Wang Lin was sitting in the car, driven by Uncle Zhong, wandering aimlessly on the old street.

He is here to find a house.

Tian Xiaoqing had already "selled" her to Wang Lin, so of course he wanted to find her a good house.

However, houses in this era are not easy to find.

Wang Lin went to see the export house specially.

In the 1990s, export housing was once synonymous with high quality, and with the need to buy it in foreign currency, it added a bit of mystery. The Gubei New District, which has concentrated export housing, was even rated as one of the "Top Ten New Landscapes of Shanghai in the 1990s".

In the advertisements for exported houses that year, these words can always be found: "The apartment design is in line with international standards" and "the kitchen and bathroom furniture adopts internationally renowned brands."

When many export-market houses were launched in the 1990s, the selling point was the full decoration of existing houses and property management.

For example, the equipment inside the house includes imported Hitachi air conditioners, Kohler sanitary ware, walkie-talkies, etc. The community has 24-hour patrols, video surveillance, etc.

These packages are not surprising at all when viewed today. But more than 20 years ago, many people heard it for the first time.

After all, at that time, everyone's concept of houses was still about carrying toilets and pavilions. Even if they could live in a two-bedroom public housing that was exclusively used by coal and bathroom, it was very good.

However, after seeing the export house, Wang Lin shook his head repeatedly, expressing his dislike.

Foreign-business houses have large areas, and the apartment types are generally between 150 and 200 square meters. Of course, the price is expensive. Two years ago, they had to be sold for RMB 100,000 each, but now the price has increased a lot. Some finely decorated export houses are sold for US$100,000 each.

No matter how expensive Wang Lin is, he can afford it. The problem is that the cost-effectiveness of the house is really not high.

Taking the apartment type as an example, in order to meet international standards, many exported houses are designed by designers from Europe or Xiangjiang.

However, due to different living habits, the orientation issue that people in Shanghai value most is often not valued in the types of exported houses.

Room types with kitchen and bathroom facing south and bedroom facing north are quite common, and there are even extremely awkward designs such as triangular bedrooms and windowless rooms.

Some export houses have straight-tube garbage passages in the corridors. The original design intention is that residents can pour garbage into concentrated garbage passages at the corner of the stairs without going downstairs.

But in Wang Lin's opinion, this design is a thunderburning. Because over time, Chinese kitchen waste will inevitably have an odor, and it will be so sour in summer!

Moreover, the community does not have walls, and the area is generally large, so the house rate is low and the room type is not good. Almost no one is satisfying Wang Lin.

Wang Lin decisively gave up the idea of ​​purchasing an exporter.

In this era, in addition to export housing, commercial housing was also commercial housing launched by the Housing Management Center.

Compared with exporters, domestic commercial housing is at the other extreme, with small houses, simple decoration and old-fashioned furniture.

How can this kind of house be used to hide the beauty in a golden house?

It’s better to live in a fundraising house in your own company!

It seems that we can only find a garden villa.

Before the 1990s, house purchases and sales in Shanghai were very inactive. On the one hand, the policies were not loose, and on the other hand, the people were not very motivated to buy houses because they had no money.

In the second half of 1988, Shencheng selected Huangpu District as a pilot area for selling old public housing, but only 20 households purchased rented old public housing.

Many employees want to buy a house, but they can’t afford it.

So there was a provident fund launched in 1991.

However, the rapid development of the real estate market in Shanghai has to wait until the Southern Talent in 1992.

Wang Lin was a little thirsty and had finished drinking the water in the car.

He saw a stall selling soy milk on the side of the road, so he called Uncle Zhong to stop the car and asked, "Uncle Zhong, get off the car and have a cup of soy milk?"

Uncle Zhong shook his head and said, "Mr. Wang, I am not thirsty."

Wang Lin got out of the car and came to the stall selling soy milk.

The vendor sells iced soy milk. Although it is a bit cool during this season, it has a unique taste.

Wang Lin bought a cup of iced soy milk and paid 20 cents.

At this time, a cute puppy ran over with cheerful steps.

This is a lively puppy, with snow-white hair, only a hazel on its forehead. It has a pointed and long mouth, sharp teeth and claws, a red and wet nose, triangular ears, and bright big eyes. It is like a snow white, so beautiful.

Behind him was a beauty in a long skirt. She ran and shouted: "Huanhuan! Huanhuan!"

The puppy turned around and wagged his tail at the beauty.

The beauty came over, squatted down and picked up the puppy: "Huanhuan, you can't run around! Mom won't catch up with you."

"Hahaha!" The vendor selling soy milk couldn't help laughing.

The beauty pointed at the vendor and said, "What are you laughing at?"

The vendor was a middle-aged man in his forties. He picked up a towel and wiped the stall, and smiled and said, "Who calls a dog and calls a mother? Can people give birth to dogs?"

The beautiful girl stamped her feet angrily: "You are insulting people! I want to sue you for slander!"

When the vendor saw Wang Lin standing beside him, he quickly called him to testify: "Comrade, have you heard it too? It was her who said that she was the mother of this dog! I did not insult her."

Wang Lin laughed while eating soy milk, "Well, I heard it."

The beauty glanced at Wang Lin: "Okay, you are in the same group! Two big men, what is the ability to bully a woman? Humph! No quality! Don't bother with you! Huanhuan, let's leave and ignore these people."

She held the puppy and turned away. The puppy's head poked out of the woman's arms and looked at Wang Lin behind her.

Wang Lin only cared about eating soy milk.

The vendor smiled and said, "Comrade, what kind of person do you mean? You may not be unable to give birth to a child? Raise a dog as a child? Can this dog give her a lasting life? Can she raise her old age?"

Wang Lin smiled and shook his head: "Brother, please say less! The trouble comes from the mouth! What do she care about raising a child? They didn't spend your money!"

After saying that, he threw the cup of soy milk he had drunk into the trash can next to him, then got into the car, and told Uncle Zhong to drive away.

The car slowly drove forward for a while, and Wang Lin suddenly saw a large wooden sign hanging on the wall of a villa next to the road with a line of words on it: "Jiu House is for sale, priced at 5 million yuan, no bargaining, If You Are the One."

Wang Lin couldn't help but become interested and asked Uncle Zhong to park the car. He got out of the car and walked to the door.

This is a European-style iron door, which is similar to the iron door of a porridge restaurant. The black paint on the iron door is also 80% new, and it seems that it is well maintained.

Wang Lin found the doorbell and rang it.

A middle-aged woman with a servant looked like a servant walked out of the room, came to the gate, and asked, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Lin pointed to the sign on the wall and asked, "Where is a house for sale?"

"It's our house. Sir, do you want to buy it? 5 million, no bargaining price."

"5 million is not expensive, can I go in and take a look?"

The servant glanced at the Mercedes-Benz parked on the road and nodded: "Please come in."

She opened the iron door and let Wang Lin in.

"Sir, please come here." The servant led the way in front.

Wang Lin nodded and looked around.

This house is similar to a porridge restaurant, with a villa and garden.

But this set is larger in area, and the Victorian style incorporates classical elements from our country. The spire is towering and the uneven walls are inlaid with colorful tiles. From a distance, it looks like a fantasy castle in a fairy tale. The red tiles, black and white wooden structures, simple exterior walls, and quaint English chimneys have a strong English aristocratic atmosphere.

The real large garden villas in Shanghai have become cultural activity centers such as museums or youth palaces.

There are not many large villas that can be traded.

The Wang family's other works that Wang Lin bought from Shang Liwen can be regarded as a fine work.

This villa is between Wang's family and the porridge restaurant.

But this house is priced at 5 million, which is even more expensive than Wang's family.

However, such a villa is hard to come by.

Wang Lin has seen it now. No matter whether it is expensive or not, he will definitely buy it.

In the spacious and bright living room, there were two men sitting, one foreigner and the other Chinese.

The servant stepped forward and said, "Sir, someone wants to see the house."

The foreigner said oh and looked at Wang Lin: "Welcome to my house. I want to sell this house, you can visit it casually. The price is 5 million yuan, not a penny."

Wang Lin said: "You are the owner of this house?"

"Of course it's mine! This is the house my grandfather left for me!" The foreigner spoke fluent Chinese, "My grandfather was the ambassador of England to the Qing Dynasty!"

Wang Lin thought it was no wonder, and asked again: "Sir, why do you want to sell this villa?"

The foreigner said impatiently: "I am going back to China! I will not come to Shencheng again in the future! It's that simple!"

Wang Lin nodded and visited the house under the guidance of the servant.

The decoration style of the house is all British, and all furniture and electrical appliances are imported.

The wooden spiral stair handrail is particularly scented.

Come to the second floor.

The servant knocked on the door of one of the bedrooms and said, "Madam, someone is visiting the house."

When the door opened, a white-haired puppy ran out.

Then a woman in a long skirt walked out, with a tall and slim figure, thin waist, and disproportionate to the scenery on her chest.

"Is it you?" The woman looked disgusted when she saw Wang Lin, "Are you going to buy this house?"

"Yes." Wang Lin nodded faintly.

The woman ran to the stairs and shouted downwards, "John! This house cannot be sold to him!"
To be continued...