In the eyes of the people of the Upper East Side, Manhattan is the center of the world even in the center of New York, which is a bit similar to the imperial city feelings of the people of the imperial capital on the other side of the ocean. So in the eyes of Manhattans, even Beverly Hills and Malibu Beach on the West Coast can't compare to themselves.

And what better place to know about Manhattan than the world-famous Central Park?

"So, this is the legendary Family-House?" Sid stood in the middle of the room, looking up and down.

"Yes, Mr. Leon. The real estate company intermediary who followed him said respectfully.

"Kim, it looks so ...... here" Britney, who was holding hands with Sid, couldn't help but say after looking up and down.

"Too luxurious, too old-fashioned?" Sid said with a smile as she took it.

"Uh-huh. Britney nodded in agreement.

"Well, Mademoiselle, this family mansion was built in 1916 in the standard French Gothic style, nearly a hundred years ago. The real estate agent couldn't help but explain to Britney.

Sid spread out his hand and motioned for him to continue, and the advisor introduced Sid and Britney to the six-story French mansion as he toured them.

This six-story mansion is located on East 80th Street on the east side of Central Park, just across the street from the famous Central Park. Judging from the visit and introduction of the site alone, this 6-storey, nearly 100-year-old mansion has five floors and an attic.

Inside, there are 10 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, 3 kitchens and a library, an elevator, in addition to a gym and a back garden.

To the right, there are two almost identical six-story mansions, all built in 1916 by Frank Woolworth, a business tycoon at the time, for his three daughters.

The three mansions were all by the famous architect Gilbert at the time, and when Sid first got out of the car, they looked a little old from the outside, after all, it has a history of nearly 100 years, and with the "New York Landmarks Act", a building like this old mansion, which has been recognized as a historical landmark by the City Hall, at least on the outside, cannot be renovated.

And this mansion is also one of the few mansions in New York that is so well-preserved and perfectly decorated. The building next to the building next to Sid's was bought by gym magnate Lucille Roberts for $6 million back in 1995 and has been used as a men's gym ever since.

"OK, OK, I understand. Sid interrupted the real estate consultant with a smile.

Then he turned his head to look at Goffman, the royal lawyer who came with him, and said with a smile: "Then if I buy this house, can we change the decoration? After all, as Jane said just now, this old-fashioned and deadly Gothic style is too exaggerated, and it is not suitable for modern people to live in at all, okay? We are not Batman." ”

Goffman nodded, "I've asked my friends at City Hall in New York before, this family mansion Family-House is indeed a standard listed building, but that's only on the outside of the building, as far as the interior is concerned, as long as we don't collapse the house, we can modify it at will." ”

"That's good. Sid nodded, and then looked at the other suiteer who was accompanying him, it was a senior designer from the Landry Design Group, the designer Sid had specifically hired to renovate the old mansion.

Landry Design Group is an architectural and decoration design company founded by Richard Landry, who later became known as the "King of Super Mansions", and is a design company specializing in home renovation and renovation for advanced users, and this designer is the designer sent by Richard Landry to negotiate.

"Mr. Leon, our team has had a full understanding of this mansion beforehand. The senior designer explained, and then he took out a few drawings of the structure of the house from his duffel bag, put them on the large table in the living room, and showed them to Sid and the others.

"Not only is the mansion nearly 100 years old, but its infrastructure, such as drainage, heating and gas pipes, and electrical wiring, is antique from the Vietnam War. ”

"So if you decide to do a complete renovation, we recommend that you renovate the basic systems at the same time. The designer's words sound reasonable.

But Sid still asked, "How long will it take to say that?"

"Well...... the designer picked up the information and calculated for a moment before looking up, "Originally, we estimated that the time to renovate the entire home renovation and change it to a simple Bauhaus style was three months, but now if we add infrastructure updates, then the time will be at least doubled." ”

"Six months?" Sid frowned, "but we're coming to New York in March next year." ”

As Harry Potter draws to a close, Sid has already begun to prepare for the next step, and the next focus is on New York.

"In that case, I thought maybe we could find Wells Fargo to offer a relatively private high-end home, of course, in Manhattan. At this point, Goffman suddenly spoke.

"Well, that's a way to do it. Sid nodded, then looked at his life assistant.

"Well, Boss, I made a note of it. The life assistant nodded immediately.

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Just when Sid and Britney were looking for a place to live in New York for the coming year.

After "Rush Hour" and "The Matrix", another purely oriental-style movie was finally released in North America - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was officially released on December 8.

Although the film was not optimistic about its prospects and was not released on large studios, the film's premiere was released on a small scale, and the number of theaters in only 16 theaters looked pitiful.

But the opening weekend's $660,000 box office performance made the single-store box office a staggering $41,000, which is hard to see even in some box office blockbusters.

And this single-theater box office also allowed Sony Columbia, the film's distribution company, to gradually expand the original number of releases.

At the same time, the rave reviews of the film in the North American media gradually spread, which gradually expanded the audience of the film from the Chinese population of only 1.5% of the North American population to a truly mainstream white middle-class audience.

This also made the ancient country on the other side of the ocean finally show its true face in front of the world for the first time and set foot on the world stage.

This is a cause for celebration both for the world and for itself.

Entertainment culture, on the other hand, is the way to take the lead.