Pei Qian looked around as he walked. At the same time, he was thinking.
There were several shops in the vicinity that were being renovated. That way, if he chose to open a high-end restaurant nearby, the risk of exposure would be greatly increased.
Thus, the few places that he had his eye on a few days ago were all ruined.
As Pei Qian walked, he unknowingly arrived near the Ming Yun Villas area.
Pei Qian fell into deep thought as he looked at the faintly discernible villas on the mountainside.
Ming Yun Villas was originally built at the foot of a nameless hill (or rather, a small mound) in the suburbs of Jingzhou City. Most of the villas were at the foot of the hill, but some were built on the mountainside. These were the so-called 'hilltop villas'.
However, according to Pei Qian's understanding, the villas at Ming Yun Villas were not selling well, especially the ones built on the mountainside.
There were two main reasons why they were not selling well.
First, the villas had almost no investment value. That was because the total price was too high, and too few people could afford to buy them.
Ming Yun Villas was a villa in the suburbs. To buy this place, the buyer had to at least have a property in the city that was of the same price. What's more, most people were not willing to live in the suburbs.
If they bought it only for vacations and stayed there occasionally, the price-quality ratio would be too low.
Thus, it was easy to lose money after buying it. Unless one was a baller with too much money and treated it as a purely consumable product, ordinary rich people would not be inclined to buy it.
Second, the hilltop villas at Ming Yun Villas were targeted at villas in overseas villas. They were all specially designed by designers and had their own renovations. Thus, the average price was much higher than the villas at the foot of the hill.
They had even built an endless swimming pool on the mountainside to stand out.
However, most people did not buy it after they started selling.
On one hand, the average price was too high. On the other hand, ballers who bought villas had special requirements for renovations. Some people simply did not like the designer's plans and had to be unconventional.
Many ballers' layouts were indescribable. For example, a Baroque square table, a French-style villa with mahogany furniture, a Mediterranean-style villa with stone lions, a fake mountain in the courtyard with a koi pond, a Chinese-style villa with European neoclassical design …
These were all basic operations.
After many ballers bought villas, the first thing they did was to smash the walls and courtyard to change the exterior. They directly turned the designer's villa into a self-built house and even built a bunch of illegal buildings.
After all, not all rich people had good taste, but all rich people definitely had special customization requirements for villas.
Thus, the hilltop villas at Ming Yun Villas were in an awkward position.
With the renovation and unique design, the price was already much higher. Most importantly, many tycoons didn't like it.
The tycoon pondered for a moment. After buying the villa, he would have to tear down all the decorations and spend at least one or two million to renovate it. It would be better to just buy an unfinished house.
Going back and forth like this, the price-performance ratio was gone.
Thus, the mountaintop villas in Ming Yun Villas sold the worst. They could be said to be failures among failures.
It wasn't that the house wasn't good, but that no one wanted to buy it. There was a problem with the target customers.
However, Pei Qian felt that this place was not bad.
If he could open the restaurant here, wouldn't it be harder to be discovered?
It was even more secluded than the previous few shops!
In terms of feasibility, converting a villa into a restaurant required the approval of the relevant departments, mainly in terms of fire protection, hygiene, and other aspects.
That was easy to explain. Pei Qian opened a high-end restaurant, and all these were definitely done according to the relevant standards.
Secondly, he had to obtain the approval of the interested owners.
In other words, converting a villa into a restaurant might cause noise, disturb the residents, and vehicle management problems. It would affect the normal lives of the surrounding residents. He had to obtain the approval of the surrounding residents and the property management.
This shouldn't be a big problem.
That was because the villas on the hilltop were all alone. There were no other buildings around them, and they were not close to the villas at the foot of the mountain.
What's more, there were side doors nearby for the convenience of the residents of these hilltop villas so that vehicles could enter and exit easily.
It was impossible for many people to come here. At most, Pei Qian would bring his employees here for a meal. They would only eat, and there would be no activities like singing. They would disperse before 8 PM, and they would not disturb the residents.
Compared to the previous shops, this place was hidden deeper and harder to discover!
Who would have thought that there would be a restaurant hidden in the villas?
Pei Qian was very happy. Look, this was the light at the end of the tunnel.
He had given up on the locations he had found for the shops. In the blink of an eye, he had found a better location!
The only problem was whether he could rent this villa and how much it would cost. If he could not rent it, could he buy it?
The System stipulated that Pei Qian could not buy property on a large scale or speculate in real estate.
However, if he used the System Funds to buy a house to open a restaurant and put it under the company's name, it should not be a big problem, right?
At that thought, Pei Qian led Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan straight to Ming Yun Villas.
Zhang Yuan was even more confused.
What did Boss Pei mean?
He happened to walk around Ming Yun Villas and wanted to buy a villa for himself on a whim?
Yes, given Boss Pei's income, it would not be difficult for him to buy a villa here.
Zhang Yuan did not think too much about it. He just followed behind Pei Qian.
…
They arrived at the sales office and explained their intentions. The receptionist made a call, and the three of them drank some tea. After waiting for about half an hour, a manager with the surname Cui rushed over.
Manager Cui was still confused on the way. Why did customers take the initiative to come to the sales office today? That was really strange.
It was like people taking the initiative to go to the front desk of an insurance company to buy insurance. That was something new.
The villas at Ming Yun Villas had been on sale since the market opened. It had been almost a year since they were sold. Ballers who were interested would have bought them long ago. Why would they wait until now?
However, no matter what, it was a good thing to have customers. Even if they were not really buying and were just here to take a look, Pei Qian still had to entertain them.
After greeting Manager Cui, Pei Qian went straight to the point.
"Manager Cui, can I rent your hilltop villas?"
Manager Cui had just sat down and wanted to drink his tea, but he almost spat it out.
The young man in front of him was wearing a custom-made suit. He did not look like someone who was short of money. Why was he not here to buy but to rent?
Actually, according to the relevant regulations, developers could rent as long as they had ownership of the property.
However, who could afford to rent these villas?
If they really rented them at market price, they would have to rent them for twenty to thirty thousand yuan a month. Who would be so free to rent a villa in such a remote place? It was not suitable to stay here, was it?
Moreover, even if someone wanted to rent them, the developers would not be willing to.
These villas had been renovated meticulously. The swimming pool and all sorts of furniture outside had to be maintained regularly. Every once in a while, they would have to be cleaned. Who knew if a baller would take a fancy to them one day and sell them?
If they rented them to tenants, the maintenance of the villas aside, the developers would not care about the rent of twenty to thirty thousand yuan a month.
Manager Cui looked apologetic. "I'm very sorry, Sir. Our villas are only for sale, not for rent."
Pei Qian nodded, prepared for this. "Is that so? That's a pity."
"I can only buy them, then."
These words were meant for the System to hear. Look, it's not that I don't want to save money for the company. I've taken a fancy to this villa to open a restaurant, but they're only for sale and not for rent!
Manager Cui was confused.
What did he mean by it was a pity and he could only buy them?
Why did he sound so reluctant?
Pei Qian sipped his tea and asked, "I want to buy a villa on the hillside. I want to buy it under the company's name. How much would it cost?"
Manager Cui hurriedly said, "If it's our hilltop villas, the usable area would be close to 600 square meters. There would be an independent elevator, a swimming pool, a garden, and renovations. As for the price, it would be about twelve thousand yuan. The total price would be about 6.3 million yuan."
Pei Qian was silent for a moment. "That doesn't seem … expensive?"
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