Back to 80: My Literary Life

The two left immediately and booked a flight to Los Angeles. Early the next morning, they rushed to the airport with their daughter and arrived in Los Angeles at around ten o'clock.

When Fang Minghua appeared in the departure hall holding his daughter's hand, dragging his suitcase and wearing sunglasses, he soon heard someone calling him.

"Mr. Fang! Mr. Fang!"

Looking back, it was Phillips, followed by a very beautiful girl with blond hair, blue eyes and flaming red lips.

"This is the assistant I just hired, Miranda, a top student who graduated from Harvard Business School."

Phillips then took the initiative to introduce: "This is our boss, Fang Minghua, this is his lover, professor at San Francisco State University, Li Li, and this is their daughter, Li Xin."

"Hello, Mr. Fang, Mrs. Fang." Miranda shook hands with a smile.

"Hello, Miss Miranda."

When Phillips hired an assistant, Fang Minghua knew that an investment of US$1 billion would be too much for one person to handle. He could set up his own private team, but only with Fang Minghua's consent.

As for the team's salary, Fang Minghua asked his total annual salary to be controlled within 500,000. No matter how many people you hire, I can only pay this much.

Looking at this beautiful female assistant with a curvy front and back, Fang Minghua sighed inwardly, Philip was just a graduate from a community college, which is equivalent to a junior college in China, but he actually hired a top student!

Just don't hire it to bed.

Several people walked out of the departure hall, and soon Miranda drove over in a Lexus. She first arranged for Fang Minghua and the others to stay at the Los Angeles Intercontinental Hotel in the city center, then accompanied them to have lunch at the hotel and drove straight to the manor.

The name of the estate is Amber Hills Estate. The Mandeville Canyon in Rentwood is located in Tinsel Town, west of Los Angeles. It is close to the Pacific Ocean and is in the same direction as the Los Angeles Airport. It can be reached in 40 minutes by car. .

When the car arrived at the gate of the manor, staff members had already opened the gate. When the car drove in, there was a 500-meter-long driveway that passed through rows of trees and a lake. As expected, Fang Minghua saw lavender planted on the shore of the lake.

The sparkling water of the lake contrasts with the purple color of lavender.

"Wow, it's so beautiful." Li Li couldn't help but shout softly.

Women can't resist lavender.

At the center of the estate is a two-story building with a facade clad in raw stone and timber, and a steep roof dotted with dormers and double-hung windows. Overhanging eaves frame a covered porch over the charming Dutch-style front door.

Standing at the door was a middle-aged white man in his fifties, who was the owner of this manor, named James.

Fang Minghua shook hands with him and exchanged simple greetings, then James took them to the building.

"Mr. and Mrs. Fang, the 12,000-square-foot main house was designed by renowned architect Paul R. Williams and built in the 1960s. It was originally built for opera singer John Charles Thomas as a weekend getaway. "

James pointed to the building in front of him and introduced: "The Donald Kaufman family owned it for decades and finally sold it to me ten years ago."

It was built in the 1960s, 40 years ago now.

It's a bit long

However, in the United States, there is no time limit of 70 years. Once you buy it, it will always be yours.

Fang Minghua found that a large amount of wood was used in the interior decoration of the room, which looked very simple and natural.

"Standing on the rooftop, you can see beautiful views of the surrounding mountains, the ocean and the canyon in the distance!"

Sure enough, Fang Minghua saw everything James said, but the ocean was really far away and blurry.

"Adjacent to this estate is the estate of Alan Schwartz, a successful fashion designer best known for his ABS brand."

James pointed to a southeast direction and said.

"And here is the Robert Taylor Ranch, famous Hollywood movie stars. In short, all the people who live here are celebrities."

Yes, who is not a celebrity and spends tens of millions to buy an estate here?

The building also houses an administrative office and a country-style kitchen decorated with copper accents. Including additional structures, there are 10 ensuite bedrooms!

Enough.

"Here you can grow your own vegetables, keep bees, in short, you can have anything you can think of,"

Going downstairs, James continued: "There is a well in the yard; it is not impossible to get rid of the Internet completely if you want."

In addition to the main building, there is a two-story building not far away. James told him that it was the residence of the manor workers, as well as a garage and various equipment and machinery rooms.

Sure enough, Fang Minghua saw a worker dragging a lawnmower out of the warehouse and looked over curiously.

Fang Minghua and the others followed James and walked around the manor for half an hour.

"Lili, didn't your dad say he wanted to vacation in Los Angeles? Is he satisfied with this place?" Fang Minghua said to Li Li jokingly, naturally speaking in Chinese.

Li Li rolled her eyes at him and said, "Actually, I think we should bring my uncle and aunt over to live with us for a while. You said they haven't been abroad yet."

Fang Minghua naturally understood that the "uncles and aunts" Li Li mentioned were his parents, and immediately said: "Of course, my dad has never wanted to come out, but with this lake where he can fish, he will definitely be willing to come! And my mom, You can grow vegetables here!”

"Then buy it?"

"Um."

The two of them discussed quietly, and finally told James that they were interested in buying it, but the price was still to be negotiated.

As for the specific discussion, Fang Minghua naturally did not need to come forward, Phillips was responsible for all this.

"The highest cannot exceed 18.5 million." Fang Minghua gave him a psychological price, and then Miranda drove them back to the city, and took the children and Li Li to play in the city.

There was no need to go anywhere else, and drove directly to Anaheim Disneyland, Mickey Mouse Cartoon City, Animal World, and Fantasy World.

One day is too much for children to play, Fang Minghua simply played for two days, since she was here, let her baby daughter play to her heart's content.

Fang Minghua's family of three had a great time, and Phillips also reached a purchase agreement with the owner of the manor to purchase the manor for $18.35 million.

So the two parties signed a purchase and sale contract at the InterContinental Hotel, and had to go to the property company to handle the transfer procedures, pay taxes, etc., a total of about 21 million US dollars.

When both parties completed all the procedures, this 66-acre (400-acre) manor belonged to Fang Minghua.

"Boss, what should we do with these employees? Should we fire them or hire new ones?" Phillips asked.

"Let's keep them all for now, and do what we need to do." Fang Minghua thought for a while and said that although he didn't come here often, such a large manor must be taken care of.

Besides, the annual expenditure of 850,000 US dollars for 15 employees is not expensive.

"OK, they must be very happy to hear the news." Phillips smiled.

Since he bought the manor, Fang Minghua wanted to enjoy the life of a landlord, and prepared to move in with Li Li and his daughter that afternoon.

"Boss, the manor still needs a car." Phillips reminded.

Oh. That's it.

Smith had driven his car away a long time ago. In addition to a small pickup truck, it is said that there is also a Buick in the manor, but it is the housekeeper's own private car.

"Okay, then go buy two cars, one more expensive for me, and the other cheaper as the manor's work car."

"OK, I'll take you there and come back to handle it right away. How about buying a Chrysler Phantom for your car? Buy a Ford for the work car, it's more durable."

Chrysler Phantom? !

It's not that I can't afford it, is it necessary? !

"Just buy a Mercedes or Audi, keep a low profile!" Fang Minghua urged.

"Okay, then buy the latest Audi A8."

"Okay."

The next day, the two cars drove into the manor.

In the afternoon, Fang Minghua and Li Li took their daughter to stand on the balcony to watch the stars. When they got up in the morning, Fang Minghua changed into sportswear and jogged along the road, while Li Li sat on a bench by the lake with a book and read, surrounded by beautiful lavender.

At noon, Li Li took her daughter to the swimming pool, and Fang Minghua sat alone under the willow trees by the lake to fish.

This American fish is stupid, how can it be caught so easily?

Life was good, but the chef couldn't cook Chinese food, which annoyed Fang Minghua. He immediately fired the chef and hired a chef who could cook Chinese food - and he had to cook spicy Sichuan food!

After staying in the villa for a week, Fang Minghua decided to leave.

It was too quiet.

I am an ordinary person and I still like the world.

Of course, I also want to travel to Alaska, which I can't forget.

But what surprised Fang Minghua was that after the three of them were about to return to San Francisco, Song Tangtang, who was far away in Xijing, called.