After divorcing my celebrity wife, I became the world's richest person

Chen Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment; he hadn't expected Auntie Li to be so capable.

When he first bought the apartment, he had thought that those were all the apartments Auntie Li had in her hands, that she was selling them to him in order to have peace of mind in retirement.

Chen Yu suddenly felt that he had been naive.

Auntie Li laughed heartily and stepped forward to pat Chen Yu on the shoulder.

"That's right, I sold all the apartments from my first batch to you!"

Chen Yu's head was filled with confusion, the words "first batch" truly dazzled him, suggesting that Auntie Li's wealth was far beyond his imagination.

Auntie Li did not elaborate, simply taking out a large stack of contracts from her bag.

"Young Chen, from the time you first came back here to set up shop, I saw potential in you. Since you need apartments for employee accommodation, go ahead and take all these apartments I have."

With that, Auntie Li took out a calculator and calculated the total price on the spot according to market value.

Although houses are talked about as investment items, if they are monopolized by someone, that person can control the specific prices at will.

Auntie Li had held more than half of these two apartment buildings, and she could sway the price per square meter by hundreds of yuan if she wished.

Now that Auntie Li had sold all her apartments to Chen Yu, in other words, the person who now had that kind of ability had become Chen Yu.

The rest had a choice: either sell all their apartments to Chen Yu now or deal with the uncertainty later on.

If one day Chen Yu was displeased and decided to drive down the housing prices, their loss would be substantial.

"Young Chen, as I said just now, I'm willing to sell you all these apartments, so take them all!"

An elderly gentleman promptly stood up and laid out his prepared property deed and related documents on the table.

This gentleman was a regular customer at Chen Yu's store, and Chen Yu had even cured his many years of rheumatism before, so naturally, he wanted to back Chen Yu at this time.

Immediately, more people placed their property deeds and documents on the table.

Seeing this, the others didn't say much more.

Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief; with this, things had become simpler.

After rapidly signing contracts with everyone, Chen Yu paid on the spot and completed the transactions.

However, Chen Yu didn't relax; after sending off these property owners, the real trouble was just beginning.

This place was inherently part of Suzhou City's commercial center, with a number of large malls and companies in the vicinity, so there were many outsiders working here.

Many company white-collar workers and even some fresh graduates lived in the two apartment buildings.

Convenient transportation and affordable rent forced them to choose to rent here.

Now that Chen Yu had bought this place to be used for employee accommodation, how to settle these renters had become the biggest issue.

Hearing that the apartments had changed hands, the renters stirred up trouble together, spontaneously gathering in the square, wanting to get an explanation from the property management.

But these were not matters the property management would handle; they could only push it onto Chen Yu.

At this moment, Chen Yu had already set up a few tables in the community square.

By the time these people gathered around, he had already taken out a floor plan of the apartments, along with an allocation scheme.

"Everyone, I didn't have any other intention in buying the apartments, merely to expand our employee accommodation. However, I don't have many employees right now, so we won't take up too many rooms. You can all continue to live here."

As soon as he spoke, those tenants who had been preparing to cause trouble suddenly quieted down.

However, some people still had doubts, and they asked a myriad of questions in disarray.

After Chen Yu had responded to these questions one by one, he then consolidated the originally vacant rooms and adjusted the rooms for these tenants.

It was only after all the issues had been resolved that these people left one after another.

Chen Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately called the cleaning staff to tidy up the adjusted rooms.

Although the occupancy rate of these two apartment buildings was very high, a significant portion was used for storage, so the total occupancy rate was only 60 percent.

After the adjustment, Chen Yu concentrated all the tenants in the mobile apartment building, and another area of the other apartment building was also specifically designated for these tenants.

When the time came for some people to move out, Chen Yu would gradually clear out one apartment building to be used entirely for staff accommodation.

Once the rooms were cleaned up, Chen Yu had someone simply decorate them, arranging all the basic living facilities.

By 8 p.m., many employees had gradually arrived at the apartment building.

When they saw the clean and tidy dormitories, they were so excited they could hardly contain themselves, and in that moment, they almost regarded Chen Yu as a god.

Chen Yu didn't say much, and after simply settling them in, he returned to the shopping center.

Although it was already evening, the flow of people in the shopping center hadn't decreased, but instead, it was getting even busier.

Chu Hong arranged the shifts based on the different stations into opening, mid-shift, closing, and night shifts.

She then had everyone familiarize themselves with the essentials of these four shifts, so once they had mastered the details, they could freely swap shifts.

Even if someone had a last-minute issue, all the stores and stations could continue to operate without any disruption.

Seeing that everything was well-organized, Chen Yu felt a surge of relief.

Just then, Xie Jiang came down from upstairs laughing and talking with several workers.

They had been busy with renovations and remodeling upstairs, so they used the first-floor hall as a canteen.

The group quickly found a few familiar spots to sit down at.

"Old Chen, how come you have time to swing by here today?"

Xie Jiang called out excitedly as he approached.

Chen Yu smiled in response, "Just taking a stroll since I have nothing better to do, and besides, arranging accommodations for our staff."

"Chen, you're a busy man. It's rare for you to have nothing to do. Come on, let's have a good drink together today."

Before Chen Yu could react, Xie Jiang had already dragged him to a spot and ordered some plum wine.

This wine was brewed by Chen Yu's own shop.

When they first shared these recipes, it was impossible to brew perfect plum wine due to limited conditions.

So Chen Yu spread the formula for the staff to brew on their own, but unexpectedly, Chu Hong and the other girls managed to make it.

Although it did not reach the perfect level of the recipe, it was still many times better than other wines of the same type.

Most importantly, the alcohol content was not very high, so even if one drank too much, it wouldn't affect work. Therefore, it became a favorite among the workforce, something they'd indulge in whether or not there was an occasion.