Rebirth and making money first

The bus wasn't crowded. An elderly Shanghainese woman chattered incessantly beside the driver. Though I couldn't quite make out what she was saying, I could tell she was talking about her family troubles. The driver responded to her while still busy driving. Zhang Jing was annoyed by the noise, and with two stops to go before getting off, the driver slammed the brakes, causing everyone on the bus to gasp.

Zhang Jing looked up and saw a car overtaking them. The driver, distracted, barely managed to brake. Zhang Jing immediately became angry and said to the old woman, "Auntie, don't keep talking to the driver. He's easily distracted from his work. After all, the safety of everyone in the car depends on him. If you're really friends, when he gets off work, you can sit down and talk about revolutionary history!"

The old lady immediately got angry: "Who are you calling auntie? Don't you have eyes? What does this have to do with you? You little bastard from outside! If you don't like it, don't come to Shanghai! Are you jealous that I have a man willing to talk to me? What the hell is that?"

Zhang Jing and his group were immediately enraged. They all started arguing with the old lady. Despite her age, Zhang Xiaobing and his group were no match for her. They were all furious, but Zhang Jing single-handedly turned the tide:

"I don't call you Auntie, but Miss? Don't you have a mirror or pee at home? I'm jealous of you? Look at you, you're painted like an old witch, climbing up to disturb the driver's normal work. He doesn't dare to ignore you for fear that you will complain, but I'm not afraid! You paid the fare to get in the car, and I paid too. I don't care what you say, but you are affecting our safe travel. You want to drag a whole car of people to accompany you, but you can't!"

The old woman from Shanghai yelled, "So what? You're still going to hit me? Hit me if you dare! I'm not looking down on you, but if you dare to lay a finger on me today, I'll have a plan for the rest of my life!"

Zhang Xiaobing wanted to rush over and hit someone, but was stopped by Zhang Jing. Pointing at the old lady, she said, "I've heard that Shanghai women, especially old women, are peculiar. They also say that if you haven't seen or had a fight in Shanghai, your trip is a waste. To make my trip perfect, I'm keeping a close eye on you today. If you dare to nag the driver while he's driving, I'll yell at you! You don't even want your old age, so you insist on me taking care of you. I don't mind having an extra urinal. If you want me to make a move, I'll definitely help you and make sure you get what you want."

The driver and other passengers rushed to break up the fight, but the old lady refused to give in, and neither did Zhang Jing. She told the driver, "Just drive. If she continues talking to you about things unrelated to work, ignore her. If she complains about this, I'll vouch for you. Some people are just unhappy with their lives, and they vent to anyone they can find. They end up being unhappy themselves, and they make others unhappy too. This is the negativity in society, and we must stay away from it!"

The old lady was furious. She covered her chest and sat down, gasping for breath. She looked at Zhang Jing resentfully: "I'm the same age as your mother, and this is how you treat an elderly person?"

Zhang Jing said, "I always tell my mom when she goes out: Don't take advantage of your age, no matter what you do! It'll only make you look ignorant and shallow. Who else will give you face outside? Besides your children and family, who will pamper you? If you meet someone who's rude and reckless, isn't that just hitting a rock with an egg? You can't live to such an old age, and you can't let yourself get into trouble! So my mom only dares to be rude to us at home. She keeps her temper in check wherever she goes."

"Auntie, I know as soon as I see you, your children are worthless! When you get upset at home, you just take it out on others. If you run into someone who's doing justice and beats you up, you'll be in big trouble!"

"Shut up! My son and daughter are both very good, you are not allowed to scold them!" The old lady got angry again.

"I'm too lazy to argue with you! As long as you don't disturb the driver's driving." Zhang Jing also returned to her seat.

The old lady refused to listen, so she rushed to Zhang Jing and started nagging her without any reason. Zhang Jing simply ignored her, and the people who got on the bus later were also confused, watching the old lady being unreasonable.

As they were about to arrive at the station, Zhang Jing stood up and said to the old lady, "I've heard all about your family's mess. It's really not easy for you! I'm going to get off the bus now. If you're not tired, come with me and we can continue." The old lady snorted and turned around to sit in Zhang Jing's seat.

Zhang Xiaobing said, "Damn it! If you don't agree, get out of the car and let me show you how to fight you. I still don't believe I can't handle a jerk like you. My head hurts from all that chanting."

The old lady immediately fell silent. The old man who got off the bus with her said, "Stop arguing! You're wrong anyway!" and pointed at the old lady. The old lady immediately replied, "What does it have to do with you, you old bastard!"

Zhang Jinglin got off the car, turned back and said loudly: "Auntie, I think you have an imbalance of yin and yang. I suggest you find a man to sleep with a few times. As long as the money is enough, a young man will do. It's better than putting on makeup. I sincerely recommend it!" After saying that, she got off the car immediately.

At the moment the car door closed, a roar was heard. It turned out to be the old lady who rushed to the car window like a gust of wind, yelling and cursing, saying all kinds of unpleasant words. Unfortunately, she was taken away by the car. Poor passengers in the car!

When Zhang Jing turned around triumphantly, she found her brother-in-law staring at her in shock, as if he had seen something incredibly unbelievable. It turned out that the lewd words her sister-in-law had just uttered had completely broken his already fragile heart.

At this moment, Zhang Jing couldn't help but feel a little guilty. She subconsciously reached out and touched her nose, thinking to herself: "Oh, why am I so careless with my mouth? Will I teach my brother-in-law bad things?" Seeing this, the tour guide showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, but still tried to comfort Zhang Jing softly. However, she secretly complained in her heart, thinking that she was the one who should be comforted! But this woman is quite powerful, she can even beat the old Shanghai lady!

Unlike the others, Zhang Xiaobing remained quite composed. After all, in his opinion, his sister, though seemingly gentle and demure, was actually a complete shrew. She simply wore a false mask in front of others. If someone touched her vitals, she would be quite ruthless. He usually didn't dare to provoke her.

Now, in this bustling, noisy, and mixed Shanghai, surrounded by strangers, why bother pretending anymore? So, if Zhang Jing hadn't tried desperately to stop him, he probably would have rushed over and slapped the old lady he called "Black Mountain Old Witch" several times to stop her from talking nonsense!

Back at the hotel, Zhang Jing grew increasingly indignant. She was constantly being looked down upon as an outsider. If she didn't get angry, they'd treat her like a sick cat! Buy a house! She had to buy a house!

Zhang Jing has decided to buy properties in the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Hangzhou, and even in Zhuhai and Macau. She can go wherever she wants in the future!

For the next two days, Zhang Jing didn't join the tour. Instead, she consulted Lawyer Sheng about real estate matters. Lawyer Sheng was surprised by the client's constant requests, but he did his best to serve her. Knowing that Zhang Jing wanted to buy a house, he recommended a senior real estate consultant.

Zhang Xiaobing and his brother-in-law knew Zhang Jing was going to look at houses and wanted to cancel their trip to Shanghai and go with her to look at houses. Zhang Jing tried to dissuade them but to no avail, so she just let them do what they wanted.

Zhang Jing's eyes widened as she opened the bird's-eye view of Shanghai. Listening to the real estate agent's introduction, she realized there were still many undeveloped areas in Shanghai. It was a shame she had so little money. Lujiazui, Hongqiao... wait, Zhangjiang! Oh, why had she forgotten Zhangjiang?

In a previous life, I was a stock trader. When the stock market launched the REIT Ruizhi Allocation, I bought into the Bosera Shekou Industrial Park. Zhang Zhi had a classmate in Zhejiang who invested in the Zhangjiang Industrial REIT. The results were vastly different. According to Zhang Zhi, her classmate worked in the Zhangjiang Industrial Park and was intimately familiar with its developments. The future of high-tech industries will likely thrive in the Zhangjiang Industrial Park.

It’s said that there’s a real estate called Tomson Mansion, which saw a 20% increase in value over the next 1300 years. That’s pure profiteering! If you didn’t get on board in your past life, how can you miss out in this life?

Zhangjiang Tomson Mansion Phase II in Zhangjiang is the property with the largest and highest price increase in Shanghai.

Firstly, it was born early. Zhangjiang Tomson Mansion has four phases, with the development period spanning from 2001 to 2013.

The first phase of construction consists of villas and apartments, while the second, third and fourth phases are conventional commercial housing.

The project was launched in mid-2005 and completed in 2007.

This time happened to be the eve of the first round of price increases in the Shanghai property market.

Zhang Jing immediately asked the property manager to stop at the Zhangjiang location and requested a detailed introduction to the area. However, his enthusiasm was dampened. He wanted to seriously promote Shimao Riverside Garden to the client. He tried hard to persuade Zhang Jing to listen to the details of that property first. After some thought, Zhang Jing opted to listen.

The property consultant was really good. He said that before these things, Shanghai had just cancelled the welfare housing distribution a few years ago. After the commercial housing reform, the most famous luxury house in Shanghai was Shimao Riverside Garden.

In early 2000, when the average price of commercial housing in Shanghai was still around 4 to 5000 yuan, Shimao Riverside was launched on the market with an average price of 1.8 yuan and invited Tony Leung as its celebrity spokesperson. It was said that the endorsement fee was for Tony Leung to choose any house in Shimao Riverside.

Zhang Jing decided to go see it for herself, so the property consultant drove the three of them there. As they drove over the elevated highway and out of the Yan'an Road Tunnel, a large painting of Tony Leung Chiu-wai gazed lovingly at them, with a line of Shimao Binjiang sales phone numbers below.

After hearing Lawyer Sheng say that the client had tens of millions of dollars in his hands, he had to provide excellent service. The real estate consultant was very confident in winning the client, and gave a detailed introduction along the way, leaving Zhang Xiaobing and his brother-in-law fascinated.

The apartment's amenities were quite impressive, and while the property consultant was showing it around, people kept arriving in luxury cars to ask about it. Zhang Xiaobing said, "If I buy this, won't I be neighbors with Tony Leung Chiu-wai?" Zhang Jing rolled her eyes. Later, the famous Tony Leung settled in Japan. He had no regard for Shanghai.

Zhang Jing wanted to go to the Zhangjiang section to take a look. The real estate agent was uneasy, but he respected the client's choice. He said he would let the colleague in charge of the Zhangjiang section take over, and Zhang Jing agreed. She didn't want to spend money and suffer.

Xiaolin was clearly a rookie, so Zhang Jing felt the need for a quick resolution. Zhang Jiang was facing an undeveloped area, but Zhang Jing directly inquired about the status of Tangpin Haoyuan's development.

The newbie blushed and frantically opened the information. It said Tangpin Haoyuan was under development. Pre-sales were available. Zhang Jing said, "Then go to the pre-sale center." Xiaolin hurried over with his men.

The presale center displayed mockups of Phases 12, , , and . Zhang Jing wasn't interested in the villas and apartments in Phase ; she was after Phase . When she asked about the price, she realized it was yuan per square meter. Zhang Xiaobing and his brother-in-law were stunned. He pulled Zhang Jing aside, trying to back out.