Rebirth of the Forbidden City: The Troublemaker in the Courtyard

(As usual, I added more than 2,000 words to the previous chapter, so you can go back and take a look!)

Chen Liangzi was able to keep his composure steady and calmed down after clenching his fists.

Zheng Liang, who was standing aside, stared at the girl with a blank stare. It was not until Chen Liangzi reminded him with a cough that he swallowed and walked out the door.

The girl had obviously noticed the embarrassment of the two, but, doing business, in this kind of security environment, what kind of things hadn't she experienced?

As long as they didn't attack her, she wouldn't make a fuss. Even if they really had the money to buy a house of several hundred square feet, then as long as it wasn't excessive, they could attack her.

I need to add one more thing here. As one of the most densely populated areas in the world, Hong Kong Island has extremely tight housing resources and houses are generally small in size.

A house of around 90 square meters by mainland standards is considered a large apartment in Hong Kong and is called a "thousand-foot luxury house."

Therefore, the lady selling the house expected that the two of them would be able to buy a house of 500 to 600 square feet, which was already a pleasant surprise.

Without saying anything further, the girl took out a map of Hong Kong Island from behind the counter and spread it in front of Chen Liangzi.

"Sir, are you considering renting or buying a house?"

Chen Liangzi looked at the lady in professional attire who was bowing her head beside him and calmed himself down.

Zheng Liang, who had been calming down outside the door, pushed the door open and saw the girl in professional attire bending over and pointing at the map to introduce it to Chen Liangzi.

She is quite tall, with her long legs slightly bent, making her plump peach-like figure even more attractive.

After taking a quick glance, Zheng Liang realized that this was no longer the old city, so he simply found a chair opposite and sat down.

His eyes were fixed on the back of the lady in professional attire, and he slowly began to admire her.

Following the girl's instructions, Chen Liangzi's gaze fell on the map.

Looking at the red circles and the approximate land prices marked next to them, he asked to find out.

"Where is this circle in the middle? I looked around and it seems like the housing prices here are the highest!"

"Sir, the place you're referring to is Causeway Bay. It's our commercial center, with all kinds of shops, bars, casinos, and other entertainment venues. It's naturally much more expensive than the surrounding areas!"

The sales lady was considered professional, and her explanation to Chen Liangzi was quite standard.

Moreover, seeing Chen Liangzi asking about this kind of location right away, my expectations were raised a lot.

After bending her waist a little more, the fullness of her front was almost sticking to the map, and the angle of her back was also raised, which made Zheng Liang, who was sitting opposite her, feel refreshed!

At this time, Chen Liangzi had already withdrawn his thoughts and focused all his attention on this map.

At present, the land price in Central is the most expensive, costing more than two hundred dollars per square foot.

Of course, this price naturally refers to the price of newly built properties. Those shack-like houses are naturally not worth this price.

Most of the units are around 500 square feet, or about 50 square meters, and the price is around HK$100,000.

This is currently the housing price in the most central area of Hong Kong Island.

This is the price that has fallen significantly since the year before last, when the economic collapse caused housing prices to fall significantly.

If we wait another two or three years, the housing prices here will more than double!

After listening to the sales lady explain the housing prices and surrounding conditions in several areas for a while.

Chen Liangzi was a little confused.

To be honest, he didn't quite understand what the sales lady meant by "square feet".

So he interrupted her explanation and pointed directly at the narrow storefront and asked.

"I don't quite understand how you calculate this square foot. Why don't you tell me roughly how many square feet your shop is?"

After hearing what Chen Liangzi said, the sales lady stood up.

After Zheng Liang saw the round peach-shaped girl turn around, he rubbed his eyes and looked at Chen Liangzi who was sitting opposite him.

"Sir, our shop is about 300 square feet, which is quite large for a location like this!"

The sales lady's words made Chen Liangzi fall into deep thought.

He is really speechless now.

The place was so small, not even as big as a room in the courtyard house in the old city, and it was only three hundred feet in total!

According to what she just said, it costs less than two hundred yuan per foot!

So, he could buy such a small house for only 60,000 yuan? What was he trying to achieve?

You know, they only spend two or three thousand yuan to buy a small courtyard house in the old city. What a huge area it is!

At least the yard and the house should be around 400 to 500 square meters, so the total area here is around 4,000 to 5,000 square feet.

This thing is hundreds of times more expensive than their city.

In fact, Chen Liangzi and the others didn’t understand, but Ning Yuan did.

If it weren't for the need to seize the time to get a piece of the real estate pie, Ning Yuan would have directly invested in houses in the city, which would have yielded even higher returns.

But this only exists in theory.

Who doesn't know what the current situation is like in Beijing? Houses are cheap, but can they be bought and sold freely?

If you take advantage of the right opportunity and happen to meet someone who wants to use the money to leave the city, then you can buy one or two houses, keep a low profile, and no one will bother you.

People like Ning Yuan have the house allocated to them in the No. 2 Courtyard of Shen District.

There are at least four courtyard houses in hand, and this one in Caishikou was originally used to accommodate Zheng Liang and his fellow knifemen.

There is a large courtyard house with two entrances in Xiebian Hutong outside Xizhimen. This was the base camp when Ning Yuan used to hang out with a group of friends.

There is also the apartment on the shore of Houhai, which is now used by Meng Qing and her parents to live in. Although it is a bit small, with only a courtyard at the entrance, the location is really good!

The last set is naturally the one next to the train station. There are dozens of bicycles stored in several rooms.

These four sets are already Ning Yuan's limit. Even so, Ning Yuan had to bring a large group of sons and daughters from the compound and show off his power in the city to keep the people in check.

It’s not that Ning Yuan doesn’t want to collect more, it’s just that he is unable to do so.

In Hong Kong Island, although housing prices have risen a lot, the houses here are converted into cash and appreciate in value much faster than those in the old city.

Furthermore, Ningyuan’s original intention was to take advantage of the first big opportunity in a few years to occupy this area, introduce production lines from here, and then enter the mainland through customs.

Once you open up both the inside and the outside and pass through customs, you can make dozens of times the profit. Yes, no matter what type of industrial products you make, the profits will be dozens or even hundreds of times!

That's why Ning Yuan had this intention, but he did not have a thorough understanding of the current land prices in Hong Kong Island, so Chen Liangzi and Zheng Liang are now having a hard time.

Even Zheng Liang could only sit here and stare at the plump peaches of the real estate sales lady!