Li Mu didn't expect that the world's richest man like Bill Gates would come to London to attend such a party, but then he thought about it, wasn't he coming too
The only gap between him and the world's richest man is "going public". Once this step is taken, his true worth may be twice that of Bill Gates.
Maybe Bill Gates would have expressed the same surprise if he knew he was coming.
After quickly passing through customs, the convoy of Li Mu and his entourage drove out of the airport in a mighty manner.
As soon as the convoy left the airport, a number of police cars and police motorcycles immediately merged into the formation, escorting them in front and behind to clear the way, and drove all the way to south London.
Li Mu didn't like the weather in London too much. Although it was cool, it was gloomy and the air was full of wet smell. It looked as if it had just rained.
Steve Johnson introduced to Li Mu: "It often rains in London, which is very different from the weather in Yanjing. There are fewer sunny days and the air humidity is higher than that in Yanjing."
Li Mu asked him curiously: "Have you lived in Yanjing?"
"I stayed in Yanjing for a while a long time ago." Steve Johnson smiled slightly and said: "Many people don't like the humid weather in London with frequent rains, but having said that, the royal families in the Middle East simply love London to death. When it comes to rainy weather, if you have contact with them, you will find that they like rain and snow the most. The royal families who clamor to go out when it rains are basically from the Middle East."
Li Mu nodded and chuckled: "The more you lack something, the more you love it. It's like people from the northernmost part of China like to spend the winter in the southernmost part of China, and even buy homes."
"Yes!" Steve Johnson said with a smile: "I have lived in London for a long time, and I particularly like cities with dry weather. Yanjing is one of them, but the air quality is a bit worse."
The two chatted all the way, and a drizzle began to fall outside the car window.
The convoy drove on the closed highway for more than an hour at a speed of about 90 kilometers per hour. At this time, there was no sign of the city on both sides of the road. Instead, there were large green spaces, forests, low hills and hidden Castle in dense forest.
Steve Johnson told Li Mu: "This area is actually Oxford County. Nearby, there are dozens or hundreds of ancient castles and manors with a history of hundreds of years. The small ones cover an area of only tens of thousands of square meters, and the large ones cover an area of only tens of thousands of square meters. The castle and the manor cover an area of several thousand acres."
Li Mu had heard about ancient castles in the UK and asked with a smile: "I heard that buying an ancient castle in the UK must be maintained and repaired regularly in accordance with national regulations?"
Steve Johnson nodded and said: "That's true. That's why many original owners of castles have sold their castles in recent decades, and most of them inherited castles and manors from their ancestors. In modern times, it is basically difficult for people to afford the huge expenses of castles, so many castles have been bought by some new overseas wealthy people.”
Speaking of which, Steve Johnson added: "There are three places in the world where rich people like the UK the most. These three places are the Middle East, India and Russia. The top rich people in these countries basically live in the UK, so the people around here are There are also many castles and manors in their hands. If you, Mr. Li, are interested, you can also purchase a suitable manor here."
Li Mu shook his head and said with a smile: "I'd better forget it. It's difficult for a civilian like me to adapt to this Old-Money lifestyle."
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The convoy exited the highway and drove on an extremely smooth asphalt road in the countryside. When the car drove on such a road, you could hardly feel any vibration from the suspension. It was quiet and comfortable. The curvature of the curves and the undulations of the road were all designed very carefully. When the car is driving at high speed, it is guaranteed that people will not feel any discomfort while sitting in the car, which surprised Li Mu.
Moreover, this two-way two-lane asphalt road is not too wide, but fortunately there are no vehicles along the way. The scenery on both sides of the road is also very good. Even the green trees on the roadside are very uniform, symmetrical and The spacing is consistent and even trimmed symmetrically.
According to Steve Johnson, this road is about three miles long, almost five kilometers, and is a private road of the Goldberg estate. In other words, if you drive on this road, there is only one destination, and that is the Goldberg estate.
What makes Li Mu even more unbelievable is that the land on both sides of the road is all owned by the Goldberg family. However, most of these areas are not included in the area of Goldberg's estate. Instead, the Goldberg family uses other areas such as cultivated land, grassland, woodland, and horse farms. Owned in the form of a golf course.
Li Mu couldn't help but sigh. He used to think that the lives of rich people in China were already very luxurious, but he didn't expect that the rich people in Britain lived even more luxuriously. They not only had their own private estates, but also their own private roads.
A few minutes later, the team began to slow down, and Steve Johnson said to Li Mu: "We are almost there."
Li Mu shifted his gaze from one side of the road to directly in front of the car. From a distance, he could already see a huge complex of castle buildings directly in front of the road.
As the car gets closer and closer, the appearance of the building complex becomes clearer and clearer. This castle building complex is in the shape of an inverted "concave" shape and is very large in scale. The main color of the building complex is rose gold, and the color matching is elegant and elegant. It doesn't look like an ancient building with a history of hundreds of years at all. Instead, it looks like a newly built one.
The entrance to the entire manor is a huge and solemn stone arch. The black door with golden sculptures opens to the left and right. The width of the arch is enough for most vehicles to drive in easily.
The convoy did not pause and quickly passed through the arch. Once entering the arch, the scenery inside the manor suddenly became clear. The castle complex was directly in front, about a thousand meters away. At this time, both sides of the road were full of football-like trees. There is a field-like neat green lawn with alternating shades of green space. In the middle of the arch and the castle, there is also a roundabout composed of a huge sculptural fountain.
Looking into the distance, the lawn is almost endless. The lawn on the left is relatively flat. There are several groups of horses of different colors running on the lawn in the distance. You can see that on each horse there is a horse wearing a black equestrian uniform. , man wearing a black helmet.
On the right side, several undulating low hills extend into the distance. From a distance, you can see sparse white caravans moving around. It looks like it should be a golf course.
After the convoy bypassed the roundabout formed by the fountain, it headed straight for the entire castle complex in the shape of an inverted "concave". In the center of the inverted "concave" was a large square, and the middle of the square was completely empty. In addition to the driving lanes on both sides, multi-level plants are also designed on the roadside. Various plants are designed together in a very orderly manner, which is exquisite and grand.
In addition, there are various sculptures around the plants, which look very artistic.
The convoy drove in from the left. After a 90-degree turn, it stopped in front of the main castle. Looking at the main castle from a closer look, you had to raise your neck to see the main entrance alone. There were eight huge circular pillars. The stone pillars are towering, supporting the top of the entire gate, estimated to be at least twenty meters high.
After the convoy came to a stop, more than ten men on both sides wearing black suits and white gloves opened the left and right doors of the eight cars in unison.
The car Li Mu was riding in was parked at the front, and the door was opened facing the entrance. A British gentleman in his thirties opened the door for him, holding the door with one hand and blocking the top of the door with the other.
As soon as Li Mu got out of the car, more than ten men and women with European faces walked out of the gate opposite. If it weren't for the Rolls-Royce behind him, just looking at the clothes of these people, Li Mu would have thought he had traveled to the end of the 19th century.
There are more than ten people here, both men and women. The men are all dressed very formally. Not only do they have complete suits, shirts and ties, they also have elegant vests and black top hats. On the outer pocket of the suit on the left side, Neatly stuffed with a white square scarf, there is a delicate men's corsage on top of the gold square.
As for the ladies among these people, they are even more particular about their clothes. The older ones are all wearing various small suits and midi-skirt suits. From various jewelry to corsages, to various hats and headdresses, they are all so exquisite that they are almost exquisite. To the point of being cumbersome, the younger women only made it a little simpler. Instead of wearing suits and skirts, they wore complete dresses, but other jewelry and headwear were not neglected at all.
In comparison, Li Mu's clothes seemed a lot more casual. He just followed normal social etiquette and wore formal attire, which was a suit, shirt, tie and leather shoes. For the rest, he didn't even have a watch. .
At this time, Steve Johnson had already gotten off the car from the other side and walked quickly around to Li Mu. The dozen or so people happened to be approaching.
Walking at the front was an old man who looked to be in his sixties.
When the old man was still two or three meters away from Li Mu, he already stretched out his hands, came to Li Mu, and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Li, welcome to the Goldberg Manor. I am the current manager of the Goldberg family, Davison. ·Goldberg (Davidson Goldberg).”
Li Mu shook hands with him politely and said politely: "It's a great honor to be a guest at your manor."
Davidson Goldberg smiled and said: "Mr. Li, please allow me to introduce my family to you."
Li Mu nodded, and Davidson Goldberg first introduced a silver-haired woman standing next to him, saying: "This is my wife, Jenny Goldberg."
According to British etiquette, when meeting a woman, you should hug her gently and give her a kiss, so Li Mu bent down slightly and gently touched the silver-haired woman's cheeks.
Davidson Goldberg then introduced him to other members of the Goldberg family, including Davidson Goldberg's eldest son William Goldberg and his wife, his nephew Andrew Goldberg and his wife, his eldest grandson John Goldberg and his wife, and his eldest granddaughter Wen Ty Goldberg.
When introducing Wendy Goldberg, Davidson made a special introduction: "Mr. Li, Wendy is 22 years old this year and has graduated from Cambridge University. She is very interested in Chinese culture and has always said that she wants to go to China to study as a graduate student, specializing in Chinese studies. You are all young people, you can get more familiar with the language and culture.”
Wendy Goldberg's appearance made Li Mu feel particularly familiar. She looked at least eight times similar to the famous Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson, but she was not as wild as she looked. On the contrary, Wendy Goldberg looked She is quite intellectually beautiful. After all, she is a top student at a top university. Her temperament is indeed very different from that of an actor.
Li Mu made a kiss with Wendy Gaobai, and then said with a smile: "If Miss Wendy decides to come to China to study for graduate school, remember to contact me."
(End of chapter)