Chapter 133: Looking Down on People with the Eyes of a Dog

  After arriving at his destination by car all the way, Yi Feiyang got off and strolled around Hollywood.

  Just ahead is the famous shopping district of this area, mainly selling high-end consumer goods, mostly French and Italian imported brands, and has become a benchmark for Hollywood fashion trends. In addition to most of the high-end venues that cost money, there is also the star-studded Walk of Fame here.

  This is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, with more than 2,000 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in it, honoring celebrities from the entertainment industry.

  The Hollywood Walk of Fame has always been a must-visit destination for tourists in Los Angeles, but many foreign visitors who come to the "Walk of Fame" for the first time think that it does not have the expected Hollywood style, and there are often beggars and various small vendors, and the cleanliness is relatively poor.

  But judging from Yi Feiyang's gaze, this is actually a great place for a leisurely stroll, because you can see the "true face" of Hollywood behind its prosperity more clearly.

  Yi Feiyang walked along the Starlight Avenue, taking in the scenery by the roadside while searching for a real estate company. He didn't use his own company's connections, partly to clear his mind and also to fully experience the joy of finding a house on his own. In his past life, he was a wanderer without a fixed abode, always dreaming of owning his own home and living a stable life. Now that reality allowed it, he naturally wanted to fulfill this wish.

  After strolling around the street for a while, Yifei Yang finally saw a real estate agency at a corner and directly pushed open the door to walk in. In this small agency, there was a white woman in her 40s sitting on a chair watching a talk show on TV.

  Noticing the arrival of a guest, the white lady's eyes shifted from the TV to Yifei Yang. She stood up and greeted him: "Hey, young man, is there anything I can help you with?"

  Yi Feiyang nodded slightly to the white woman and politely said, "Hello, I'm here to look for a house. Do you have anything suitable?"

  "Ah, I can tell by your looks that you're a student, here to study abroad? What kind of place are you looking to rent then? Let me guess, you don't know yet, haha. I just love young students like you, our Jack is in school too... And let me take a guess, you're Chinese, right?"

  "Huh, how did you know?" Yi Feiyang was surprised, had this white woman recognized him in disguise?

  "Huh, does it even need to be said? Those Korean and Japanese students won't come here to rent houses, it's too expensive for them! Only you Chinese students like to live in such high-end areas. Sometimes I just wonder, are the Chinese really richer than Japan and Korea?"

  Yi Feiyang's face turned red after hearing this.

  Those who can come to the United States for further study, which one is not a rich second generation or an official second generation? Either their family has money or power. Of course, they like to live in high-end communities and insist on saving face. Of course, it's not all of them, still most Chinese students studying abroad are very hardworking and thrifty, some official second generation and rich second generation also understand "to be a man rely on oneself".

  In fact, the impression given by Chinese students who studied in the US early on was quite good. They were hardworking and had a strong fighting spirit, just like what was said in the opening of a popular TV series in China: "If you love someone, send him to New York. Because it's heaven; if you hate someone, send him to New York, because it's hell." This sentence explains everything.

  As soon as Easy Fly Yang finished speaking, he shut his mouth and didn't say another word. The enthusiastic white woman continued to chatter on: "Oh, right! Let's talk about it, dear Chinese friend. What are your requirements? For example, the floor level, size of the area, environmental hygiene, transportation routes, etc.? As long as you bring them up, I'll try my best to satisfy you and definitely help you find a suitable one. Yes, I promise God that my service is absolutely first-rate!"

  Seeing that Yi Feiyang was not very old, the white woman took him for a student who was still in school. However, she guessed wrong about Yi Feiyang's intentions. He actually came to buy a house, not rent one.

  "Sorry, maybe I didn't make it clear, I'm not here to rent a house, but to buy one." Yì Fēi Yáng wasn't surprised either. Before entering the door, he knew that he might be misunderstood. After all, his current appearance and age were too young, and he was alone in coming here. There weren't many people of his age who came to buy a house by themselves.

  "Oh my god, did I hear that right?" The white lady exclaimed in surprise, "You're saying you came here to buy a house?"

  "Yes." Yi Feiyang nodded very affirmatively.

  After confirming that she hadn't misheard, the white woman's gaze became inappropriate. "Dear, do you know how expensive the housing prices are here...?" The white woman wasn't looking down on Yì Fēi Yáng, fearing he couldn't afford it, but rather reminding him, afraid he didn't know the housing prices and rashly ran over.

  Yi Feiyang curled up the corner of his mouth and smiled confidently, "Of course, I also know this."

  "Alright, dear, I believe you, but you know, you look too young." The white woman heard Yifeng say this and knew that a big client had arrived, so she apologized. Actually, these places mainly provide rental information, selling houses is usually done directly through the property developer's sales office. If they can sell a house here, they will get a commission far exceeding what they would get from renting out a place.

  "I want a ready-to-move-in house, decoration is not a big deal, but the house can't be too small, it has to be in this area, with relatively good transportation nearby, and preferably with good natural lighting. Do you have any suitable houses for sale here?"

  Yi Feiyang directly stated his requirements, although it seemed a bit wordy, he still brought it up with a thick face. He wasn't afraid that the white woman in front of him would find him annoying. According to his requirements, if the woman found a suitable house, it would be a huge income, and it would also be where he would live frequently in the future. Yi Feiyang didn't want to lose out on himself.

  "Oh, I see. Yes, I understand. Let me take a look and see if there's anything that particularly suits you." Upon hearing Yi Feiyang's request, the white woman immediately pulled out the materials and began searching through them. Since Yi Feiyang was asking for relatively high-end residences, there weren't many options, so it didn't take long for the white woman to finish looking through the materials.

  "Must it be an apartment building? Would a freestanding two-story Western-style house do?" The white woman asked, unable to find the building Yifei Yang had mentioned.

  "A separate villa?" Yifei Yang thought for a moment. Then he agreed: "As long as the other conditions are met, I have no problem."

  "Oh, in that case, I'll give you a call to ask. The owner of this house is emigrating and wants to deal with it urgently. Maybe they can even give you a very favorable price."

  "Then thank you very much, trouble you to make a phone call." Yi Feiyang said, but in his heart he did not expect it to be so smooth.

  The white woman picked up the phone, dialed the number and made a call.

  Suddenly, the phone was answered.

  "Yes, there is a young man who wants to buy your house. Not rent, but buy!"

  "What? The price can't be cheaper, this..." The white woman looked at Yi Feiyang and Yi Feiyang nodded with a smile: "It's okay, as long as the location is good and the environment is not bad."

  The white lady continued on the phone, "The young man said that the price is negotiable, yes, he is...". It seemed like the person on the other end of the line asked about Yi Fei Yang's ethnicity. "He is Chinese," the white lady replied matter-of-factly.

  On the other end of the phone, there was an immediate change in tone, with a loud voice that even Yi Feiyang standing next to him could hear. The person on the other end said: "Damn it! Why didn't you say so earlier? I hate those Chinese people the most, they're rude and unsanitary. When I rented out my house before, they made a mess of it! God, even if I couldn't sell it, I wouldn't sell it to a Chinese person!"

  The white woman looked very embarrassed, she didn't expect the homeowner's thinking to be so low-level, with such strong racial discrimination.

  The white woman looked at Yifei Yang and felt embarrassed to speak, but still said: "I'm very sorry, dear, I'm powerless, the owner seems reluctant to sell the house..."

  Yi Feiyang had a burning fire in his heart, and he wished he could drill through the phone to kick that bastard's legs. However, he suppressed his fiery temper and smiled, saying: "This isn't your fault, ma'am. You've done your best, haven't you?"

  "Or I'll look again for you, is there a building that suits you?" The white woman felt very sorry for Yì Fēi Yáng, and of course, she also couldn't let go of the brokerage fee.

  Yi Feiyang shook his head, "Thanks a lot, I'll take a look somewhere else." Then he was about to leave.

  The white woman hastily pulled out a business card and said, "Hey, here's a card from a big real estate agency nearby. You can go there to take a look. Believe me, you'll definitely find a house that suits you!"

  Facing the enthusiasm of the white woman, Yi Feiyang also didn't want to refuse, so he took over the business card and thanked her again.

  After leaving the company, Yi Feiyang followed the address on the business card and found it just ahead, which saved a lot of legwork.

  The white lady said it was right, this real estate agency is much larger and more luxurious, with a smiling receptionist at the door, a white girl and a black girl standing at the door in perfect harmony.

  Yi Feiyang walked in, dressed very ordinarily, without any hint of being a big shot, tycoon or high-society person. Even the watch on his wrist was something that anyone with a slight understanding of the market could tell was a cheap product from a street stall.

  Well, there's no way around it. As the most famous area in Los Angeles, Hollywood basically represents prosperity and luxury. No matter how poor someone is, they try to make themselves look a little more radiant on the outside.

  So Yifei Yang stood at the entrance of this real estate company, without attracting any attention from the two beautiful women "Hei Bai Shuang Jiao", as if he was a person who could exist or not exist, and was insignificant.

  On the contrary, while Yifei Yang stopped to admire the magnificent entrance of this real estate company, a luxurious BMW sedan pulled up in front of the company's gate. Two people got out of the car, both dressed in gold and silver. One was a stout white man with a big belly, and the other was a blonde beauty dressed in a seductive manner.

  "Oh, darling, are you really going to rent me a nice apartment?" The blonde beauty nestled in the fat man's arms, cooing.

  "Of course, dear, this way we can see each other often. Ha, you know how much I love you? One day without seeing you, my whole heart is thinking of you!" The fat man disgustingly puckered up the blonde beauty's cheek with his thick lips.

  "Welcome! Please come in, sir!" The black and white beauties let out a very sweet welcome, inviting the fat white man and the blonde beauty to enter together.

  The white fat man looked at Yi Feiyang with a complacent look, then hugged the blonde beauty and swaggered in; behind him, Yi Feiyang followed up, but was stopped by the black girl, "Sorry, sir, this is a real estate company..."

  "Yes, I know this is a real estate company and I'm here to look at houses." Yi Feiyang said, suppressing his anger.

  "Looking for a house?" The two women looked at Yifei Yang with suspicion, but were intimidated by his sharp gaze. How could this person's eyes be so terrifying? They shuddered and hastily said: "Then go ahead, good luck to you, sir." Only then did they let him pass.

  Yi Feiyang let out a cold snort and walked into this real estate company that looked very high-end. The staff inside were very enthusiastic... towards the white fat man and blonde beauty who had just entered, but only saw a thin agent nodding and bowing to them, with a constant smile on his face, introducing the buildings they were renting out.

  Yi Feiyang walked in, but no one paid attention to him. Yes, basically no one considered him as existing.

  Helpless, Yi Feiyang could only walk up to a miss who was applying nail polish and say: "Excuse me, I'm disturbing you, I want..."

  Before Oliver could finish speaking, the young lady shouted at the skinny guy: "Oliver, there's another guest here!" Then she went back to painting her nails.

  That skinny "Oliver" was spitting stars at that fat guy, when he was suddenly interrupted. He glanced at Yifei Yang and said, "Can't you see I'm busy? Let him wait for a bit."

  "Sorry, Oliver is busy, wait a minute!" The girl painting her nails said without lifting her head.

  Yi Feiyang got angry. Then he loudly shouted: "Are all the people here dead?!"

  Crazy! Proud!

  Scared everyone in the entire sales department half to death.

  Next to him, a real estate agent who looked very young saw Yi Feiyang shouting and hesitated for a moment before enthusiastically coming forward to help pour a cup of coffee. "Hello, sir, sorry to keep you waiting, please have some coffee first."

  Yi Feiyang finally let out a breath and asked with an air of superiority: "What's your name?"

  The young real estate agent said somewhat awkwardly: "You can call me 'York', I've only been here for three days, I'm new here."

  Yi Feiyang understood what was meant by "new person", that is, they were not very familiar with the situation here and could not serve them for the time being.

  "But if you don't mind, I can roughly introduce some of the situation here for your reference," York said, mustering up his courage. To be honest, he had been here for three days and had suffered from the difficulties and white eyes of these old brokers, who didn't even let him come into contact with those wealthy customers. And those big clients weren't too fond of guys like York who were too young, thinking that he lacked experience and was hard to trust.

  In the United States, trust is 100% important, more than talent or ability, it's a must-have for building relationships and expanding business; you could say that trust is a kind of passport to social interactions, as long as you can be trusted, there's nothing you can't accomplish!

  Seeing this young agent volunteer to introduce houses for himself, Yi Feiyang frowned and said: "Okay, York, trouble you."

  "Hehe, no trouble at all, not even a bit." York was overjoyed to see Yifei so confident in himself.

  Not far away, Oliver, who was introducing the house to Fatty, heard that the newcomer wanted to recommend a house to this poor-looking Chinese man and couldn't help but sneer, "What an idiot, if such a guy can afford to rent a house, that's really weird!"

  Normally Oliver would have kicked York aside and stolen his customers but now he just wanted to wait and watch the show.

  With Yifei Yang's permission, newcomer York began to meticulously introduce the advantages and disadvantages of each property here. As a newcomer, some places were inevitably unclear, so he called directly to ask, which was considered to be serving at home for Yifei Yang.

  On the other side, the white fatty was showing off in front of agent Oliver, saying this wasn't good and that wasn't good either. This made "skinny" Oliver constantly wipe sweat with his handkerchief, thinking to himself, what bad luck, running into such a difficult guy to serve.

  "This, sir, is the best villa we have here. Yes, I dare to guarantee it to God, absolutely the best, whether it's the environment or the supporting facilities, they are all top-notch in this area!" Oliver wholeheartedly recommended to the other party.

  The white fatty looked up with his face raised. "Is it really as good as you said?"

  "Yes, if you look at it, I guarantee you'll be satisfied... It's just that the rent is a bit more expensive..."

  "How much does it cost?"

  "At least $20,000 per year!"

  "Ah, it's so expensive!" The white fat man's face fell.

  The blonde beauty next to him hooked her arm around his shoulder and coquettishly said, "What's wrong? I think it's quite good, dear. Don't you love me anymore?"

  "Oh, my goodness, how can you say that? It's just that this damn housing price is really... really too high." The fatty was so excited that he became numb all over. He couldn't even speak properly anymore.

  The broker Oliver smiled and said, "Actually, it's not that expensive. Compared with the same type, there is also a lot of room for appreciation."

  "What did you say, idiot? I'm renting a house, not buying one!"

  "Oh, yes, yes, sorry. But this house is really worth it!" Oliver said as politely as possible.

  "Cut it out, you're all talking nonsense, God knows if you're trying to fool me!" the white fatty said disdainfully.

  "What a fool!" Yì Fēi Yáng couldn't help but speak up, then said to Pàng Zi: "Buddy, this villa is absolutely worth it, whether it's the environment or the supporting facilities, in this area it should be one of the best, yeah, 200,000 yuan a year rent isn't expensive at all."

  The white fatty laughed. "Damn it, who are you to dare scold me as an idiot? What right do you have to speak here? Besides, how do you know if the price is suitable or not? Are you in cahoots with them?"

  Looking at Yi Feiyang's ordinary clothes, the fatty didn't take him seriously at all. His tone was full of mockery and sarcasm.

  "No, I'm just a guest here, to be exact, I'm also here to see the house." Yì Fēi said with raised eyebrows.

  "Huh, you're here to look at houses too? I thought you were here to apply for a security job! But it seems like there aren't any houses around here that are suitable for someone like you. The housing prices here are very high, you know? It's not something that a small fry like you can afford to rent. So, I'd advise you to roll on out of here and take a look elsewhere, like those dirty foreign student dorms or the old, run-down neighborhoods with terrible environments. Who knows, maybe they'll give you a discount just because you're Chinese!"

  In the face of Paozi's ridicule, Yi Feiyang didn't get angry, but coldly said to agent York: "I've taken a liking to that house of his, I wonder if it can be transferred to me?"

  "This... I can ask for you." York was overjoyed, then very politely asked the fat man: "Excuse me, sir, are you still renting? If not, this gentleman next to me is very interested..."

  "What's the big deal? I can afford to rent it! It's only 20,000 US dollars a year!" The fat guy said with an air of pretentiousness, holding up his coffee cup.

  "Excuse me, I mean, I'm going to buy this villa!" Yi Feiyang added coldly.

  Pfft!

  Fatso spat out a mouthful of coffee, which just so happened to land on the unfortunate Oliver's face. "What did you say? You want to buy it?!?" His chubby cheeks quivered in incredulity.

  That wretched Oliver didn't even bother to wipe the water stains on his face, "Yes, that's a villa worth $580,000!" He almost said, "Can you afford such a high price?"

  Yi Feiyang completely ignored the two of them and turned to face the newcomer York, saying: "If it's okay with you, can I pay by check?"

  York was still in a "dream" state, and he originally thought that Yi Feiyang was going to rent this villa, so he could get a commission of several hundred dollars. But unexpectedly, the other party directly bought it at a flat price!

  What is this concept?

  That is to say, they can get a commission of over thousands or even tens of thousands of US dollars at once!

  "Oh God, you're too kind, I adore you!" York exclaimed in her heart.

  Oliver also came to himself, first envying and hating York, then his small eyes turned around, preparing to directly kick away the lucky dog York. "Ah, respected sir, York is not very familiar with this villa, why don't I give you a tour instead?"

  A one hundred and eighty degree turnabout, from previous disdain to current fawning, no, it should be said as sycophancy.

  Yi Feiyang smiled coldly and said: "In that case, it's not necessary. I think York is quite good, let him come instead."

  Oliver met a cold reception, didn't expect himself to have his face slapped by a cold buttock, could only laugh dryly.

  And newcomer York thought that this big client was going to be snatched away again, but he didn't expect Yi Feiyang to trust him so much, and in his heart, he felt extremely grateful and excited.

  On this side, the blonde beauty saw that her ideal house was about to be snatched away and couldn't help but say to the fatty: "Oh, darling, I really like that house, why don't you buy it for me?"

  Fatso was furious, he had been slapped in the face by this overseas Chinese youth, wanting to confront him, but that house was really too expensive, just didn't know what to do when a woman next to him provoked him and couldn't help but say: "Hold on, buddy, I've got my eye on that villa too, I'm going to buy it!"

  Agent Oliver didn't expect a turn of events, and the fat guy on his side actually made a move!

  Overjoyed!

  Before he could speak, Yi Feiyang preempted him by saying: "Alright then, that villa is yours!" and even winked at Oliver.

  Oliver still didn't understand why Yifei Yang was "electrifying" himself, but that big fat guy saw it clearly. One buyer and one seller were exchanging flirtatious glances, and they even shook hands so quickly. What does this show? It shows there's a ghost!

  Bullshit! How dare you bully me for having low IQ!

  "Ha! You really think I'd fall for your whole set? It's obvious you're all in cahoots!"

  "Oliver implored, 'You've got it wrong, absolutely wrong! I don't even know him!'"

  "Take that!" The fat boy fetched him a blow on the head which made Oliver spin round.

  "We're leaving, we won't buy anything here, damn it, almost got cheated!" The fat man pulled the woman and walked out directly.

  "Alas, this old fellow has a terrible temper......" Yi Feiyang shook his head and sighed. "Oh right, since no one wants that house, can we talk about the price...can it be lowered?"

  New Yorker York and old man Oliver were stunned again.