The Wizard's Journey Begins in a Courtyard House

Chapter 77 Housing Allocation Turns into Home Purchase

Li Huaide's proposed solution, in essence, is to transform housing allocation into homeownership.

While it's true that housing allocation requires adherence to the factory's regulations, there's no such restriction on buying a house.

At first glance, this method seems to solve all the problems, but there is a big problem with it.

That means the empty houses in the courtyard belong to the steel rolling mill, which is the company's public housing.

This type of housing is different from public housing belonging to the same neighborhood.

While it's permissible to buy out public housing units in urban areas, it's rare to buy out public housing units in factories.

Because employees can live in the houses allocated by the steel rolling mill indefinitely, and they don't even need to pay rent.

This is no different from private property, and there's no need to pay a buyout fee.

Therefore, people like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong who worked at the steel rolling mill never thought of converting their public housing into private property.

Later, as housing became scarce in Beijing, the steel mill stopped buying out public housing in order to ensure sufficient housing allocation.

Even now, although no explicit regulations have been issued, it is tacitly accepted by the leadership.

Everyone is complying.

Li Huaide's proposed solution is now skirting the line.

Although it can't be called a clear violation, if it's discovered, you'll still inevitably get some criticism.

Although Wang Mingxin wanted to refuse, he thought that he had already refused the other party once, and if he refused again, he would really offend the person.

Thinking of this, Wang Mingxin suddenly gritted his teeth;

"Alright, let's do it the way Director Li suggested this time."

In the end, Wang Mingxin compromised.

Upon hearing his words, Li Huaide's face immediately broke into a smile, a smug look flashing in his eyes.

Since Wang Mingxin was able to compromise today, there is still a chance to win him over in the future if we find a way.

Although Li Huaide is currently only the deputy director of the logistics department, his ambitions go far beyond that.

Just when Wang Mingxin thought the matter was over, Li Huaide suddenly seemed to have thought of something else.

He took the information about the courtyard house from Wang Mingxin and turned to the section on the backyard.

Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in his eyes;

"Old Wang, I see an empty area between these two side rooms and the west wing. I remember there used to be a small house here, but it collapsed due to disrepair over the years."

How about selling this collapsed room to my nephew as well?

Upon hearing this, a strange look flashed across Li Qin's face;

He had just looked at the information and knew that there was indeed an empty area between the two side rooms and the west wing.

But there were absolutely no collapsed rooms.

Now that Li Huaide is saying this, it's clear he wants to buy the empty areas as well, and then build a house there himself.

Although this area is not large enough to build a big house, it is more than enough to build a kitchen.

In this way, both side rooms can be used as bedrooms and living rooms.

"It seems that having this adopted uncle was really worthwhile."

Li Qin glanced at Li Huaide with a complicated expression.

As the head of the Housing Management Section, Wang Mingxin was naturally well-informed and knowledgeable.

He immediately understood Li Huaide's intention, glanced at Li Qin with a complicated expression, and finally nodded with a hint of helplessness.

Once you compromise the first time, you'll do it countless times.

Both side rooms have been sold, so selling a little more vacant land now isn't a big deal.

At this point, the matter was completely settled.

All that's left is to pay the money, then the housing management department will issue a certificate, and at the same time, reorganize the documents to make the matter as reasonable as possible.

Moreover, there will be no obvious vulnerabilities.

Wang Mingxin assigned all these tasks to Xiao Zhao, who had just come in to deliver the documents.

"Xiao Qin, go with this young man to complete the formalities."

Li Huaide took an envelope out of his pocket and handed it to Li Qin.

Li Qin's expression froze for a moment;

He recognized it immediately; the envelope was the one he had left at Li Huaide's house the night before, and it contained six hundred yuan.

Consider it the money he paid for his workstation.

Unexpectedly, Li Huaide returned the envelope to him in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, judging by its appearance, the envelope seemed to be thicker than when he sent it out last night.

In other words, Li Huaide not only returned the six hundred yuan, but also added some money to it.

Although he was surprised, Li Qin did not take the envelope;

"Uncle Li, I still have money on me, enough to buy a house."

"I'm your uncle, so take it. Keep your money safe; you'll need it to get married someday."

Li Huaide ignored Li Qin's reaction and gave him no chance to refuse, directly stuffing the envelope into Li Qin's hand.

This left Li Qin somewhat bewildered.

Li Qin looked at the envelope in his hand, then at Li Huaide, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face;

"Thank you, Uncle Li!"

In the end, Li Qin did not refuse Li Huaide's kindness.

He's a simple person; since Li Huaide is genuinely kind to him, he'll just go along with it.

In the future, we can repay them with the same sincerity.

Seeing that Li Qin no longer refused, a satisfied smile immediately appeared on Li Huaide's face;

"You go ahead and do your work. I'll talk to Lao Wang here."

Li Qin nodded, then greeted Wang Mingxin before walking out of the office.

Meanwhile, the clerk named Xiao Zhao was waiting for Li Qin at the door.

"Brother Zhao, thank you for your help."

After Li Qin closed the door, he immediately spoke to the clerk surnamed Zhao.

The person who was assigned by Wang Mingxin to handle the house purchase must be a trusted confidant of Wang Mingxin, and Li Qin naturally wouldn't underestimate him.

At this moment, the clerk surnamed Zhao smiled and nodded at Li Qin;

"You're too kind. It's just part of my job, nothing to bother you."

The clerk surnamed Zhao clearly saw the actions between Li Qin and Li Huaide, and also heard how they addressed each other.

In addition, both Li Qin and Li Huaide share the surname Li.

The clerk surnamed Zhao would naturally not put on airs in front of Li Qin.

And so, with both of them wanting to avoid offending each other and to try their best to befriend each other, they quickly became acquainted.

As for buying the house, it was naturally completed smoothly.

The two side rooms, plus a small open space, cost a total of seven hundred and fifty yuan.

However, the envelope that Li Huaide had just given him contained eight hundred yuan.

It's two hundred yuan more than when he gave it to me last night, and now I have fifty yuan left after buying the house.

Although he spent nearly a thousand yuan at once, Li Qin knew very well that this price was not too much at all.

According to his understanding, the current rate is 300 yuan per room, so two rooms alone would cost 600 yuan.

The last 150 yuan was used to buy that vacant lot of about 10 square meters.

By the time all the formalities, certificates, and other documents were completed, more than half an hour had passed.

"Li Qin, all these documents are in duplicate. One copy will be kept in the Housing Management Section for filing, and the other copy will be submitted to the Subdistrict Office with you later."

With this document, they can issue you a private property certificate.

Li Qin wasn't clear about these procedures, so he didn't say much and just left it to the professionals.