Chapter 466: Sense of Distress
Zhao Ji and the female star must have purchased a handful abroad, there are dozens of large and small bags, fortunately this time Lu Chengfeng did not drive a sports car, but drove a Cadillac SUV, and it was a seven-seater, put down the row of seats in the back to put enough things, otherwise, you would have to choose to call a taxi.
After the car drove into Lu Chengfeng's house and put the things away, Lu Chengfeng took Zhao Ji and the female star to visit his small western-style mansion very coquettishly.
The female star has seen a lot, and she doesn't particularly care, after the visit, she went to the living room to pour coffee and tea, and then a few people chatted.
Zhao Ji said with some envy: "You can buy such a single-courtyard garden villa so close to the center of San Francisco, you kid, how much is this house?" Shouldn't it be cheap, right? ”
Lu Chengfeng took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's not expensive, it's 800,000 US dollars in total, and it's only about 5 million in soft sister coins." ”
"It's really not expensive, five million to buy a three-bedroom apartment in Shangpu is about the same, it may be far from the city center, a garden building like yours, such a large area, not to mention that it will cost tens of millions." Zhao Ji is a rich man after all, so he has learned how much a house is in many places, and as a rich man, for convenience, he must be more willing to buy a house in the city he frequents, so it is convenient to live.
"You said it was not decorated, but this place is finely decorated, 800,000 US dollars, and it is worth it." Gao Xi said with a smile.
"Actually with decoration? I used to hear that housing prices in the United States are cheap, but I didn't expect them to be so affordable, so when do I plan to buy a house in the United States, and I can put it there to appreciate anyway. Zhao Ji pondered and said.
Gao Xi smiled and said, "You think beautifully. The real estate policy of the United States is different from that of our country, as long as you buy a house in the United States, the property tax will be calculated every day, and the property tax in San Francisco is about the same as that in New York, which is about three percent, think about it. Three percent a day, a year is more than 20,000 US dollars, just the real estate tax, let's not talk about anything else, this year is estimated to be more than 200,000 soft sister coins, our Chinese house you don't have to pay taxes for at least a few decades, if you calculate it, in fact, the housing prices in the United States are really not cheap. ”
"Damn, doesn't that mean I have to pay all the time if I don't live in a house? No wonder many people persuaded me to come to the United States to buy a house. They only say that the houses in the United States are cheap, but they don't tell me that the United States collects taxes like this, these businessmen are really fucking treacherous, and they are obviously deliberately cheating people. As soon as Zhao Ji heard Gao Xi's words, he immediately became angry.
"They're cunning, but you're not stupid, no matter how foolish they are, didn't you buy them in the end?" Lu Chengfeng said with a smile.
Zhao Ji shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm cunning. It's because I have you buddies, so I know if I really have to buy a house. Then you can find you, you don't have to listen to others at all, through you understand the housing prices in the United States and then consider whether to buy, then you won't suffer. ”
Gao Xi smiled: "Shrewd, then do you plan to buy it now?" ”
"I still don't buy it for the time being, and I don't plan to come to the United States so soon. I'll talk about that later. It's Brother Xi, don't you kid buy a house, at least you have to cover that Bill Gates. Zhao Ji said with a smile.
The female star glanced at Gao Xi unexpectedly, perhaps because of Gao Xi's dress, this female star put Gao Xi in the ranks of the poor. But I didn't expect Zhao Ji to compare Gao Xi with Bill Gates, so he was a little surprised.
"Don't talk nonsense, Bill Gates's house in New York has to pay more than a million dollars in taxes every year, why should I buy that house? You still don't think I'm troublesome, my ranch pays enough taxes every year, let's pay taxes for Lao Mei, pay less if we can, we can't let Lao Mei be too strong and then bully our motherland, right? Gao Xi waved his hand.
"I didn't expect you to be quite patriotic?"
"This is not called patriotism, this is called the sense of distress." Gao Xi glanced at Zhao Ji and said: "The status of our Chinese in the United States is not high now, with China, we still have a way out, no matter how much he tosses in the United States, he will not dare to offend us too much, otherwise we will go back to China, but once China is not good, then do we still have a good life?" In this world, except for China, which dares to be tough with the United States a few times, the rest of the countries are Russia, but Russia does not treat us Chinese very well, so ah, China is just like our mother's family, my mother's family is strong, and it will not suffer too much in the United States. ”
"That's true, but your kid's ranch is probably more than Bill Gates's house, and the taxes are a lot throughout the year, right?" Zhao Ji said with a smile.
"Do you want to pay for me?" Gossi won't be easy to get to the bottom of, in fact, he pays a lot of taxes a year, and the United States should award him a medal of honor.
"Hehe, let's forget it." Zhao Ji said with a smile.
Gaucy continued, "I heard that you went to Paris to play in the big Paris?" You are really bold enough, and you don't think France is chaotic enough now? What has become of that place in Paris now, there are people robbing money in broad daylight, and they are specially picking on us Chinese. ”
"Don't mention it, it's all because I have soft ears, I heard this girl say a few words, I thought that Paris is a shopping paradise, there are good things to buy, so I plan to go and see, but who would have thought that there would be chaos like that, this time Paris was attacked by terrorism, fortunately the two of us didn't catch up, and I was terrified." Zhao Ji said with a wry smile.
"Then why are you in San Francisco again? Isn't it close to Paris to San Francisco? ”
"It's not like I just got a call when I just went back, I heard Xiao Luzi say that his son is going to have a full moon, I thought that this time I came out to play, and there was nothing else to do in China, so I came over to take a look, but I have to go back in a few days, and the New Year is coming soon, and my company has two films to be released before and after the New Year, and I have to go back to host the work." Zhao Ji sighed and said: "Don't think I'm chic, in fact, I'm not chic, I'm not as chic as Brother Xi." ”
Lu Chengfeng said with a smile: "He is indeed quite chic, he couldn't get through the phone during that time, he went hunting in the mountains, damn, he didn't call me." ”
"I'm a fart, I'm still here this time, I have to drink the full moon wine in advance, my brother just came to Los Angeles, I have to go over there to see him."
"Gao Fan, Gao Fan, I've heard of it, the acting skills are not bad, the movie they made recently bought 600 million at the box office, which is quite good, why did you come to the United States to develop?" Zhao Ji asked suspiciously.
"I called him over, filming an online drama is not a long-term solution after all, besides, Hollywood is very good at training people, let him study here, and go back in the future, even if he is filming an online drama, his acting skills will be better." Gossi explained.
"With your brother's help, your brother is afraid that he will really become a big movie star this time, I said to help him before, and now it looks like I want to invite him in the future, I'm afraid I can't afford to invite him." Zhao Ji is telling the truth, it seems that the stars who have been packaged in Hollywood have doubled their worth after they go back.
Gao Xi did not deny that since he called his younger brother over, he had to train him well, if he didn't mix up any fame, it could only mean that he was too bad, after all, his brother's acting skills had been praised by professional directors.
"By the way, as soon as my brother arrived in the United States, he received a low-budget film to play the villain male number one, do you know who is playing against him?"
"Who?"
"The famous tough guy, Tom. Hanks! Gao Xi said proudly.
He only learned about this through Old Tom, and if he plays against such a person, he can learn it, and he hopes that his younger brother can succeed.
"Oh, this is amazing, I'm a little envious, if I had listened to you, it might have been good to come to Hollywood." Zhao Ji said in surprise.
He was really surprised, not anyone who just came to the United States could play against the cows.
The female star was obviously a little excited, but because Zhao Ji had told her before, she didn't dare to talk nonsense.
"Come on, if you want to get it, it's not too late, anyway, in two or three years, I estimate that I will have a lot of money left, and it is not impossible to buy a film company directly." Gao Xi said casually.
"Oh, you two don't talk about these things, Brother Xi, you have also seen this Zhao Ji, if you are in a hurry, you will not delay the matter, you have been talking about going to Los Angeles yesterday." Lu Chengfeng is not very interested in movies or anything.
If you are interested, it is watching movies, which are completely different concepts from making movies.
"Don't worry, at least accompany Zhao Ji to walk around today, it's a pity that although I've been here in San Francisco several times, I'm not familiar enough, Xiao Luzi, are you familiar?"
"I'm familiar." Lu Chengfeng nodded.
Hearing this, Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Brother Xi, if you are really busy, buddy, I don't dare to delay your business." Anyway, there will be opportunities to meet in the future, and there will be no shortage of this time. Xiao Luzi is so familiar with San Francisco, let him be our tour guide, and can't get lost, I actually came to San Francisco this time on the one hand to celebrate the full moon for Xiao Luzi's son, and another reason is to find our senior sister, yes, it is Xia Mu, to buy a set of jewelry from her. ”
"It's good for you to ask Brother Xi to call Xia Mu, Zhao Ji, I'm afraid you don't know yet, Brother Xi is the largest shareholder of the jewelry company, and he is the one who single-handedly supports the jewelry company." Lu Chengfeng said with a smile.
"Damn, there is still such a thing? This is really too good, Brother Xi, you have a big enough business, no wonder you still want to invest in movies, if you plan to invest in domestic films, then say hello to me, I guarantee that you will make a steady profit. Zhao Ji has a clear understanding of the tastes of domestic audiences, so this is not bragging. (To be continued.) )