Chapter 197 Take you to experience New Zealand
After the customer left, we also came out of the house in Juxyuan. The renter in Juxyuan was quite good. We didn’t blame us for disturbing her. We also said that selling the house was a big deal and she would try her best to cooperate.
If we sell the house within the contract period and have to compensate her for one month's rent, I want to say that it would be worth the compensation for such a good tenant.
What I never expected was that just this customer actually bought my house.
Originally, my house was quoted for 5.2 million yuan, but they asked the agent to bargain and hoped to buy it for 5 million yuan, but Jiang Xi killed a minimum of 5.1 million yuan. After three days and two nights of fighting with wisdom and heart, the other party agreed to buy our house for 5.1 million yuan.
This family is the owner of another high-end community nearby. They have their own school district house and their children are already in school. They buy this house. On the one hand, they feel that they have some money in their hands and it is too much to put it in the bank. It is better to keep the value and appreciate the value of the house. On the other hand, after two or three years, the male owner's parents will come to live, and it is very comfortable to live in Juxenyuan.
Later, the agent told us that this house could be sold, and there was a small episode here.
I really want to thank the agent for this matter. Because the client originally had only four million yuan, he planned to buy a house worth four million yuan there. As a result, the agent was persuaded to make him happy and bought my house worth about five million yuan.
In this case, the customer would have to bear a loan of one million, but the reason why the customer made up his mind to buy it was because my house was really good. Coupled with Jiang Xi's praise of his praising, the client and his wife became fascinated. They knew that they were under pressure to borrow a loan of one million, but they still bought it.
The agent said to them, "I will help you with a loan of 1.2 million yuan, so that you will have 200,000 yuan in working capital and your life will not be tense."
Of course, all this is tempted by the customer's income. They must think this plan is feasible. Although it is a bit stressful, it is only if you can afford it.
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, people who sold houses had several such experiences. They only had one customer and sold the house directly, and sold it at a satisfactory price.
When Xiao Guo learned that we sold a house that their professionals evaluated was 4.8 million yuan for 5.1 million yuan, she sent a WeChat voice and sighed deeply: "Oh, sister, you are so lucky! We are bigger and cheaper than your house, and the unit price is much lower than your house. There are several houses that the school district does not occupy, and some have not been sold for two or three years. You can sell it if you have a customer!"
Jiang Xi smiled happily and replied to her voice, "Grateful! Just luck! Thank you everyone for your help!"
Everything went smoothly afterwards. Before the money was received, Jiang Xi urged me to apply for a tourist visa for my whole family.
There are many materials required to apply for a visa. In addition to basic ID cards and passports, you also need to provide bank statements, asset certificates, and on-the-job certificates. The more assets there are in China, the more authentic the on-the-job certificates, and the smoother the visa approval will be. Anyway, you have to prove to the people in the embassy that you are just traveling and will not rely on their country. You are not a poor man who cannot survive in China, who wants to rely on their country to make a living.
But I don’t have a job certificate, which is a subtraction item, but fortunately, my family still has two properties, which is a plus item, because there are many fixed assets in China, and ordinary people will not be illegal smugglers.
So, I would like to thank us for having assets in the country and the family of three has successfully completed the tourist visa.
If you have a certificate of on-the-job, you are expected to be able to apply for a round-trip visa for the next five years. Now you don’t have a certificate of on-the-job visa and only have a three-year round-trip visa, but for our family, it is enough.
It was soon winter vacation. I hadn't passed the IELTS test and I didn't learn the car well, but Jiang Xi said, "Let's go to New Zealand first. If you really find a job, learn driving there and take the IELTS test. If you can't do it, you can still come back to live. Otherwise, if you can't do it, you can't learn the IELTS well, and we will never be able to go there in this life."
"Wife, you say anything good, listen to you!" I said with a smile.
In this way, our family of three went to New Zealand at the end of January 2018. We flew directly from Shanghai to Auckland and arrived on a 12-hour and 15-minute ride.
We chose to go to Auckland because Sun Zhengdong and his family settled in Auckland. When we go, we always have to join an acquaintance and feel much more at ease in everything.
Life is wonderful. As the saying goes, multiple friends and multiple paths are the truth. Therefore, when you can make friends, try not to make enemies. Even if you can’t make friends, don’t offend others. Of course, choosing a friend is like choosing a spouse. You must also keep your eyes wide open. It’s not important to have money or not, but good character is the most important.
Sun Zhengdong is a friend I almost missed. I am glad that Jiang Xi mentioned it, and I am glad that I didn’t miss it. Now we are here to join their family.
The first time I went to a country with a huge climate contrast, I had a variety of fresh experiences. The coldest time in China is the hottest time there.
Speaking of this, I think of some jokes. In July and August, people posted on their Moments that they enjoyed sunny beaches in Australia or New Zealand. Anyone with some knowledge knows that July and August are the winter in New Zealand and Australia, and the temperature is generally between 5 and 15 degrees. So... I advise those who like to post this kind of Moments that they check online before posting, and then post it!
And in January and February, New Zealand is just the sunshine and beach time, so when we went there, we wore down jackets, took off our clothes all the way on the plane and got off the plane.
Because I was prepared in advance, I wore short-sleeved clothes, which saved me the trouble of changing clothes.
When we arrived at Auckland Airport, our family of three left the airport and saw the scenery. Christmas has just passed here, and various Christmas decorations are left everywhere.
Imagine that there are no more snowflakes on Christmas, there are sunshine, coasts, cactus, and various swimsuits, straw hats, and beautiful big shots. Isn’t it a bit special?
Christmas just ended, it was New Year's Day in China. Many Christmas decorations have been removed, and replaced by Chinese knots, characters of blessing, and couplets.
Most of the sales staff at the airport are Chinese. I don’t know if they have always been Chinese, or if they hired many Chinese as salesmen during the New Year’s Day special session. A beautiful salesperson saw that our family of three took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello, welcome to Auckland. Do you want to buy some small gifts?"
What a guy, when I heard this accent, authentic Xuzhou Mandarin, my fellow countryman!
We responded to her smile, and then when I saw that the things she sold at the counter were Xuzhou sausages, Dezhou braised chicken, and... I was no longer interested in knowing.
After we walked past, another beautiful salesperson greeted us, "Do you want to see the local specialty products in New Zealand?"
When I heard it was a local specialty product in New Zealand, my family of three stopped to take a look. I saw the "Maori jade" written in Chinese and English, which should be a kind of jade from local Maori people; then there was a wool sweater. It looked like the wool should be good wool. There were many ranches in New Zealand, but that style, I think it was particularly similar to the wool sweater my mother wore when she was young... Well! Forget it, I won't look at it anymore.
As soon as we left the airport, the strong sunshine made the three of us uncomfortable for a moment. Sun Zhengdong's lover was very considerate and immediately gave us three, each with a big brim hat on it.
She said, "The UV rays are very strong here, so you have to do both sun protection and shade, otherwise you will get sunburned."
"Thank you!" Jiang Xi responded to her with a smile.
She smiled again and said, "You are welcome to experience life. We will take you around and feel it in the past few days."
"Thank you couple!" I also said with a smile.
Jiangdong and Dongxi were very excited all the way, but it became quiet now. He just pursed his lips and smiled. For children, this was just a fresh trip, but for us, it was a major choice in life.
Sitting in Sun Zhengdong's car, we chatted along the way.
Sun Zhengdong said, "As soon as we arrived in New Zealand, we sold a second-hand car. The second-hand car here is very cheap and circulating. Most people buy second-hand cars. For example, Volkswagen, like my family, only spent 40,000 yuan."
"That's really cheap!" I said, his car looks very good, and he feels that it can be sold for 100,000 or 80,000 yuan in China.
"When we first came to New Zealand, we originally planned to settle in Hamilton. The scenery was beautiful and quiet. We bought a house as soon as we got there, but before the fire opened, we had to buy it. Then we found that Hamilton, a big city that claims to be one of the major cities in New Zealand, has a total population of 200,000, which is about the same size as some of our small counties in China. We even felt like we came to a big countryside. In addition, we were unfamiliar with the land, so we drove around for three days but couldn't find a Chinese restaurant. During that time, we ate Western food every day and vomited, hahaha!"
Sun Zhengdong's lover smiled and continued, "Oh, we all have a Chinese stomach. When we first arrived here, we couldn't find a Chinese restaurant. I really felt that I was suffering because we couldn't eat a Chinese meal. Our family of three even shed a few tears. I wondered if we had chosen the wrong way and had to endure hardships here? Hahaha, after thinking about it, I had to be more mature and not so naive, hahaha!"
"How did you settle in Oakland later? Where is Hamilton's house?" Jiang Xi asked with a smile. It was also a pleasure to listen to their experience.
Sun Zhengdong said, "You guys talk, I have to concentrate on driving. The roads in New Zealand are basically fast lanes."
"Oh! Then you can concentrate on driving," I said.
Jiang Xi and Sun Zhengdong's lover were having a lot of chat.
Sun Zhengdong's lover said, "We lived in Hamilton for a few days and felt that we couldn't find a job and life was inconvenient, so we thought we had to go to Auckland, the largest city. Auckland has a population of 1.5 million, only one-tenth of Beijing's population, haha! But the entire New Zealand financial center is gathered here, and in addition to Christchurch, most of the IT companies are also gathered in Auckland."
"Oh!" Jiang Xi nodded while listening, and then interrupted, "It seems that if we want to stay, we have to settle in Auckland."
"Yes, I have to be in Auckland. It's hard to find a job elsewhere," Sun Zhengdong's lover sighed and said, "Ahem! When we were driving by the East Auckland area, we met a beef noodle restaurant. It was the first Chinese meal that our family of three had eaten after they came to Auckland for a week. Oh, I thought the beef noodle was so delicious at that time."
At this time, Sun Zhengdong interrupted, "I told my wife, let's stay in the East District of Auckland. Although this place is considered a suburb, at least you can eat beef noodles! Hahahaha!"
"Then why didn't you live in Auckland?" I asked subconsciously.
Sun Zhengdong's lover replied to him, "There is a bit messy in Auckland. Generally, singles like to live there. There are many apartment buildings and the rent is very expensive. At the same price, we can live in a big house a little further away. Anyway, we can drive, which is convenient."
When it comes to driving, Jiang Xi and I looked at each other and smiled. Neither of us can drive!
Sun Zhengdong's lover continued, "And there will be more chaotic nights in Auckland. More drunks fight and cause trouble, and it is also more noisy!"
"Are there many drunk people here?" Jiang Xi asked.
Sun Zhengdong's lover replied, "Oh, there are really many things underdeveloped here. For example, our Chinese nightlife is rich, such as skewers, ktvs, nightclubs, major hotels, and various game halls. There are very few entertainment venues here, and the most are bars. Those bored people mainly gather in bars to drink. Some idle people in society, or people with unsatisfactory life like to get drunk, and then shout on the street at night. Sometimes they will beat people for no reason, but after all, they are a few."
"Are there any troubles caused by racism?" Jiang Xi asked the question I wanted to ask.
Sun Zhengdong's lover said, "I have heard of this kind of thing, but we have been here for almost a year and have not encountered it yet. Basically, except for Maori people, we don't know much about it. New Zealand locals are very friendly. The foreign couple in our neighbor like fishing very much and always give us endless fish to eat. Sometimes we make dumplings for them. They always say that Chinese dumplings are so delicious! They are so delicious! I think it's because their diet is too monotonous, and they won't spit out thorns when they eat fish, so they don't eat smaller fish."
"Oh! That's great to get along well with locals!" Jiang Xi smiled, her eyes full of beautiful expectations.
While we were chatting in the car, suddenly, a police car came up behind us and blocked our way.
Chapter completed!