Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 84 Designing a big villa for my parents
Gu Heng has said everything that needs to be said. If Li Haibin continues to gamble on his own death in the future, no matter what the consequences are, it is his own choice. Adults always have to pay the price for their actions.

To put it bluntly, in this world, except for people like me who have a systematic hack, anyone who touches the word "gambling" will have a miserable death.

Let go of the complex of helping others, respect the fate of others, quit excessive self-reflection, and enjoy an immoral life. These four sentences are Gu Heng's life principles. If he didn't really care about the relationship of more than ten years and couldn't bear to see him fall into the abyss, Gu Heng would definitely not have mentioned it.

Skipping this topic, Gu Heng spoke again: "By the way, where is Xiaohua?"

Li Haibin smiled and said when he heard Gu Heng's question, "He's playing mahjong in the next room. I'll go call him."

After saying that, he went back into the mahjong room carelessly.

A few minutes later, Li Haibin came out dragging a young man who was no more than 1.7 meters tall and as thin as a stick.

"I'm telling you, my seven pairs were almost going to win, why did you drag me out here? The loss is hundreds of dollars!!!"

While he was still complaining, he saw Gu Heng smiling at him not far away, and his eyes widened instantly.

"Fuck! Brother Heng!"

After saying that, he ran straight to Gu Heng.

Xiaohua's full name is Song Hua. He is the youngest among the four people, so he calls everyone "brother" when he meets them.
Gu Heng smiled and patted his shoulder. Seeing that the four people were all present, he said directly, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?"

"Let's go to the city."

All three of them looked at him in confusion.

"I plan to tear down the old building at home and rebuild it. I'm going to the city to find an architectural design company. Can you accompany me?"

Hearing that Gu Heng was going to do business, they all nodded to show their understanding.

Li Haibin: "Then you guys wait for me here for a while. My car is still parked at the door. I will drive out right away."

He was a straightforward person and thought that Gu Heng came to see him so that he could drive Gu Heng to the city.

Song Hua also followed suit: "Then I'll go back and drive the car out!"

Li Haibin and Song Hua's families were relatively well-off, and they both bought cars with the support of their parents. Gu Heng wanted to show off in front of his childhood friends, and of course they wanted to too.

But today, they are destined to fail in their attempt to pretend.
Gu Heng didn't say anything, so Li Feng started to act cool for him.

"What grade are your two cars? Are you qualified to let Mr. Gu ride in a Honda Civic or a Haval H6?"

Li Haibin: “???”

Song Hua:"???"

Before they could refute, Gu Heng took out his car keys and pressed the button towards the car not far away. He pretended to be calm and said, "Don't bother. Take my car."

Hearing Gu Heng's words, Li Haibin immediately asked, "Hengzi, you bought a car too? What car?"

Having said that, he turned around and looked away.
When he saw the Bentley Flying Spur not far away, he was stunned where he was.

"What the hell???"

"What the hell???"

The two of them shouted "Fuck" in unison.
Seeing the performance of the two, Gu Heng had no reaction, but Li Feng was happy.

Gu Heng almost drove him crazy just now. He must not be the only one to experience this feeling. He immediately acted like a lackey and said, "See? Only a car of Bentley's grade is worthy of Mr. Gu now!"

In the next few minutes, the two of them simply repeated Li Feng's performance at that time.
The town where Gu Heng lives is about 30 kilometers away from the city, and it takes less than half an hour to get there.

When the Bentley Flying Spur drives into the city, it becomes a beautiful landscape, making passers-by and vehicles unable to help but stare at it for a while.

In Qing'an, a small third-tier city, the most luxurious cars you can usually see are the old three models: BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. Even Porsche is relatively rare, not to mention such an inhumane brand as Bentley.

Following the navigation, Gu Heng drove to a company called Wan'an Architectural Design Company, parked the car, and four people got out of the car one after another.

Li Haibin and Song Hua were also affected by Bentley's powerful aura at this moment. Their previous loser temperament completely disappeared, and they followed Gu Heng with their heads held high.

"Welcome to Wanan Architectural Design. How can I help you?"

As soon as I walked into the door of the design company, the receptionist stood up and welcomed me with an extremely enthusiastic tone.

She saw it clearly on the surveillance camera just now. These people all got out of a Bentley. Even in a big city, people would look at you with respect if you drove a Bentley, let alone in a small city like this.

In the eyes of most people, a luxury car is not just a means of transportation, but also a business card that symbolizes status.

It represents absolute spending power!

With this kind of spending power, any company that wants to make money from you will treat you as a guest of honor and would even like to treat you like their own parents.

Gu Heng was already used to this kind of enthusiasm, so he acted very calmly and said directly: "I have contracted out the architectural design of a rural villa. Will you take the business now?"

"Of course! Sir, please come this way. I will contact the manager for you right away."

After leading Gu Heng and the others to the reception room, the front desk staff poured tea for everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone, wait a moment. Our manager will be here soon."

After saying this, he slowly left the reception room and closed the door gently.

"Brother Heng, if you want to build a house, you can just get a design. Why outsource it? There are bricklayers everywhere in our place. It will be much more expensive if you outsource it directly!"

As soon as the receptionist left, Song Hua couldn't help but speak to Gu Heng.

He is right. Generally speaking, when rural families build their own houses, they hire their own bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers and electricians, which is indeed much cheaper than contracting them out all at once.

But Gu Heng had never intended to do this from the beginning.

Not only is it troublesome to hire someone, but the resulting house will also be far from satisfactory.

The most important thing is that in the countryside, if you hire someone to do a job, you not only have to pay them a salary, but you also have to pay favors. To him, money is really nothing, but favors are much more important than money, so there is no need to save that little bit of money.

"Xiaohua, you don't understand this, do you? Hengzi is now a big boss driving a Bentley, how could he be short of that little money? Our bricklayers can build small buildings, but if you really ask them to build a big villa, they may not be able to do it without professional guidance! Moreover, hiring people to do work requires gifts and cigarettes, and you have to do favors, so it doesn't save much money.

It would be better to outsource it and solve the problem once and for all. To put it bluntly, if there are any problems with the house in the future, there is someone to be held responsible. If I hire a bricklayer to build it myself, who will I blame if there are any problems in the future?"

Li Feng, as expected, stayed in his hometown all year round, and he saw Gu Heng's concerns at a glance.

While they were chatting, two men knocked gently on the door of the reception room, then slowly pushed it open and walked in.

"Hello everyone, my last name is Chen, I am the manager of Wan'an Architectural Design Company, and this is Tang Dabing, our company's top designer."

It seemed that the front desk had already told him that Gu Heng came in a Bentley, and the manager was very enthusiastic.

Gu Heng also stood up and shook hands with him. After introducing himself, he was too lazy to continue the polite conversation and went straight to the point: "Manager Chen, I guess the front desk has told you just now that I have a rural villa that I want to contract out. I wonder if you can take it?"

"Of course I can answer it! Mr. Gu, please tell me your request."

Seeing that Gu Heng was such a decisive person, Manager Chen stopped being polite and sat upright in front of Gu Heng with a serious expression.

“I have only two requirements. One is speed. I need you to complete all the preparations before the New Year and start construction immediately after the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. It would be best if it can be completed within two months.

The second requirement is to make it grand! I have no shortage of money, you don’t have to save me money on labor and materials, but you must ensure that the villa is grand enough. The original intention of building this villa is for my parents to live in. You know that rural people like to save face, I hope you can understand. "

After hearing what Gu Heng said, Manager Chen suppressed his excitement and said quickly, "Don't worry, Mr. Gu. Our Wan'an Architectural Design Company has been established for fifteen years. It is the best construction and design contracting company in Qing'an. There is no other company! The negative review rate has been almost zero in the past fifteen years. As long as you give us the business, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!"

He really likes this kind of customer who has plenty of money.

"Mr. Gu, these are all the outstanding projects we have successfully contracted over the years. You can take a look at them first."

Tang Dabing, who was standing by, handed a picture album to Gu Heng at the right time.

Gu Heng flipped through the atlas and felt a little excited when he saw the various villas that had been built.
The designs of these villas are more luxurious than each other. Any one built in his hometown would be a dimensionality reduction blow to the surrounding houses, and it would definitely stand out from the crowd!

Suddenly, Gu Heng saw a European-style villa that looked a bit like a church. He pointed at it and said to Tang Dabing, "Can you introduce this villa to me?"

Gu Heng's aesthetic sense was very poor in this regard, but it didn't matter. He just knew that if he could build the house in the picture, his parents would definitely be the ones with the straightest backs in the village.

Tang Dabing took a look at the picture and said quickly: "This is a relatively classic design, a French-style villa private residence."

For the next few minutes, Tang Dabing praised the design to the skies.
After listening to his introduction, Gu Heng asked directly: "Can this villa be completed within two months?"

"In theory, it is possible, but this villa covers a large area. I don't know if your home is suitable for this model, Mr. Gu. We still need to send a team of designers to conduct an on-site inspection. This is also responsible for you, Mr. Gu."

"You don't have to worry about the land. You just need to tell me whether this villa can be completed within two months?"

In the countryside, land is the least thing to worry about. There are still many vacant lots around Gu Heng's house. Although these vacant lots belong to the village, they can be bought in the next second as long as money is spent.

The property in the village belongs to all the villagers, including the land. As long as the land is sold, everyone can get a share of the money.

No one would be unwilling to exchange a piece of useless land for money.

Since Gu Heng had said this, Manager Chen was not ambiguous and said directly with affirmation: "Sure! As long as the land area on your side is large enough and does not affect the construction, I can guarantee that it can be completed within two months!"

“Then this one!”

For the next two or three hours, we were negotiating prices on labor, materials, and a host of other things.

Gu Heng didn't understand this thing either, but Li Feng, who had been in his hometown for many years, knew more about it. In the end, it was temporarily planned to be 240 million, and the specific cost still depends on the subsequent situation.

After all, 240 million is just a budget, and there will definitely be adjustments later.

After the negotiation, Gu Heng signed his name on the contract and paid a deposit of 5 yuan. The matter was finally finalized.

"Mr. Gu, tomorrow we will send a team of designers to the address you provided for an on-site inspection and strive to provide you with a perfect construction plan within a week."

Gu Dingheng paid the money without any delay. Manager Chen certainly would not be perfunctory with such a high-quality customer and made a guarantee immediately.

After a few simple polite words, Gu Heng and his companions walked out of the door of their company with the farewell of Manager Chen.
After leaving the house, Gu Heng looked at the three silent people and asked in confusion, "What happened to you guys? Why are you so listless?"

Upon hearing this, the three of them simultaneously turned their gazes towards Gu Heng's face.
Gu Heng's return home this time shocked the three of them too much.
First, a 380 million Bentley, then he treated money as nothing at the poker table
Especially now, I plan to spend more than two million to build a villa for my parents.
If this happened to someone else, they would probably just feel envious and jealous at best.

But this incident actually happened to my best friend who I grew up with.
The gap is too big.
So big that they began to not recognize Gu Heng.
"Nothing, you're the one who's really angry now. The three of us are a little uncomfortable with it."

After a long while, Li Feng slowly spoke, his tone full of sighs.
Listening to his words, Gu Heng was silent.

In fact, he had anticipated this kind of scene, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
After a few seconds, he embraced the three of them, put his arms around them and said with a smile: "Isn't it a good thing that I got rich?"

"It's a good thing, your life is getting better now, we are all happy for you, but when I think about myself still being like this, I have an indescribable feeling in my heart."

"If you can't explain it, don't say it. Let's go eat first. After dinner, I'll take you to a nice place!"

"What good place?" Li Haibin was the most relaxed, not as sensitive as Li Feng and Song Hua. He recovered the fastest and couldn't help but ask after hearing Gu Heng's words.

"Do you remember the underground palace?"

"Nonsense! Of course I remember!"

The so-called underground palace is a business KTV in Qing'an City.

It is also the largest, most luxurious and highest-consumption shopping mall in the entire Qing'an.

There is no man who lives around Qing'an who doesn't want to go there and experience it. In the past, when a few of them were bragging and chatting, they always fantasized that if one of them got rich, he would invite his brothers to go there and have fun. Now that Gu Heng is rich, of course he will not forget it.

"After dinner, it's almost seven or eight o'clock. Let's go directly to the underground palace! Let's experience what it's all about!"

After saying that, he glanced at Li Feng and said, "Fengzi, you're getting married in two days. It's not appropriate to go to a place like this, right? How about I call you a taxi and let you go back first?"

"Bullshit! Don't even think about dumping me! I'm not married yet, I'm still single! Help me up, I can still be wild!"

Seeing Li Feng so excited, several people couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Men are young until they die.
(End of this chapter)