That's how the question was asked, but if Su Yanxi could answer it, it must have been because she was absolutely certain.
“You…” The leading man was stunned by what he was said.
Realizing he was in an awkward situation, the man tried to salvage the situation, raising his voice even higher.
"So what if it's accurate? Anyone can give an estimate."
"Is this about the price tag? It's clearly about whether you can afford to pay that much money!"
Why are you shouting so loudly?
Su Yanxi touched her ear, her brows furrowing slightly, clearly showing her disdain for the other person's low manners.
“I not only know that the asking price is no more than 30 million, but I also know that the final transaction price of this house will be at least half of the asking price.”
When Su Yanxi was in the circle of wealthy wives, he also dabbled in investment a few times and bought a property once or twice. Because he had a good eye and a good grasp of market trends, he not only did not squander the allowance given to him by his parents-in-law, but also made a lot of money.
The older brother once jokingly said, "Yanxi, the money you and your sister-in-law made from your investments is enough to buy the chain of beauty salons you frequent, right?" But Su Yanxi and Cai Yuyan tacitly agreed and invested the money in Project Hope.
"Cut it in half...?" The man next to the leader glanced at the leader with a puzzled look.
Su Yanxi laughed and said, "Don't look at him, he can't explain it—only I understand the ins and outs."
"Besides understanding the intricacies between the asking price and the final transaction price, I also know that you are not actually the owners of the mansion. You are just intermediaries, renting out the property on behalf of the owners, right?"
Upon hearing this, the crew, who had been silently watching the drama unfold, finally erupted in uproar!
"You're a real estate agency?" The props team leader asked incredulously. Compared to his previous polite attitude, the leader seemed like a completely different person. "Then what's with the property certificate picture you showed me!?"
“Most of them are fake.” Su Yanxi rolled her eyes. “Without forging a property certificate, they can’t pretend to be the homeowner and scam tenants out of money.”
"No wonder he's acting like he cherishes the house—it's definitely a setup for staged accidents, isn't it?"
"Is that so?" The team leader's face darkened instantly. Despite her petite frame, she exuded an aura of authority and pointed at the two middle-aged men, demanding, "Show me the property ownership certificate."
"How could I dare?" The male production supervisor pushed up his thick-rimmed glasses and said bluntly, "Pictures are one thing, but forging documents is illegal."
The two middle-aged men were rendered speechless by the well-coordinated attacks of the crew members.
Su Yanxi patted the angry team leader on the shoulder, gently pulled the team leader aside, and continued to argue with the two men.
"Why are you so quiet now? Weren't you being very loud just now?" Su Yanxi's tone was indifferent, full of sarcasm. "Just tell me, how much would it cost to buy this building? If you're not the owner, then please have the owner come and talk to me."
"...Talk?" The leading man was still unwilling to back down, trying to save face. "Don't pretend to be an expert here. Don't you understand why the homeowner didn't manage it himself but instead asked us two brothers to act as his agents?"
"The owner of this house is not the kind of person you would meet!"
The man suddenly found the right way to argue, steered the conversation back on track, and continued to defend himself.
“I am not the homeowner—but so what? Doesn’t a proxy homeowner still have to be responsible for building maintenance?”
"The problem now is that your film crew did damage the building and dirty the walls! As the acting homeowner, is it wrong for me to stop you from causing damage?"
Chapter 34
“No problem.” Su Yanxi raised an eyebrow. “That’s why I asked from the beginning, how much does this house cost?”
“Our film crew is very busy and doesn’t have time to waste with you. Just go and ask the landlord directly, and tell him I want to buy this house.”
"You...?" The leading man didn't believe Su Yanxi had such a large budget, and sneered, "Little actress, I know you want to stand up for the crew, but I advise you to do what you can, don't—"
"Stop talking nonsense."
Su Yanxi interrupted the man's paternalistic speech with a sharp look and turned to look at Lin Xiaohai.
"Xiao Hai, bring me my wallet."
Stunned, Lin Xiaohai quickly lowered his head, rummaged through Su Yanxi's handbag, took out her wallet, and handed it to her.
Su Yanxi calmly accepted the money and asked the man, "Just tell me, how much deposit do you want?"
Seeing that Su Yanxi was serious, the man became somewhat intimidated and asked incredulously, "You're quite arrogant... Who exactly are you?"
“You can ask the landlord to ask me this question.” Su Yanxi casually pulled out a credit card from her wallet. “Let’s see if I knew your landlord first, or your landlord knew me first.”
Men aren't stupid. Judging from Su Yanxi's fearless demeanor, he guessed that the "little actor" in front of him was definitely not ordinary: either he had a powerful backer or a strong family background.
The man, trembling with fear, said to the other man, "Go tell the salesperson to bring the POS machine and swipe the two million deposit. Then notify the homeowner that the buyer has arrived."
Two million?
Su Yanxi feigned surprise.
"Do you look down on this house or on me?"
Su Yanxi held the card between her index and middle fingers and handed it to the man.
"Let's calculate it as 10% of 30 million, I'll give you 3 million."
Surrounded by the stunned onlookers of the entire crew, Su Yanxi paid three million yuan as a deposit for the house.
Zhou Tong, one of the onlookers, once thought Su Yanxi had gone mad. He whispered to her several times, telling her "don't be stubborn" and "it would be so much better to save this money instead of spending it." But Su Yanxi didn't care and insisted on taking the money from her card.
The calmest person was Lin Xiaohai. Having seen many grand occasions alongside the young mistress, he was practically ready to say, "Everyone, sit down, it's standard procedure." He had witnessed the young mistress casually swiping her penny for 50 million when buying a property, so what was a mere 3 million?
"The network connection is working, sir. Please swipe your card."
Before long, the salesperson arrived with a POS machine. After connecting the machine to the system, he respectfully held the POS machine with both hands and handed it to Su Yanxi.
Su Yanxi suddenly remembered something and paused in her motion to swipe her card.
"Okay, just a moment." He smiled politely at the male salesperson and subtly switched the card in his hand to another one. "Swipe this one."
The card he used just now was his, but the one he's using now is Bie Yunzong's black card. He has money and a credit limit on his card, but he just wants to use Bie Yunzong's card.
Why not use it? What's the point of leaving it there? Who knows when someone will use it to support their mistress?
He swiped the card skillfully and signed Bie Yunzong's name on the receipt: "Is that all?"
"Yes, yes." The salesperson tore off the receipt and handed it to Su Yanxi along with her business card. "This is the receipt and my contact information. Your information has been sent to the homeowner, and he will contact you when he has time; if you want to ask about the progress, you can call me."
"No need. I can pay you anytime, but there's no rush to transfer the property rights; during filming, I hope you won't interrupt our progress anymore."
Su Yanxi nonchalantly crumpled the business card and receipt into a ball and casually tossed them into the trash can next to her.
He put away his credit cards and wallet, walked up to the director who had been waiting for a long time, obediently lowered his head, and smiled humbly.
"Director, can we continue filming now?"
Su Yanxi is indeed quite extravagant and intimidating. The scene of her spending three million without batting an eye stunned everyone in the crew; while intimidating them, Su Yanxi also genuinely brought convenience to the crew.
The house has been acquired by Su Yanxi, so the production crew no longer needs to rent from two unscrupulous real estate agents on a daily basis! Not only does this save on costs, but it also allows for more flexible filming schedules.
The director can disregard the issue of set design and confidently arrange the easy-to-shoot scenes first, postponing the main events.
After adjusting the shooting schedule and content, the filming progressed rapidly. What was originally expected to take until 8 PM was completed by 6 PM!
"Su Su, you're amazing!" The props team leader, who had just received help from Su Yanxi, came over to greet her. "I've hooked up with a rich guy! This wealthy tycoon will help me make money!"
The team leader joked on purpose.
Su Yanxi was very cheerful and nodded without thinking, "Sure, I'll treat you to dinner another day. Let's have a meal at the Guangcheng TV Tower."
"No, no, no, I was just kidding!" The team leader patted Su Yanxi on the shoulder. "I should be the one treating you to dinner! Come on, come on, the team leader will treat you to tea."
If he had nothing to do, Su Yanxi wouldn't mind keeping him company. But just as he was about to agree, his phone, which he hadn't checked, rang again.
The caller ID shows "Z" – meaning vertical.
Su Yanxi thought for a moment and politely declined the team leader's offer: "Let's do it another day. I have some things to take care of and need to go back to the hotel first."
After a brief wave goodbye to the team leader, Su Yanxi led Lin Xiaohai back to the hotel via a shortcut alley.
They had just walked away when Xiang Mingyue, who should have left the filming location long ago, suddenly appeared.
Xiang Mingyue acted furtively, first craning his neck to confirm that Su Yanxi and her little follower had indeed left, and then, taking advantage of the fact that no one around was paying attention, he dragged the trash can into the bushes where he was hiding.
He endured his nausea and searched for a while before finally finding the thing that Su Yanxi had crumpled into a ball—the receipt!
Chapter 35
Unfold the crumpled receipt, and you'll see three elegantly written characters on it.
Don't allow it.
Author's Note:
Su Su: I never expected that someone would actually turn around and rummage through the trash can.
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After getting away from the crowd, Su Yanxi answered Bie Yunzong's call.
"Hello, who is it?"
He deliberately chose his tone, using only two words to express his cold and distant attitude.
Upon hearing this, Bie Yunzong on the other end of the phone whimpered like a wronged puppy: "It's me, honey... I haven't called for two days, don't you recognize me?"
Since Su Yanxi fled Beicheng early yesterday morning, Bie Yunzong has been ignored for two days.
For the past two days, Bie Yunzong has been sending Su Yanxi a constant stream of greetings on WeChat, like a regular assistant who checks in every morning, noon, and evening to make his presence known. However, no matter how thoughtful or clingy Bie Yunzong is, Su Yanxi simply reads his messages without replying.
Fearing he might further anger his wife, Bie Yunzong dared not rashly call her. If he hadn't received the transaction notification that morning, he wouldn't have even had an excuse to make the call.
"Wife, don't you recognize your precious, good husband...?"
Su Yanxi could guess Bie Yunzong's thoughts—otherwise she wouldn't have deliberately swiped Bie Yunzong's card.
After hearing Bie Yunzong's words, Su Yanxi rolled her eyes: "Who is my precious husband? I don't know him. If you have something to say, say it; otherwise, I'm hanging up."
"No, no, no—wife, don't hang up!"
"I saw the text message about the transaction, so I'm asking if you used my card."
“Yes, I swiped it. So what?” Su Yanxi was displeased, seeing everything she said as nitpicking. “Can’t I swipe your card?”
"No, that's not what I meant!" Bie Yunzong protested, "I just wanted to ask what fun things you bought? Are you short of money?"
"So what? You want to control what I buy? How about starting today, I scan my daily spending list and upload it to our cloud storage?"