Half a month later, Xiang Nanfang found an old bungalow and asked Wang Gang to check it out. If he was satisfied, he would make a decision to buy it.
The landlord of the old western-style building is a retired scholar. Since his son settled in Shanghai, he asked him to come there to provide for his retirement.
Wang Gang has seen the house. It has three floors, more than 200 square meters, and a loft. The location is quite good, but it is a bit shabby and needs renovation after buying it. However, the owner will not take away the furniture in the house.
Xiang's father and the landlord were old friends. Hearing that his friend's son-in-law wanted to buy a house, he gave him a very fair price, nine hundred yuan per square meter.
However, the landlord requires a lump sum payment for the house.
For a house of more than 200 square meters, you have to pay almost 200,000 yuan at a time. This is not a small amount of money, and not many people can afford it in this era.
Wang Gang has participated in competitions over the years, and has received a total of 50,000 yuan in bonuses, plus remuneration for advertising and interviews, not to mention a decoration fee.
"How about we buy a smaller house? More than 100 square meters is actually quite big." Xiang Nanfang knew how much money Wang Gang had.
Wang Gang likes this old Western-style building very much. The usable area is more than 200 square meters, not counting the area of a small garden outside. It is located in the urban area, and the price is less than 200,000 yuan, which is actually a good deal.
In another twenty years, I won’t be able to buy this house for even 20 million, let alone 200,000.
Besides, it's not that Wang Gang can't come up with money. He has hundreds of millions worth of gold in his space. If he just takes out a gold bar, he can buy this apartment.
But he couldn't explain the source of the money.
Both Wang Gang and Xiang Nannan are considered public officials, and a large amount of property that cannot be explained will cause big trouble.
"It would be great if I could get a loan from a bank." Wang Gang said with a headache.
Xiang Nanfang said: "Although banks in the capital have established credit departments, the development of personal loans is slow, and Jinling has not yet started to implement it."
Xiang's father is a big leader, and Xiang Nanfang works in a government department, so he is no stranger to credit.
"Or I can borrow some from my dad." Xiang Nanfang actually liked that house quite a lot.
"This is the only way." Wang Gang said: "The team is contacting me about two other advertisements. The tens of thousands of dollars should be paid back soon."
Wang Gang is very famous. Many businesses in China have approached him to shoot advertisements, and the advertising fees are not low.
However, part of this money needs to be allocated to the sports team, and not much of it actually comes to him.
"I have calculated that if I borrow 50,000 yuan, I should be able to pay it back within a year, but the renovation of the house will take a long time." Wang Gang and Xiang Nanfang sat down and did some calculations.
"How much money can you make in a year?" Xiang Nanfang asked in surprise.
"Mainly income from advertising and interviews. My salary income of 5,000 a year is enough." Wang Gang explained.
The salary of members of the sports team is generally not high, only about 200 a month, and not more than 300 including bonuses.
As an international champion and the star of the Jinling Sports Team, Wang Gang's salary is a bit higher, but not more than 500.
Xiang Nanfang had just started working, and his salary was only more than 200 yuan a month.
In the 1990s, civil servant wages had not yet begun to explode. The incomes of people like Wang Gang and Xiang Nanfang were already very high. Buying a house was not difficult. After all, the commercial housing on the market now only cost several hundred square meters.
Xiang Nanfang and Wang Gang went to Xiang's house for dinner together in the evening and mentioned the matter of borrowing money.
Xiang's father was still surprised that Wang Gang could spend hundreds of thousands at such a young age.
"Your advertising and interview fees are almost ten times your salary." Xiang's mother sighed: "I have worked all my life, but I still can't come up with 100,000 yuan."
Father Xiang also sighed and said: "After the reform, economic development accelerated, but some problems also emerged."
"In the past, everyone ate from a big pot. Although the factory director's salary was higher than that of the workers, it was not that much higher." Xiang's mother said with emotion.
"The gap between the rich and the poor will get bigger in the future. If it is not controlled, it will become very scary." Xiang's father said worriedly.
"It seems that the higher authorities are also considering raising wages for public employees," Xiang Nanfang said.
Wang Gang knows that as the country's economic development accelerates, this situation will only get worse and no one can stop it.
Mother Xiang took out a passbook from the cabinet, handed it to Xiang Nanfang and said, "There are 70,000 yuan in it, which is the life savings of your father and I."
Xiang's father and Xiang's mother were both prosperous. Although their salary was high, they sometimes sent money to their comrades who were in difficulty, so their family savings were not much.
"Originally, this money was intended for your brother's wedding." Father Xiang said, "But your brother won't be able to get married within a year, so you should use the money first!"
"Dad, I will pay back the money as soon as possible."
"Don't worry." Father Xiang reminded: "The reason why you are famous and can make money is because of your good grades. You can't neglect training just to make money!"
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Dad, don't worry! I have been training non-stop. I even refreshed my own record in the team two days ago."
Father Xiang said happily: "That's good. You bring glory to the country and the country will not forget you."
After coming out of Xiang's house, Xiang Nanfang clutched his bankbook and said somewhat dullly: "My parents seem to have aged a lot."
Wang Gang said with relief: "In the future, since we live close together, we can come back often to see them."
Xiang Nanfang nodded heavily and said, "I'm getting married and my brother is working in the capital. My parents should be very lonely."
After the money problem was resolved, Wang Gang immediately found the landlord, paid the money to take over the house, and then found someone to go through the transfer procedures.
After the real estate was completely finalized, he told Qiao Yicheng and the others.
Qiao Sanli and Qiao Simei heard that Wang Gang had bought a big house and immediately wanted to visit it.
Wang Gang thought about it and called everyone to his house for a meal, which was also a celebration of moving into a new home.
Qiao Zuwang got the news from nowhere, and Wang Gang didn't invite him, but he ran over happily.
The new house has no decoration and is a bit shabby, but it has all the furniture and furnishings, so you can live in it after tidying it up.
The house price already includes the cost of furniture. The homeowner spent a lot of money on those belongings. The house is full of old furniture, and some chairs are still made of huanghuali. In a few years, they will be considered antiques.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Second brother, your new home is so big!" Qiao Simei exclaimed exaggeratedly as soon as she entered the house.
Qiao Qiqi jumped up and down, counting rooms up and down.
"Second brother, your house has five rooms?"
"This furniture must be old! It's worth a lot of money."
"Third sister, come and look, this is a flush toilet."
The family was running around in Wang Gang's new house. Wang Gang and Xiang Nanfang didn't stop them. Instead, they felt happy.
Qiao Zuwang looked around, then walked up to Wang Gang and asked, "Erqiang, your house is so big and has many rooms. Do you have a room for me?"
Wang Gang frowned and said: "My eldest brother and I moved out, Sanli and Simei live on campus, and Qiqi lives at my aunt's house. You are the only one at home, isn't it enough to live in?"
Qiao Zu glanced at the old bungalow with greedy eyes.
The houses in Shamao Lane are certainly enough to live in, but how can they be as good as the old western-style houses?
The neighbors in Qiao's old house are all workers, and the neighbors in the old house are leaders and scholars. The environment is also different.
"Your father and I have never lived in such a nice house in our lives. There are many rooms anyway, so you don't care about letting me live in one!"
Wang Gang said perfunctorily: "This house has not been renovated yet, let's wait until it is renovated!"
Qiao Zuwang felt angry when he saw Wang Gang's attitude.
"What's the big deal? When I make money and buy a bigger house, I will live in it alone and none of you will be able to live there."
Qiao Zuwang ran to the garden to smoke while grumbling. Wang Gang sneered in his heart and didn't care about his feelings.
"Brother, didn't I ask you to bring your sister-in-law? Let's have a meal together." Wang Gang asked when he saw Qiao Yicheng coming alone.
"Your sister-in-law is accompanying her father and can't come today." Qiao Yicheng said with some embarrassment.
In fact, when he went out this morning, Qiao Yicheng asked Wen Ju'an to come to his brother's new home with him. However, Wen Ju'an felt that Qiao Yicheng was not sincere and did not say hello in advance for such a thing, so he refused to come.
If Qiao Yicheng could defeat his wife, he could only come here alone.
Wang Gang guessed that there was something going on between Qiao Yicheng and Wen Ju'an, but he didn't reveal it, so he asked Qiao Sanli: "Why didn't Wang Yiding come? Did he break the appointment for the first time?"
Qiao Sanli said a little shyly: "He said he would come over by himself, and I told him the address."
When Cao Cao arrived, a shy boy walked in the door, carrying a bag of apples.
"Yiding." When Qiao Sanli saw the boy, she happily called him over and introduced him to her family.
"This is my partner Wang Yiding, Yiding, please say hello."
Wang Yiding seemed a little shy and kept his head down, calling for people under Qiao Sanli's guidance.
"Uncle, eldest brother, second brother, fourth sister, and fifth brother."
Wang Gang saw that Wang Yiding was a little shy, so he teased him and said, "You haven't married Sanli yet, so it's inappropriate to call us that!"