Chapter 123: Severe Premium

"What's the meaning of this, Manager Qiu? You took my deposit, and now you're selling the house to someone else?"

"Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

Huo Muyan's face was as cold as frost. She was wearing a black jumpsuit that made her skin look even fairer.

Her figure was curvaceous—with towering breasts, a waist that could be held in one hand, and a round, perky bottom.

Apart from a pair of sunglasses, she wore no other accessories.

Manager Qiu was forty years old, past the age of confusion. Even after working hard out in the world for so long, under the gaze of Huo Muyan, he still felt terrified, his legs trembling.

"Miss Huo, please let me explain..."

After listening to the exchange between Manager Qiu and Huo Muyan, Zheng Qian finally understood what was going on.

Huo Muyan had already set her sights on the second property and had paid a deposit long ago, but she had been dragging her feet on paying the final balance.

"Qian, do you think they've figured out that we really want to buy the house and are trying to take the opportunity to hike up the price?" Xu Shuyun whispered in Zheng Qian's ear, adding, "We can't let them take advantage of us."

Zheng Qian nodded. Xu Shuyun's reminder was timely.

When Zheng Qian bought a house at Jiangshan International last time, he had experienced a similar trick; that fat landlady knew he was determined to buy, so she had hiked the price on the spot.

The tactics at this real estate agency were somewhat similar.

However, having watched the whole thing, Zheng Qian realized that Huo Muyan didn't seem to be a shill.

A sudden inspiration struck Zheng Qian—he felt he could use this opportunity to rack up more system cash rebates.

"Miss Huo, the first property is actually quite good, and it's two million cheaper than the second one. You might want to consider it." Manager Qiu felt he couldn't explain himself clearly and could only try to smooth things over, hoping Huo Muyan would back down.

"Heh, you want me to buy a house from a scammer?"

Huo Muyan coldly spat out two words: "Bad luck!"

"How about this, Manager Qiu, Miss Huo, stop arguing."

At this moment, Zheng Qian stepped forward.

"Even though you set your sights on the property first, you haven't paid the final balance, so it's only natural for Manager Qiu to show it to us."

"I don't want to argue either. I originally intended to gift this property to this beautiful lady beside me, so I've decided to take it."

"Everything in this world goes to the highest bidder. If you can offer a higher price than me, I won't say another word and will gladly yield it to you. How about that?"

Huo Muyan frowned.

She even suspected that this might be a setup and that this kid was a shill hired by Manager Qiu.

But looking at his attire and listening to his words, it didn't seem like it.

He must be some spoiled rich kid from back home.

Since you want to engage in a bidding war with me, then bring it on. Has she, Huo Muyan, ever been afraid of anyone?

"Fine, I'll bid fifty million."

Huo Muyan felt disdain in her heart; with a wave of her hand, she threw out a bid of sixty million.

"Sixty million." Zheng Qian was not to be outdone. How could he possibly pass up such a good opportunity to drive up the price?

Calling out an extra ten million meant an extra hundred million in system rebates!

"Sixty-five million." Huo Muyan glanced at Zheng Qian, starting to get curious about his identity.

Manager Qiu and the female secretary watched from the side, stunned and dumbfounded.

This place had suddenly turned into a bidding arena for Zheng Qian and Huo Muyan.

And it even seemed like they were competing out of spite.

They didn't care about anything else; the higher the price, the higher their commission.

"Seventy million!" Zheng Qian threw money around like dirt, raising the original price of 47 million directly to 70 million.

Manager Qiu and the female secretary: ???

The two of them knew Zheng Qian was rich, but they didn't expect him to be so willing to spend money for his woman.

The premium on the property was already over 30%!

"Qian, there's no need for this. If she wants it, let's just give it to her," Xu Shuyun whispered, tugging on Zheng Qian's sleeve.

"With 40 million, you can buy a villa anywhere. Why insist on fighting over this one?"

Xu Shuyun couldn't understand it.

"Shuyun, you don't understand."

"This house is something I promised to you. How could I let someone else snatch it away?"

Zheng Qian looked at Xu Shuyun with feigned affection.

Xu Shuyun's face flushed like a peach blossom, her eyes swimming with tenderness; she was almost swooned by that look.

She secretly vowed that she belonged only to Zheng Qian for the rest of her life.

Hearing Zheng Qian call out seventy million, Huo Muyan didn't continue bidding.

"You... are you bored out of your mind, doing this just to spite me?" Huo Muyan took off her sunglasses in anger, gritting her teeth.

"Hey? Miss Huo, we had an agreement beforehand—the highest bidder wins. You aren't saying you can't afford this seventy million, are you?" Zheng Qian retorted sarcastically.

Huo Muyan felt there were two possibilities for Zheng Qian's true identity.

One, the foolish son of some domestic billionaire.

Two, a successful business prodigy.

Judging by Huo Muyan's discernment, with such audacity, the latter was more likely.

Selling this property for 47 million was already a bit of a premium; Zheng Qian bidding 70 million was a severe premium, over 35%.

Although Huo Muyan wanted this sea-view villa, she wasn't a fool and could still do the math.

It wasn't worth it just for the sake of saving face.

"Hmph!"

"Fine, you win!"

Huo Muyan snorted coldly and stormed out of the agency.

"Manager Qiu."

"Manager Qiu?"

Manager Qiu was completely stunned on the side. It was only after Zheng Qian called him twice that he snapped back to reality, his voice slightly trembling: "Yes... yes, I'm here."

"Swipe the card."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Zheng!"

[Spent 70,000,000 yuan, system rebate 700,000,000 yuan, received.]

700 million!

Adding the previous 320 million, Zheng Qian already had 1.02 billion in his account.

"Miss Xu, please leave me an address, and I will mail the subsequent paperwork directly to you in the country."

"Mr. Zheng, Miss Xu, I have a car. Let me drive you so you don't have to take a taxi."

"Manager Qiu, that's too much trouble!" Zheng Qian said indifferently.

"It's nothing, taxis are such a hassle. We're all on the same side, let me drive you, let me drive you!"

After receiving the 70 million payment, Manager Qiu basically turned into a dog for Zheng Qian, wagging his tail at his master.

After returning to the hotel, Xia Xixi had already moved the luggage from the seven-star hotel.

Zheng Qian and Xu Shuyun cuddled in the room for quite a while.

Until Xia Xixi knocked on the door to urge them: "President Zheng, we're about to miss our flight."

Zheng Qian had just rested and was ready for another round of action.

He made up his mind.

Next time, he would definitely charter a private jet; waiting for scheduled flights was too much of a hassle.

It was around midnight when they returned to Yebai.

The moment they landed, Zheng Qian received a text message.

[Spent 31,400 yuan, system rebate 314,000 yuan, received.]

This 300,000 yuan in flight money was completely insignificant in Zheng Qian's account now; it was just pocket change.

Zheng Qian's Mercedes-Benz had been parked at the airport for the past few days. After sending the two girls home, he drove the car back to Jiangshan International.

Just as he parked the car in the garage, he ran into Jin Lu head-on.