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Chapter 193 Great Willpower

In 1980, Los Angeles had become a veritable global metropolis. In 1984, Los Angeles successfully hosted the Olympic Games.

In recent years, the financial industry and commerce in Los Angeles have also developed rapidly. Hundreds of banks have offices in Los Angeles, becoming a financial center second only to New York.

Los Angeles brings together the world's culture, science, technology, international trade and higher education, and in mass entertainment, it has laid the foundation for its international reputation and global status because of its possession of Hollywood.

Hearing that Qin Fei was going to buy a house, Kobe was the first to actively join in the fun.

"I also bought a new house this year, which is a newly built house."

Kobe recommended to Qin Fei their same community, which is located on the seaside of Xinwan. The construction has just been completed this year, with an area of ​​8500 square feet, calculated to be about 790 square meters, and the style is Mediterranean style. It cost him a total of 170 million US dollars.

Qin Fei is quite acceptable for the price, but he really doesn't like the Mediterranean style.

For Kobe's investment vision, Qin Fei definitely recognized it, but this property in Los Angeles was planned to live in for leisure and vacation, so after thinking about it, he still rejected the opportunity to be a neighbor with Kobe.

Qin Fei chooses a residence, but he doesn't choose a lively place, like the famous Beverly Hills, which is expensive and has a lot of paparazzi. There are various techniques for sneaking, aerial, and eavesdropping. Even if there are many beautiful Hollywood ladies, it is really inconvenient to live there.

After careful discussion with Helena, Qin Fei set his goal near Manhattan Beach.

At this time, Rob Pelinka, one of the brokerage team workers, drove over to serve Qin Fei's house purchase matters.

Pelinka wondered if he had a relationship with USC. Every time he picked up Qin Fei, he was at USC.

Sitting in the back row where Pelinka got off, Qin Fei and Helena were tired of being together all the way, and couldn't bear to look directly at them.

"Ahem, Manhattan Beach is certainly a good city, with plenty of sunshine and soft sandy beaches, and it's within commuting distance of Hollywood and downtown."

Pelinka knows this place very well, and he simply acted as a tour guide to explain along the way.

In the past 1991 to 1995, housing prices in the United States achieved a round of rise and reached a peak, and are now in a period of flattening.In Qin Fei's previous life, in 2001, there was another round of rising.

In China, the three major illusions in life are "stocks will rise", "house prices will fall" and "she still loves me".

In foreign countries, the real estate industry is relatively stable. Many young people will choose to rent a house to live. Some people even don’t want their house in order to receive relief money.

Manhattan Beach is a coastal city located in the southwest of Los Angeles County. It has beautiful scenery and is a favorite place for the upper class. It is also a well-known tourist and holiday destination.This place is away from the hustle and bustle of the city, full of vigor and coolness, with the best new restaurants and shopping malls in Los Angeles. In addition to the luxury cars and mansions all over the street, the beach volleyball open and the International Surfing Festival are held here every year.

According to a CNN survey, in the list of the best places to find unmarried rich people, Manhattan Beach in California ranks first, where 30% of the residents are unmarried, with a median income of more than $[-].

Buying a house in Laomei involves a very mature industry - the real estate brokerage industry.

Buyers and sellers mainly communicate through real estate brokers. Buyers entrust their opinions and requirements to the brokers. The brokers are responsible for finding suitable real estate targets for the buyers and handling most of the business links including legal affairs including various negotiations, negotiations, and negotiations in the transaction process on behalf of the buyers.

Pelinka is a high-achieving student majoring in law, and he is not a specialist in real estate. He helped Qin Fei contact a real estate agent, and when they arrived in Manhattan Beach, the two parties met.

A black manager named Smith who wore leather shoes and a neat suit on a hot day received Qin Fei very seriously.

"Loan or full payment?"

Smith throws the first question.

"Which one is worthwhile?"

"If you want a loan, you must first get a loan pre-approval letter, indicating that you have reviewed your credit and financial status, so that you can also understand the upper limit of your budget and the maximum loan amount you can afford. There are also many loans in the real estate industry. The key depends on whether you need to free up funds for other uses."

Smith is very professional and speaks clearly in a few words.

After Qin Fei thought about it slightly, he decided to pay the full amount, the loan is too troublesome

"Yes you can!"

Agent Smith was quite happy when he heard this, which saved him a lot of work.

After determining the purchase method, he began to recommend some properties he had scouted before, and Rob's car led a few people around the beach city.

At the same time, there were not too many houses on the market. You can get a preliminary impression by looking around, including the distance to the beach, the general orientation of the house, and so on.

Qin Fei and Helena discussed as they walked, and finally settled on a 610-square-meter villa with three floors.A few tropical trees make people feel the pure summer style clearly. There is a swimming pool and half a basketball court, and you can see the empty sea and sky line when you open the door.

There are some details to redecorate, and buy some new furniture, and you can move in.

The former landlord did not come forward, but another entrusted real estate agent was the one who was connected. We sat down and chatted openly and honestly.

The original landlord listed it for $220 million, but it never sold.

Helena and Pelinka helped negotiate the price, and finally finalized the price of $181 million.

The price is slightly higher than Qin Fei expected, but the house is satisfactory, so he doesn't care about the small money of 20.

Helena was the happiest. After entering the house, she wandered around. The master bedroom on the second floor was surprisingly large.

"This place" she blushed a little, is it too fast?She is not ready yet?

"But the sea breeze is really comfortable, and the sunshine is just right."

"There is still the sound of the waves, the ebb and flow of the tide"

After the negotiation, Qin Fei's remaining task is to pay the deposit, and pay the deposit to the third-party notary custody company, and other matters have nothing to do with him.

Pelinka will help with the contract, hire a qualified house inspection company to inspect the house, and a professional property transfer agency will conduct a transfer investigation. After this step is completed, Qin Fei will pay the balance, and the property title company will complete the house property transfer procedures and complete the registration with the government.

Qin Fei left the purchase of furniture and fine-tuning of decoration to Helena.

Helena, despite her busy schedule, gladly accepted.

In the blink of an eye, everyone around him had made arrangements, and he himself became the manager again.

Then Qin Fei got in touch with Tellem and told Tellem that he would arrange a summer trip in Asia, and he would go to Hong Kong Island in July at the latest.

When Qin Fei completed the house purchase in the past two days, in Chicago, the Bulls and the Jazz completed the second game.

After losing the first game, the Jazz's second game seemed to be a bit vain. The first quarter was good, but the second quarter fell behind 11 to 22. After halftime, the Jazz only scored 31 points, while the Bulls scored 47 points.

With a huge difference of 16 points, there is almost no hope of a comeback.

In the end, the Jazz lost the game 85 to 97, and it seemed that they only lost 12 points, but most of them were struggling to recover in the last quarter, and it was already too late.

At this time, the Jazz trailed the Bulls 0 to 2, and everyone outside believed that the Jazz had no hope.

Unexpectedly, the Jazz, who returned to Salt Lake City, actually won two games in a row and evened the series strongly.

After the 2-2 tie, the excitement of this round of finals soared, and people began to look forward to the battle of Tianwangshan.

And then Jordan got food poisoning.

Jordan's personal trainer Glover later said that there are not many local hotels, and they stayed in that hotel for the Jazz away game (the finals are 2 hosts, 3 guests, 2 main games). They ordered pizza that night, and only Jordan ate pizza in that room.

At [-] a.m. after eating pizza, Glover got a call from Jordan and rushed to Jordan's room. He found Jordan curled up like a baby, vomiting with stomach pain and severely dehydrated.

Broken, food poisoning, and Glover's head was buzzing at that moment.

Everyone knows what Jordan means to this team, and Tianwangshan is the most critical battle. If Jordan doesn't play, the Bulls have no hope at all.

Coach Phil Jackson later said that Jordan was so ill that he missed the morning shootaround and spent most of the day in bed.

The shadow hangs over the entire Bulls team, and Pippen said that he has never seen Jordan so seriously ill.

Everyone thought that Jordan would not play, but Jordan insisted on standing on the court. The Bulls trailed by 13 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Jordan successfully recovered and scored an astonishing 17 points in a single quarter.

Jordan was obviously exhausted in the second half, relying on his amazing willpower to keep supporting, and hit a 25-pointer in the last 3 seconds, helping the Bulls lead 88 to 85.

After the goal, Jordan was unable to celebrate, and plunged into Pippen's arms who rushed over.This scene is also regarded as the warmest and most classic scene in the history of the finals.

In the end, Jordan scored 38 points in the flu battle and took the game away, winning the most critical battle in this round of the series.

Therefore, tactics are dead and people are alive. In competitive sports, great willpower is always more important than cold statistics.

Unless the gap between the two sides is too large

(End of this chapter)