"Two gentlemen, these are office buildings selected according to your needs, this one is in the Burbank area, and the Santa Monica area, oh, this one is near Hollywood, and the price is relatively expensive. ”

In the hall of the real estate agency, a real estate agent named Raymond skillfully handed the information to Eric and Jeffrey. Since it was decided to set up a new Firefly Film Company, the first thing that should be rented an office space for the company was born.

The two listened to Raymond's introduction while looking through the information and discussing with each other.

For some reason, Eric felt that Raymond looked at him a little strangely, and seemed to be a little eager to try. Finally, in between a conversation, Raymond couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, Mr. Williams, are you the young director who filmed?"

Eric raised his eyebrows, looked at the other party's expression, and secretly said that the middle-aged man in front of him should not be his fan, nodded, and Eric readily admitted his identity: "Mr. Raymondst, I am, do you have any questions?"

Raymond confirmed the doubt in his mind, and continued: "That's right, Mr. Williams, I don't know if you're interested in the Beverly mansion, we just have a Beverly Hilltop mansion here, about 6,000 square feet, very close to Sunset Boulevard, easy transportation, and most importantly...... Privacy was good. ”

Speaking of the last few words, Raymond's expression was a little unnatural, obviously, the other party read today's gossip about Eric, and only then did he have the idea of selling the mansion.

It has to be said that the real estate agent seized the timing quite well, Eric was bothered by the pervasive paparazzi, and the agent's sales pitch played into Eric's hands.

Jeffrey, who was next to him, also said appropriately at this time: "Eric, I also think you need to change your residence, with your current net worth, it is not very safe to live alone in North Hollywood." ”

Eric nodded and asked, "Mr. Raymondst, if I'm interested, when can we go to see the property?"

Raymond was overjoyed, and immediately nodded: "It's okay now, the owner has handed over the mansion to us with full agency, and the key is here." ”

Eric was not in the mood to pick an office building, left a check for Jeffrey to decide, and drove Raimonster to Beverly Hills.

Following Raymond's guidance, more than half an hour later, the two came to the outside of a mansion on Beverly Hill: "This is it, Mr. Williams. ”

As soon as he got out of the car, the first thing Eric saw was a nearly two-meter-high fence with a dense canopy of verdant trees protruding from the wall.

Raymond introduced next to him: "Mr. Williams, you see, the privacy of this mansion is quite good, the fence is high enough, and the dense vegetation inside completely cuts off the risk of paparazzi candid photography. And this mansion has no street lights around it, and there are two gates in front and back, which is perfect for a public figure like you. ”

Eric nodded in satisfaction and said, "Raymond, shall we go in and have a look?"

"Oh, of course. Raymond quickly took out the key to open the door of the mansion, and turned sideways to invite Eric to go in first.

"Look, Mr. Williams, the modern-leaning main villa was designed by Edward Niles Design and has four bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and two kitchens. 10 cars can be parked in the garage, there is an open-air bath outside, a pocket basketball court, and by the way, a balcony on the second floor of Guò overlooking the whole of Greater Los Angeles, the view of Los Angeles at night is very charming......"

Eric listened to the agent's skillful introduction and patiently turned around the mansion of about 600 square meters.

"Raymond, how much does this mansion cost?"

Raymond was stunned for a moment, and soon a hint of ecstasy flooded his heart, and instead of babbling about all sorts of nonsense like other property visitors, Eric asked directly about the price, and the success rate of this business was obviously very large.

The owner of this mansion had to put his beloved mansion up for sale because of the losses suffered in the stock market crash last year, but the other party did not reach the point of exhaustion, and the price offered was relatively high, so the house has been pressed by the agency company in Raymond for nearly half a year.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Raymond said quietly: "Two million dollars, Mr. Williams." ”

Eric's first reaction was that it was so cheap, but he quickly remembered that it was 1988, not the 21st century, when housing prices had risen to the point of forcing prostitution. It seems that Michael Jackson's 11-square-kilometer Dream Manor purchased last year was only $19.5 million. Obviously, the price of $2 million for this mansion is a bit expensive.

Although Eric is not short of money now, he is not wronged, he turned to stare at the real estate agent and said: "Raymond, you also understand that I am very sincere in buying it, so give me an actual price, two million dollars is obviously impossible." ”

Raymond showed a painful expression and said, "Then, 1.95 million US dollars, it can't be less." ”

"1 million. Eric offered his own price.

Raymond almost jumped to his feet and shouted in surprise: "This is impossible!"

Now it is not popular for Chinese to buy real estate in North America, so it is the first time that Raymond has encountered this kind of frenzied Oriental bargaining first trick - cutting in half.

As if insulted, Raymond snorted: "Mr. Williams, if you make such a bid, there is no need for us to talk any further. ”

Eric saw that the other party was really angry, and hurriedly smiled: "Okay, okay, Raymond, just kidding." But you're also so insincere, you're only $50,000 cheaper. ”

Although Raymond was still a little unhappy in his heart, the other party was a big customer after all, and if he sold this mansion, he could also take a large commission, so his expression quickly returned to calmness: " Mr. Eric, the owner of this mansion is not too short of money, and you can let people identify that a complete set of luxury custom furniture and other decorations in the villa will cost no less than half a million dollars, so the price is very high, originally the other party insisted on 2 million US dollars, and after some persuasion we agreed to a discount of 100,000 US dollars. So, $1.9 million is already the cheapest price. ”

After saying that, Raymond looked like he was waiting for Eric's decision, and it was obvious that there was no room for negotiation on the price.

Eric thought for a moment, he really liked the villa, and finally nodded: "Raymond, if I decide to buy it, how long will it take to move in?"

"If you can pay the full amount, we can do our best to handle the handover for you, and you can move in within three days," Raymond said. And if you need a bank loan, it will definitely take a little longer. ”

Sure enough, it is a country where money is everything, Eric remembered a friend in his previous life who bragged about his experience of buying a house in Los Angeles, and it took more than a month to get it done.

Eric finally chose to pay the full amount, and the two returned to the agency in Raymond, and Eric called Edward Lewis's office and asked the other party to send a lawyer who was familiar with the real estate business, and he was only responsible for filling out a check, and basically left the rest to the private lawyer.

Jeffrey Hansen also chose an office building in Burbank for the office of Firefly Films, and Eric glanced at it and expressed his satisfaction, and the matter was settled.

After a busy day and returning home in the evening, Eric just glanced at it and noticed that there were more paparazzi nearby, these guys were obviously stimulated by the gossip this morning, and wanted to get some valuable news from themselves.

For these people, Eric could only helplessly pretend not to see them.

After dinner and a shower, Eric came to the bedroom in loose lounge clothes, thought about it, and began to write the script, as for the novel that Michael Krause urged several times, Eric directly chose to drag it first, anyway, Michael Krauss urged and urged to get used to it, and Eric listened and listened to it and got used to it.

In the following days, Eric followed Jeffrey to be busy with the establishment of the film company during the day and wrote the script at night, and I thought that the matter with Drew and Aniston, even if the media with ulterior motives would be hyped up for a few days, and the matter would eventually die down like other celebrity scandals, who knew that this matter had a tendency to get bigger and bigger, and the trend of mountains and rains was becoming more and more obvious.