223: Buying a building in capital

Buying a building in capital

Now that Qin Yan had settled in the capital city, she wished to shift the headquarters of Starlight Entertainment to the capital. Naturally, as she had the capability to do so, she started to work on this matter.2

Qin Yan contacted Yun Jian and asked her for the contact details of their regular broker. In her life as Mo Ran, she had dealt with him previously as she was interested in real estate.

Yun Jian gave her the contact details and Qin Yan did not wait any further for calling the broker and deciding to meet him in person.

In the evening, Qin Yan walked to a cafe which was the place decided by both of them and found a young man between mid-twenty to late twenty. When the man saw her, he smiled at her respectfully until she was a few feet away from him. He greeted quickly, "Miss Qin!"

"Mr. Liu," Qin Yan nodded at him.

The two of them sat down. Liu Ran was the vice president of a real estate company, Star Fall Corp.

Mr. Liu glanced at Qin Yan and asked, "Miss Yun, she is your..?

"My friend!" Qin Yan replied.

Liu Ran nodded, "May I ask why Miss Qin is looking for me?"

Qin Yan ordered her favourite expresso and asked Liu Ran for his order. Liu Ran declined as he was not a great fan of coffee.

"I wanted to consult Mr. Liu to know if there is currently a building being sold in the capital right now?" Qin Yan asked while handing over the menu card to the waiter.

"A building? Why? Does Miss Qin want to start a business?" Liu Ran asked in turn.

Qin Yan didn't keep it a secret from him and answered, "That's right. I'm planning to start a business. I just need a building with a clean environment, an area where it is not too populated, and without any bad history or connection to the Underworld."

Liu Ran scratched his nose as he listened to her and took out his phone to search for the information that could help Qin Yan. After looking for a while, he finally replied, "I have a 14-floor building near XXX station. It is a bit populated since it's near the train station, but it has a clean background and environment. I also have a 17-storey building. But that building is being auctioned off tomorrow."

14-storey building... It was good enough. However, the area was too populated since it was near the train station. Although Qin Yan was attracted to it, she couldn't compromise her artists' safety. The biggest problem with this property would be that there would be traffic and fans camping outside.

In the end, Qin Yan went to the auction with Liu Ran the next day.

Several people had already arrived and sat at their table, waiting for the auction to begin. Everyone was wearing designer suits and shoes and glamorous jewelry to flaunt their wealth in front of the other competitors.

"The air in here is really thick and stiff. Do you think you'll be able to get the building you want in the end?" Liu Ran led Qin Yan to a table where two other people were already seated. He greeted the two which they reciprocated with a nod and a few curious glances on Qin Yan.

Up ahead, the stage lightened up and the noises coming from the murmur of the guests and bidders went silent abruptly. It would only take a single pin to drop to the floor to break the silence.

"Good evening, everyone. I have made you all wait. But don't worry, the wait is no more as I will immediately announce the first batch of the precious items about to be presented to all of you. Now, get your paddle ready and let's start this auction peacefully," The host smiled at the audience in front before waving his hand as a signal for the first item to be brought out.

In this auction, anything of value and authenticity could be sold and auctioned off. However, the host would be the one to arrange whether an item was worthy to be auctioned off now or later no matter what background the seller had. This was the rule of the Iron Wind Auction House.

Besides that, they never ever took any living item in their auction items list. That kind of auction was not something the owner would ever consider even if someone were to offer him a huge amount of money.

Soon, the items came out one by one and bidders started to shove their paddle upwards, raising the amount the auctioneer first announced. The first item was sold at 800,000 yuan, the second was sold at 3.4 million yuan, and the next was not lesser than the first and second. On the contrary, the amount the bidders put on these items increased by a lot.

And by the time that the seventh item was brought out to the stage, Qin Yan saw the deed of land and building she wanted. It was the 17th-storey building that Liu Ran introduced to her.

And compared to the fervent and excited state of the bidders from earlier, the people who bid for the building were no less than four, including Qin Yan.

"Eighteen million," A middle-aged man said as he raised his number plate. The amount was neither too big nor small.

Originally, the value of the building was only 12 million yuan. Now it was almost twenty million yuan.

"Twenty-two million," another person said. This time, a younger man raised his number plate. He wore a business suit and had his dark brown hair combed back. He glanced at the middle-aged man provokingly.

Qin Yan watched the two of them. It was like watching two dogs fight over a T-steak golden bone. As she was thinking of this, the third bidder raised the amount again.

30 million yuan!

The building's bid price rose almost thrice the amount it was first announced!

The other bidders at their table couldn't help but enjoy the show. They had no interest in this building that was left behind by a president who couldn't manage his assets and had gone bankrupt eventually. They had several company buildings already, so they were naturally not that interested.

But the show must go on.

When the two men competing against each other heard the third bidder, a woman, they glared at her. Thirty million yuan was too much. They had the money, but they didn't have to waste it on this building that was once occupied by a bankrupted president. In truth, the two males just hated each other and wanted to beat the other so they increased the bidding price.

When the auctioneer saw this, he thought that the woman was really generous. Thirty million would be wasted on this building. Anyway, it wasn't his money so he wasn't too worried about it.

Just as the auctioneer was about to close the bidding and everyone gripped their hands as they wanted to see the next item, a soft voice with a tinge of huskiness sounded inside the hall, captivating the ears of everyone.

"40 million."

Qin Yan's voice was not too loud nor too low. It was enough to capture everyone's attention back to her when they were just shocked at the third bidder's bid price.

"Oh my god! Did you hear what she said?"

"40 million!"

"Is she serious?"

Many weren't shocked at the amount itself. Rather, they were surprised that someone would offer 40 million for that building. If they had known that someone was so reckless and wanted to spend their money, they would have sold the buildings they didn't want in their assets that day to get some cash out of it.

The woman who offered 30 million yuan glanced at their table and because Liu Ran was sitting next to Qin Yan, his figure blocked her from the woman's sight.

"Miss Juan, it seems that we can only give up this building," a man looked at Juan Shizen and said expressionlessly. "But if you want that building, we can talk to that lady and ask her to give it to you."

Juan Shizen took her eyes away from Qin Yan's table and sighed. "That building and I aren't destined. There's no need for me to fight over it."

Juan Shizen knew what the man was saying. She could use her name and family background to take the building away from the lady. Just one mention of her grandfather, Elder Juan, the General Major of the country, no one would dare not show her grandfather face and give up whatever she wanted to take in this auction.

However, Juan Shizen wasn't like her siblings and cousins who would do that. That kind of method of bullying others by using her grandfather's name was too childish.

Sighing, Juan Shizen glanced at the man on her side and thought that this blind date was a failure. The man was too arrogant and was already thinking of using her grandfather's name even though they had just met each other that day.

But Juan Shizen was quite curious about the lady who offered 40 million just now. Maybe they could meet someday if they were destined to see each other again.

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