Chapter 188 Entering the Circle
Liu Ran glanced at her phone and mumbled to Chen Yang beside her, "Li Xiaomeng asked me to visit her home tomorrow. I guess she heard about tonight's gathering, which is how she contacted me. I wonder what Li Xiaomeng is doing right now?"
Chen Yang, while driving, advised Liu Ran, "Wife, you haven't seen your classmates for many years, and they've all changed. If you go, you can arrange to meet her outside. It might be inconvenient at their place, and what if there's any danger?"
Liu Ran chuckled at his words and then patted Chen Yang's shoulder, saying, "Alright, alright, Chen Yang, I know. I'll be careful from now on."
"How about this, I'll go see Li Xiaomeng tomorrow during the day. It should be safe then, right?"
"Besides, Li Xiaomeng's family is in real estate, right? It's a good chance for me to ask them where there are still cheap and beautiful villas for sale."
Chen Yang chuckled at this and said, "Ah! Get rid of the 'cheap' condition. In short, we only buy the best. The company has so much cash now, it's a waste not to spend it on buying property."
Liu Ran squinted and smiled, her eyebrows curved like the moon, making her incredibly beautiful.
The next day.
Liu Ran tidied herself up simply early in the morning. She was going to see an old classmate, so she felt a bit formal. After all, she and Li Xiaomeng had a very good relationship in high school.
Moreover, Liu Ran was in a genuinely good mood. Because when she woke up this morning, she found that the order volume for her cosmetics had already exceeded one million. The most crucial part was that the return rate for these one million orders was less than one percent.
This figure was astonishing.
In less than half a month, solely relying on one cosmetic product, it had generated a net profit of 250 million.
If it continued at this pace, her "Yangyangyang" brand design company would soon break the one-billion-yuan mark. At that point, it would be much easier for her to negotiate cooperation with other product manufacturers.
Putting down her phone, Liu Ran walked out. She didn't ask Chen Yang to drive her but took a taxi directly to Li Xiaomeng's villa.
With Lin Xiaoli as an anchor now, Liu Ran had become much more relaxed. She no longer needed to worry about everything at the company.
Twenty minutes later, the taxi arrived at Li Xiaomeng's villa.
Li Xiaomeng's home was located in the Third Ring Road of Qingzhou City. It was a bit far from the city center, but because there were no villas in the city center, or rather, villas were extremely rare, and the density of residential complexes was high.
Therefore, truly wealthy families would choose to live in locations that combined urban and suburban characteristics.
Many newly developed properties in this area were incredibly expensive, and the designs of these properties were excellent.
Liu Ran entered the villa area of Xinhuwan Residential Area, looking around with excitement and hope in her eyes.
Actually, before this, although Chen Yang had mentioned buying a villa, Liu Ran had still felt a little reluctant because the price of villas was too high.
Liu Ran felt that living in a house with a courtyard in an urban village was also quite good.
But now, after truly arriving in this villa area, Liu Ran was genuinely moved. She began to look forward to buying a villa with Chen Yang as soon as possible, one that was nestled by mountains and water, with convenient transportation, and filled with the fragrance of birds and flowers.
Within the villa area, besides facilities like rock gardens, lakes, and garden platforms, the most important thing was the excellent security. Children could play freely here. It was indeed a paradise. The lives of wealthy people were indeed good!
Liu Ran couldn't help but smile.
Li Xiaomeng's villa was just ahead. As she arrived and was about to press the doorbell, Li Xiaomeng walked out.
Li Xiaomeng immediately and warmly took Liu Ran's arm. The two old classmates seemed very close upon meeting. After entering the villa, they exchanged a few pleasantries.
Liu Ran immediately asked Li Xiaomeng, "Oh my goodness, Xiaomeng, what villas are currently for sale in Qingzhou City? To be honest, I was truly shocked after visiting your home today. Living in a villa is really great!"
Li Xiaomeng laughed heartily and said, "You've come to the right person. My family is in real estate, specializing in investigating high-end properties in Qingzhou City. I'll get you the information."
Although she was smiling on the surface, Li Xiaomeng inwardly felt a hint of coldness and sarcasm. She thought Liu Ran was just saying that to save face.
After all, how many families in Qingzhou City could afford a villa now? Not to mention Liu Ran, who was not favored in the Liu family.
Li Xiaomeng knew about Liu Ran's family background.
Although she was born into a relatively large family like the Lius, Li Xiaomeng knew very well that Liu Ran's family of three lived a very impoverished life.
A family with such conditions wanting to buy a villa, hehe, it seemed that the class beauty had changed over the years, becoming vain! She had actually learned to brag to bridge the gap between her and me.
Li Xiaomeng feigned politeness and handed Liu Ran a stack of brochures, pretending to introduce each villa to her.
Liu Ran, however, didn't perceive Li Xiaomeng's intentions. She took the brochures and began to compare them one by one.
"Oh dear! The villas in this development are built so beautifully, but the location is too remote. It takes an hour's drive from here to Qingzhou City's CBD."
"This one won't do. This development is closer, but the community is so small, and the houses are built too densely, so that's not good either."
Liu Ran compared development after development, and finally, her gaze stopped on a newly developed project. The name of this project was very ordinary, simply called Garden Community.
The Garden Community wasn't exceptionally large in area, but this Garden Community was entirely composed of villas, and they were not densely built. The entire community was indeed built like a large park.
Liu Ran's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "This Garden Community is really quite good! It's located on the Second Ring Road, within the city, and the environment in the community is just too good."
"This is practically living in a park! Okay, then let's choose the Garden Community! Are there still villas for sale in the Garden Community?"
Li Xiaomeng, sitting aside and watching Liu Ran flip through the brochures, couldn't help but sneer inwardly, mocking Liu Ran for pretending.
Now, hearing Liu Ran inquire about the Garden Community, Li Xiaomeng couldn't help but let out a laugh.
Li Xiaomeng said, "Liu Ran, the Garden Community is indeed very good, but do you know? The housing prices in this community are three times that of the neighboring communities! I mean three times that of the villas next door! Ordinary villas cost around fifty to sixty thousand yuan per square meter, while this place is one hundred and fifty thousand yuan per square meter. Even the smallest villa would cost nearly twenty million.
"The better villas in this community would go for forty million. You should be more down-to-earth and stop looking at these houses."
Liu Ran's eyes lit up upon hearing the price, and she mumbled, "So the best villas are only forty million! Oh dear! It doesn't seem too expensive then, does it?"
Li Xiaomeng, sitting on the sofa, felt even more scornful. She didn't want to bother with her old classmate anymore. She directly took out her phone and quickly and secretly sent a text message to Wang Hao.