Chapter 171: The Middleman
Some people looked like they were standing up, but in their hearts, he was still kneeling. β
Shen Tiejun's mind flashed the words he had said, facing the stern face of the leader, but this thought could only be thought of, and he was afraid that he would be deducted from ignoring the overall situation, so he found that the woman next to him was already displeased, and changed her Mandarin to a correct tone: "This comrade, I am correcting this lady's rudeness, but you are arrogantly interrupting other people's communication and interjecting in, you see that people are not happy." β
The team leader's face froze, turned his head to look at the woman's unhappy face, and the anger in his heart was like a balloon punctured by a needle, which disappeared in an instant and turned into nervousness, and said in a loud voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry~"
Shen Tiejun said in English: "This gentleman is angry because I pointed out your mistakes, I wonder what you think, ma'am?"
The woman looked at the sweaty leader, and said with interest: "It is very rude to accuse in person. β
"Huh-"
Shen Tiejun smiled, shrugged his shoulders and spoke fluent English: "I once served as a counselor in a graduate class, and I think that pointing out students' mistakes in person is to help students grow faster, but outside the school, it is always polite to point out in person than to let people say behind their backs. β
"Whoever says that people are right and wrong must be right and wrong?"
The thick lips muttered the words twice, and the curiosity in the woman's blue eyes turned into a smile: "In this way, it is really as you said, sir, I hope to know you, I am Alsi Sefton, a reporter from the London "Evening News". β
"Sefton?"
Shen Tiejun's eyes lit up, and he said, "May I ask who the Earl of Saifton and you are-"
"Heh, I didn't expect my husband to know about my father?"
Arcy said subconsciously with a smile on his face, and then the smile on his face disappeared, and his high eyebrows were raised: "It can't be because of the monastery manor that you know, right?"
"You guessed it, when the abbey manor was on sale, I had a friend who wanted to buy it, but because of the invisible wall, my friend couldn't compare to the Duke of Westminster, she was just an ordinary person. β
Most people know that some people will make a fortune in real estate in Japan in the near future, or make a fortune in real estate in China, but no one will make a fortune in real estate projects in the United States, even if the house price is rising again and again.
This is because with the improvement of the real estate industry, Europe and the United States and other countries will also increase the deed tax of various houses, such as a luxury house worth 10 million in the United States, according to the general tax rate of 1% to 3%, that is, 100,000 to 300,000 US dollars per year.
Almost two-thirds of the land in the United States is in private hands, including the ownership of the surface and the right to exploit the underground, which is truly private ownership, but the state has two rights, one is the right to plan, which includes the right to expropriate land, which is irresistible as long as it is used for public purposes and compensated according to market prices.
The second is the right to collect taxes, from the federal to the state capital to the locality, you can see plots that are indescribable to the FBI, the CIA, and even the president in major movies and American dramas, but you can't see the words about the National Inland Revenue Service, that is, the IRS.
There is a very famous proverb in the United States to describe the strength of this department: "In this world, only two things are eternal - death and paying taxes!"
However, in the United States' homeland of Britain, land is the real private thing, including the Queen's Buckingham Palace, which was built on someone else's land, the Duke of Westminster, and according to the American operating method, it has long been expropriated and state-owned.
Based on this, Shen Tiejun, who had money and no place to spend at the beginning of the year, wanted Chu Dazhao to buy and buy, but unfortunately people don't give face, I don't know how to contact him, and he won't sell it to you if he has money, and he is happy to buy it if he has money: "I don't know your father's manor, have you sold it?"
Alsi's face was slightly pale, and he was curious: "It's sold, if it doesn't sell, will you buy it?"
"Hehe, I want to buy it, but I don't have that much money. β
Shen Tiejun turned his head to look at the team leader who was staring, the eyes of this cargo were dripping and turning, the bell had not yet rang, the gate of the elementary school in the distance opened, and first a few children with long hair rushed out, glanced at the people at the door, and walked down the corner of the wall.
Asir found that this person didn't even say a name, obviously he didn't want to introduce himself, and his eyes opened his mouth: "There is a prerequisite for buying, maybe your friend is very rich, but it is definitely not in England, and even I can boldly guess that your friend is afraid that he is an unknown person in London, and to buy a property like a monastery manor, a certain identity is required." β
Shen Tiejun nodded silently, there will be invisible rules in any place, and with Chu Dazhao's current identity, I am afraid that in the eyes of these people in Alxi, it is similar to the gourd baby in the mountains who got rich, and to integrate into that rule, it is not possible to do it in a while, and most of the conversation is lost in an instant.
Alsi was a little annoyed, this person looked dressed and talked like a gentleman, but the arrogance between his eyebrows was unobstructed, and he didn't even introduce his identity, which was obviously a naked contempt for her, but after the anger in his heart, he became more and more curious, and his eyes flashed, and he said: "Of course, maybe what is missing is just a suitable middlemanββ"
"Oh?"
Shen Tiejun, who was looking at the school gate, turned his head, Asir's height was relatively tall, almost past his shoulders, and when he met his exotic face, he found a pair of blue eyes blinking, as if to say: "Open your mouth, open your mouth and beg me~ Aren't you very arrogant~"
"Hehe, lovely Miss Saifton, you're really amazing~"
Shen Tiejun came back to his senses and quickly stood still, but he didn't want Asir to stretch out his right hand, looking at him with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and a low voice came from the side: "Huh?"
Looking at the white fingers, Shen Tiejun's mind was running at high speed, and what he remembered at this time was not about the details of the hand kissing ceremony, in some books in English literature, there are many introductions to court etiquette, which are generally not so formal, most of them are leaning forward and nodding in greeting, and the meaning of bowing is also in it, which is fine.
Of course, if you take the initiative to reach out like Asir, you must kiss your hand, not to mention the group of international friends with different expressions next to you, it is Asir himself, and it seems that some newspaper reporters, once they go back to write some biased articles, some people will jump their feet!
It's like a team leader with a concerned look on the side.
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