Chapter 247: Chapter 226: Spending Money Like Water

Lu Li was driving the Cullinan, heading towards Shanghai.

Liu Kexin, sitting in the passenger seat, was busy texting, seemingly occupied with company matters.

Lu Li glanced at her, but his gaze remained fixed on the road ahead.

He unlocked the upside-down phone beside him with his spiritual power and then found Qin Liang’s WeChat to send a message.

Lu Li: Lao Qin, which luxury homes in Shanghai are good?

Qin Liang replied quickly: The Tan Palace where I live is not bad. You’ve been there, what do you think?

Lu Li recalled the environment inside Tan Palace.

Various European-style villa clusters are indeed pleasing to the eye.

According to Qin Liang, Tan Palace has only eighteen standalone villas in total.

There are eight different house types and eight different styles, evolving into eighteen completely different architectural personalities.

Lu Li hadn’t visited other villas, but Qin Liang’s alone has a building area of more than 1,700 square meters, covering four acres, with four floors up and down. Each floor is themed around leisure and entertainment, socializing, hosting distinguished guests, and residence. The master bedroom is extremely luxurious, with separate dressing rooms and luxurious bathrooms for the male and female hosts, indeed very suitable for wealthy people to live in.

He just didn’t want to live too close to acquaintances.

Otherwise, having them visit every day would be too annoying.

Lu Li continued typing to inquire: Any other villa recommendations?

Qin Liang: How about Huazhou Junting?

Lu Li was not very familiar: Can you introduce it to me?

Qin Liang: In the real estate scene in Shanghai, there is a phrase to describe Huazhou Junting, called “To the west is Tan Palace, to the east is Junting.” Although in terms of fame, Huazhou Junting is not as well-known as Tan Palace, the environment and facilities are top-notch luxury homes. My words may be a bit lacking; if you really want to know, I can help you contact the developer to explore the environment there.

Lu Li said without hesitation: Sure, send the address to me, shall we meet at Huazhou Junting later?

Qin Liang: Alright, see you later.

After sending the message, Lu Li casually asked, “Kexin, do you know about Huazhou Junting?”

Liu Kexin, still busy with work, absentmindedly replied, “I’ve heard a bit; it’s said that the houses there were initially priced at around 150 million, now the cheapest ones are over 280 million.”

Tsk, an increase of 130 million?

Lu Li had no idea whether the house was good or not.

But if the house price could almost double, it must be quite decent.

Even if he buys it and doesn’t live there, just waiting for it to appreciate should be fine.

The domestic real estate prices have been weak in the past two years, seemingly not a good choice to invest in property.

In fact, top luxury homes in first-tier cities are not affected by this.

Moreover, Lu Li’s intent to purchase a luxury home in Shanghai is not for resale.

It’s for his own convenience when traveling, and to allow his parents to enjoy it.

…

Near the Central Ring.

Arriving at the sales office of Huazhou Junting.

Four or five people were already waiting there, at the forefront was Qin Liang.

Beside him stood a man in his forties, wearing glasses and a suit.

Behind the man in the suit, there were four young people, two men and two women, all handsome and beautiful.

Lu Li unfastened his seatbelt, “Kexin, get out.”

“Mm.” Liu Kexin put away her phone, unbuckling her seatbelt while speaking, “Are we at… uh!”

She couldn’t help but look over, feeling a bit dizzy, “Are you really planning to buy a villa at Huazhou Junting?”

Lu Li blinked, “Why not?”

“It’s not that.” Liu Kexin pushed open the car door, “It’s too expensive, several hundred million.”

Lu Li laughed, “A house should be comfortable to live in, whether it’s expensive is secondary.”

The two chatted briefly.

Qin Liang and the middle-aged man came to greet them.

Lu Li looked over, “Lao Qin.”

Qin Liang warmly approached, “Mr. Lu, hello.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Kexin, noticing Lu Li had no intention to introduce her, he did not inquire further.

After the greeting, Qin Liang immediately introduced, “Mr. Lu, this is Manager Xu from the Sales Department of Huazhou Real Estate Development Co. He heard you were coming to view a property, and he values it greatly, coming over personally from the company.”

Taking the opportunity, Manager Xu stepped forward, hand extended, smiling broadly, “Welcome, Mr. Lu.”

Lu Li shook his hand and straightforwardly said, “Manager Xu, my girlfriend and I have some other matters to attend to later, can you show us the property? If my girlfriend likes it, we’ll sign the contract and take care of the transaction right away. If she doesn’t, I apologize for the trouble.”

“No problem at all,” Manager Xu replied with a very good attitude, immediately gesturing, “Please, both of you, come with me.”

Lu Li said nothing, nodded, and holding Liu Kexin’s hand, followed Manager Xu inside.

Qin Liang, along with others, surrounded Lu Li as they entered.

Upon entering.

Lu Li felt as if he had stepped into a Peach Blossom Spring.

The place was shaded by lush trees and covered with greenery, the landscaping was excellently maintained.

There weren’t many houses inside.

A glance revealed at most twenty or so, all European-style luxurious buildings.

Each villa was spaced very far apart, with plenty of private space reserved.

This is a true luxury home.

In comparison, his villa at Shanglin Garden in Su City…

Forget it, there’s no comparison.

Just from the exterior, Lu Li could see how luxurious these homes were.

Manager Xu introduced as they walked: “We have a total of only twenty-one villas here, and each house has a unique patent, not a single one is the same.”

Along the way, Lu Li had already seen the layout of a few villas, “They are quite nice, and the land area seems pretty good too.”

“Haha, on average, each of our villas occupies five mu of land. The one I’m about to show you is an E type, with a building area of thirteen hundred square meters.” Manager Xu pointed ahead, “That’s the one.”

Lu Li looked in the direction he pointed.

She saw a house standing like a palace over there.

Wow.

How magnificent.

They opened the door and went inside.

Manager Xu didn’t take them inside immediately but went to the left, “On the left side of the garden is an oversized outdoor swimming pool and a massage pool. How do you like it?”

Lu Li glanced at it a few times, indeed it was quite large, perfect for swimming in the hot weather.

Afterward, Manager Xu took them on a tour of the outside garden, continuously introducing: “This villa’s garden area is as high as seventeen hundred square meters, although there isn’t an abundance of design and decoration, the area is very concentrated, making the garden’s usable space very considerable, each building stands as if on Greenfield Manor.”

“Simple style, very nice.”

Lu Li gave a compliment.

Liu Kexin glanced and nodded slightly as well.

As for Qin Liang, he was merely acting as an introducer and wasn’t planning to give his opinion at all.

They finished looking outside.

Manager Xu then brought Lu Li, Liu Kexin, and Qin Liang inside.

Upon entering the house, Lu Li couldn’t help but widen her eyes, the interior design was extremely luxurious.

The voice of Manager Xu came from behind, “Our detached villas here include two floors above ground plus an attic, totaling thirteen hundred square meters, in addition, there’s a large basement of five hundred square meters, it’s a fully bright sunken courtyard, the first-floor ceiling height is four point five meters, the living room height exceeds eight meters, even the basement and attic heights reach four meters, the space is very luxuriously ample.”

Lu Li looked at the bright and spacious room and the staircase made of unknown materials.

He finally understood why the villas here started at least at 280 million.

Lu Li sincerely exclaimed, “This interior design is really nice.”

Liu Kexin was also observing all around.

Qin Liang took the opportunity to lean over and, in a low voice, introduced, “Mr. Lu, it’s said that Zhou Jun Court spent more than a year on the design alone to present a top luxury home living experience, choosing only the world’s top decoration materials and home products, just these raw materials are worth one hundred million.”

Raw materials worth one hundred million?

No wonder it’s so luxurious.

Lu Li was quite surprised to hear this cost.

At a glance, it was indeed worth it.

Not to mention, the foyer is larger than the living room of an ordinary luxury home, and two Roman columns fill this space with a sense of ceremony.

As he walked inside, he saw the eight-meter-high ceiling making the living room grand and magnificent, with a classic fireplace, wooden decorative walls, crystal chandeliers, silk hand-painted wallpaper, paired with classic exquisite furniture, and a European aristocratic dining room you only see in movies.

The noble courtly atmosphere slowly flowed within this space.

Going up to the second floor.

Lu Li saw a crystal bathroom seemingly fit only for royalty, and a lavishly expansive bedroom, even the billiard room was exquisitely beautiful enough to send shivers down one’s spine.

Especially from the attic, he could clearly see the Huangpu River in the distance.

A riverside mansion, this is truly a riverside mansion.

After the tour.

Everyone returned to the living room.

Manager Xu asked, “Mr. Lu, what do you think?”

What do you think?

It’s undoubtedly great!

After the tour, Lu Li couldn’t help wanting to move in immediately.

He didn’t answer directly.

Lu Li turned his head to Liu Kexin, “Kexin, what do you think?”

Liu Kexin leaned towards Lu Li’s ear and whispered, “It’s nice, just too expensive. Do you truly want to buy it, do you have enough money? If not, I can lend you some.”

Lu Li almost burst into laughter, it seemed that yesterday’s talk of “buying a wedding house” was taken seriously by Liu Kexin!

“Enough.” He replied to Liu Kexin, then turned to Manager Xu, “Alright, I’ll have someone inspect the house, if there’s no issue, we’ll sign the contract, what do you say?”

Manager Xu quickly agreed, “Okay.”

Later, Lu Li had Qin Liang contact a top inspection company in Shanghai.

After a few hours of inspection.

It was confirmed that the villa had no issues.

Lu Li also called in a lawyer to review the contract.

Then he signed the purchase contract with Huazhou Real Estate.

Spending a total of 288 million.

To be honest, Lu Li had never spent so much money all at once before.

Even with his current wealth, he couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional.

He finally managed to experience the life of spending lavishly.

They stayed busy until over five in the afternoon.

To be precise, it was Manager Xu and their team who were busy.

Lu Li merely sat with Liu Kexin, drinking coffee and making a bank transfer.

As they were leaving, Lu Li glanced back at the villa inside, feeling secretly satisfied.

After all the hard work, he finally owned the first real top-notch mansion of his life!

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