Li Ang was indeed very interested in the courtyard house east of the Forbidden City in Beijing that Hua Hua occasionally mentioned. If possible, he planned to do his best to buy this courtyard house.
You know, the price of this courtyard house is about 10 million yuan, which is almost all the working capital that Li Ang can come up with now. Of course, he doesn't have any real estate, so this more than 10 million yuan is what he has now.
All the money.
The reason why he made such a big decision was that after listening to the introduction of flowers, Li Ang immediately understood what this courtyard house was. This was the value of the courtyard house that was widely mentioned in the media ten years later.
That courtyard house costs more than 100 million yuan, and it is a scarce property with a price but no market.
Li Ang in his previous life was considered to have a small amount of assets, but he did not have the strength to covet such a courtyard house worth more than 100 million yuan. The reason why he knew about this courtyard house was because of the media's hype: this courtyard house was at the end of 2004.
It was bought by world newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch for 10 million yuan, with an average price of 40,000 yuan per square meter. It was also one of the two properties in Beijing owned by the world's top three richest man.
The reason why this courtyard house was widely mentioned in the Chinese media is because this courtyard house was later given to Wendi Zeng by Murdoch as compensation for the divorce after the highly publicized divorce case between Murdoch and his wife Wendi Zeng.
Li Ang was also idle and bored at the time, paying attention to gossip. Regarding Wendi Zeng, a woman whose appearance was really unflattering in the eyes of many Chinese people, after Li Ang studied this woman with great interest, he had to admit that this woman was very powerful and absolutely awesome.
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Zeng Wendi is from Xuzhou, Jiangsu, formerly known as Zeng Wenge. Her father is from Dongguan and her mother is from Jinan. She also has two sisters. Zeng Wendi, who is about 1.75 meters tall, is also the main player of the Xuzhou volleyball team. Her father was the director of the Xuzhou Engineering Machinery Factory at the time.
, When Wendi Zeng was in the second half of her sophomore year in high school, her family moved to Guangzhou due to her parents' job transfer. Her father was transferred to the director of Guangzhou People's Machinery Factory, so the family was relatively wealthy.
The first turning point that changed Wendi Zeng's fate came in 1987. During this year, she met an American couple from California, Jake Cherry and his wife. Mr. Cherry was 50 years old at the time and was working in the Guangzhou Machinery Factory, and 42
Mrs. Cherry, who was 20 years old, also came to China because of her husband's work. Wendi Zeng was able to meet them because Mrs. Cherry happened to have this leisure time and could help her improve her English.
The Cherrys liked Wendi Zeng very much. In 1988, with the help of the Cherrys, Wendi Zeng obtained a student visa to the United States and entered a community college, California State University Northridge. They even let her share a room with their five-year-old daughter.
bedroom and promised to fund her study expenses until she graduates.
Soon Cherry's wife discovered the provocative photos her husband had taken of Wendi Zeng in a Guangzhou hotel. Not only that, Wendi Zeng and Cherry often went out together and stayed out all night. Cherry's wife thought they had an abnormal relationship and requested
Wendi Zeng moved away, but not long after, Cherry left home and moved into a nearby apartment to live with Wendi Zeng. Afterwards, Cherry and his wife announced their divorce. In 1990, Cherry married Wendi Zeng, when Cherry was 53 years old and Wendi Zeng was 21 years old.
The marriage between Cherry and Wendi Zeng lasted for two years and seven months, which was only 7 months longer than the two years it took Wendi Zeng to obtain a green card legally. However, they were actually together for less than 5 months, because 4 months after their marriage, Cherry
It was discovered that Wendi Zeng actually had a boyfriend, and the two separated.
Wendi Zeng's boyfriend was named David Wolf. After she divorced her first husband, the two lived together. Wendi Zeng once called Wolf her "husband", but they were never married.
When Wendi Zeng was at California State University, her roommate happened to be Cheng Yongyan, the wife of gymnastics prince Li Ning. Wendi Zeng and her boyfriend Wolf were able to work for a gymnastics academy opened by Li Ning near the school. Because Wendi Zeng often acted as a translator for businessmen and officials from China,
As a result, she established a large network of contacts.
In 1993, Wendi Zeng graduated from California State University and transferred to Yale University. The tuition at Yale University was very expensive, and her boyfriend Wolf sponsored her. In 1995, Wolf went to Beijing to work and settled there, and Wendi Zeng's relationship ended.
Yale University requires its students to have practical work experience, so Wendi Zeng was going to Hong Kong to try her luck. On the plane flying to Hong Kong, Wendi Zeng happened to sit next to Bruce Churchill, the director of News Corporation. At that time, this gentleman was preparing to go to Hong Kong to serve as a director.
Deputy CEO of StarTV. After the plane landed, Churchill offered Wendi Zeng a position as an intern in Hong Kong.
The key turning point came in 1997. Wendi Zeng learned that the company would hold a high-level banquet. She was not invited because her position was too low. However, after learning that the company's president Rupert Murdoch would also attend, she found out the address of the venue and went directly.
, took the initiative to get to know Murdoch and introduce herself. In 1998, Wendi Zeng went to London for a meeting with Murdoch for work and was invited by him to stay and the relationship between the two began to develop. Soon the relationship between the two became public.
Shortly thereafter, Murdoch and his second wife Anna separated. In 1999, they announced their divorce, ending their 31-year marriage and expelling them from the group's board of directors. Only 17 days after the divorce, Murdoch and Wendi Zeng got married.
, Murdoch is 38 years older than her.
In this way, this ordinary Chinese woman became the wife of Rupert Murdoch, who was once the richest man in the world. Moreover, this woman was good at dancing and had close relationships with many world celebrities and politicians. Even British Prime Minister Blair was said to have had an ambiguous relationship with her.
At that time, Li Ang once lamented that this woman could be said to have stepped on the shoulders of men all the way. She was decisive for her own future, never sloppy, and had a vicious vision. This woman was not simple.
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It was precisely because he followed the gossip about Wendi Zeng and Murdoch's divorce case that he was deeply impressed by this courtyard house east of the Forbidden City in Beijing. With Zeng Wendi's shrewd vision, it was reported that she took the initiative to request this courtyard house. It can be seen that
The value of this property was as expected. Later, someone offered 150 million to buy this courtyard house, but Wendi Zeng didn't even nod.
Invest 10 million now, and it will be worth over 100 million in ten years. This investment can be said to be quite safe. Li Ang had forgotten about it a long time ago. Now that he has encountered it, if possible, he would naturally want to do it.
Got a kick in.
According to the information provided by Huahua, the owner is currently selling the house, which means that the world's newspaper tycoon has not yet taken action to acquire this courtyard house, so what he has to do is to act decisively.
Now in 2004, the investment boom in courtyard houses has not yet started. At this time, he still has a chance to take action. In a few years, even if there are courtyard houses for sale, Li Ang will not be able to get in. At that time, it will not be a matter of money.
, without certain connections, relationships, and status, you couldn’t buy it even if you wanted to. At that time, courtyard houses had been sold to sky-high prices, and they were the back gardens of princes and super-rich people. Ordinary people with money couldn’t even think of getting involved.
Not to mention the huge potential for appreciation in the value of this courtyard house. If we return to China in the future and arrive in the capital, we will also have a courtyard house next to the Forbidden City to settle in. This is very impressive.
It maintains value, has huge appreciation potential, and is very respectable. This investment can be said to be quite perfect!
PS: Second update, there will be another update at night.
