Meanwhile, in a certain guesthouse.
Ning Xue looked at the various promotional materials, renderings, and floor plans on the table, letting out a soft sigh:
“So that’s how it is…”
She arrived in Pengcheng yesterday and visited the Golden Sand Pool herself.
The show building’s exterior was already visible from a distance.
However, the overall layout could only be seen by potential buyers. Ning Xue naturally wouldn’t pretend to be a buyer—how awkward would it be to run into Xia Xiaolan?
But Ning Xue had her methods. She used her pocket money to hire someone to view the property for her, hearing all the explanations and bringing back complete materials.
Ji Jiangyuan admired her initiative:
“You spent 1,000 yuan just for this?”
The Ning family wasn’t in business—this money probably emptied Ning Xue’s savings.
Ning Xue shook her head, “No, I only spent 100 yuan to hire someone to queue. The 1,000 yuan is refundable—I still have the receipt. I’ll trouble you to help me get the refund later. You can deduct the money you spent on my plane ticket from that.”
Ji Jiangyuan’s weekly salary was calculated in dollars—he didn’t care about the plane ticket money.
But knowing Ning Xue’s personality wouldn’t let her take advantage of this small amount, he didn’t argue.
“Now that you’ve seen it, have your questions been answered?”
Ji Jiangyuan wasn’t interested in how the houses were built—he was interested in Xia Xiaolan’s endless promotional tactics. Why was even George quietly observing? Besides Bill’s interference, George also wanted to see how Xia Xiaolan would sell the properties.
These promotional methods wouldn’t be outdated even in America. Bill said if all this was planned by Xia Xiaolan, she could find excellent work in America!
Hearing that a third of the units sold on the first day, Bill made an overseas call overnight to report Golden Sand Pool’s sales situation to Harold.
George remained silent.
Probably couldn’t understand where Xia Xiaolan got so many promotional ideas.
Ji Jiangyuan found it very inspiring.
But Ning Xue’s doubts remained unresolved: “I can understand these layouts, but I’m still puzzled. Her style is different from what’s common domestically.”
Hong Kong houses weren’t built this way either.
With Hong Kong’s limited land and dense population, they wouldn’t waste land like this.
American houses weren’t like this either.
Downtown had apartments, suburbs had country villas.
Golden Sand Pool advertised European courtyards… Ning Xue found it chaotic, but if they could achieve 80% of the rendered effect, this community wouldn’t just avoid being ugly—it would be of rare quality in China.
Ning Xue was curious about whose influence shaped Xia Xiaolan’s design planning. It certainly wasn’t Mao Kangshan’s style!
Mao Kangshan was like her grandfather—their generation’s architectural design always prioritized “economy.”
Working their whole lives, they always tried to save money for the country.
Golden Sand Pool was the opposite—how wasteful could it be!
Ji Jiangyuan laughed: “You’re analyzing Golden Sand Pool from a professional knowledge perspective? You should look at it from a business angle. Don’t worry about why she built it this way—her goal is to build and sell. Look at how popular Golden Sand Pool is, and you’ll know her approach is correct!”
Why build cheap, cramped houses?
If Ji Jiangyuan had such an excellent piece of land, he would build houses the same way.
The left side would become a golf course, and the right side was the completed Xiangmi Lake Resort—who knew when they’d find such suitable land again? They had to seize this opportunity.
Of course, Ji Jiangyuan was being wise after the fact.
Golden Sand Pool was originally an ignored wasteland called Stinking Bamboo Ditch. Ji Jiangyuan had met Xia Xiaolan at Stinking Bamboo Ditch but never guessed she had her eye on that land!
The garbage pool transformed in Xia Xiaolan’s hands, reborn as today’s hot-selling Golden Sand Pool community.
“Today, Golden Sand Pool won’t sell fewer units than yesterday.”
Ji Jiangyuan’s prediction made Ning Xue fall silent.
For profit?
If residential communities were all built this way in the future, how could ordinary people afford homes?
She increasingly cared about Xia Xiaolan’s “progress,” but didn’t know if the person in question cared for herself.
Two classmates were studying her privately.
Did Xia Xiaolan care?
Right now, all she cared about were the little red flags on the scale model!
The homebuyers probably thought the same way. Seeing the scale model covered in red flags made them panic. When they finally chose their unit type and building, signed the contract, and paid, watching the sales consultant place a little flag marking “Unit X Number XXX,” they felt indescribable satisfaction.
Like two armies facing off, people scrambling—planting a flag meant successfully occupying territory!
That feeling of winning over others was indescribable, enough to ease some of the pain from the high prices.
“Building 4? Sorry, Building 4 has no more than 70㎡ units. Building 1 has one ready unit left, or you could look at Building 2…”
“Building 3 is sold out. Buildings 3 and 4 have no more than 135㎡ large units. Buildings 5 and 6 still have some—would you like those?”
“Building 5, Unit 603 is sold!”
See? If you don’t buy it, others will.
You think it’s expensive, others don’t.
The unit you want might not have suitable floor plans. Hesitate a bit longer, and even your second choice will be snatched away!
This was the reality facing buyers.
Though they complained, their hands moved faster to get out their money.
The best-selling were the 70㎡ small units. The 135㎡ large units were selective about buyers—70㎡ units cost about half as much.
Of course, even 70㎡ units were expensive, over a hundred thousand yuan!
“Two years ago, East Lake Beautiful Gardens was only 1,000 yuan per square meter. The units sold so fast that we couldn’t get one. Who knew this community would dare charge more than double!”
Having to fight for units at double the price—where was the justice?
Someone nearby rolled their eyes, “You can’t compare East Lake Beautiful Gardens with this place. Look at those renderings. Wu Daonan said this community is good—it can’t be wrong.”
“I heard Wu Daonan lives here too—is that true?”
“True or false, we’ll know when we move in…”
Wu Daonan was a feng shui master—surely he wouldn’t buy property in a bad location?
They had all seen the Small Golden Pool—reportedly, several jin of gold were excavated when laying the foundation.
The pool water was shallow, less than half a meter, filled with fine sand and lovely rounded pebbles.
Sunlight shining on the pool created golden reflections—at first glance, it truly looked like a feng shui treasure spot for gathering wealth.
“The 135㎡ show unit in Building 1? Sorry, that show unit isn’t for sale. The 70㎡ and 90㎡ show units? They’ve been sold… Yes, decorated units have a premium price and, also be delivered in June next year. The show units were decorated by ‘Yuanhui’ company—you can consult their staff.”
The middle-aged couple who didn’t buy yesterday still wanted a 135㎡ duplex.
The wife liked the show unit’s decoration. Liu Yong scratched his head as he stepped forward—he knew business would come eventually, so why panic? Stay calm!