At the end of October, Miami is still a tropical place, with the sun shining through the palm leaves to form spots of light on the ground.

The warm Gulf Stream brings the city at 26 degrees north latitude as hot and humid as the equator.

"Where is this?" Tang Miaomiao asked curiously, "It's been more than an hour, and it hasn't arrived yet?"

Zhang Chen held her hand and smiled: "Don't worry, it'll be there soon." ”

The expansive GMC motorhomes run longitudinally along the Ocean Drive through downtown Miami and all the way north. Miami is a long and narrow city, with a north-south span of more than 100 kilometers and an east-west width of only a dozen kilometers, and the entire city is built along the coastline. Therefore, although it has been driving for an hour, the roadside is still bustling.

After crossing a bridge lined with private yachts of all kinds, the scenery changes on both sides, with fewer pedestrians and cars on the road, and it's hard to see the high-rise buildings of downtown Miami instead of one- or two-story single-family villas, and the streets are cleaner.

After crossing the bridge, GMC turned right to the south and drove for about five minutes, turning a roundabout, and the scenery and buildings on both sides were completely different from what they had just been.

Like Miami Beach, this is also a narrow offshore beach, only five or six hundred meters wide on the left and right, and looking east, it is a luxury estate with a very large area and a private beach.

On the left, next to the A1A highway from GMC, there are luxury villas with private docks, which also occupy an extremely large area.

There are also a number of vacant lots, some of which have been hung with construction curtains, while others have been temporarily converted into public green spaces with wooden signs for sale.

"Let's go, get out of the car. Zhang Chen pulled Tang Miaomiao and jumped out of the GMC, drove through a lush garden, and stopped in a complex of three low-rise buildings.

"Here?" Tang Miaomiao couldn't help but show a questioning look.

Zhang Chen looked at the surrounding environment with satisfaction, "Palm Beach, the best resort in Florida, there is the best private beach here. Let's go, let's take a look. ”

Tang Miaomiao hesitated: "Just go in like this, is it appropriate?" Do you know the master here?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "The public beach is like dumplings, just the two of us here, let's go, go and have a look." ”

Tang Miaomiao's eyes lit up: "You rented a villa here?"

Zhang Chen smiled silently, Thomas made a phone call, and it didn't take long for a middle-aged black woman in a housekeeper uniform to appear in front of Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao with two young men who were also wearing uniforms.

"Sir, Miss, I'm Phyllis Wheeler, the butler here, and welcome home. The black woman bowed her head politely, and her demeanor was elegant, and she knew at a glance that she was well educated in manners.

Zhang Chen also nodded, "Hello, Phyllis, this is our first time here, please take us to familiarize ourselves with the environment first." ”

Phyllis said respectfully, "Mr. Philip just informed us yesterday that you would be here today, and he didn't make any preparations. However, we have not stopped the maintenance work here. These two are Robin and Palassa, the gardeners and assistant housekeepers here. In addition to them, there are three cleaning staff and a maintenance man. Do you need to meet them?"

Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "Let's take a look around first, their professional ability and dedication will be reflected in the work effect, if their previous work attitude and ability are satisfactory, I will keep them." By the way, what about the chefs and full-time maids here?"

Phyllis Wheeler couldn't help but smile happily when she heard this, what she was most worried about was unemployment, this kind of housekeeper job employment is too narrow, if there is no suitable introducer, it is difficult to find a job with the same treatment after unemployment, and now Zhang Chen promised that she could stay in office, so that her hanging heart was relieved a lot.

Mr. Philip said that the new owners of the full-time maids and chefs will have their own preferences and teams, so they are not retained. If you want to re-hire, you can let me know your requirements and I'll go to the employment agency in Palm Beach to post the position. Phyllis explained.

Zhang Chen nodded, "I'll let Annie arrange it, and she will tell you the specific requirements." ”

Seeing this scene, Tang Miaomiao of course had already understood, and pulled Zhang Chen and said, "You bought this villa?"

Zhang Chen nodded with a smile on his face: "Let's go, let's see if you like it." ”

The house is okay, and it can be seen that although the previous owner has been more careful about the maintenance of this manor, after all, this is an old house that has been built for sixty years, and many facilities seem to be fine, but in fact they are aging.

Seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms, a two-story library, a private cinema, a tennis court and a basketball court plus an outdoor pool. The garden covers a large area and the shrubs and greenery are nicely manicured.

These are all decent, and there are quite a few such houses in California, and Zhang Chen's estate in Ampton, Long Island, is better than this in every way.

But walking through the lobby of the main building, the beach and sea view still made Tang Miaomiao excited like a little girl who had gotten candy.

As far as the eye can see, there is the Atlantic Ocean, with only a few yachts occasionally appearing on the surface and a few unknown seabirds strolling leisurely on the beach.

The water here is clearer than that of Miami's South Beach, and the sand of the beach is finer and softer.

The waters of Palm Beach are a tender, pale green, like a new shoot on a spring branch, not only green, but also pure, as dusty as the blue sky.

That's the benefit of no one, and when there are more people, the sea is dirty.

Zhang Chen remembers that when he first went to Yalong Bay in 1999, the sea water there was simply intoxicating. Since then, as the development of Yalong Bay has become more and more perfect, and there are more and more people, the sea water is no longer as pure as before.

Tang Miaomiao was carrying flip-flops, her white and tender feet stepped on the sand, and the warm sea water overflowed her feet.

Tang Miaomiao happily walked around the water's edge a few times, "When did you buy a house here?" Why didn't you tell me how much this villa is?"

Zhang Chen hugged Tang Miaomiao's waist, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Not only this villa, but also the one next to it and the two villas with a pier across the road, a total of four, adding up to a total of nineteen acres of land." ”

Tang Miaomiao was taken aback: "Why did you buy so many sets?"

Zhang Chen pointed in the opposite direction: "I plan to open up the gardens of the two villas on the east beach, and demolish the two villas with piers on the opposite side, and integrate the four plots together to replan a manor." After the renovation, it should be the largest private estate in Palm Beach outside of Mar-a-lago. ”

"Mar-a-Lago?" Tang Miaomiao frowned slightly, "Is it the building next to the turntable?" ”

Zhang Chen had a strange look on his face: "Yes, that's it, but now Mar-a-Lago has become a private club, open to the public, and it can't be regarded as a real private estate." ”

Tang Miaomiao said angrily: "Why do you have such an expression? Don't change the topic, how much did you spend? Buying such a large piece of land to build a manor is too extravagant, right?"

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "It's not expensive, a total of 12.45 million US dollars." ”

Tang Miaomiao was speechless: "Twelve million four hundred and fifty thousand dollars is not expensive?"

Zhang Chen smiled, and said in his heart that it was really not expensive, and in another ten years, not counting the above-ground buildings, these four pieces of land alone would cost more than 200 million US dollars to buy.

It is said that housing prices in the Bay Area are rising fast, but in fact, compared with Palm Beach, housing prices in the Bay Area are not rising at all.

Twenty times higher than in ten years, housing prices rose even higher than in Kyoto and Shanghai during the same period, and the more luxury homes rose, the bigger the increase, Palm Beach is so magical.

Zhang Chen kissed Tang Miaomiao's face: "It's really not expensive, and besides, it's more difficult to get permission from the Palm Beach Town Government than it costs, but fortunately, someone helps, otherwise it won't be so smooth." ”

Tang Miaomiao asked casually, "Who helped?"

Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "David Koch." ”

(End of chapter)