Recast youth

Chapter 1656

the next morning.

Ye Feng and his party, led by Wen Yueqi and a New York real estate agent, took a look at the surrounding villas. The prices ranged from 1000 million US dollars to 4000 million US dollars, which was different from what Ye Feng had imagined.

There is no purchase restriction policy for real estate in country A. Even Chinese people like Ye Feng who do not have a green card can buy it at will. After asking the agent, I found out that not only did they not need a green card, but they could even buy it in China. As long as they entrusted a A certified agent can go to the U.S. Embassy in China to have the power of attorney notarized and then purchase remotely.

There was nothing going on in the morning, so Ye Feng took Ye Qingguang to look at the house.

Those with less than 1000 million US dollars will not be considered.

The first house I looked at was not very large, it was a three-bedroom apartment at 214 Fifth Avenue, but the price was not low, $1600 million. The reason why it was so expensive was that the house was surrounded by panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows. You can overlook the scenery of Central Park from a high place.

The second set is a vacation villa in Oyster Bay, Long Island, priced at US$1450 million. It has 11 bedrooms, covers an area of ​​929 square meters, and has a beach and pier. The villa has a swimming pool, tennis court, and can accommodate 8 cars. There are also facilities such as fences and electronic security gates around the car garage and the villa, and the decoration inside is even more luxurious. According to the agent, the interior of this house was carefully designed by interior designer Michael Smith, who was responsible for Decoration of the Office of the President of the White House of the United States.

Ye Feng didn't know Michael Smith, but he could infer that this designer was pretty awesome from the fact that he could decorate the White House.

The third house is a 1000-story duplex building with an area of ​​more than 3 square meters. It has a sense of history and the price is not low. It costs 4000 million US dollars. It is the more expensive house that Ye Feng looked at this morning. It is said that it was built in 1931 and was previously the property of the Rockefeller family. , Ye Feng still didn't know this family, but the agent was introducing the history of this duplex building, and Ye Feng just listened.

After listening to the end, I realized that the Rockefeller family is really quite legendary. Rockefeller Sr. was the earliest billionaire in the world. For most of the 20th century, Sr. Rockefeller was synonymous with wealth and power in the United States. Oil, Chase Bank, the University of Chicago, Rockefeller University, the Museum of Modern Art, and the World Trade Center that was knocked down by Uncle Bin Laden on 911/[-] are all related to the Rockefeller family.

It has to be said that many times some items or houses are actually of average value on their own, but after being given history, their value becomes higher.

one morning.

Ye Feng and his party only looked at these three houses.

Although the first house has a nice view, Ye Feng will not consider it. The reason is simple. It is not necessary. Such a small house sells for 1600 million U.S. dollars and does not touch the ground.

Maybe some people like such a house at a high place, but Ye Feng doesn't like it. Relatively speaking, what he likes is a villa on the ground with a garden, a swimming pool and the like.

The second vacation villa in Oyster Bay, Long Island was okay. It had a swimming pool, a dock, and a yard. However, it was only fresh here. Ye Feng’s hometown was not far from the seaside.

Many times people like the beach, but once they really live on the beach, the novelty is no longer interesting. Ye Feng does not intend to get a cruise ship and wander around on the sea.

In comparison, Ye Feng preferred the duplex building with an area of ​​more than 1000 square meters that he looked at last. There was no particular reason. He just liked this kind of old-fashioned building, and it did have a sense of history. When people came to the house, he would also like it. You can introduce the history of this house to others to satisfy your own vanity.

After all, people are not frivolous and waste their youth.

Although Ye Feng is relatively mature on the surface and relatively low-key in many cases, he is still not up to the level of those like Kong Zhong in terms of vanity. If he doesn't satisfy his vanity now that he is rich, is he planning to take the money down there? Satisfied?
During lunch.

Wen Yueqi asked Ye Feng which house he liked.

Ye Feng did not answer first, but asked Ye Qing which one they liked and asked for their opinions. Ye Qing chose the holiday villa in Oyster Bay, Changdao without hesitation. Not only Ye Qing, but also Gao Xuan and Wang Xin also chose this place. One set, because this holiday villa satisfies all women’s petty bourgeoisie fantasies.

However, Ye Feng only listened and refused to accept, and then told Wen Yueqi the third story.

When Wang Xin heard this, she rolled her eyes at Ye Feng and said, "You have already made your choice. Why are you asking us?"It's unnecessary. "

"Yes, yes." Ye Qing was also saying next to him. For Ye Qing, the villa in Oyster Bay, Changdao is really beautiful. It not only has a garden, a pier, and a swimming pool, but you can also open the window to see The blue sea is so beautiful.

"You don't understand."

Ye Feng said to Ye Qing hypocritically: "Actually, the seaside is just that. Those who have never been there want to go. Have you seen any local people who like the sea? I didn't see much of the scenery, but the sea breeze blew a lot. Besides, there’s no sea in my hometown? It’s not like you’ve never been there before. You really want to be at the beach. When you go back to your hometown, I’ll buy you a set at the beach. You can watch it as much as you want.”

Ye Qing said angrily: "My hometown is the Yellow Sea, and the water is turbid."

"Actually, they're pretty much the same."

Ye Feng continued to do Ye Qing's ideological work: "If it doesn't work, I will rent you a house in Oyster Bay, Long Island for a long time. Can you live there as long as you want?"

"Ok."

Ye Qing could only express acceptance.

When Wen Yueqi saw that Ye Feng wanted the duplex building owned by the Rockefeller family, she asked while eating: "Is it confirmed? It's confirmed. After dinner, I'll call the agent and tell them that we want the house."

"Let's wait a little longer..."

Ye Feng hesitated again.

It's not that Ye Feng doesn't want to buy it, but he doesn't have much money in his hands. Last year, he and Wen Yueqi made money from shorting US subprime mortgage products, and he invested all the money into the Maple Leaf Fund.

As for domestic money, there is no money coming out.

The money in Ye Feng's card now is still the remaining money from transferring NetEase stock to Wen Yueqi last year, so he can afford it. It's just that after buying this villa, he really has no money.

So Ye Feng pretended not to care and said to Wen Yueqi: "Now that the subprime mortgage crisis has broken out in the United States, it may cause a more serious financial crisis next year. House prices will definitely drop by then, and it will not be too late to buy by then."

Wen Yueqi did not expect that Ye Feng would not buy it for the time being because the amount in the card was not large. If she had known about it, she would definitely have chosen to help Ye Feng advance the funds and buy the villa first.

The reason is simple, because this Rockefeller family house requires full payment and does not accept loans. Even if the financial crisis comes, the price may not be reduced.

The most important thing is that Ye Feng will not be short of money when it goes public soon.

in the afternoon.

Ye Feng and Wen Yueqi first sent Ye Qing, Hou Yao and others home, and then began to prepare for their trip to the United States, which was a meeting with the heads of several top investment banks arranged by Wen Yueqi.

Wen Yueqi arranged for Ye Feng to have the heads of six investment banks come to discuss the listing of Lanshan Company, namely Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.

What Ye Feng has to do is to first listen to the quotes from these investment banks for Lanshan Company.

(End of this chapter)