“The villa you chose is incredibly cost-effective. It has a three-meter-high wall for excellent privacy, a 420-square-meter garden, and it's right by the lake. You can even sit in the yard and fish when you have nothing to do.”
“Alright, let’s talk about the fees. I see it says a minimum one-year lease?” Su Mu said.
“That’s right. The rent is 50,000 a month, with a minimum one-year lease. Our agency fee is half a month’s rent, which is 25,000.”
“I can’t rent it for that long. Could you call the landlord and ask if he’d be willing to let me rent it for one day for 20,000? I want to throw a party with some friends there.”
“Mr. Su, you…”
Zhang Cheng’s expression changed. In his opinion, Su Mu was treating him as free labor.
Su Mu naturally noticed his displeasure and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, I won’t let you work for nothing.”
“I’ll pay you half a day’s rent, 10,000 as a service fee, according to your fee structure.”
“And after today, this property will still be yours, and you can list it for rent online again.”
“Even if you rent it out for a year, the commission you get after the company’s cut might not be much more than this 10,000.”
“Why not earn some pocket money now?”
Hearing there was compensation, Zhang Cheng’s expression immediately softened. He nodded, “Alright, I’ll call and ask now.”
With that, he got up and walked out of the office, away from his colleagues eating by the roadside, and found an empty spot to call the landlord.
A few minutes later, Zhang Cheng hurried back, a smile on his face.
“Mr. Su, the landlord agreed!”
“However, he wants to sign an electronic lease agreement with you and collect a 30,000 deposit. It will be fully refunded tomorrow upon check-out if there’s no damage to the room.”
Su Mu nodded and agreed, “Okay, but I need to view the property first. I’ll only rent it if it’s consistent with the photos online.”
“No problem, I’ll take you to view the property right now!”
“The community is only a ten-minute walk from here, and even faster by car.”
Zhang Cheng was beaming. With this deal, he would get an extra 10,000 yuan. Who wouldn’t be happy about that?
“Let’s go by motorcycle. I came on one.”
“Okay.”
Zhang Cheng picked up the villa key and motorcycle key from inside the office and led Su Mu out.
When he saw Su Mu get on the pink motorcycle, his eyes showed a subtle hint of surprise, but he quickly returned to normal.
In his opinion, Su Mu was riding his girlfriend’s motorcycle.
Otherwise, why would he rent a villa to throw a party!
He couldn’t help but feel envious, imagining the luxurious and chaotic multi-person activities that would take place in the villa tonight.
Zhang Cheng rode a semi-old motorcycle, leading the way, with Su Mu following behind.
As a real estate agent in this area, Zhang Cheng knew most of the security guards in nearby communities. After offering a cigarette and exchanging a few pleasantries, the two successfully drove into the community.
They drove their motorcycles directly to the villa entrance and parked them.
Zhang Cheng took out the villa key, opened the iron gate, and led Su Mu into the yard, beginning his introduction.
After a quick tour of a few minutes, Su Mu directly asked Zhang Cheng to contact the landlord to sign the contract and make the payment.
He was very satisfied with this four-story villa.
The iron gate leading into the yard, like the surrounding wall, was a full three meters high, topped with spikes.
However, apart from the walls on either side of the villa’s yard entrance, the walls on the left and right sides of the villa were shared, meaning a single wall separated the villas on either side.
There was no wall at the back, which faced the lake, only a one-meter-high railing. But combined with the distance from the ground to the lake, it was effectively no different from the height of a wall.
This was indeed a walled-in, detached villa with extremely high privacy and security.
As for the interior of the villa, the decoration was undoubtedly luxurious.
He, being uncultured, couldn’t quite articulate how luxurious it was, but he knew that one tree in the yard alone was worth 800,000 yuan, which could buy an ordinary person’s life.
If the outside of the villa was like this, did the inside even need mentioning?
With Zhang Cheng’s assistance, Su Mu added the owner’s WeChat and signed the electronic contract he sent.
After paying 60,000 yuan, he successfully obtained the villa keys and access card from Zhang Cheng and learned the password for the entrance door.
Zhang Cheng, looking at the 10,000 yuan that had arrived in his phone, said with a smile, “Mr. Su, I’ll be leaving now.”
“The owner said to check out by 6 AM tomorrow at the latest. Just call me when you check out tomorrow, and the owner will video call me to inspect the property. If everything’s fine, he will refund your deposit.”
“Okay, thank you.” Su Mu paused, then added, “Oh, and I’ll be buying a lot of things later. Could you please notify the property management? Otherwise, I’m afraid they might misunderstand.”
“Okay, no problem.” Zhang Cheng nodded.
He wasn’t surprised by this; if the other party was going to throw a party in the villa, he would naturally need to buy a lot of food and drinks.
After Zhang Cheng left.
Su Mu walked out of the villa, opened the yard gate, and drove his motorcycle into the yard to park it.
Then he sat on a stone bench in the gazebo next to the yard, took out his phone, and prepared to purchase supplies.
Check out?
Heh heh, in his dreams.
From the moment he stepped into this villa, it was already his.
It was still the same old saying: if it weren’t for not wanting his hard-earned money to go to waste, and needing a place to receive supplies while experiencing extravagant spending.
Why would he even need to rent? He could just find an uninhabited luxury villa and move in.
As for supplies, he could just get them for free.
“A 50-jin bag of rice, let’s start with two hundred bags.” Su Mu muttered to himself, looking at his phone. His finger was about to place the order when he suddenly stopped, “Wait, how can a rider on a motorcycle deliver two hundred bags of rice?”
After a brief thought, he placed a errand order for a shopping assistant.
The errand fee was 500 yuan.
Note: Purchase two hundred 50-jin bags of rice from the wholesale market, deliver to Longhu Jun No. 88 Detached Villa in Beiyu District. Must be delivered before 4 PM. Payment upon delivery, no advance payment needed.
Considering that the power might go out later, he placed another errand order to purchase four tons of coal.
And for meat and vegetables, which are difficult to buy on the ‘Kuaishi’ platform.
He also placed errand orders for those.
Purchase 1000 jin of potatoes, 1000 jin of cabbage, 1000 jin of beef, 1000 jin of pork, 1000 jin of lamb… Next, he searched for the phone number of a nearby bottled water company on his phone and called them to deliver five barrels of water to the villa.
As for why it was five barrels, it was purely because he didn't want the person answering the phone to think he was crazy.
He also wanted to order hundreds of barrels at once, but the key was that if he said that, the other party definitely wouldn’t believe him.
After doing all this, he opened the food delivery app and started shopping:
Cases of mineral water.
Canned meat, canned fruit, canned fish.
Biscuits, bread, milk.
Lighters, sleeping bags, emergency lights, cold medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine… Having only eaten to 50% fullness in the morning, he naturally didn't forget to order lunch, ordering all the hearty dishes he used to be reluctant to eat: dry-pot ribs, dry-pot shrimp, roast chicken, roast leg of lamb, pizza…