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In fact, in the minds of most British people, the ideal life is to earn enough money to buy a manor in the countryside.

Most of the British insisted that they did not belong to the city, but to the countryside where they did not live. They felt that the real British were rednecks.

Nestled in the British countryside, the mansions and manors have become a unique landscape in the UK with their rich architectural decoration style, profound cultural heritage and strong historical color.

The manor has a remote green lawn and a variety of century-old trees dotted with it, a garden near the house with brilliant English roses, and a small living room with potted begonias drinking tea, reading a book, and waiting for visitors to ring the bell.

Even if you will never realize this ideal in your lifetime, this dream has been passed down from generation to generation.

In the past, the manor was the residence and social stage of the British aristocracy, which not only represented wealth, but also represented power, and it is more appropriate to say that it is a "power estate".

Especially in the eighteenth century, when the power of the royal family was gradually weakened, it was when the aristocracy was in power, and the sources of income were abundant and abundant, and taxes were very light or non-existent. Designed and built by renowned artists, the estates are home to treasures from around the world, comparable to precious heritage museums, scattered across the English countryside.

The overall concept of the manor villa, which is ornate and refined, is also more elegant and luxurious, or more faithful to aesthetics.

At that time, the nobles lived a luxurious life, and there were special people to wait for food and daily life, and they were particular about clothing and food, and they had to change their clothes several times a day.

The morning clothes are the most casual, and when the ladies go downstairs for breakfast, they generally put down their hair, wear plain long skirts, and wear gold and silver jewelry, without excessive decoration, so as not to disturb the emotions of others.

The dress for dinner is the most ceremonious, and even if there are no guests, the whole family is dressed up carefully. Ladies do their hair, change into formal dresses, and put on their finest jewelry.

In this way, the luxurious life and cumbersome etiquette constituted the daily life of the nobles.

And now, the Smith family has the opportunity to own a noble manor, and his father Alan is still quite yearning.

This represents a clear testimony to the rise of the Smith family.

But this is related to a huge sum of 60 million pounds, and it is impossible for his father Allen, with his vision of the rise of the family. asked Andrew to give up his investment project and buy this aristocratic manor. to flesh out the face of the Smith family.

However, his father Alan still agreed with Andrew that tomorrow morning, the two would go to two pre-sold estates on the outskirts of London City together to go on a field trip.

In addition to the manor affairs on the outskirts of London, there is another important thing that needs Andrew's feedback.

That is, in the first two months, several high-class business families in London entrusted investment. At that time, Andrew's opinion was that he could accept the entrusted investment of commercialization, and the specific matters would be negotiated by his father Allen.

Representatives of several upper-class business families, after several contacts and consultations with Allen, formed two intentional plans.

First, five families have partnered to form an investment bank, each with a 20% stake. Four business families in London, each contributing £50 million. The Smith family, with a capital of 25 million pounds, plus Andrew's investment ability, is equivalent to 25 million pounds.

Second, the Smith family set up an investment fund company. Four business families in London each invested in an investment fund company to act as an agent for investment and wealth management.

For these two options, Andrew of course chose the second option. The first plan seemed to directly get 25 million pounds of equity, but Andrew himself became a wage earner in disguise.

And by choosing the second option, Andrew had the initiative. The relationship with the four business families is purely a commercial principal-agent relationship. The specific remuneration distribution plan can be in the form of profit extraction ratio.

And Andrew chose the second option, which was to create a new family business for the family outside of the hospitality industry. Andrew's personal funds will not be involved, but will only provide advice on the direction of investment.

Father Alan got Andrew, a clear intention to reciprocate. The next negotiations will be handled by him in the name of the Smith family.

After chatting with his family for a while, Andrew called Emma, who was home on vacation. The two made an affectionate phone call, and finally, Andrew and Emma agreed that he would come to Liverpool to visit Emma's family before Christmas.

The next morning, their fathers, Alan and Andrew, drove to the outskirts of south-west London, on the south bank of the River Thames, to inspect the situation of the two pre-sale estates.

First, to the merchant's estate.

This merchant's estate is spread over 10 acres and is surrounded by a ring of century-old trees. The shape of the entrance passage is relatively unique, which is deliberately made of branches on both sides of the passage, entwined, and pruned out a semicircular branch arch.

Through the manor guard at the branch arch, the steward of the manor was contacted. After explaining the intention, under the guidance of the manor guards, we walked through a shaded passage into the manor to the central main building of the manor.

The main building of the estate is a three-storey detached villa in the Italian style. The stone and wood structure, due to the short period of construction, still looks relatively new.

On each side of the main building, there is a two-storey annex.

Guided by the housekeeper of the estate, Andrew and his son toured the interior of the estate.

The layout of the manor is relatively simple, with the main building in the center as the central axis, with the recreation area in front of the main building and the sports area behind the main building.

In the leisure area, on a large area of flowers and lawns, different shapes of patterns are drawn by flowers and plants, and patterns are drawn according to flowers and plants, and several rest pavilions of different national styles are embellished with buildings.

Andrew still appreciates the simple and natural planning and layout of the leisure area.

In the sports area, tennis courts, basketball courts, half-court football fields and other sports fields are planned. At the back is a small horse farm.

After visiting this merchant's manor, I have a general understanding of this merchant's manor.

After thanking the steward of the merchant's estate for accompanying them, father and son took their leave.

Less than a 10-minute drive from the merchant's estate, you can see the outline of the viscount's suburban estate.

From a distance, the 600 acres of attached fields of the Viscount Manor, at this time, are planted with winter wheat, like a green ribbon, surrounding the manor complex.

In terms of style, the grandeur of the Viscount Manor is indeed good.

Adjacent to the Viscount Manor complex, the Viscount Castle, with its mottled brown stone façade, surrounds the overall rectangular Viscount Castle.

Explaining their intentions, and with the consent of the castle guards, the father and son walked into the Viscount's Castle with them. Take a live tour of the interior layout of the castle.

In fact, the descendants of the Viscount of this Viscount Castle have long since lived here for many years. Most of the buildings inside the castle are vacant.

The castle building, which is mainly made of stone, is tall and rough, solid and simple.

According to the castle guards, the main purpose of the castle was to amass troops for defense. Therefore, the layout of internal facilities is more considered for military use.

After a brief visit to the Viscount Castle, the father and son took their leave.

For this Viscount Castle, the father and son do not have a high evaluation. Father Alan was disappointed, fundamentally speaking, this Viscount Castle was not very suitable for living use. It's not very suitable to use it as the face of the family's rise.

His father, Allen, compared the two manors and thought that it was still the merchant's manor, which was much more practical. It also extinguished the longitudinal idea of buying a noble estate. Andrew was also interested in the merchant's estate.

As for whether the final purchase is made or not, Andrew does not want to be involved. After the year, I still care about the construction of the three islands in the Bahamas.

After visiting the manor on the outskirts of London, Andrew returned home and had a good rest in the afternoon.