Summer in the imperial capital is coming with great momentum.

It was just after May Day, and the chirping of cicadas on the street trees was accompanied by the sunshine above our heads. Looking around, there was not a single shady spot in the middle of the day.

The agency boy Wu Ming hung up the phone, looked at the lunch box in front of him before he could move, and quickly took two bites into his mouth. He put on his hat here, and then went out with a big bag and hat on his back.

The new employee who just came to apply was trembling:

"Brother, is our work so hard?"

There was another sentence that I thought was inappropriate but I didn’t ask: “Then why is the basic salary only 2,000?”

Following him was his fellow countryman, and the old employee quickly comforted him:

"How can you work so hard? Who can look after the house when it's so hot in the middle of the day? They usually make appointments at other times——"

After thinking about their situation when chasing results, I finally felt guilty and added one more sentence:

"Even if the appointment is at noon, there will be no delay in eating."

"Brother Ming, you have no choice. The burden is heavy, so you can only work hard to place orders."

New employees show sympathy:

"Is that so... is it because the family has a heavy burden? Oh, me too. My mother just wants me to make more money to build a house and marry a wife."

Several employees gathered together to pick up the vegetables in the lunch box in front of them. At this moment, they couldn't help but said half mockingly, half complicatedly:

"Wu Ming, that kid, doesn't he deserve the pressure he puts on himself?"

"Yeah, without that diamond, without that porcelain job - how much money do you have? How dare you buy a house in the imperial capital!"

"Have you heard that just this household registration was given to us because of how many years we have worked in our company, and how many years we have been employed as an employee?"

The voice gradually dropped: "I heard it cost ten or twenty thousand!"

Oops!

Everyone looked at each other, one or two thousand was still worth money at this time.

"Why did I hear that it was purchased in Tong County and it would not be stuck in the household registration?"

Finally, the older man waved his hand and updated his first-hand information in real time:

"Your news is so old."

"Xiao Wu was still crying last night, saying that he shouldn't go crazy with his client - he bought a house in Tong County, an old house of 85 square meters, and he paid the full price! All the deposits were wiped out."

"But last month, didn't the price increase in Tongxian County go up a bit? He thought the price of the house was going to go up, so he took out a loan for the first house, then he used connections to get a household registration, and paid a down payment near the Third Ring Road -"

"This time it's even smaller, 80 square meters, and the down payment will completely wipe out the loan money."

There was silence in the room, and there was no sound.

It took a long time before someone spoke with trepidation——

"He is so brave!"

Who says it’s not!

Everyone shook their heads in unison, half gloating, half sad and envious as they pondered:

"Xiao Wu is quite good at hiding!"

"Yeah, I haven't heard anything - by the way, he got a loan of four to five million from the bank, right?"

The new employee counted on his fingers and found that it was already six figures——

It will pay off in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!

Finally someone came to the conclusion:

"Should!"

"Look at him, he didn't show off and bought a house in the imperial capital - he bought it on the edge of Tong County. What's the difference between this and returning to our hometown in the countryside?"

"Yes, I usually don't give up food or clothing. Now all my savings are used as a down payment. I heard that I need this amount to repay a bank loan every month--"

Someone stretched out his hand and made a gesture, causing the newly hired employee to gasp in fright:

"3000 yuan?!!"

3,000 yuan is an astronomical number.

After all, their current basic salary is only 2,000, which does not include food or housing. They can maintain food and clothing without making one or two orders every month.

Everyone held their lunch boxes, each savoring the sadness and happiness of the two apartments. At this moment, they could only shake their heads and come to the final conclusion——

"He's so brave!"

…

As everyone knows, Wu Ming is regretting it now.

You shouldn't be impulsive and keep thinking about what that rich college student said - if someone buys a house and someone else's sister buys a house, what does it have to do with you being an intermediary?

He must have gone crazy that night because he kept thinking about "give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle"...

There are no motorcycles now, and riding a battery-powered bike in the summer is quite hard anyway.

Sweat dripped down his chin, and Wu Ming swallowed his mouth full of sadness before he found a middle-aged man at the door of a cold drink shop who wanted to check out the house.

"Sorry, I've been waiting for so long..."

The other party was also a little impatient because of the heat, but when he saw Wu Ming's chest and back were wet, he didn't know what to say, so he just opened his mouth and said:

"Okay, then take me to see the house quickly. I have to go to work at 3:00."

It's almost 1 o'clock now, and we still have half an hour to return.

Wu Ming quickly opened his backpack:

"Don't worry, we have enough time at noon - and there are two communities nearby. I can take you on an electric bike later. We can look at 4 houses at noon. All the information is here."

This time, the customer was stunned.

"I, I only like this one..."

Wu Ming felt bitter - it would be good not to give the customer a chance to hesitate, but this customer only looked at one house at a time, and his demand for buying a house was very strong, and he would not have enough money on hand...

In short, I couldn’t get a single order during the May Day holiday, so now I have to get it!

I still have a mortgage of 3,000 yuan this month, and the house in Tong County needs to be renovated before it can be rented out...

The poor laborer with only 125 left in his pocket diligently climbed to the 7th floor with his customers.

The lack of elevators in the old community is really fatal!

The client's white shirt was also soaked with sweat.

When he opened the door and took a look, the other person frowned again - it was an old house, long and narrow, and the lighting was quite average.

But it's still so hot on the top floor...

Middle-aged men are also quite depressed:

"Are you saying that money is worthless now? When I was a child, households worth ten thousand yuan were famous. Now, it is really difficult to find a suitable house with a down payment of 200,000 yuan!"

The agency guy is here, casually opening the folder:

"It's okay, good things come in hard times - look at this apartment again. Although it is a little smaller, it has an elevator on the 8th floor and faces south..."

At noon, Wu Ming still couldn't hide his regret when he viewed 4 apartments in a row and the client said he would consider it when he went back.

"Okay, you can think about it slowly, but to tell you the truth, I also bought a house with a loan a while ago - when our agency listed the house, it cost 7,100 per square meter. Because the property fee is high, it will be gone for a while.

Let’s talk about it——”

"Guess what?"

"In just three months, when I bought it, the transaction price was 8,000 per square meter."

"Buying a house is a big deal and needs to be considered carefully - but look, what could a dime buy 20 years ago? What can a dime buy now?"

"Now I think the loan is expensive. If I wait another 20 years, I might not even get a dime."

The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled bitterly:

"Aren't I afraid that house prices will rise too much and then fall again? It's like the seaside..."

The bubble real estate on the seaside is well-known throughout the country.

The agency guy laughed:

"Then you are mistaken - how many people live on the coast? Where is our imperial capital?"

"The Forbidden City is all here in Tiananmen. If a brick comes down and hits someone, there are three officials in the family... If that happens, don't worry, the whole country will definitely be in chaos!"

He has also been depressed for a long time, and he often brainwashes himself in this way to make the burden less heavy. Now he opens his mouth and becomes bald.

The middle-aged man listened in his heart, his expression became more solemn, and finally left with a heavy heart.

…

Wu Ming tried his best to relieve the anxiety in his heart, and rode the sun-scorched electric donkey to the company as usual.
To be continued...