Chapter 840 Buy a Mansion~

There will always be many unsatisfactory things happening in this world. For example, Katie regrets that she didn't express her heart to Li Jie earlier, so she can only leave gracefully now.

For example, Peter Parker felt that he was generous for a while, and he said that he would donate most of the money to public welfare, and only keep a small part for himself.

For example, Gwen was quick to say that joining Peter Parker could afford a luxury apartment in midtown Manhattan, and she would move in and live together or something.

Especially Gwen, she felt that her mouth was so cheap. Because the day after Li Jie gave the check to Peter, the good friends went out to look at the house. And they also called Harry Osborn.

As the chairman of the Osborne Group, Harry has been busy since the new year. It's been almost a month since he got together with his two old friends.

He was also a little surprised when he heard that Peter received such a large amount of patent fees. After Li Jie explained the ins and outs of the whole money clearly, Harry began to make Peter happy.

And he also volunteered to help Peter find a house. He knew some high-quality real estate developers in Manhattan, and those guys always handed him business cards at various receptions, hoping that the young chairman Harry would consider the property under his name when buying the next luxury house.

You know, if the top rich people like Harry Osborn and Tony Stark want to buy a manor-level mansion, they will spend hundreds of millions of dollars in top consumption. For example, the Osborne Manor left by the old Norman Osborn on the outskirts of New York City. Because of the expansion of New York City, the Osborne Manor, including the house and its foundation, is now valued at more than 900 million US dollars.

And Tony's luxurious villa on the edge of Malibu Beach, although the area is far less than that of Osborne Manor. But because the location is the most spectacular scenery on the entire Malibu coastline, the estimated value of this house even the foundation has reached more than 500 million US dollars.

For these world's top rich men, it is really not a big deal to spend 100 to 200 million US dollars to purchase a top luxury house. There are several overseas properties under Harry's name, all left by the old Norman.

One on the coast of Spain, one in the Caribbean, and one in Greece. These are all used for overseas vacations, and in fact, they only live for about ten days a year at most. But the annual maintenance of these mansions (not counting Osborne Manor) costs nearly five million dollars.

This is a corner of the ordinary life of the top rich people. Just the annual house maintenance fee can make the responsible real estate company earn tens of millions of profits. So those real estate agents were even closer to a rich man like Harry than seeing his own grandfather.

Who knew that Harry was tired of living in the old-fashioned Osborne Manor that day, and wanted to have a major renovation, or just buy a new, younger manor mansion? That's a big deal worth hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars!

So when Harry let the wind go, he wanted to buy a luxury apartment in Midtown Manhattan worth around tens of millions of dollars, with a good view, a spacious area, and excellent privacy and security systems. Those real estate agents who wanted to establish a relationship with Harley almost lined up and offered all the high-quality resources they could find.

Even if the house is not for Harry Osborne, but for his friend to buy. But real estate developers are not stupid. Those who can afford tens of millions of luxury houses are also rich people. How can they neglect it? What's more important is to be able to gain a good impression in front of Harry!

For these old guys whose smiles are brighter than chrysanthemums, Li Jie can only sigh: You can do whatever you want with money.

For example, the apartment the three of them are looking at together is located in Lower Manhattan near Midtown. It is a forty-eight-story building. The apartment is located on the top floor of the building, with an area of ​​about 350 square meters. There are seven rooms, three spacious bathrooms, a dining room and a large living room that can accommodate twenty people at the same time.

Because it is on the top floor, there is also a huge sun terrace outside (it is the ceiling position downstairs, because of the architectural form, the area on the top floor is smaller than that of the downstairs, so there is more).

The sun terrace outside also has a total of nearly 300 square meters, and has been planted with some green leaves to form a sky garden. This garden just surrounds the apartment, and the shade of trees adds some privacy and security. But it will not be too dense to block the view of the people inside and the lighting of the house itself.

At the same time, a small swimming pool was set up in the spacious part of the garden of the apartment. It is said to be small, but it is also 3.5 by 7 meters in size. In this kind of high-rise building, it is a luxury to have a sky pool of this size.

"The ground materials are all top-grade quartzite and marble, and all the wall coatings are fire-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials. And the apartment at this height has an extremely good view. Although it is not in the center of Midtown, you But you can see the panorama of Manhattan!" A nearly fifty-year-old real estate businessman strongly recommended this house.

He has thick hair that doesn't match his age at all, and it's even a bit too thick to say that it can be thick. It looked like a bird's nest that hadn't been properly taken care of. Li Jie suspects that he is also a user of Shuguang Hair Tonic.

Mr. Bird's Nest is the owner of a medium-sized real estate company. Although his net worth cannot be compared with that of Harry Osborn, he still has a fortune of one billion dollars.

Originally, there was no need for Mr. Bird's Nest to sell this luxury apartment in person, but considering that the other party had Harry Osborn, Mr. Bird's Nest had to cancel an impromptu meeting that was planned to be held today. He wants to personally show his presence in front of the young world's richest man.

This apartment has already done a full set of hard decoration, it is very luxurious and fashionable, and it is not just for rich bumpkins. The decoration style is more youthful and design-oriented, as long as the furniture and electrical appliances are arranged, it is completely ready to move in. In fact, the corresponding furniture and electrical appliances have been equipped in this house, but this needs to be purchased at an additional cost. If you don't like it, you can let Mr. Bird's Nest take it away, and then choose your favorite furniture and appliances.

"In fact, apart from furniture and electrical appliances, if you don't like the decoration style, you can also redecorate. Homing Real Estate Company can help Mr. Harry handle everything. (Mr. Bird's Nest's company name)" Mr. Bird's Nest said enthusiastically .

Looking at the apartment, Li Jie couldn't help admiring: "Wow~ it's so beautiful." He admired the full-size glass exterior wall in the living room of the apartment. The scenery here looks so beautiful.

Peter carefully stepped on the luxurious-looking quartz stone floor tiles. He still can't believe that this is the house he wants to buy?

wait, really? so luxurious? Parker is used to the two-story wooden bungalow where he lived with Uncle Ben and Aunt May for more than ten years. Everything here exceeded his expectations.

"Am I really going to buy a house here?" Peter asked in disbelief as he stood outside the forty-eight-story landscape balcony looking at the New York City outside.

"Why not?" Harry didn't quite understand why Peter was upset.

"I mean, I mean, I have a feeling of unreality. It seems that everything is fake. I was living in my uncle's small wooden house yesterday, but today I entered a luxurious castle?" Peter gestured with his hands for a long time He didn't make any gestures to express what he wanted to express.

Li Jie came over and patted Peter on the shoulder: "You are thinking too much, your little money may not be able to buy this apartment."

"A little money? Even if I don't take the follow-up money, I already have 15 million dollars in my bank account today! Is this a little money?" Peter looked at Li Jie in disbelief. Peter is almost astronomical.

Li Jie asked Mr. Nest not far away: "Sir, what is the selling price of this room?"

"Fourteen million excluding property tax and purchase tax!" Peter's offer almost made him lose his footing.

Harry looked back at Mr. Bird's Nest and said, "When I asked about the price, I said that the total price should be within 15 million after all the housing procedures are completed."

Mr. Nest smiled: "Of course, what I just said was just an external quotation. The price of Mr. Osborne's friends is naturally different. I will complete all the procedures within the price of 13.5 million .And all the furniture and electrical appliances can be given away.”

At this price, there is almost no money for Mr. Bird's Nest, and it is purely a waste of money. But is it worth using a profit of one or two million dollars to win Harry's favor? At least Mr. Nest thinks it's worth it.

"I still think it's too illusory. Do I live in such an expensive house now? Why should I live here?" Peter inexplicably felt a little uneasy.

Li Jie thought it was a little funny and asked back: "Why can't you live here? This is because you created wealth with your own wisdom, so you just enjoy the life you can enjoy."

"I'm just, I'm just." Peter started a few times but didn't know how to express it later.

"You just feel that life is changing too fast, or the trajectory of life has changed too much, which makes you a little uneasy. It's like a cat changing a new litter, is it insecure? You want to say, if you live in this house, you Are you no longer Spider-Man?" Li Jie said the word "Spider-Man" in a low voice.

Peter looked at Li Jie and Harry and nodded silently. Harry shook his head and said to Mr. Nest not far away: "Can you give us some private space? If it is decided, I will contact you directly."

Of course, Mr. Bird's Nest could do anything to Harry's words. It is really rare for a real estate agent to leave his property directly, leaving customers to view the house at will.

After waiting for Mr. Bird Nest to leave, Harry said to Harry: "Are you stupid? What does being rich have to do with being Spider-Man? Tony and I are richer than you, we don't Doing the same thing as you."

Peter scratched his head, as if it made sense. But what is different? He couldn't tell.

"Don't you think that a hero should live in poverty, right?" Li Jie said right away what Peter was thinking: "It's just like what happened in many stories. Heroes who uphold justice and protect everyone are always good people. Either divorced or impoverished because of his heroism. You don't think so, do you?"

Peter nodded a little embarrassedly, he really thought so. He felt that if he lived in such a big house, then he would be out of Spider-Man's down-to-earth, New York City feeling of being a good neighbor.

Li Jie shook his head at Peter: "Stop making trouble. This kind of thinking is so stupid. Do you still remember why I founded Marvel Comics? It's not just for making money. We use real heroes to publish comics to make money. Take money and give some of it back to these heroes. Let their heroic behavior no longer just give without giving back."

"I once said that most tragedies in this world stem from indifference, and indifference stems from giving without reward. People who do good deeds should live better than ordinary people. This is the normal phenomenon in this world." Li Jie said seriously to Peter.

"The media always likes to report that the poor help the poor, and the weak help the weak. Although this is very eye-catching, and can sublimate human nature, enhance the sense of morality and nobility. But what we must say is that mutual aid between the poor and the weak is naturally very important. Okay, but we need to call on more rich and strong to help the poor and weak instead of just watching them help each other."

"And those people with high morals don't simply lament their morals and let them continue to be poor. If they can, they can be rich. Spider-Man won't stop doing good deeds just because he is rich? Spider-Man Spider-Man will always be Spider-Man, and it won't change because of having money or not, right?" What Li Jie said made Peter figure it out.

Yes, if you are rich, you are still Spider-Man, as long as your nature remains the same! Peter looked at this luxurious apartment, he only had two problems to solve now.

The first is how to explain to Uncle Ben and Aunt Mei that they bought a luxury house and that their nephew, whom they had raised for more than ten years, suddenly became a multi-millionaire.

The second is how to persuade Gwen to move into the 'new home' where she will live in the future.

Gwen, who was discussing the new spring fashion with Lan in Li Jie's villa, suddenly shuddered. Lan thought she was cold: "Do I need to add a shawl for you?"

Gwen shook her head: "No, it wasn't cold just now, but a feeling of being energized. It's only since the last incident in London that I feel like this every time Peter thinks about me."

Lan knew that Peter had no secrets in front of Gwen, so she asked gossip, "What's he thinking this time?"

Gwen showed a bitter expression: "The trouble is that this time my spider sensor is calling the police, but I don't know what he is thinking. He seems to have learned [Occlumency] by accident."

Gwen's inner OS: Is this a cocoon?