Chapter 423 Renting a House and Starting the Broadcast
Several people watched the video and found it quite good. Whether it was the changes in Ga Yujie's expression before and after, or Zhang Qiyuan's slightly sneaky way of stealing the electric car, the video was quite funny. After Tang Kai called out "Cut", the clip where Zhang Qiyuan imitated Ga Yujie's drifting and turning around and ended up falling on his butt made several people laugh out loud.
"Mr. Zhang, let Xiao Liu take you to see the houses first. After you choose a house, we will have a meal together. I will arrange it." Ga Yujie said generously.
"Thank you, Mr. Ga." Zhang Qiyuan thanked.
Soon, several people returned to Ga Yujie's shop.
"Xiao Liu, have you found a house?" asked Ga Yujie.
"I've found three. One is a two-bedroom apartment in our community, 75 square meters, 8900 yuan a month. One is a two-bedroom apartment a little further away, 78 square meters, 8500 yuan. And there is a one-bedroom apartment, 45 square meters, 6800 yuan a month." Xiao Liu said.
It's really expensive!
Zhang Qiyuan muttered to himself, but he didn't want to show it, otherwise it would seem like he couldn't afford the rent.
"Are there any photos?" Zhang Qiyuan asked.
"some."
"Then I'll take a look at all three."
Zhang Qiyuan came to Xiao Liu's computer and looked at the three houses Xiao Liu found for him.
You know what, the decoration of the three houses looks pretty good.
"Which floor is your community on?" Zhang Qiyuan said after thinking for a while.
If the houses in Xinmei Garden are good, he will definitely choose Xinmei Garden. After all, he is unfamiliar with this area, and it would be great if he could stay in Gayujie for a while.
“This is the first floor.”
"Forget it, let's go and look at the 78-square-meter apartment."
When he heard it was on the first floor, Zhang Qiyuan immediately passed the offer.
Then he took Xiao Liu to the Shanshui Garden community where the house was located.
This neighborhood is quite old, with houses mostly about six stories high. It is different from the high-rise buildings in Seoul that are often more than thirty stories high. The environment looks pretty good too.
After Xiao Liu borrowed the key, the three of them came into the house.
Although the community is quite old, the interior of the house has obviously been renovated. The owner has also replaced the furniture with modern simple styles, and there are flowers on the balcony. It looks very nice. Ni Qingqing likes this house very much.
"This set looks good, Xiao Liu, can we negotiate the price?" Zhang Qiyuan asked.
"Mr. Zhang, this house is the best decorated in the community. The price is difficult to negotiate. I estimate that even if we can, we can only reduce it by one or two hundred yuan." Xiao Liu said sincerely.
"You contact the owner and tell him that it is rented by a young couple who take good care of the house and don't have pets. Ask him if you can rent it for 8200?" Zhang Qiyuan said with a smile.
"No, Mr. Zhang, you are also an agent. You definitely can't rent it for 8200." Xiao Liu said in embarrassment.
"It's okay, just tell the owner and see how he reacts." Zhang Qiyuan waved his hand.
"alright."
Xiao Liu hesitated for a moment, then took out his cell phone and called the owner.
"Hello, Ms. Sun. It's like this. I just brought a client to see your house. The client was quite satisfied with it, but felt that the rent was a bit high. He said he wanted to rent it for 8200. What do you think?" Xiao Liu said.
"Uh, I know, I told the client..."
"They are a young couple. They don't have pets. They work nearby."
"8500 as the minimum?"
Xiao Liu was slightly stunned, then immediately looked at Zhang Qiyuan.
Zhang Qiyuan nodded to Xiao Liu, indicating that it was okay.
His intention is about 8500. If he asks Xiao Liu to negotiate with the owner directly for 8500, it may be difficult to negotiate because it is only a matter of a few hundred dollars. The owner may haggle with him. If he says a price that is impossible to rent, the owner will instead offer his lowest price.
Seeing Zhang Qiyuan nod, Xiao Liu quickly said to the phone: "Ms. Sun, my client has agreed. You can come to our store to sign the contract. I will send you the location of our store."
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Liu looked at Zhang Qiyuan in surprise and said, "Mr. Zhang, it's OK. The minimum price for this house in our system is 8700, but after you did this, it's directly 8500."
"Xiao Liu, you should have been in this line of work for a short time, right?" Zhang Qiyuan asked.
“Yes, I’ve only been in the industry for a short time.”
"No wonder, the decoration of this apartment is pretty good, better than the other two you showed me. But it's almost past the peak rental season and it hasn't been rented out yet. Obviously, you have high requirements for customers. I guess there should be follow-up provisions in your system, such as not allowing pets and not renting to families with children." Zhang Qiyuan said with a smile.
"Mr. Zhang, you are really amazing. We really have such follow-up in our system." Xiao Liu said in surprise.
Zhang Qiyuan smiled and said, "Although the threshold for being an agent is relatively low, if you want to do well, you still need to observe and think more. This owner has probably talked to a lot of clients and is a little anxious. When he hears that we don't have pets and children, he will definitely be willing to lower the rent for us."
After returning to Taiping Real Estate with Xiao Liu, we waited for about twenty minutes and the owner came over. The owner was a lady who looked to be in her fifties. She wore a pair of sunglasses and a veil, and was dressed in a rather petite bourgeois style.
After entering, he looked at Zhang Qiyuan and Ni Qingqing, and then said, "You are the tenants, right? Let me make it clear first, pets are not allowed in my house. If the house is damaged, you have to pay compensation according to the price."
"Sister, don't worry. We are all very clean and will not make your house dirty or messy. You see there are flowers and plants on your balcony, which shows that you enjoy life. We are the same. My girlfriend thinks those flowers and plants are beautiful, so she wants to rent your house. Don't worry, we will take care of those flowers and plants for you." Zhang Qiyuan said enthusiastically.
After hearing what Zhang Qiyuan said, Ms. Sun's expression relaxed a lot and her attitude towards Zhang Qiyuan also improved a lot.
"You guys are pretty good, unlike the two female tenants last time who made my house so dirty that I had to call the cleaning lady to clean it, and it took them a long time." Ms. Sun nodded slightly.
"Sister, you can rest assured if you leave your house to us."
After signing the contract, Zhang Qiyuan immediately added Ms. Sun’s WeChat, transferred the rent, and paid the agency fee.
Nearly 40,000 yuan was gone in an instant. I can only say that living in Shanghai is really not easy.
After finishing, Zhang Qiyuan personally sent Ms. Sun out, calling her "sister" left and right, making the owner very happy.
Xiao Liu was stunned by what he saw, and if you didn't know him, you would have thought he was a customer.
"Damn, Mr. Zhang, you are very skilled in your business. If it really doesn't work out, you can just work in my shop first. Anyway, you just came to Shanghai and are not familiar with this place. After you get familiar with the surrounding environment in my shop, you can consider opening your own shop." Ga Yujie said.
"There's no rush. The main reason is that I just arrived in the Magic City and haven't had enough fun yet. Let's talk about it after I have had enough fun." Zhang Qiyuan refused tactfully.
He didn't come to Shanghai to work for others. After all, he is a big anchor. When he works for Ga Yujie, he will probably be asked to shoot videos every day.
And how should I describe his relationship with Ga Yujie? If you want to say it's good, it's not that bad. If you want to say it's bad, they're still okay. It's good for this kind of relationship to be maintained to this extent. If it's too close, it's not good.
Seeing Zhang Qiyuan say this, Ga Yujie didn't know what to say. In the evening, he arranged for Zhang Qiyuan and Ni Qingqing to have a meal, but in the end Zhang Qiyuan secretly paid the bill.
"Mr. Zhang, you are being too polite." Ga Yujie, who was about to pay the bill, pretended to be angry when he heard the cashier at the restaurant say that Zhang Qiyuan had already paid the bill.
"Mr. Ga, you have done us a huge favor by helping us find a house. Besides, we may need your help in the future. How can we ask you to pay for it?" Zhang Qiyuan said politely with a smile.
"No problem. If you have any questions in this area, just tell me my name, Mr. Ga." Ga Yujie said with a wave of his hand.
"Then I would like to thank you, Mr. Ka."
After a brief greeting, Zhang Qiyuan said goodbye to Mr. Ga, and then took Ni Qingqing to a nearby supermarket to buy a quilt, quilt cover and some daily necessities.
"What should we do next?" Ni Qingqing asked after making the bed.
"Of course I'm sleeping." Zhang Qiyuan said with a sly smile.
"You are going to die..."
……
The next day, Zhang Qiyuan woke up early in the morning. He turned his head to look at Ni Qingqing who was sleeping soundly beside him. He began to think about how to break the situation in the Magic City.
Obviously, given their current situation, it is definitely unrealistic to sell the second-hand houses here, so they can only start with new houses. However, most of the new houses in Shanghai are in the remote suburbs, so it seems that they need to visit more houses during this period.
When the plate was almost finished, Yang Hao was transferred over to start shooting videos and live broadcasts.
The reason why Yang Hao was transferred here was, firstly, he was used to it, and secondly, it was cheap. After all, if we wanted to find an employee in Shanghai who was responsible for shooting, editing and operation, the salary would probably be at least 20,000 yuan.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qiyuan picked up his mobile phone, opened WeChat, and glanced at the large group of their Qijia Real Estate.
It was found that the performance of Xingcheng Jingyuan Store, 133 International Community Store and Radio and Television Store were all good, and there were transactions during this period. Especially at Xingcheng Jingyuan Store, the transaction volume was relatively high recently.
After thinking about it, he sent a message to Wang Yong, asking what was happening there recently.
Soon, Wang Yong replied, "Recently, employees have started to move in to Kingsoft headquarters. They say there are 9000 employees in total. Those who are buying houses now are all employees there."
"That's good. What about your house? Have you bought one recently?" After understanding the situation, Zhang Qiyuan immediately changed the subject.
"I discussed it with Luo Gang and plan to buy it by the end of the year. The price will probably drop a bit by then. If I buy it from the employees at Kingsoft headquarters now, it will be hard to negotiate the price. What's your opinion? Do you have any idea?"
"I just rented a house yesterday and just settled down. During this period of time, I plan to learn more about the new house in Shanghai. After I have a clear understanding of the new house, I will prepare to register a branch and start working." Zhang Qiyuan replied.
After chatting with Wang Yong for a while, he found that Ni Qingqing had woken up and was looking up at him.
"Get up. During this period of time, we have to take a good look around the Magic City."
For the next week, during the day, Zhang Qiyuan and Ni Qingqing pretended to be clients and visited new real estate projects in Shanghai. At night, Zhang Qiyuan watched the analysis of some professional anchors in Shanghai and learned other people's words.
I have a preliminary impression of the housing prices in Shanghai.
Basically, except for a few individual areas, housing prices in the central area are basically around 90,000 to 100,000. The further out you go, the lower the housing prices are. In the far suburbs, the housing prices are around 30,000.
But even so, it is much higher than in Seoul.
After getting a general understanding of the situation, Zhang Qiyuan planned to register a branch company first and set up the business. He and Ni Qingqing would initially serve as clients of the live broadcast room, and then slowly recruit people.
He looked at some office buildings near Century Avenue on Beike. The prices were not as expensive as he had imagined. Besides, he had just arrived here and did not have many employees, so he did not need a very large office.
He finally chose a 118-square-meter fully-decorated office with a monthly rent of yuan. He didn't need to decorate it anymore, he just needed to equip it with some computers and he could start working.
After renting the office, Zhang Qiyuan immediately transferred Yang Hao over, raised his salary to 8,000 yuan, and provided food and accommodation.
Hearing about such treatment, Yang Hao came over without stopping.
After a simple renovation of the office rented by Zhang Qiyuan, it officially started business on August 1st.
……
"Hello brothers, have you missed me recently?"
In the new office, Zhang Qiyuan started live streaming.
[Mr. Zhang, have you finally remembered that you are still a host? ]
[What have you been doing recently? I haven’t aired for a long time. 】
[Have you moved to a new office? Why is it different from the previous one? ]
As soon as the broadcast started, a lot of people flocked into Zhang Qiyuan's live broadcast room.
Looking at the comments, Zhang Qiyuan smiled and said, "The main reason is that the agency fees in Seoul have already been taken down by the anchor. There is no point in staying in Seoul any longer. The anchor is determined to take down the agency fees across the country. Look, the anchor has already arrived in Shanghai and has rented an office."
As he spoke, Zhang Qiyuan turned his phone around and showed everyone his new office.
[I went to Shanghai? What should I do if I want to buy a house in Seoul? 】
[Finally I came to Shanghai. I always thought the agency fees in Shanghai were too high. Mr. Zhang, you are finally here. ]
[Mr. Zhang, is the agency fee in Shanghai also only ]
"If you want to buy a house in Seoul, you can also contact my assistant. I will make good arrangements for you. I will give you a commission for new houses and only charge agency fee for second-hand houses."
"As for Shanghai, to be honest, I don't do second-hand housing business for the time being. After all, there are not many houses available. Brothers who want to buy new houses can contact me. At the same time, owners who want to sell houses in Shanghai can also contact me. I will help you list the house on our Qijia House Hunting APP."
"Okay, let's start the microphone connection now."
Soon, someone connected to the microphone.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang."
"Hello, brother, do you need any advice?"
"It's like this. I'm from Seoul and I work in Shanghai. But my wife and kids are in Seoul. Isn't Shanghai's household registration system open now? So I want to buy a house in Shanghai and bring my wife and kids over. But I don't have much money right now. Do you have any real estate recommendations, Mr. Zhang?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiyuan immediately perked up. He didn't expect that the first person to connect to the live broadcast today was the one who was planning to buy a house in Shanghai. He was quite lucky.
(End of this chapter)
