Entering the Villa

The police officer took Ye Chen's ID card, looked at it, and asked in surprise, "Are you the owner here?"

"Yes, you can check. To be honest, this is my first time here."

Hearing Ye Chen say this, the officer glanced at him and said, "Wait here a moment."

With that, the officer walked aside to make a phone call, while Ye Chen stood and waited.

A few minutes later, the officer came back and said, "I've contacted a locksmith. After checking, you are indeed the owner here."

The officer's words made Ye Chen breathe a sigh of relief. This meant that there was no mistake by the housing bureau, but what was going on?

How did he become the owner of this place? This puzzled him even more.

Twenty minutes later, the locksmith arrived. Because it was a code lock, including the main gate outside, they had to force it open and then install new ones.

But regardless, Ye Chen entered the villa. As soon as he stepped in, he was stunned by the luxurious interior.

Not only him, but the police officers and security personnel who came in with him were also amazed. They had probably never seen such opulent decor.

The furniture was all solid wood, though he couldn't tell what kind of wood. However, with such luxury, it couldn't be ordinary wood.

In addition to the furniture, there were various high-end appliances, the most advanced in the world.

Moreover, the villa was filled with antiques. Ye Chen didn't understand antiques, so he had no idea about their value.

But given such a villa, could the antiques inside be anything less than extraordinary? Obviously not.

"Hey!" Ye Chen found a property certificate on the coffee table in the living room. He hurried over to pick it up.

He opened it and, sure enough, it was the property certificate for this villa, with his name on it. Ye Chen quickly called the three police officers over, "Officers, come take a look."

"What's up?"

Without saying a word, Ye Chen handed the property certificate over.

One officer took it, glanced at it, then nodded to the other two officers and handed it back to Ye Chen, saying, "Alright, if there's nothing else, we'll take our leave."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome." The leading officer smiled at Ye Chen, speaking much more politely.

In addition to the property certificate, there was a bunch of keys on the coffee table, presumably for the various doors of the villa. But since the locks had been broken, the keys were now useless.

Of course, not entirely useless. The locks on the interior doors could still be used, just not the main gate and the outer courtyard gate.

At this point, it didn't matter.

Besides these items, there were also three car keys on the coffee table. Seeing the car logos on the keys, Ye Chen covered his mouth in surprise.

One was a Lamborghini key, another a Bentley key, and the third a Mercedes key. Without seeing the cars, he didn't know the models.

The locksmiths quickly replaced the locks, which cost Ye Chen over ten thousand yuan, including labor.

After the locksmiths left, the security guard who came with them said, "Mr. Ye, I need to get back. Please pay the property management fee as soon as possible."

"Uh, property management fee?" Ye Chen was taken aback.

"Yes, you haven't paid the property management fee for a year."

Hearing this, Ye Chen scratched his head and asked, "How much is the annual property management fee here?"

"You don't know?" The security guard looked at Ye Chen in surprise.

"I don't." Ye Chen shook his head.

"Our property management fee is calculated based on the area of the house. It's 36 yuan per square meter per month. Check the area on your property certificate, and you'll know how much you need to pay."

"Oh! Okay, I see. Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

After the security guard left, Ye Chen quickly picked up the property certificate to check the area. When he saw it, his face turned green.

It said 1200 square meters. Of course, this area wasn't just one floor but the total for all three floors.

Even so, this place was huge. Based on the security guard's calculation of 36 yuan per square meter per month, the monthly property management fee would be 43,200 yuan, totaling around 520,000 yuan a year.

"Damn! That's really expensive."

Although Ye Chen said this, he didn't think it was unreasonable. In the capital, the property management fee for an average apartment could be over two yuan per month per square meter, with some places even reaching five or six yuan.

And this was a villa. Because there were fewer villa units and a larger shared area, like the villa Ye Chen was in, the total land area was about 6000 square meters.

With one villa paying 520,000 yuan a year, there were only sixteen villas in total, bringing the annual property management fees to over eight million yuan.

Considering the maintenance, repairs, sanitation, management, and staff expenses for the entire villa area, including security, it wasn't much.