Chapter 15 Earn money to buy a house and marry a wife
Quancheng West Station Parking Lot
The sun is scorching hot and the outdoor temperature can reach over 35 degrees.
Fatty Chen hid under the shade of a tree, fiddling with his cell phone with one hand out of boredom, while his other fat hand kept fanning himself up and down.
Zuo Le walked closer with two bottles of ice water. Seeing Fatty Chen's appearance, he shook his head helplessly: "It's not like you don't have air conditioning in the car. You just wait in the car. Why did you come out to bask in the sun?"
Fatty Chen didn't care to reply. He grabbed the ice water from Zuo Le's hand and drank half of it in one gulp. He breathed a long sigh of relief before pouting at Zuo Le.
"We have nothing in common with you, a young man like you who is not married and has no children. You don't need to pay for gas to turn on the air conditioner. You can save money if you can live at home."
Zuo Le was puzzled: "Didn't Lao Fang approve a certain amount of gas cards every month? You don't like driving around, so it should be enough for you to refuel?"
"My car consumes a lot of fuel. Besides, doesn't your sister-in-law have a car... Ahem, don't talk nonsense, otherwise I will definitely have to deal with me."
Fatty Chen saw that he almost spilled the beans, so he quickly stopped talking and asked Zuo Le to wait while he ran to his car and turned on the air conditioner to dissipate the heat in the car.
Zuo Le looked at Fatty Chen busy with a wry smile, feeling full of emotion in his heart.
In fact, in terms of income, Fatty Chen earns a lot every month, at least several times more than Zuo Le, especially as a producer. Even if he does not deliberately engage in any evil deeds, the extra money that is tacitly accepted by some circles is
It can also make his mouth full of oil.
In addition, Fatty Chen's wife's salary is also good, and the couple's combined monthly income is close to six figures.
Even if they still have to pay off the mortgage and car loan, the remaining money is enough for the couple to be called a high-income family.
But for some reason, even though he is a middle-class elite, Fatty Chen's daily life is even more "poor" than Zuo Le, a member of the Quanpiao clan.
Zuo Le has known Fatty Chen for nearly three years. Apart from some official business and necessary favors, he has never seen Fatty Chen spend more than 500 yuan on him at one time.
However, although Fatty Chen is stingy about himself, he treats his wife and daughter very well and is never stingy in spending money.
Although he and Zuo Le talked about how the women in the family were ruining the family every day, the family fortune that he had worked so hard to save could not withstand their ruin every day.
But when it came time to actually spend money on his wife and daughter, including thousands of cosmetics, bags, toys, and cram schools, Fatty Chen took out his bank card without blinking.
As a result, Zuo Le sometimes muttered to himself, why he was Fatty Chen's brother instead of his wife and children...
However, it is precisely because of this that although Fatty Chen is usually stingy, his popularity in Taiwan is quite good, especially among women. Many female colleagues in Taiwan regard Fatty Chen as the benchmark for a good husband.
If Fatty Chen hadn't grown into a ball, lesbians wouldn't be able to keep talking, otherwise someone might actually poach Fatty Chen's wife.
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Zuo Le and Zuo Le waited outside the car for about ten minutes. Fatty Chen opened the door and felt inside, then sat down in the driver's seat and honked the horn.
After receiving the prompt, Zuo Le immediately opened the door and got into the passenger seat. He was suddenly blown by the cold air from the car's air conditioner and breathed out a comfortable breath.
Fatty Chen held the steering wheel, reversed the car skillfully and prepared to leave the parking lot, not forgetting to chat with Zuo Le.
"Let me tell you what you think. Buying a second-hand car now only costs tens of thousands of yuan. A little less than 18,000 yuan is enough. Your salary is not low, and you are single without a girlfriend. You don't spend money randomly.
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Logically speaking, even buying a new car is not a problem for you. Why do you still ask me to make a special trip to the train station to see someone off? It's not that I don't find it troublesome, it's really inconvenient to go back and forth.
Brother, tell me honestly if you don’t have enough money. If you don’t have enough money, I will find a way for you. I know a few friends who sell second-hand cars and I will keep it for you at the lowest price."
Then wouldn’t it be over if you just lend me the money?
Zuo Le complained in his heart, but he also knew that Fatty Chen was doing it for his own good, but...
"I do have the money to buy a car, but I haven't touched the steering wheel since I took the driver's license test in my junior year of college. With the traffic environment in Quancheng, I don't dare to drive it when buying a car."
Zuo Le scratched his head and expressed his concerns with some embarrassment.
"Is this a problem?"
Fatty Chen was defeated by Zuo Le's reasons, and patted the steering wheel in front of him with his fat hand: "Whatever we are sitting on, you can just drive it out and practice. Once you practice it a few times and get better at it, you will naturally dare to hit the road."
Zuo Le looked a little stunned when Fatty Chen said that. To be honest, he actually knew that this so-called reason for not buying a car was very far-fetched.
In fact, he was just lazy. When he thought about buying a car, selecting it, transferring the ownership, insuring it, getting a license plate, practicing driving and other troublesome things, Zuo Le would instinctively resist in his heart.
Anyway, I don’t lack the taxi money. I can also take the taxis of Fatty Chen and other colleagues and friends. Why spend all that time?
However, after being mentioned by Fatty Chen today, Zuo Le didn't want to deceive himself anymore. After all, when "Underground Traffic Station" starts shooting, he will definitely have a lot of things to do as a director. It is inevitable that he will have to travel everywhere, and it will be convenient to have a car to travel around.
Thinking of this, Zuo Le was no longer in a hurry to return to the TV station, and took Fatty Chen directly to the Quancheng second-hand car market to look at the car.
On the same day, Zuo Le took a fancy to a second-hand black Ping Lei car (fictitious brand). With Fatty Chen's negotiation, the deal was sold for 49,000, and the car dealer also covered the settlement, licensing and other handling fees and half a year's rent.
Insurance.
Zuo Le didn't dare to hit the road for the time being, so he could only drive his "new" car for a brief stroll around the second-hand car market. Then he left the car in the market temporarily and took Fatty Chen's car home.
In the following days, while Zuo Le was busy preparing for the crew, he used Fatty Chen's SUV to practice driving whenever he had time.
Half a week later, Zuo Le, who felt that his driving skills had greatly improved, took some time to go to the second-hand car market and drove back his Ping Lei.
Holding the steering wheel with both hands, Zuo Le drove along the evening streets of Quancheng. Although the speed was only about 30 yards, Director Zuo Da was still filled with great pride.
If you have a car, will your house be far behind?
In less than two minutes, the voice from the car radio shattered Director Zuo's illusions.
[House prices in Quancheng have fallen again, with the average price per square meter being less than 16,000 yuan. Aren’t you still tempted? Mingju Garden, the master’s original Mediterranean-style architecture... For details, please call the hotline, 862****7]
16,000 yuan per square meter!!!
Zuo Le thought about his bank card balance and wondered whether he could get the down payment for a bedroom.
The ideal is full, but the reality is cruel!
If you want to successfully start a family, start a business, and settle down in Quancheng, the provincial capital city, you may not be able to realize this wish before the age of 30 if you rely solely on Zuo Le's own efforts.
But he is not discouraged. Now we have a golden finger. Zuo Le still doesn't believe that he has such a chance and can't earn a house.
Thinking about this, Zuo Le had an even stronger desire to film "Underground Traffic Station" and give his director career a bright start.
