Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 84
Jiang Ning whispered to Grandpa Jiang, “Grandpa, if it weren’t for the fact that the school asked us to participate in this competition, and my composition would actually be in the magazine, I was afraid of meeting a liar. How can there be such a high prize? I was afraid that it was a scam. I could not dare to come and accept the prize, but I was reluctant to part with the 1,000 yuan. So I wanted you to come with me. With you here, I am not afraid.”
She said, “Unexpectedly, I called the organizer in the morning and told the organizer that I only had two days off and would go back tomorrow. The organizer considered that I was not local and it was not easy to come to Shanghai, so he told me not to worry. We can just go to the hospital for a physical examination. They said that the award certificate will be sent to my school and the bonus would be directly transferred to my passbook. I went to the bank in the morning and saw that I was really rich.”
Jiang Ning pretended to be moved to tears and wiped the non-existent tears from the corner of her eyes. The leadership of the Shanghai government was so good. They didn’t engage in any fancy formalism and took our students’ most practical needs into consideration.
Grandpa Jiang originally doubted whether his eldest granddaughter might have been cheated, but the money was real.
Which liar didn’t even show his face and just sent money?
Grandpa Jiang believed it and exclaimed, “There is such a great leader?” He looked at this prosperous metropolis and sighed in his heart, no wonder they could develop Shanghai so well. The leaders of big cities did their best. It was extraordinary, everything started from the needs of the ordinary people at the bottom.
Grandpa Jiang was also moved to tears.
After that, she took him for a physical examination, and everything went very smoothly. There were not so many people doing physical examinations those days, and there was no need to queue up. They didn’t have breakfast in the morning, as some tests were to be done in a fasting state.
Grandpa Jiang had no doubt that these could all be reimbursed, but he kept a close hold of the bills along the way for fear of losing one. These were all money.
With this thousand yuan and his salary at the end of the year, it would be enough for his granddaughter’s tuition for the next semester.
Thinking of it, the heavy weight on his shoulders suddenly became lighter, and even his walking pace seemed much lighter.
The report did not come out so quickly. Jiang Ning’s time was limited and she had to leave the next day. They had to study in the evening. Taking the train was definitely not possible and they could only take a direct bus to Wucheng.
It would be much faster than taking the train.
After the physical examination, Jiang Ning took Grandpa Jiang to lunch, sent him back to the guest house, and told him that she was going to the municipal government. She said that the competition was jointly sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Government and the organizer. She was going to the city hall to sign stating that she had received the bonus.
“These bonuses are all given by the government. People who don’t sign will think they have been embezzled.”
At that time, Grandpa Jiang had no doubts about Jiang Ning’s winning of the prize. He told Jiang Ning that there was no need to worry. There could be bad people anywhere but not the public security bureau.
“Go, go, don’t worry about me, I’m old enough.” Grandpa Jiang wanted to take a good look at this prosperous metropolis at the door of the guest house.
Shanghai was better than what the educated youths who came to the countryside told him, and the leaders of Shanghai were also better.
Jiang Ning carried her schoolbag and hurriedly took a taxi to the address written on the billboard at the train station.
The place was really where chickens didn’t lay eggs and birds didn’t poop.
It was a completely undeveloped land, with only a few buildings standing there alone, and there were construction teams working around it, still building houses.
Jiang Ning went straight to the sales department. Before she got inside, a salesperson hurriedly came to greet her. When she saw a young girl in shabby clothes, her original excitement suddenly dimmed and she looked a little listless, “Are you here to find someone?” He pointed to the construction team, “If you are looking for someone, go over there.”
He thought she had family members moving bricks at the construction site.
Jiang Ning was looking at the several houses that had been built, and looked at the salesman with a smile, saying, “I’m here to buy a house.”
Unless one experienced it firsthand, it would be difficult to imagine that this future international metropolis and financial center of China was once in a state of ruin and waiting for development. Except for the dwarf-like port building next to it, the surroundings were still desolate.
Throughout the 1990s, Shanghai underwent rapid construction. Subways, elevated roads, and roads were being built. Smoke and dust filled the air throughout the city, especially in the east of Shanghai.
Jiang Ning didn’t care about the roaring machines at the construction site next to her or the bumpy roads. Instead, she looked at the completed buildings with interest and asked the salesperson, “Which buildings are for sale?”
The salesman, who was depressed and not very interested, asked in a listless tone, “Do you want to buy it?”
Jiang Ning said, “I saw your advertisement on the billboard at the train station, saying it had zero down payment.”
The salesman wanted to roll his eyes and pointed at the construction work going on next to her and said, “Hey, the houses for presale there are for zero down payment, but not these houses.” He added angrily, “Even if there is zero down payment, there are conditions. Do you think you can get zero down payment just by talking?”
He looked Jiang Ning up and down. “If you really want to buy it, call your parents.” He muttered, “I guess your parents can’t afford it.”
His tone was impatient, and he had some undisguised contempt for Jiang Ning.
His attitude was understandable. Jiang Ning’s clothes didn’t fit well, so it was natural for people to question whether she could afford to buy a house. The salesperson completely mistook Jiang Ning for coming there after seeing the words zero down payment.
“Zero down payment means zero down payment, but first, you need to have proof of employment and income issued by your workplace. If you come here empty-handed and try to trick me, you really think that zero down payment is a free gift?” The salesman rolled his eyes and didn’t want to talk to her anymore.
Seeing him like that, Jiang Ning didn’t waste time and went directly to the sales office inside. When the young salesman saw her walking straight inside, he didn’t follow. Instead, he remained outside, watching Jiang Ning sit there. The taxi that brought her drove away, leaving a trail of dust behind.
She couldn’t help but look at the scene around her where chickens didn’t lay eggs and birds didn’t poop, and she wondered how the houses there could be sold.
Moreover, their house was not an ordinary commercial residential house but an apartment house. First, it couldn’t be registered in Shanghai, and secondly, there wasn’t a school nearby. When people bought a house at that time, they considered if there was a school nearby. The house didn’t even have that near it. So how could it be sold, let alone houses in other districts? The person who bought a house could get a blue-printed household registration.
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