Avoid detours, start by running a nursing home.

"Mr. Chen, are you up?"

"Mr. Zhou, have you had breakfast?"

As the old man led the way for Zhang Yang, he politely greeted several other elderly people he encountered.

Zhang Yang followed behind him, carefully observing the elderly people in the nursing home.

To his slight relief, the situation seemed much better than he had imagined.

The elderly people didn't seem to be very old, around 70 years old. They all looked to be in good spirits, with their silver hair neatly combed and their clothes clean and tidy.

At least from this perspective, the nursing home seems quite normal.

Walk to the back of the house, take an old-fashioned elevator, and pull the shutter...

"Given how good our nursing home is, the fees must be quite high, right?"

As the elevator slowly ascended, Zhang Yang couldn't resist his curiosity and asked a question in a low voice.

He doesn't even dare to imagine how much it would cost to live in such a nice old house as a nursing home.

Are all these elderly people wealthy?

"Hehe, I don't know about these things either. Dean, you'll find out when you hand over the reins to Director Zhang later."

The old man smiled and shook his head.

"Oh, right, I still don't know your name? I'm sorry, I was so busy looking at the nursing home earlier."

Thinking about how the old man had guided him all this way, and how he didn't even know the old man's name, Zhang Yang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

That's incredibly rude.

"It's alright, it's alright. I'm just a gatekeeper. You can just call me Old Zhang."

The old man looked at Zhang Yang with a smile. Just then, the elevator stopped abruptly, and he quickly opened the gate.

"We've arrived at the fourth floor. Director Liu is waiting for you in his office. Let's hurry over."

"Oh, okay." Zhang Yang nodded, feigning composure, and followed him out of the elevator.

To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen such a luxurious house, and now that it belonged to him, it was impossible for him not to be excited.

Of course, I felt a little panicked.

Just like the old man who's been talking about Director Liu since the beginning, it's normal to feel uncertain about what he does and what he's doing.

But the thought that he still had the system with him calmed him down.

Anyway, once you're transported to another world, your identity and all that are just given by your cheat system, so what's there to be afraid of!

Knock knock~

Reaching the two wooden doors in the middle of the house, the old man gently knocked twice. After hearing a "Come in" from inside, he placed his hand on the door and pushed it forward forcefully...

squeak~

The heavy solid wood door was slowly pushed open with the creaking of the hinges.

Sunlight streamed through the crack in the door, and as the door gradually opened, it quickly spread from a thin ray of light into a golden pillar.

Tiny specks of dust floated in mid-air, as if pushing open not a door, but a ray of light leading to heaven...

"Dean Zhang, you've finally arrived..."

Just as Zhang Yang was being blinded by the sunlight and had to turn his head to avoid it, he heard a gentle female voice coming from the room.

He squinted to adjust his eyes for a moment, then looked up and saw a middle-aged woman in her early forties with short hair standing at the door, smiling at him.

"Hello Dean Zhang, I'm Liu Jing from the Civil Affairs Bureau. If you encounter any difficulties in your work at the institute, please feel free to come to me anytime."

"Hello, Director Liu!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Yang didn't dare to be negligent and quickly reached out to shake hands with the other person firmly, his face filled with gratitude.

The Civil Affairs Bureau—that sounds like the department that manages nursing homes—he knows that much.

"Haha, no need to be so polite, let's get the paperwork done as soon as possible."

Liu Jing laughed heartily and led Zhang Yang into the room: "This is the dean's office. I'm here on behalf of the dean today, so I hope Dean Zhang won't take offense."

"Not at all, Director Liu, you can just call me Xiao Zhang."

"In that case, let's all be casual. You can just call me Aunt Liu, and stop calling me Director all the time."

"How can you call me Aunt Liu? You're so young, you should be called Sister Liu at most..."

"Haha, I didn't realize you had such a silver tongue, Xiao Zhang. How about it? You must have spent a lot of time charming young girls."

"How could that be? I'm just telling the truth, okay?"

While exchanging polite greetings with Liu Jing, Zhang Yang subtly observed his surroundings.

It would have been better not to look, because once I did, I was shocked.

The room faces south and has a row of floor-to-ceiling windows, offering an unobstructed view with plenty of sunlight streaming into the room.

The roof is high, about 4 or 5 meters high.

The room was a good 70 or 80 square meters, with a thick carpet on the floor.

On each side, there was a row of bookshelves reaching to the ceiling, densely filled with books, all of them old-fashioned books with gold-embossed spines.

A large desk sits in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, opposite which are two leather sofas.

The diamond pattern nailed on the backrest has a retro feel to it.

The entire office can be summed up in one word: huge, and in two words: spacious.

This one room is probably equivalent to three or four of the university dorm rooms he used to live in!

"Come on, Xiao Zhang, sit down..."

Liu Jing gestured for Zhang Yang to sit down on the sofa, then reached for a document on her desk and handed it to him.

"These are the asset documents for the nursing home. According to the agreement at the time, the property rights of the house have been transferred to your name. Please take a look."

"Thank you, Sister Liu," Zhang Yang said gratefully, taking the documents.

bang bang~

Amidst the rapid pounding of his heart, he swallowed hard, calmed himself, and slowly flipped to the top of the document to reveal the property ownership certificate.

Rights holder: Zhang Yang

Location: 1136 Yu Garden Road...

Land area: 7187 square meters, building area: 2157 square meters...

"Is this house really mine?"

Looking at the contents of the property certificate, Zhang Yang was extremely excited. No matter how hard he tried to remain calm, his hand holding the certificate couldn't help but tremble slightly.

It covers an area of ​​7187 square meters...

My dream of a two-bedroom apartment used to be only 80 or 90 square meters at most.

But this is just a tiny fraction of what's left of this house...

"That's right, the house is yours now."

Sitting opposite him, Liu Jing looked at him with a serious expression: "But Xiao Zhang, the conditions for the transfer of property rights were all written in black and white in the agreement."

"Don't forget, otherwise we have the right to take the house back."

This nursing home used to be a public institution. Even though there were additional conditions and the price was in line with the market price, she still found it hard to believe when she heard that it had been transferred.

There has never been such a precedent before.

If she hadn't later carefully checked all the procedures and found no problems, she would have thought someone was sabotaging her behind the scenes.

But after thinking about it carefully, I realized that it might not be so bad.

At least they're willing to spend hundreds of millions to buy this place, so they should be able to manage it better afterward.

Perhaps we can find a way to break this deadlock.

But now, looking at Zhang Yang's young face, she began to have doubts again. Could someone so young really make this nursing home work?

Are there any other conditions?

Zhang Yang was taken aback. He quickly closed the property certificate and searched through the documents below.

He quickly found a transfer agreement and opened it to examine it carefully.

"After taking over, Party B shall continue to operate the nursing home until the original inpatient contracts for the elderly expire..."

"It is also necessary to meet the normal living needs of the elderly residents and ensure their physical and mental health..."

"During the operation period, the nursing home shall not relocate, and the property shall not be sold, mortgaged, or otherwise be considered a breach of contract."

"...If Party B breaches the contract, Party A shall have the right to reclaim the property without incurring any liability..."

"Depending on the severity of the breach, up to 30% of the total property value at the highest point may be charged to Party B as liquidated damages..."

He didn't bother to read the long, densely packed agreements, but only picked out a few important ones to finish reading.

As soon as I finished reading this, my heart sank.

So, there's a time limit, and the house won't truly belong to you until the contract expires?

Although I had a pretty good idea that the system wouldn't just give away such a big house for free.

But what about the 30% penalty for breach of contract? Isn't that just too outrageous?

"Sister Liu, what is the total price of the property for this nursing home?"

Zhang Yang closed the file, looked up at Liu Jing, and asked cautiously.

"3.2 million..."

……

Upon hearing the price, Zhang Yang was stunned.

3.2 million, 30% is roughly a small goal.

A small goal is one, two, three... nine figures...

It's a pity that I've hardly ever seen a five-digit amount in my account.

How should we compensate them?

If you can sell a kidney for 30,000...

Even if you harvest kidneys like chives, they'll keep growing back after you cut them, it still wouldn't be enough to cover that small loss!

"So, how many elderly people are currently in this facility, and what is the longest contract they have...?"

Ideally, there should be fewer people and shorter contracts!

"There are 15 elderly people in total, and the longest contract period is until 2015..."

"Here is the information on all of them."

As she spoke, Liu Jing pointed to a cardboard box on the ground:

"Engineer Ren was once an engineer at Songhai Automobile Factory. He and his fellow workers built the first Songhai brand sedan by hand, hammer blow by hammer blow..."

"Master Zeng, an eighth-grade fitter, was selected as a model worker for five consecutive years and has won the May Day Labor Medal multiple times..."

"Captain Qian was the first captain of the Criminal Investigation Division of Songhai City, and he was once a household name in 803..."

"Old Gu, he was once a soldier in the Good Eighth Company, and even stood guard on Nanjing Road..."

"Master He, he was involved in designing the movement for Songhai watches. The fact that Songhai watches were able to sell well in dozens of countries overseas is inseparable from the movement he designed..."

"besides……"

Zhang Yang was dumbfounded as he listened to Liu Jing recount the origins of the elderly people in the nursing home, one by one, as if they were old friends.

Is this a nursing home?

This must be a retirement team!