Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

Chapter 111 Deciding on a Village House and a Peaceful Week

Seeing how much Du Yue liked the village house, Mao Xiaoyu took advantage of having nothing to do on Saturday and Sunday to accompany Du Yue to look at the village house with Peng Yu.

However, Mao Xiaoyu and Peng Yu underestimated women's nature to go shopping. They originally thought they would find two real estate agents, go shopping first, and take a look at a few village houses as a token.

After all, there are still two or three months until the immigration deadline, so there's no rush.

To everyone's surprise, Du Yue confirmed that she had indeed gotten up.

In just two days, Saturday and Sunday, I visited three districts and looked at more than thirty village houses, studying one after another the big and small ones.

Because of these village houses, Du Yue would calculate whether the village houses were suitable for her when she came back at night. She seemed to have gone a little crazy.

Like today, Sunday, after shopping all day, when the three of them came back, Mao Xiaoyu and Peng Yu didn't want to move, while Du Yue was still excitedly carrying a large stack of documents and calculating something.

Du Yue had been busy for a long time, and then, full of energy, she came to Mao Xiaoyu and Peng Yu with a stack of documents. She plopped down on the sofa and excitedly said to Mao Xiaoyu and Peng Yu while holding the documents in her hand.

"Mr. Mao, Xiao Peng, we've visited village houses in four areas these past two days: Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tai Po, and Sha Tin. Based on my research and careful observation over the past two days, these four areas are generally speaking..."

I think the village houses in Sha Tin District are slightly more suitable for us. After all, Sha Tin District is more developed than several other districts, and the village houses there are also closer to the Sha Tin town center. This will likely lead to higher appreciation in value for the village houses in the future.

Let's take a look. This is a photo of the village houses in Sha Tin that we saw yesterday. If we buy these two village houses, they will be close to the main road in the front, have parking spaces in the yard, and have gardens in the back. The total area of ​​the two houses will be more than 200 square meters.

Moreover, each of these two buildings is 700 square feet, and with three floors, that's 2100 square feet. If it's one building, the three of us can each have one floor, and each floor is 70 square meters, which is about enough for us to live in. We can decorate the other building into our workplace.

For example, we'll turn the first floor into a cafeteria and dining hall, the second floor into a workspace for regular traders, and this floor can recruit about six traders. The top floor is our three-person off-site workspace, which is off-site for regular employees.

In this way, all our secrets are on the third floor. As for the ordinary traders, they won't handle many things; they'll be doing very simple, foolproof trading. This is the only way to protect the secrets of the three of us.

Upon hearing Du Yue's introduction, Mao Xiaoyu and Peng Yu became more interested and immediately sat up to pick up the documents Du Yue handed them, looking at the photos and descriptions of the village houses.

When Mao Xiaoyu and Peng Yu saw the photos and descriptions of the village houses, they realized that these two village houses were the ones they had seen in Sha Tin District the day before.

The two village houses are side by side, and there are four parking spaces planned in front of the two houses. Each house has a garden of sixty or seventy square meters in the back, which is very beautiful.

Moreover, the two houses were sold at the same time, so the three of them took a closer look at them.

However, these two houses are expensive, each costing HK$2.88 million. More importantly, the taxes on village houses are very high. To buy both houses, you would need at least HK$7 million.

With the addition of renovations to the two village houses, it will likely cost around HK$900 million to fully renovate both houses, making them suitable for both office and residential use.

At the time, I didn't say anything because I felt it was a bit expensive. Now that Du Yue has dug out these photos and documents again, it seems that Du Yue really likes these two village houses.

"Sister Du, aren't these two village houses over budget? After all, our budget is HK$400 million, and the complete set of these two village houses will cost HK$8 to 900 million. The budget has already exceeded half."

Mao Xiaoyu was too embarrassed to say it, but Peng Yu couldn't help but speak up, since he also had to contribute money to buying the house.

"It exceeded the budget, but so what? I feel it was great value for money!"

Think about it, as long as we buy these two houses, we won't have to move for at least two years, which will save us a lot of trouble.

Moreover, the environment there is very nice. The bus stop is just a few steps away from the main entrance. If you want to come to Xiangjiang Island, you can just take a bus, and the journey only takes one or two hours. It is very convenient.

Besides, so what if we exceed the budget? In Hong Kong, how many people buy houses outright? You could say 95% of people buy houses with loans. In that case, the three of us can just take out loans and buy these two village houses.

Based on our combined monthly performance, we'll earn at least HKD 400,000 to 500,000 per month in salary and commission. With such high salaries, how could we possibly be worried about not being able to pay off our monthly loan?

"So in my opinion, as long as we suffer a little beforehand, we can pay off the loan in three or four months. So the small amount of money we owe for the house is really nothing." Du Yue said to Peng Yu in an enthusiastic voice, trying to brainwash him.

Upon hearing Du Yue's words, Peng Yu was momentarily speechless. He felt that what Du Yue said seemed to have some twisted logic, and he didn't know what to say to refute her. Peng Yu looked at Mao Xiaoyu with difficulty, and Du Yue's eyes followed Peng Yu's gaze to Mao Xiaoyu, because Du Yue also knew that this matter still had to be decided by Mao Xiaoyu.

Seeing that Du Yue and Peng Yu were both staring at her, Mao Xiaoyu originally didn't want to speak, but now that she saw this, she knew she had to say it, so she hesitated for a moment and then pretended to say, "As for taking out a loan to buy a house, in my opinion, this is normal. After all, everyone does it, so we can also take out a loan."

As for the two houses that Sister Du mentioned, the three of us have already looked at them. The interior has been simply furnished. What we need next is the soft furnishings. Although it won't cost much, it will still be around 100,000 to 200,000 yuan. The main thing is our workspace. We need high-end computers and internet access, otherwise it will affect our work. So, the investment in this area will be at least a million yuan.

So, in summary, it will cost HK$900 million to complete both village houses. That's not a huge amount, so are you two okay with that price? If so, I'll have my lawyer arrange the payment.

"I think those two houses are excellent. Since we're currently busy working on Tencent's stock, Mr. Mao, you could get those houses ready first. Once we've finished working on Tencent's stock here in three months, we can move there. That way, we won't waste any time," Du Yue said confidently.

"Since Sister Du has said so, I'll agree. I'm already used to being frugal, so I can just cut back a bit more for a few months later," Peng Yu said with a nonchalant shrug.

"Alright, since you've made up your minds, I'll arrange for a lawyer to handle this matter."

Seeing that things had come to this, Mao Xiaoyu certainly couldn't say she had no money, so she decided to go and talk to them first, and deal with the money later.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Mao," Du Yue said with satisfaction.

"Thanks are unnecessary. Let's talk about what to do with Tencent's stock for the next week," Mao Xiaoyu said earnestly.

Since the market will be open again tomorrow, Monday, Mao Xiaoyu wants to talk about how to buy Tencent A shares. After all, Mao Xiaoyu still has more than 2000 million Hong Kong dollars, which is a lot of money, but not a small amount either.

If he only wanted to acquire Tencent shares, the money might be gone in a day or two. But Mao Xiaoyu didn't want to rush things. He was more interested in driving up Tencent's stock price and making some money for himself.

Upon hearing Xiaoyu's words, Du Yue adopted a serious expression and said, "Mr. Mao, I've thought about it too. We still have over 2000 million Hong Kong dollars. We can only use this money to repeatedly drive up the price of Tencent's stock. After all, what we need next is to sell Tencent's stock at a good price."

However, pushing the price up too much at once isn't good either, since our funds are limited. A rapid price increase would deplete our capital. So, I'd like to ask, when exactly should we sell this batch of shares? If we sell later, will the price increase be delayed?

When Mao Xiaoyu heard Du Yue's question, she thought for a moment and finally shook her head and said, "To be honest, I really don't know when this stock will find a buyer to sell, so there's no rush to drive the stock price up too high. We can just let it rise little by little."

So for the next week, my main focus will be on making money. As for how high the stock price can rise, I'll act according to my capabilities. As long as it doesn't fall, I'm fine with it.

"Since Mr. Mao has said so, then I understand. Just watch the next week. I can't guarantee more, but earning at least a few million Hong Kong dollars is definitely achievable," Du Yue said confidently.

In Du Yue's view, Hong Kong stocks are much more interesting than A-shares. There are a lot of people trading stocks, but most of them are novices. As long as she goes with the flow, she can easily manipulate stock prices.

The trading over the past two weeks has shown that if there are no competitors in the market, it's really too easy to make money off retail investors.

"It's up to you guys now. It's getting late, so why don't we go out for dinner? When we get back, everyone can go to their rooms to rest and get a good night's sleep to prepare for the next week's battle." Mao Xiaoyu casually took out her phone, checked the time, and then prepared to take two of her men out for dinner.

"Alright. But since we don't need to make any big moves next, we don't need HSBC's trader anymore. Next week, Peng Yu and I will handle it. That way, we can coordinate better."

Du Yue agreed while making the suggestion.

"Yes, Mr. Mao, if the goal is just to make money in the stock market and drive up stock prices, we don't really need many people. Sister Du and I are enough. Having more people wouldn't be very useful," Peng Yu chimed in.

"Alright, since you two have said so, then we'll follow your arrangements. But let me make this clear: if you need a trader, don't try to force yourself. Just let me know, and I'll go to HSBC and get one for you."

Seeing that the two of them were trying to persuade her, Mao Xiaoyu nodded in agreement. After all, Mao Xiaoyu knew that professional matters should be left to professionals. Since the two of them thought they could do it well, she would trust them.

So, everyone went to the hotel's catering department, had a meal, and after finishing the meal, they all returned to their rooms to get some rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

Over the next week, many Tencent shareholders felt a bit uneasy. After all, Tencent's stock had been fluctuating wildly for two weeks, and people had gotten used to it. This sudden calm made everyone feel a little uncomfortable.

Tencent's stock seems to have returned to its original state, remaining normal and lukewarm.

Of course, if you look at the trading volume, you'll see that Tencent's stock price has a very high trading volume.

但是整个腾A讯的股价增涨却没有多少，腾A讯的股价一直维持在7块1毛4至7块9毛8之内，这个星期腾A讯的股价连8块钱都没涨过去。

Seeing the calm performance of Tencent's stock, Tencent shareholders who had recently suffered huge losses breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that speculation had finally subsided.

The funds had already left, and Tencent's stock price subsequently returned to normal.

This method of operation was also devised by Du Yue. By quickly buying and selling shares, she could gradually raise the stock price of Tencent and make a little money from the Tencent stock.

The advantage of doing this is that it's well-hidden; Mao Xiaoyu's funds are treated like ordinary speculative capital, circulating daily on Tencent A.

A small piece of flesh cut from Xun's body is enough to fill his stomach.

Another week passed. This week, Mao Xiaoyu only acquired 100 million shares of stock, and didn't spend a single penny on expenses. In fact, she made over a million Hong Kong dollars.

Moreover, Tencent's stock price didn't rise too much, only slightly by three cents, which is considered normal.

Mao Xiaoyu was speechless when she saw the results of the past month.

No wonder people say that genius traders, with their own funds, can easily make millions in a week, or even hundreds of thousands in a week trading the A-shares market. At first, Mao Xiaoyu thought it was just bragging, but now, seeing Du Yue and Peng Yu's results, she started to believe it. It turns out that there really are people who can make money like this.

I bought 100 million shares and didn't spend a single penny. In fact, I even made more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars. If I hadn't seen the information, who would believe it?!

Thinking about this, Mao Xiaoyu felt even more that asking Du Yue and Peng Yu to come over was her wisest choice.