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"How about it, do you still want to go in and visit?" Pickett couldn't help asking again when he saw him standing still.

This time Youxia replied simply: "Okay, please help me introduce."

Then, Picot leaned on a cane and led Usha up the steps.

Passing through the corridor supported by brown red stone pillars and stepping into the main entrance of the apartment, the first thing you see is the two gatehouses where the gatekeepers live, and then the relatively spacious living room and registration office.

Open the blue copper door behind the registration desk, and a deep corridor covered with red wooden boards appears in front of you. There are old-fashioned copper oil lamps installed at intervals on both sides of the corridor, and the doors are inlaid with hanging In the wall between the wall lamps.

Even though he knew that this building had a large area, You Xia was still very surprised by such a narrow and endless corridor.

"Are there rented rooms on both sides?"

"Yes." Pickett replied, his voice echoing.

You Xia walked to the first door and asked, "Can I go in and have a look?"

Pickett nodded happily: "Of course, the doors are not locked."

Saying that, You Xia pressed the doorknob and pushed the door open.

Inside is a boxy single room, the walls are brownish red, the bed, table, wardrobe and other furniture are mostly made of smooth solid wood, and there are candlesticks, oil lamps, and some copper pots and tea cups on the table. There are small items, and there is a green leather sofa chair beside the table. Overall, the decoration is very comfortable and tidy.

You Xia had a good impression of this room, after coming out of the single room, he visited several rooms in succession.

During this visit, he was really a little surprised. After all, it was a rental building in the city center. The decoration of each room in this apartment was very delicate and elegant.

Open the door and enter, and the floor is covered with beautifully colored carpets from the entrance. The size, pattern and wall color of each room are different, but without exception, they are all designed to be transparent, beautiful, warm and warm. gorgeous.

In addition, the great advantage of the rooms here is that they have good lighting. Not only are the large suites equipped with beautiful colored windows, but the small single rooms also have windows that occupy half of the wall, which is very important for the buildings here. It is relatively rare, after all, even stained glass is not a cheap building material.

Considering that many rooms can see the excellent view of the central square by opening the windows, Youxia estimated that the rent of the houses here must be very expensive. Although this has nothing to do with him, he still curiously asked Pickett about the topic of rent .

"The largest suite is five gold coins and twenty silver coins a month, the monthly rent for a medium suite is three gold coins and fifty silver coins, and the smallest single room is one gold coin and twenty silver coins a month." Picot replied calmly.

You Xia raised his eyebrows slightly, and calculated in his mind, not to mention the big suite, the monthly rent of one gold coin and twenty silver coins for a single room is almost equal to the annual rent of his cosmetics store. This is not only expensive, it is simply expensive It's outrageous!

Of course, it is more expensive than ordinary people. If a particularly rich businessman comes to work or play in Los Angeles, spending a few gold coins on housing is nothing to them.

At the end of the hallway, a door opens around the corner leading to the stairwell.

You Xia stood in front of the small window at the end, looked up at the spiral staircase surrounded by hollow iron railings, and asked, "Is the layout of the upstairs also similar?"

"That's right, the rooms are similar in size and size," Picot replied unhurriedly, "but the rooms on the top floor usually have an attic, and the price will be a little more expensive than the ones downstairs."

"How many rooms are there on your floor?"

"Twelve rooms on each side, a total of 24 rooms." Pickett raised his cane and pointed to the brass hanging sign next to the door of the room. "Look, there are room numbers here."

You Xia took a closer look at the worn numbers on the bronze medal, and said, "I was careless and didn't notice."

Pickett: "Normal, it's too dark inside."

Considering that the layout of hotel rooms in the future will inevitably be affected by the original structure of this house, You Xia asked carefully: "How many large, medium and small suites are there on your floor?"

"There are six large suites, six medium suites, and twelve small single rooms," Picot skillfully introduced, and it is estimated that he has often repeated these words while showing people the house, " Although the layout of each suite in the same class is different, in fact, if you measure, they will be the same size.”

You Xia nodded clearly, and then he asked the owner some detailed questions, and the answers he got basically satisfied him.

So when he returned to the living room outside, You Xia raised the corner of his mouth and asked, "So, what is the selling price of your building?"

When he finally heard him ask this question, Picot showed a kind smile, raised his hand and made an "eight" gesture, and said, "Eight thousand."

You Xia's smile froze, eight thousand silver coins is possible, so the answer can only be eight thousand gold coins!

Although he knew the answer in his heart, he still confirmed it to the other party in disbelief: "Is it eight thousand gold coins?"

"Yes, eight thousand gold coins."

Good guy, You Xia looked at the street scene painting of Schlevogel Street hanging on the wall behind the registration desk, his expression froze.

Eight thousand gold coins is equivalent to eight clothing stores, sixteen perfume stores, and eighty grocery stores!

This is too scary, even if he now has more than 1 gold coins, once he pays the [-] gold coins, he will be back before liberation in an instant, and what kind of luxury stores are still open, the stores can't afford them.

"It must... No, I mean, can't it be cheaper?" You Xia was so shocked that he was a little incoherent.

Pickett put on a serious look and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, you have to know how big my building is. There are 24 rooms on one floor. This is a five-story building. To be honest, if it wasn't for me. I definitely won’t sell it, after all, this apartment can bring me more than [-] gold coins in net income every year just from the rent... Besides, it’s next to the City Hall Square. It’s not an exaggeration to say, The most prosperous place in the entire Western Continent is here, if you think about it this way, do you still think eight thousand gold coins are expensive?"

expensive!

You Xia thought in his heart that although Picot's words were very reasonable, he still felt that it was expensive.

He pursed his lips and said, "Please allow me to think about it for a few days. You know, I just wanted to buy an ordinary shop at first."

Generally speaking, when a customer says this sentence, it basically means rejection.

Pickett sighed, lowered his head to think for a moment, then raised his head and said to Youxia: "I will not lower the price, but if you are not satisfied with this place, I can take you to my gallery, where Not far, just across the street."

"Your gallery is for sale too?"

"I didn't plan to sell it at first, but if the building really can't be sold, I have to make plans earlier." Pickett explained as he led him out of the apartment.

Youxia followed him across the square, while observing the opposite building intentionally, trying to find out what gallery he was talking about.

However, no matter how he looked at it, all he could notice was the huge and magnificent art gallery diagonally opposite, several shops with different styles next to the art gallery, and a small song and dance theater.

Seeing Picot walking straight towards the art gallery, Youxia inexplicably asked nervously, "Your gallery is not in that art gallery, is it?"

"Of course not. If I run this art museum, how can I be so poor that I want to sell the house." Picot said slowly with some self-deprecating tone. His long curly hair was blown by the wind, and it looked like An elderly lady.

Not long after, You Xia followed his footsteps past the art museum, and stopped in front of a two-story light yellow building next door to the art museum.

To be honest, Youxia has never noticed the house next to the art museum after being in the city center so many times. Maybe it’s because the house is so ordinary, or maybe there’s a big sycamore tree right in front of it. Because the tree blocked its facade, in short, it was very inconspicuous.

The house looked old, the walls were mottled and peeled off, the door was a carved wooden door painted copper green, and the corners were also severely worn.

"This is actually just a studio I used in my early years. Some of my young works are displayed in it. I usually don't come here very often. When I have friends who want to see paintings, I will take them here."

Pickett opened the door lock with a key, and introduced, "So although it is in a very good location, it can't actually bring me any income. If it is sold, it will be sold, but it may be a little bit reluctant."

You Xia followed him into the room, and there was an old smell of dust and paint.

He fanned the air at the end of his nose, looked up and looked around, and was surprised to find that this building, which looked like two floors from the outside, actually had no layers at all inside, and the whole space was a completely transparent design without partitions. You can even see the beams of the house.

The decoration of the gallery is also very simple. The walls are all beige in line with the exterior walls. In some places, the wall paint has fallen off, and you can even see the gray wall bricks inside. It can be seen that the house has not been renovated for at least five or sixty years. up.

Although the house is old and rough, I have to say that the scene inside is not bad. There are large and small landscape paintings and portraits hanging on the walls on all four sides. There are also beautiful and complicated paintings, which make the whole space full of a rough and romantic artistic atmosphere.

You Xia thought to himself, with such a layout, if this house is really going to be sold, it is estimated that few people would be willing to buy it. After all, it takes a lot of effort to renovate and decorate.

"What do you think?" Picot asked. "There are very few houses for sale around the square. If you miss mine, you may have to wait a long time."

You Xia turned around and asked, "How much are you going to sell?"

"This house is relatively old, and the place is not big, just two thousand gold coins!" Picot said with a bit of regret.

"..."

You Xia instantly converted the price, two thousand gold coins, equal to four perfume shops.

It's just half a street away from Schlevog Street, so the price difference is too much!

"Is it for [-]?" You Xia asked directly.

Pickett took a deep breath and said, "Your Excellency, you should know that next to this is the Art Museum and the City Hall Square, and diagonally opposite is the City Hall..."

"It's fine if you don't sell it. I'll wait for a while. Anyway, it's not easy to do business in winter."

Picot's words stopped suddenly.

Seeing that he was speechless, You Xia imitated his tone and said: "Sir, you must know that your house is in such an old state that even the floors are not separated. It will take a lot of energy and time to renovate it after buying it, and even If the wall is too old, it will have to be demolished and rebuilt. If it is not for cheap, most people will not buy this kind of house.”

"..."

The two confronted silently for a while, and then Picot took off his hat, scratched his scalp, and sighed: "Well, one thousand seventeen, it can't be lower, otherwise I will sell this house for nothing, and it will not be enough for me. The cost of painting for several years."

You Xia shook his head, relying solely on selling houses to support his livelihood and hobbies, this is a prodigal son!

In the end, the house was settled at a price of [-], because it was a temporary decision to sell the house, and the contract was not ready for Picot, so he made an appointment to sign it three days later.

After watching the apartment, Pickett sent Youxia back to the perfume shop. Before they were about to part, the other party asked again: "Are you really not going to buy my apartment?"

Youxia asked strangely: "Didn't you already sell the gallery?"

Picot truthfully stated his thoughts: "I think anyway, the tenants of the apartment were cleared out three months ago. Now this season, there will be no new tenants in the next two months. Since we can't bring In order to earn income, and spend money to hire someone to maintain the sanitation and safety of the apartment, it is better to sell it directly to save trouble.”

It's quite a "chic" idea.

You Xia thought that he would buy a high-rise building to open a hotel sooner or later, so he didn't directly refuse, but said: "I will think about it for a few days, and I will tell you the answer when I sign the contract in three days, and you can bring the apartment contract and relevant certificates with you at that time." Come."

"No problem." Picot nodded, curled his mouth and said, "Then I wish you a happy life!"

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He said he had to think about it, but in fact, You Xia had already made a decision in his heart, all he needed was time for mental preparation.

When the day came to sign the contract, he was almost mentally prepared, so he directly signed the two house purchase contracts together.

So just like that, in one day, he spent nearly ten thousand gold coins, and instantly fell from a billionaire to a million-dollar small business, but at the same time, he also had two more real hotels located in the center of Los Angeles. real estate.

In fact, the essence has not changed, but the money has been exchanged for a house. Instead of keeping so much money in the space ring and turning it into ashes, it is better to spend it early to buy a house and open a hotel.

Of course, thinking so, after Youxia signed the contract and returned home that day, he still slumped on the sofa as if his body had been hollowed out, feeling extremely empty.

When Li Youmen came downstairs, he saw him lying lifeless on the sofa, frowned slightly, and asked with some concern in his tone: "What happened?"

Hearing his voice, Youxia sat up slowly, looked up at the teacher for a few times, then sighed heavily, and said, "I'm out of money."

Li Youmen was a little surprised: "Where's the money?"

"I bought a house."

Li Youmen pondered for a moment, then asked again: "What about the meeting gifts that other clansmen gave you before?"

For a moment, You Xia didn't quite understand what he meant, and hesitantly said "ah".

Li Youmen gave him an idea: "Those useless decorations should be worth a lot of money when sold."

"This is not good, how can I sell the gift you gave me?" Youxia frowned, "Besides, I am not that poor, my shop can still bring me dozens of gold coins every day income."

Li Youmen stopped worrying immediately when he heard it, sat down on the couch next to him, took out a book and put it on the tea table, and said: "Since it's all right, you can start studying now, the water magic that I taught you yesterday is very good. How about it?"

You Xia felt guilty: "I'm working outside today, I haven't practiced much..."

Li Youmen was not surprised by his answer, and calmly stated the incentive conditions he had prepared long ago: "If I can learn it before going to bed tonight, I can tell you about the situation of the battle in the abyss."

You Xia froze for a moment, and asked, "Do you know the situation of the battle in the abyss?"

"You don't understand at all?" Li Youmen seemed surprised by his surprise, "You have no connection with that dragon at all?"

Youxia shook his head. He really wanted to contact Rice, and he tried to call Rice by April's bronze mirror, but the Eastern Continent was too far away. Every time he tried, the bronze mirror responded a little bit. nor.