Reborn as a Noble's Son-Chapter 746 - 702: Buying a Courtyard House_1
Chapter 746: Chapter 702: Buying a Courtyard House_1
In December, Nie Zhenbang and his team completed their inspection work in Heishui Province. Concurrently, good news arrived from Cao Dingkun in Liaodong Province.
In the standing committee meeting of Liaodong Province, Lin Mohan, surprisingly, became the recommended candidate for Liaodong province with a result of 8 votes in favor, 4 against, and 1 abstention.
Shockingly, the extra vote came from the Commission for Discipline Inspection. This fortuitous event led Cao Dingkun to feel very lucky. Upon hearing the news from Cao Dingkun, Nie Zhenbang was not too surprised, and after a bit of consideration, he understood the reasoning. The secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Liu Sanhai, was clearly impartial, taking matters seriously irrespective of the persons involved. Honestly, whether in terms of seniority or ability, Lin Mohan was top tier. So, it wasn’t a stretch that Liu Sanhai would support Lin Mohan.
As Liaodong Province’s recommended candidate was reported to the central authority, they were also having intense discussions. However, eventually, with the collaboration of Yang Shengli and Yu Shengdong, Shi Jiandong personally rushed to Liaodong Province and officially declared the appointment of Lin Mohan on behalf of the top authorities.
At the Liaodong Provincial leadership cadre meeting, Shi Jiandong read the appointment document, relieving Lin Mohan of his duties as the Secretary, Standing Committee member, and committee member of the Gangcheng City Committee, appointing him as a member of the Liaodong Provincial Committee, Vice Governor of the Provincial People’s Government, in charge of industry.
Shi Jiandong’s personally attending the meeting was sufficient to emphasize the importance that the top authorities placed on the appointment and represented its intentions. No matter what Liaodong province deliberated, the general trend was already set and there was no need for further discussion anymore.
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With this matter put to rest, it was just a moment before the arrival of 2006, and less than a month remained until the Spring Festival.
Nie Zhenbang’s team was dispatched to Yanbei Province. For the entire Office of the Three Public Functions, the inspection of Yanbei Province by Nie Zhenbang’s side was the final stop.
Starting from March of the previous year, the Office of the Three Public Functions began to inspect the twenty-four pilot provinces and cities nationwide. Nie Zhenbang’s team was assigned to inspect eight provincial cities. After spending ten months and visiting each of the provincial cities of these eight provinces, they had undertaken a massive project.
On January 27, 2006, the Office of the Three Public Functions formally completed the inspection work of Yanbei province and returned to Jingcheng.
At this time, the Spring Festival was less than a week away. The other working groups of the Office had also returned to Jingcheng.
Among the five teams, the simplest task was of the Secretary-General Wang Haojun’s team, which had completed its inspection tasks in June 05. On the other hand, the teams of Li Guobing and Chen Bo were also nearing completion. After the Spring Festival, they were expected to finish their inspection work. The most significant workload was for Gao Wei’s SNEC team, tasked with the inspection of centrally administered enterprises. Even if Gao Wei’s team gave up all rest in those ten months, still one-third of the work remained incomplete. This was after Wang Haojun’s team completed a solid punch-in.
However, there was no need to worry, after the Spring Festival, Nie Zhenbang’s Office would supplement some of this, and within a year, they could complete this inspection work.
As the Spring Festival approached, the Three Publics Office had already entered the holiday state ahead of schedule. For this, from top to bottom of the entire office, absolutely no one disagreed.
In fact, this was justified. In 2005, the staff of the Three Publics Office arguably worked the hardest, with hardly any rest. Hence, a couple of days off in advance was justifiable.
At this moment, Nie Zhenbang had also already returned home. As soon as he opened the door, Panpan rushed to greet him: “Daddy! Panpan missed you so much. Brother Du and Sister Wen also missed you a lot.”
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The little girl wore a pink down jacket with a big white rabbit fur hat, her face was somewhat red due to the cold weather.
Nie Zhenbang also picked up Nie Panpan and turned to Li Jupeng, “Jupeng, the Three Publics Office is basically on vacation now. You can return to WangHai. You’ve been working hard all year. Go and send my regards to your parents. Also, think about your marriage.”
Seeing Li Jupeng’s somewhat embarrassed expression, Nie Zhenbang smiled and said: “Jupeng, this is a big matter in life. It also determines whether a person is mature or not.”
Li Jupeng also understood that being married or not was indeed a criterion to measure a cadres maturity in the system.
At this moment, Li Jupeng understood that Nie Zhenbang was considering for his benefit, he nodded and said: “Director, I’ll try my best. You know, you can’t force feelings. I should leave now. Director, I wish you a happy new year in advance.”
After Li Jupeng left, Nie Zhenbang walked into the courtyard, carrying Nie Panpan with him. The main living area is where the elderly woman resides, and naturally, Nie Zhenbang and his family lived on the side of the western wing. As he entered, Yang Anna stood up. After Nie Zhenbang was reassigned to Jingcheng, Yang Anna also transferred there. She is now working for the Jingcheng Women’s Federation. Although the job is leisurely, her rank has significantly risen. Now, unbeknownst to many, Yang Anna has already become a key official at the divisional level.
“Honey, you’re back. I received calls from Sister Li Xue and Sister Wan this afternoon. Their chartered plane should arrive in Jingcheng by tomorrow afternoon,” Yang Anna said, devoid of any trace of jealousy.
If Yang Anna had some resentments before, they were completely gone after Li Lixue and Dong Wan had gone abroad. Think about it; how many women can have such an arrangement? Meeting only once a year, it’s very much like the tale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
Nie Zhenbang also nodded and smiled, “Anna, you’ve worked hard this year.”
“Shame, shame! Daddy is buttering up mommy,” Nie Panpan, hanging onto Nie Zhenbang’s neck, remarked.
The little girl, who is almost five years old now, naturally understands many things. This statement from her left Nie Zhenbang and Yang Anna astounded. Yang Anna even frowned, “Pan, how can you talk like that?”
“That’s right. Daddy is just buttering up,” the little girl grumbled.
Nie Zhenbang laughed too, “Anna, Pan seems to see right through us.”
His remark made Yang Anna laugh, “Keep joking. When you end up raising a spoiled child, you’ll see.”
Upon finishing, Yang Anna spoke seriously: “Zhenbang, there is a matter that I think we need to discuss. The elderly woman is not as healthy as she used to be and she prefers tranquility. Here, we only have four or five hundred square meters. If everyone gathers for the New Year, the house would seem small. Not to mention the eldest uncle’s family, even our family would feel a little cramped living here. I was thinking, should we purchase another quadrangle courtyard? That way, during New Year’s, we can have the elderly woman over. It wouldn’t feel strange if both the eldest uncle’s family and ours gather together.”
After a brief contemplation, Nie Zhenbang nodded. Indeed, the old Nie family residence was becoming a little cramped. As his generation grew up and three generations began living under one roof, coupled with his family and his aunts’ families, the house felt rather narrow. Looking at Yang Anna, Nie Zhenbang chuckled, “Anna, it seems like you’ve already found a target?”
After so many years of marriage, Nie Zhenbang clearly understood Yang Anna’s personality. She always had a knack for sure bets, a trait she inherited from the Yang family.
Upon her husband’s inquiry, Yang Anna laughed, “Indeed, there is a suitable one. It is nearby the Imperial College. It’s 6,200 square meters but belongs to more than 20 different households. The largest household occupies 2,000 square meters, and the smallest roughly 60 square meters.”
Hearing Yang Anna’s words, Nie Zhenbang frowned. It was the most challenging situation to handle. If there was only one household, it would be easier to negotiate. Now that it’s divided into so many, each and every one needs to be dealt with. If there’s one or two households unwilling to sell, that would pose a problem.
“Zhenbang, you’re worried about how hard it will be to negotiate, aren’t you? Be assured on that front. I’ve asked my second brother to step in, and he’s already had a preliminary round of negotiations. Basically, there aren’t any major issues now. We’ve also found another courtyard near Mao’er Hutong which has around 5,100 square meters. The whole property is owned by one family. The problem is, their asking price is a bit outrageous; they’re asking 150,000 per square meter.” Understanding the change in Nie Zhenbang’s expression, Yang Anna quickly explained. If Nie Zhenbang was just another business scion, a little debacle wouldn’t matter. But Nie Zhenbang’s position was different. He occupied a high rank, one slip could easily give others an opportunity for attack. Therefore, Yang Anna immediately tried to clarify things.
At 150,000 per square meter for 5,100 square meters, estimated at 5,000 square meters, that’s 7.5 billion. At that time, the real estate price within the second ring of Jingcheng was only about 20,000 per square meter. This price indeed reached sky-high levels.
After pondering a bit, Nie Zhenbang nodded, “Let’s decide on a time after Li Xue and Wan arrive tomorrow. We all would go and have a look. Whichever seems suitable, we go for that.”
When it comes to buying a house, Nie Zhenbang had a preliminary idea in his mind. As the saying goes, “Wealth does not pass three generations, and poverty does not surpass five.” The same goes for political families like theirs. So-called trees may attract different birds. The scattered living arrangements are indeed partly due to work-related reasons. But from another perspective, it’s also due to the lack of a suitable house.
If there were such a house, it could serve as a focal point for the family’s unity and cohesion in the future.
Right now, he, Nie Jialei, and Nie Jiamin are cousins and the relationship is decent. His relationship with Nie Jiamin is even more harmonious. However, Pan’s generation is quite unfamiliar with Nie Jialei’s daughter, Nie Cong. Long-term separation leads to faded feelings of kinship. Having such a house could ensure better inheritance from generation to generation.
There’s a saying that only those who have endured refinement for over three generations can be considered nobility. What Nie Zhenbang was doing now was to make the Nie family a part of that group. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote for it and express your support. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
