Note: The following is the plot of the winery's acquisition, written relatively early, I don't know why it was written so long at the time, but now I don't have time to make major revisions, please jump and read when you read it, sorry.

There seemed to be nothing going on in China, and Xiao Yifei began to prepare for a visa to the United States. The visa to the United States was really troublesome, but with the help of Jensen's assigned personnel, he got the visa and got on a flight to San Francisco.

When Xiao Yifei woke up, the plane would take another 1 hour to land.

This time, Xiao Yi flew to the United States, and directly put the black nose in the space, the purpose of going to Europe was very clear, and the time was only 1 month, he did not carry the black nose. This time he went to the United States to be different, if he could buy a winery, he would live at the winery. Maybe it will take him more than a year to return to China again, and if he doesn't bring the black nose, the black nose will not be intimate with him in the future.

Xiao Yifei thought about it for a while, and then began to think about the itinerary after arriving in San Francisco, this time it is different from going to Europe, it is tourism, investigation. And this time it's farming, it's actual combat, and it's starting a new business.

The plane landed at San Francisco International Airport, Xiao Yifei only had one bag, and it was first class, and when he passed through customs, he caught up with the queue of the previous flight. The team moved slowly, and Xiao Yifei slowly moved forward with the flow of people in a bored manner. In fact, it should be very fast to get through the border, but now the addition of fingerprints and inquiries has made the entry procedures cumbersome and lengthy.

In front of Xiao Yifei are an elderly couple from China who are in trouble.

The immigration officer was a young black man, and Mr. Xiao was certain that he spoke English. Everyone should have heard black people play Rap, this black guy estimates that adding a little rhythm is the material for the concert, the most depressing thing is that he is still a little slurred, just like Zhou Jie's stick singing double Jay, Xiao Yifei is tired of listening, not to mention the elderly couple.

They stared at each other for 10 seconds, and the immigration officer saw Xiao Yifei behind them, and as soon as he waved, Xiao Yifei became a temporary translator.

"What is the purpose of your visit to the United States?"

"Have you ever been to the United States in the past?"

"How long are you going to take it in the U.S.?"

"Is the entry form filled out completely?"

Fortunately, these two old men are honest and did not go through the entry slip like the entry strategy of the pit people, and the old couple went to attend their daughter's graduation ceremony, and the reason is very legitimate. After a bunch of questions, the black border officer took the application form, stapled a card to the visa page of the passport, knocked the big seal, and returned the passport. Pass!

Then I arrived at Xiao Yifei, and when I saw the entry stamps of the three European countries on the passport, and the list of extremely simple entry items, the black buddies were happy, and the big white teeth began to work in vain as soon as they were exposed:

"Man, you've been to Europe."

"I love to travel."

"What is the purpose of coming to the United States?"

"Tourism."

took a look at Xiao Yifei's belongings, just a notebook bag, and a Leica SLR hanging around his neck, so there was nothing left.

"Why do you have so little luggage?"

This is a critical issue and a weakness of tourist visas, in case the immigration officer thinks you have immigration tendencies, he can refuse to let you do so.

Xiao Yifei took out the credit card of the German bank, and then turned out his bank records and Sosby's guarantee materials from the pile of documents:

"I have a card, what can't I buy? It is inconvenient to travel with a large pile of luggage. ”

After looking at the materials for a while, and then looking at Xiao Yifei, the black buddy knocked on the big seal, and it passed.

After that, there is another checkpoint, which is the U.S. customs inspection. However, the customs is a random inspection rather than a mandatory inspection, and for Xiao Yifei, who basically has no luggage, he can't be pumped on his head.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I actually met the Chinese couple again, it turned out that they still had to transfer flights, but they couldn't find the domestic waiting hall, and they couldn't speak English, and they found two staff members but couldn't speak Chinese. Well, Xiao Yifei can only act as a translator again, sending them to the place by the way.

After changing the local calling card, make a call to the safety as usual. It's not that he doesn't know about the jet lag, they don't care about being woken up in the middle of the night compared to their family's worries.

Xiao Yifei first came to Shui On Law Firm.

This Ryan. Isaac is Sotheby's vice president, Jensen. Isaac's younger brother. After communicating with the two brothers, Xiao Yifei knew that they both came from a family of California lawyers. Their father was a well-known barrister in Los Angeles and had his own law firm. The elder brother Jensen did not like to be manipulated by his father, and after graduating from law, he went to New York, and eventually became the vice president of Sotheby. The younger brother also left Los Angeles and set up his own law firm in San Francisco after spending a few years at other law firms.

Explaining her intentions, a brown-haired beauty in her 20s took Xiao Yifei to the office on the second floor.

A white man in his 40s stood up and said enthusiastically, "Mr. Xiao, welcome to the United States." ”

Xiao Yifei was surprised: "Do you speak Chinese?" ”

"A little bit, in a big city in California, knowing two sentences of Chinese is good for us to develop Chinese customers."

Xiao Yifei couldn't cry or laugh. Now more and more rich people are immigrating to the United States, and many of these people are very bad at English, but they are all rich people, they are potential customers of lawyers, and using two sentences of Chinese to gain the favor of clients has a lubricating effect on cooperation.

Let's switch back to English:

"Jensen has already conveyed to me what Mr. Xiao meant, and Mr. Xiao currently has two needs, one is immigration and the other is investment, right? Trust our law firm to be the right fit for you. ”

After some brief understanding, Xiao Yifei signed two lawyers, one is this Ryan. Attorney Isaac, who will serve as Xiao Yifei's personal counsel and will be responsible for commercial legal matters. And another Kevin. Brown is an immigration lawyer.

After signing the contract, Xiao Yifei first needed to apply for a social security card, without which he could not get a driver's license, a credit card, or even rent an apartment, so he could only live in a hotel. There is also the change of visa.

Kevin and Jensen took Xiao Yifei to the Social Security Bureau and the Immigration Bureau, filled out a bunch of documents, submitted a bunch of materials, and then waited for news.

Xiao Yifei and Ryan came to Sotheby Properties' San Francisco office. Originally, if you want to buy a Napa winery, it should be more suitable to find the Sonoma-Napa branch of Sosby Real Estate, but Xiao Yifei's business is too big, so he chose the larger San Francisco branch.

Henry, the person in charge of the real estate brokerage firm, warmly received Xiao Yifei. He first boasted about the strength of his firm, and then took out a stack of real estate agent lists of their firm for Xiao Yifei to choose.

Xiao Yifei looked at the list, huh, "fei.yue", Chinese? Yue Fei? If you look at the information again, it's not Yue Fei.

Seeing Xiao Yifei stop on this page, Henry immediately began to introduce:

"Mr. Xiao, you have a good eye. Yue is a Chinese who has joined our firm for 2 years and has completed more than a dozen intermediary businesses, and is the leader of our firm. Most of her clients are Chinese who have just arrived in the United States, and the satisfaction of her clients is very good. And she is good at making friends with customers, many of whom still contact her often and are eager to help her introduce new customers. ”

"Okay, that's it."

"I'll call her right away."

Soon, a young and beautiful Chinese woman walked in, with short ear-length hair and a professional outfit, making her look neat and capable.

"Mr. Xiao, this is our Yue."

"Hello Mr. Xiao."

She is Chinese, Xiao Yifei directly asked in Chinese: "Which fly are you?" ”

"The concubine's concubine, Concubine Yue."

"Let's sit down and talk."

"I want to buy the Monterena winery and their vineyards."

"Huh?"

Ryan, Henry, and Concubine Yue were all caught off guard by Xiao Yifei.

Xiao Yifei still doesn't know that although Sotheby Real Estate International has the name of Sosby, the actual operator is not Sotheby, and Sosby Real Estate International is actually equivalent to a franchise company.

All Henry knew was that Janssen, the vice president of Sotheby's Auction Company, had said that a wealthy Chinese man was going to entrust them with the purchase of the property.

The real estate agent Concubine Yue didn't know anything, but after coming in, she guessed that it was a rich second generation of Chinese who came to San Francisco to buy a house.

None of them would have imagined that the young man in front of them actually wanted to do such a big business, and it was not a real estate business, but a business business.

Xiao Yifei is a semi-irrigator, and before he came, he learned about the difference between Chinese and American real estate agents from the Internet. In China, real estate agents, sell-side agents generally only sell their clients' properties, but this is not the case in the United States, where all sell-side agents register their clients' properties on a website, so that other agents can see the sale information and can get in touch with them directly.

In addition, for the buyer, it is also necessary to have an agent, first, he can give you more information about the property. Second, brokers are more familiar with the process, which can save you time and money. Third, the United States generally implements a buyer's responsibility system, which means that after you decide to buy a house, the buyer has to investigate many of the past history of the house, and the seller may not necessarily provide the past history of the house truthfully. For example, whether there are unnatural deaths such as homicide, whether there are major safety hazards around or in the house itself, pollution sources, etc. Or it is provided, but only for the last three years or even less. If you have a buyer's broker, then he can help you find this information accurately.

In China, the commission of the agent is borne by the buyer, but in the United States it is not, the owner of the house when signing the contract with the seller's agent, the agency commission is agreed, here in California is generally 6%, if the seller agent himself finds a customer to buy a house, or the buyer appoints the seller's agent to also act as his own agent (which is allowed under California law), then he can get this commission alone. If the buyer's broker brings the client to the purchase, the commission is split equally between the two brokers. Of course, the buyer can also give the buyer a fee after the closing, but this fee is not much, and it means that the tip should be given to the restaurant waiter.

In other words, whether you have a buyer's agent or not, the 6% of the money is already included in the price of the house, and you don't want to take advantage of the seller.