Driving past a mountain bag, the scene in front of me has changed dramatically. A bend in front of you is a landscape, and after turning here, it is also a piece, but it is a group of villas.

I saw that on the mountain in front of me, luxury villas were lined up one after another, and high-rise buildings appeared in the distance. There are more cars on the road and more traffic lights, all of which indicate that Los Angeles has finally arrived.

The total distance from San Francisco to Los Angeles is 700 kilometers on Highway 1, and the entire trip can be completed in 8 to 9 hours. But in fact, Xiao Yifei and the others walked for two days.

This way, when encountering beautiful scenery to stop, there are characteristic towns to play, famous scenic spots have group photos, everyone is a tourist, play a good time. It's really nice to go from north to south, there are parking spots all the way, no matter where you stop, a few clicks are a postcard of the scenery.

This road is also tossed by the temperature enough, so to speak, during the day is a T-shirt thickened jacket, morning and evening down jackets are not unusual, sleep without air conditioning is easy to freeze, if the temperature changes more drastically, it is "wear a cotton jacket in the morning and wear yarn in the afternoon".

Although he didn't even arrive at Santa Monica, the street sign said that the fork next to it was Sunset Boulevard, and Xiao Yifei hurriedly asked:

"Go home first or go play first."

"Let's go to your house and put things away before playing."

So Xiao Yifei turned a corner and went onto Sunset Boulevard. Who knew that this sunset boulevard was too bad, it actually followed the mountain, zigzagging and circling at the foot of the mountain, and the car had not yet reached Beverly Hills. Seeing the 405 highway in front, Xiao Yifei finally remembered the surrounding terrain, and there were still several turns on Sunset Avenue in front. Pass UCLA, nicknamed "White Flooded Asian University" or "Asia Little Bigger," and pass the Los Angeles Golf Club to Beverly Hills. Xiao Yifei directly hit the steering wheel and simply got on the high speed.

The 405 freeway is well-known in the greater Los Angeles area, running north from the San Fernando Valley and passing through Los Angeles International Airport. Carson City, Long Beach City, arrive south of the key Irvine. This road is a place with a large population, and with the ability to reach Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and other prosperous areas, it is natural that there is a lot of traffic on it. It is known as the most congested highway in Los Angeles, and people have nicknamed him 4or5 based on its 405 number, which is to describe the frequent congestion of this highway, and everyone can only run 4 or 5 miles per hour on this highway.

Fortunately, Xiao Yifei didn't go too far. After waiting for the bus to climb to the top of the mountain, he immediately got off the highway onto Mulholland Avenue and went straight to Beverly Park.

The doorman was still not familiar with Xiao Yifei's face, and he couldn't swipe his face card, so he could only take out the pass, and then he was released.

This situation has different interpretations in different eyes.

王楠 says:

"You're a doorman."

Shirley sighed:

"Your property fee must not be low."

Wang Nan asked puzzledly:

"Why?"

"Is it okay for such a responsible security guard to be paid a low salary? And how many of the communities do you see in the U.S. and Canada that are gated communities? ”

Wang Nan nodded to show that he understood, and Xiao Yifei continued:

"That's right. The annual property fee is 25,000, and they must be worthy. ”

"Twenty-five thousand?"

"Dollars?"

Xiao Yifei confirmed the surprise of the two.

"Local tyrants. You're such a tyrant. ”

"Who are the people living in your neighborhood?"

Xiao Yifei picked a few famous people again.

"So they all live here, huh? Isn't that waiting for us to take a picture with them? ”

"Well, it depends."

On the 40th, the two of them heard that they would stay here tonight, and they were very excited, and they ran up the stairs with ding ding dong. Xiao Yifei came to the backyard with a slightly restrained black nose and took out a tennis ball. Shaking twice in front of the eyes of the black nose, the black nose immediately threw his tail out like an engine, and the black nose screamed and rushed to the wide lawn.

Cheerful dog barking. The silence was broken, and the whole house seemed to be alive.

After a while, Xiao Yifei began to be lazy again, pulled the ball machine from the space, turned on the power, and the black nose could play the ball by himself.

Xiao Yifei lay on the chair and lazily called the chubby intermediary Grace, he had already found the tenant of 704, a businessman engaged in import and export, and the three of them made an appointment to sign the contract in the afternoon.

"Why are you lying down again, get up and exercise."

"What are you exercising, I'm driving all the way, I'm tired, I want to rest."

"We turned on the heating system in the indoor pool and got up to play ball with us and swim later."

"It's playing ball and swimming again, I'm so tired, I'm here for a vacation, don't be so tired."

There was no result in cheating, and Xiao Yifei was still dragged up.

Black Nose heard the shouting here, it sneaked to the tennis court, saw the tennis ball bouncing around, Black Nose excitedly began to make trouble, saw the tennis ball coming, jumped up and bitten, and Xiao Yifei almost hit it with a beat.

After playing, Xiao Yifei came to the indoor pool, and the water temperature was just right.

The indoor swimming pool cannot be compared with the outdoors, only more than 3 meters wide and 5 meters long, Xiao Yifei simply swam back and forth in it. "You're actually starting to enjoy it, too much."

Two chicks in swimsuits with good figures sat and stood on the edge of the pool, and Xiao Yifei looked up and saw Bai Huahua's thighs. He whistled:

"Come down, it's so comfortable in the water."

Wang Nan did not go into the water, but sat on the edge of the pool with his legs in the water:

"I don't want to come down, you stinky man soaked all the water."

Shirley also learned how to paddle with his feet:

"You're so extravagant here, such a large heated pool. I've seen heated pools, and that's just a small jacuzzi. ”

"It's luxury, but I'm going to rent it out and I'm looking for a tenant."

Shirley actually began to water Xiao Yifei with her foot, and Xiao Yifei dodged twice. Pulling her by the feet, he dragged her into the water, and the three of them started to fight in the water.

Coming out of the pool, it was already lunch time. Xiao Yifei consciously went to the kitchen to work dingdong, and the two of them were teasing the black nose outside.

After a while, Shirley ran over:

"I'm sorry, I can't accompany you to the drinking party at night."

"Why?"

"I had a classmate from high school over here. I contacted her and she said she invited me to go out and play. ”

"Can't you postpone it?"

"I'm sorry, I can't postpone it, but she's going to go to other places in the next few days to inspect the school where she is going to graduate school."

"Sorority?"

Shirley nodded.

Well, Xiao Yifei shrugged.

Shirley kissed Xiao Yifei:

"I'm sorry, you can take Wang Nan to the reception."

Xiao Yifei grinned, this can only be the case, you can't go to the drinking party by yourself.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yifei first went to 704 to sign a rental contract with the tenant, and took Wang Nan to the Rodeo Avenue triangle.

It's not just famous shops. There are also a large number of small studios here that specialize in providing customized dresses for distinguished guests, and Xiao Yifei will definitely have many cocktail parties in the future, and customized suits will definitely be more fitting and personalized than commercialized ones.

When it comes to suits, suits on the market are roughly divided into 4 types of tailoring, European style, British style, American style, and Japanese style. A large number of the first three in the domestic market, this suit is suitable for European and American physique, unless the figure is tall and burly. If you can hold up the suit, it's not bad to wear the first three styles. For us people of average stature. After being improved by the Japanese, the Japanese style that suits the East Asian race is more suitable. However, there are very few such suits in the domestic market, which is one of the reasons why many people wear suits to give people a strange feeling.

In the evening, the two of them simply ate something to the bottom and drove a Ferrari to the club less than a kilometer away. The people from the association helped open the car door, and Xiao Yifei handed the parking boy a $5 tip. Marion, the customer service manager I had seen, greeted him:

"Welcome Mr. Xiao to the New Year's reception. Hope you have a great night. ”

Wang Nan took the initiative to hold Xiao Yifei's arm and stepped into the club.

In several types of business and interpersonal communication, cocktail parties are very inexpensive. This kind of cocktail party is much the same, with two tables on one side in the large hall. One has some food on it, and the other has rows of cocktails on it.

The food was exceptionally beautiful, the portions were small, and no one would eat or drink on such occasions, and everyone had dinner before coming. Cocktails are pre-mixed and the bartenders are too busy when the party starts, so everyone can only drink unblended red wine or champagne.

It was only 8:20, and there were still 10 minutes to go, and there were already dozens of people in the hall, almost half of them. At this time, everyone got together in twos and threes to chat.

Xiao Yifei only knew three people at a glance, and these three were all black, they were Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, and one was the one-eyed dragon director of S.H.I.E.L.D. There are no other white actors in Beverly Hills, of course there are, but Xiao Yifei has not seen their films or shows, and Xiao Yifei of these three black people has seen it. There is also a man in obvious Arab attire, and Xiao Yifei does not know whether he is the environment minister Turki or the crown prince Nayef.

There were a few yellow-skinned and black-haired people in the crowd, and Xiao Yifei probably recognized where they were. It appears that the Beverly Park Owners Association has invited both the North and South districts.

A middle-aged Chinese accompanied a female companion to see another Chinese come in, probably guessed Xiao Yifei's identity and walked towards him. Xiao Yifei also probably knew who he was.

"Hello, I'm Zhu Jianqiu, are you a new Xiao?"

"Hello, Mr. Zhu, I'm Xiao Yifei, and this is my female companion Wang Nan."

"We are all Chinese, don't Mr. sir, I am older than you, you can call me Brother Zhu." This is your sister-in-law Guo Xuanhua. ”

"Hello sister-in-law."

Guo Xuanhua came up and made a joke:

"You two are a couple? It's really a talented woman. ”

Khan, thank you for not being sensitive.

"No, we're friends."

"Let's go pick a drink first."

Xiao Yifei casually picked up a glass of champagne, and the men's cocktails mixed were all based on spirits, and the degree was about 30 degrees. Xiao Yifei was worried that he would make a fool of himself after drinking too much, so he didn't choose a cocktail. Women's cocktails aren't as high-alcohol as high. But Xiao Yifei obviously couldn't choose them, so red wine and cocktails became his inevitable choice.

Concubine Yue picked up a glass of ladies cocktail, and the color seemed to be a cream concoction of alcohol, and the degree should not be high.

Xiao Yifei raised his glass to the three people, and took a sip of the champagne in the glass, the cold temperature. It is just around 5 degrees suitable for champagne. In the mouth, in addition to the delicate foam, the taste of the wine is quite mellow. Yes, it is worthy of being known as the "Royal Champagne" Moet & Chandon.

Speaking of this Moët & Chandon champagne, it has a history of 270 years, because Napoleon loved it, so it is called Royal Champagne. And because the pronunciation is similar to the name of **, it is called **.

The production of this Moët & Chandon champagne is very large, with 2 million cases per year. It is claimed that for every 4 bottles of champagne sold, there is a bottle of Moët & Chandon. The parent company of Moët & Chandon Champagne is LVMH. The M in the company's name stands for Moët & Chandon. In addition to Moët & Chandon, LVMH also has cognac, the famous factory "Hennessy", which is the H in the name. There is also the only one under its name, which is selected as a super liquor, the Guimildew sweet liquor "Diqinzhuang" in the Suying area; The famous luxury brand "Louis Vuitton" is also known as Donkey (LV), Dior, Givenchy, and De Beers, which specializes in diamonds and fine jewelry, also belongs to the company.

Everyone else took a sip of makeup.

Everyone chatted for a while, knowing that Zhu Jianqiu was a native of Hemudu, Yongzhou, Xiao Yifei smiled at Wang Nan, because her father was in charge of a certain district in Yongzhou.

Zhu Jianqiu pretended to be casual and asked:

"Brother Xiao, take the liberty of inquiring. I wonder if you're the same person who bought Napa Winery a few months ago? ”

"Yes, it was the younger brother who bought the Monterena winery."

Zhu Jianqiu and Guo Xuanhua glanced at each other.

"Generous. It's really a hero out of a teenager. ”

"Falsely praised."

"I take the liberty of asking, how many transactions are made at the winery?"

The price of the Monterena winery has not been announced to the public, except for newspapers, which have speculated that the price of the French last year was between 110 million and 140 million.

"It's about the same as the French."

The two of them touted a few more words.

"Brother Xiao, did you buy No. 34 and No. 40?"

"Yes."

"Brother Xiao, you are really extraordinary, you are the only one who has bought two houses here."

"Where. I'm an investment, and I'm not the only one, didn't Stallone own two sets? ”

"I know the No. 40 set, the media has always said that it is a French palace, and it is splendid."

"Where. Your number 6 is not bad either. ”

"Really, let's not talk about the area if it can't be compared, even the interior can't be compared."

"Brother Zhu should have bought it very cheaply at that time."

"We bought it in 05 and bought it for more than 8 million."

Although No. 6 also has a swimming pool and tennis court, the area of his main house is only more than 800 square meters, and the price of the unit is not much different from what Xiao Yifei bought. You must know that he bought it in 05, and Xiao Yifei bought it in 09, and it is normal for the high-end house to be higher.

"It's cheap."

"Brother Xiao, can you reveal the transaction price?"

"The two sets of taxes and fees are more than 40 million, which costs a lot more than the younger brother of Brother Zhu."

"Brother, you have taken a big advantage, the 40 was just repaired in 08, and the price was 50 million at that time. My house was built in '88, and it can't compare to yours. After all, you're a master designer. ”

"Brother Xiao, is it really so profitable to be a winery?"

"No, it cost me extra money to buy a house. If the winery could make 30 million a year, I would wake up laughing in my dreams. I don't know what kind of industry Brother Zhu is engaged in? ”

Zhu Jianqiu and his wife looked at each other again, and there was something in their expressions.

"My business is in China, and I used to make textile materials."

"Textile materials?"

"It's almost chemical fiber, and this business has not been easy to do in recent years. Let's go and take you to meet a few friends. ”

Under Zhu Jianqiu's leadership, Xiao Yifei met several successful businessmen. First of all, Zhu Jianqiu's neighbors, who also live in the South District: plastic surgeon Simon (No. 4), lawyer Bob (No. 5), real estate businessmen Daniel (No. 7) and Peyman (No. 8), and several other real estate businessmen Charles (No. 35), Laurent (No. 37), and Jameson (No. 70) who live in the North District.

Xiao Yifei was taken aback, he never knew that there were so many real estate developers living in Beverly Park.

These people are only mainly engaged in real estate, and there are also many owners who own investment companies or family-owned investment companies, and these investment companies also partially own shares in real estate companies.

A few people had just started to say a few words, when Lei Shidong and a few old men walked into the hall. Lei Shidong is a top-level figure in terms of personal wealth and influence in the entire Beverly Park. As soon as he came in, everyone couldn't help but look at him, and then some of them said hello and chatted with him with enough weight.

Xiao Yifei won't be so blind, now come up.

"And what about those Chinese Americans in the community?"

At this time, several people came in from the door, in the middle were two strong men, and on both sides were female companions holding them, Xiao Yifei saw that one was Stallone, and the other was Governor Schwarzenegger.

It seems that they are the last guests, and the owner of the owners' association is already planning to go to a small stage, Zhu Jianqiu hurried up and said:

"There is also a Taiwanese who is a woman, and she doesn't know what to do at home, so she didn't come today."

It's not bad, now with Xiao Yifei, there are 4 households, a total of 80 households, and there can be 4 households of Chinese despire, which is not bad. However, Xiao Yifei was more curious about why Stallone came in with Schwarzenegger, knowing that they had a lot of contradictions before. (To be continued......)