076 Hearst Castle

It was a rare trip to enjoy the world of the two, Li Feng suddenly proposed to go shopping in the evening, Charlize was naturally very happy, and the two didn't want to go back so soon, so they immediately strolled around in the night breeze.

Seeing Charlize chattering beside him, Li Feng blamed himself for a while, his boyfriend was really incompetent, except for the first time when he went to Los Angeles with Charlize, he didn't accompany the beautiful woman the rest of the time.

Li Feng, who made up his mind, was naturally not stingy, where did he take the beauty to go shopping without spending money, and the major brand stores naturally patronized it, let the beauty pick it all over, brushed off nearly 200,000 US dollars, and experienced the pleasure of shopping.

In addition to the various accessories and clothes purchased for Charlize, Charlize also chose several sets for Li Feng, casual, formal wear, etc., Li Feng experienced the feeling of becoming a woman carrying bags.

In the end, he couldn't put it down, Li Feng finally called a taxi to follow him, so that his hands were idle, and naturally, after returning to the villa at night, he ushered in the envy and ridicule of everyone.

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On this day, a group of people were chatting in the villa, and Li Feng saw that so many people were so bored all day long, so he immediately proposed to go out to play, and everyone responded.

"John, where are we going?"

"Then I think we're going to play next, if we have time to play, we can travel all over the United States, if we don't have that much time, we can play around Los Angeles. ”

"That's good, I probably need to work next and won't be able to play for a long time. Charlize said at this time.

"Sally, didn't John make it easier for you, and you have to work so hard. Halliberry interjected.

"Haha..."

"How can there be, women still have to be independent. Charlize replied with a sweet smile in the face of everyone's ridicule.

"So let's do it, let's decide to be around L.A. for the time being, and think about where we can go to relax. Li Feng randomly decided.

"You can look at the beach, the sun and the sand are good. ”

"You can go camping. ”

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"Well, how about we take a trip to Hearst Castle early tomorrow morning and have a picnic in the surrounding state park. ”

Listening to everyone's various thoughts, Li Feng thought that he had already played around Los Angeles before, and it would be interesting to go again, so he thought of the Hearst Castle that had been rumored in later generations.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Feng's proposal, everyone agreed. I decided to go early tomorrow morning, after all, it would be a few hours drive from Los Angeles to Hearst Castle.

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For Hearst Castle, Li Feng is definitely famous for a long time, but it has always been a memory of his previous life, and he can always see the figure of Hearst Castle in the Forbes Global Luxury Residential List every year in his previous life.

You must know that in the annual list of global luxury houses in later generations, Hearst Castle is worth hundreds of millions, and the unit is still US dollars, and it has always been among the top 10 most luxurious mansions in the world, you can imagine the status of this castle.

Therefore, Li Feng is really no stranger to this ancient castle, of course, it is only limited to what he saw on the Internet, after all, he had never gone abroad in his previous life.

Hearst Castle and the surrounding 270,000 acres of land were once owned by the Hearst family, which is equivalent to the size of one Hong Kong or more than half of Shenzhen;

The castle covers hundreds of acres, but until William Hurst's death, some of the castle was not fully completed.

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It is said that after the death of William Hurst, the descendants of the family gave the castle to the California government because they could not pay hundreds of millions of inheritance taxes, and turned it into an open park for tourists to visit.

In the 50s, the castle needed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in inheritance tax alone, that is to say, in the 5th and 6th decades, the castle was worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

If you look at the 90s or even the new century, you can imagine the value of this castle

Of course, Li Feng expressed doubts about the statement that the Hearst family could not pay the inheritance tax, after all, how could the Hearst family not be able to pay it because of such a small amount of money.

According to Li Feng's estimate, after the death of old Hearst, the family members are probably busy fighting for family property and power, where can they have the time to take care of this ancient castle.

After all, the elder Hirst later had a relationship problem with his wife, and this castle has always been where he and his Hollywood beauty and star lover live, and the family members are all operating in New York, and it is estimated that the descendants of the family are not very interested in this castle.

Moreover, the castle in Los Angeles needed to pay a large amount of cash inheritance tax, and he felt that it was unnecessary, so he gave it to the government, and Li Feng believed that his guess should not be far away.

Of course, among the most valuable antique artworks, Li Feng believes that they must have been collected by the Hearst family themselves, and the large number of artworks donated in the end are actually just average, as for the priceless antique artworks that are legendary in later generations, they are blown out by the media and ordinary people.

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Early the next morning, looking at Charlize Theron and Halle Berry, who were standing in front of him arm in arm, two beautiful women, one black and one white, Li Feng couldn't help but be stunned, thinking, it was really pleasing to the eye.

Immediately, the three of them got into Bob's rented luxury RV (yes, considering the convenience of playing, they contacted the car rental agency last night), and the Josephs in the back drove Li Feng and their Cadillac business car, and as for Zack, who was still helping with Allen's cooking company, they didn't travel together.

"Hey, two beauties, do you all know about Hearst Castle?" Sitting in the square car, looking at the two beauties in front of him who were smiling and chatting from time to time, he couldn't help but interject.

"John, I know this, I heard that this is the castle that Mr. Hearst built for his Hollywood star lover Marion Davis, and it is said that the cost of construction was more than 30 million dollars, and I don't know how much it would cost in modern times. ”

"yes, but I'm more interested in the rumors between them, like William Hirst's relationship with Marion and Charlie Chaplin. At this time, Halleberry interjected.

Well, hearing Halle Berry's words, Li Feng and Charlize Theron both looked at her, and showed a look of wanting her to continue, sure enough, everyone gossips, this is nature.

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"I don't know if you know the movie 'Citizen Kane', which was based on William Hirst, and later there was a widely circulated news.

While Marion was with Mr. Hearst, he also maintained close relationships with other people, said to be Charlie Chaplin.

Once, when the two were cheating, they were bumped into by Mr. Hearst, and finally Mr. Hearst went to find a gun to kill the adulterer, but the adulterer ran away, and when Hirst returned, he saw Ince.

Thinking that Ince was the adulterer, he shot the famous Hollywood producer Ince directly, and because of this, it is said that Mr. Ince's descendants received a large amount of money. Of course, it is widely known that Ince died accidentally.

However, after Chaplin began to go downhill and the newspapers of the Hearst Media Group frantically followed and reported on Chaplin's various chaotic private lives, it can be seen how much Hearst hated Chaplin, and maybe the rumors were true. ”

Well, hearing the gossip that Halle Berry said, Li Feng couldn't help but think of a sentence that was widely circulated in later generations, "Your circle is really messy".