Chapter 2: He wore Nike too
Compared with the sparse sparks of light in Xiahai City, the provincial capital of Rongcheng glittered brilliantly. At a glance, it almost seemed as though the Milky Way had spilled across the earth. This city must have held limitless possibilities.
They entered the city, passing through intricate, unfamiliar streets, past strange high-rises, roadside McDonald's, KFC, IKEA chains, other chain establishments, hotels of every kind including the Hilton, illuminated commercial buildings, and streams of traffic on the overpasses.
Of course, the cars around them undoubtedly looked a generation behind. Many still sported the immensely popular chunky, bricklike design. Although the proportion of luxury cars was far beyond anything Xiahai City could compare with, at least they were not as ubiquitous as they would be in later years, and traffic was many times lighter too.
If a Bugatti Veyron had roared past with its engine revving now, it would surely have cut quite an impressive figure.
The third ring road in the north was still rather desolate, but after they left the ring expressway in the south, everything became colorful and bustling.
Su Can's new home was on the southern second ring road, a prime area for future property appreciation that could never be replicated. Chengnan District would become known in later years as Rongcheng's wealthy district, all because soaring property prices would easily multiply the value of even an ordinary commercial apartment bought here early on by five or six times.
By a conservative estimate, the apartment Su Can's family had bought here for four hundred thousand would be worth around three million within ten years. Naturally, his mother had not really believed him when he told her this.
The rapid expansion of real estate showed, on the one hand, that the country's economy was