Chapter 1375: Malicious Questions

Finally, he entered the house.

After entering, Shi Lei did not accept Jackman and his lawyer Lawrence's suggestion to sit down and talk, but put his hands behind his back and walked freely upstairs and downstairs as if he was visiting a celebrity's former residence that had long been uninhabited and developed into a tourist attraction.

When he came down from upstairs, Shi Lei said in a tone without sincerity: "Oh, sorry, I want to buy a house after all, so I walked around by myself first. I guess Mr. Freese won't mind."

Jackman looked at Shi Lei and thought to himself, is it useful for me to mind? Now people are poor and their ambitions are short, and horses are thin and their hair is long. Well, whatever.

Lawrence knew that Jackman couldn't say it, so he answered for him with a smile: "Mr. Shi is right. You are here to buy a house. The first and most important thing is to take a good look at the house. Now that Mr. Shi has seen it, I wonder if he is satisfied with this house?"

Shi Lei did not comment, walked to the sofa and sat down, then picked up the whiskey that had been poured on the table and gestured: "Is this for me?"

Lawrence nodded hurriedly, Shi Lei took a sip, frowned slightly, and seemed very dissatisfied with this whiskey.

"Da Mo is about fifteen years old, a brand with a false reputation." Shi Lei put down the glass of wine, as if commenting casually.

This seemingly careless remark surprised Jackman and Lawrence slightly. After all, it is not difficult to taste what brand it is just by taking a small sip. The difficult thing is to accurately tell the storage age of this wine, which requires an extremely accurate understanding of whiskey and the brand of Da Mo itself.

In Jackman's mind, he actually regarded Shi Lei as a nouveau riche like the Silicon Valley upstarts not far from here. The birth of the Internet has made many people from being penniless to becoming rich, and Old Money like Jackman actually looks down on these so-called new rich.

When he learned that Shi Lei thought the house he originally wanted to sell was too cheap, and he happened to be short of money and needed to sell the property in his hands as soon as possible, Jackman specifically checked Shi Lei's background.

And what he could find, of course, was only the superficial things about Shi Lei.

He started a business in his last year of college and created a shared bicycle that continued to be popular. Then, by chance, he invested in Hong Kong Gene and had a considerable amount of wealth.

Jackman looked down on Shi Lei even more. In his opinion, Shi Lei's total wealth now is only 10 to 20 billion RMB, and this is only paper wealth. It is impossible for him to have too much money. But such a person came to the United States and tried to buy a mansion worth more than 100 million US dollars.

This also led to Jackman's resistance to Shi Lei from the beginning.

But now, Shi Lei's seemingly casual words made Jackman realize that his initial judgment may have been biased. The new rich in Silicon Valley may have some research on certain brands of red wine, and even this kind of research is still at the level of boasting.

There are almost no people like Shi Lei who can taste the Dalmore after one sip and accurately tell its storage years.

This requires a long-term and extremely detailed understanding of many brands, and it is definitely not something that can be achieved in one or two years.

This bottle of wine is not too expensive, and it is indeed not a good wine in the eyes of people like Jackman, or in other words, it is not a good wine for anyone with an annual income of more than $100,000.

However, the evaluation obtained by tasting and being able to afford it are definitely two different things.

Involuntarily, Jackman's attitude is not as arrogant as at the beginning.

"What's wrong with you? I said I would take the bottle of wine in my study to entertain Mr. Shi, why did you take this bottle?"

Jackman took advantage of the topic, and the maid certainly did not dare to refute it, even if this was the wine that Jackman took out himself.

The maid quickly took out the bottle of wine from Jackman's study and poured it into the wine container. There was no brand label for reference.

After changing the cup for Shi Lei, Jackman personally poured a cup for Shi Lei and said, "Mr. Shi, why not taste this wine again."

Shi Lei picked up the cup of wine, took a quick look at the color of the wine, then put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently, and finally took a sip.

The wine slowly flowed down on the tongue, and the aroma of the wine instantly spread. Shi Lei put down the glass and said with a smile: "Genting 1919, fifty years, this wine is not bad."

Jackman and Lawrence looked at each other, with a little surprise in their eyes. They finally accepted it. Shi Lei was not the IT upstart they imagined, but a person with a strong background that they had not investigated.

"Mr. Shi, what do you think of my house?" Jackman completely gave up his arrogance, and seemed to finally understand where Shi Lei's arrogance came from.

Shi Lei smiled and said, "Overall, it's pretty good, but I always feel a little strange about the way you Americans build houses. Why does every room have a bathroom? It doesn't feel like living in a home, but rather like living in a hotel."

Jackman and Lawrence looked at each other. To be honest, they didn't quite understand Shi Lei's feelings.

Tom, on the other hand, had dealt with Chinese people a lot over the years, so he still understood some of their needs for housing.

Tom said quickly: "Mr. Shi, this is actually the reason for the difference in culture and lifestyle between the two countries. China implemented a family planning policy in the last century, which made the younger generation in your country almost have no brothers and sisters, so there is no need for a large family to live together. There are more rooms, and they are used for various purposes. Except for two or three bedrooms, the others are functional rooms. It is different in the United States. In the United States, the number of people in a family is often linked to economic conditions, so a large house means that there will be more family members. This requires that most rooms are treated as bedrooms, so they will have toilets. Moreover, we Americans regard inviting friends to our homes as a way of hospitality with the highest treatment. When guests come and stay in the guest rooms, they can't let them share a toilet with the host. This is too inconvenient. Therefore, there are fewer functional rooms in American houses, and more bedrooms."

After listening, Shi Lei nodded and understood.

"It seems that I am being abrupt. So, no matter where I go to see a house, as long as it is built, it is almost the same?"

Tom nodded and said, "Generally speaking, houses in the United States that are priced over millions of dollars are equipped with several bathrooms for several rooms, and the number of bathrooms may even exceed the number of rooms."

Shi Lei spread his hands and smiled, "Then I have no problem. I am basically satisfied with this house."

Jackman took a sip of wine and said, "I wonder what Mr. Shi thinks about the price?"

Shi Lei looked at Jackman deeply and said, "Is Mr. Freese short of money recently?"

Jackman was stunned, and then felt a deep malice. Although Americans' communication style is indeed more direct, questions like this cannot always be asked so directly.

"Why does Mr. Shi say that?"

"If Mr. Freese is not short of money, how can a person with your wealth sell the house he has lived in for more than ten or twenty years? According to my observation, Mr. Freese should not plan to leave Atherton, right? This house was sold to me. I guess Mr. Freese plans to move to another smaller house?"

Jackman felt deep malice again.

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This is a very weird thing. I updated at 3 o'clock, then finished the remaining two chapters and went out to eat. Later I found that there was no update. I asked the technical staff to check and found that there was a short circuit in the background, and the chapters were updated to the best physiognomist. Oh my god, the finished book cannot be updated, not to mention that the book has been blocked. This is really the funniest joke in the world. I am adjusting now and will update all four chapters at a time.