After Hu Zhihai had a good meal at the White Swan Hotel, Gu Kun sent Long Wu back to the boat to sleep.
Then he and Gu Pan got a standard room with two beds in the hotel and rested for one night.
After all, the White Swan is the first five-star hotel in China. In 1994, a night's stay cost more than 300 yuan. If he hadn't just earned hundreds of thousands, he would really be reluctant to part with it.
When she returned to the room, Gu Pan, who was staying in a high-end hotel for the first time, was so excited that she jumped up and down on her bed, throwing pillows and fighting. Her brother was not in good health and would not fight with her, so she would fight left and right by herself.
"Brother, I thought you would be frugal if you were rich, but I didn't expect you to be so willing to spend. This sofa and this bathroom are so high-end." After half an hour of tossing, Gu Pan had exhausted all his energy and finally calmed down a little.
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Gu Kun spread out on the sofa and complained softly: "If you think so well, I will let you stay in the hotel for one night, open a restaurant and see the world. Tomorrow we will find a way to rent a house or buy a house."
Gu Pan was surprised: "House? Are we going to live in Guangdong permanently in the future? You don't want to immigrate, do you?"
Gu Kun: "What are you thinking about? I just want to come here often in the future, and it is more convenient to have a place to stay. Besides, we still have two sonars on the ship that have not been shipped. This time it is because we took the initiative to declare taxes to the customs, so along the way
No inspections occurred.
But if you keep these things for a long time, or if you bring these things in and out of the country several times, aren't you asking for trouble? You must find a place to stay in Guangdong now. In the future, anything that is inconvenient to get rid of immediately will have a place to store it.
It’s called Cunning Rabbit Three Cave.”
Gu Pan seemed to understand, but decided to listen to his brother in everything.
She tilted her head and confirmed: "So, staying at a five-star hotel tonight is just a luxury to open my eyes?"
"Three hundred dollars is a small thing, the main thing is that it stinks so much - you can help me scrub it down later."
After Gu Kun operated on himself, he didn't dare to let his body get wet for six days. At most, he only dared to wash his hands and feet. It was really smelly. When they were discussing business in the afternoon and evening, he also realized that the other party was secretly tolerant.
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And even if you buy a house tomorrow, it is estimated that the houses in Guangdong in 1994 did not have water heaters or anything like that, and the sanitary conditions were also bad. It would be better to stay in a five-star hotel for one night and clean it up first.
After Gu Pan heard this, he tidied up a long desk and came out, laid out clean sheets and bath towels, asked his brother to lie down, put new gauze on his stomach, wrapped a waterproof tape, and then carefully used the hot water from the hotel and
Disinfect towels and help wipe other parts.
Gu Kun, who enjoyed hot water for the first time in six days, soon felt so comfortable that he fell into a deep sleep.
He was really tired and suffering these days.
The next day, he slept until he was about to check out at noon, when his sister called him up.
If Gu Pan hadn't been reluctant to spend an extra 300 yuan over the time limit, he might still be able to sleep.
"You are too stingy. It's rare to see me sleeping so well. 300 yuan is nothing." Gu Kun stretched out and asked his sister to help him put on his clothes and complained.
The Lee brand denim and linen shirt he was wearing had been hand-washed by his sister overnight last night. After all, it had not been washed for several days during the operation, and it had already become smelly.
In order to make it easier to take the luggage away, Gu Pan did something in a hurry: after washing the clothes last night and wringing them out, he used the hairdryer in the bathroom to dry the jeans thoroughly.
The new clothes in front of Gu Kun at this moment were just bought by Gu Pan when he went out this morning. They were an ordinary suit from Goldlion in Xiangjiang.
Gu Kun looked like a farmer-entrepreneur, but unfortunately he had no choice and could only be at the mercy of his sister.
While Gu Pan helped him put on his shoes, he lamented regretfully: "We just got rich, so we can't spend money randomly! You have already wasted a buffet breakfast coupon! The restaurant closed for breakfast at 10 o'clock, and you didn't even get to eat it!"
(It’s not that Gu Kun is acting like a master, it’s because he has an abdominal injury and can’t bend down, so he asked his sister to put on his shoes.)
Gu Kun shook his head, feeling quite relieved in his heart. After all, his sister had resisted the depravity brought about by sudden wealth.
Having wasted their buffet breakfast coupons, the brother and sister had no choice but to check out of the room and go out to eat.
Gu Kun randomly found a Cantonese-style tea restaurant that was open until noon, and ordered a bunch of steamer snacks that were always on hand, including steamed dumplings, siu mai and barbecued pork buns, etc., and completed breakfast and lunch by three, five, and two.
The owner of the tea restaurant kept recommending shrimp dumplings and crab roe shaomai to him, but Gu Kun refused because he was tired of eating them and insisted on having various beef, mutton and pork fillings.
The boss didn't know why, and thought he was a staunch carnivore. He was surprised and said: "Good guy, honey-glazed barbecued pork is five pieces at a time, and he eats a whole sesame oil chicken by himself. These northerners are so barbaric."
After dinner, Gu Pan asked for instructions on the next plan. Gu Kun said without hesitation: "Didn't I tell you yesterday that we should first settle the matter of settling down and get a house."
Gu Pan: "How to do it? This is a country with social attention, so buying and selling a house must be very complicated."
The domestic real estate market actually existed in 1988. At that time, Dongou City in Donghai Province first introduced commercial housing that was allowed to be bought and sold at 400 yuan per square meter. (Dongou is the famous real estate speculator city in later generations)
However, it was not until the late 1990s, when the state generally abolished the welfare housing allocation in urban demolition and replaced it with monetary resettlement, that the real estate market was fully activated.
Gu Kun had no relatives in the country and didn't have many options, so he called Xu Feng directly and asked him to help introduce him.
As expected, Xu Feng had a wide range of contacts, and he wanted to make acquaintance with Gu Kun. He got it done within a few hours, gave Gu Kun a number and address, and asked Gu Kun to contact him himself, saying that it was the kind of ready-made house that could be delivered at any time.
And the location is good, just near the port area of Nansha, which is very convenient for people like Gu Kun.
"Thank you, Brother Xu is just a generous person." Gu Kun thanked him on the phone, then took a taxi and took his sister to trade.
After arriving at the scene, Gu Kun learned that the houses were welfare houses approved by the customs government. However, the benefits of the customs were so generous that all employees were allocated enough houses, and in the end there were even more.
Therefore, the extra part will be taken back by the customs and distributed by itself. It will be reserved for new employees who will join in the future. They can be allocated rooms immediately, or they can be sold for takeout at the official price. There is no need to worry about the procedures.
This situation was normal in the mid-1990s. Many units with good benefits and good welfare would build houses in advance and keep them vacant. After recruiting well-established people to join the job, they would directly give them a house. It was so happy.
bubble.
But such units are definitely very few.
To give the most straightforward example, Xiao Sa, the host who joined CCTV in the mid-1990s, heard that he would be assigned a room after joining the job. At that time, he ran to the CCTV Human Resources Department and was told to queue up to get a number. There were people in front of him.
Hundreds of people lined up.
With CCTV's card, the queues are so long, who makes the housing in the capital scarce?
Houses in the city center of Guangdong, including the Huadu area, are actually very scarce. Even if there are commercial houses, they can be sold for one to two thousand yuan per square meter.
But the houses in the port area of Nansha are so many vacant houses because it is the southernmost suburb of Guangdong Province and is a real power unit such as the customs.
Moreover, you can’t just buy as much as you want. Even if you have money, you can only buy one set for one reason.
Otherwise, when Gu Kun saw the housing prices, he would have liked to buy eight or ten units and live there.
"The six-story small western-style building in Tianhou Temple in the port area has 45-square-meter apartments on the second to fourth floors, as well as 60-square-meter apartments. They are both priced at 700 yuan per square meter. You can go through the formalities after paying the money, and the purchase is limited to one unit."
At that time, the staff of the other party's logistics department introduced Gu Kun with a cold face.
"Then of course I want 60 square meters. The second floor is fine. I'm injured. The first floor is too damp and the stairs above are tiring." Gu Kun answered without hesitation.
The house seller looked at him like he was looking at a monster: "Buying a house is a lifelong matter. Isn't it better to just recuperate for two months? The third and fourth floors have good lighting and the same price, but they are in short supply."
This was actually something I shouldn't have said. They reminded me because Gu Kun was Xu Feng's friend.
"No, here is 42,000."
"There are also 3,000 yuan for pre-simple decoration. If the furniture is not moved, another 5,000 yuan will be added."
Well, it turns out that we now have such humanized service, and you can even check in with your bags.
Of course, Gu Kun wanted to save trouble, and finally bought five stacks of hundred-dollar bills on the spot, and bought the house for fifty thousand yuan, including the furniture.
Then, he ordered Chen Li and Long Wu to come over to clean up, and then transfer the remaining cargo on the ship.