Chapter 1341: On the Road

"I am thrilled that this fantastic new stadium will join the ranks of world-class sports venues in our city.

London is open to all the best sporting events and will once again be on display as the sporting capital of the world.

White Hart Lane has become an iconic stadium that will go down in history forever. The new stadium will not only bring almost double the capacity, but will also provide world-class facilities for international sporting events, concerts and more. The new stadium is also a focus of the transformation of the Tottenham region, bringing new jobs and boosting economic growth. ”

In a Mercedes-Benz V-class custom business vehicle in the middle of the convoy that had left London and was heading towards Hampshire at full speed, Andy was leisurely holding a cup of steaming black tea, while looking at the newspaper in his hand about the interview report of the mayor of Greater London, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

Seeing some sour reports in the Times, "Are Tottenham afraid of the sequelae of the new stadium?" Andy couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, revealing a faint mockery.

Unlike other Premier League clubs, Andy has been debt-free since Andy took over Tottenham. In comparison, Chelsea still owe their owner Roman Abramovich a huge £1 billion, Manchester United still have a net debt worth £275 million, while Arsenal have a relatively small net debt of around £50 million.

The construction of a new stadium is imperative, and this season, Tottenham have accumulated £44 million in matchday revenue, a whopping £56 million less than Arsenal's £100 million, because the stadium is so small, which has a direct impact on the club's bottom line.

Wow –

Andy closed the newspaper and looked at the beautiful lawyer Amal who was sitting opposite in a dark blue and black striped H-shaped long-sleeved woolen dress, slender and beautiful, with smooth skin, euphemistic and coquettish, holding black tea, leisurely looking at the suburban scenery outside the car window.

Andy also turned his head to look out of the car window, the green mountains in the distance were shrouded in a faint rain curtain, as if he was still unwilling to lift this mysterious veil, and the fresh rain and mist filled the sky and the earth, like a wide and large gauze curtain.

"The scenery is beautiful, but I still don't like rainy days. ”

"To be honest, I don't like it either, though, it's part of life in London. Amar looked at Andy with a pair of beautiful eyes and smiled gracefully.

"Why didn't you stay in the United States in the first place? After all, international law, criminal law, and human rights law, which you are focusing on, are more useful in New York. Andy smiled and lifted his teacup, took a sip, and asked with some curiosity.

"There are private reasons, and there are reasons why the U.S. legal system is large and complex. The federal and state have their own legal systems, and the legal system is not uniform at the same level. British law has formed a unified legal system from top to bottom, and, as a human rights lawyer, some laws in the United States have certain racial discrimination that still have a potential impact that cannot be changed... ”

Amar was a little blunt, and didn't become tactful just because his boss was American.

Andy couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, he couldn't comment on this, he naturally knew this very well, the United States shouts every day to pursue racial equality, although everyone regards racial discrimination as politically incorrect, but it is because there is inequality, there is discrimination, will be pursued, racial problems, in the United States has always existed, it is simply an unsolvable problem.

Even if the new president is dark-skinned, in fact, the victory of O'Black Bull not only did not alleviate the racial problem, but on the contrary, racial discrimination has a rising trend.

"It's going to get better, after all, we now have a very charismatic new president, but I think that when you put a stamp with the monarch's portrait on it, if you put it up and down, it will be considered treason. And if it is found to be treason, the law that will punish you by hanging is acceptable. Scared that the baby didn't dare to put stamps... ”

"Poof—"

"Hehe, you can post it with peace of mind, after all, you are not British, speaking of which, some laws are indeed very strange, even we British people are caught off guard, such as vacuuming between 1 pm and 8 am on weekends, and eating meat pies at Christmas is also illegal... ”

Listening to Amal's complaints and pleasant laughter, Andy also shook his head and cried and laughed, this group of rotten people is really wonderful, "By the way, Amal, have you read the information about the Highclere Castle I gave you? Is there a way to make some revisions to the renovation and stamping restrictions?"

Amar couldn't help but put away his smile, then bent down and took out a folder from the black briefcase next to the seat, opened it and handed it to Andy, and then explained: "It's almost impossible, Highclere Castle is a first-class listed historical building, with strict rules and restrictions, even if you want to develop the land in the estate, you need to submit a construction application, a project application, a social assessment and other documents.

It also needs to be publicized by the community, as long as there is opposition from the neighbors, nothing can be done, and the castle used to have the idea of developing the land, but because of the opposition of a neighbor who wanted to buy the idea of the castle at a low price, it eventually failed. ”

Andy looked at the information on the document quickly, couldn't help but smile, and said with Amal beautiful eyes: "It seems that this composer Mr. Webb did not get his wish, but was directly defined by the earls as a villain who took advantage of the fire, hehe." ”

Like the fate of most historic mansions, Highclere Castle is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the £3 million cost of repairs puts its prospects in jeopardy. There is no other way to sell this time, after all, after eight generations, the family of Earl Carnarvon has declined, and as a middle-class family, although there is a farm, it simply cannot afford the maintenance and management of the castle. ”

Andy smiled with satisfaction and looked at Ammar, who was talking eloquently, very satisfied with the fact that she had done her job so fully and meticulously, and it seemed that she had learned some more information than her own real estate consultants.

"Hehe, fifty million pounds, this count couple also dares to open their mouths to bid!"

Hearing Andy's laughter, Amar also frowned and said: "Maybe you should think about it carefully, after all, the cost performance of this kind of first-class historical building is really not high, or it is more appropriate to call it negative equity." ”

"Thank you for the reminder, let's go and see if this castle manor is worth so much money, I don't care about the annual maintenance and management costs. Andy said with a smile at his beautiful lawyer.

Amal smiled slightly, nodded, and said no more. For his own boss, Amal Ke knows very well that the other party is a business genius and a super rich man, since he can personally visit this castle, it also indicates that this castle manor has a meaning that outsiders do not understand here.

After more than an hour of galloping, the convoy has come to the gate of the Highclere Castle Manor, and soon someone stepped forward to confirm the identity of the convoy, the gate opened, Andy's motorvoy drove into the manor, through the car window, you can see the Gothic architectural style from a distance, huge and magnificent, solemn and upright, a red and blue flag fluttering over the castle, I think it should be the symbol color of the coat of arms of the Count Carnarvon family.

In the rain screen, Highclere Castle is slightly desolate against the gray sky, and the thick sense of history makes people look sideways.

"Bang!"

"Click!"

The sound of the bodyguards opening the door, the sound of opening the umbrella and a black umbrella stretched open to block the falling rain, Andy took Amar out of the car, and saw the counts and dues standing in front of the wooden gate of the castle holding umbrellas and walking forward, they couldn't help but show a charming smile, and went up to shake hands with the owner of the castle, because it was raining, after a simple greeting, the counts invited everyone to enter the castle together.

Andy followed the master to the delicate and textured wooden gate, looking at the iron wolf head shop on the door, and the pair of bipedal flying dragons in front of the door are full of a sense of historical vicissitudes, above the main entrance, carved an ancient French, which is not difficult for Andy and Ammar, who understands the four Chinese languages, which means "I only serve you", to express the family's loyalty to the king.