At the entrance of Xingcheng Bank.
Lin Yang parked the car and walked into the bank with Xiao Li.
“Buzz buzz…”
Just then, Xiao Li’s phone rang.
She took out her phone, glanced at it, and said apologetically,
“Brother Lin, I have an urgent call. Please go in and wait for a bit. I’ll be right in after I finish the call.”
“Alright.”
Lin Yang responded and walked into the bank alone.
“Lin Yang, it really is you!”
As soon as Lin Yang entered the bank, a man in a black suit, with his hair meticulously combed, and about the same age as him, came to greet him.
“Zhang Jun?”
“That’s right, it’s me. What business are you here for at the bank?”
Lin Yang didn’t expect to run into an old classmate at the bank.
Zhang Jun was his college classmate. Their relationship was the kind where they would greet each other when they met, but wouldn’t contact each other otherwise—neither good nor bad.
Although both were in Xing City after graduation, they had never been in touch.
Lin Yang glanced at the work badge on his chest: “Lobby Manager.”
Their major in college was mechanical manufacturing, which had nothing to do with banking.
It was truly unexpected that Zhang Jun actually got a job in a difficult-to-enter unit like a bank.
Lin Yang smiled and said,
“You’re doing well, actually working in a bank.”
“Not at all, just good luck.”
Zhang Jun said it casually, but his face was full of pride.
He looked around and, seeing no one else nearby, whispered in Lin Yang’s ear,
“My aunt is a leader at the bank; she got me in. You had the best grades back then, so your job must be good now, right?”
Lin Yang smiled:
“I lost my job a few days ago, so I’m just an unemployed person now, far worse than you.”
“How about this, I’ll talk to my aunt and ask her to help you find a bank call center job? Although it’s outsourced, the benefits and treatment are only slightly worse than a regular employee like me.”
“No need, thank you.”
As far as Lin Yang knew, although both worked in the bank, there was a world of difference between outsourced and regular employees.
All the dirty, tiring, and undesirable work was done by outsourced employees, and not only that, their salary wasn’t even half of a regular employee’s.
Not to mention he now had the Daily Intelligence System, easily earning hundreds of thousands a day; even before he had the system, he wouldn’t have looked down on such a job.
Zhang Jun actually took his casual joke about being unemployed seriously.
“Xiao Li, what took you so long? Manager Wang has been waiting in the VIP room for a long time!”
Just then, Xiao Li finished her call and walked into the bank.
Zhang Jun saw her and greeted her enthusiastically:
“Why are you alone? Where’s the boss you mentioned on the phone who wants to mortgage five properties for a loan?”
“Brother Lin is right here!”
“Brother Lin?”
Zhang Jun looked at Xiao Li with a puzzled expression.
“Yes, Brother Lin is the one who wants to mortgage his properties for a loan.”
“You, you, you mean Lin Yang is the Brother Lin you’re talking about?”
“That’s right. Brother Lin is short on cash after looking at five properties, so he wants to come and get a loan.”
After Zhang Jun confirmed that the Brother Lin Xiao Li was referring to was Lin Yang, his face turned as red as a monkey’s backside.
The thought of how he had just been so superior, wanting to introduce Lin Yang to an outsourced call center job, made him so embarrassed he wished he could dig a hole and crawl into it.
Although houses in Xing City were cheap, one unit cost at least several hundred thousand. Someone who could own five properties just a few years after graduation wouldn’t need him to introduce a job.
As Lin Yang’s classmate, and with the advantage of being a local, he was still working hard to save for a down payment on a house.
Meanwhile, Lin Yang not only already had five properties but was also preparing to buy more.
The two simply couldn’t be compared.
Zhang Jun’s brief feeling of superiority vanished instantly upon learning about Lin Yang’s situation.
“Phew…”
He took a deep breath, calmed his inner embarrassment, and said with a smile,
“Old classmate, turns out you’re the one who’s doing well! Come on, I’ll take you to the VIP room.”
Zhang Jun bent over and made a gesture to invite them, leading the way and taking Lin Yang and Xiao Li to the VIP room.
The bank lobby had stainless steel seats, while the VIP room had large leather sofas.
In front of the sofa was a coffee table with herbal tea, fruit, and exquisite pastries.
A middle-aged man sat on one side of the sofa.
“Manager Wang, I’ve brought my old classmate. He’s the one who needs to handle a mortgage loan.”
“Xiao Zhang, you have such capable classmates! Very good, very good.”
“Clap, clap…”
Zhang Jun patted the sofa opposite Manager Wang a few times and said with an eager smile,
“Old classmate, sit here.”
Lin Yang nodded. As soon as he sat down, Zhang Jun picked up the teapot, poured a cup of herbal tea, and offered it to him:
“It’s hot; have some water to quench your thirst.”
“Alright, Xiao Zhang, you go ahead and get busy. I’ll entertain Boss Lin.”
“Oh, alright, Manager Wang. Just call me if you need anything.”
Zhang Jun responded and quickly left, gently closing the door behind him.
Lin Yang smiled. Money truly was a good thing. The difference in Zhang Jun’s attitude before and after knowing he had five properties was truly vast.
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Xing City Planning Bureau Office.
Shi Cong looked at the urban renewal plan in his hand, deep in thought.
“I wonder how many people will get rich overnight from this demolition. It’s a pity I’m not one of them.”
As a staff member working in the planning bureau, he could always know about urban planning in advance.
Where there would be demolition, where there would be old town renovation.
However, he was just a small employee, and even if he knew this information in advance, he wouldn’t dare to easily disclose it.
If he were found out, it wouldn’t be as simple as just losing his job.
More importantly, he had only been working for a few years and didn’t have much money, so even if he wanted to make early arrangements, he was powerless.
“Buzz buzz…”
Just then, his phone’s message notification sounded.
He glanced at it; it was from his good friend, Zhang Jun.
“Do you still remember Lin Yang from our class?”
“I remember him. His family background didn’t seem very good. No connections, no background, and even though his grades were excellent, he didn’t find a good job after graduation. I think he went to a small factory to be a technician.”
“That’s right, it’s him. He just came to our bank to apply for a loan.”
“What, got some gossip?”
“Go away, go away! He’s not overdue on online loans or anything like that. He came to apply for a mortgage loan. I’m telling you, he actually has five properties in Jinling Community!
As classmates, I had to get my down payment from home, and I’m still paying off my loan every month. How does he already have five properties?”
“What community did you say?”
Shi Cong only heard the words “Jinling Community”; he didn’t see any other words.
“Jinling Community! Although it’s an old community, one property costs about five hundred thousand. How is he so amazing, buying five at once?!”
After confirming it was Jinling Community, only Shi Cong knew the shock in his heart.
He had a demolition notice in his hand that was about to be released, and the community slated for demolition was Jinling Community.
Don’t look at how five properties in Jinling Community are only worth two to three million now; the compensation received after demolition would be at least tens of millions.
“Wait, you said Lin Yang wants to mortgage for a loan to buy a house. What community is the new house he wants to buy in?”
“Jinling Community, why?”
Shi Cong didn’t reply to the message. He suddenly realized a problem: since Lin Yang had money, why wouldn’t he buy a new house in a new community, but instead buy an old, dilapidated one?
There was only one explanation: he had received advance notice that Jinling Community was about to be demolished.
People who could receive advance notice were not simple. Did he have some hidden connections?
If he could befriend him, wouldn’t Lin Yang be able to help him get a promotion by speaking a few good words for him in the future?
He immediately pulled up their college class group, found Lin Yang’s WeChat, and prepared to add him as a friend.
After thinking for a moment, he still didn’t add him. Instead, he sent a message in the group.
“@Everyone, it’s been a few years since graduation. Which classmates are still in Xing City? Let’s all get together sometime!”