{"id":144734,"date":"2012-10-15T19:09:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T02:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=144734"},"modified":"2013-10-03T16:42:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T23:42:55","slug":"mo-yan-wants-to-buy-a-house-in-beijing-can-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/10\/mo-yan-wants-to-buy-a-house-in-beijing-can-he\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo Yan Wants to Buy a House in Beijing. Can He?"},"content":{"rendered":"
When asked by a Xinhua journalist what he would do with his prize money of RMB7.5 mil, Nobel winner Mo Yan replied:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m getting ready to buy a house in Beijing, a big house. But then I\u2019ve been warned I won\u2019t be able to get anything that big. A house is more than RMB50,000 per square meter. RMB 7.5 mil is 120-some square meters.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Netizens were stunned by the \u201cmagical realism<\/a>\u201d of such a huge sum of money meaning so little in the Beijing real estate market. Beijing real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi (@\u6f58\u77f3\u5c79<\/a>) stoked the fires when he asked bluntly, \u201cDoes @MoYan have a Beijing hukou<\/em><\/a> [household registration]? (@\u83ab\u8a00<\/a> \u6709\u5317\u4eac\u6237\u53e3\u5417\uff1f)\u201d Without the proper hukou<\/em> or proof that he has been paying city social security taxes for at least five years, Mo Yan has no legal route to home ownership in the capital. Such property-purchasing limitations (\u9650\u8d2d\u4ee4), which began in Beijing in 2010, are in use nationwide.<\/a><\/p>\n
Meanwhile, an investigation of Guangzhou City Management Commissar Cai Bin, who owns 21 homes<\/a>, started last week. Property-purchasing limitations in Guangzhou, Beijing and many other cities restrict residents to one property per household. Compared to officials like Cai Bin, Mo Yan is \u201cone of us,\u201d just trying to make a living with his Nobel money.<\/p>\n
Below are a selection of comments gathered by CDT Chinese<\/a>:<\/p>\n
DuguHoe:<\/strong> Has he been paying his social security taxes for five years?
\n\u72ec\u5b64\u9504\u5934<\/a>\uff1a\u4ea4\u6ee1\u4e94\u5e74\u793e\u4fdd\u4e86\u5417\uff1f<\/p>\nMuseSinner:<\/strong> Over 50,000 for one square meter. That truly is magical and realistic.
\n\u51a5\u60f3\u7f6a\u4eba<\/a>\uff1a 5\u4e07\u591a\u4e00\u5e73\u7c73\uff0c\u65e2\u9b54\u5e7b\u53c8\u73b0\u5b9e<\/p>\nwangshenzhou:<\/strong> Does this count as a micro novel<\/a>?
\n\u5175\u9a6c\u4fd1\u671b\u5317\u56fa\u5c71<\/a>\uff1a \u8fd9\u7b97\u5fae\u5c0f\u8bf4\u5417<\/p>\nHikerjmc:<\/strong> The Chinese people are all struggling to win a Nobel.
\n\u5065\u884c\u8005jmc<\/a>\uff1a\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u6c11\u90fd\u5728\u4e3a\u83b7\u5f97\u8bfa\u5956\u800c\u52aa\u529b\u3002<\/p>\ngbsoup:<\/strong> After you buy your house, you\u2019ll still have to renovate it\u2026 And did you take the property management and parking fees into account?
\n\u53e3\u53e3\u70e7\u7096<\/a>\uff1a \u4e70\u5b8c\u623f\u8fd8\u5f97\u88c5\u4fee\u5462\u2026\u7269\u4e1a\u8d39\u505c\u8f66\u8d39\u7559\u51fa\u6765\u4e86\u4e48\uff1f<\/p>\nTriRoadSummer:<\/strong> If they don\u2019t keep increasing the Nobel prize money, it will lose its appeal in China\u2026
\n\u4e09\u89d2\u8def\u7684\u590f\u5929<\/a>\uff1a \u8bfa\u8d1d\u5c14\u5956\u91d1\u518d\u4e0d\u63d0\u9ad8\uff0c\u5728\u4e2d\u56fd\u5c06\u4f1a\u5931\u53bb\u5438\u5f15\u529b\u5440\u2026\u2026<\/p>\nBeyondHeaven-CZX:<\/strong> It\u2019s already a great mercy to live as a free man. Don\u2019t forget where the previous laureate<\/a> is living.
\n\u5728\u5929\u5802\u9694\u58c1-CZX<\/a>\uff1a\u7ed9\u4f60\u81ea\u7531\u8eab\u5c31\u662f\u4e3b\u9686\u6069\u4e86\uff0c\u522b\u5fd8\u4e86\u524d\u9762\u4e00\u4f4d\u4f4f\u54ea\u91cc\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\nStarPicker010:<\/strong> Mo Yan is indeed one of us common people.
\n\u6458\u661f\u624b010<\/a>:\u83ab\u8a00\u679c\u771f\u662f\u767e\u59d3\u81ea\u5df1\u4eba\u3002<\/p>\nwujiandeng:<\/strong> Heh heh, the prize money seems big, but in fact is just worth an apartment.
\n\u5357\u90fd\u963f\u767b<\/a>\uff1a\u5475\u5475\uff0c\u5956\u91d1\u548b\u770b\u5f88\u591a\uff0c\u7ec6\u770b\u5c31\u4e00\u5957\u623f<\/p>\nBenYuan:<\/strong> It\u2019s not the fault of the Nobel literature prize. It\u2019s the fault of the real estate prices in China.
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\n<\/strong><\/p>\ntjwjl:<\/strong> In China, a small-time official is worth more than a world-class writer.
\n\u738b\u6d25\u6765<\/a>\uff1a\u5728\u4e2d\u56fd\uff0c\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e16\u754c\u7ea7\u7684\u4f5c\u5bb6\uff0c\u8fd8\u4e0d\u5982\u4e00\u4e2a\u5c0f\u540f\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\nLearn more about Mo Yan<\/a>, the Nobel<\/a> and real estate<\/a> from CDT.<\/p>\n
Translation by Mengyu Dong.<\/p>\n