Chapter 522: Manor, Villa, and Housekeeper
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Chapter 522: Manor, Villa, and Housekeeper
…… Early the next morning, after seeing Wang Qiang go to work, Liu Dong took Lin Ling to drive to Wohu Mountain, because three days ago, Liu Dong received a call from Ni Jun that his villa on the top floor of Crouching Tiger Mountain had been renovated and asked him to go to acceptance!
Just like last time, this time Liu Dong still chose to enter through the main entrance! However, compared with the last time he came, after the decoration, the entire yard has been cleaned, it is obviously much more neat and clean than the last time, and it is a little more popular!
"Mr. Liu, what do you think?" asked Ni Jun with a smile.
"Yes, it's clean!" nodded, bypassed the shadow wall, stepped over the weeping flower gate, and walked into the front yard, it was still the wide and magnificent, small square with an area of no less than 1,000 square meters, but compared to the previous clean and lifeless, there were many stone supports carved and jade on the square at this moment!
Noticing Liu Dong's eyes, Ni Jun hurriedly explained beside him: "Because it's winter now, we only have prepared the shelves, and as for the flowers placed on it, we can wait until spring to put them on!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded, and walked into the rooms on both sides, these rooms are used to entertain guests, on average, each room is three floors up and down, and the area of the suite is about 300 square meters, which is comparable to a luxury villa!
However, there are a total of 52 such suites in the front yard covering an area of 2,500 square meters, including the hall houses and the left and right wings! However, so many houses obviously exceeded Liu Dong's actual needs. So at the time of the original renovation. Liu Dong only left twenty sets of rooms in the left and right wings. Of the thirty-two sets of the hall, except for the living room on the middle floor, the remaining four-storey hall was converted into four large studios twenty meters long and fifteen meters wide, which were left to himself, his parents, and the future Yan Qingqing!
These four studios are located on the left side of the hall. On the right side of the hall, four spaces of the same area were turned into two music rooms with excellent sound insulation by Liu Dong, one for his sister, and the other for his family's own use, because whether it is Liu Dong, his mother, or even Wang Qiang, they all love the piano very much, and his father also loves music. As for the remaining two spaces, one was converted into a small conference room by Liu Dong, and the other became a small exhibition hall. Mainly to deal with the peers who come to visit his collection when the time comes!
Now, most of these rooms have been renovated according to Liu Dong's intentions. Moreover, the musical instruments and furniture inside are also the top on the market now, and the decoration effect makes Liu Dong very satisfied!
Enter the middle courtyard from the hanging flower gate on the left side of the front yard, and the pond, rockery, and lotus pond in the middle have not changed much, but there are many fewer branches and fallen leaves than before, and the scenery is more beautiful!
Of course, in the winter now, in addition to holly, bamboo and a limited number of pines and cypresses and other winter evergreen plants can also add a wisp of beauty to the courtyard, the rest of the moon, begonia, red maple, boxwood, weeping willow and so on have long been gone, as for the main scene of the lotus pond is even more silvery white!
However, without the vitality of spring and summer, the gloom of winter is also another kind of beauty. It's just that now is not the time to appreciate.
The area of the middle courtyard is larger than that of the front yard, with a total of more than 3,800 square meters! However, gardens, ponds, rockeries and other landscapes occupy most of the area of the middle courtyard, and in the end, only about one-third of the area is left for various buildings!
In the middle courtyard, Liu Dong has not made major changes, it is still a reception room, a study, a small painting room, a music room, a pharmacy, and some observation decks and attics for people to visit and rest! The most important thing in the middle courtyard is that it is elegant, just like the characteristic landscape in the Suzhou garden!
After the middle courtyard, the backyard is the largest in the whole villa, covering an area of 4,500 square meters, and the change in the backyard is not big, but according to Liu Dong's requirements, the six single villas are connected to each other with an overhead corridor! The winding glass corridor exudes dazzling brilliance under the winter sun, filling in a beautiful scenery for the original pleasant scenery of the house!
In addition to the entrance hall that occupies 1,200 square meters, the left cross-courtyard is 2,200 square meters, and the right cross-courtyard is 1,800 square meters, which together occupy all the remaining area in the garden, and for the function of the left and right cross-courtyards, Liu Dong has also made changes, like the right cross-courtyard, except for a small part of the garden, Liu Dong has changed it into a small room with a total of 80 sets of upper and lower floors, one kitchen, one bathroom and one bedroom of about 50 square meters! They are mainly reserved for the bodyguards and servants of Liu Dong's manor in the future!
The left cross courtyard still accounts for half of the landscape, and the rest of the area Liu Dong is used as his own stone solving field and martial arts training ground!
Under the leadership of Ni Jun, Liu Dong spent the whole morning browsing the villa, or manor, which covers an area of 24 acres and 16,000 square meters, and if you add the front and rear door parking lots of more than 20,000 square meters, or the manor, after browsing it as a whole, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Manager Ni, when can I move in?"
"If you want, you can move in tomorrow!" Ni Jun said.
"Tomorrow, isn't it that the house will have to be dried for a while after the renovation is completed, and you can only move in after there is no formaldehyde?" Liu Dong said in surprise.
"Mr. Liu misunderstood, the materials used for the decoration of your house are all environmentally friendly materials imported from Germany, and there is no formaldehyde, so you don't have to worry about health problems at all!" Ni Jun hurriedly assured.
"I said why do you keep telling me about additional items, additional items!" Originally, Liu Dong bought a villa with decoration and signed a contract of 25 million, most of which were decoration money, but in the middle, the forbidden Shangpin talked to him at least three times, and the decoration added eighteen items, and finally when all the decoration was completed, Liu Dong's villa had invested more than 50 million!
Of course, this also has a lot to do with Liu Dong's desire for the best furniture in order to have a better quality of life! Not to mention anything else, but three Steinway grand triangles and five Steinway upright pianos cost Liu Dong nearly five million!
Other furniture and the like are also a lot of money, if it weren't for the fact that the most core part of the furniture is produced by Liu Dong's own company, I'm afraid that several sets of huanghuali and red sandalwood will add up. The cost of this decoration can be hundreds of millions!
Of course, the cost of a qiē is worth it. Because this house is your future home!
"Mr. Liu. Do you still need butler service?" After Liu Dong finally settled the bill, Ni Jun suddenly asked.
"Butler service?" Liu Dong heard this word for the first time!
"Yes, now the wealthy abroad, and even the wealthy families in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places, have professional housekeepers to provide services for them, such as shopping, managing family finances, preparing meals, sending children to school, washing and ironing clothes, entertaining guests, preparing dinners, etc., all of which are performed by housekeepers and workers. Finally, the supervision and inspection ......!"
In fact, the butler mentioned by Ni Jun is now the common British butler in the aristocratic circle in the world, the British butler housekeeper originated in France, but the old-school British court pays more attention to etiquette, details and vanity, and the professional concept and scope of responsibility of the housekeeper are strictly regulated in accordance with the court etiquette, which has become the industry standard, and the British butler has also become a classic of housekeeping service.
Therefore, at the beginning of the world-famous English butler, only hereditary nobles and famous families with titles could enjoy it, and for no other reason. It's just a noble line from the royal blood.
In addition, the housekeeper also needs to have an extremely high self-quality. Have a wealth of life intelligence and professional quality: familiar with all kinds of etiquette, delicacies, famous dishes, wine appreciation, crystal silverware maintenance; more high-end butlers, even to know astronomy, geography, in order to serve those high-end customers.
The housekeepers of the aristocratic and wealthy families not only win the trust and trust of the master, but sometimes the master will regard them as a member of the family, and everything will be taken care of by the housekeeper. Over time, gradually, wealthy families were allowed to hire English butlers.
In the new century, after the deepening of domestic reform and the rise of the economy, many giant housekeeping companies have also begun to send personnel to the International Housekeeper College in the Netherlands for further study! And Ni Jun's Forbidden Shangpin Group Company is the first person in China to eat this crab!
“…… The profession of English butler has a longer history abroad than the aristocracy, especially in Europe. If there is one sentence to explain, it is - although they are not descendants of the nobility, they are the teachers of the nobility. The British butler serves people with extremely high status, including billionaires, celebrities, high-ranking political officials and aristocrats, and you are one of them, Mr. Liu!"
Ni Jun's words fell, which made Liu Dong feel useful in his heart, and at the same time, he felt that it would be very good if he had such a person in his family in the future! At least he could worry a lot, after all, he would definitely have a lot of servants in the future, and there would be more scattered things, if someone could arrange it for him in advance, Liu Dong could also spare more time to busy himself with his own affairs!
"Such a British butler can your company provide?" Liu Dong said.
"Yes!" Ni Jun said hurriedly.
"Well, okay, I agreed, when can the housekeeper you said go to work?" Liu Dong nodded.
"You may have to wait a while, the housekeepers sent by the company to the Netherlands for training have only been enrolled for a year, and they will not return to China until the middle of this year!"
"Okay! I see, you can call me when the time comes!"
After chatting about the house and the housekeeper, Liu Dong drove away with Lin Ling!
"What, you haven't come back to your senses yet?" Looking at Lin Ling, who was still a little stunned, Liu Dong asked.
"Liu Dong, isn't the GC Party in power in China, how can you still be allowed to see such a large aristocratic manor?" Lin Ling asked in astonishment.
After glancing at each other funny, Liu Dong said: "You have been in the mainland for a while, do you find that there are any differences between the mainland and Taiwan, except for the difference in political system?"
Hearing Liu Dong's words, Lin Ling tilted her head and thought about it, it seems that there is really no difference, except that many industries here are national franchises, there is almost no difference from Taiwan-Bay. Even the economic vitality of the country is not inferior to that of Taiwan, and some places are even better, and the public security situation in the mainland is much better than that of Taiwan, where the Bamboo Union gang dominates the market!
It's just that Lin Ling's parents are both die-hard supporters of Li Huihui, so from childhood to adulthood, Lin Ling has some prejudice in her heart against the ruling party in the mainland!
Of course, these are not known to Liu Dong, and he doesn't care about political affairs.
"Okay, don't dwell on these messy things, those are not what you and I should care about, and the sky is falling and there is a tall one, you better think about yourself more, are you really not ready to go home for the New Year?" Liu Dong said.
"Don't go back!" Lin Ling shook her head, and the family called her to urge her to go back on a blind date, but Lin Ling, who already had Liu Dong in her heart, was obviously unwilling to go back, not to mention that she understood her parents' prejudices about the mainland, if she knew her current situation, she would definitely lock her at home, and then Lin Ling would be completely sad!
"Okay, when the Chinese New Year comes, you can go back with me! I want to take advantage of this time to settle the matter of Jiahua Qingzhou's tourism development, there are many things, and you are just right to help me!" Liu Dong said.
After nodding silently, after being silent for a while, Lin Ling suddenly said, "But if I go home with you, what will Mr. Wang do......?" She'......!"
"Don't worry, Sister Wang won't blame you!" As he spoke, Liu Dong held Lin Ling's jade hand!
Feeling the roughness and warmth of the other party, Lin Ling's heart became itchy, and Jiao Jing was also a little hot, although she understood that she should not fall into it when she knew that the other party already had Wang Qiang, but Lin Ling couldn't control her feelings, and after getting along with Liu Dong for a long time, she felt more and more the fatal attraction of the man next to her, which made you unconsciously intoxicated and unable to extricate yourself!
After dealing with the villa, after Wang Qiang arranged the company's affairs, Liu Dong drove home when there were ten days left before the Chinese New Year!
Like last time, it took two hours for Liu Dong's car to basically enter Zhuliang Town, and at this time, Wang Qiangqiao, who was sitting in the co-pilot, was already full of nervousness!
"Okay, Sister Wang, you relax! My parents will definitely like you!" Liu Dong comforted.
"Really?"
Hearing this, Liu Dong secretly shook his head in his heart, and he comforted Wang Qiang no less than ten times along the way, but every time he answered.
"Really! true!" Liu Dong nodded helplessly.
But it's a pity that his comfort still has no effect, Wang Qiang's two slender hands are stirred together, because of too much force, the knuckles are beginning to turn white, but she still hasn't noticed it!
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