i want to be king

Chapter 748 Boss, It's Him!

Dominic Mohan, director of the Sun newspaper, had just finished a phone call and was sitting in his office, lost in thought.

The phone call brought him breaking news.

Having been in the media industry for many years, he has a keen sense of smell. If this news is true, it will definitely be a heavy front page headline, and the sales of The Sun will explode again.

But if the news comes out now, Mohan really has no idea. After all, if there is no real evidence, it is just speculation.

Just like Beckham's transfer to Real Madrid, the Sun newspaper actually received the news very early, but it has been suppressed until it took a photo of the meeting between Manchester United CEO Peter Kenyon and Real Madrid officials.

The Sun thus further established itself as the king of the paparazzi.

I believe it will be the same this time, and it may even be worse than Beckham's transfer back then.

Thinking of this, Mohan leaned over and pressed the internal phone on the desk.

"Luke, come to my place."

Not long after, a shrewd young reporter knocked on the door of Dominique Mohan's office.

He is the most elite reporter under Mohan.

"Boss, what can I do for you?" Luke came across Mohan with a smile and asked.

Mohan also didn't get up, and stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down.

"Just now I received a phone call that broke the news. On the east side of Wilmslow in the Golden Triangle, someone is building a top-notch mansion with an area of ​​more than ten acres. It has seriously disturbed the peace of the surrounding residents. Go and see."

When Luke heard the news, he frowned directly. If he hadn't just had a PY deal with his immediate boss last night, he must now suspect that he was thrown into the cold.

what is this?
Ordinary disturbing incidents, is it worth him to follow up in person?
Luke was about to say something, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he caught a glimmer of information in an instant.

The so-called Golden Triangle is actually Cheshire, southeast of Manchester Airport, and the area around Wilmslow and Alderley Edge. It consists of three small towns with beautiful scenery and a very beautiful environment. More importantly, it is the most famous rich area in Manchester, where almost the rich and the stars live there.

Especially the stars of Manchester United, Ferdinand, Rooney and other stars all live in that area, and Cristiano Ronaldo's house is still in that area, and it has not been sold yet.

"Boss, could it be that some Manchester United player is imitating what their captain did?" Luke asked amusedly.

Gary Neville's mansion is in Bolton, north of Manchester. In order to build this mansion, he specially bought a medieval manor with a lot of money, and then completely remodeled the castle. Due to the thorough renovation and the long construction period, it triggered strong protests from residents in the surrounding area at that time, and was forced to stop work.

At that time, the Sun newspaper also used this to hype it, and Gary Neville complained many times in private.

"This time it should have nothing to do with Manchester United," Mohan said.

Luke was too shrewd to capture the key information at once, "Manchester City?"

Mohan nodded, "According to the information I got, this mansion covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, which is very large. In the northwest and southeast of the plot, there are two artificial lakes, one small and one large. They were originally used for irrigation and connected to the river next to them. But you also know that Wilmslow is now a mansion, and the land is abandoned."

"About a few months ago, there was a mysterious buyer who bought three pieces of land around the artificial lake. They are connected together. Now they are building large-scale construction, building luxury houses and gardens. The project is contracted to a Chinese engineering team in Manchester's Chinatown. At most, there are more than 200 people working at the same time, which has a great impact on the surrounding residents."

Luke listened and nodded repeatedly, but fortunately he was very familiar with the Golden Triangle area, especially Wilmslow, otherwise, he might really have believed the editor-in-chief's rhetoric.

why?

Not all towns in the Golden Triangle, such as Wilmslow, are full of mansions, but in areas with good locations such as the suburbs of the city, they are all rich manors. The most popular way is to buy a piece of land and build a single-family villa by yourself.

Just ask, in this case, how can the noise disturb the people so seriously?

Obviously, this is just a set of arguments, or an excuse.

"I know the Sheriff of Wilmslow very well. I'll go find him and go take a look together?" Luke suggested.

Mohan nodded, he came to Luke because he knew he had this relationship.

"This is likely to be a big fish, be careful, don't startle the snake."

Luke nodded and smiled, "Understood, don't worry, boss!"

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Two hours later, the eastern suburbs of Wilmslow.

Luke and his sheriff friend parked the car on the side of the road and looked at the fence in front of them, as well as the densely packed trees and green plants inside the fence, let alone seeing the inside, even if they climbed, don't expect to climb in.

"The action is really fast. The last time I passed here, the fence hasn't been erected yet." The security officer laughed.

This group of Chinese engineering teams is working hard, with many people, quick hands and feet, and fast work.

"Have you found any clues?" Luke asked.

The sheriff shook his head, "I asked a friend to find out, and the other party signed a non-disclosure agreement, which is very mysterious, but I found out that the land was sold for a full 200 ​​million pounds."

"200 million pounds?" Luke was a little surprised.

Although the luxury houses in Wilmslow are worth a lot, if you want to say 200 million pounds, you can definitely buy a ready-made one.

The other party is willing to spend such a large sum of money to buy land, how much does the whole luxury house have to invest?

"Luke, this person's background is not simple. Who is it? Did he come to our Manchester United?" The sheriff asked with a smile.

Since Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, Manchester United has not introduced a superstar.

"I don't know the details, otherwise, I wouldn't be here."

After finishing speaking, Luke pursed his lips and motioned him to come forward and knock on the door.

The clear cement exterior wall has a minimalist fully enclosed gate in the middle. It seems that a complete alarm system has been installed, including the surrounding walls, and there are cameras everywhere.

As long as someone invades, the alarm system will immediately transmit to the nearby police station.

Such a security system is standard in the surrounding mansions, but the equipment in this house is obviously more advanced.

"This alarm system is the most advanced security system at the moment. Honey, I heard it when I went to a meeting in London last time. One set can buy a Rolls-Royce and cost over a million euros." The sheriff is very knowledgeable.

Because of the expensive equipment, he seemed a little cautious, but finally rang the doorbell.

"Who is it?" English with a strong accent came from inside, and it sounded like it was from Chinatown.

"I'm the sheriff of the town. My name is George Page. I just received a report saying that the construction on your side is too noisy and disturbing the residents. I'll come and have a look and open the door!"

Not long after, the small door next to the gate was opened from the inside.

Sure enough, it was a Chinese engineer from Chinatown.

"Mr. Page, our construction has always been strictly in accordance with the standard process, and it is impossible to disturb the neighbors around." The other party seemed a little nervous.

The construction period is too tight. If something happens again and the construction period is delayed, it is really not good.

"Stop rambling, let's go in and have a look."

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Just stepped into the small gate and saw the huge garden, which immediately gave people a feeling of enlightenment.

The entrance garden is connected with the artificial lake in the southeast, apparently surrounding the mansion.

In the middle is a modern-style mansion with an irregular structure, three floors. Now the exterior wall has been completed, with a simple style, but very dreamy, especially the combination of white exterior wall and black curtain wall glass, which is very visually impactful.

"Wow, this house is really nice!" Both Luke and Page couldn't help admiring.

The Chinese engineer smiled and nodded: "The designer is Alexander Brenner, a well-known German. He is very powerful now, and he can't be hired easily, but his design is also very good. The garden and two artificial lakes, as well as the leisure area, swimming pool and football field, etc., have invited another famous garden designer to do it."

He felt honored to introduce it.

To be able to participate in the construction of such a mansion is a valuable experience for him.

"Such a big effort, the investment is high?" Luke asked tentatively.

"I don't know. I heard that the land is very expensive. The main reason is that the location is good. There are two artificial lakes with running water. Later, it cost a lot of money to transform the artificial lakes. Including other expenses, it is estimated that at least five or six million pounds have been spent so far."

Luke and Page clicked their tongues again and again, isn't this too rich?

Could it be Mansour, the big local tyrant of Manchester City?

But soon, Luke rejected this possibility, because he didn't think that Mansur had such aesthetic taste.

"Why don't I know, when did such a rich man come to Wilmslow?" Luke asked sideways.

Sheriff George Page also shook his head, "I haven't heard of it either."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the Chinese engineer, "You know, who is this landlord?"

"I don't know." The Chinese engineer shook his head. "It's the German designer who communicates with us all the time. However, I heard that the owner is from Germany, because the designer mentioned it by chance before, saying that he wants to go back to Germany to communicate with the owner."

"Hasn't the owner been here?" Luke asked.

"No, at least I haven't seen one."

Luke nodded, somewhat aware of it.

If it is as expected by the editor-in-chief Mohan, the owner from Germany may not be wrong.

"By the way, this project has been going on for several months, right? How long will it take?"

The Chinese engineer pointed to the single-family mansion in the middle of the garden and said: "As you can see, the exterior wall has been completed, and the interior decoration is now going on, and the soft decoration will be done later, but there is basically no movement. We have always paid attention to noise."

Luke gave Paige a wink, and the latter understood, and gave a few more instructions, nothing more than paying attention to construction safety, controlling noise and dust, and the like.

After he got out of the gate, Luke immediately took out his mobile phone and called Mohan, the editor-in-chief.

"Boss, from Germany, it should be him!"

(End of this chapter)