Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"I really admire how the two families who have been living here have managed to live on." Joan of Arc said subconsciously as soon as she entered the door and saw the tourists coming and going in the building.

Although tourists' travel routes are fixed and generally do not disturb the lives of residents, under normal circumstances most people would definitely not like a lot of strangers coming and going in the building where they live.

Soon, the two of them followed the stairs and corridors to the third floor and opened the door to the room that now belonged to them. When opening the door, Liang En discovered that even the golden door handle was made of curves. And it fits the hand perfectly.

Similar designs also appear in every part of the room. As the last building completed during Gaudí's lifetime, this room has devoted the designer's efforts both overall and in detail.

Because the stone exterior walls and the curved shape make the walls feel thick and heavy, before opening the door, Liang En subconsciously thought that the room would be as small and dark as an ancient castle, but the reality was exactly the opposite.

Every wall in the room is unexpectedly light and even feels thinner than the walls of a normal house. At the same time, because of the atrium, windows can be opened on both sides of the room for lighting, so the interior looks very bright.

Judging from the introduction I picked up at the entrance, the reason for this is because the weight of the entire building is entirely borne by the pillars. Neither the interior nor exterior walls bear the weight of the building itself. The building itself does not. main wall.

In other words, the purpose of all current walls is only to divide space and provide corresponding functions such as insulation and sound insulation. In this way, they can naturally be made thinner and lighter.

Like the outside, the structure inside the room is basically circular, with a large number of irregular curves and few continuous straight lines.

Although this house had been vacant before, it was obviously cleaned frequently, and there was basically not much dust in the room. But for some unknown reason, the whole room was decorated to look like a residential house in the early 20th century.

At first, Liang En thought this was to preserve the way the room looked when it was first built, but after checking later, he discovered that only the floor tiles and decorations might be old, but all the furniture was newly made according to the old style.

In addition, Liang En can also confirm that it is not a simple matter to live in this room. After all, if the room has more curves than straight lines, a lot of furniture will have to be customized. Otherwise, it will just be placed. A big problem.

Just as Liang En and Jeanne were looking at the newly purchased apartment, there was a knock on the door of the room. When Liang En and the others opened the door, a middle-aged woman in professional attire walked away. Come in.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Looking at this woman, Liang En stepped forward and asked seriously, because after searching in his mind for a long time, he could not recall where he had seen her.

"I am the representative of the foundation that is currently responsible for running this house. You can call me Lucy." The woman nodded to Liang En, and then said seriously, "Our foundation is now responsible for the entire La Pedrera. Operation and maintenance work——"

It turned out that this lady came to visit Liang En, the new landlord, on behalf of the foundation that now runs La Pedrera. She was a foundation staff resident in this building, so when she heard from the ticket office that Liang En and the others After arriving, I immediately caught up with him.

For the foundation, the less uncontrolled things like this are, the better, so the first topic they talked about was to ask Liang En if he was willing to sell the apartment.

Liang En's answer was of course no, because even among all the treasures he had, the value of this apartment was among the best, so it was naturally impossible to give up.

Of course, the more important point is that his current pockets are large enough, so he can completely ignore the millions of euros in profits that may be generated from selling the apartment.

The person in charge of the foundation named Lucy has obviously done some homework in this area, and also knows that Liang En is basically unlikely to give up such a thing.

So after making tentative inquiries, the person in charge quickly changed his tone and asked Liang En if he was willing to entrust this room to their foundation and operate it together with other rooms.

Liang En was quite excited about this invitation. This is mainly because property tax is something that is basically unavoidable, especially for old houses like this, the various taxes and insurance premiums are horribly high.

So it would be a good thing for Liang En if someone is willing to host it, because it should be the safest way for him who doesn't have much time and energy to manage the property.

However, although the business method has been determined in general, Liang En will also ask further about some details, such as the income from this kind of trusteeship and what he can do after hosting it.

Of course, negotiation is just an intention now. Formal negotiations require professional legal personnel to be responsible for this work. But correspondingly, many things can now be said directly without worrying about the conditions being too high and scaring people away.

So after a simple negotiation, the two parties quickly reached a partial agreement. For example, this house will be used for display work like other houses, but Liang En is allowed to display his artistic creations in this room.

However, Liang En's income after the trusteeship was suddenly much smaller. If the various operating costs of the room were excluded, he could only earn more than 3,000 euros a year.

Considering that this place is La Pedrera, the hosting fee is undoubtedly extremely low, and this is the price Liang En needs to pay when the other party can agree to Liang En's request.

Of course, Liang En can also get a second income in this case. For example, he contacted the Robuchon housekeeper, and the other party quickly expressed his willingness to pay to display the jewelry designed by Liang En himself. The only requirement is to display the jewelry. jewelry brand.

For the Piaget jewelry company, which focuses on high-end customization, they basically do not advertise in common areas, such as the Internet or television.

But this does not mean that they will not promote themselves, but due to class considerations, they can only choose a method similar to a high-end conference with clear goals but a small audience.

But now, places like Mira Apartments have given them an excellent new choice, because compared to other places, this artistic place is obviously very suitable as a promotional location for jewelry, both classy and artistic. .

Although there are restrictions on the apartment, for example, commercial promotion through websites, TV, radio, newspapers and other media is not allowed, but for this kind of high-end customized jewelry, photos and posters alone are enough.

Of course, all of this is just a temporary negotiation. The real situation requires both parties to send legal personnel to conduct detailed negotiations before a final contract can be produced.

But from another perspective, this kind of negotiation is equivalent to setting the framework for subsequent contract signing. Subsequent negotiations will be conducted based on the content of this framework to ensure that the general direction will not change.