Su Yi glanced at the regional sales manager and store manager, who were all smiles and exceptionally attentive, pointing to a 'Huangpu Bay No. 1' property and asking,
"Let's look at this one first. Can we arrange a viewing today?"
"Yes, absolutely."
The regional sales manager immediately guaranteed,
"I'll call the homeowner for a viewing right now."
With that said, the regional sales manager immediately walked aside to contact the homeowner.
After the regional manager finished the call, Su Yi, accompanied by the manager, store manager, and Liu Yiyi, arrived at 'Huangpu Bay No. 1', a top luxury residential complex in Modu.
"Mr. Su, in Modu, pure residential projects that gather the Bund, the Financial City, and possess top luxury residential attributes, there is only 'Huangpu Bay',"
The regional sales manager introduced to Su Yi as he accompanied him into the complex.
"It boasts a 40,000 square meter central park landscape and a 3,000 square meter artificial lake. The residential units in the complex feature one-unit-per-floor private elevator lobbies, ensuring absolute privacy.
Furthermore, this complex was built on the original site of the only private historic mansion on the Bund. The Shen Residence and Lu Residence within the project are century-old buildings left behind by prominent families of Modu in the late Qing Dynasty..."
Su Yi listened to the regional sales manager's rambling explanation while following the seller into the private elevator and entered the apartment the seller wished to sell.
He looked around and was quite satisfied with the apartment.
This was a large flat-level apartment with an area of about 270 square meters.
The apartment had a European-style decor, appearing relatively modern and youthful.
The living room and bedrooms had excellent natural light.
Its 270-degree panoramic lighting and 360-degree fully transparent three-dimensional space were enough to offer a complete view of the Bund, the Financial City, and the Huangpu River, allowing one to fully enjoy the splendid prosperity of the entire Modu city.
Overall...
Whether it was the room layout, area, decor style, complex amenities, location... all conditions were perfect.
Of course, the price was also perfect.
The selling price quoted by the seller was 180,000 per square meter.
For a 270-square-meter apartment, the total price would exceed 48 million yuan, and if transfer fees, agency fees, and the like were included, it would easily approach 50 million yuan.
50 million yuan in 2015.
At a time when housing prices in Modu and even nationwide were still in a relative trough, 50 million yuan before prices took off.
This price, before Su Yi's rebirth, was something he wouldn't dare to dream of, but now... he felt that although it wasn't cheap, it was acceptable.
Moreover, he knew that properties like this.
A year or two later, when housing prices surged, their value could still double.
"Alas... if it weren't for the stock market crash causing liquidation, I wouldn't sell this apartment."
The homeowner saw that Su Yi had been looking for a long time but hadn't mentioned buying, and couldn't help but sigh softly and say,
"Actually, an apartment in this location, if held for a while, is very likely to appreciate in value. Unfortunately, I don't have that much time to wait and can only sell it cheaply to recoup funds quickly."
"This stock market crash is indeed quite severe."
Su Yi responded, carefully looked at the homeowner, and said with a smile,
"A total price of 45 million yuan is what I can accept. If you are willing to sell, we'll sign the contract, and I'll pay the full cash amount for the apartment within one month."
The homeowner heard Su Yi instantly cut 3 million yuan from the price, and his brows initially furrowed, but then heard Su Yi say he would pay the full cash amount within one month, and felt somewhat tempted.
He had previously diverted the company's operating capital to speculate in stocks.
As a result, his stocks were liquidated, and the company's capital chain instantly tightened.
With the end of August approaching, he had to pay suppliers 70 million yuan for goods.
However, at this very moment, bank loans were tightening, and new loan quotas simply couldn't be approved.
This forced him to sell the apartment.
If Su Yi could provide 45 million yuan in cash within one month.
He wasn't entirely unwilling to accept selling the apartment at this price.
"If you can make a lump-sum cash payment of 45 million yuan within one month, I can accept it."
The homeowner thought for a moment and said,
"But how can you prove that you can produce 45 million yuan in cash within one month?"
Su Yi replied with a smile,
"I don't need to prove it. We can sign an agreement first. I'll pay a 1 million yuan deposit. This apartment, you cannot sell to anyone else within one month. If I fail to pay the full cash amount of 45 million yuan for the apartment within one month, then this 1 million yuan will be liquidated damages.
Similarly, if you sell the apartment to someone else within this month after I've paid the deposit, then you must also pay me 1 million yuan in liquidated damages."
"Agreed!"
The homeowner nodded.
Su Yi's willingness to pay a 1 million yuan deposit first proved that he genuinely wanted to buy the apartment.
Trading 1 million yuan for a month of waiting time, the homeowner felt it was not a loss.
After the two had agreed, they signed the contract, drafted according to their agreed-upon terms, at the Lianjia Real Estate Agency transaction center, and Su Yi then paid the homeowner the 1 million yuan deposit.
After signing the contract, Su Yi looked at the name 'Liang Wei' signed by the other party on the contract and felt that the name sounded somewhat familiar.
He couldn't help but smile and ask an additional question:
"May I ask, Mr. Liang, what business are you in?"
"Previously, I dealt in PVDF materials and adhesives,"
Liang Wei said.
"Now the company is transitioning and plans to move towards lithium battery separator and coating processing. What business is your family in, Mr. Su? I heard you just mentioned having some knowledge of stocks; your family wouldn't be in finance, would they?"
He saw that although Su Yi wasn't very old, he could decide to buy a 45 million yuan apartment on a whim.
He guessed that Su Yi's family background must be very strong.
Thus, his questions were all about what business the other party's family was in, rather than asking what business Su Yi himself was in, because at Su Yi's age, he found it hard to believe Su Yi could independently come up with so much money to buy an apartment.
Su Yi heard about the industry the other party was engaged in and finally remembered that before his rebirth, when he was researching stocks in the 'lithium battery' industry, he had seen this person's information.
He couldn't help but smile and say,
"Mr. Liang, your business acumen is excellent. I'm also very optimistic about the future development of the 'lithium battery' industry. My family is in the investment business, operating in both primary and secondary markets.
If your company, Mr. Liang, has any financing or expansion needs in the future, feel free to contact me. I am very interested in and optimistic about investing in new energy industries like 'lithium batteries.'"
He clearly knew that the other party later took his company public and was a capable person in management.
If they could cooperate in the future.
He could definitely make a profit through investment before the company operated by the other party went public.
"Great,"
Liang Wei said, a smile appearing on his face when he heard that Su Yi's family was indeed in financial investment.
He extended his hand to Su Yi and said,
"Then I look forward to cooperating with you in the future, Mr. Su."
Those in real industry, who doesn't need financing?
He could recoup funds by selling the apartment this time and temporarily overcome the difficulty, but it might not be the case next time.
Therefore, maintaining connections with a financial investment institution to prevent future difficulties in company operations or a capital chain crisis, and when banks cannot provide loans, having a channel for financing oneself is very necessary.
(End of Chapter)
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