefore, Marina and others were deeply touched by the fact that Xia Yunjie only talked about friendship and not money at this time, and involuntarily developed a great fondness for the country and nation of China.

"Xia, no matter whether your friend will buy our house or not, I am very grateful to you. You are my real good friend." Marina was so moved that she couldn't help but open her arms and gave Xia Yunjie a warm hug, and said Her lips kissed his cheek.

"Bah bang bang!" Everyone clapped when they saw this. Xia Yunjie was a little embarrassed and his face turned red. Vladimir and Anufli also turned red, but they were angry. .

"I said, Marina, I don't deny that Xia is a good person and a true friend. But you don't think that his friends will really buy your house, do you? Let's be realistic and buy a house in Limassol The biggest customers are Russians, and the real rich people are also Russians. Anufri and Vladimir are both rich people in Russia. As long as they are willing to help, even if Vladimir’s friends don’t like it this time He will always have friends who will take a fancy to your house next time. Let's go out to sea with them later." Seeing that Marina was so confused by Xia Yunjie's "empty words", Sophia He had no choice but to pull Marina to a corner and whisper.

"Forget it Sophia, my personality is different from yours. My parents are both devout Orthodox Christians. They will definitely not allow me to indulge so casually. In fact, I don't think you should get too close to them. They are just having a playful attitude, and you will definitely get hurt in the end." Marina said with a serious face.

"Okay, that's up to you. But don't worry about me, I long for their life, and I also like their rich people's drunken life. Of course, don't worry, I will help you to talk more, I want to sell the house We still need to focus on the Russians." Sophia did not hide her inner thoughts and said without any concealment.

Marina also knew that Sophia's personality was different from hers, but this did not prevent them from becoming real good friends, so she didn't feel any surprise when she heard this and said: "As long as you like it, it's up to you to deal with the house." If you can help, help, there is no need to compromise for me."

"I know this Marina." Sophia nodded and said.

After the two best friends whispered in the corner, they returned to the crowd.

After the incident just now, the atmosphere of the party has obviously become a little more subtle, and the smiles of Anufri and Vladimir have also become obviously forced, especially after Marina thanked them for their kindness and said that they could not go to sea, the smiles on their faces The smile was extremely unnatural.

The party climaxes when the birthday cake is brought out and Marina blows out the candles. Then everyone ate a piece of cake each, chatted for a while, and then left in twos and threes.

Anufri and Vladimir also left, and with them Sophia. Although Marina didn't go to sea with them, they still decided to go to sea and have some fun.

Before leaving, Anufri and Vladimir did not say hello to Xia Yunjie, but looked at him with a trace of hatred. However, Sophia still gave Xia Yunjie a warm hug and a kiss.

"Xia, is it convenient to invite your friend to come to my place today to take a look at the house? To be honest, our loan will expire in more than a month. If we can't find a suitable buyer before then, we will just It can be sold at a super low price." Marina couldn't wait to ask Xia Yunjie as soon as the party was over. She didn't hide anything about her family's situation. It was obvious that she really regarded Xia Yunjie as a trustworthy friend. Otherwise, if she was so transparent, if Xia Yunjie told his so-called friends everything, the price would probably be severely squeezed.

"How much do you owe the bank and you need to be in such a hurry to sell the house?" Seeing Marina's impatient look, Xia Yunjie couldn't help but asked curiously.

"Sixty thousand euros." Marina hesitated and replied truthfully.

Xia Yunjie was almost dumbfounded when he heard this. With the average income of an ordinary person in Cyprus being more than 12,000 euros a year, he still owed the bank 60,000 euros and was in such a dilemma that he had to sell his house. He thought they owed the bank so much money that they were almost insolvent.

After a while, Xia Yunjie said, "Can't you use your house as a mortgage for a loan?"

"I was able to get a mortgage loan for the house at that time, but now I need to use money to replace the house." Marina said with a bitter look on her face.

"Sixty thousand euros is not much, let me pay it back for you first." Looking at Marina with a bitter look on her face, Xia Yunjie said.

"What? You, help me pay it back?" Marina's eyes widened when she heard this, and she stared at Xia Yunjie in disbelief with her mouth open.

Compared to the income of a family in Cyprus, 60,000 euros is indeed not a very huge amount, but for Cypriots who often eat everything and have no savings in their hands, 60,000 euros is really a very large amount. Huge numbers. But now, Xia Yunjie, an international friend who had only known her for a few days, said that he would help her pay it back first. How could this not surprise Marina as if she had seen a ghost?

You know, even if you don’t mention that this is a huge amount, even if the amount is not large, no one in Cyprus except banks is willing to lend money to them, let alone a Chinese who has just met them a few days ago.

"Yes, it's a pity that such a nice house was sold at a low price just a few years after it was built." Xia Yunjie nodded.

"Thank you Xia, thank you for trusting us so much, but my father's and Andre's restaurants are closed, and they are now unemployed at home. Even if you are willing to lend us money to temporarily repay the due loan, but then Given our current economic situation, repaying the loan is still a problem, so let's sell the house first." Marina gave Xia Yunjie a warm hug again, her charming big eyes flashing with tears.

Xia Yunjie was slightly stunned when he heard this. His original intention was that he would help pay back the 60,000 euros, so that Marina and the others would not have to pay them back. But now that Marina didn't think so and was worried that it would hurt her self-esteem, she didn't explain it in detail and said with a smile: "I think the biggest problem for your family now, besides loans, is mainly about work and income. Does it mean that as long as I help you solve your job and income problems, you won’t need to sell your house?”