Chapter 1365: Pretending without Pretending

Shi Lei gave the yacht company a GPS location. Although it was a bit inaccurate, the area around the castle was quite open. It was basically the only multi-story building within a one-kilometer radius.

When the people from the yacht company arrived, they were a little confused. After all, Shi Lei's name was obviously a Chinese name, his information was also Chinese, and even the yacht was going to be sent to China. They knew very well that Shi Lei must be a Chinese. It was incredible that a Chinese could own a castle in a place like London.

Although it was rare for a yacht company like theirs to have a client who could come up with 30 million euros, it was really not worth making a fuss about. After all, buying a car or a house might be for the rich, but buying a yacht was a bit aristocratic.

So the person who could buy the yacht so quickly and only through telephone communication must be a rich and powerful person.

But being rich and powerful does not mean that you can own a castle, especially in a place like London.

Britain is a notoriously old-fashioned country. Although the royal family is only a symbolic existence, it has retained the royal family and the title of nobility for so many years, which is enough to show how old-fashioned and conservative this country is.

It is not particularly rare to own an ancient castle in France. Although the castle is always a symbol of reputation, if you really have enough money, you can still buy it.

There are many other European countries that still have royal families, but Britain is almost the only one that often regards the king or queen as a spiritual symbol. The royal families of other countries are more or less just in name only.

Even in those countries, the title of nobility can be "bought" with money, but in Britain, this possibility is extremely low.

But this Mr. Shi Lei actually owns an ancient castle in the suburbs of London, which occupies a considerable area, which seems to show that his identity is very unusual.

Under such psychological influence, the representatives and lawyers of the yacht company naturally brought some awe before entering the castle.

The car arrived at the door, and the iron door slowly opened. An old butler in a tuxedo and with gray hair stood behind the door respectfully.

This is the typical British old butler, and every movement is like a part on a machine tool, tightly fitting. Although he seems respectful, he actually continues the arrogance of the British aristocracy, even if he is just a butler.

After confirming the identity of the people in the car, the old butler signaled the people from the yacht company to follow him, and the car could only be parked in the parking space near the door.

Looking at the flowers and plants in the yard, everything was taken care of in an extremely orderly manner. Although only a gardener was seen working in the yard, it did not give people a sense of loneliness.

On the contrary, a high-ranking aristocratic atmosphere was filled.

With awe, the old butler went up the steps, politely pushed the door gently, and the maid inside hurriedly opened the door, then folded her hands on her lower abdomen, lowered her head and welcomed the two guests into the castle.

"Please wait for a moment, both of you. I'll go and ask the host to come down."

The words were full of a strong London accent, and inexplicably carried a sense of vicissitudes of the 19th century.

After the old housekeeper finished speaking, he did not wait for the two to answer, and walked straight to the stairs.

The maid had already pushed the cart over, placed two gold-plated teacups in front of the two, and poured tea for them with the same teapot.

"Guests, please." After saying that, she also placed two small plates of tea on the tea table and pushed the cart out of the living room.

This etiquette is simply too pretentious. Even the French, who are not unfamiliar with royal etiquette, will feel that all this has put a lot of pressure on them, making them feel like they dare not breathe.

Sitting on the sofa, they dare not relax at all, and they dare not drink a single sip of the black tea in front of them, even though they are actually a little thirsty.

After waiting for a while, Shi Lei still hadn't appeared. The lawyer looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Who is the client this time? This is London. How did he do it?"

"Maybe he is a knight appointed by the royal family. Anyway, try to be polite later."

"Rich people should be like this. Since the wealth is inexhaustible, they still have to be a little dignified."

The two nodded together and heard footsteps on the stairs.

In fact, Shi Lei didn't care too much about these. He didn't expect that these two people would have such drastic psychological changes when they saw the castle and came in to wait for him.

Whether he bought the castle or hired a butler and servants, his purpose was very simple, just to spend money. He really didn't develop to the point where he would consciously use these methods to show off.

Everything was unconscious, purely for squandering, but his current squandering way was getting closer and closer to the lifestyle of a real aristocrat. The pure local tyrant style of spending money like water no longer had enough value for him, because that kind of spending mode could no longer support Shi Lei's consumption quota.

The butler led Shi Lei to sit down, and while pouring tea for him, he quietly introduced the names and identities of the two people to Shi Lei.

He only knew all this when he confirmed their identities at the door just now, but when he spoke about it now, it was as if he was very familiar with the two people. He repeated every word the two people said without any mistakes.

Shi Lei nodded, waved his hand, and said to the old housekeeper: "Thank you, please go down first, I will talk to these two gentlemen."

The old housekeeper nodded, bowed to Shi Lei, and then left the living room.

Shi Lei smiled and said: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. I got up early in the morning and just lay down for a while."

The two people hurriedly said in fear: "Mr. Shi is too polite. This is what we should do. You see, we are..."

Shi Lei picked up the teacup, gestured to the two people, and said: "Just sign the contract directly. We have almost talked about everything before. I think you should have prepared the contract."

The lawyer hurriedly took out the contract from his bag, put it in front of Shi Lei, and diligently helped him turn to the first page of the contract.

After Shi Lei drank a sip of tea, the lawyer began to introduce the details of the contract to him, saying that except for some detailed clauses, the rest were standard contracts of their company.

"Mr. Shi, this is probably the situation. If you are not satisfied with anything, just let us know. We will do our best to cooperate with you to make changes." The representative of the yacht company looked at Shi Lei. Although both parties were sitting, they always felt that Shi Lei was sitting on top of them and they were looking up at him.

In fact, the contract modification still needs to be reported back and finally determined by the legal department. However, with this lawyer, there should be no problems from a legal perspective. The sales representative of the yacht company believes that as long as he explains Shi Lei's situation to the company, there will be no problems on the company's side.

Shi Lei smiled and said, "There is nothing to modify. Everything is fine. I just want to trouble your company to send the yacht to the Magic City as soon as possible."

"Please rest assured that after the contract takes effect today, we will deliver the yacht within fifteen days. Then there will be a debugging and maintenance process, which of course requires some cooperation from Mr. Shi's yacht terminal. Generally speaking, it will not take more than three days. After ten hours of sea trial, it can be delivered."

Shi Lei nodded with satisfaction and signed his name on the contract.

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