Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 1061: Chen Tangguan

"Woo..." Da Meitang sobbed softly while covering her red lips, and snatched the ring from Chen Hao's hand.

She has seen this ring a long time ago, and she has seen it twice. They are both of the same style, but the letters engraved on the inside of the ring are different.

Now in the hands of Dameitang, two intersecting letters CT are engraved on the inside, and the meaning is naturally self-evident!

Dameitang just wanted to take it in his hand, and then snorted arrogantly and handed it to Chen Hao, but he stretched out his left hand in front of Chen Hao.

Chen Hao smiled and squeezed Dameitang's left hand, and then put the ring on Dameitang's middle finger!

"Hmph, you scoundrel, you actually played tricks on me today!" Da Meitang shed tears of excitement after putting on the ring.

But seeing Chen Hao smiling and looking at him, Da Meitang instantly remembered the scene in the church this morning, and slapped Chen Hao angrily.

Chen Hao was still slapped twice by Dameitang, then pulled Dameitang's slender waist with his right hand, and kissed the red lips directly.

Dameitang felt the touch of her lover, and immediately stretched out her arms to hug Chen Hao's neck tightly, and responded enthusiastically.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

Chen Hao lovingly kissed Da Meitang's beautiful eyes again, gently kissing away the tears on the beautiful woman's pretty face.

"Tang Tang, thank you for your willingness to marry me!" Chen Hao looked at the pretty face in front of him and said softly.

After hearing this, Da Mei Tang looked up at the handsome face in front of her, and smiled sweetly, "I've been looking forward to this day for a long time!"

Immediately, the four eyes met, and there was nothing to say, only the kiss was ringing!

I don't know how long it has passed, Chen Hao looked at Dameitang with a smile and said, "Next, I will talk about the surprise gift I gave you!"

Dameitang paused after hearing the words, looked at the huge diamond ring in her hand and said happily, "Isn't a marriage proposal just a surprise gift?"

Chen Hao shook his head, "The big gift is to celebrate our engagement, and of course today is your birthday."

"Okay!" Da Meitang said indifferently, "Then what is this great gift? How big is it?"

Hearing this, Chen Hao raised his right hand with a smile.

Dameitang didn't react when he saw this, "You mean this castle light show?"

Chen Hao shook his head with a smile, "Be bolder!"

"Be bolder!" Dameitang blinked her beautiful eyes when she heard the words, and looked at the grand and magical castle in front of her. Suddenly, Fu Ling felt so moved and covered her red lips in an instant, "No, it won't be, it will be. it?"

Seeing Dameitang pointing at the castle in front of him with trembling hands, Chen Hao nodded with a smile.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Dameitang couldn't help but widen her eyes, and said with a look of disbelief, "This, this castle, is it for me?"

"That's right!" Chen Hao said.

Last year, Chen Hao and his three daughters took a trip together, and when they saw the old castle, Dameitang showed great interest.

However, it's no wonder, which girl would not have a castle dream!
It is estimated that many girls have fantasized that they live in a majestic and magnificent castle, and when they open their eyes every day, they see a spacious and exquisite bedroom, sliding down from the smooth and spacious bed.

Stepping on the exquisite carpet with bare feet, you can see the endless grass, well-built gardens, and crystal clear fountains when you open the windows.

Even the bathroom for washing is exquisite. After washing, step on the soft and exquisite carpet to the long dining table, and a well-dressed British butler will serve you a delicious breakfast.

Everything is so pleasant and beautiful, just like a fairy tale!

Especially for Dameitang, who loves petty bourgeoisie, this is simply a fantasy life.

Therefore, Chen Hao has been looking for a European castle for Dameitang since last year!
As a result, after being introduced by a professional company, Chen Hao learned that there are many castles for sale in Europe, just in France. In 2010, there were more than 800 castles for sale!
And this number is still growing at a rate of nearly 10% per year, while prices are also falling!

Because there are more and more castles for sale, but there are not many buyers!
The biggest reason is that most European countries require the owner of the castle to maintain the castle.

This means that your purchase of the castle is only the beginning, and the annual maintenance and repair costs will be the real huge burden.

Because the maintenance of ancient castles is not so casual, European castles must be repaired to the extent that they are as old as new, and modern techniques are not allowed for repairs, otherwise you will receive huge fines from the government.

For example, if the castle you bought was built in the 17th century, but the murals in the castle were painted in the 18th century.

Now if you want to make repairs, the building materials you use for repairs must also be the craftsmanship of the 17th century, and the paints for restoring paintings must be the formula of the 18th century.

This means that after buying the castle, you must hire a qualified construction company specializing in the maintenance of monuments to restore your castle, and the charges of these companies are several times that of ordinary decoration companies!
So how high is the cost of repairing and maintaining the castle?

Statistics show that the repair cost of the castle is at least 5 times the purchase price.

Generally speaking, the annual maintenance cost of a castle of 1000 square meters is around 100 million euros.

The huge pit of maintenance costs has caused many owners of the castle to sell at a loss after taking over, and there are even a lot of prices of 1 euro.

Wentworth Woodhouse, which frequently appears in British film and television dramas such as "Charles III", "Darkest Hour" and "Downton Abbey", has a construction area of ​​1.15 square meters, twice the size of Buckingham Palace, and is the largest private residence in the UK and Europe .

In 2015, a company in Xiangjiang bought the castle for 800 million pounds. However, after the acquisition, it was found that if the reconstruction was carried out as planned for 20 years, it would cost about 1.5 million pounds.

In the end, it had to be sold to the British government at a loss of 2017 million pounds in 700.

And the Marienburg Castle in Germany was also taken over by the government because the repair cost was too expensive.

Because he was really unable to afford the maintenance costs of the castle, Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover, Germany, sold Marienburg to the local government for 2018 euro in 1.

So how high is the maintenance cost of this so-called "Neuschwanstein Castle in the North"?
After taking over the castle in 2018, the German Ministry of Culture estimates that the maintenance cost will be as high as 2700 million euros!

In addition to the huge maintenance costs, the various taxes and fees paid by the castle owner every year are also a huge sum of money.

Taking France as an example, as long as the real estate is in your hands, you have to pay two kinds of taxes every year, one is residence tax and the other is land tax.

The first is a residence tax levied on occupants, whether the occupants are owners or tenants.

This tax rate varies from region to region, among which the total tax rate in Paris is 11.151%.

And if your castle or house is unoccupied, sorry, you still have to pay tax (residential vacancy tax), and the tax rate is between 10% and 15%.

The second is a land tax levied on property owners, whether or not the property is rented.

Land tax plus 8% local tax administration tax, the total land tax rate is 9.23%.

Maintenance costs plus taxes, the huge annual cost makes European castle owners miserable.

Although many castle owners took advantage of the advantages of the castle to develop tourism business, and even began to receive film crews, wedding photography, wedding celebrations and other businesses, they still could not close the gap in repair costs and tax payment.

Of course, if you are rich enough to pay taxes for decades, it is not recommended for ordinary people to buy European castles, because when your descendants want to inherit this property, you will have to pay a large amount of inheritance tax.

The French government stipulates that, except for the castles listed in the historical heritage list, the decedents must pay a large inheritance tax.

In France, the inheritance tax rate between immediate family members can reach up to 45%, and the collateral inheritance tax rate is as high as 60%!

Now in France, many heirs of the castle choose to sell the castle because their descendants cannot afford such a huge inheritance tax.

因此在2010年到2020年的10年间，法国的在售古堡数量从800座涨到1500座，可以说如今古堡已经成为欧洲房地产行业中的“烫手山芋”。

But even so, there has been a wave of buying old castles in China in the past two years.

Because since 2010, the domestic economic situation has been very good, the RMB exchange rate has been strong, and hot money from Huaxia has begun to flow out of the world, and naturally it has become a valuable customer in the eyes of Gubao's brokers.

Although it was regarded as a catcher, many people in China really bought it.

Chen Hao was a little hesitant when he heard about the huge maintenance, taxation, daily expenses and other expenses that the castle needs every year.

However, the other party specifically introduced himself to the old castle estate in Bordeaux.

Because it is rich in wine, many castle estates have their own wine production bases and wine cellars.

As long as you buy the castle and the wine estate, you can use the production and sales of wine to offset the huge annual expenses of the castle estate, and even make a small profit.

Of course, because of this advantage, the price of Bordeaux's castle is also higher than other European castles.

The castle manor that Chen Hao bought now cost Chen Hao 1000 million pounds, or 9600 million yuan!

However, this castle is also large enough, covering an area of ​​60 hectares, of which the building area of ​​the castle is 5000 square meters and has more than 50 rooms.

Moreover, they have all been modernized and have water, electricity and electricity, so they will not feel uncomfortable in life.

In addition, in addition to having a huge wine estate, there are also horse farms, golf courses, artificial lakes and so on.

Among them, there are 5 BMWs in the racecourse!
……

"what……"

After receiving Chen Hao's affirmative answer, Dameitang screamed and jumped up and down, and then ran towards the gate of the ancient castle in the first place.

"Be careful, don't fall!" Chen Hao immediately followed after seeing this, reminding.

Fortunately, Chen Hao walked fast, and he caught up with Dameitang when he came to the gate of the ancient castle.

And as the solemn and heavy gate of the old castle slowly opened, what unfolded in front of Dameitang was a fantasy European-style castle, and Dameitang felt his heart jump out of excitement.

Stepping on the specially laid carpet and looking at the various furnishings in the castle, Dameitang was simply dazzled.

The excited Dameitang made Chen Hao lead her to turn around all the rooms.

But this is impossible, because the castle itself covers an area of ​​5000 square meters, and it does not only have one floor. The highest part of the castle is nearly [-] meters high. It will take a lot of time to visit all of them.

It wasn't until Dameitang's stomach protested that Dameitang's interest was slightly curbed.

Chen Hao also immediately said, "Let's go eat first, I'm so hungry."

Damei Tang said regretfully, "Okay, I'm hungry too, let's eat first, and watch after eating!"

Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and then called to ask someone to take them to the restaurant. After all, it was the first time here, and Chen Hao was not familiar with it.

The dining table was a very long rectangular one. If Chen Hao and Da Mei Tang sat on both sides, they would probably have to shout loudly.

For dinner there was snails in butter and garlic, mussels bisque, La Rochelle mackerel with scallions, Poitou ham, goat cheese with figs and lamb chops in Bordeaux sauce.

And of course Bordeaux wine!

The two of them were indeed a little hungry. They ate for a while, and then seemed to slow down.

Dameitang was in a great mood at this time, looked at Chen Hao and smiled, and then asked, "Today is my lucky day, is it all arranged by you?"

Chen Hao smiled when he heard the words, "Sure enough, you still saw it."

"Can't you tell, even though it's my birthday, it can't be such a coincidence, it's so lucky every time!" said Dameitang.

But his heart was sweet, and the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be concealed.

The lover can celebrate his birthday with so much heart, of course, it should be more for the purpose of proposing. Dameitang is naturally so moved that he really wants to put this handsome bastard on the table right now to be executed on the spot!
"I also guessed that it would show my feet." Chen Hao laughed.

Dameitang became interested when he heard the words, "I can understand the 666 millionth tourist at the exchange, but you hired someone to act for the newlyweds who got married in the church?"

"No, it's true that they got married, but I asked people to find them, and used my money to communicate with them about the bouquet, especially the bridesmaids." Chen Hao said.

"Haha, what if I don't go to participate?" Dameitang asked with a smile.

"Don't worry, even if you don't participate, those bridesmaids will hit you with flowers." Chen Hao said.

"You bastard!" Da Meitang blamed her mouth, but her heart was filled with joy, "And what about that dart? Why am I the only one who succeeded?"

"That target is actually a magnet. The target paper on the outside is only a thin layer. Their darts are pointed and not made of iron. If they hit a target, they won't stand up. But your darts are square and made of iron. As long as you get close, you will be sucked in.

It's just that I didn't expect that your skills are so poor, and I have to go over to help you! " Chen Hao shook his head.

"Hahaha..." Dameitang smiled coquettishly after hearing this, "You are good or bad, I like it so much!"

"By the way, does this castle have a name?" Da Mei Tang asked.

"This is for you, so it's up to you to name it!" Chen Hao said.

Dameitang frowned slightly when he heard the words, and after thinking about it for a while, he clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it will be called Chen Tangguan!"

(End of this chapter)