Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital-Chapter 395 - 350: Everyone Is Satisfied
"In our hometown’s county, you can buy a really nice house for 600,000."
Walking hand in hand with Xu Man Ni down the street, Zhao Heng suddenly said wistfully.
He still remembered how his old mother once told him that her biggest wish in this life was to buy a house in the city.
The reason for this wish wasn’t necessarily that city life was better than life back home, but a pure desire to prove that their family wasn’t inferior to others.
Many motivational talks teach us not to compare ourselves to others, but to live well on our own.
However, many times, lies cannot harm us; it’s the truth that cuts like a sharp knife.
In many things, whether you have something or want something are completely different matters.
"In fact, a long time ago in North City, you could buy a house for 600,000. When I was little, houses weren’t expensive. My dad bought our first house after doing business for two years, but after I graduated from college and started working, that’s when housing prices began to surge."
Xu Man Ni nodded and said.
After being with Zhao Heng, Xu Man Ni often felt a surreal sense of unreality, but after buying this house today, she finally felt much more at ease. This might be a psychological effect, but the impact houses have on people is profound.
"The agency fee for this house must be substantial too."
Zhao Heng suddenly remarked.
Because he was buying a house, he had looked into the matter of agency fees. According to the relevant regulations of the price bureau, for second-hand houses below 100,000 yuan (inclusive), the transfer agency fee is 2%; between 100,000 and 1 million (inclusive), it’s 1%; and above 1 million (inclusive), it’s 0.5%. Agency service fees should be calculated based on each transaction amount, not separately for the buyer and seller.
So, for this 30 million house, with a 0.5% calculation, that’s a 150,000 agency fee, earning 150,000 in one go. So, if done well, the real estate agency industry can indeed be quite lucrative.
"I’ve known Sijin since childhood; we’ve been childhood friends. She wouldn’t accept an agency fee from me."
Xu Man Ni smiled and said.
"But we should still thank her. For the parking space, furniture, and a 5,000 yuan per square meter discount, she must’ve put in some effort, though we didn’t see it."
Zhao Heng thought for a moment and said.
He believed that the reason Yang Mi offered a 5,000 yuan per square meter discount certainly wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision. The parking space and furniture must’ve been negotiated by Fang Sijin beforehand.
This time, being able to buy a house so affordably and smoothly was thanks to Xu Man Ni’s good friend.
"With my relationship with her, there’s no need for these formalities. During dinner, you can leave her your contact. If she or her family needs medical help in the future, they can come to you." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Xu Man Ni smiled and said.
"I really envy people with childhood friends like you."
Zhao Heng suddenly sighed and said.
He did have childhood friends, but most of them went out to work when he was in high school, and some even started working right after middle school.
Maybe they played well together when they were young, but as they grew up, they each took different paths and drifted apart.
Like Xu Man Ni, who went to school from kindergarten to university in one city, naturally had many childhood friends to grow up with.
To sum it up, in North City, unless going abroad, there aren’t many better places to go.
Through people you’ve known since childhood, you can find someone to help in almost any aspect of life, a network of interpersonal connections that outsiders have a hard time establishing.
"It’s nothing. Besides, my connections are your connections."
Hearing this, Xu Man Ni smiled and said.
In fact, in front of Zhao Heng, she never intentionally showed off these connections. She just found and used them when needed.
"Besides, when you become a deputy director, given your medical skills, people will probably line up from the second ring to the third ring to find you."
After a pause, Xu Man Ni added to Zhao Heng.
Her connections could never compare to the ones Zhao Heng would build in the future.
The two chatted as they walked, arriving at a restaurant they had previously arranged with Fang Sijin.
It wasn’t long before Fang Sijin finished her work and arrived at the private room where Zhao Heng and Xu Man Ni were.
As soon as Fang Sijin entered, Xu Man Ni said to her, "So, how is it? Everything okay with Yang Mi’s side?"
Fang Sijin sat down, took a sip from the glass of water, and then smiled and said, "Considering her current unstable situation, this house was in urgent need of a sale, so there’s no problem at all."
As a professional and experienced real estate agent, with high-quality listings like Yang Mi’s, such high cost-effectiveness, including furniture and a parking spot, those with the means would usually take it themselves and wait for the house value to appreciate.
Of course, introducing such a listing to a close friend like Xu Man Ni showed what a good friend Fang Sijin was.
Especially since she didn’t even charge an agency fee, such a real estate agent must be what many people planning to buy a house dream of meeting.
However, Xu Man Ni deciding to buy a house with her young boyfriend was indeed beyond Fang Sijin’s expectations.
Fang Sijin sat chatting with Xu Man Ni but couldn’t stop sizing up Zhao Heng. Previously, hearing Xu Man Ni mention she had found a boyfriend who was much younger, Fang Sijin was very curious about what kind of man Xu Man Ni, after all these years, finally chose.
