Chapter 10 A Better Location

As Pei Qian walked, he pondered.

Several shops nearby were under renovation. This would significantly increase the risk of exposing the upscale restaurant if it were located in this area.

Thus, the addresses he had carefully selected a few days ago were all rendered useless.

As he walked, Pei Qian unconsciously arrived near the Mingyun Mountain Villa residential area.

Looking at the villas faintly visible on the hillside in the distance, Pei Qian fell into deep thought.

The Mingyun Mountain Villa residential area was built on a nameless hill (or perhaps it should just be called a small mound) on the outskirts of Jingzhou City. Most of the villas were at the foot of the hill, but a few were built halfway up, the so-called "mountaintop villas."

However, Pei Qian understood that the villas at Mingyun Mountain Villa weren't selling well, especially those built halfway up the mountain.

There were two main reasons for this.

First, the villas had almost no investment value because the total price was too high, and there were too few people capable of taking over the property.

Mingyun Mountain Villa was a suburban villa area, and anyone willing to take over a villa here would need to own at least one city property of equal value. Most people were also unwilling to live in the suburbs permanently.

If it was only used for vacations, staying there occasionally, the cost-effectiveness would be too low.

Therefore, it was easy to get stuck with it. Unless it was a super-rich tycoon who treated it as a pure consumer item, most wealthy people would not be inclined to buy here.

Second, the mountaintop villas at Mingyun Mountain Villa were modeled after foreign mountain villas. They were all specially designed by designers and came with high-end renovations, so the average price was much higher than the villas at the foot of the hill.

They even had an infinity pool built halfway up the mountain, emphasizing extravagance.

However, after they went on sale, most people weren't very receptive.

On the one hand, the average price was too high. On the other hand, most wealthy people who bought villas had special needs for the renovation. Some just couldn't stand the designer's plans and had to be unconventional.

Many wealthy people came up with layouts that were simply indescribable, such as putting Baroque furniture next to traditional Chinese tables, placing red sandalwood furniture in French villas, putting stone lions at the entrances of Mediterranean villas, building rockeries and koi ponds in courtyards, and playing with neoclassical European styles in Chinese villas...

These were all basic operations.

After buying a villa, the first thing many wealthy people did was smash the walls and courtyards to change the shape, turning the designer's villa into a self-built house and adding a bunch of illegal structures.

After all, not all wealthy people had great taste, but all wealthy people certainly had special customization needs for their villas.

Therefore, the mountaintop villas at Mingyun Mountain Villa were in a very awkward situation.

With the renovation and unique design, the price was already much higher, but many wealthy people didn't like it.

Wealthy people thought, "After buying this villa, I'd have to tear down all the renovations and spend at least another one or two million on redecorating. I might as well just buy a bare shell."

This way, there was no cost-effectiveness at all.

Therefore, these mountaintop villas at Mingyun Mountain Villa were the worst-selling, a complete failure.

To make matters worse, one piece of land in the residential area was for both commercial and residential use, so a small number of villas were of a commercial-residential nature. In terms of layout, these commercial-residential villas were closer to the northwest gate and separated from the other purely residential buildings, making them even more unpopular.

But Pei Qian thought this place was good?

If he could open a restaurant in this place, wouldn't it be even harder to find?

Even more hidden than the previous shop locations!

In terms of feasibility, commercial-residential villas could be used for commercial purposes, as long as fire protection, hygiene, and other aspects met the requirements of relevant departments.

Pei Qian was opening an upscale restaurant, so these would definitely be in accordance with relevant standards.

Secondly, it was also important to pay attention to the impact on the surrounding residents.

Restaurants might generate noise, disturb residents, and have problems with vehicle management, affecting the normal lives of the surrounding residents.

This shouldn't be a big problem either.

Because the commercial-residential villas were separated from the purely residential area, and the mountaintop villas were isolated, with no other buildings around.

In terms of planning, the commercial-residential villa area had a special side door for vehicles to enter and exit.

Not many people would come to this restaurant. At most, Pei Qian would bring his employees over for a meal. They would only eat, with no singing or other activities, and would be gone by 8 PM, so it wouldn't disturb the residents.

Compared to the previous shops, this place was more hidden and harder to find!

Who would have thought that there was a restaurant hidden in a residential area?

Pei Qian was very happy. See, this was a blessing in disguise.

The carefully selected shop locations were abandoned, but in the blink of an eye, he found a better location!

The only question was whether the villa could be rented, how much the rent was, and if it couldn't be rented, whether it could be bought.

The system stipulated that Pei Qian could not purchase real estate on a large scale or speculate on real estate.

But using system funds to buy a commercial-residential house to open a restaurant, under the company's name, was neither large-scale purchasing nor planning to speculate on real estate, so it shouldn't be a big problem, right?

Thinking of this, Pei Qian led Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan straight to Mingyun Mountain Villa.

Zhang Yuan was even more confused.

What did President Pei mean by this?

He just happened to be walking around Mingyun Mountain Villa, so on a whim, he wanted to buy a villa for himself to live in?

Well, with President Pei's income, buying a villa here certainly wasn't a difficult task.

Zhang Yuan didn't think too much and just followed behind Pei Qian.

...

After arriving at the sales office and explaining their intentions, the receptionist made a phone call. The three drank some tea and waited for about half an hour before a manager named Cui hurriedly arrived.

Manager Cui was wondering on the way over, how could there be customers who took the initiative to come to the sales office today? This was really rare.

It was like some people taking the initiative to run to the front desk of an insurance company to buy insurance, which was a rare occurrence.

These villas at Mingyun Mountain Villa had been on sale since they first opened, and they had been selling for almost a year since the handover. The wealthy people who were interested had already bought them. How could they wait until now?

But no matter what, it was always good to have customers come to the door, even if they weren't really buying, just coming to take a look. It was still necessary to receive them.

After greeting Manager Cui, Pei Qian went straight to the point.

"Manager Cui, can we rent the mountaintop villas here?"

Manager Cui had just sat down and wanted to take a sip of tea and almost spat it out.

The young man in front of him was wearing a custom-made suit and didn't look like he was short of money. Why wasn't he here to buy a house, but to rent one??

In fact, according to relevant regulations, as long as the developer had ownership of the house, it could be rented out.

But who could afford to rent these villas?

If they were rented out at the market price, each house would cost at least twenty to thirty thousand yuan a month to rent. Who was full enough to run to such a remote place to rent a villa? It wasn't suitable for permanent residence here either.

Moreover, even if someone wanted to rent, the developer wouldn't want to rent it out.

These villas were all luxuriously decorated, and the outdoor swimming pools and various furniture had to be maintained regularly. They had to be cleaned every once in a while. Who knew when a wealthy person might take a fancy to them and buy them?

Renting them out to tenants, not to mention the maintenance of the villas, the developer really didn't care about the twenty to thirty thousand yuan a month in rent.

Manager Cui said with a apologetic face, "I'm very sorry, sir, our villas are only for sale, not for rent."

Pei Qian nodded, prepared for this, "Is that so? That's too bad."

"Then I'll just have to buy it."

This was said to the system. "You see, it's not that I don't want to save costs for the company. I just took a fancy to this house to use as a restaurant, but they only sell it, they don't rent it!"

The Manager Cui across from him was a little dumbfounded.

What did he mean by "That's too bad, I'll just have to buy it??"

He sounded so unwilling??

Pei Qian took a sip of tea and casually asked about the price.

Manager Cui hurriedly said, "If it's our mountaintop villa, the usable area is about nearly 600 square meters, with a private elevator, swimming pool, garden, and renovation. The price is about 12,000 per square meter, and the total price is about 6.3 million."

Pei Qian was silent for a moment, "It doesn't seem... too expensive?"