Chapter 33: The House and the Car
The next morning, the family drove to Repulse Bay.
Repulse Bay is located in the south of Victoria Shan on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by mountains and seas, the bay is crescent-shaped, and has the reputation of "Oriental Hawaii", which is a tourist attraction for tourists to cool off the heat and tide. Repulse Bay is also one of the most prestigious areas in Hong Kong where the mansions of the rich are located, and the mansions of Li Jiacheng, the richest man in Hong Kong, and Bao Yugang, the king of boats, are settled in this place.
The villa donated to Hua Qiang is located on the mountainside near the foot of the mountain, a short distance from the coastline, there is no tourist noise, the winding road looms in the quiet woods, connecting several families, the environment is quite quiet and elegant.
"It's so beautiful!" When Xu Jing and his party came to the villa, Lin Qingqing was fine, although he was happy in his eyes, he tried his best to restrain his emotions, and Zhou Xiaoxun couldn't help but be happy.
There is a small courtyard with some flowers and plants, and a few empty parking spaces on the side. The courtyard is not big, only 120 square meters, and I think these are all gifts.
The villa is a two-and-a-half-storey idyllic building, and the interior decoration is not much luxurious, but it is better than the general mansions in the city. The first floor is naturally the living room, kitchen, dining room and chess room, the second floor is four bedrooms and a small study, the third floor is two smaller bedrooms, a gym, and a large terrace, facing the sea leisure and entertainment area, there is a TV stereo and the like, there is even a piano in one corner, and some bonsai, parasols, reclining chairs and the like on the outside. Naturally, there is no swimming pool, which is a typical home-based villa.
"Qingqing, this bed is so big and comfortable! ”
"Brother Xun, look, you can see sailboats in the distance. ”
Watching Zhou Xiaoxun pull Lin Qingqing up and down, looking around, Xu Jing and Lin Jianguo and his wife all chuckled.
After looking around, Xu Jing couldn't help but sigh, this Xiang Huaqiang is worthy of being a person who can deal with high-level people in the mainland for decades, and his shot is extraordinary, this villa is only afraid of no less than 10 million, which is much higher than the original estimate of 8 million.
At this time, the housing prices in Xiangjiang are not too high, compared to the 80 years of housing prices have not risen much, the real take-off of housing prices in Xiangjiang is 91 years ago, this villa worth 10 million is a full mansion, put more than ten years later, I am afraid that it will not be less than 70 or 80 million.
Now it seems that he vaguely owes Xiang Huaqiang a little favor, Xu Jing pondered.
The villas are uniquely designed for comfort and privacy. In the end, Zhou Xiaoxun and Lin Qingqing chose two slightly smaller bedrooms on the third floor, while Lin Jianguo and his wife chose the bedroom on the second floor to the inside, and Xu Jing chose the master bedroom with a floor-to-ceiling window next to the study on the second floor and facing the sea, while the other bedrooms were reserved for it.
"Uncle, if you have time, let's buy a few cars, now it's far away from the city, and a car is sometimes not convenient. The company is on the right track, and it needs a few cars. ”
Because of all kinds of facilities in the villa, it is not too troublesome to move, and it took a morning to ask the moving company to basically solve it, but a few trips back and forth, but a car seems to be a little stretched.
"Cheng, I'm going to buy a few cars, Brother Xun is a big star now, if there is no special car to pick up and drop off when school starts, it will be too low. Hehe" Lin Jianguo replied with a smile, causing Zhou Xiaoxun and Lin Qingqing to laugh for a while.
"It's good to be in the middle and low range, it's not too good. "Xu Jing doesn't have too high requirements for cars, especially now that the company's account is only two million.
"Hey, I'll take care of this, keep it safe. ”
arranged the affairs of the family, and did not wait for a long rest, but Zhao Xiaojun called, saying that Chen Xiaochun came to audition, and Xu Jing took Zhou Xiaoxun to the foot of the mountain to take a taxi to the company.
"Miss Zhou, hello!"
When I came to the company and passed by the leisure area, a thin figure was sitting on the sofa, and the back looked a little gloomy.
The two looked over, only to see that this person was not tall, less than 1.7 meters, dressed in a suit neatly, with a short inch of mousse, looking shiny and shiny, and a face that looked a little tender, at this moment he looked at Zhou Xiaoxun with a smile, looking a little flattering, but giving people the impression of a bad boy.
It is Chen Xiaochun, who is waiting for the audition.
"Hello. Zhou Xiaoxun was stunned and responded, but he didn't dare to say anything, but looked at Xu Jing.
"You go in first. Xu Jing instructed, and Zhou Xiaoxun went to the office first.
"Are you here to audition?" Xu Jing asked, "Killer" has only been released for a few days, and he can immediately recognize Zhou Xiaoxun, thinking that he should have made some preparations.
"Yes, you were introduced by Miss Zhou to audition?" Seeing Zhou Xiaoxun leave, Chen Xiaochun instantly put away his smile, his chest straightened slightly, he sorted out his suit and sat down, leaned on the sofa and lifted Erlang's legs, looking cynical, then glanced at Xu Jing, and said in a slightly arrogant tone.
"Do you know what the role of the audition is?" Xu Jing looked at him with some interest, and sat down, but did not answer his question, but asked about the role of the audition.
"Of course I know, do you know who asked me to audition? Sister Mei told me that the director personally invited me to audition through her. Although you have Miss Zhou's recommendation, there is not much chance. Chen Xiaochun said with a look of 'you can't'.
Xu Jing was effective and funny in his heart, he didn't tell Mei Yanfang about the new movie role, this kid clearly used Mei Yanfang's momentum to fool people.
"Xiao Jing, are you here? I just called Uncle Lin and asked him to urge you to come over quickly, have you been interviewed?" At this time, Zhao Xiaojun suddenly walked over and said.
"Well, I'll talk to him first. Xu Jing replied.
"Uh, you... Are you a director?" Chen Xiaochun, who was crossing Erlang's legs, suddenly stood up, his eyes widened, and he looked at Xu Jingdao.
"That's right, I'm Xu Jing, sit down and talk. ”
"Yes... I'm sorry.,Guide.。。。 Director. I didn't recognize you just now. Chen Xiaochun grinned at the corners of his face, and his face was no longer the cynicism of Brother Gongzi, but a look of regret, which looked very funny.
"Can you tell me why you lied to someone?"
Hearing Chen Xiaochun's eloquent words, Xu Jing realized that he regarded Xu Jing as a competitor through Zhou Xiaoxun's back door, so he pulled up the tiger skin to fool Xu Jing.
Chen Xiaochun is actually a few years older than Xu Jing, originally from Huishi, Guangdong Province, moved to Xiangjiang with his father in the early eighties, did a lot of chores, and later was admitted to the TVB dance training class and did a few big star dancers. Because of malnutrition, not to mention not tall, he is still thin, and he is a mainlander, he has suffered a lot of white eyes, suffered a lot of grievances, and has no friends in the circle, which makes him a little inferior, cynical, and even a little irritable and extreme.
After getting the opportunity to audition, I watched Xu Jing's "Killer" several times in a morning, and then I came to audition, but I didn't expect to meet Xu Jing who 'went through the back door'. At that moment, he felt that he was wronged and unfair, so he put on the appearance of a son-in-law, and even looked at Xu Jing with arrogance.
"Well, I see. So go back first ... Xu Jing thought about it and understood the reason, so he said to Chen Xiaochun, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Xiaochun.
"Director, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please give me a chance to audition, I'll definitely perform well. As soon as Chen Xiaochun heard that Xu Jing asked him to go back, he was a little anxious.
"You misunderstood, hehe, your performance just now was very good, I think you can be qualified for this role, so you don't need to audition, however, you seem to have come alone, so you go back first, and bring your agent over tomorrow to sign a contract." ”
In fact, the role of 'Red Whirlwind' itself is the son of the black boss, a son who seems to be bad-minded, but his nature is not very bad.
"Thank you director, thank you director!" Hearing Xu Jing's explanation, Chen Xiaochun calmed down and kept thanking him.
Earlier, Zhang Guorong called and said that he would invite Zhou Xiaoxun to be a special guest at his last concert, and Xu Jing re-arranged the music for this purpose to make the music more suitable for the concert.
In the next few days, in addition to the regular action routine training, Zhou Xiaoxun took the time to practice and practice the songs, although she was more of a playful guest to be a guest, but if she forgot the words nervously in the middle of the singing, it would be extremely embarrassing.
"Xiao Jing, the car has been bought, do you want to go down and have a look?" Xu Jingzheng tutored Zhou Xiaoxun to do a routine, and Lin Jianguo walked in and said.
"Did you pick up the car so soon?" Xu Jing didn't expect Lin Jianguo to bring the car back in such a short time.
"These are the cars you bought?" Xu Jing asked in surprise when he came to the garage and saw several brand-new cars lined up, four mid-range Volkswagen, two S-Class Mercedes-Benzes, and a Cadillac full of excitement.
"How about it? This Gadorly Brougham specially picked for you, the president of the United States has the same model, originally wanted to pick a Ferrari sports car, but the sports car space is smaller after all. Lin Jianguo patted the cover of the Cadillac and said a little proudly. Gatoroli is the Hong Kong translation of Cadillac.
“。。。。 Isn't it just that a mid-range car is good. Xu Jing sighed a little speechlessly, he originally thought that it would be good to be able to travel, but he didn't expect Lin Jianguo to give him the same model for the president of the whole country, which was a little inconsistent with his character.
"I know what you mean, but when you really integrate into Xiangjiang, you will understand that Xiangjiang is a place that values fame and fortune too much, and a better car can save a lot of trouble. Lin Jianguo still insisted on his own opinion.
Xu Jing thought about it, but there was some truth. In the eighties and nineties, the commercial atmosphere of Xiangjiang was very heavy, especially in the entertainment industry, and it was Vanity Fair, and the sense of fame and fortune was far heavier than that of the mainland decades later. Although he doesn't value fame and fortune very much, it is good to save some trouble in this circle, especially since he and Zhou Xiaoxun are both mainlanders.
"Actually, it didn't cost much, I got it from a friend, and it wasn't much higher than the cost price. Seeing that Xu Jing didn't speak, Lin Jianguo only thought that Xu Jing was worried about the company's poor accounts.
"These are the cars smuggled in?" Xu Jing couldn't help but look at Lin Jianguo.
"Don't worry, I don't have those things, although these cars are smuggled in, but they all have legal licenses, and they have nothing to do with us. Lin Jianguo spoke with a lot of oil, and he naturally knew that Xu Jing didn't want him to take advantage of the crooked ways anymore.
In this era, a car of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars can be regarded as a mid-range car, and it is even more so in the United States, where 200,000 US dollars is already a very high-end luxury car. He bought the cars from an 'old friend' and spent less than two million in total.
"Well, that's fine. Xu Jing doesn't care about how much money he spends, isn't the money earned for spending? Not to mention that the box office share of "Killer" can almost be credited one after another, and the company doesn't worry about running out of money in the account, so it doesn't matter.
As for the Cadillac, naturally he won't refuse, he won't let the good car go, and he has to change to a little Alto to highlight his low-key connotation? Xu Jing will not be sick like this.