Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 17 Coffee and Signing

According to Xie Zihao's speculation based on the historical comparison of previous lives, the world will probably see a significant boost in the global economy after the end of this millennium, that is, after 1999 next year, but then the economic situation of the White Eagle Federation should enter a dire situation. As for whether the economic crisis of 2008 in the previous life would occur during the seemingly booming stage of actual decline, it was not something he, a non-economics major, could predict.

The world is different, and these are just a reference for him at most.

Xie Zihao has not considered selling his house before the real estate bubble comes. Where will he live if he sells it?

Although the prices of houses in this area are not cheap, they will rise even more exaggeratedly in a few years. After all, this is one of the earliest cities to develop Chinese areas in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, with the highest proportion of Chinese people in Pasadena. In the Tang Western District, which is dominated by several small cities around it, the number of local Tang residents has reached over 60%.

Given the Tang people's habit of living together in groups, real estate here is relatively tight now, and there will definitely be no worries about selling in the future.

And because it is close to downtown Los Angeles and the world-famous Hollywood, the housing prices in Pasadena are relatively high. Although the city was built earlier, many of the houses were built thirty-four years ago or even more. It was built during the same period. The urban area is somewhat similar to the scene of Hong Kong Island or the old magic city in old movies. The planning is not so neat, so the housing prices are ranked second among the cities in the three major Chinese districts of Greater Los Angeles. Yes, but it is inferior to San Marino, which is not far away and has a gathering of rich people from the Tang Dynasty.

Even the housing prices in Pasadena are at the upper-middle level in the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area, because it is not far from Beverly Hills, the core of Hollywood, and the public security is also good. Not only do people from the Tang Dynasty live in groups, Many white people also choose to settle here, so the housing prices here are lower than those in top wealthy areas, but they are roughly the same as those in ordinary white wealthy areas with more luxury homes, and higher than most middle-class urban areas.

While the people from the moving company were helping to place the large items, the lawyers and real estate agents on both sides just arrived.

The lawyer on Melinda's side is an Asian man wearing a custom-made suit. He is not very tall and looks meticulous. However, it is not because of his height, but because Xie Zihao can tell from his demeanor that this lawyer The gentleman should be an island native.

The two people on Xie Zihao's side are naturally his lawyer John Zhou and John Zhou's sister Mary Zhou.

He is also an old acquaintance with these two people, but it is business now, so everyone is not too polite. Let me give a brief introduction. Xie Zihao also knows that the lawyer is indeed from the island country, his name is Genichiro Tanaka, and he is a lawyer from Auckland, but the other party The law firm he works for is quite powerful, and its business covers major cities on the West Coast. In addition, Melinda's family is his old client, so he doesn't mind flying to Los Angeles to help sign contracts.

This is the case in the Federation. Generally, the middle class and above, especially the rich, will have their own regular private lawyers. Of course, these lawyers usually have more than one client, but there are also some lawyers who will exclusively serve certain wealthy people.

The Tangren Law Firm where John Zhou works is only concentrated in the two major metropolitan areas of San Francisco and Los Angeles. It is far behind the big law firm where Tanaka works, but its momentum is not inferior.

The five of them sat at the table left in the original cafe, and the lawyers from both parties began to review the lease contract provided by the real estate agent.

Taking advantage of this time, Melinda came to the bar. With the help of Xie Zihao, she first disassembled the packaged coffee beans and tools and placed them behind the bar, and then started to operate them skillfully.

That was all a matter for professionals. Xie Zihao felt that he couldn't get involved, so he sat at the bar and watched Melinda skillfully operate the equipment to grind coffee. He couldn't help but ask:

"I heard from the real estate agent that Miss Wilson, you also plan to run a coffee business on the side?"

Melinda replied casually:

"That's not really true. They are just guests. If the conversation is pleasant, I can treat them to a cup of coffee. I like this atmosphere. After all, people in the city are too indifferent now."

"I didn't expect you, Miss Wilson, to be so old-school. You don't feel like we are of the same age."

Melinda said with a smile in her eyes:

"You want to ask my age, right? A woman's age is a secret, but I can tell you that it has been three years since I graduated from college."

Xie Zihao guessed the other party's age after hearing this. According to the average American college student who enters school at 18 and graduates at 21 or 22, so Melinda should be twenty-four or twenty-five now?

"It turns out you are only three years older than me, Miss Wilson!"

Melinda brewed the ground coffee and smiled and said, "Just call me Melinda."

This is the default, the female junior is great, she is about the same age!

"Okay Melinda, you can also call me Lance,"

Then a cup of fragrant hand-ground coffee was delivered to Xie Zihao, who picked up the cup and took a sip.

Then he nodded and praised:

“Excellent craftsmanship and the coffee is delicious!”

Needless to say, he has never been used to drinking coffee in his two lifetimes, unless it is the kind with a lot of milk and sugar, but then it is not called coffee but a dairy drink. Although hand-ground coffee is better than instant coffee

It has a more mellow flavor, but bitterness and sourness are its biggest enemies.

He still likes to drink Chinese tea, or black tea, Pu'er and oolong, or even milk tea.

Melinda didn't know whether it was true or not, so she smiled and said:

"As long as you like it, good coffee needs someone to taste it with. I welcome you here at any time."

After saying that, he brought out three cups of coffee and gave them to the three people on the table.

Soon, the lawyers on both sides completed their work, and Xie Zihao and Melinda Wilson also signed the contract respectively.

Mary Zhou, the real estate agent, was like soy sauce throughout the whole process. Of course, her main role was to connect the two parties. She had already done her job well and earned her share of the commission.

The two parties said goodbye. Melinda went to see her lawyer Tanaka off in the car. Xie Zihao also said goodbye to brother and sister John Zhou. These two were his uncles in terms of age. They looked at him and Melinda with ambiguous eyes.

Especially Mary Zhou said jokingly:

"Seeing that you and Miss Wilson get along very well, we won't disturb you anymore and will have dinner together later..."

It was as if she was brokering this deal, not renting a house, but setting up a blind date for Xie Zihao.

"Okay, sure, Uncle Zhou, Aunt Li, I'll book a restaurant in Guanghui later, and I haven't eaten in a long time!"

Xie Zihao responded with a shy smile and sent the Zhou brothers and sisters away.

Dining together is a very common courtesy in Tang culture. If you are not familiar with people in social circles, they may never meet again in the future. Dinner appointments and the like will naturally become empty talk, but if one of the two parties

If there are things that require the other party later, then this "please have dinner" will become a bridge for the two parties to build a relationship again.

Of course, the relationship between Xie Zihao and the Zhou brothers and sisters is that of acquaintances. This meal is dispensable. Even if they don't treat each other, they won't care.

It's just that if it's always like this, the favor will inevitably fade away, so Xie Zihao really meant it when he said he wanted to treat.

After everyone else left, Xie Zihao and Melinda returned to the store and began to help Melinda organize and arrange her things.

The counters and other heavy items have been placed by the moving company, and the remaining work is to unpack and put the items on the counters and shelves.

This kind of work is not too tiring, so Xie Zihao helps out.

Although the work was not tiring, it was rather tedious. After working for two hours, the two of them finally arranged the shop neatly. Not to mention, Melinda's vision and skills were quite good, and she had various antiques and works of art displayed.

As an embellishment, the originally messy store suddenly had a different atmosphere.

(End of chapter)