Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Spending Money Day 58
In the past week, Liu Yue spent 340,000 yuan on the task and received a cashback of 247,000 yuan.
Although she spends most of her time practicing driving and building Lego, she has not forgotten her plan to spend a lot of money.
Decoration is a very good choice. As long as she is willing, she can spend as much money as she wants.
The renovation plan for the new house is not complicated. It mainly involves splitting the museum on the third floor and adding an extra layer of partition to the safe house to leave an escape route.
As for the safe... Liu Yue dismantled some of the ones left by You Jingchuan and added some new ones.
After considering it, Liu Yue decided to tear down the go-kart track.
While she finds go-karting fun, she's not into it enough to play it every day at home. Besides, playing on the same track a few times gets boring; she can go out and try a new track.
The space originally had a high ceiling, and Liu Yue had no plans to change it. Sang Yu had previously approached several companies with design proposals, but Liu Yue didn't like anything too conventional. That was until she saw one with a slide and a ball pool, which she absolutely loved.
Going down the slide was truly dreamy, and the ocean ball pool was so comfortable that I didn't want to get up. If it weren't for the fact that this kind of amusement facility was mainly aimed at children, Liu Yue really wanted to lie in the ocean ball pool of the park all day.
Now, her wish can come true at home! Plus, the ball pool at home is just for her and the cat to play in, and it's cleaned regularly, so it's sure to be spotless!
The renovation of a luxury house is very expensive, and even if it is just a partial modification, the price is not cheap.
The basic quotation for the above changes is five million - after all, Liu Yue's house is worth ten billion, and the decoration company will not use cheap materials for her. In order to maintain the consistency of the overall style, they must choose expensive ones.
If you want better, you need to upgrade the materials and extend the construction time.
Liu Yue knew nothing about decoration, but fortunately Sang Yu did a lot of homework, and Zhang Cheng also contacted He Xi's secretary and specially hired a reliable consultant.
In the end, the decoration company offered Liu Yue an all-inclusive package of 10 million yuan.
In fact, there are many talented people in her team, and it is not impossible for her to produce the materials herself, but Liu Yue thought that it would be better not to waste their time on such a small matter. If there is a premium for the all-inclusive package, then so be it. It is fine as long as it is simple and convenient.
Moreover, the all-inclusive contract makes it easy for her to lock in the balance payment.
Liu Yue paid a 30% deposit and agreed with the decoration company to pay another 30% after the mid-term acceptance, 30% after the decoration was completed, and finally keep a balance of 10% as a quality assurance for the project.
This is a relatively ideal decoration contract and payment method. In fact, many decoration companies are not willing to keep the balance at all. They will not start work until the main materials are in place and 60% is paid.
Liu Yue was able to negotiate such a ratio thanks to the eloquence of Sang Yu and Ren Zhen, as well as her reputation in the city for "paying on time and never delaying."
Liu Yue was very surprised. She just executed the contract on time and did what was agreed to be done. Could this be an advantage?
Sang Yu: "Of course, being wealthy and powerful doesn't necessarily equate to being honest and trustworthy."
Some people even built their fortunes by using the antonym of the latter.
The renovation of the new house will take two months, and Liu Yue still has a balance of seven million left.
—It didn't seem as expensive as she'd imagined, did it? But come to think of it, You Jingchuan had already paid for the heaviest portion of the renovations, so what she was doing was just minor repairs.
Liu Yue patted Lucas's head and said, "In two months, Mommy will take you to live in a bigger house."
"I looked at the design and the cat house I made for you is amazing! It's all made of pegboard. From now on, Mommy will give you a new parkour path every month, okay?"
Lucas shook his head, not understanding what the person was mumbling.
It rested in Liu Yue's arms and took a peaceful nap.
Liu Yue sat on the sofa and gently stroked Lucas's back.
She asked Sang Yu, "Do I have any plans this week?"
Wow, when she said this, Liu Yue felt like a busy person. In fact, she was just an idle person who ate, drank, played and played with cats every day.
But Sang Yu replied seriously: "Today is Monday, you should rest at home and recharge your energy."
"Tomorrow is Tuesday. Agent Xiao Li has arranged for you to look at a small apartment in Building 6 of Shenzhen Bay Sky City. The day after tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday, Ren Zhen has an appointment with the salesperson to take you to see shops in surrounding cities and new developments that are about to go on sale."
Liu Yue nodded. The small apartment was the employee dormitory she planned to give to Sang Yu, and it could be included in the big money spending plan; the shops and real estate were her fixed asset investments, and her savings would be used here, which had nothing to do with the task amount.
The main reason why I chose surrounding cities instead of Shenzhen is because Shenzhen's housing prices are high. For the same price, you can buy one house in Shenzhen, but you can buy several houses next door.
Even though Sang Yu had helped her calculate, based on the ratio of house payment to rent, and taking into account the future appreciation potential, investing in other cities might not be so cost-effective, but what Liu Yue cared about was not how much money she could collect each month, but how many keys she could have to collect rent.
Compared with two or three keys and a large circle of keys, the latter definitely looks more like a landlady!
...Well, what rich people pursue is not the small profits, but the sense of ritual.
Sang Yu continued, "I've made an appointment for you with Dr. Barbara Sturm's team on Friday. They'll fly someone over from Germany to do a skin test and customize your skincare products."
Well, that's no problem.
Liu Yue recalled the magic water she bought on the first day she bound the system. In order to save time, she bought more than a dozen bottles at once.
If she used it normally, she wouldn't be able to use it up until now. However, as she received more and more cashbacks and her financial strength increased significantly in the eyes of others, she had already given the extra magic water to Sang Yu and the nanny.
In the past, she wondered why people wouldn't buy the magic water that cost a few thousand yuan. Now that Liu Yue knows that the customized skin care products are priced at hundreds of thousands of yuan per bottle, she just thinks it is a bargain.
Even if she used it every day and used the face cream as body lotion, she would only spend a few million a month at most, which would not help her plan to spend a lot of money.
No, why does she always think about spending a lot of money?
Liu Yue came to her senses and felt that something was not right with her recently.
Perhaps it was because she had spent the 100 million yuan so hastily not long ago that she was always thinking about it. In fact, her probability of winning the 100 million yuan was probably not as high as she thought.
She is always thinking about how to spend 100 million yuan. If she has thought it through but still can't get the money, it will be bad for her mental health.
If she was in a hurry to spend money that day, she would only be anxious for 24 hours at most; but according to her current situation, she might have to worry for a long time because she is not sure whether the 100 million yuan loan will come.
A warning light went off in Liu Yue's heart: the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. She reminded herself that random events were uncontrollable and she shouldn't let the wheel of fortune throw her off.
"Let's just go with the flow." Liu Yue said as she stroked Lucas's fur.
Sang Yu: "What?"
Liu Yue spoke too softly just now and she didn't hear it.
"It's okay, I was just mumbling to myself."
Liu Yue decided to keep the plan of spending the deposit first and leaving 100-200 million for the balance, but this plan changed from being implemented immediately to being taken as it comes.
If she likes something, she will spend money on it. Even if it is her own money, she will spend it happily. If she doesn't like it, forget it.
Unless you are in a hurry on the same day, there is no need to spend money in advance just for the sake of spending money, as you will have to pay an extra deposit.
If she didn't win 100 million in the end, wouldn't she be upset? Purely torturing herself.
Liu Yueshun understood this logic and felt much more relaxed.
"Are you free this weekend?" she said. "Lucas has a good friend who lives in Alaska. The dog owner was out of town a while ago, and I finally got in touch with him yesterday."
"I made an appointment with him to take Lucas to play in the yard of his villa on the weekend."
There are several villa areas near Shenwan Tiancheng. Liu Yue also lived in a villa when she was a child, so she doesn’t have any special yearning for this type of house.
It may not make much difference for cats, but villas are indeed more suitable for dogs. The main reason is that there is a yard, which makes it convenient for dogs to interact.
Sang Yu: "I don't have any plans for the weekend yet... Xie Zhengyang's team contacted me and hopes to meet with you and apologize to you in person."
When she said that, Liu Yue was a little confused.
"It's been so long since this happened, why did he think of apologizing to me now?" Liu Yue curled her lips. "It can't be that he woke up in the middle of the night and had a change of heart."
Of course not. Liu Yue usually doesn’t pay much attention to things in the entertainment industry, so Sang Yu told her about Bulgari.
After listening to this, Liu Yue sighed a few times.
"No." She said without hesitation, "If I see him, I will be in a bad mood."
There's no need to give so many reasons or argue about any logic. If she doesn't want to see me, then don't see me.
Sang Yu nodded, indicating that he understood.
Xie Zhengyang's company is not in Shenzhen. In order to find Liu Yue, his team asked many people for help and put in a lot of effort.
If Liu Yue wants to see him, Sang Yu would certainly be willing to do her a favor, but if she doesn't want to, then there's nothing to say.
After she rejected the other party, he said all kinds of nice things, but Sang Yu didn't even look at them.
They also wanted her to help persuade Liu Yue, how could that be possible? Of course, she knew what was important.
The agent was really going crazy. Most companies take a higher commission from business deals. If Xie Zhengyang couldn't get a good endorsement in the future, it would be like cutting off his source of income.
Xie Zhengyang has not been feeling well these days. If anyone else were to be mocked by their rivals online, they would not be able to maintain a cheerful and optimistic attitude.
He had been rehearsing how to apologize to Liu Yue. The angle of his bow in front of the mirror was meticulous, and the smile on his face was extremely humble. There was no trace of the cold expression he had when fans picked him up at the airport.
But he never expected that his carefully practiced apology was useless because he didn't see Liu Yue at all.
In desperation, he could only record an apology video and handwrite an apology letter - he wrote it twice. The first time there were too many typos, and the agent who checked it scolded him.
Liu Yue didn't read it because Sang Yu never mentioned it in front of her.
If Liu Yue had to relay every message to everyone who wanted to connect with her, then she wouldn't have a role as an assistant. Filtering out meaningless information was her job.
This matter doesn't need to have a result. Does Liu Yue care about this?
She doesn't care, she only cares about the newly bought house and shop.
Xiao Li took her to see the apartment in Building 6. It was a 170-square-meter house with a suite and a study. It was the entry-level product of Shenwan Tiancheng and also the smallest unit.
Although the property rights of the house belonged to her, because this was a staff dormitory for Sang Yu, Liu Yue still took her to look at the house and listen to her opinion.
This apartment faces south and has a dining room and living room of 60 square meters. The view from the floor-to-ceiling windows is particularly good.
Sang Yu was very satisfied, and seeing that she liked it, Liu Yue also felt satisfied.
It was really nice to be able to buy a house in the same building, so that Sang Yu could easily commute to work. Although she lived alone, Ren Zhen and Zhang Cheng also lived in the building. If something really happened, she wouldn't be the one to be afraid.
As for the price of the house, the agency quoted 28 million yuan, and both parties were responsible for the stamp duty and 1% agency service fee.
Liu Yue only won 10,000 yuan today, so she was not in a hurry to make a deal on the spot. She could let Sang Yu and the other party slowly negotiate the price until they reached a suitable one.
Negotiation was not something Liu Yue needed to worry about. She sat leisurely on the sofa playing with her mobile phone.
Sheng Zhou sent an invitation to UNO, which of course meant entering the room. She had been obsessed with UNO this month and had already bought all the theme cards in the game.
Liu Yue's hobby has also developed into physical playing cards. She buys official stocks if they are available. If the official inventory is insufficient or the cards are out of print, she will use her financial resources on second-hand platforms.
During the journey, she met a liar. Liu Yue was very angry. The more she took a step back, the angrier she became.
She went straight to the police and hired a lawyer to sue the other party. Of course, the litigation process is very long and may take a long time. The scammers thought that people would not waste time and energy for something worth a few hundred dollars. After all, the cost of hiring a lawyer is much more expensive than this deck of cards.
But who is Liu Yue? She doesn't care about money at all, she just wants to vent her anger.
How dare he lie to her? How audacious!
Now that the microphone was connected, Liu Yue also told Sheng Zhou about this matter.
Sheng Zhou asked her what the result was - of course, the result was that when Liu Yue sued the platform and demanded the scammer's personal information, the scammer gave in and returned the money to her.
Sheng Zhou was very emotional, thinking that it would be great to live like Liu Yue.
She does whatever she wants every day and fights back against anyone who upsets her. Shengzhou also encountered scammers on second-hand platforms. He was also very angry at the time, but after thinking it over, he decided not to speak out.
After all, he is a public figure, and his every word and action is subject to public scrutiny, with any detail potentially being magnified and scrutinized. In such an online environment, it is better to keep things to yourself than to make them worse.
After hearing what he said, Liu Yue felt even more fortunate that she had not participated in the dating variety show.
Even if she participated, she might not be as famous as Shengzhou...but whenever she thought about the feeling of being judged anytime and anywhere, she found it quite creepy.
She was curious and asked Shengzhou if he would appear on a dating variety show.
Sheng Zhou: "Are you talking about the observation room? I was invited, but I don't think it's interesting to watch other people fall in love."
"No, you're attending as a guest."
Liu Yue said as she played cards, "For example, pairing up with a popular young actress or something."
Sheng Zhou was choked. His first reaction was to ask Liu Yue to read less online novels, but when he thought about the fact that this was Liu Yue, he changed his words to be more tactful.
Liu Yue became even more curious: "So you celebrities really don't date, so all your couples are fake?"
She cited several examples of popular couples. These couples were so popular that even she, who was not a fan, knew about them. Sheng Zhou told her these half-truths.
There were a few couples who were fake from the beginning to the end, with only natural industrial saccharin added; but there were also a few couples who really had feelings for each other during filming, but broke up after the filming was completed.
When the show is ready to air, if both parties are single, there is a possibility of rekindling their old love. If they are not single, the interaction is very intimate...
Sheng Zhou left this blank, Liu Yue smelled the scent of melon and urged him to speak quickly.
Sure enough, she knew it. How could celebrities not fall in love? It's normal for them to fall in love on set. Spending time together every day means there's a high probability of attraction. The only question is whether fans will find out.
Sheng Zhou even turned off all ways to join the room, making sure that they were the only two people there before continuing to talk to Liu Yue.
Liu Yue listened to a melodramatic drama in the entertainment industry and sighed while listening, saying that art clearly comes from life.
Honestly, if the script is written like this, there will be no shortage of viewers who like it, but nowadays TV dramas all have a boring and cheap feeling of being produced on an assembly line.
There are many things involved here, and Sheng Zhou didn't discuss it in detail with Liu Yue.
He said to Liu Yue, "I will be wrapping up filming at the beginning of next month. When will Your Highness come to visit the set?"
Liu Yue really wanted to kick him, but unfortunately she couldn't because of the network cable.
Sheng Zhou smiled. You can't just flatter a rich woman and say nice things to her, or they'll get bored quickly. Occasionally, cracking a little joke can help build closer relationships.
Liu Yue: "I have to take the driving test at the end of the month. After the test, I will go to Hengdian to play with you guys. Can you arrange an extra for me? I want to experience it."
This little thing was a piece of cake for Sheng Zhou. He even asked Liu Yue if she wanted to be a special guest who could speak the lines.
"No, I don't want to show my face."
Liu Yue decisively refused, "I'll just be an immersive background board."
After that, she made another request: "What kind of drama is yours? Is there any gun battle? I saw some college students acting as extras fighting the Japanese on the Internet."
Sheng Zhou: "...Ours is a floor-length ancient costume, set in the Tang Dynasty."
Well, the Tang Dynasty didn’t even have muskets, let alone guns, and Liu Yue felt deeply regretful about this.
But she quickly cheered up and asked Sheng Zhou what role she could play.
Sheng Zhou had no idea what she was going to film on the day she came over; the crew wouldn't send out a notice so far in advance. But he still asked Liu Yue what role she wanted to play.
If it can be arranged on the same day, she will try to arrange it in his crew. If it cannot be arranged, there are so many crews in Hengdian that she can always find one that suits her ideas.
Although it may be a bit troublesome, it is all for the purpose of making the young lady happy.
Liu Yue: "Whatever, it's all right!"
Shengzhou:……
It’s over, it’s casual, having no requirements is the highest requirement.
But he would not complain in front of Liu Yue. He just told her to come whenever she wanted, and he would definitely make arrangements for her.
Liu Yue was very satisfied, and the two played cards for a while until Sheng Zhou said he was going to change clothes and prepare to move to another venue.
She didn't have the mood to play a few more games for the time being, so she just started watching short videos.
The push of big data is really pervasive. The first one is a clip of Shengzhou’s performance in a certain drama.
Actually, he acted well, but when Liu Yue saw him now, she felt awkward, as if she was seeing someone she knew acting. His character was very sad, but Liu Yue really wanted to laugh.
As expected, actors and audiences still need to keep a distance... If they are too familiar, they won't be able to immerse themselves in it at all.
Scroll down one more time and you’ll see a fan-shot video of Shengzhou.
This seems to be a leaked photo of him before he put on makeup. Fans also made a slow motion effect and added background music to create a feeling of being insolent and looking down on others.
Liu Yue couldn't help laughing. If she had to describe it, it was like seeing a mighty and domineering Husky.
She scrolled down again and finally it was no longer Shengzhou. The next channel she entered was the pet channel.
Liu Yue watched with great interest. After a while, Sang Yu reminded her that they could go back first.
The price of the house has not been agreed upon yet. Both parties feel that there is still room for negotiation, but it will take a few more days to see who tests the bottom line first.
Liu Yue nodded, and she and Sang Yu took the elevator downstairs.
Sang Yu's mind was full of things to do, but Liu Yue didn't have to think about anything. She just told Sang Yu about her trip to Hengdian after taking the driving test.
After going to Hengdian, she stopped by Shangdi to buy some Song brocade - although the Shu brocade she bought had not been delivered yet and she had not worn all the clothes she had made.
But don't worry about it, if she wants to buy it, she can buy it.
"Okay, I'll notify Ren Zhen and Zhang Cheng simultaneously and arrange your trip to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai."
Sang Yu's brain was working fast again. Liu Yue could go wherever she wanted, so she had a lot of things to consider.
First, there was the issue of extras. Should she help Liu Yue prepare her costumes? If they were from the crew, they'd likely been worn by many people and rarely, if ever, washed. Liu Yue would definitely feel uncomfortable wearing them.
Sang Yu knew rich people too well. When they talked about “experiencing life”, they meant the part in their fantasy where everything was good and new.
If Liu Yue were really asked to be an ordinary extra, let alone other problems, the fact that she couldn't do anything and could only sit there waiting for arrangements would be enough to make her feel bored and not want to play anymore.
She still needed to discuss this matter with Sheng Zhou, who had agreed to let her be an extra. She also had to find a Song Brocade manufacturer and develop a guide for visiting Disneyland...
As soon as Liu Yue returned home, Lucas jumped out of the cat room at lightning speed to greet her.
"Let's take Lucas with us!" Liu Yue suddenly said, "We're going on a chartered flight anyway."
The plane was full of her family, and no one had any problem with her cat. After getting Lucas, this was the biggest benefit of chartering a plane.
Sang Yu: "If you're taking Lucas with you, I suggest you bring a nanny with you."
Liu Yue thought so too. She only knew how to play with cats, and only a nanny knew how to take care of a cat's food, clothing, shelter and transportation.
It's a chartered plane anyway, so there's enough space for a nanny.
However, traveling with a pet is indeed doubly difficult. Sang Yu also has to consider which hotels are pet-friendly. If he needs to take Lucas out to eat, he needs to find a local pet-friendly restaurant or leave someone in the car to take care of the cat.
Sang Yu went to find Ren Zhen without hesitation - nominally, she was also Liu Yue's secretary, so of course they had to share all the chores together.
Zhang Cheng didn't have to think about sitting idle either, as he was assigned the task of renting a local car and finding a hotel. After all, ensuring that Liu Yue's environment was safe was one of the bodyguard's duties.
Several people prepared for Liu Yue's travel plan in advance. Aunt Zhang was cooking in the kitchen, and Aunt Cai was unpacking Liu Yue's online shopping packages one by one and sorting the goods.
There is also a day nanny who cleans the house - after getting a cat, the workload of the two live-in nannies increased. In order to ensure that Liu Yue's quality of life is not affected, Sang Yu divided the work of cleaning the house.
Liu Yue, the only idle person, took the newly bought cat toy from Aunt Cai and played with Lucas in the family room.
This kind of life is so leisurely and relaxing.
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