"Kids just talk nonsense, buying a house isn't that easy?" Liu Fang said, but her eyes were fixed on the new development flyer in Liu Chen's hand.
Liu Chen didn't press further. Houses were hard to sell now anyway, and given their current income, Liu Fang would surely change her mind after some time.
They drove out from the Third Ring Road and headed south. The traffic gradually thinned out, but the road became much wider than inside the Third Ring.
Pressing the accelerator, they drove on the main road for about twenty minutes before turning onto a dirt path, arriving at the first new development sales office in the south of the city. The security guard at the entrance enthusiastically directed them to the dedicated parking lot for the sales office, a fenced-off muddy yard...
This was the first time Ren Fang, driving her used BYD, had received such attentive service, and she immediately developed a good impression of this development.
"Xiao Fang, it takes us over twenty minutes to drive here. If we take the bus, it'll probably be forty to fifty minutes, right?" Liu Fen looked at the construction site surrounded by hoarding and felt a pang of regret. The place was cheap, but living there seemed inconvenient.
"Aunt, since we're here, let's go in and take a look first?" As she spoke, Liu Chen stepped forward and linked arms with her aunt, determined to get her into the sales office first.
After all, the salespersons in the sales office had such persuasive tongues; they could twist black into white and fat into thin. Aunt had been teaching in school all her life and mostly interacted with students, so she definitely couldn't resist their sales tactics.
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Chen Xue was sitting in the sales office of Phoenix City, trimming her nails. After trimming them, she blew on them, and the nail clippings scattered on the floor.
Seeing this, Zuo Xiaohong could only turn her face away, preferring not to see. Sales in this project were poor, and the company hadn't hired cleaners, so they had to take turns cleaning.
It wasn't a big deal in itself, but Chen Xue always deliberately made the sales office dirty and then laughed at them while they cleaned, saying they might not be suitable for sales and should go into cleaning. But since their performance wasn't as good as Chen Xue's, they could only endure it silently.
Perhaps receiving another message, Zuo Xiaohong watched Chen Xue put away her phone, unbuttoned a shirt button, took out a small mirror to reapply lipstick, and stood at the entrance of the sales office with her legs straight.
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Liu Chen, arm in arm with her aunt, walked through the entrance of the sales office and happened to see a sales assistant standing at the door, dressed rather daringly. She asked:
"Hello, can you introduce us to the development information?"
Chen Xue quickly scanned the three people who had arrived, pursed her lips impatiently. The downside of selling houses in the suburbs was always encountering families pooling money to buy the smallest unit, which meant little commission and a lot of hassle.
Liu Chen, having worked as a salesperson for many years in her previous life, could see Chen Xue's intentions. She glanced at the name tag on the sales assistant's chest.
Chen Xue? Well, remembered. She'd complain about you on the way back.
Seeing the three of them being ignored by Chen Xue, Zuo Xiaohong quickly stepped forward to greet them. Even if they didn't intend to buy, they shouldn't leave with a bad impression of their development and damage its reputation.
"Hello, is this your first time visiting our development? I'm Zuo Xiaohong, you can call me Xiao Zuo. Let me introduce you to the location of our development."
Liu Fen and Liu Fang were entering a sales center for the first time. Although Phoenix City's sales weren't great, the sales center was built magnificently, with crystal chandeliers, a large screen, a property sand table, and unit models – all the necessary equipment was present. Zuo Xiaohong led them to a huge screen and used a red laser pointer to indicate spots on the screen.
"The construction sites you saw surrounded by hoarding before you came in are all part of Phoenix City's Phase Two. This area will have a total of three phases and will be complemented by a large shopping mall, a commercial district, and a municipal wetland park. We are also introducing a kindergarten and a nine-year compulsory education school and junior high school, all in collaboration with our company..."
Liu Chen listened attentively because she knew that although these amenities sounded like empty promises now, they were all eventually realized, leading to an exorbitant return on property value. The secondhand apartments in this neighborhood were listed at 40,000 yuan before she was reborn.
"Xiao Zuo, you've described it so well, but... what about the price?" Liu Fen suddenly sounded uncertain. She only had 400,000 yuan. If this development was so good, the price would surely be high.
"Sister Liu, our project currently offers four types of units: a 150-square-meter four-bedroom, a 130-square-meter three-bedroom, a 99-square-meter three-bedroom, and a 70-square-meter two-bedroom. The minimum down payment is only 100,000 yuan, with monthly mortgage payments as low as over a thousand yuan. Furthermore, our company is currently offering a zero down payment option; you just need to repay the down payment in installments within three years." Zuo Xiaohong had gritted her teeth and bought a 99-square-meter three-bedroom unit herself last month to meet her minimum sales target, but she obviously wouldn't mention that.
At this moment, Chen Xue walked in with a middle-aged, pot-bellied, bald man she had been waiting for a long time. Hearing Zuo Xiaohong's words, she scoffed and turned to the man beside her with a sweet voice, asking:
"Oh, Brother Zhou, as a big boss like you, you'd surely be looking at four-bedroom units, right? Unlike some people, who scrape together money to get in. If you ask me, a monthly mortgage of over a thousand yuan is quite a lot; many people probably can't afford it, right?"
"Chen Xue! Watch your mouth!" Zuo Xiaohong had already sensed Liu Fang and the other two's interest in buying. Usually, she let it go when men were swayed by Chen Xue's words and signed with her, as she herself couldn't bring herself to unbutton her shirt.
But today, Chen Xue had spoken so maliciously to the three female clients she looked down on. This was clearly a deliberate attempt to sabotage her sale and force her out!
Moreover, she was genuinely struggling to find buyers for her minimum sales target this month; she had already called upon all her friends and relatives to buy.
Just as Zuo Xiaohong felt powerless and even thought about resigning, she heard a soft, sweet female voice in her ear.
"Sister Zuo, if we buy multiple units at once, is there a discount?"
Liu Chen realized that the unit price of Phoenix City was incredibly low, almost unbelievably so.
Elevator apartments priced at 5,000 yuan per square meter, with loan interest rates as low as 4.3%, no purchase restrictions, no loan restrictions. With a down payment of 400,000 yuan, you could even buy four two-bedroom units if you wished!
Liu Chen's question sparked an unrealistic hope in Zuo Xiaohong's heart. She picked up a flyer and started writing on it.
"If you purchase three units at once, we can offer you a group purchase price, with a 2% discount on the total price, and we'll also include one year of property management fees. We happen to have three special offer units here..."
"Hmph, driving a BYD that's probably years old and pretending to be rich. Three units? I've seen plenty like them. I wonder how many pockets they emptied for that 100,000 yuan down payment! Zuo Xiaohong, I advise you to save your breath. Don't you have a rich boyfriend? Why don't you ask him to buy another one!"
"Chen Xue! I'll fight you!"