Chapter 76 - Dashed Hopes (1/2)

Translator: Sparrow Translations  Editor: Sparrow Translations

Lin Fan was earning an insane amount of money daily. He was in the high-income tier of Shanghai. He flipped through the house rental catalog. As he didn’t want to move too far away, a particular house caught his eye.

Three bedrooms with one living room and it was just about 1km away from Cloud Street. The monthly rental was $6000 and he had to deposit a month’s rent and pay three months in advance. The environment was pretty good and there were no agents involved in the deal.

Lin Fan made a call.

“Hi, is this house still available for rental?”

“Alright, I’ll go take a look now.”

He hung up the phone. Then, he left the shop as he said, “Fraud, please look after the shop. I’m going to look at a house.”

Fraud Tian agreed and went back to playing with his mobile phone. Recently, he had made a Weibo account. Lin Fan helped him to boost his popularity and he had a fanbase of over six thousand people now.

At Xiang Hui Park.

It was a high rise building with a pretty good interior. The apartment that Lin Fan was looking at was on the eighth floor. It was ready for him to move in. Hence, it was very convenient.

Lin Fan stood at the door and waited for the owner to be back.

After a while, a middle-aged man drove over and met Lin Fan. They had some small talk and went into the building.

The owner was 43 years old. Because of work, he had to go overseas for a few years and it was a waste to leave the house just like that. Hence, he decided to rent it out.

They took the lift, went to the eighth level and into the house. Lin Fan nodded his head as he was satisfied with what he saw. “The interior decoration is pretty good and the environment is nice.”

The owner said, “I spent over two hundred thousand dollars on the renovation works, it’s considered quite cheap. That’s why the rent is pretty low. I have a request though, to keep the interior decoration just as it is.”

He was charging only six thousand dollars a month, which was really cheap. If there was an agent involved, it would have increased to more than seven thousand dollars per month. In Shanghai, to get a unit with three bedrooms and a living room for just a few thousand was considered really cheap already. Furthermore, it was close to Cloud Street, which was sort of a business district. He felt a little heartache when he realized that he would have to fork out a year’s worth of earnings and it was going to cost him a bomb. But he had to move into a new environment. The place he was living in was not really in a good shape.

Lin Fan signed the contract and left his number. Everything was settled perfectly.

When Lin Fan received the keys, he went to the shops nearby to buy a blanket and some daily necessities. There was nothing much to bring over from his previous home, just some clothes.

A few days later.

Lin Fan was living in the new house and he had withdrawn the rental fees for the previous house.

Some of the neighbors couldn’t bear to see Lin Fan leave. Elder Wang, who lived beside Lin Fan, bought some firecrackers to celebrate but ended up injuring his hand.

Lin Fan also saw through the collaboration plans between the scallion pancake fans and the fans of his fortune-telling abilities. He was impressed by how intelligent they were to think of such plans.

In the shop.

Lin Fan sat there in boredom. After he set new ground rules, he wasn’t as busy anymore. He was full of energy and life. He scrolled through Weibo and looked at the news.

“Hey!” A particular article talking about a gourmet show had caught his attention.

‘Gourmet Kang Wei Fan recommends the heavenly taste of scallion pancakes’

The show was quite popular. It was known as ‘China’s Best Foods’ which was well received by many.

Lin Fan went to turn on his TV.

Kang Wei Fan was being interviewed by a reporter and he was talking non-stop. “Today, I want to recommend a delicious food to everyone. The best of the best comes from this stall based in Shanghai. It has such a wonderful flavor. After you eat it, you’ll never forget it for the rest of your life. You might even find it difficult to eat other delicious foods after you eat this…and the food I’m talking about is none other than scallion pancakes.”

Lin Fan was laughing. Kang Wei Fan was actually advertising for him in the show.

Then, Lin Fan’s expression changed a little. If that was to happen, wouldn’t things become very troublesome? He would become extremely busy again in future. But as he thought about it, he realized that it was still beneficial to him after all. In future, the Encyclopedic Points would increase by a lot.

He looked at some of the comments and saw mixed opinions. Some were not so friendly while others gave good reviews.

“Divine scallion pancakes? Simply ridiculous.”

“I believe in Teacher Kang, his recommendations are never wrong.”

…

This show had been out for a few days and the impact was quite good; it wasn’t too great but wasn’t too small either.

Lin Fan opened his Weibo app and saw that it was being flooded with comments.