Li Mu didn't expect that the richest man in the world like Bill Gates would come to London to attend such a party, but after thinking about it, didn't he come too?

The distance between himself and the world's richest man is only one step away from "going public", and once this step is taken, his real worth may be twice as much as that of Bill Gates.

Bill Gates knew he was coming, and he would have been equally surprised.

After quickly passing through the customs, the convoy of Li Mu and his entourage drove out of the airport.

As soon as the convoy left the airport, a number of police cars and police motorcycles immediately merged into the formation, escorted the road back and forth, and drove all the way to South London.

Li Mu didn't like the weather in London too much, although it was cool, it was gloomy, and the air was full of wet smells, and it looked as if it had just rained.

Steve· Johnson introduced to Li Mu: "It often rains in London, which is very different from the weather in Yanjing, there are fewer sunny days than Yanjing, and the air humidity is higher than Yanjing. ”

Li Mu asked him curiously, "Have you ever lived in Yanjing?"

"I spent a while in Yanjing a long time ago. ”Steve· Johnson smiled and said: "Many people don't like the wet weather in London where it rains frequently, but then again, the royal family in the Middle East simply loves the rainy weather in London, and if you have contact with them, you will find that they like the two seasons of rain and snow the most, and the royal family who shouts to go out when it rains is basically from the Middle East." ”

Li Mu nodded and chuckled: "The more you lack something, the more you love something, just like the northernmost people in China like to go to the southernmost part of China to spend the winter, and even buy a house." ”

"Yes!" "I've lived in London for a long time, and I've always liked the dry weather, and Yanjing is one of them, but the air quality is a little bit worse," Johnson said with a smile. ”

The two chatted all the way, and it began to drizzle outside the car window.

The convoy drove for more than an hour on the closed highway at around 90 kilometers per hour, by which time the sides of the road had long since lost sight of the city, replaced by vast expanses of green space, forests, low hills and castles hidden in dense forests.

Steve· Johnson told Li Mu: "This area is actually Oxfordshire, and in this vicinity, there are dozens or hundreds of ancient castles and manors with a history of hundreds of years, the small ones cover an area of only tens of thousands of square meters, and the large ones even have ancient castles and manors, covering an area of thousands of acres. ”

Li Mu had heard of the ancient castles in the United Kingdom, and asked with a smile: "I heard that when you buy an ancient castle in the United Kingdom, you must maintain and repair it regularly in accordance with national regulations?"

Steve· Johnson nodded and said, "That's true, so many of the original owners of the castle have sold their castles in recent decades, and most of the people who inherited the castle and manor from their ancestors are basically unable to afford the huge cost of the castle in modern times, so many of the castles have been bought by some new overseas tycoons." ”

Speaking of which, Steve· Johnson added: "There are three places in the world where the rich like the UK the most, these three places are the Middle East, India and Russia, the top rich people in these countries basically live in the UK, so there are many castles and manors around here, there are also many in their hands, if you are interested, you can also buy a suitable manor here." ”

Li Mu shook his head and said with a smile: "I'd better forget it, it's difficult for a person from a civilian background like me to adapt to this Old-Money lifestyle. ”

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The convoy drove out of the highway and drove on an extremely smooth asphalt road in the countryside, the car drove on such a road surface, almost did not feel any vibration of the suspension, quiet and comfortable, the curvature of the curve and the ups and downs of the road surface were designed very elegantly, when the car was driving at high speed, it could ensure that people did not have any discomfort in the car, which made Li Mu very surprised.

Moreover, this asphalt road has two lanes in both directions, which is not wide, but fortunately, there are no vehicles along the way, and the scenery on both sides of the road is also very good, and even the trees on the side of the road are very uniform, the left and right sides are symmetrical, the spacing is consistent, and even the left and right symmetrical pruning has been carried out.

According to Steve· Johnson said that the road, which is about three miles long, almost five kilometers, is privately owned by Goldberg Manor, which means that there is only one destination on the road, and that is Goldberg's Manor.

What made Li Mu feel even more unbelievable was that the land on both sides of the road was all owned by the Goldberg family, but most of these areas were not counted in the area of Goldberg's estate, but were owned by the Goldberg family in the form of other forms such as arable land, grassland, woodland, horse farms and golf courses.

Li Mu couldn't help but sigh, he used to think that the life of the rich in China was already very luxurious, but he didn't expect that the rich in Britain lived even more luxuriously, not only with their own private estates, but also with their own private roads.

After a few minutes, the team began to slow down. Johnson said to Li Mu, "We're almost there. ”

Li Mu shifted his gaze from the side of the road to the front of the car, and he could already see a huge castle complex in front of the road.

The car is getting closer and closer, the appearance of the building complex is getting clearer and clearer, this castle complex is an inverted "concave" shape, the scale is very grand, the main color of the building complex is rose gold, the color is elegant, from the color point of view, it does not look like a century-old ancient building at all, but like a newly built general brand-new.

The entrance to the entire estate is a large and solemn stone arch, with a black and gold sculpture door that opens to the left and right, and the width of the arch is wide enough for most vehicles to enter.

The convoy did not pause, quickly passed through the arch, as soon as it entered the arch, the scenery inside the manor suddenly opened up, the castle complex is directly in front, about a thousand meters away, and on both sides of the road, all like a football field, the green lawn of the shades, in the center of the arch and the castle, there is a huge sculpture fountain formed by the roundabout.

In the distance, the lawn is almost as far as the eye can see, the lawn on the left is relatively flat, and several groups of horses of different colors are running on the lawn in the distance, and you can see that each horse has a man wearing a black equestrian suit and a black helmet.

On the right, there are several rolling hills stretching out into the distance, and from a distance, you can see sparse white caravans moving around, which look like they should be a golf course.

After the convoy bypassed the roundabout formed by the fountain, it went straight to the whole inverted "concave" shaped castle complex, in the center of the inverted "concave" word, there was a very large area of square, the middle of the square was completely empty, in addition to the traffic lanes on both sides, multi-level plants were also designed on the roadside, and various plants were designed together in a very orderly manner, exquisite and atmospheric.

In addition, there are various sculptures around the plants, which look artistic.

The convoy drove in from the left, and after a ninety-degree turn, stopped in front of the main castle, and when you got closer to see the main castle, you had to tilt your neck to see the whole entrance, and eight huge round stone pillars towered to support the top of the entire gate, estimated to be at least twenty meters high.

After the convoy came to a stop, more than a dozen men in black suits and white gloves on both sides opened the left and right doors for the eight cars in unison.

Li Mu's car was parked at the front, and when he opened the door to face the entrance, a British gentleman in his thirties opened the door for him, holding the door with one hand and blocking the top of the door with the other.

As soon as Li Mu got out of the car, more than ten men and women with European faces walked out of the opposite gate, if it weren't for the Rolls-Royce behind him, just looking at the dress of these people, Li Mu thought that he had traveled to the end of the 19th century.

The more than ten people who came were men and women, and the men were dressed very formally, not only the whole suit, shirt and tie, but also the elegant vest inside, wearing a black top hat, and the outer pocket of the suit on the left side, neatly stuffed with a white square scarf, and a delicate men's corsage on the top of the gold.

As for the ladies among these people, they are more elaborate in their dressing, the older ones are wearing all kinds of small suits and skirt suits, from all kinds of jewelry to corsages, to all kinds of hats and headdresses, all of which are delicate to the point of almost cumbersome, and the younger women are only a little simpler, they do not wear suits and skirts, but wear a full set of dresses, but other jewelry and headdresses are not lazy at all.

In contrast, Li Mu's dress seemed a lot more casual, he just wore formal clothes according to normal social etiquette, that is, a suit, shirt, tie and leather shoes, and for the rest, he didn't even have a watch.

At this time, Steve· Johnson had already gotten out of the car from the other side and walked quickly around to Li Mu, and the dozen or so people happened to be closer.

At the front was an old man who looked to be in his sixties.

When the old man was still two or three meters away from Li Mu, he had already stretched out his hands, came to Li Mu, and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Li, welcome to Goldberg Manor, I am the current manager of the Goldberg family, Davison· Goldberg. ”

Li Mu shook his hand politely and said politely: "It's a great honor to be a guest at your manor." ”

Davidson Gorber smiled and said, "Mr. Lee, please allow me to introduce you to my family. ”

Li Mu nodded, and Davidson Gober first introduced a silver-haired woman standing beside him, and said, "This is my wife, Jenny Gober." ”

According to British etiquette, when meeting a woman, you should gently hug and salute your face, so Li Mu bent down slightly and gently touched the left and right cheeks with the silver-haired woman.

Davidson Cooper then introduced him to other members of the Cooper family, including Davidson Cober's eldest son, Mr. and Mrs. William Cober, as well as his nephews Andrew Cober, his eldest grandson, Mr. and Mrs. John Cober, and his eldest granddaughter, Wendy Cober.

When introducing Wendy Goldber, Davidson introduced: "Mr. Li, Wendy is 22 years old this year, has graduated from Cambridge University, she is very interested in Chinese culture, and has always said that she wants to go to China for graduate school, specializing in Chinese language and culture, you are all young people, you can be more familiar with it." ”

Wendy Goldber's appearance makes Li Mu feel very familiar, she looks like Scarlett Johansson, a well-known Hollywood actress later, is at least eight points alike, but not as wild as she looks, on the contrary, Wendy Goldberg looks quite intellectually beautiful, after all, she is a top college student, and her temperament is indeed very different from that of an actor.

Li Mu and Wendy Gaber made a face-to-face salute, and then said with a smile: "If Miss Wendy decides to come to Huaxia for graduate school, remember to contact me." ”