When it comes to Scotland, many people can't help but think of the American blockbuster "Braveheart". Wallace shouted: 'Freely/by', and also Scotch bagpipes, Scottish Edinburgh, Scottish tartan skirts, and those who love to drink will think of Scotch whisky .......

After everything was ready, the two took a plane from Dinghai Hongqiao Airport directly to London, England, and then transferred to Edinburgh Airport in Scotland in London, England, and stayed in a five-star hotel.

There is no need for translation, Chen Dong English PETS4 level, basically able to speak and understand, but he is not very proficient when speaking, and he can basically understand it, while Chen Ying often runs abroad because of filming and can use English very proficiently.

After a night's rest, the next day, the two began to explore Edinburgh.

The view of Edinburgh is beautiful, the sky is blue and clear, and the air here is nice and clear.

Walking to the street, it was very clean and tidy, and from time to time you could see pedestrians in plaid skirts, which was very ethnic.

One of the most worth seeing is the ancient castle, which stands in the effect, very magnificent, very beautiful, very European medieval style, fascinating.

Every time she arrives at an ancient castle, Chen Ying always gently touches the outer wall of the ancient castle with her hands, and feels the historical vicissitudes of the ancient castle from the mottled exterior wall and the architectural style full of medieval style, which is a very, very fascinating look.

Chen Ying is a painter and has a special obsession with art.

Seeing this, Chen Dong smiled and said, "Xiaoying, if you like ancient castles, I will buy an ancient castle, and we will come here for a vacation for half a month or a month every year." Anyway it's beautiful, the air is nice and clear, it's perfect for a holiday. ”

Hearing this, although Chen Ying was happy in her heart and felt very sweet about Chen Dong's love for herself, she finally shook her head, "Chen Dong." We don't want this, we don't stay in Scotland for a long time, we only live there for half a month or 1 month, and the annual repair fee alone requires a lot of money, and we can't afford it. ”

Chen Dong took Chen Ying's hand, walked on the street, and said, "The repair cost costs a lot of money, and after buying it, in addition to coming here for a period of time every year in the future." It can also be used as an investment. ”

In the collecting world, in addition to antique collectors, there is also a kind of people called 'ancient house collection fans'. Collect some ancient houses with historical and cultural significance. To put it nicely, rescue the old houses that are on the verge of disappearing, preserve and develop the culture of ancient houses, put it mildly, and sit back and wait for appreciation.

For example, in the original plane. Chen Dong occasionally read such a story on the Internet, there is a person, who specializes in collecting ancient houses, he heard that Du Yuesheng's old mansion that once dominated the beach was going to be demolished, so he spent a lot of money to buy Du Yuesheng's old house. There is also a Ming Dynasty house of the modern Chinese poet Xu Zhimo in Shang/Hai, which he bought for 100w. He also spent a lot of money in Yorkshire, England, to buy an ancient castle that is more than 300 years old.

After listening to Chen Dong's words, Chen Ying was really moved, so she nodded, "Okay." ”

Back at the hotel, Chen Dong turned on the computer and searched for some relevant information about the purchase and sale of the castle, as well as the procedures and prices required to buy the castle.

After searching, Chen Dong knew that the price of castles in Scotland is about 100,000 euros to tens of millions of euros, and the main factors affecting the value of castles are the time when the castle was built, the people who have lived in the castle, the scale of the castle and the completeness of the castle, and whether it has been repaired.

Chen Dong actually found that some castles were bought and had a noble title, for example, he saw a 16th-century first-class castle in Banff, which was sold for 400,000 euros, although it had to be renovated extended, but it was accompanied by Baron Inchdrewer. In other words, the buyer will automatically assume this status, and in addition to being the owner of the castle, he will also become an English nobleman.

After looking at the ancient castle listed for sale on the Internet, Chen Dong followed Chen Ying and the two to discuss.

Don't be broken, Chen Dong saw that there were many castles on the information, some of them were already dilapidated, and if they bought it, they would have to spend a lot of money to repair it, and they could only live in it after at least one or two years, which was obviously contrary to their original intention of buying the castle, and some were simply a pile of ruins, or a stone pillar with a few windows on it, although it was cheap, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of euros could be bought, but these were all abandoned by Chen Dong and Chen Ying.

Don't choose too expensive, tens of millions of euros, tens of millions of euros, although luxurious, the construction time is very early, there is a high historical value, maybe there have been British historical celebrities or received queens, princes, princesses or something, but it is too expensive, equivalent to hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions of yuan, there is no need for this.

In the end, the two set their sights on a price range of several million euros to be repaired.

In the next few days, I contacted the housing agency, and the staff of the housing agency took Chen Dong and Chen Ying to see several selected castles in a row.

The result was a stone castle in Dunnett Bay, the southernmost tip of the Scottish Islands, near the Orkney Islands.

Built in the early 18th century, the historic 1,833-acre fort has 10 rooms, multiple outbuildings, a private beach and a marina, with about 1,750 acres of shallow hill open space for development, with a building permit for a 5-bedroom villa and 10 wooden houses.

It is also conveniently located just 6 miles from the neighbouring town, with excellent facilities and convenient transport links, as well as a small airport and car ferry service nearby.

The price is 320w euros, which is equivalent to about 30 million yuan, and the annual repair cost is more than 100,000 euros.

Chen Ying also felt very satisfied.

Chen Dong immediately decided to buy it, and if he can come here for vacation every year in the future, he can use it as an investment.

The owner of the castle was contacted, and the seller was William. Mus, a food processing businessman, thought of putting this castle up for sale because of the economic downturn in recent years, the food business was losing money, and he was in urgent need of a sum of money.

Meet at a coffee shop in a small town near the castle.

Chen Dong and Chen Ying sat on the side.

Soon, an obese middle-aged man pushed open the door of the café, walked in, looked around, and walked straight to Chen Dong, "Hello, may I ask if you are Mr. Chen." ”

Chen Dong nodded, "Yes, you are Mr. William." ”

The fat man nodded.

"You may be seated." Chen Dong stretched out his hand to William. The gesture of Moes to sit down.

"Thank you." William. He sat down and asked Chen Dong, "Mr. Chen is so young, he is from China." ”