CHAPTER 380: CHAPTER 222 NEW VILLA

On the other side, after Cai Zhixin hung up the phone, he said somewhat helplessly to the person beside him, "You heard it too, he’s not coming out. I got to know him a bit indirectly, he doesn’t like socializing and usually prefers to stay at home."

Beside him stood a handsome man in his thirties, wearing glasses and smoking a cigar. He was about 1.8 meters tall, with a hint of a beard, and his hairstyle and clothes were very sophisticated, exuding an air of luxury from head to toe. Obviously, he came from an extraordinary background.

This noble gentleman was named Tao Yaoyang, a real second-generation member, a shareholder and director of over a dozen companies, and currently his main identity is as an executive director of a fund, with personal assets in the billions.

For someone of his status and age, having built a fortune of over a billion through his own efforts, "starting from scratch," is not considered particularly successful; it’s more of a moderate achievement.

Originally, someone of his status had no interest in someone like Chen Feng, an outsider with a grassroots background. It was just by chance that he went out for a meal and chat with his former subordinate, Cai Zhixin, and they happened to talk about Chen Feng.

He mentioned that he had sold two houses in a row to Chen Feng, this outsider, and said that Chen Feng was very straightforward with payments and had sufficient cash flow, quite a character.

For these second and third generations in business, sometimes cash flow isn’t necessarily very ample. Many times, what they spend is the bank’s money, the kind that incurs interest.

Tao Yaoyang is said to have personal assets in the billions, but most of it is on paper, including his shares in those companies. His current open role as an executive director at Hengsen Fund involves raising funds for the fund as part of his work.

Hengsen Fund had initially developed quite smoothly since its establishment, but the past two years have been rather rough. They suffered losses on two big projects in a row, leading to a rapid shrinkage in the fund’s capital reserves, urgently needing new fund injections.

So, hearing Cai Zhixin say that Chen Feng has money, Tao Yaoyang took notice, thinking of inviting him to meet, to touch base. If the other party truly has money to pull in some funding, that would be best; otherwise, it’s no loss – just a convenient effort.

Yet, just as unexpectedly, Chen Feng outright refused the opportunity to meet these high society gentlemen from Xiu Zhou, which intrigued him even more.

Originally, he was just taking a chance, but now he suddenly finds Chen Feng quite interesting, genuinely wanting to meet him.

"Do you know what business this guy is in? His money can’t possibly be his father’s, right?" Tao Yaoyang exhaled a puff of smoke and asked with some curiosity.

Cai Zhixin shook his head, "I don’t know about that. But by the looks of him, he doesn’t seem to be doing business. I previously heard from the property security at Red Villa Bay that he stays home most of the time, rarely goes out. Also, it’s unlikely to be his father’s money. I checked the address on his ID card, it’s from a rural area over in Lu City, his father probably doesn’t have much money."

Tao Yaoyang shook his head, "Don’t underestimate the rural folks from Lu City, there are plenty of rural tycoons over there, quite a few mine owners too. I reckon this kid might just have a family with mines."

"Brother Yang, you’re so interested in him, why don’t I invite him again tomorrow, just say I have another house I want to sell to him cheaply. This kid is very keen on buying houses, he should show up." Cai Zhixin said ingratiatingly.

Tao Yaoyang laughed, "I am a bit curious about this outsider. Since he likes buying houses, you might as well invite him again. Don’t I happen to have a house in Red Villa Bay? See if he’s interested, if he is, and the price is right, sell it to him."

Cai Zhixin exclaimed, "Brother Yang, isn’t your villa very valuable? Are you really planning to sell it?"

The villa of Tao Yaoyang in Red Villa Bay is in the best location, arguably the best in the entire community.

First of all, his villa is relatively the most isolated in the community, with no other villas within 50 meters around it. Moreover, the house number of his villa is also uniquely singular, numbered 8, without any leading or trailing letters, solely one unique number 8, highlighting the uniqueness of his villa.

Additionally, his villa is significantly larger than other detached villas, with independent front and back yards, surrounded by walls, and an outdoor swimming pool.

Such a standalone villa, and it’s located in the city center, not far from East Lake, is certainly very well-preserved, if it were seriously for sale, it would be snapped up in no time.

Tao Yaoyang, however, doesn’t seem to care much about this villa. He said blandly, "This villa is decent, but it’s always been empty, I have to hire someone to manage it, it’s quite a hassle, might as well sell it off."

"You really want to sell it?" Cai Zhixin rolled his eyes and said, "Then let me ask my sister, she’s probably interested in your villa."

Tao Yaoyang laughed, "Sure, my estimate for this villa is twenty million, as long as it’s not below this number, I’ll sell it to your sister."

Cai Zhixin was speechless. The villa of Tao Yaoyang is certainly worth twenty million, but his intention was to snag a bargain. This twenty million is close to market value, wanting to buy it to resell and earn a difference, obviously, there’s not much room for profit.

"This price is a bit high, then maybe I’ll still ask Chen Feng this guy."

"Alright, give him a call, we’ll go over to Red Villa Bay after we finish eating."

"Okay, I’ll call him right away."

Cai Zhixin didn’t dare to play any tricks in front of this big brother, he obediently took out his phone and called Chen Feng again.

When Chen Feng received Cai Zhixin’s call once more, he couldn’t help but frown, but he eventually answered.

Originally, he wasn’t interested when Cai Zhixin said his friend had a house for sale, but when he heard it was a standalone villa in the middle of Red Villa Bay’s villa area, his interest was piqued.

In the villa area of Red Villa Bay, apart from the standalone villa with garden and walls in the middle, which is the largest, the rest of the villas don’t have gardens, let alone walls, making it truly unique and more private.

Chen Feng had been impressed a few times passing by during his morning exercises and walks, and he was quite curious about what the inside of this villa looked like.

Additionally, he still had tens of millions in the bank, so having excess money with no place to spend, buying property was a relatively safe plan.

Plus, since the house viewing was just a few steps away in Red Villa Bay, even if he wasn’t buying, it was still interesting to see that somewhat mysterious standalone villa.

Therefore, Chen Feng agreed to meet them there at one in the afternoon.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Feng told Wu Mengting and the two women about the matter. They were also aware of that standalone villa because it was too special. It was situated at the center of the villa area, with such a large plot, and it was also the traffic hub of the entire villa area, with four roads leading to the villa from all directions.

However, in the specific road design, these four roads didn’t directly shoot straight towards the villa but turned into arcs at the junctions, all sides forming arcs, along with lawns and greenbelts for separation, and the villa was surrounded by walls for added seclusion.