This “Brother Xing” was none other than Wei Xinghuo, Xu Fei’s old rival from their military days.
Though Wangjing Tower was a Yao family property, the Yao family had a vast array of holdings, and each property involved a complex web of diverse operations.
While the Yao family might dominate the real estate industry, they weren’t as strong in other areas, so they often outsourced various aspects of their business to contractors.
Normally, no one would have the clout to take on the property management contract for Wangjing Tower, but Wei Xinghuo had managed it thanks to his godfather’s influence.
Just moments ago, he’d been about to head out when he received a report about an office rental request at Wangjing Tower.
At first, Wei Xinghuo didn’t pay it much mind, figuring he’d glance it over, approve it if it seemed fine, and move on.
But when he reached the end and saw the applicant’s name, his pupils dilated in an instant.
“Xu Fei? Hmph! I’ve been looking everywhere for you, and now you’ve delivered yourself right to me!”
Seeing Xu Fei’s name on the application, Wei Xinghuo naturally wouldn’t approve it, immediately calling over to personally intervene, leading to the scene that just unfolded.
When Brother Zhao saw that his boss was calling to give direct orders, how could he dare disobey? He plastered on a smile and said, “No, no, no, Boss… you’re making it sound too serious, I didn’t know, so it’s not my fault! Since you’ve given the order yourself, rest assured, I’ll go kick that guy out right now!”
But as he spoke, Wei Xinghuo cut him off.
“Hey, hold on, just kicking him out isn’t interesting enough, and without a solid reason, it’d make us look unjustified.”
“Here’s what you do, set a price no normal person could accept, then humiliate him properly before driving him off, got it?”
After Wei Xinghuo finished laying out his plan, Brother Zhao took a moment to think it over and quickly came up with a strategy.
He promptly turned and left, heading back to the property office’s reception area.
Inside, Xu Fei and Huang Chengyun had been waiting long enough to grow a bit impatient, when Huang Chengyun spotted Brother Zhao and immediately asked, “Brother Zhao, how’d it go?”
Brother Zhao, keeping his boss’s instructions firmly in mind, replied with a calm demeanor, “It’s pretty much sorted, since we’re old acquaintances, I can make an exception and give you a fifty percent discount.”
“Really? Brother Zhao, this… this is amazing, thank you so much!”
Even Huang Chengyun, seasoned as he was in the capital, couldn’t guarantee a fifty percent discount at a place like Wangjing Tower.
So hearing this news, he got genuinely excited, thinking that 100,000 yuan hadn’t gone to waste.
But Brother Zhao’s next words hit him like a bucket of cold water.
“No need to thank me, you just need to pay the year’s rent upfront, about 7.3 million or so, and you can move into that office!”
“I won’t haggle over your face, I’ll knock off the loose change, just pay 7 million, and you’re set!”
The moment those words landed, Huang Chengyun froze on the spot.
Seven million yuan, even in a place as pricey as the capital, wouldn’t buy you a particularly great house, let alone an office building.
But this price was clearly far beyond the normal rental market rate, in other words, Brother Zhao was blatantly ripping them off!
