Chapter 273: Shijia Real Estate is going to join the Bei family?
By the time Zhang Qiyuan got off the highway, it was already 6:30 in the afternoon.
As the sky gradually darkened and night fell, the snow on the roadside showed that Seoul, like his hometown, had also been hit by a snowstorm. However, the brightly lit high-rise buildings nearby made Zhang Qiyuan, who had not seen them for half a month, feel particularly familiar.
"It took you four and a half hours to drive a three-hour journey. Couldn't you drive faster?" Wang Yong complained.
"There's snow on the road, and I'm a novice driver. It's normal to drive slowly. It's fine as long as I can get there." Zhang Qiyuan said unhappily.
"I've never seen a young person drive so slowly."
"Eighty mph is the fastest I've ever driven."
"Okay, if I had known I wouldn't have let you drive."
"Should we go have a meal first?" Zhang Qiyuan asked.
"Why don't you call Luo Gang and we can go to his place for a drink and give him some preserved food. He hasn't gone home yet, so he'll probably be craving for these things." Wang Yong said.
"That's true."
Zhang Qiyuan immediately called Luo Gang.
"have you eaten?"
"I'm cooking now."
"Okay, Wang Yong and I have arrived in Seoul and brought some preserved food with us. Do you want some?"
"Yes, of course. I'm thinking about these preserved foods from my hometown while I'm in Seoul." Luo Gang said happily.
"Okay, we'll be here right away."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Qiyuan navigated to Blue Sky International. It was already seven o'clock when they arrived at Blue Sky International. After helping Wang Yong carry the luggage upstairs, the two of them carried some of the preserved food they had brought and the wine that Zhang Qiyuan had not finished drinking during the New Year to the house rented by Luo Gang.
Boom boom boom!
Wang Yong knocked on the door.
Soon, footsteps were heard and the door opened with a click.
"Oh, now that you're here, why do you bring any gifts?" Luo Gang asked politely when he saw the two of them.
"Yeah, we are so familiar with each other, why don't we take it back later?" Zhang Qiyuan said with a smile.
"Damn, I was just being polite with you, but you took it seriously." Luo Gang said unhappily, then found two pairs of slippers for the two of them.
When Zhang Qiyuan and Wang Yong walked into the house, they saw Luo Gang's wife helping her daughter with her winter vacation homework. When she saw them, Luo Gang's wife greeted them with a smile.
"The dishes are ready. I also took the time to go downstairs and buy some beer. I'm waiting for you. Come, sit down, and make yourself comfortable." Luo Gang invited.
Zhang Qiyuan took a look at the dishes on the table. It was quite rich.
In addition to normal home-cooked dishes, there are also tripe wrapped in meat.
"I was originally planning to buy some cold dishes, but most of the stores in Seoul are closed now, so I could only take out the stock I bought online before. This is a good thing." Luo Gang said, pointing at the belly wrapped in meat.
"I saw a fat guy selling this thing on Douyin. It seems like it needs to be eaten with some kind of sauce?" Wang Yong asked.
"It's okay to eat like this. Come on, come on, don't be polite, sit down and eat."
Zhang Qiyuan and Wang Yong sat down.
boom! boom! boom!
Luo Gang immediately opened three bottles of beer and handed them to them. "Don't you need to ask your sister-in-law for permission before drinking?" Zhang Qiyuan took the bottles and teased.
"Hey, I have a very high status in the family. If I tell your sister-in-law to go east, she will definitely not dare to go west. What's wrong with me drinking a little wine at home?" Luo Gang glanced at his wife and said toughly.
"Who prepared this meal?"
"I!"
"Oh, this is the 'younger brother' position in the family."
"Well, mainly because I'm worried that you won't be used to the dishes my wife cooks, so I cook for you myself."
"That's not right. I remember you were cooking when I called you."
Seeing Zhang Qiyuan was so disrespectful, Luo Gang immediately picked up the beer and said anxiously: "You are so aggressive, you don't give me any face at all, drink."
Seeing that Luo Gang was getting anxious, Zhang Qiyuan and Wang Yong laughed, picked up their beer glasses, clinked them together, and started drinking.
After eating and drinking, the three of them started chatting.
"Have you heard? There is a rumor that Shijia Real Estate is also going to join Beike." Luo Gang suddenly said.
When Zhang Qiyuan heard this, he was immediately surprised and asked, "Is this true?"
You should know that before Seoul Beike, it had almost occupied 45% of the market share, Aijia Real Estate occupied 20% of the market share, and Shijia Real Estate occupied about 15%. The rest were almost all some self-operated brands and some properties' own rental and sales centers.
If Shijia Real Estate also joins Beike, Beike's market share will reach more than 60%.
"It should be true." Wang Yong said at this time: "The current decision-makers of Shijia Real Estate are some relatives of their boss, and almost all of them are not enterprising. Now that Shell is so powerful, Shijia Real Estate will definitely not be able to withstand it. Look, how many Shijia Real Estates are still in our new district now?"
"Does this mean joining just because you can't beat them?" Zhang Qiyuan said speechlessly.
Originally, Shell occupied half of the market in Seoul, and had always relied on Aijia Real Estate and Shijia Real Estate to support it. But now Shijia Real Estate has suddenly been recruited. Aijia Real Estate will probably be in even more trouble.
"Fortunately, there is no significant impact on our new district. After all, there are only a few wealthy real estate companies here." Luo Gang thankfully said.
Zhang Qiyuan thought about it and it seemed to be true. Shijia Real Estate’s stores were mainly concentrated in Hanyang, and there were not many in Hongshan and the new district.
"If this is true, it is actually a good thing for us," Wang Yong thought.
"How do you say this?"
Zhang Qiyuan and Luo Gang both looked at Wang Yongdao at the same time.
"In fact, whether it is Beike or Aijia, they all have a bottom line. Beike, needless to say, requires buyers to pay a commission of points, and Aijia's minimum is 1 point. Only Shijia Real Estate has no bottom line, they can charge whatever they want. Now that Shijia Real Estate has joined Beike, it must also charge a commission of points. If you calculate it this way, we can actually charge a minimum of point." Wang Yong said.
Zhang Qiyuan and Luo Gang's eyes lit up. It's true that what Wang Yong said made a lot of sense. They used to charge or as an agency fee because they were afraid that someone would charge lower fees than them. Now that Shijia Real Estate has joined the Bei Group, no one will compete with them in terms of reducing agency fees. At least they don't have to compete as much as last year.
At worst, we can do the same as Aijia Real Estate and only charge one point, and everyone can compete on service.
"That being said, this is indeed a good thing. Customers who think that the agency fees of the Shell Group are too high will prefer our self-operated brands. However, the housing supply will probably be more strictly controlled by Shell at that time." Zhang Qiyuan said.
"For current property owners, as long as someone can help them sell their house, they don't care which agency it is," Wang Yong said indifferently.
"That's right. The banner of fighting against Shell cannot fall. We can't let the Ai family fight alone. Now that the Shi family has been recruited, it's time for our Qijia Real Estate to rise. Come on, cheers." Zhang Qiyuan raised his beer and said with great enthusiasm.
(End of this chapter)
