After solving the problem of Elisa's mother and daughter's new home, the matter of buying a sailboat is on the agenda again, where should I buy it? Lindbergh didn't know, he was a poor boy, and he couldn't afford to buy a sailboat. Eliza didn't know either, she was also an outsider here, and she hadn't been to many cities, let alone second-hand sailing markets. In the name of reporting on the investment, Hong Tao asked about the sailing ship by the way, and then got a final proposal: If you are not afraid of being far away, you can go to Los Angeles, and if you are afraid of being far away, you can go to San Francisco! There are more ships in Los Angeles, and there are relatively few ships in San Francisco.

"Then Los Angeles! 500 kilometers is not far away, and I have acquaintances somewhere, I'll make a call first!" Of course, Hong Tao wants to choose Los Angeles, one is that the goods are complete there, and the other is that there are acquaintances there, and Ms. Caroline is also a shareholder of Crystal Orchid Capital, so it is normal to visit by the way.

It's a pity that Ms. Caroline didn't have time to receive Hong Tao, she was in a meeting with Nina in Seattle, and she didn't know what kind of movement she was plotting. Ms. Caroline did not refuse Hong Tao's request, saying that she was a member of the yacht club, so she would inform her friends and take Hong Tao to the club for a walk, and by the way, inquire about the boat. The price of a large-size sailboat like Hong Tao said is still very high, one is almost the price of a small villa, and there are not many high-end goods like this in the second-hand market, and many transactions are carried out privately in the club.

It was the first time Hong Tao had entered this kind of club, and then he was not calm. No wonder you can't see any beauties on the dock outside, they all come here, all of them have model-like figures, as for their looks. This can't be forced, after all, people are different, and their aesthetic views are also very different. But no matter how different it is, there are obviously more young girls here than outside, and the quality is also high. Why do rich people like to play with a yacht, obviously this thing is easier to catch girls than sports cars!

Accompanying Hong Tao and Elisa is a middle-aged man named Phil, a psychiatrist, and it is not clear what the relationship between him and Caroline is Hong Tao, anyway, he is quite enthusiastic, and he personally drove to the airport to pick up the plane. On the way, Mr. Phil, who is in his fifties, also asked Hong Tao many times if the two wanted to go around the city. He was willing to be a driver.

Hong Tao doesn't want to trouble people, and second, he really doesn't have this interest, for big cities, he vomits, and a Los Angeles really can't attract him. He was more interested in buying a boat. In order to buy himself a sturdy and good boat, he is almost a sailing designer, and he has not put so much effort into learning his profession. In terms of sailing theory, his attainments have surpassed Eliza, and his mouth is full of professional terms, and Eliza is stunned.

Mr. Phil didn't take Hong Tao and Eliza to the famous Newport Beach and Long Beach area of Los Angeles, and after coming out of Los Angeles International Airport, he got on Highway 101 and headed north. Hong Tao's sense of direction is still very strong. He knew that downtown Los Angeles was supposed to be to the south, but he wasn't too embarrassed to ask Phil, he wouldn't be a kidnapper anyway. Go wherever you like.

It took about an hour for Phil to get off the road, cross another bridge, and enter a very quiet little town before finally entering this yacht club by the sea. Although Phil didn't tell Hong Tao what the place was, Hong Tao didn't ask. But Hong Tao knew in his heart what kind of place this was, he had been here in his previous life! One of those stops is here.

This small city should be called Ventura, and it is located 6 or 7 kilometers north of Los Angeles. Right at the mouth of the Santa Clara River. The purpose of that high-end custom tour group is not to play, but to see the house. What kind of house is it? It's called a yacht community, when Hong Tao saw this place name, he was worried for a long time, what is a yacht community? I suspect it's a mistake!

But as soon as he arrived at the place, he was dumbfounded, the name really lived up to its name, and it really should be called the yacht community. Why? Because just north of the estuary of the Santa Clara River, there's a city of water like Venice, with all the buildings on the water. However, they are not alone, but one by one, and they are not really built in the water, but there are many waterways between the neighborhoods here.

It's not that great, it's the house here. The houses were built on the water's edge and were all detached villas with gardens and lawns in front and a marina in the back. Every home has at least one yacht or sailboat parked on the dock, and that's probably how the yachting community got its name.

Luxury homes are not uncommon in the United States, and luxury residential areas are not uncommon, but it is really rare for luxury homes and luxury yachts to be so densely put together. The most valuable thing is the environment, this small city has a population of just over 100,000 people, and there are no large commercial and industrial areas, it seems very peaceful, and it is really a paradise to live here. If you want to go to Los Angeles, you can go out the front door, and you can drive an hour to the bustling downtown area, and if you want to take your family or beautiful women to the sea, you can go out the back door, go straight to the yacht, and sail along the waterway out of this community is the vast Pacific Ocean.

And the waters of Ventura are particularly calm, because not far away are the Channel Islands and St. Nicholas Island, which keep the monsoons and waves out of the way, and hold up an umbrella for Ventura.

However, this community had been conquered by the Chinese at that time, and more than 60 percent of the homeowners were from the mainland, and they all had a common feature, that is, the family was basically full of old people, women and children, and few male owners were at home. Why? Hong Tao knew it in his heart, but he couldn't say it. We all know that there is a second wife village in Los Angeles, and Ventura is similar here, the difference is that instead of the second wife, the main wife lives here. Their men are all working hard in the country, in order to prevent accidents, first get out all the children in the family, which can be regarded as a cunning rabbit.

For this habit, Hong Tao deeply thinks so, he himself is such a person, he likes to leave a back hand and a back road for everything, basically he will not fight all he has, and think about what to do after failure before doing things. However, he doesn't think that he is the same kind as these people, and the difference is very simple, he spends the money he earns, and those people spend basically not his own money, the essential difference!

There is no yacht community in Ventura now, there is only a breakwater and a small harbor north of the estuary, the location of this yacht club is basically the westernmost part of the yacht community, and there are only a few villas on the wasteland and swamp behind, which is estimated to be the predecessor of the yacht community. This thing was originally built by wealthy Americans near Los Angeles, but it was discovered by the Chinese at some point, and it was directly developed into a special community that was both hidden, comfortable, and extraordinarily high-end.

"In autumn, there are large flocks of migratory birds roosting there for the winter, and you can go in the swamp speedboat to hunt, which is very fun. Phil saw that Hong Tao only glanced at the coolly dressed beauties a few times, so he turned his eyes to the swamp outside the window, thinking that he liked hunting, and introduced it enthusiastically.

"Oh, I'm sure I'll try it then. Mr. Phil, I would like to ask, does the government allow private purchases of this swamp?" Hong Tao was indeed pondering this swamp, but he didn't want to hunt water birds, but he wanted to harm people.

"Of course, the houses were built by the people of the club, but they generally don't live here, and only come here for a few days during the autumn hunting. Why, do you want to build a house here?" Phil's mind was still on hunting.

"Yes, I like the environment here, if I can, I want to buy a piece of land here, and then build a big estate according to my own wishes, and bring my family to vacation when the time is right, it should be a good choice, but I don't know what the price of land here is. Hong Tao followed Phil's voice and said, he wanted to make a mistake, but he still had to weigh his ability, and the price issue was very important.

"It's very cheap, the kind of sailboat you want, you can buy more than ten acres for the price of one. This is a swampy wasteland, with heavy salinity, which is not suitable for growing crops and is of little use. If you buy more, the price may be lower, but who would want to be here?" Phil knew a lot about the situation here, even the land price, but he was not interested in it.

"More than ten acres...... Less than $300,000 Mr. Phil, I think we can put the ship matter aside for a while, I really want to buy a piece of land here, but I don't know where to buy it, can you help me introduce it?" But Lao Mei is very annoying, and he specializes in torturing people with the British system, and on this point, Hong Tao has to trick the Americans a few times to relieve his anger!

How big is fifteen acres? It's about 60,000 square meters, which is an area 200 meters wide and 300 meters long, the size of nine standard football fields, and many times larger than six Hongtao's yards in Toronto. Such a large piece of land is sold for less than $300,000, which means that one square meter is less than $5, a price that Hong Tao feels can afford.

What does he want to do? Of course, he wants to sabotage! In the future, won't anyone want to develop this place into a yacht villa area and sell it exclusively to those Chinese who take black money? He didn't let them succeed, he didn't catch up with himself, counted them lucky, let himself run into them, and he must eliminate harm for the country! He couldn't catch them or punish them, but he could artificially create some trouble for them and make them not so comfortable, and Hong Tao felt that this was already his greatest reward to the motherland. (To be continued) R752