Chapter 2702 - 2676: It’s No Big Deal

Yarebin looked out the window, Gao Yang stood behind Yarebin, and both of them fell silent.

Yarebin was surely contemplating many things, beautiful memories, painful memories, but whatever they were, Gao Yang felt it was best not to disturb Yarebin at this moment, as some things could only be borne alone.

Gao Yang quietly retreated, finally gently opened the door, and softly closed it again from the outside, letting out a long sigh, then turned to go downstairs.

As he was about to descend the staircase, Gao Yang saw Joseph coming up, so he paused to wait.

Joseph ascended the stairs and whispered to Gao Yang, "The residents of the other two rooms have been driven out. I also checked around; the price of this house should be around one hundred thousand US dollars. A very similar house just across the street sold for about eighty thousand dollars just recently."

Gao Yang nodded and whispered, "The housing prices here aren’t very high."

"It’s already not cheap. This is a tourist spot and after hosting the Winter Olympics, house prices have risen. But overall, one hundred thousand US dollars is definitely above market price."

Gao Yang nodded and said, "Okay, let’s go downstairs."

Gao Yang quickly walked down the stairs to the large living room.

The hostess was sitting on the sofa in the living room; because of Gao Yang and their demeanor, she appeared slightly uneasy. As soon as she saw Gao Yang coming down, she immediately stood up from the sofa, somewhat nervously clasping her hands as she watched Gao Yang.

Gao Yang stood in front of the hostess, gestured for her to sit down, and then sat down casually.

After the hostess sat down, Gao Yang calmly said, "Hello, you may call me Peter. May I ask how I should address you?"

"Vira Savronova."

"I want to buy your house, right now. Name your price."

"Okay, okay, ah, what?"

"I want to buy this house. Please name a price."

The hostess, surprised, stood up again, looked at Gao Yang in some panic, and said, "No, no, we’re not selling our house!"

Gao Yang smiled slightly and said, "Ms. Safonova, I need this house, I must buy this house. Perhaps you can call your husband back, as soon as possible."

Safonova said nervously, "I called him, he’ll be back soon!"

Gao Yang looked at his watch and said nonchalantly, "Could you call him again and ask him to come back within ten minutes? I’m a bit pressed for time and can’t wait too long."

Safonova swallowed, then whispered, "We’re not selling, not selling..."

Gao Yang gestured for the hostess to sit down, then said casually, "What does your husband do, can you tell me?"

"He works at the dock, we have a sailboat, he can take tourists out to sea in the summer."

"In the tourism industry, that’s great. How big is the sailboat?"

Safonova was about to answer when the door suddenly opened, and a man in his forties came in looking extremely wary.

Gao Yang was sitting in a single-seat sofa, Joseph stood solemnly behind him. The posture of the two indeed did not look like good people, at least not ordinary people, so the man entered and looked at them very vigilantly.

The backbone had returned, the hostess quickly greeted him, then whispered rapidly in his ear.

The man glanced at Joseph, did not sit down, and said to Gao Yang sternly, "You drove away our residents, may I ask what you are doing?"

Gao Yang met eyes with the man, smiled and said, "You can call me Peter, I now want to buy your house. Name a price."

The man, full of vigilance, said, "We’re not selling our house. Please leave, I’m not doing business with you. Please leave immediately or I’ll call the police!"

Gao Yang sighed, helplessly gestured, "Sit down, honestly, I think you should at least try to give me a price, perhaps no matter how high your price is, I might agree to it."

The man was somewhat angry, loudly said, "We’re not selling! Leave immediately!"

The man stepped towards Gao Yang aggressively, Joseph coldly extended his left hand, indicating the man not to come closer.

Gao Yang spread his hands and said, "This house is very important to me, and I want to solve this matter with money. If you don’t want to name a price, then I have to name one myself, two hundred thousand US dollars, ten thousand US dollars for the value of this house, and another ten thousand for your moving expenses. Do you agree?"

The man looked surprised, glanced at Gao Yang, thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "How much is two hundred thousand US dollars in rubles?"

Gao Yang said seriously, "At the current exchange rate, about one dollar equals fifty rubles."

The man replied seriously, "I know the exchange rate, I’m asking how much two hundred thousand US dollars is."

Gao Yang laughed, said seriously, "Ten million rubles, let me remind you, the ruble is plummeting against the dollar, and this is just the beginning, the ruble will fall even further, and I’m paying in US dollars. This is very advantageous for you. Let me remind you, your neighbor just sold their house for three million rubles, and that was when the ruble hadn’t fallen so much."

The man hesitated for a moment, then waved and said, "I don’t know what this has to do with anything. Our family is very attached to this place, so I’m not selling the house, not selling!"

Gao Yang sighed, saying, "Okay, I’ll put it another way. I’m buying your house at twice the normal market rate. Considering the exchange rate impact, I’m paying three times the price for your house. Let’s keep it straightforward, ignoring the exchange rate or market, I’ll offer three hundred thousand US dollars for your house."

The man looked to the hostess, who seemed interested but still looked a bit confused.

Gao Yang said seriously, "If you’re smart, you ought to know this is a sky-high price, you could take this money and buy several houses on the same street. Do you agree?"

The man slowly shook his head, then looked at Gao Yang, his eyes glinting, then suddenly said, "How will you pay me?"

"Anyway you want, your choice: cash, bank transfer, or payment in rubles at today’s exchange rate."

"I want rubles, according to today’s exchange rate, but I want five hundred thousand US dollars! Agree right now and we can sign the contract immediately."

Gao Yang laughed lightly and said to the man, "Three hundred thousand US dollars is a very high price. I don’t mind spending a bit more money to save some time, but making money isn’t easy for me, so if you think you’ve got me, I may choose to achieve my aims in other ways, sir, greed is not a good habit."

Gao Yang has money, but that doesn’t mean he’s a fool, and he won’t spoil anyone either. He’s willing to spend more, but that doesn’t mean he’s willing to be taken as a sucker.

The man took a deep breath, then nodded and said, "Alright! Sold to you! You give me the money, and we go handle the paperwork, right now!"