Chapter 835 I can come and live here without seduction
When the business car drove into Repulse Bay Road, the view suddenly opened up. Beside the blue bay, luxurious villas of various shapes were scattered among the green trees.
Manager Zhang pointed to a white building halfway up the mountain and said, "That's Mr. Xiao's... oh, no, it's Miss Xia's villa now." He quickly corrected himself, "It has the best view, overlooking the entire Repulse Bay."
I smiled at him friendly, not caring who he thought the villa belonged to.
Everyone else's attention was drawn to the white building in the distance. The car spiraled up Repulse Bay Road, and the palm trees on both sides of the road were cast dappled shadows by the midday sun.
When turning the last corner, the view suddenly opens up and the entire blue sea and white sand are in sight. The most eye-catching thing is the white modernist villa occupying the best viewing position halfway up the mountain.
"It's this villa," Manager Zhang said with undisguised pride in his tone. People who didn't know the situation might think it was his house.
However, he really knew about the villa and began to introduce it to us in a torrent of words: "This house covers an area of more than 22,000 square feet..."
"How big is 22,000 feet?" Su Rina asked what was on our minds. None of us had any idea what this unit of area meant.
Manager Zhang was stunned. He didn't know how to tell us how big it was. After thinking for a moment, he said, "It is very big. My house is 1050 square feet, which is plenty of space for six people."
Qin Shi carefully pulled out her phone and calculated, "It should be 2,044 square meters. It's quite large indeed."
Su Rina nodded. This time she calculated quickly, "Well, three acres of land can raise at least a thousand sheep."
"But if it's 1,050 square feet, it's less than 100 square meters," Qin Shi looked at Manager Zhang with some sympathy. "It seems that housing in Hong Kong is a bit tight."
Manager Zhang smiled unnaturally. "Land prices in Hong Kong are high. Living in a thousand-square-foot mansion is already quite a feat."
As if to illustrate the status of the thousand-square-foot mansion, he also emphasized, "A house this size would be sold for at least 30 million in Hong Kong."
We gasped and showed great respect for him. He spent more than 30 million and could only live in such a small house. The people of Hong Kong are really living in dire straits!
The business car parked in the garage of the villa, and Manager Zhang continued to introduce it to us enthusiastically: "Mr. Xiao bought a piece of land in the early years, and a few years ago he asked Italian architect Renzo Piano to design this building himself.
It cost about 40 million U.S. dollars to buy the land and build the house, and now it has more than doubled.”
I was a little curious, "Manager Zhang, how do you know so much about this house?"
Manager Zhang said with some pride, "I handled everything from buying and building the house, including the transfer of ownership this year, so no one knows it better than me."
Coming out of the garage, I stood in the yard and looked at the exterior of the entire house. The main body of the villa adopts an all-steel structure and glass curtain walls, with three floors of staggered geometric shapes.
It looks very different from the cookie-cutter houses in the villa community. I feel like I'm dreaming that such a house is mine.
When the housekeeper came out to open the door, he respectfully asked me to record my fingerprints. "Miss Xia, you can come stay here anytime you want. Just call ahead and we'll arrange everything."
After entering the villa's front door, there is a three-story high lobby with an abstract ink painting hanging on the entire gray wall.
"This wall is made of natural Venetian limestone, and this painting is an authentic work by Mr. Zhao Wuji. These were all selected by Mr. Xiao himself."
Manager Zhang gave a thumbs-up and said admiringly, "Boss Xiao has excellent taste. Look how much higher the standard of this living room has been raised, isn't it?"
Although we didn't study architectural design, we can still see from our artistic foundation that our design aesthetics are quite good.
Of course, any abstract painting hung in this large open-plan hall will make people think it is an authentic work.
As we approached, the sensor-activated glass door slid open silently, revealing a marble-paved lobby floor. Manager Zhang then began to lecture on building materials.
He pointed to the white ground with natural textures and said, "This is Iranian white marble." When he said this, Surina subconsciously became cautious in her steps, as if she was afraid of damaging it.
Ling Xiuzhi hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay. This floor tile won't break." He even deliberately stamped his foot twice. "Don't be fooled by the name. It's called Iranian White Jade. It's actually not jade at all. It's just marble, a building material. They gave it a nice name to make it look more noble."
Perhaps Manager Zhang felt that Ling Xiuzhi's lecture had made the house seem a bit cheap, so he raised his head and introduced, "The entire villa is equipped with a state-of-the-art smart home system."
He waved his hand, pointing to the ceiling. "The lighting control system is from Lutron in Germany." Then he pointed to the windows. "Those are Struxurewood electric curtains from Switzerland. Oh, and the bathroom here uses smart bathroom fixtures from TOTO in Japan."
When Manager Zhang said this, he looked very proud.
"They are all imported, so I guess they can't connect to Xiao Ai." Su Rina muttered softly.
Supervisor Zhang turned around with a confused look on his face. "Who? One of your classmates didn't come with you?"
We couldn't help but laugh, and Ling Xiuzhi smoothed things over, "No, no, everyone is here, let's continue the tour."
Manager Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. "I was so scared! I thought I'd missed someone."
Through the foyer, there is a curved living room with 180-degree panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows. When we entered the living room, we couldn't help but hold our breath for a moment. The scenery in front of us was really shocking.
Outside the window is the azure blue of the infinity pool and the sea in the distance.
"Wow~" Su Rina suddenly yelled, hugged me and kissed me, and said excitedly: "Mengmeng, this place is so beautiful. Next time I come to visit, I will stay at your place."
I was startled by her sudden action, "I thought it was nothing serious, you just come here."
"Nana, you can come and live here if you give me a kiss. Brother Qiu will definitely not chase me away if I come." Ling Xiuzhi came up with a shameless face.
Huang Tianyi threw me a wink and said, "If I want to come..."
This enchantress gave Manager Zhang a wink, and I quickly said, "You can come anytime you want. You don't have to seduce me to come and stay."
Huang Tianyi nodded with satisfaction, then said with some regret, "This living room is really nice. Oh, it would have been great if my mother could have bought a piece of land here. Now I guess she wouldn't be willing to buy it."
Song Ci grinned and whispered to Pang Xiaomin, "Do all of your classmates have mines at home?"
Pang Xiaomin glanced at him and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I think this mission is a bit stressful. Given their worth, it's normal for them to be targeted."
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