Volume 1 Chapter 301 The Daily Expenses of the Rich (Part II)
Chapter 301: The Daily Expenses of the Rich (Part II)
The entire villa area is 20 kilometers long, and three mountains are covered in the villa, which is more than 10 kilometers wide, and it is said that the annual property tax of such a villa needs to pay half a hundred million - 50 million US dollars.
Entering the main building of the villa, the baroness lady was placed, An Feng stood on the tower of the villa, and observed the left and right sides of the villa with a telescope, he finally understood that for some football stars, movie stars or something, next year will earn hundreds of millions, and if you are not careful, you can go bankrupt. Owning such a large villa is simply more expensive than 20 years of always supporting the national football team, which is a real waste.
This villa complex employs more than 30 workers to clean it, and more than 30 workers drive more than 100 cleaning trucks of various types, constantly running around the villa all day long. For the forest park in front of the villa, there are not many places they need to clean, just sweep the forest paths, and walk in the woods with dead branches and leaves, completely take a laissez-faire attitude.
The golf course at the back of the hill takes most of the gardeners' energy, and the course requires constant sprinkling of water, weeding, tidying up the lawn ......, and repairing the lawn after the guests have used the course......
How much gasoline does these people consume every day for their work?
After thinking about it, An Feng felt that his current life was simply simple and very simple, saying that he also had tens of billions of assets, but he did not consume much on weekdays, and he did not have any special hobbies of fragrant car beauties.
As for the property tax or something, not to mention, An Feng only needs to pay for five houses in the United States, but because the house occupies a small area, the property tax is actually not high, only millions of dollars. With the exception of the United States, the rest of his properties generate almost no taxes.
Standing on the tower of the villa for a long time, after observing for a long time, An Feng slowly walked downstairs. Halfway through, he met one of Miss Baron's bodyguards, and this time she came to the villa with six bodyguards, including four men and two women, but when he came into contact with An Feng, none of these bodyguards appeared.
When the two passed by, the bodyguard on the opposite side nodded to them, An Feng did not ask where the other party was placed, nor did he ask the other party whether he came to the roof to be vigilant or distracted, these were the other party's responsibilities. An Feng is not a bodyguard but his boyfriend, and he is not interested in knowing the details of the security guard. He went downstairs and was met by Madame Jessica, Miss Baron's personal companion.
Mama Jessica pointed to the room behind her, she squatted down slightly, performed a church etiquette, and then explained: "Miss is still asleep, the numbing may have passed, she is a little uncomfortable, a little tossing and turning." ”
At this time, An Feng was vaguely reminded that the two could not share a bed for the time being.
An Feng nodded vaguely, and then asked: "So, what are you going to eat for Miss's dinner, I think the diet should be lighter, and Mama asked the cook to make a little vegetarian." ”
As soon as he finished saying this, An Feng immediately felt that his words were redundant. This kind of thousand-year-old family has its own set of family secret maintenance methods, and most of the maintenance secrets that he knows in China may seem absurd to these people, such as: eating less salt or no salt food after surgery, this custom is just inconsistent with the concept of nutrition.
Nutrition believes that the fluid in the human body contains a lot of salt, and due to a large amount of blood loss during surgery, it is necessary to supplement not only protein but also various salts after surgery. And the so-called spicy substances that are not good for wounds, in fact, there is no scientific basis for this. As for the fish that can inflame and swell the wound, it makes even less sense - it is the bacterial infection, not the fish, that inflames the wound.
Traditionally, there is a contraindication to the so-called "hair matter" after a person's illness. It is said that this "hair thing" can make the wound swell like a steamed bun, and this theory can be scientifically supported by a similar theory, but this theory is completely out of line with the legend of "hair thing".
It is scientifically determined that the cause of inexplicable swelling of the postoperative wound should be a kind of "purine disease", and foods rich in purine substances can cause purine allergy in the human body, and tissue edema of muscles and organs throughout the body - including wounds. The purine-rich foods identified in nutrition are partially consistent with the "hair matter" of domestic legends.
However, not all people have purine allergies, for example, in most British hospitals, it is not chicken soup but fish soup that is supplemented after surgery. They believe that fish is rich in protein and is easier to absorb than chicken. Therefore, the set of nutritional views that An Feng is familiar with is not necessarily correct.
Another example is the "saffron" thing, which is said to be able to cause bleeding from wounds and even miscarriages in pregnant women, and is a food that is strictly forbidden to eat after surgery, but this kind of thing is used as food rather than medicine in Europe, and Europeans have eaten it for thousands of years, and have not seen a single case of miscarriage or hemorrhage. In fact, in modern China, people have never seen heavy bleeding after eating it as food. It can be seen that legends are always legends.
Thinking of this, An Feng smiled awkwardly, and then waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm a neurosurgeon, not a nutritionist, let's do it for dinner." ”
Professional matters, let the professional worry about it.
It is said that the first nurses were born in temples, and around ancient antiquity, the goddesses of ancient Greek temples were responsible for healing warriors, and the Christian civilization passed on this custom, and the monastic grandmothers were also a compulsory subject for them in addition to religious scriptures. The famous Nightingale is a grandmother, so if that Grandma Jessica wants to say that she doesn't know medical care and nutritional care, An Feng will never believe it.
It is said that by the twentieth century, most monasteries had declined, and how the old monasteries survived was a big problem that the Church needed to solve by all means. Luckily, most monasteries have one or two specialties that have been passed down for hundreds of years, such as brewing, coffee and herbs, and so on. And the countless spare rooms of the monastery are the benign assets of the monastery.
As a result, many monasteries took advantage of a large number of idle houses to set up semi-medical and semi-religious retreats such as sanatoriums, and sent experienced grandmothers in their own monasteries to the only remaining nobles to use their rich knowledge and life experience to guide their family heirs, so as to obtain financial sponsorship, which was also a means of making money for the monastery, presumably Mama Jessica was a similar person.
An Feng has also been in contact with some remnant nobles in his two lives, but in the past, he rarely saw religious people like Mama Jessica around them, and from the brief contact, the role of Mama Jessica, who is in her forties, next to Miss Baron, is similar to a ceremonial consultant and an administrative assistant.
For example, she constantly reminds Miss Baroness how to deal with the emotional things in front of her with her experience, she has the right to command the butler, she has the right to arrange evening parties to guide the etiquette norms in the banquet, she has a strong memory, she can remember every big person who appears around Miss Baron, and is familiar with the identity and background of the other party, as well as his relationship with the Clinton family.
But she is unassuming, as evidenced by the fact that in all the published photographs of Miss Baroness, the presence of Mama Jessica is never seen. Most of the time, she resembles the shadow of Mademoiselle Baron, but it is undeniable that this shadow has a profound influence on the way Mademoiselle Baroness treats people.
The next day, when Miss Baroness summoned An Feng, An Feng entered the bedroom only to find that Mama Jessica had been by her side all night, and there were pastry trays and cold drink trays by Miss Baron's bedside...... It is estimated that when Miss Baron couldn't sleep at night, Mama Jessica came to accompany her and summoned servants to deliver all kinds of food countless times, but An Feng didn't know anything about it - the villa building was too big, and An Feng didn't always turn on the supernatural sense.
"Mr. Kane, Miss Baron thinks she needs a small amount of activity today. She intended to walk four miles through the woods for an hour; Then he was ready to ride for an hour. Mr. Kane, can you help Miss pick two horses? Mama Jessica smiled at An Feng and asked politely.
Miss Baroness waved her hand, as if she wanted to let Mama Jessica leave, but immediately she felt a little embarrassed, reached out and took Mama Jessica's hand, pouted and coquettishly said to An Feng: "Kane, you never told me that this operation would be so uncomfortable...... No, I didn't feel any pain, but I felt tingling all over my body, bleeding spots all over my body, and oh my god, I was pink like a cooked lobster. ”
An Feng sat down in the bedroom and asked gently, "What do you want to eat for breakfast?" ”
Mama Jessica immediately interjected: "Miss once said that she wanted to eat...... No, it's all a chef's job, Mr. Kane, let's talk about Miss's rehabilitation. ”
Miss Clinton glanced at Mama and said in a thick voice: "Mama, you don't know, Kane is also an excellent chef, and I like to open my eyes and eat the food he made on the first day of recovery...... Well, a glass of warm milk, a glass of juice, a vegetable salad, and I want a steak, no black pepper, no white pepper...... Kane, what do you think is needed? ”
An Feng turned his gaze to Mama Jessica, and Mama Jessica immediately said a typical Italian healing meal: "Plaice soup with tomato sauce, the spice flavor should not be too strong, add a little lily, and add a little greens, red, green and green are more appetizing." ”
The soup with tomato sauce is sweet and sour, and it really stimulates the appetite.
An Feng turned around and agreed, and went to the kitchen to make a hearty breakfast, and when he returned to the room, Mama Jessica was gone, and Miss Baroness was wearing pajamas, sitting on the bed waiting for her breakfast, and at this time, her head was wrapped in bandages, only revealing two eyes, nostrils and mouth - although it is okay to eat by herself in this state, feeding will obviously be more warm.
Of course, the feeding had begun, and Mama Jessica, who couldn't bear to see it, immediately withdrew. And after this warm breakfast, An Feng took Miss Baron's hand and walked into the forest park...... The main building of the villa is still five kilometers away from the forest park, which is accessible by battery car.
Behind them, two bodyguards led two horses to follow, one bodyguard was on the side of the two and kept on guard, and Mama Jessica, with an assistant, followed behind An Feng and Miss Clinton, keeping a distance of 150 meters from them. During the walk between the two, An Feng kept hearing the phone ring behind him, and Mama Jessica kept answering the phone, responding to various questions on the phone in a respectful tone.
Walking along the forest trail for half an hour, at first everyone walked very slowly, because Miss Clinton felt tired with every step, and when the physical activity started, the two of them moved a little more casually, Miss Clinton talked to An Feng in a low voice, while glancing behind her from time to time, finally, she couldn't bear it anymore, and asked An Feng quietly: "Isn't your mobile phone turned on?" ”
In modern society, it is rare for a day and a half day when no one calls. However, since An Feng and Miss Baron were together, An Feng had not ringed the phone, which made Miss Baron can't help but make up a lot of content, on the one hand, she felt that the other party was very considerate, and on the other hand, she felt that the other party had paid too much.
You must know that although these two people are young, they are the masters of tens of thousands of dollars in and out of each second, and they don't contact the outside world for a day and a half, and the loss is not a small amount.
"Oh, I've always wondered how you managed the family property at such a young age?" An Feng skipped the other party's question and asked rhetorically.
Miss Baron immediately understood the meaning of An Feng's question, she smiled and responded: "For us, our existence is a kind of income, the property in our name does not need to be done by ourselves, and a professional manager will take the initiative to deal with the things he encounters." ”
After saying this, the baroness quickly followed up and explained: "I don't usually have many phone calls, but this time I came to New York to buy your company, and there are some work arrangements that need to be personally asked, because your company has touched the traditional family industry. ”
After saying this, Miss Baroness giggled, she waved her hand, and shouted at Mama Jessica behind her: "Mama, tell them that they have something to deal with by themselves, and I am recuperating from my injuries now." ”
Sure enough, after a few moments, the phone fell silent, only ringing two or three times once in a while. Such calls were often greetings or invitations, the latter of which were rejected by Jessica one by one, and the former was recorded by Mama Jessica, ready to reply one by one when Miss Baroness was free.
At this time, the two had already marched to the depths of the jungle, Miss Baroness was a little tired, she beckoned to let the bodyguard who led the horse approach, and then climbed on the horse's back with An Feng's support, on the horse she raised her whip, pointed to the garden around her with the tip of the whip, and asked with a smile: "Do you know who the owner of this villa is?" ”
An sharply turned over and got on the horse, he raised his whip, chuckled and shook his head: "I'm not interested." ”
This kind of person doesn't have much to do with An Feng's life, and he doesn't need to understand it.
Miss Baron nodded heavily on her horse, and at this time, the famous Spanish horse stepped forward with long legs and trotted lightly, and An Feng urged the horse to follow, only to hear Miss Baroness continue: "But you must know who his wife is...... His wife is an elementary school teacher, an ordinary elementary school teacher. ”
After a pause, Mademoiselle Baroness quickly added: "Their married life is very happy, and the sweetness of these two often makes me envious." ”
A billionaire with a hundred years of accumulation...... The family is Junxian, married to an elementary school teacher, seems to be ...... But this is not beyond imagination, Bill Gates's wife does not have a strong family background, and the current children and grandchildren of Rockefeller and Morgan do not marry the daughter of a wealthy family.
However, the group of nobles in Europe who think they are blue-blooded, I'm afraid it's a little different?
"Diana is not a commoner, she is a count", An Feng added calmly.
Princess Diana is not Cinderella, and her family also has hundreds of years of bloodline, but the Diana family has declined and has no big industry, which makes most Chinese people mistakenly think that she is named "Cinderella". In fact, the rotten ship also has three catties of iron, Diana's childhood is still growing up in jewels, looking at her childhood photos, the value of each child's clothes is enough to ⊥ civilians to look up to.
Miss Clinton giggled: "The princess is the princess, and for a small nobleman like us, we have never been the object of royal marriage......"
An Feng immediately followed: "It's hard to say, the Dutch royal family marries commoners, outright commoners, commoners are still like this, I believe they want a nobleman in their bloodline, of course ......"
"Of course, the Dutch royal family came to the throne, they were not of noble blood, and their ancestors were just a cavalry officer under the name of Napoleon, the son of a farmer."
What Mademoiselle Baroness did not say was that when Napoleon fell, the legitimacy of the Dutch king he appointed was called into question, however, Napoleon was the Roman Emperor who was blessed by the Pope and personally crowned the King of Kings. In this sense, Napoleon had the right to appoint archdukes (kings) in the provinces of the Roman Empire, so his appointment of kings to the Netherlands was recognized by the pope.
In addition, after the fall of Napoleon, the European powers were busy stabilizing the domestic serf revolt, so they had to adopt a tacit attitude towards the Dutch throne. But it was only a tacit acquiescence, and inevitably, the Dutch royal family was considered impure in the eyes of European countries, and the succession to the throne was not entirely legitimate. As a result, almost none of the royal families with a heritage are willing to marry the Dutch royal family.
In view of this alienation and isolation, the Dutch royal family had to choose a princess from among the commoners in order to flaunt its proximity to the people......
This topic...... No, this topic is not suitable for in-depth, An Feng felt that Miss Clinton was a little strange today, maybe it was the fragility after surgery, she actually talked about serious marital issues. After An Feng echoed a few words, he suddenly came to his senses, and he immediately changed the topic and said, "Ha Luha, maybe we should say something else, such as how do you plan to appear in social situations after you recover?" ”