Chapter 128 Buying a Villa to Open a Restaurant

Manager Cui's mouth opened slightly, momentarily speechless.

Not expensive?

If it really wasn't expensive, it wouldn't have been unsold for so long!

In fact, this price even exceeded the price of many villas in Jingzhou's urban area. The main reason it was expensive was because of the design, the high-end decoration, the detached structure, and the gimmick of being a mountaintop villa.

Pei Qian felt it wasn't expensive because he subconsciously compared it to the villa prices he remembered.

Seven million for such a large villa was indeed not expensive!

If this kind of large villa were in Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou, wouldn't it be worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in ten years?

Moreover, Pei Qian had already confirmed with the System that he could use System Funds to buy it!

However, after buying this house, it would be considered company property. It could be used to open a restaurant, but Pei Qian couldn't live in it himself.

In other words, he had to engage in reasonable production and business activities and use it as a means of production.

Moreover, purchasing real estate with company funds would cost more than purchasing it personally. For example, he would have to pay property tax, taxes, and the loan interest rate would not be favorable. If he sold it, he would also have to pay value-added tax, stamp duty, and other additional expenses, making it more difficult to sell.

But for Pei Qian, these were not problems. The System actually made an exception and allowed him to purchase real estate to use as a restaurant, which was already an unexpected surprise!

Pei Qian glanced at the System Funds.

The initial System Funds after the previous settlement were 8 million, and now, three weeks later, the income provided by *Fortress of the Sea* alone was more than 6 million.

At the beginning of the month, Touching Fish Internet Cafe also provided a lot of beverage income. Since the rent was paid every three months, there was no loss on the books yet, and the money earned had all gone into the System Funds.

End Point Chinese Network, Shang Yang Games, Backlight Post Station and other projects had also invested a large sum of money, and now there was still more than 8 million left.

It was enough to buy this villa, but Shang Yang Games and Tengda Games would need a large sum of money later.

The budget for *A New Life* was originally made according to 20 million, and it would take at least three months to complete. According to the subsequent income of several games, the money was almost enough.

But if he spent 6 million to buy this villa all at once, it would be a bit insufficient.

Pei Qian thought for a while, and since that was the case, he would let *Fortress of the Sea* sell another epic weapon!

An epic weapon cost 888 yuan. According to the 70/30 split, he would need to sell 10,000 units to earn enough 6 million.

That's right, this was equivalent to a permanent, limited-edition gun, limited to 10,000 units. If they were all sold, it would completely plug this hole.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian sent a message to Assistant Xin, asking her to come over and prepare to go through the procedures.

Pei Qian then asked Manager Cui to lead him around the villa.

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There were a total of eight villas on the top of Mingyun Mountain, all of which were detached and far apart from each other, ensuring an absolutely quiet environment.

Pei Qian specifically chose a detached villa relatively close to the northwest side gate. His main concern was that if his employees had dinner parties in the future, the cars would be driving around in the villa area, which would be a nuisance to the residents.

It would be convenient to enter from the northwest side gate, eat and leave.

The usable area of the villa was 580 square meters, three floors, 6 bedrooms, 3 living rooms, and 3 bathrooms. The floor height was just over 4 meters, and the living room height reached more than 7 meters. The decoration was very good, and there were some simple furniture inside.

Of course, Pei Qian didn't need any of this furniture. After all, he was going to use this house as a restaurant. The decoration could remain largely unchanged, but the purpose and layout of each room would definitely have major changes, including the kitchen, bathroom, and so on.

There was also an infinity pool, which could overlook the scenery from the hillside, which felt quite good.

Pei Qian strolled around and could only sigh silently.

It's good to have money!

If I can lose seven million in one go next time I settle, I'll buy another one for myself without saying a word!

People still have to have dreams, what if they come true?

Manager Cui tried his best to promote the various advantages of this villa, praising it to the skies.

He was already eloquent, and the design of this house was indeed very good. Everything except the price was very beautiful, so it was quite bewitching.

Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan followed behind Pei Qian and also walked around the villa.

The two of them had the same idea as Pei Qian.

It's good to have money!

After walking around, Zhang Yuan said to Pei Qian, "Boss Pei, why don't you and Boss Ma take a look at the house first, and I'll go around and check out the restaurant's location?"

Pei Qian looked at him, "Restaurant location? It's already decided, it's here."

Zhang Yuan was stunned.

Here???

The traffic flow in this villa area was so small, and he was going to open a high-end restaurant in such a remote place?!

Pei Qian ignored Zhang Yuan's astonishment and turned to look at Manager Cui, "Manager Cui, I want to buy a mountaintop villa that is both commercial and residential to use as a private kitchen. Should there be any problems?"

Manager Cui was stunned, "You want to buy a commercial and residential one? Uh... of course you can!"

"This kind of villa can originally be used for commercial purposes. We just need to communicate well with the neighboring owners."

Manager Cui was quite surprised. He didn't expect this person to be interested in a commercial and residential villa?

These commercial and residential villas were the most difficult to sell because the location had too little traffic, was isolated from other residential areas, and was very remote. Moreover, commercial and residential villas were not as good as residential villas in every aspect.

Of course, opening a restaurant had a problem, which was vehicle access and personnel management.

Since these commercial and residential villas had a separate area and vehicle access was from a separate entrance, it would not cause too much trouble for other residents in the villa area.

Moreover, Pei Qian also said that the restaurant would adopt a reservation system and a membership system to strictly control the number of people, so it would definitely not disturb the residents or bring negative impacts to the normal life of other residents.

As for whether this restaurant could make money by opening in such a remote place...

It didn't matter.

Anyway, for the developer of Mingyun Villa, it was enough to sell the villa and earn the money. It was your business if you, Boss Pei, lost money. It wouldn't do the developer any harm, but would actually benefit them.

And for Boss Pei, losing money? Wasn't that what he wanted?

If he really encountered other problems, he would just spend more money to solve them? Anyway, it was all System Funds, it was all no problem!

...

Not long after, Assistant Xin arrived.

It was obvious that she was a little surprised.

Boss Pei suddenly wanted to buy a house? And a suburban mountaintop villa with such a poor cost performance? And it was under the company's name? And it was commercial and residential?

This matter was a bit sudden, but Assistant Xin never asked too many questions. She just followed Pei Qian's requirements to bargain, sign the contract, and handle all the matters properly.

Pei Qian was leisurely drinking tea and waiting, then sent a message to Lu Mingliang.

"Take some time to develop a new epic weapon for *Fortress of the Sea*, limited to 10,000 units, while stocks last, permanently discontinued."

He wouldn't earn too much money.

Pei Qian would never do things that would kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

The current state of *Fortress of the Sea* was actually very good. The reason why many people were drawn to it was precisely because the weapons in this game were scarce and had speculative value.

If the Barrett-Devastator was really sold openly, it would be a serious disruption to the game's economic environment.

Therefore, after considering it, Pei Qian decided that in order to make *Fortress of the Sea* a sustainable money-making game, he would let this hen that lays golden eggs lay eggs regularly and rhythmically in the future. He could sell three types of weapons:

The first type was like the Barrett-Devastator, limited to 500 units per month, which would be refreshed next month, allowing it to depreciate slowly and gradually, making it affordable for most people.

The second type was like this epic weapon, selling 10,000 units at a time, permanently discontinued, slowly appreciating in value.

He would not consider selling a second epic weapon like the Fire Kirin, which was a permanent and unlimited sale.

Otherwise, if the income was raised too high by accident, it would be impossible to lower it again, and it would also overdraw the consumption capacity of many players.

Selling 10,000 epic weapons this time, as long as they were sold gradually, filling the hole in this villa, it would not lead to a break in the capital chain and would not affect the game's development progress and other investment projects.

Since it was a full payment, there was no need to go through various complicated loan procedures, so it was done very quickly, and the results would be out in about three to five days.

Pei Qian estimated that the procedures, transformation, and decoration would be completed by the beginning of next month.

It would be just in time to select the best employee again on August 1st, and come here to have a big meal in a justified manner, and send this lucky brother off happily.

However, he was a little surprised that the System allowed Pei Qian to purchase real estate for opening a restaurant this time.

Was it because the place Pei Qian was interested in could not be rented?

Or was it because the company's funds could now afford this kind of consumption?

Although this villa could not be used for living in and could only be used as a restaurant, the System had, after all, further relaxed the requirements, which was a good thing!