After Wang Wenwu replied to Aiqin's letter, since he received the news from the warehouse, Wang Wenwu was asked to collect his wages.

Wang Wenwu was stunned when he didn't get paid for work. He thought about it in the room and found nothing, but who doesn't like money?

Wang Wenwu dressed up and went to the warehouse. He also saw the manager Tong mentioned. Manager Hu was tall and thin, with a fashionable beard, but he didn't have much beard, so he didn't look very good.

Manager Hu knew that Manager Wang was on vacation but had never seen him, but when he saw this hairless boy with his own eyes, he said that he was Manager Wang.

After checking a few more times, Manager Hu finally admitted that the smooth-talking boy in front of him was definitely Manager Wang, who was on the same level as himself.

Manager Hu said with a smile on his face: "Manager Wang, my surname is Hu, my given name is Guowei, and my given name is Decao."

Wang Wenwu was stunned after hearing this. This man still had a famous name. Could it be that he was a scholar? So he asked: "De Cao, a good word, but I am not very talented and have little knowledge, so I can't tell where it comes from!"

Wang Wenwu's words seemed to scratch an itch of Manager Hu, and he immediately shook his head and explained: "Looking at your young age, I think you came from the new school. It's normal not to know. The word moral education comes from Xunzi's Persuasion

"Learning": "Those who learn must stick to the principles of learning... Therefore, power cannot be overthrown, the masses cannot be moved, and the world cannot be shaken. Life is based on this, and death is based on this. This is called moral conduct."

""

When Hu Guowei said the passage in "Xunzi Encouraging Learning", his proud expression was really impressive.

Listening to Wang Wenwu's flattery, Hu Guowei spoke modestly, but the corners of his mouth reached behind his ears.

He immediately expressed his intention to introduce Wang Wenwu to meet the current employees. Although Wang Wenwu did not know whether some of what Hu Guowei said was true, it did not prevent him from getting to know the new employees.

The accents are all from Zhili. I think these marshals not only like to use their fellow villagers in the army, but also like to use their fellow villagers in business. Hu Guowei took Wang Wenwu around and compared with when Wang Wenwu was there, but the people have changed.

, nothing else changed. During this period, Wang Wenwu asked Hu Guowei what he wanted to do.

Wang Wenwu couldn't figure out exactly where Hu Guowei said it.

Don't think about things you can't figure out. After all, it won't affect your wages. Wang Wenwu returned to the courtyard and the yard was finally tidied up again. Butler Zhang, Wang Wenwu, doesn't plan to go there recently. After paying his wages, there is still no one to care about Wang Wenwu.

Wenwu and Wang Wenwu became more and more panicked as they stayed in BJ City, so Wang Wenwu simply ran back to Tianjin.

As soon as she entered the door, Aiqin asked: "Master, are we going to BJ City?"

Wang Wenwu called everyone over and said: "You are all still living in Tianjin. I am a little unsure about BJ. I will buy a house in the concession in the next few days."

Huaihua asked: "Master, what is going on?"

“You don’t have to work, but you still get paid!”

Chuni said: "Master, isn't it great to get money without doing anything?"

Sophora japonica said to Chunni: "Then if you ask your man to do nothing, will you give him money?"

Chuni shook her head, and Huaihua continued: "This is wrong, Master, why don't you resign! Don't let anything happen again!"

Wang Wenwu nodded and said, "Let's talk about it after I buy a house here first!"

Seeing that Sophora japonica wanted to persuade her again, Wang Wenwu waved his hand to say no more.

Wang Wenwu went out the next day to actively inquire about the house, but in this era, people like to rent houses, even developers. After developers build houses, they will keep them and rent them out if they don’t sell them. The practice of developers in modern society is

Sell ​​a piece of land, build it, and sell it. However, developers in the Republic of China sold a piece of land, built it, rented it out, and relied on rent to raise funds.

However, the reasons why most developers do not follow the path of modern developers are:

The first is that the current situation is unstable. Everyone is in danger. There is no reason to spend most of their life savings on selling their houses. Who knows if there will be a war at home or if a cannon will blow down the house. So everyone

I would rather rent than sell my house.

Secondly, there are too many taxes and fees. Take Wang Wenwu’s own experience of selling courtyard houses in BJ as an example. The deed tax is 9% of the purchase price, the transfer fee is 1% of the purchase price, and the China Securities Fee is 3% of the purchase price.

%, municipal funds are 5% of the purchase price, construction special donations are 1% of the purchase price, land insurance and stamping fees are 2% of the purchase price, and property transfer tax is 2% of the purchase price. These taxes are added

It accounts for 23% of the purchase price. For example, if you spend 100 yuan to buy a house, you have to pay another 23 yuan in taxes to transfer the property, which is very uneconomical.

Finally, it is a Chinese tradition to only rent and not sell. Whether in the Tang, Song or Ming and Qing dynasties, there is a strong tendency towards landlords: landlords bought fields to rent out to tenants to collect rent all year round; developers built houses also to

Rented to tenants to collect rent all year round.

Landlords in ancient China did not like selling land, and developers in ancient China did not like selling houses.

This tendency of only renting but not selling that existed in both ancient developers and ancient landlords is actually rooted in Confucian tradition and clan consciousness: Confucianism praises the preservation of property, and houses and land are permanent properties; clans value the preservation of ancestral property.

Praise the object.

All the properties of the previous generations, whether they are inherited from ancestors or developed, must be defended. Otherwise, the family will be ruined and will be reviled by public opinion. Sometimes, they will be imprisoned because the clan members are the first to report.

Until the Republic of China, when Chinese people bought and sold houses, the seller was still called "Po Fang". "Po" means breaking up the family. Selling a house is equivalent to breaking up the family. It is very taboo.

But let Wang Wenwu find land for sale in the French Concession. Since there is no built land, then build one yourself!

After reaching an agreement with others, we went to the Public Discussion Bureau of the French Concession in Tianjin to go through the formalities. This three-acre land in the French Concession now belongs to Wang Wenwu. Of course, it cannot compare to Sun Muen's house. After all, that house is just down the road.

side, but the land area is much larger than Sun Muen's.

The only thing left was to find someone to build a house. Wang Wenwu took Aiqin, Sophora japonica and his entourage to pick and choose, and finally quoted a price of nearly 50,000 silver dollars, which shocked Aiqin and Sophora japonica and even told others.

Confirmed several times.

Wang Wenwu made the final decision. Ever since the decision was made, Aiqin and Huaihua had been absent-minded for several days.

Aiqin and Huaihua both calmed down after confirming with Wang Wenwu several times that they were so rich. However, their expenses gradually increased. Wang Wenwu didn't say anything. After all, he had been living tight on money.

Let’s talk about it later!

When it was time to pay wages, Wang Wenwu returned to BJ's home early. Through BJ's connections, Wang Wenwu could quietly exchange a batch of kerosene every month in exchange for money. This was also the reason why Wang Wenwu was unwilling to leave BJ. Compared to Tianjin
Chapter completed!