At the end of the race, tycoons in designer suits or handmade coats get into their Bentleys, BMWs or Mercedes Benzes, leave with their bejeweled daughters, and petty businessmen and white-collar workers – usually in Honda or Toyota – are in a mixed coat and a mist of perfume and cologne. In order to avoid attracting attention, Su Xiaoqi and Li Wei appeared and got into a taxi and left.

Back at the apartment, she and Levi used their accommodation as a place to work and began to get busy. These days, every time people place a bet, the stakes seem to be small, and how much each game wins, in fact, only two people know.

They calculated that the income from reselling art was about 2.3 million, and the gambling money was 5.8 million, and in a short period of time, they made a lot of money, and the amazing income may even attract the attention of Russian gangsters.

Every time they talk, laugh and make friends with certain characters, and make others confused, they also understand that this way of making money is not sustainable and will inevitably come to an end.

After the event, she and Levi discussed and began to look for other projects to do. In Aurora's recovery ward in Switzerland, Su Xiaoqi heard that her condition was much more stable, and Levi also concentrated on business sales.

During this time, they had a lot of customers who ordered art, and she went around buying excellent Russian art.

Before evening, she passed by a building with a mottled signboard, and suddenly stopped, and in front of her was an old building, the walls were so dusty that she could no longer make out the original color of the wall tiles. She leaned over to read the words. It is a building built before the war, which is dilapidated and has a faint Russian word on the signboard. She stared at it for a long time, and what came to her mind was a towering Victorian house. Su Xiaoqi immediately inquired about its property owner, and she followed the instructions of others and came to a Russian seaside hotel.

"I'm looking for a gentleman. She said to the man in the waiter's suit at the front desk.

The waiter led her into an office, where a middle-aged man in a suit and leather collar sat on a chair and raised his chin, looked at her, and said, "What's the matter with you, Miss?"

"I heard you have a property for sale, can I see it?" she asked.

He smiled and instructed the waiter, "Take her with you." ”

The man asked a young man to accompany her with the key. Once there, upon entering, there is a row of old marble columns at the entrance. She walked around the hallway, and when she saw that the mustard yellow wallpaper was peeling off, she peeled off a piece and saw that the wallpaper was marble.

Upstairs, the stairs are very old, and the handrails of the stairs are painted with black paint. They went up to the middle floor, and the young man opened the door, and the room was surprisingly spacious, but the inside was miserable. They entered another room with a musty smell coming from it.

But Su Xiaoqi saw its potential, and through the thick dust of the dust, she saw that every part of the house had some history. While the waiter was not paying attention, Su Xiaoqi scraped the paint with her own key, and found what she was hoping for, which was a solid copper handrail.

She bowed her head, extremely restrained from her displeasure, and I was going to replace it, put a mural in the hallway, and put a beautiful red carpet in the hall. Walking down the stairs, she took a closer look, subconsciously lifting the dirty and broken carpet to see the dark marble floor below.

Su Xiaoqi returned the key to the room attendant.

"Miss, have you seen everything you want to see?" asked the waiter.

"Yes," Su Xiaoqi said, "thank you." ”

He curled his eyebrows in some surprise and said to her, "Do you really want to buy this kind of place?"

"Yes," she said, "I'm really going to buy it." ”

"A weirdo. The waiter said.

Back in his office at the beachfront hotel, the gentleman turned from his leather chair, "My secretary said you want to buy one of my properties. The man looked at her for a moment and said, "Which one?"

"XX hostel. ”

"What hotel?"

"That's what it says on the signboard, I think it's 'Russian Anti-Terrorism Committee'. ”

"Yes. He muttered.

"You're going to sell it, aren't you?" she asked again.

He shook his head, looking nonchalant, "Hey, I don't know. It's one of the sources of money we have in store, and I'm not sure if we're ready to give it up yet. ”

In fact, he bought the property from a pair of brothers fifteen years ago and has never appreciated in value.

She said unhurriedly, "Sir, you have long since given up on it. ”

"Huh?"

"The house was unrecognizable, it was falling apart, the walls were peeling off, and it was full of musty smells. ”

"Oh?" the man raised an eyebrow in surprise, "and what are you buying it for?"

"I'm going to buy it and rebuild it. The building given to me must be vacated. ”

He thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. ”

"How many rooms are there?"

"One hundred and five. ”

"If I decide to buy this house, how much do you want to pay?"

The gentleman said to her, "If I decide to sell this building, I want 8 million in cash." ”

She quoted, "I'm out ......"

"Listen, miss, I don't bargain. Either buy it or pull it down. ”

Su Xiaoqi was calculating the cost of renovation, the need for repainting, carpeting, wallpaper, and the cost per square foot, plus furniture, accessories, and equipment. The problem is that she now needs 8 million in cash, and she only has 4 million in her hand.

But she wanted to get it, and immediately had an idea, she raised her eyes and smiled, "I'll do this business with you." ”

"Huh?"

"Sir, I accept your price. ”

"That's pretty much it. The man sat at his desk and smiled.

"I'll pay you 3 million in the first cash installment. She said.

He shook his head, "No, I must get 8 million in cash." ”

"You'll get it. ”

"Where's the rest of the money, miss?" he asked.

"From yourself. She replied.

He looked at her in surprise: "What?"

Su Xiaoqi said, "I will give you 5 million mortgage debt, sir." ”

He asked, "You want to borrow my money and buy my property again?"

"You look at the problem this way," Su Xiaoqi said, "before I pay off your debt, you are the property owner, and you have an agreement with me, you have a guarantee, why don't you give it a try? You only need to invest a little time, in fact, you are lending the money to yourself." By all accounts, you have nothing to lose. ”

He pondered, glanced at Su Xiaoqi, and then bent his eyes: "Madam, you bought it for yourself." ”

As soon as the contract was signed, she had the house painted, replaced with new carpets, fireplaces, furniture, equipment, and frescoes in the hallways. During this period, Li Wei and You Shi'an came to the apartment to see her.

Li Wei sat on the sofa and said, "Xiaoqi, I heard that you bought an old house?"

"Yes. ”

Mr. You muttered, "The old house on Malakhovka Street, are you not afraid of haunting?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Levi interrupted his old classmate and asked, "What are you going to use it for?"

Su Xiaoqi explained, "I'm going to renovate it and use it as a place for art exhibitions and mortgages." She remembered something again and asked, "I heard that seafood is about to go on the market during this time?"

Over the next few months, Mr. You watched in amazement as Li Wei and Su Xiaoqi went from selling fish to selling fruit in the past three months, and after initially contacting the customer, the two went to the seafood market to pick up fresh fish and deliver it to the customer. A month later, they were selling fruit again, and they were responsible for delivering the finished product, putting together beautiful platters of all kinds of fruit to send to the middle class, company parties, and pary.

Three months later, the house on the block had a new look. Su Xiaoqi came to look at the house, which stood proudly under the sky, more beautiful than any house she had ever seen.

The window in the foyer is a stained-glass portrait — a Victorian baby holding a bouquet of roses in her hand, dressed in white that turns white as the sun shines and fades to pale brown in the setting sun — the last Victorian house in the block.

The third floor is a tower with a weather vane on top.

The scenery was so beautiful that she could see the patchwork of the Russian streets, the sparkling lights in the sky.

She did not leave after admiring the night, for after months of busyness, she suddenly became tired, and lay down on a court bench, and soon fell asleep.

In the dim and ignorant dream, she walked through a dark corridor and saw a man in a black robe standing on the stairs, "You're here!" he handed her the torch and pulled down the hood on his head, "Let's visit this underground palace!"

The two of them walked in the underground palace, and the staggered tunnels were like a large spider web. She followed him to a central hall where she saw a large, cold-faced, muscular man pouring out the red liquid from the furnace.

When she saw this, she wondered, "What is that?"

"Alchemy. The man in black said to her, "The gold that has been refined into the solution is pouring out of the furnace...... Tell you a secret, the palace master made a deal with the devil to refine his own shadow, so he has no weakness. ”

"No one can see the shadow?" and by the light ......of the fire, she could see that there was a shrunken shadow stretching out at the man's feet.

She was wondering when a voice sounded in the air, "You see?" The voice said, "Then, the other party's old enemy is you." ”

In my heart, I was suddenly shocked.

At this moment, the man turned and found himself, knowing what she was seeing at the moment, and a terrifying light burst out of his eyes, and his cold and hard face became hideous in the firelight, and suddenly let out a loud roar, and rushed towards her viciously—

She had fled to the other side of the corridor, playing hide and seek with the other party. Where is the man in the black cloak, and why did you bring her here?

He frantically looked for her, and the whole palace trembled with the roar, and she hid in the corner and shivered, could she escape......? She saw the exit, walked out of the underground cavern, and finally came out!

The sun was bright and blinding, shining on a large expanse of lush woods. She walked through the land, looked around, and saw a man in a cloak, leading a horse past. She came forward and was about to speak, but the man took the horse and said to her, "Look, he has caught up, do you want to fight?"

She turned to see a burly warrior in leather armor on the hillside rushing towards her on horseback - the other party would not let her go! She turned to look at the cloaked man beside her, and the man had no intention of running away with her, and handed her a sword—and when she took it from the man's hand, she understood that it was an ordinary sword.

But what could she do?

She closed her eyes and was done! It was one of the most savage battles of the Middle Ages.

Since it can't be avoided no matter what, there is no other thought in my heart at this moment. She picked up her sword, clenched the sword in her hand, and then faced it! This is a fight to the death, under the sun, facing the other party head-on—the moment the samurai rushes over on horseback, his face becomes ordinary and no longer hideous and terrifying.

She confronted the samurai, swung her sword over, swords intersected, and in an instant she understood that this battle was a battle of wills.

Under the blow, the samurai fell from his horse.

It turns out that this is her battlefield!

After not seeing the man get up for a long time, Su Xiaoqi looked at the ground vigilantly. Such a formidable and terrifying opponent last night had become vulnerable and ready to continue fighting, and the samurai had just been hit and fell to the ground and lost his mobility.

"You see, he's just that. The man in the cloak led the horse and approached: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins." The man removed the hood from his head.

She was surprised to see his face and said, "It's you, Levi." ”

Cool sunlight slanted through the window and shone on the tower. She gradually woke up from that magical dream, stretched her arms, and got up from the court chair. Su Xiaoqi walked to the window of the tower and looked at the street scene in the early morning sun, the houses and buildings were scattered, the streets were full of traffic, and today was a new day. She thought, I'm going to make this a place of appreciation, with the third floor as an exhibition hall, and a party on the first and second floors, and then hire a few girls and guys to work here.

Li Wei and Mr. You came over in the morning, and after they came in, they looked east and west, and seemed surprised that the old building had become refreshing.

After going upstairs and downstairs, Mr. You went back to the sofa in the living room and sat down, exclaiming, "It's really nice here!"

Su Xiaoqi poured two cups of coffee, put them on the long table and said, "I have some ideas that I want to talk to you about." ”

"The last time I had a high-end restaurant party, there were a lot of people chatting over goblets and I heard people there complaining that the prices were too low for a lot of dealing with Sotheby's. ”

Su Xiaoqi clasped her hands and said, "Or, let's open an auction house ourselves?"