Walking along the pavement paved with red bricks, one side of the asphalt road is planted with high national sycamores, and the other side is chest-high shrubs, and all kinds of European-style villas or manor buildings can be seen behind the shrubs. Occasionally you can see those foreign women in gorgeous dresses in the cold wind, they wear gauze hats walking on the sidewalk, if you don't know, just look at the people on the street and the buildings on both sides, and think that this is the street of that country in Europe, but this is Shanghai.

Walking to a house, Xiao Xinren stopped, and Chen Moran also stopped. Through the chest-high bushes, you can see several European-style villas scattered among them, and in the center of the manor you can see a Victorian palace with red walls and white columns, which looks like a small palace.

"That's where you say?"

Chen Moran looked at Xiao Xinren in surprise and asked rhetorically, two weeks ago, he told himself that before his prestige, what he needed was a house, a suitable place to live. As soon as you buy a place, you will be a blockbuster house, and in that case, when you move in, you will be famous throughout Shanghai.

"My boss, remember what I said earlier?"

Xiao Xinren asked rhetorically, his boss behaved differently from others, although he knew that he used his uncle's old factory to set up a factory, but according to him, the factory machinery has not yet been ordered, and the factory is just hanging a card, on the other hand, he let himself look for a suitable factory in the concession, and he does not seem to be in a hurry about it.

"In Shanghai, if you want to integrate here, you must live in the concession!"

"The houses here are all bungalows, except for foreigners, only the most decent people can live here! There is also a concession in Shanghai, and what is important is your identity, and in addition to money and power, there is also this ...... House! ”

Xiao Xinren nodded, his hand pointed forward, in the past two weeks, since he became the manager of Chen's Printing Factory, in addition to negotiating with foreign companies to buy printing machines and find a new factory, he also has to help him find a suitable house.

"Money is not a problem, as long as it is a blockbuster as you said, after I buy it, the whole people in Shanghai will know about me, just do it!"

If Chen Moran hadn't said this sentence at the beginning, he would not have dared to keep his eyes on this mansion, in Shanghai, but only a few tycoons have their eyes on it.

Looking at this European villa-style house, Chen Moran was indeed a little moved, and it may be the dream of many young people of his age to have a place to stand in the future life, but the housing price is prohibitive.

His former owner was a British-born Fuley, a well-known tycoon in Shanghai, and the mansion was built by a well-known British designer twenty-five years ago. At the beginning, it covers an area of only more than 80 acres, and after the completion of the area of nearly 120 acres, two years ago, Fuli failed to invest, so it will be sold to the outside world, otherwise on this street, want to find a suitable house, and sell it, I am afraid it is not easy, especially such a mansion. ”

In Shanghai, especially in the concession, the vast majority of houses are often only rented and not sold, and the houses sold in this place are almost impossible.

"The reputation of the Fuli Manor in Shanghai is so great that as we all know, the Ministry of Industry will hold an auction in a week, as long as you bid for the house at the auction, the next day, the whole of Shanghai will know your name."

He pointed to the place in front of him, which was far from being a mansion, but a manor.

"From now on, there will be no more magnificent estates in Shanghai, only a Chen garden will be enough!"

Then, Xiao Xinren pointed to some of the surrounding houses.

"In this area, among the ten households, six are the most decent foreigners in the concession, as for the others, most of them are rich people who have lived here for a long time, and some even settled here during the bandit war, so to speak, all the most decent Chinese in the concession live here, as long as you buy this house, for various purposes, they will naturally do everything possible to make friends with you, listen to you, only need a house, you will become the head of the Shanghai Concession, at least the head of the people know."

Looking at the mansion in front of him, Chen Moran nodded a little absentmindedly, the price is not important, just like Xiao Xinren said, if he really wants to create a situation in Shanghai, I am afraid that there is only this place.

Decent people?

Thinking of this word, the corners of his lips lifted slightly, who would have thought that one day, he, a counterfeiter, could also become a decent person, and he was a decent gentleman who was rushed to get acquainted, and maybe in the future he would be proud of knowing himself.

"Do you know how much it costs to buy this place?"

"Fuli Garden is confiscated by the Ministry of Industry Bureau, it will be auctioned in a week, and those who participate in the auction need to pay a deposit of 10,000 taels, and the reserve price announced by the Ministry of Industry Bureau is 750,000 taels! If the money is not in place within a week after the auction of the estate, the Ministry of Industry will confiscate the deposit. ”

"Seven hundred and fifty thousand taels!"

Chen Moran's eyes opened, 750,000 taels! This is still the floor price, which is a bit ...... It's too expensive!

Although he felt that it was too expensive, looking at the big mansion and thinking of the return that this mansion brought to him, Chen Moran thought for a while, and still nodded with satisfaction. With such a large flower yard, it is completely possible to dig an underground factory and print its own money underground, and it is obviously not safe to put those machines in a factory outside the concession, if there is a ready-made basement, it is .......

"Does this house have a basement?"

"I don't know! If necessary, I can go to the Ministry of Industry Bureau in the afternoon to check the drawings! ”

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Moran looked at the Western-style building behind the chest-high bushes.

"Buy it."

"You're sure!"

Xiao Xinren obviously didn't expect Chen Moran to agree so happily, saying that it was 750,000 taels, and what price it would be raised to at that time, I'm afraid only God knows.

Chen Moran turned his head and looked at Xiao Xinren.

"Since there are so many benefits, why not buy it? Buy this place! After the auction is over next week, I will change the name of this house, what a rich garden, it is too vulgar, then it will be called Chen's Garden! ”

"However, although there are many benefits to buying this house, you must know one thing, this house may need nearly one million taels to buy at that time, and now that the company is start-up, it is in urgent need of ......."

Although Chen Moran happily agreed, Xiao Xinren lost the enthusiasm he had when he introduced the house before.

"A million taels! As you said, after investing one million taels today, after seven days, the whole people in Shanghai will know my name and prestige, will they still be afraid of running out of money? ”

Seven days!

Six days later, the batch of paper will be delivered to him, not to mention one million taels, even ten million taels, and he can take it out, but the premise is that the Ministry of Industry must collect US dollars.

"That...... Weiyang, does the Ministry of Industry collect US dollars? ”