Chapter 332: Luxury Villa
Zheng Xudong was very considerate to give Ivanka everything that ordinary Chinese working families can afford to eat in the same breakfast, Ivanka ate very happily, and was reluctant to put down everything after eating, during the banquet, Ivanka inadvertently saw the female singer sitting opposite her, what is it called, it doesn't matter, as long as you see the jealousy and the strong hatred in her eyes, Ivanka sneered twice, didn't care at all, and continued to show affection and love with Zheng Xudong in front of her, sprinkling dog food.
In fact, Zheng Xudong also saw Aislin's gaze in Ivanka's sneer, which seemed to him to be vicious in addition to jealousy, like a poisonous snake staring at his prey, thinking to himself, "It seems that "ALONE" is the last collaboration between the two!"
Ivanka was waiting for Zheng Xudong on the table to feed herself, and asked with a happy face: "Adong, how much does a breakfast like this in your China usually cost?"
"Honey, you should know my appetite, so usually most Chinese will only eat one or two of them for breakfast, such as a drawer of xiaolongbao, a cup of soy milk and a small plate of pickles, and these three things usually cost less than two dollars." Such a breakfast is very good. Then you can change the food every day. β
"Oh my God, it's cheaper than our meals at McDonald's and KFC. It's incredible. I thought your cost of living would be high, but I didn't expect to be able to eat with very little money, and it seems that the reports I have received about your China before are all false. β
Zheng Xudong asked: "What do the reports say about us?"
"The news and newspapers have repeatedly said that you Chinese people do not have enough to eat, that they are yellow, hungry, thin, frail and sickly, and that they live every day under the violent rule of the dictatorship... "Ivanka said a lot of these reports on the table.
"My dear, our country has made detours in the process of developing the socialist road, and it has indeed made mistakes, there was a period of time, only about three to five years, and the common people did not have enough to eat, and even starved to death, and many of them died. But then we corrected the mistake in time, especially since the reform and opening up, you should really go to our country to have a look, look at our magic capital, look at the Lujiazui financial center. Now our people are not thinking about whether they can eat enough, but choosing what to eat healthy and what is more delicious! My father told me that the education they received at that time also said that you American people are living in dire straits, waiting for us to rescue you and realize the great unity of the people of the world! Let you live a happy life like ours. In fact, our two countries have different ideologies, and they used to want to assimilate each other, but now it seems ridiculous. Your government has sent troops several times ... Forget it, let's not talk about it! There is an old saying in our country, that it is better to be a peaceful dog than to be a troubled world! We all live in an era of peace, and we should feel happy!" Zheng Xudong didn't know why he said this with such emotion today, but after saying it, his mood was much better.
"Yes, we are happy. When you're full, let's go!" Ivanka also felt that the final topic was too heavy and wanted to go out quickly to change the topic.
Before getting into the car, Zheng Xudong called Scott to his side and said, "You go and buy a video camera, record the scene in the villa for a while, and then prepare to make video materials for the recording studio." After saying that, he got into the car with Ivanka.
In the car, he first told Ivanka a few times about the embarrassing situation in the recording, and said that he planned to build his own world-class recording studio, one of which was chosen in the villa for a while, Ivanka said very well-behaved: "You are in charge of this, this is your career." Needless to say, besides, it doesn't take a lot of money to renovate a few recording studios. If you don't have it, I'll give you 10 million to decorate. β
Zheng Xudong kissed her and shook his hand, "Money, don't need you, a lot of money has come in during this time, and it fell from the sky." β
"Falling from the sky?" Ivanka obviously didn't understand what he meant, Zheng Xudong briefly said the $400 million he got from Citibank, and Ivanka covered her mouth with her hand, "Honey, you are really God's favorite!
"Ah, I'll tell you about that later. Zheng Xudong held her hand, "There is one more thing, that is, the singer named Aisling, I have promised her to sing the latest "ALONE", so it is not good to break my promise, but I think this is the last song I have collaborated with her." β
Ivanka didn't expect him to say this, and leaned her head on his shoulder, "I'm not a stingy woman, but that female singer's eyes are not right, I always feel that she has a plan, I hope I was wrong." β
"Whatever, this is the last collaboration anyway, do you say?" Ivanka nodded over his shoulder.
The two cars soon came to Beverly Hills, and Ivanka said that although Beverly Hills is called a mountain villa, it is actually a city, although its area is only 6 square miles, and the population is only 35,000 people, but in such a large place, people are willing to spontaneously elect a mayor, police department, fire department and other departments, which gives Zheng Xudong a bit of "autonomy" flavor.
The whole Beverly Hills is built on a hilltop, the terrain is higher than the rest of Los Angeles, so the villas here can usually be called hilltop mansions, walking through the exceptionally clean streets, the blue sky overhead, the white clouds, and the city's ubiquitous tall fountains, ubiquitous high-end fashion stores, and the world's well-known five-star and six-star hotels, such as the Four Seasons Hotel, the Hilton Hotel, and so on.
Ivanka also said that New York has everything on Fifth Avenue, there are boutique fashion stores that don't on Fifth Avenue, and there is a famous quote here.
"What is the famous saying?" asked Zheng Xudong curiously.
"Don't ask the price when you buy something, if you do, it means you can't afford it. Ivanka said with a smile.
I can't even ask the price for buying something, otherwise it means I don't have any money. It's really speechless. Zheng Xudong was amused by Ivanka's words.
The car drove through the villas, passing by the spacious and bright gates, as well as the high opaque walls, each villa was planted with towering trees, and it was impossible to see the inside of the walls.
The two cars finally stopped in front of a ten-meter-wide and six-meter-high black iron door, and Ivanka took out a plastic card the size of a playing card in his handbag and handed it to Sean in the car, "Take this card and swipe it on the access control system." β
Sean got out of the car and took the card and swept it on the access control system, and sure enough, the two open doors opened, and after Sean got into the car, the two cars drove inward along an upward ramp.
Both sides of the road were covered with lush trees, as if they had blocked the hot air at once. Zheng Xudong thought that this was just a villa at first, but now it seems that he was wrong, and he was very wrong, after the car turned a corner in front, a large green space appeared in front of him, and there was a large swimming pool with irregular shape in the middle of the green space, and he could see that it was at least more than 600 square meters at a glance. Then a large four-storey villa comes into view, with a white faΓ§ade and a large terrace protruding from the second and third floors.
After everyone got out of the car, they looked down the hill and could see the entire invincible sea view and the famous sunset avenue. At this time, a middle-aged black man ran out of the villa, ran to Ivanka, bowed slightly, and said, "Good morning, President Trump!
Ivanka turned to Zheng Xudong and said, "Adong, this is the temporary housekeeper here, in fact, he is also the previous housekeeper, and he has been waiting for you to arrive, his name is Andy Russell." Let him introduce us to this villa today, and as for whether you need him in the future, you have the final say. β
When the black housekeeper heard that the person standing next to President Trump was the real villa owner, he immediately stepped forward and bowed deeply, "Hello master, I am the housekeeper at this time, ready to serve you wholeheartedly, I hope you can keep me." β
Zheng Xudong didn't have that kind of racist concept, whether the housekeeper was black or white mainly depends on whether his service can satisfy him, nodded to him and said, "Andy butler, you can first introduce me to the situation here." By the way, take us around this villa. β
Andy, the black butler, hurriedly led the way and said, "This villa has five floors, including four floors above ground and one floor underground, with an area of 32,000 square feet. β
Now Zheng Xudong had a headache when he heard the imperial unit, and he didn't have the heart to convert, so he asked directly: "Butler, you will use the metric unit next to say, the country I live in does not use the imperial unit, how many square meters are these 32,000 square feet?"
Charlie, the butler, obviously didn't have the concept of metric units in his head, because he didn't use them in his life, and everyone used imperial units to express the weight, volume, and area of objects, and even the speedometer of a car was imperial. (Here is a special reminder to friends who drive in the United States, the speed of the car there is miles, 1 mile = 1.6 kilometers.) Therefore, when the speed display is 60, it represents a speed of 96 kilometers per hour in China. It's scary!If it's not good, it's speeding!)
Seeing that the housekeeper was racking his brains thinking about how many square meters a foot is, Ivanka said with a smile: "Adong, the area of this villa is 2,970 square meters, if I didn't know you, I wouldn't have learned the unit conversion between the imperial system and the metric system." β
The housekeeper hurriedly said "Thank you!" to Ivanka, and then said to Zheng Xu: "Master, I will pay attention to learning metric units in the future." β