Chapter 7 7. Sunset Town
After breakfast the next day, after the court went to work, Charlie took Wang Bo to receive the inheritance.
The process was very simple. The court prepared a lawyer for Wang Bo. He was a blond and blue-eyed Germanic gentleman in his forties. He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with a solemn face, and his blond hair was well-groomed. temperament.
"Hello, Mr. Wang, my name is Carre von Müller, and I work for Skadden Law Firm. I will assist you in signing the inheritance. The fee is 850 yuan per hour, paid by the New Zealand government. Do you have any objections?" ?” The Germanic gentleman stretched out his hand friendly after seeing Wang Bo.
Wang Bo shook his head, he didn't need to pay, so what objection did he have?
He thought that receiving the inheritance would be a very cumbersome matter, but in fact, everything was very simple for him. Attorney Muller helped him verify the legality of the will and various inheritances, and then there was no problem. First, the lawyer signed it, and he signed the rest. Can.
Charlie told him that if there is any problem with the legality of these property certificates in the future, Muller will be held accountable first, so regardless of the high income of foreign lawyers, their responsibility is also very heavy.
Sir Roberts left little legacy, mainly the land certificate and the castle real estate certificate. After Wang Bo signed it, the judge who presided over the delivery of the estate signed it on behalf of the country. The land of 1,000 square kilometers and the majestic castle are just It belongs to him.
It took less than half an hour to hand over the inheritance, and the next step was to handle the matter of establishing a town in the territory, which was rather troublesome.
First of all, he wants to change his nationality. This Charlie is in charge, and it will not be his business after his information is taken away.
Then, he has to submit an application for building a town, which will be discussed and approved by the Otago Regional Council and the New Zealand Parliament, to which Never Settles, and will only be approved when they both think it is necessary to build a town there.
If you want to build a town, you must have a town name. Charlie asked him to think of one, and Wang Bo's bad taste came, and he said, "How about calling it Dawang Town? Or Xiaowang Town? Wangjia Town?"
Charlie said to him: "No, Wang, you'd better be careful. A small town in New Zealand must rely on agriculture or tourism to generate income. If you still want to develop tourism in the town to make money, you'd better start an elegant and dreamy place." names like Queenstown, Arrowtown, Emeraldtown, etc."
This gave Wang Bo a headache. He thought about it for a while but still couldn't think of a suitable one. Muller, who was helping him as a staff officer, reminded: "It's not so complicated, young man. When you think about your territory, which point moves you the most? That's how you got your name."
Wang Bo closed his eyes and recalled for a while, his first impression of the territory was that beautiful and gentle evening, the sun was setting in the west, the sky was full of red clouds, the sky was blowing with a breeze, and the green grass on the ground was swaying...
"Sunset Town! How's it going?" He looked at Charlie and said, this name just corresponds to the collar that never sets in the sun.
Charlie applauded and laughed: "This name is really good, Sunset Town, there is no such town name in New Zealand, it should be usable."
After giving the town a name, the remaining matters have little to do with Wang Bo. It is mainly Muller and Charlie who help to deal with it. He only needs to sign.
The rest is the approval. The materials have to be sent to Wellington and then sent back. This cannot be resolved in a day or two.
What Charlie meant was that they stayed in Omarama and waited. After Wang Bo got a bunch of keys, he couldn't wait to see his castle and insisted on going back to live in the castle.
There was no other way, Charlie had no choice but to agree, and the two bought some daily necessities such as food, bedding, toothbrush, toothpaste and facial cleanser in the small town, and then flew back to Sunbuluoling by helicopter—or, in other words, Sunset Town!
This time the return trip is still in the afternoon, but Pharaoh is not in the mood to look at the scenery outside, he is feeling sorry for the money he spent today.
Charlie said that the money for buying daily necessities cannot be reimbursed, and he can only pay for it himself. The price of biological materials in New Zealand is not high, but what he spends here are New Zealand coins, which is more than four points for a pair of RMB! For example, he bought a set of quilts for 440 New Zealand dollars. It doesn't look expensive, but it can be converted into RMB, which is 2,200 yuan!
Wang Bo calculated that this time he bought more than 5,000 yuan for daily necessities, and he only brought 20,000 yuan when he went abroad this time.
The helicopter landed near the old castle, the pilot and Charlie flew away after talking, leaving the two at the foot of the mountain.
The castle was on the mountainside, at least 400 meters above the ground, and the two started climbing with their bags on their backs and dragging boxes.
On the way, Charlie told Wang Bo that the castle was built in 1860, and it has been a century and a half. It is the oldest castle in New Zealand and one of the oldest buildings in New Zealand.
In reality, Wang Bo has never seen the ancient castle with his own eyes. He is very interested in this kind of architecture, especially since the castle still belongs to him, so he is more interested. When climbing the mountain, he unconsciously speeds up, and Charlie can't keep up with him. , panting behind.
Wang Bo was a little anxious and said, "Charlie, hurry up."
Charlie was about to cry: "Wang, my good friend, not everyone's physical fitness is as good as yours. To be honest, I read the information before, and it said that you are a programmer, but I don't think that is correct. You must be a programmer." Rugby players, and aces, right?"
No wonder Charlie thought so. The mountain road is actually quite rugged and lacks tidying up. The road is covered with weeds and shrubs. Walking on it is not much different from climbing a mountain. But the heart of the lord provided him with a steady stream of motivation, and subtly improved the function of his organs and strengthened his muscle tissue. Mountain climbing was no problem for him.
The Southern Alps is the highest mountain range in New Zealand, running through the central and western parts of the South Island. The highest Mount Cook is 3,764 meters above sea level, with a total length of 320 kilometers. It is northeast-southwest. in the territory. It just so happened that the castle was built on the mountainside of the starting peak of this mountain range, with an altitude of more than 400 meters.
Climbing up to a height of 400 meters, Charlie seemed to have lost half his life. When he finally arrived in front of the castle, he sat on the wild grass regardless of his demeanor and panted heavily.
Wang Bo was also panting heavily, but he did it to prevent Charlie from seeing anything strange. In fact, he felt that he still had physical strength!
Standing in front of the castle, Wang Bo looked up at the castle that belonged to him. From a distance, the castle built of stones was majestic and majestic. When he looked closer, he found that the castle was very old and dilapidated, full of A feeling of desolation and dilapidation.
The city wall made of boulders is more than ten to twenty meters high, with weeds growing in the crevices of the stones, and vines such as vines and creepers climbing on the walls. There are many holes, like age spots on the skin.
Seeing that Wang Bo was interested in the castle, Charlie, who was resting, introduced him: "How about it, buddy, are you shocked? I have read the architectural information of the castle. It is said that the Roberts family built this For the castle, 500 tons of cement, 2,000 cubic meters of lime, and 150,000 bricks were used. As for the stones used, there are no statistics because they are made from local materials!”
"If you know how backward the technology was at that time, then you can understand how difficult it is to build it. This is on the mountainside! At that time, all kinds of materials had to be transported up by steam cranes, and then a car body could be used to tilt up. And the vehicles that dump their loads are transferred to various intermediate stations, and finally sent to their current positions with precisely calculated pulley blocks. How about it, isn’t it amazing?”
After hearing Charlie's introduction, Wang Bo was really shocked. He asked, "How much did it cost to build this castle? At that time, New Zealand lacked manpower, right? How did the Roberts family hire manpower?"
Charlie said: "At that time, the Roberts family had just fled England and came here. The family strength was still very strong, but it was almost all that was spent to build this castle."
"To be honest, they miscalculated. They thought that New Zealand would be the second continent of Europa, where nobles could fight to seize territory. The Roberts family painstakingly built this castle on the mountainside, just wanting to use this castle as a stronghold Rule the South Island, but now it seems that this idea is really stupid!" Charlie laughed sarcastically.