Chapter 274: Roland Landlord Allen

Hya! Hya! Hya! ”

A handsome man leaned forward, his buttocks off the saddle, shaped like a full bow, galloping on his horse.

The golden sunlight gently sprinkled on the tranquil forest, and the mountain breeze swept across the cheeks, conveying the whistling and rhythmic sound of horses' hooves.

The rhythmic sound of a march is like a drumming march, which makes the knights who shuttle through the beautiful plains rise to the heart of conquest.

And when he crossed the bulging mountain bag and swooped down, the endless lake was like a sapphire, set in the mountains.

With the arrival of the knights, the primitive silence is torn apart, and the wild ducks roaming the lake, fluttering their wings and flying high, dark brown figures in the air, and when you want to follow their tracks, the little ones will be planted into the dense forest by the lake, and disappear without a trace.

Normally, when going downhill, it's time to slow down.

But the problem is that this guy wants to show off the precipice, so he doesn't call it a stop.

When he felt that the distance was about the same and he could apply the brakes, the horse did not listen.

So, "Bang bang! The shouts suddenly rang out.

The earth ball grass, who did not want to go into the water, used his strength to comfort the horses under him, but unfortunately, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes.

Even when he shouted heartbreakingly, the chestnut horse did not listen, but quickened his pace and rushed into the lake with a thud.

"Hahaha~~~"

Seeing the mighty waves, the girl who followed behind grabbed the reins and laughed maniacally.

When she wandered to the lake on horseback, the fellow who had been taken to the center of the lake by the horses finally swam back.

He walked back to the shore with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and when he found that the damn horse had jumped from a great height, he was too lazy to look for a flat road and raised his hand and shouted at the lively guys.

"Don't just look at it! Come pull me up! ”

The girl ignored him.

"No, you can't pretend you didn't hear it!"

The girl continued to laugh.

Seeing this, the guy in the water was in a hurry and jumped twice on the spot.

It's a pity that the height of three centimeters above the ground did not win sympathy, but made the laughter more intense.

Seeing that the guy in the water was about to be by herself, the girl in the small vest and jeans rolled off the horse, took off her helmet, squatted on the shore with a smile, looked at the guy who wanted to climb up with a playful look, and asked, "Aren't you going to race?" Aren't you going to be the first? Who wins now? ”

"You win, you win......"

The boy conceded defeat in a perfunctory tone, and then shouted impatiently, "Hurry up, pull me up." ”

The girl ignored the waving hand, held the helmet in her arms, hooked the corners of her mouth and said, "Is this your attitude of begging?" ”

"Whew......" The boy smiled bitterly and said, "You really won, okay?" ”

"No! Your attitude is still not sincere. The girl pouted and shook her head.

"And what do you think is sincere?" The boy asked back.

"I like it here......" the girl said to him.

While speaking, she also looked at the lakes and mountains and forests, and the tranquility of the mountains and forests made people feel comfortable.

And as soon as she said this, the boy naturally understood, and quickly nodded: "I like this too!" ”

Not only that, but he also imagined the future.

"There's no need for a major renovation here, what I like is the sense of naturalness......

"However, the houses in the residential area are so old that they don't even have normal electricity connection, and they can only be maintained by generators, so they must be pushed to the ...... of reconstruction."

"Then, the plains here are suitable for horseback riding, and we are making up a stable for convenience......"

"Also, the lake here is actually living water, suitable for fishing, in order not to damage the ecological environment, we just set up a fishing platform with logs on the side and build a rest area......

"By the way, this is too far away from the city, when we come to live here, it is impossible for people to run to the city every day, and it is not fresh to buy a pile and put it in the refrigerator, so we have to open a piece of land, grow some vegetables, and raise some livestock by ourselves, enough to eat for ourselves......"

"Oh! To enrich our entertainment life, we can also build an indoor swimming pool, paddle out an 18-hole golf course, and then make a basketball court ......"

"Eh, eh??? Don't go! I'm not done yet! Feed! You pull me up first! ”

Seeing that the boy was daydreaming, the girl rolled her eyes, got up on her horse, and left with a chirp.

Looking at the unrelenting figure, the guy who was half-naked in the water was helpless and shouted: "You are in charge of the transformation plan!" ”

Huh!

After shouting like this, the horse, which had climbed halfway up the mountain, turned its head.

"Really?" The girl asked.

"Of course!" The boy shouted assurance.

Then the horse came back with small steps.

Looking at the satisfied guy, the boy in the ditch, sighed and thought in pieces, "Hey...... Obviously older than me, but she is not humble everywhere, no matter how old she is, she always thinks that she is eighteen years old......"

Although it was a complaint, a smile appeared on his face, "Childish, unreasonable, really special mother's difficult ......"

When the media in America quarreled over the question of whether Roland could win the Oscar, Roland had already left America for no other reason than that he didn't want Kate to notice the anomaly before the Oscar was announced.

Kate is not a fool, even if she didn't hear the rumors of the Olympics, as long as she saw the media publicity, she would definitely guess that the dream she said at the beginning was gradually becoming a reality by Roland.

And when she finds out about this, the so-called surprise may still exist, but compared with the bombing at the awards ceremony, the effect will be much worse, even if she knows that it is impossible to win the Oscar by strength alone, but Roland thinks that it is better to let her know about this kind of thing after the fact.

Even if happiness eventually returns to reality, happiness that can be obtained in the unknown and happiness obtained based on reality are two different kinds of satisfaction.

The former will be overwhelmed with excitement, while the latter will take it for granted.

Because of this, in order to make Kate the most happy, Roland had to drag her out of America.

Because he believes that in the era of non-mobile Internet, only the news of the three former commanders speaking at the same time can spread all over the world!

As for the reason for dragging Kate out of America-

I asked David to do it a few years ago, and the other party has already prepared to buy land and buy a house according to his requirements.

When it comes to buying land and building a house, Roland jumps angrily.

may feel that the money came too easily, or it may be that what Roland said that day was too atmospheric, and it is more likely that Roland's brand concept made David feel that Roland wanted a wedding room, so when choosing, this guy was unambiguous.

In America alone, he picked three properties.

A city located in Atherton, near Stanford, a small city with a permanent population of only 7,000 people, it is a quiet mansion with many quiet mansions, David chose for Roland, it is a European castle-style mansion, covering an area of 11,843 square feet, with seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a gym, an indoor pool, and a spa room.

Not only that, but the space in the basement is also amazingly large.

When Roland learns that even the basement has bedrooms, a cinema hall and a wine tasting space.

Having witnessed all this, he finally saw the extravagance of capitalism.

But that's not the point, the point is that to the left of the mansion, which is Paul Allen's home.

On the right, is the home of Meg Whitman, Disney's vice president of global marketing.

If you walk forward for a while and climb a hill, you will see the home of Eric Smit, who was personally introduced to Roland, the future chairman of Google, at a dinner with David Shaw in New York.

After hearing these names, ah no, it was after seeing Kate's affection.

Roland made the decision to buy it.

The second property is in Malibu, Los Angeles.

As soon as he heard about Malibu, Roland didn't ask about the size, but asked about the neighbors.

When he learned that the mansion was next door, which was Spielberg's home, he didn't bother to ask about the built-in decoration and external structure, because when "Jurassic Park" was divided, the old man fooled him into buying the house next door, and he had seen the mansion that no one lived in, and now he just bought it.

The third property is located in Irvine.

When Roland and Kate followed David, they saw a modern villa covering nearly 20,000 square feet.

Compared to the castle mansions on the edge of Stanford and the sea-view mansions in Malibu, the modern villas in Irvine have magnificent views of the city and the canyon, and of course, in David's words, the scenery and size are not the most important, but the important thing is that there is a real estate developer twenty miles north of the villa area, who is selling his nearly fifteen acres of land.

If Roland is willing to buy 20,000 square feet of modern villas, then he can use the money he earns from the baht to take over the property there, then bulldoze it and build it in the style Roland wants.

After hearing this inexplicable words, Roland felt that there were many more small question marks beside him.

'You're in commercial real estate, why do you want to see where I buy a house?' ’

When he asked the question in his heart, David did not answer it directly, but said: "I think Irvine has a bright future, and if you take the land now, it will definitely appreciate in the future......"

As soon as he heard such remarks, Roland was even more confused, and when he frowned and asked David not to go around the pass, David said embarrassedly: "The house in Blizzard's headquarters is a bit small, since you are ready to expand wildly, do you have to have a building?" ”

"Since you want a building, it can't be too far from where you live, and don't you like to play games? Twenty miles away, half an hour's drive away, convenient and fast. ”

Hold the grass!

Hearing this, Roland was stunned on the spot.

Commercial real estate is not easy to do these days, he knows.

But what he didn't know was that when commercial real estate was not doing well, David actually raised a butcher's knife to his own people?

Blizzard only has a total of about 100 people, and you build a headquarters according to 1,000 employees?

That's too much, isn't it?

But—

He loved it.

"Okay, I bought this house, and you can take the land too."

"You come up with a design first, and then talk to Mike and them."

"I just have one request, there must be a statue at the door like Disney's Burbank headquarters."

"Walt Disney is holding Mickey at the door of Disney, and the three founders of Blizzard will be molded at the door, and then there must be a big vacancy around them, and a classic IP will be released in the future, and a statue will be built next to them......"

"Isn't Disney showing off its own IP? I'm going to see who's more! ”

Fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders!

In the case of crazy money-throwing, Blizzard's headquarters will soon be overwhelmed.

Since David's main business is real estate development, the company's building business will be contracted to him in the future.

Regardless of whether it is Apple's spaceship or Amazon's three glass eggs, Roland believes David can do it.

As for the sculpture design?

Isn't this just a copy of Disney......

You have Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Winnie the Pooh?

We have Lei Yuetian, Sa Yuedi, and Brother Dan said that the wall brushes the CD!

Roland is very satisfied with the three mansions, and at the same time, the prices of the mansions are very touching.

One thousand five, two thousand five, one thousand two......

The mouth touched three times, and 52 million burned out like this.

Of course, these mansions are all located in China, and what allows Roland to take Kaitra out is David's choice of overseas resorts.

Located in Hamilton, New Zealand, it covers a total area of 2,125 hectares of wilderness, mountains and lakes.

New Zealand is a very good retirement country, not to mention heavy industry, there are still 14 national parks, hundreds of nature reserves and ecological zones on the huge island, and there is nothing wrong with the environment.

With an average temperature of 20 to 25 degrees Celsius in summer and 10 to 15 degrees Celsius in winter, the best thing about the vast area is that you don't have to worry about someone disturbing your good mood when you spend your holiday here.

Plant a flower, catch a fish, ride a horse, swim, raise a stupid Gafield, raise a British short blue cat, and then get together the three silly sleds, the sky is the quilt, the ground is the bed, this is simply the retirement life of the old man that everyone envies!

Well, maybe it's too stupid for the old man to dislike the husky.

But in any case, after galloping his horse, Roland fell in love with it, and after being picked up by Ketra, he directly abandoned the horse that was still in the lake, stuck to Kate, and rode with her, and returned the same way.

Looking at the green hills, Roland, who was still hanging in the water, rubbed his chin against Kate's neck and whispered in his ear.

"You like it here?"

"Hmm." Kate pronounced through her nose, she was used to Roland's 'sloppy', "When I was filming "Angel of Sin" before, I felt that living here was much more comfortable than London, and if I had the opportunity to buy land and build a house, of course I would be willing." ”

"But 5,250 acres of land, wouldn't it be too expensive?"

“Mua。” Roland smiled and kissed each other on the neck, "Okay, then let's go back and let David talk to New Zealand." ”

And in terms of price, "You don't have to worry about money, as long as you like, I'll buy ...... as expensive as it is"

"Humph!" Hearing this, Kate turned her head and gave Roland a hygienic eye.

With his hands behind his back, he put it on Roland's waist.

Seeing that Kate had a tendency to tickle herself, Roland, who was riding a horse, turned pale and admitted: "Okay, okay, more than 5,000 acres of land is not as expensive as those three villas, and if I come forward to buy it, New Zealand will not charge money......"

That's right, the reason why Roland will take a fancy to New Zealand is mainly because the land doesn't want money-

The government gave it away for nothing.

The area of the entire Hamilton is only 27,000 acres, and the wilderness, mountains, forests, and lakes that David fancy account for 20 percent of Hamilton's total area.

Land that is not allowed to be developed is meaningless land for merchants, but Roland does not develop it......

Not only is it not developed, but he can also make these lands, without development, bring a steady stream of income to New Zealand.

Why?

Because the filming copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" is now in his hands!

Peter Jackson is a New Zealander, Weta Digital is a New Zealand company, and the Shire in the movie was filmed in Hamilton, and when Roland saw that among the overseas resorts provided by David, there was the familiar Waikato, he knew about this place-

Completely for nothing.

There are a series of preferential policies for making movies in New Zealand, and this includes giving away land for free.

Since the land cannot be developed, it is one of the means to promote New Zealand's economic growth by allowing Hollywood studios to film here, and to promote the development of domestic tourism through overseas distribution.

And when they learned that Roland Allen would shoot "The Lord of the Rings" in New Zealand, and the production was also undertaken by Wellington's special effects company in the later stage, more than 90% of the live actors were New Zealanders, and the total investment of the entire project exceeded 300 million.

Any preferential policy is smashed to death.

The tax rebate is directly 15%, as long as the film is released and has a premiere in New Zealand, and in the subsequent videotape release, New Zealand-related tidbits are added, and another 5% subsidy can be received.

As for the ground?

I know that buying land is for simple layout, and after shooting, what is one-fifth of a city......

I can't see it at all!

As long as Roland signs the terms of protecting the natural environment, promising not to cut down trees, raise livestock, and reclaim fields on a large scale, and when the filming site has a certain reputation, it cannot prevent the government from commercially developing that part of the area, and the tourism income can be taken up to 60% by New Zealand according to the proportion of investment, and the remaining 40% should be established in the name of protecting the natural environment to keep it in New Zealand, and Roland said, The necessary facilities that must be built for filming must not exceed 3% of the total area......

Of the 5,250 acres of land, 10 million were taken.

Three percent of it, or one hundred and fifty-seven and a half acres, is Roland's paradise.

With such a large land, let alone building villas, stables, fishing platforms, basketball courts, and swimming pools.

Even if you build an eighteen-hole golf course, it is more than enough.

After signing the contract, Roland, who had his hands on his hips, breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at Kate excitedly planning the future.

Staring at the other party's back, standing side by side with David, he asked, "How is the situation in the country?" ”

"Is anyone looking for me?"

Faced with such a problem, David, who has been helping Roland answer the phone these days, turned dark and said bitterly: "Don't talk about it, the Big Six are too capable of tossing, they have made a lot of money with your Olympic topic!" ”

"And your phone call with Kate is about to be blown up by those acquaintances!"

"If I hadn't answered your phone every day and said you wanted to surprise Kate, they would have wondered if you had been killed by some jealous guys......"

“Wow? Are you sure? Roland's face was full of surprise.

"Or else?" David rolled a roll of his eyes back at Roland.

The rhetorical question made Roland laugh, since so many people were looking for him, it means that things are going well!

"As long as I can get the award smoothly, it will not be in vain for my hard work these days."

"In order to make her forget about socializing, my head is almost bald, okay?"

Hearing Roland say this, David glanced at his head with interest, and when he found that the blonde hair was still very dense, he thought that God had opened his eyes, and he pouted directly, "Okay, okay, I'm working harder than you, okay?" ”

"You just paid a little bit of 100 million, and I'm trying to help you spend a little bit of 100 million!"

As soon as David emphasized this, Roland stopped complaining.

Compared with David, he really didn't do much.

As for comfort—

Roland raised his hand, hooked David's shoulder, and said with emotion: "Okay, okay, your role has been completed......

"Everything that follows is my own business."

"Fly to Wellington tonight, go to Los Angeles tomorrow, attend the awards ceremony the night after tomorrow, as for dresses, jewelry, ......"

"It's all ready." David said with great certainty.

"Okay, thank you......" Roland expressed his deep gratitude, "thank you for helping me ...... so many years"

Suddenly affectionate, David was very uncomfortable, turned his head to look at Roland, and found that this guy's eyes had been focused on Kate, David raised his hands and pushed it forward.

"You have time to thank me, you might as well spend more time with her."

"Although everything is a business, I still hope that you can reap true love!"

"For me and your aunt, for your parents!"

Although he was pushed by David, Roland still stood up with a smile on his face.

Instead of turning his head to diss, he raised his right hand and waved.

After a brief gesture to show that he understood, he walked in the direction where Kate was.

Seeing the two figures approaching, David took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

In my eyes, I am full of anticipation.

"Stinky boy!"

"Say you're more stable than James......"

"But you really don't have James to worry about!"