Chapter 430 [Lillard Castle IV]
Belsinger has time to go home to accompany his wife and children. Who has time to chat with this old fox in this castle? He said directly.
"Twenty million US dollars, Mr. Lillard, your price is a bit high. With twenty million US dollars, I can easily buy land twice as big as your castle in Switzerland. And I can build a castle by myself, and I don’t even need to build a greenhouse garden by myself."
"I sincerely want to buy it. Do you want to sell your castle wholeheartedly? There is no point in beating around the bush. I will give you a minimum price of 8 million US dollars. What do you think?"
8 million US dollars, what can 8 million US dollars do? Although Lillard is lonely now, there are many family members, and they are all boastful children. What else can they do besides eating, drinking and having fun. If you don’t work hard and don’t know the difference between grains, you will just eat the inheritance of your ancestors. Although 8 million US dollars can support the Lillard family to live a stable and prosperous life, it can only last for a few years.
As the head of the Lillard family and the helmsman of all family members, he must consider the future of the family, so he plans to sell the only ancestral property. That is to say, after the Lillard Castle is sold, the money will be deposited in the bank. If the deposit exceeds 10 million US dollars, the annual interest, although very little, can maintain the normal survival of the Lillard family.
You can forget about the life of spending money lavishly in the past, but it is still possible to maintain a normal life. At least you don’t have to go out to work, right? Or use this money to invest? Investing in large companies and stocks is impossible, but as an investor of small-scale assets, waiting to invest in those small companies, these companies will grow and develop, and you will also get a lot of income.
Why didn’t Lillard Pig go begging in recent years? It’s because he, Watt Lillard, still has a high investment vision and invests in those small businesses. 80% can get good returns, which can maintain the normal operation of the entire family. If you have tens of millions of dollars in assets, you are still a relatively large funder among small business investors.
You can work hard, as for those boastful children in the family, they get a few thousand dollars a month, you can play as you like, as long as you don't starve to death. So 8 million US dollars is too little and far from his expectations. It is the only ancestral property. If he doesn't sell it for more money, he will be even more sorry for his ancestors. He shook his head like a rattle.
"Mr. Bell Singer, I have to admire your negotiation skills, but 8 million US dollars is too little. You are right. With 20 million US dollars, you can build a small castle of your own anywhere in Switzerland."
"But that takes time. Can you stay in Switzerland for a year or two without returning to your country? No. Now there is a ready-made one, why not? You only need to give me 18 million Lillard Castle, and I will transfer it to you, Mr. Singer, within 24 hours."
18 million, it seems that the price has dropped to 2 million US dollars after a few words, but this is not enough. Bell said with a smile and a shake of his head. "You are right, but you may not know! I have a marquis manor in the UK, which covers an area that is not comparable to your Lillard Castle."
"I bought your Lillard Castle in Switzerland because I wanted to have a place to stay during the ski season. Living in the presidential suite of the hotel is also quite comfortable. It is more convenient, isn't it?"
The two sides began to negotiate with sharp words, talking about this and that, just to maximize their own interests, Belsinger lowered the price to the death. Lillard raised the price desperately, and the two sides raised and lowered the price by $500,000 each time. More than an hour passed, and the two sides had negotiated the price to $15 million.
But this $15 million is still high, and it is also a lot of false high. Seeing that the two sides were hesitating and only haggling over a few hundred thousand dollars. This makes Belsinger's investment and income of hundreds of millions of dollars pale in comparison.
There was no point in talking further, it was a waste of time. Bersinger finally made the decision, 13 million US dollars, you have to handle all the procedures for the transfer of Lillard Castle within 24 hours. If you think the price is not suitable, then we will part ways, you can sell it to whoever you want, I won't buy it.
In Walter Lillard's mind, 13 million US dollars is a relatively reasonable price. His bottom price in his mind is 10 million US dollars. Isn't he happy with an extra 3 million? Seeing that Belle's character is impatient, Bersinger patted his butt and left, where can you make an extra 3 million US dollars.
So Walter Lillard could only smile and shake hands with Bersinger, and negotiated the 13 million US dollars castle purchase contract. And Walter Lillard abided by the previous agreement and transferred the ownership within 24 hours. If ordinary people were buying real estate, it would be impossible to transfer the ownership within 24 hours, but the Lillard family has been developing in Switzerland for 300 years.
Now they are destitute, but their former in-laws and friends are still there, and the power of this desolate noble family in Switzerland should not be underestimated. Of course, Switzerland is a country with high welfare, but it is also a country with high taxes. The tax on real estate transactions is as high as 10%, which means that for a purchase of $13 million, you have to pay $1.3 million in taxes before you can transfer the property.
Bellsinger didn't lack the $1.3 million. In order to transfer the ownership earlier, Bellsinger would rather pay the $1.3 million tax himself, which made Lillard very happy. He saved $1.3 million and could invest it in small businesses. No matter how small the mosquito leg is, it is still meat. Let alone $1.3 million, even $130,000 would make him feel very distressed.
Why did Bellsinger spend an extra $1.3 million in taxes? Is it because he has too much money and has nowhere to spend it? No, Bell has conditions. That is to let the Lillard family help him purchase a batch of kitchen and bathroom supplies, electrical appliances, and daily necessities for Lillard Castle according to his purchase order, plus 24-hour transfer.
These conditions are simply a piece of cake for the Swiss native Lillard family, and they all agreed to the additional conditions proposed by Bell. Then the two parties signed the house purchase contract on the contract that had been prepared long ago, wrote down the amount, time, and so on, and then signed and stamped their own family's unique seal.
Then Belsinger paid half of the purchase price, not 10 million US dollars, when the Lillard family completed all the things that Bell had asked within three days. The remaining 5 million US dollars would be paid. Of course, the price of the kitchen and bathroom supplies and electrical appliances would definitely not be higher than 700,000 US dollars. There was a lot of trickery involved, but Belsinger didn't care about this little money.
No mistake, one song, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, take a look!
What Belsinger cared about was trouble. He spent this little money to give the Lillard family to handle these trivial matters that could drive people crazy. How much trouble was saved? After signing the contract. After getting the cash check of 10 million US dollars, Walter Lillard quickly sent Belsinger back to the hotel, and then the whole family mobilized to complete the things that Belsinger had asked.