I earn really hard money

Chapter 270 Can I Stay At Your Place For One Night?
Squeak, jingle, jingle.

Serena was still in a state of fantasy, and there was a sound of metal hinges rubbing in her ears. Turning her head, He Xia had pushed open the large rusted iron door with her own hands, and an iron rod on the door fell to the ground, sending out a series of crisp sounds. sound.

The area of ​​Hungerford Castle Manor is about 85 square meters. Since it belonged to the fiefdom of the Earl of Hungerford, the division is very regular. The width is about 300 meters, and the depth extends to the Thames River, about 650 meters.

In the Middle Ages, the land area of ​​the earls in England was quite large, covering more than 8000 acres, or more than 3000 million square meters in conversion. However, in modern times, after the continuous improvement of the system, the land that the earls could divide became smaller and smaller...

In the era when the Earl of Hungerford was enshrined, only 200 acres, or [-] million square meters, could be divided according to his title. Due to the decline of his family, the Duke of Hungerford sold a lot of land successively.

For example, the land where the Veolia Power Company next to the castle estate once belonged to Hungerford...

"You guys drive your car inside, and I'll stroll over there." He Xia ordered.

The distance from the gate to the castle is not very far, only about one kilometer, and it is closer than the summer manor, so walking there will not waste any time.

"Since about the 50s, no one has lived here. There is no record of how the last generation of the Hungerford family disappeared. The ownership of this castle estate has always been a mystery..."

Serena walked a little behind He Xia, wanting to inquire about some news.

He Xia didn't intend to explain, and said to himself: "I thought this place had been repaired, but I didn't expect it to look like this. I didn't even arrange a place to live when I came to England..."

Elisa smiled and said: "Mr. He, I thought you knew the situation of the castle, but I wondered why you didn't book a hotel before. You made a mistake."

He Xia looked at the people around him, his eyes were full of innocence, he thought that this place would be the same as the Valencner Manor in Barcelona, ​​where the whole house was hardcover and lived in with bags, but it turned out...

Not to mention that you can live right away with your bags, just judging from the gate and the range of eyesight, at least a high-efficiency construction team of dozens of people needs to work for three to five days to make this land look brand new.

Thinking of this, He Xiadang took out his mobile phone and dialed Pilias.

"Hi, dear Xia, if I remember correctly, our appointment is tomorrow, and I haven't set off yet!"

Spain is an hour ahead of the UK, and Pillas has just had lunch at the company.

"No, no, no, I didn't call you to urge you to sign the contract. I wanted to ask if your group has a construction team in the UK. Can you do the kind of renovation project of the manor? Castle manor!"

He Xia said.

Pilias was sitting lazily on the sofa enjoying the sunshine, but he straightened up after hearing He Xia's words, and said, "Yes, Farolio Group has a branch in the UK, and there are not many workers, but it should be enough to renovate the manor It's..."

"Xia, you bought a castle manor just after you went to England? It really surprised me!"

According to the conversation with Boss He in the past few days, Pilias concluded that Boss He just bought this manor today, otherwise the renovation of the castle manor would have been mentioned in the previous conversation...

He Xia smiled and said: "I didn't buy it today, but... the situation is similar to what you said. The situation is a little special. I want to trouble you to send the best construction team, can it meet my small request?"

"Of course, customers are gods to Ferolio. Xia, Ferolio Group Yongyun is at your service. Please tell me the address."

Pilias said very happily that the renovation of a castle manor is generally not a small project, and the worst is a million pounds. Renovation work like Buckingham Palace can easily cost hundreds of millions of pounds!
He believed that He Xia's castle estate would not be too shabby!
He Xia sent the location to Pilias, and the two ended the call.

Pilias put one hand on his hip, looked at the position He Xia sent over, and uttered a series of foul words with a strange expression, with a look of unconcealable envy on his face.

There are not many manors that can make this top Spanish rich man envious. When he saw the castle manor on the north side of the Thames Crooked River, he still couldn't help feeling envious.

Hungerford Castle Manor is not only famous in the UK, all the family legends of the original manor have come to an end, coupled with the excellent location on the north bank of the Thames River, it is the dream manor that many rich people dream of!

"When did He Xia buy this mysterious manor..."

Pilias was full of doubts. He couldn't find any transaction records of the Hungerford Castle Manor. Judging from the available channels, the manor still belonged to the Earl of Hungerford Family. Unfortunately, this family has disappeared. In the long river of history.

He Xia would not think about Pilias' entanglement. He was about to call Robert and ask him to come over and arrange the repair and renovation of the manor.

Serena said: "Xia, it's difficult for ordinary engineering teams to be able to repair and renovate castles and manors. If you don't know, the construction may destroy the original style of the building."

He Xia held the phone and didn't make a call, and asked curiously, "So you have a good suggestion?"

Serena nodded with a smile, tightened the windbreaker, and walked in the woods beside the Thames, feeling a little cool.

"Do you know the Duke of Norfort?"

He Xia shook his head expressionlessly, he only knew the Duke of Lenstermar, and because of the Duke of Lenstermar, he didn't have a good impression of all the dukes...

Serena raised her eyes and eyebrows, and said, "The Duke of Norfolk runs a Parkwood management company, which specializes in providing top-level management services for nobles, rich people, and even the royal family."

"Such as golf course management, horse farm management, football club management, manor management, garden management, etc., including the renovation of castles and manors, which are two different service items."

When He Xia heard about a series of high-end place management, he became interested. It is reasonable for the nobleman to run a company that provides management services for nobles and rich people, because he understands...

"Well, the services sound good. How is the company's business?"

The implication is how well-known in the circle.

During the conversation, everyone passed a statue fountain, and a plaster-sculpted horse stood up and neighed. However, due to the erosion of the years, many parts had cracked and fallen off, all showing the dilapidation of the manor.

Serena thought for a while, and said: "The Duke of Norford is a member of the House of Lords. His family is the oldest duke family in Britain today. At the same time, he also holds a very special position, the head of the Heraldry, so the company Good business!"

He Xia was slightly taken aback. What he wanted to know was the company's business capabilities and reputation. What Serena told him was the reputation and prestige of the company's boss, but he found something that he didn't quite understand in Serena's words.

"What is the Academy of Arms?"

"The Heraldry Institute is an institution that manages titles of nobility. The queen confers titles, and the dean issues them. However, the dean can influence the titles of nobility to a certain extent. The Duke of Norfolk is usually kind and rarely engages in evil with others."

He Xia nodded. From the outside, the head of the Academy of Heraldry does not seem to be a great job, but if you look at it from the inside of the nobles, it is very great, because it can decide some things that everyone cares about very much!
"From your introduction, I can tell that everyone patronizes Parkwood's business because of the Duke of Novotel's name, right?"

Serena smiled and said, "Of course there are reasons for this, but from what I know, I've heard some people talk about the meticulous service of this company on many occasions, and it has a good reputation."

"Combined with the long history of the Duke of Norfolk family, it will be more professional than other companies of the same type, but the fees are not cheap. Well, from my point of view, it is not cheap."

Considering the huge gap between herself and the rich, Serena is very self-aware.

He Xia wrote down the company, did not speak, and walked out of the forest along the fairly good cobblestone road. Suddenly, a castle stood in front of him, giving him the illusion of entering a magical world.

Hungerford Castle was built in the [-]th century. Since there is no need to consider factors such as war protection, all militarized facilities have been abandoned.

The whole castle is built with a kind of dark castle rock. It is difficult for years to leave traces on this kind of rock. At least a hundred years will not have much impact, which is why the appearance of the castle can remain intact.

The shape of the castle is extremely luxurious and beautiful, showing the essence of Victorian architecture everywhere, which is very ornamental.

The area is not as wide as the summer manor's villa, but the height of the main castle is 20 meters high. From the layout of the windows, it can be seen that there are four floors, and the auxiliary towers on both sides are [-] or [-] meters long, with three floors.

Compared with other facilities in the manor, the castle is the best preserved man-made object.

Standing in front of the castle and looking up, He Xia was very satisfied, and couldn't help smiling when he thought of the year of property rights of the huge piece of land under his feet.

"The Victorian castle estate, [-] acres, privately enjoys the excellent waters of the Thames, the appearance of the castle is likely to be new, freehold property, [-] million pounds, no money! PS: Everything dug underground belongs to the owner!"

Lu Qian looked at He Xia with a very speechless look, and then said, "Would you like to try it on a second-hand website?"

He Xia waved her hands again and again, and said, "No need, there are many rich people, and if they really want to buy from me, I am reluctant to sell..."

If He Xia's price is really listed on the real estate website for sale, there will be countless intermediaries who will contact you at that time, and even increase the price to buy!

"Eliza, help me contact Parkwood Company and tell me about the situation here. I remember that I have already contacted Pilias." He Xia ordered.

Elisa nodded: "Okay, Mr. He, let me see what's going on inside the castle first."

After finishing speaking, she gestured to Greg, who had already parked the car, pushed open the three-meter-high double door, turned on the flashlight and walked in first.

If you want a contact person to repair it, you must at least have a basic understanding of the general situation.

He Xia followed closely behind and stepped into the gate. First of all, there was a hall with a height of seven or eight meters. If you go back to a hundred years ago, this place should be quite magnificent!

It's a pity that due to the dim sky and the age, the overall tone looks very gray.

There are messy items scattered everywhere on the walls and floors, broken picture frames, broken wooden chairs, broken glass, dirty petticoats, rotten books...

In the air, a majestic metal chandelier is crumbling. It can be seen that the structure is very different from modern electric lights. It is a gas lamp!
The demise of the Earls of Hungerford can be seen from this lamp alone, because in the early twentieth century, wealthy nobles had already used electric lights.

"I naively thought that I could live here, tsk tsk tsk..."

He Xia was careful, there were scattered debris everywhere under her feet.

"Well, I'll book a hotel first, Mr. He, shall we live in London or Cambridgeshire?"

Lucy asked with a smile.

The two had talked about the castle at night before, and He Xia happily said that he was about to become the owner of the castle, and how the first night in the castle was going to be, but the plan really couldn't keep up with the changes.

He Xia was about to say casually, when he suddenly thought of something, smiled maliciously, and said, "You arrange the hotel yourself, I'll stay at a friend's house!"

"friend's house?"

Lucy and Gourav raised questions in unison.

Lu Qian was interested in who He Xia's friends were, while Gourav asked because of security issues.

He Xia took out her mobile phone and said, "It's Dr. Zhou who picked up the plane in Barcelona. She has lived in Cambridgeshire for seven or eight years, so she can be regarded as half of the host anyway. Arrange it yourself."

After all, He Xia sent Zhou Shiyu a video invitation.

In Cambridgeshire, at the home of Professor Smith, more than a dozen researchers, including Zhou Shiyu, gathered to discuss matters related to rebuilding the laboratory, and Lawyer Zhang was also on the sidelines.

Suddenly a very crisp bell rang, and everyone turned their heads to look at Zhou Shiyu. Some people took a sip of coffee in their hands to hide their embarrassment.

Zhou Shiyu made an embarrassing expression with everyone, thinking who is posting the video at this time, hurriedly took out her mobile phone to hang up, was stunned when she saw the profile picture, and then looked up at Lawyer Zhang.

"Lawyer Zhang, He Xia sent it over..."

Some people present could understand Chinese, but when they heard that the boss was calling, they fell silent.

Lawyer Zhang didn't understand why Zhou Shiyu told him. He raised his hand and said with a smile, "Since the boss is contacting Ms. Zhou, he must be looking for you."

Zhou Shiyu nodded, got up and walked out of the house, while connecting to the video.

"Hey, He Xia, have you come to England? Why did you suddenly post a video..."

He Xia could see the situation on Zhou Shiyu's side through the video. There were people sitting everywhere in the room behind him, including Professor Smith and Lawyer Zhang, so he asked, "Are you in a meeting?"

"Yes, wait a minute...Okay, I'm coming out, let's plan the construction of the laboratory together, huh? Where are you, it's so dark!"

At first, Zhou Shiyu talked while looking at the road. There were a lot of cardboard boxes brought back from the laboratory in the aisle of Professor Smith’s house. It was easy to fall if he didn’t look at the road. Finally, he walked to a spacious place before looking at the screen and found He Xia. dark.

"I bought a castle here in England. The real estate agent said that I can live in it. It turned out like this. Look..."

He Xia took the mobile phone and slowly turned around the hall of Hungerford Castle.

Zhou Shiyu looked at the phone with a strange expression. If He Xia hadn't mentioned it, she would have thought that the other party was conducting a live broadcast of supernatural powers!
"This... this is too miserable."

He Xia pointed the camera at herself, nodded, and said, "Yes, I have contacted people to come over to renovate, but unfortunately I didn't book a hotel. I went to Cambridge College to sign the contract in the afternoon. I don't know where to stay tonight after I finish. Do you have any hotel?" Empty house?"

Zhou Shiyu felt that He Xia was miserable, and said without any thought, "Yes, I have several bedrooms in my place, and I asked my aunt to clean up one of them."

"Okay, then please!"

After finishing speaking, He Xia hung up the video with a smile.

Zhou Shiyu is very simple, only heard that He Xia was cheated into buying a castle, and had no place to live at night, but forgot that the other party bought a castle, so he had no place to live?

Can't book now without booking a hotel?

Not suspecting him at all, she immediately called the nanny at home and asked her to tidy up a room, put on new bedding, and then trot back to the room to continue the meeting.

In Hungerford Castle, most people can understand Chinese, and everyone looks at He Xia with weird eyes.

Naturally, He Xia also found that there was something wrong with the people around him. He saw the muscles on Yang Zicheng's face twitch unconsciously, and feigned anger, "Hey, Xiao Yang, what's your expression?"

Yang Zicheng's big and small eyes looked strange, and he let out a fart for a long time: "Boss, how can you fool the little girl..."

(End of this chapter)