He had just returned to the company, and it was already eleven at night. The coworkers who lived at the company were still playing games, completely engrossed.
"Are you guys having a late-night snack?" Yang Xuan asked, patting his stomach.
"Huh, Xiao Ming's here too?" Yang Xuan said in surprise.
Xiao Ming's real name was Li Qiming. His family lived in the city, so he usually didn't stay in the dormitory. Since he got along well with his coworkers, he sometimes stayed over to play games with them.
"I'm planning to buy some late-night food. My treat tonight. Let's order from Lan Kwai Fong." Yang Xuan patted his stomach.
Wow, Brother Xuan, you struck it rich. Lan Kwai Fong isn't cheap. Xiao Ming was curious.
Blackie and Xiao Su joined in the teasing as well.
After eating and drinking their fill, they each returned to their own dormitories.
Yang Xuan lay on his bed, tossing and turning. After eating and drinking his fill, his excited mood gradually settled down.
Forget it. Although I'd never thought about what the future might hold, now that I had the system and this money, I could accomplish things I'd never even dared to dream of before.
I'm going to buy, buy, buy, and then buy some more.
With that thought, he opened an online shopping platform.
"This camera costs twenty thousand, right? That doesn't include the lens? Good. I'll give you one hundred thousand. Equip it with all the lenses it should have."
"Mm-hmm, this one's good too. I couldn't afford it the last time I bookmarked it. This lead ingot weighs one ton, right? Can you make it into a sphere? I want three tons, all made into spheres, split into three pieces. You can? But there's a processing fee? No problem. I'll buy it for fifty-eight thousand." After buying roughly two hundred thousand yuan worth of goods online, he finally went to sleep feeling satisfied.
Most of what he bought was stuff he had wanted but couldn't afford before.
The lead ingots did have a purpose. Lead was extremely dense, and in Yang Xuan's understanding, aside from osmium and gold, lead was probably the densest cheap material available. He had no choice. It was for training his telekinesis. Although his telekinetic power could slowly increase on its own, actively training it would definitely make it grow faster, right?
The sun rose above the horizon, blazing red like half a red-hot iron ball, or half a perfectly ripe orange.
Yang Xuan slowly got out of bed. As his physical fitness improved, even his bad habit of sleeping in was gradually disappearing.
Yang Xuan had something important to do today.
That was right—he was going house-hunting. In modern society, whether a man or a woman wanted to establish themselves, they needed three basic things: a car, a house, and money. Of course, women might have lower requirements. But for men, these three were standard equipment—in short, the three essentials for men.
Let's see. Mm-hmm, this residential complex looks good, and it's close to the company. Huh? This is a newly developed complex, but it's too far from the company, and the surrounding infrastructure isn't complete. No. Right, now that he had money, he didn't have to limit himself to ordinary commercial housing. A villa would work too. Then he didn't need to search any further. He had once gone to Yintai, the biggest shopping mall in the city, and not far from there was a villa development called "Grand Noble Estate." The grounds were enormous, and only truly wealthy people could afford to live there. He had learned about the place when he happened to pass by once and saw two cars crash at the entrance—one a Ferrari and the other a Lamborghini. That was when he realized HN City had such a luxurious place.
He wouldn't need to take a taxi to get back to his own place. Yang Xuan had both Little Donkey and a car. But considering the traffic in the city, he decided that Little Donkey would be better. At least he wouldn't have to drive for ten minutes only to spend half an hour looking for parking.
He mounted Little Donkey, put on his sunglasses, and set off for Grand Noble Estate full of anticipation.
"Wow, Grand Noble Estate's sales office has so many parking spaces." Yang Xuan had never been to a sales center before, so it was understandable that he didn't know how things worked.
After parking Little Donkey, Yang Xuan pushed open the door and entered Grand Noble Estate's sales office. Looking around, he saw that the entire sales center was extremely spacious. The especially high ceiling made the place seem even larger. In the middle of the lobby was a villa model, crafted with remarkable realism and even fitted with lighting effects.
Yang Xuan walked around the villa model, carefully searching for one that suited his tastes.
"Hello, sir. May I ask your surname?" A saleswoman came over and greeted him warmly.
"My surname is Yang." Yang Xuan looked up.
"Hello, Mr. Yang. I'm Lin Yaru. You can call me Xiao Ru. Is there anything I can help you with?" Lin Yaru introduced herself professionally.
Her long black hair fell over her shoulders like a waterfall. Her pair of serene, beautiful eyes held a hint of innocence; she seemed quiet, yet difficult to read. She's probably a recent graduate, Yang Xuan thought.
"I want to buy a villa. See if you have any recommendations." Yang Xuan was very direct.
"Mm, then what requirements do you have for the villa, Mr. Yang? Grand Noble Estate covers a total area of 1.2 million square meters and is divided into four styles."
"Ancient Chinese style, modern minimalist style, luxurious European and American style, and an exotic style incorporating Egyptian, Nordic, and Roman elements," Lin Yaru explained.
Yang Xuan thought for a moment. "I still prefer ancient Chinese style. Grand, but restrained."
"Then do you have any requirements regarding the villa's size and facilities?" Lin Yaru asked.
"Of course. Preferably, it should be large, with a basement—the bigger, the better. It also needs a private screening room. Oh, and a swimming pool." Yang Xuan spoke with a dreamy, almost fantastical look on his face.
"Mr. Yang, there's only one villa that meets your requirements. Our villas are all large, ranging from three hundred to eight hundred square meters, but only this one satisfies everything you asked for." Lin Yaru pointed to the largest module in the model.
"This villa occupies 3,500 square meters, so the price is somewhat high." Lin Yaru explained awkwardly.
"Wow. Ordinary villas are only about two or three hundred square meters. I can understand building one that's eight hundred square meters, but why build one that's 3,500? Can it even be sold?" Yang Xuan asked curiously.
Lin Yaru said helplessly, "At the time, the chairman of a listed company commissioned it from our developer. Since the risk was too high, we initially refused. But that chairman got several of the developer's shareholders to plead on his behalf. There was nothing we could do. Many of our shareholders had business dealings with him, so we could only give him face and symbolically accept a five-million-yuan deposit. Unexpectedly, last year he was arrested during the national anti-corruption campaign for taking too many bribes. He probably won't be getting out for the rest of his life."
"Could you take me to see it? I'll need to think carefully before buying such a large villa." Yang Xuan considered it.
"Of course. I'll go get the company car. Mr. Yang, please wait for me," Lin Yaru said.
"How can Director Sun be like this? I've already filled out the application form." Lin Yaru's voice drifted over from a distance.
"Take a look at your client yourself. He's wearing red oversized shorts, sandals, and a short-sleeved shirt. How did he get here? His electric scooter is even parked in one of our VIP spaces." Director Sun pointed in Yang Xuan's direction.
"Xiao Ru, sometimes you have to look at the customer too. How many men in their twenties can afford to buy a house? I'm borrowing the car this time because the villa Director Sun from Chemical Engineering Construction liked last time has finished renovations. I'm taking him to see it so he can pay the remaining balance. The chairman personally instructed me to handle it today. There's nothing I can do." Director Sun spoke earnestly.
"Xiao Ru, it's not that I'm heartless. How about this? Either find an excuse not to take him to see it and show him the computer model instead, or take a taxi. At most, I'll have Finance reimburse you afterward. It's only about a fifteen-minute drive, and it'll be good experience for you." Director Sun offered his suggestions.