Buying a Villa for 215 Million Yuan

Gu Manxiang's shock and envy went without saying. Who wouldn't want a younger brother like that? If she had five million yuan right now, she could immediately lie flat. Why bother working anymore?

Afterward, Li Xiaoshuang held Yiyi's hand and discussed buying appliances with Gu Manxiang off to the side. Developments like this partnered with all the appliance manufacturers, so a single phone call could bring the person in charge over. Equipping both apartments with the best appliances would cost over a million yuan.

Meanwhile, Li Rui pulled Zhang Huaiyuan aside and spoke about having him start a construction materials company. Construction on the county's 2,000-mu technology park was in full swing, consuming astronomical quantities of materials and supplies. Many of those materials needed to be purchased from Star City.

This made Li Rui think he might as well have his brother-in-law open a construction materials company in Star City. With his support, earning over ten million or even tens of millions a year would absolutely be no problem.

Zhang Huaiyuan took Li Rui's advice and said he would register the company and recruit staff over the next two days. Li Rui then gave Zhang Huaiyuan Lu Yan's phone number and told him to contact her.

Only after arranging matters for his brother-in-law did Li Rui visit the various rooms to look at the surroundings. From a south-facing balcony, he spotted a lake south of the building, with detached villas dotted around it. One villa was particularly enormous and conspicuous, catching Li Rui's attention.

He waved Gu Manxiang over from her discussion about appliances with his sister, then asked, "Is that villa down there part of your development's listings?"

Gu Manxiang looked down in the direction Li Rui was pointing. When she clearly saw the place he meant, her heart gave a sudden jolt. Was he thinking of buying that villa? Delight welled up inside her, and she hurriedly introduced it.

"That villa also belongs to our Xiang River Loulan development. It's Villa No. 1 in our villa district, and the largest one, with a footprint of 2,000 square meters. On the side facing the lake, there's also a yard of over eight mu. All of that comes free with the property."

"The villa has an underground parking garage and three aboveground floors. The first floor has twenty servants' rooms and an indoor swimming pool covering 800 square meters."

"The second floor has a 200-square-meter hall, along with a private cinema, a gym, a game room, a study, a banquet hall, and a kitchen."

"The third floor has fifteen bedrooms. The smallest is fifty square meters, while the largest, the master bedroom, measures 150 square meters. There's also a 500-square-meter open-air terrace on the side facing the lake."

Listening to Gu Manxiang's brief introduction, Li Rui felt that the villa suited him quite well. He could grow plenty of things in that enormous yard, and with the lake right beside it, he could go fishing when he had nothing to do.

He had so many supercars, and with an underground garage of nearly 2,000 square meters, never mind five supercars-even a hundred would be no problem.

Besides, having those bodyguards stay in hotels with him every day wasn't a proper long-term arrangement. Buying this villa would also settle their accommodations whenever he was having fun in Star City.

Most importantly, he wasn't short of money at all. He still had over a hundred billion yuan in cash. What was the point of keeping it if he didn't spend it? At that thought, he asked, "How much is this villa?"

Hearing Li Rui actually ask about the villa's price, Gu Manxiang grew so excited that she trembled a little. If her good friend's younger brother could spend hundreds of millions on cars, he certainly had the means to buy this villa. If she could sell it, the company's four-per-thousand commission would earn her nearly 900,000 yuan. At the thought, her whole body trembled with excitement.

Forcing down her excitement, she answered, "This villa is the crown jewel of our development. All the decoration, appliances, and furniture are already in place, and the materials used are all top-of-the-line. Some of the famous paintings inside alone are worth over ten million yuan, so the asking price is 220 million yuan."

"Oh." Hearing a price that any ordinary person would consider astronomical, Li Rui showed little reaction. He merely responded softly and said nothing more.

Seeing Li Rui's reaction, Gu Manxiang was utterly disappointed. But when she remembered that she would still earn sixty or seventy thousand yuan today, which was already very good, she immediately let it go.

Everyone looked through all the rooms several times before finally finishing. The group returned to the sales office, and only then did Li Rui suddenly say to Gu Manxiang, "I'll take that villa."

"Huh... what?" Gu Manxiang was completely dumbfounded. Was something wrong with her ears?

"Xiao Rui, didn't you already buy a large single-floor apartment?" Why buy a villa too? Hearing that her younger brother wanted to buy a villa as well, Li Xiaoshuang looked utterly puzzled.

"Sis, I don't have anywhere to put those cars of mine. Besides, the villa isn't expensive. I also have a lot of bodyguards, so living in a large apartment isn't convenient either. I'll stay in this apartment occasionally. Even if I don't, I can just leave it here as an investment," Li Rui explained to his sister.

"All right." Thinking it over, Li Xiaoshuang agreed. Her younger brother's cars were worth hundreds of millions, and he really did need somewhere to keep them properly. The apartment's shared parking garage really wasn't very suitable.

Only after hearing her close friend's agreement did Gu Manxiang confirm that she hadn't been hearing things. That meant she was about to sell this crown-jewel villa that had remained unsold for so long. The commission on this villa alone was 880,000 yuan. Adding the commission on the large apartments meant she would earn over 900,000 yuan today?

"Just a moment. Please sit down. I'll get the contract right away." Gu Manxiang ran toward the sales department's office faster than she ever had in her life.

She ran into Liu Wenbin along the way. He caught her by the arm and asked with a smile, "Xiao Gu, what happened? Why are you in such a rush? Finished viewing the apartments?"

"Director Liu, my friend's group wants to buy a villa too, Villa No. 1. I'm going to get the contract," Gu Manxiang hurriedly explained the reason for her haste.

"What? Villa No. 1, the 220-million-yuan one? They're sure they want to buy it?" Before Gu Manxiang could answer, Liu Wenbin urged her again, "Hurry, hurry, go get the contract."

A moment later, Gu Manxiang hurried out of the sales department with the purchase contract, but Director Liu, who had just been at the entrance, was nowhere to be seen. She had no attention to spare for where he had gone, though. An 880,000-yuan commission was beckoning to her. Who gave a damn about Director Liu? She then ran back to Li Rui and the others as fast as she could.

She placed the contract on the table and explained some points Li Rui needed to note, then clearly laid out all the discounts and gifts she could offer him. After all, it was her good friend's younger brother buying the property. Since the company was providing the gifts and discounts anyway, she gave Li Rui every available discount and gift.

At that moment, Liu Wenbin, who had just disappeared, finally returned, once again carrying a tea tray, with a card terminal tucked into his pocket. He first politely invited everyone to have tea, then took out the terminal and gestured for Li Rui to swipe his card.

Li Rui said nothing further and paid the final discounted price Gu Manxiang had offered: 215 million yuan. There was a five-million-yuan discount, two years of waived property management fees, and a whole-house cleaning service. Although this was a brand-new house, it had been sitting unoccupied for over a year since the interior work was completed, so it needed thorough cleaning and airing out.

With a ding, the 215-million-yuan card payment went through. Only then did Liu Wenbin finally relax, his face blooming into a smile. Afterward, he found all sorts of ways to flatter Li Rui.

Next came smashing golden eggs, ten of them in one go.

Good news also appeared in Gu Manxiang's work group chat.

"Congratulations to Gu Manxiang on closing a 215-million-yuan sale!" Every salesperson in the company was stunned by the message.

The female salesperson who knew Gu Manxiang fairly well was positively green-eyed with envy. Gu Manxiang's friend's younger brother had actually brought her 235 million yuan in sales. That meant over 900,000 yuan in commission, enough for a down payment on a home. How could anyone not be envious and jealous?

Manxiang had closed a total of 235 million yuan in sales. Liu Wenbin was delighted and specifically gave Gu Manxiang half a day off, letting her leave work early.

Afterward, Li Rui and the others found a nearby hotel, where Gu Manxiang spent 2,000 yuan treating everyone to a meal.

Gu Manxiang said that since she had earned over 900,000 yuan today, she absolutely had to pay for this meal. Hearing that, everyone stopped declining. After all, it really wasn't much money.

Since beds had yet to be purchased for the large apartments, no one could stay there today, and the villa needed to be cleaned and aired out again. After the meal, Li Rui returned to the Sun Grand Hotel, while Li Xiaoshuang and her family went back to the sales office because they needed to buy appliances, furniture, and other things.