Chapter 0038 The gentleman is compared to righteousness, and the villain is compared to profit
Finally, the car arrived at Randolph's super mansion in Queens, New York. Although the United States is sparsely populated, the value of the land is also closely related to the boundaries. The location of Randolph's villa in Queens, New York, is one square meter.
The value can be estimated to be enough to buy a small villa with a single courtyard in some places in Indiana or South Carolina.
When it comes to real estate, many people must have come out and cursed. A random search on the Internet revealed that a three-bedroom villa with a courtyard in South Carolina cost only 80,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to less than 500,000 RMB. That is a building.
There is a lawn in the yard.
Huaxia? Take Qufu, known as the cultural center of China and the world-renowned hometown of Confucius and Mencius. It is a fourth-tier small county. Ordinary buildings built by Greentown in the suburbs start at 6,000. If you want a small villa with a single courtyard.
, 13,000 square meters, the smallest house is only 200 or more than 200 square meters, no one can't get it for more than 3 million.
What is this gap? Qufu is a small fourth-tier county in China. Although South Carolina is far less famous in the American Empire than California and Texas, it is still a state and city on the southeastern coast.
But then again, socialism also has its advantages. The useful life of Chinese houses is seventy years, but at least many of the houses now will be demolished before seventy years, and the new houses allocated will be seventy years old.
Ten years of use rights are definitely good news to the Chinese people.
The U.S. Empire is not like this. If in the future you die of old age or become disabled and cannot afford to pay various taxes, the U.S. Empire will take back your house and you will have no place to live. You will have to pay taxes to mow a lawn, and you will have to pay to decorate a house.
Taxes, not to mention payroll tax, inheritance tax, gasoline franchise tax, customs tax, telephone franchise tax, alcoholic beverage franchise tax, aviation tax, tobacco tax, anyway, this tax and that tax are more terrifying than Chinese taxes.
too much.
How can a capitalist country compare with our socialism? In many aspects, too many people like to look at problems unilaterally. Of course, the Chinese government should indeed control this situation. Less taxation is an advantage, at least ordinary people do not have so much pressure.
But high housing prices are also a big problem.
House prices in most cities can easily reach tens of thousands, and a two-bedroom apartment can cost more than a million. The average monthly salary of urban civil servants is only two or three thousand. If you save 30,000 a year without food or water, you will not be able to afford a house in 30 years. Ordinary people
How to buy it? You can’t afford it even if you sell a kidney. Civil servants may have some gray income, but ordinary people spend everything they earn.
After the car stopped, Master Xu and Bai Xiaoye got out of the car at the respectful invitation of the two mafia gangsters.
Randolph said nothing and walked into the room with the support of a group of people.
"Master Xu, please." Lao Hei has almost become Xu Yun's full-time bodyguard. After getting out of the car, the way he looked at other people was different.
People are like this. Once they are deceived, they will stop wandering and just believe that as long as they protect Master Xu's safety, the godfather will promote him and make him rich. He will not think rationally about what is going on in the godfather's mind.
What he thought was not what Xu Yun said, it was what the godfather thought.
Xu Yun took advantage of the common tricks of many domestic liar masters, figured out the needs of the other party, deceived the other party through multiple observations, and directly won the other party.
So the other party was originally a black man. When Xu Yun said that he was black, he also believed it. He lost his mind and didn't even consider that he was originally black.
In the magnificently decorated villa, there are famous paintings on the walls and scattered famous sculptures on the tables.
This aura is indeed not small for Xu Yun, but it is nothing in Bai Xiaoye's eyes. Zuo Lengyue is a person who likes to collect, and she has more collections than Randolph. The ones placed in Randolph's living room
This little thing is just a drop in the bucket for Zuo Lengyue.
After sitting down, only the servant served Randolph coffee, completely ignoring the two guests Xu Yun and Bai Xiaoye.
"Hahaha, Godfather, if you want to give me something to show off, I have no objection. After all, I made you lose a lot of money, and I also made you lose a person." Xu Yun said straight to the point: "
So, I understand that you want me to suffer a little bit. However, this kind of cold treatment of guests is probably a bit unjustifiable..."
"I know that you Chinese people are very particular about having friends come from far away." Randolph said: "I am also very particular about it. I admire the Confucian master Mr. Confucius very much. I am where I am today because my motto is Mr. Confucius.
Confucius’ famous saying, “When three people walk together, there must be one teacher.” If it weren’t for Mr. Confucius’s words, I would definitely not be where I am today.”
Xu Yun raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, in fact, gangsters are not to be feared, only that they are literate. Randolph is definitely a literate person and can speak one or two sentences in the Analects of Confucius. Although this is not uncommon in China, a kindergarten student
You know these two sentences (if you don't know how, you will definitely be a scumbag in the future), but in the United States, a mafia circle where scumbags are rampant, I'm afraid not many people know Confucius.
Randolph's ability to speak clearly and logically really surprised Xu Yun.
"I didn't expect the godfather to have research on Chinese Confucian culture." Xu Yun smiled slightly. It takes some thinking to deal with a cultured gangster.
"I've been to Qufu, to Nishan Mountain, and to worship at Confucius Cave." Randolph said calmly.
Xu Yun smiled slightly: "A gentleman cherishes virtue, while a villain cherishes earth; a gentleman cherishes punishment, while a villain cherishes benefits. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds. A gentleman is known for righteousness, and a villain is known for benefit."
Randolph was startled. He was already very good at knowing such a few simple sentences in the Analects of Confucius. However, Xu Yun's parallelism between a gentleman and a villain instantly made him confused. But in a literal sense, it was not difficult for Randolph.
I understand that Xu Yun was calling him a villain in disguise, because he did everything for profit, not righteousness.
"I wonder if Godfather thinks he is a gentleman or a villain?" Xu Yun said with a slight smile.
"I can't be compared with Mr. Confucius." Randolph said: "Since Xu Dada has made it so clear, we might as well open the sky and speak openly. I will have peaceful talks with Xu Dada, naturally for the benefit. I am willing to
As the head of the Binoy family, the whole family has hundreds of mouths waiting for me to make a decision so that they can eat. The title of gentleman is not valuable to me, maximizing interests is what I care about."
A good way to maximize profits.
Xu Yun nodded: "I understand what the godfather means. Then I can't help but tell the truth. How is Mr. Gu now?"
"Of course it's good." Randolph smiled and said, "It's great."
"Can I see him?" Xu Yun asked.
"Of course... no." Randolph put away the smile on his face: "Give me a reason. If your reason is sufficient, I may give you this opportunity. But if your reason is not sufficient,
Then don’t blame me for being ruthless."
Xu Yun laughed and did not follow Randolph's topic: "Godfather, if I can't see Mr. Gu, how can I trust you? The two of us are probably not friends now. You don't care about righteousness in the first place.
I can't believe you anymore. If what I said is right, what you want to do most now is not to kill me, but to use me to maximize your benefits. Therefore, I am qualified to make conditions."
Just as Xu Yun finished speaking, someone suddenly stood up with a gun and directly yelled and ordered Xu Yun: "Who do you think you are? How dare you talk to the godfather like this! Believe it or not, I will let you die now!"
Xu Yun didn't need to say anything at all, Lao Hei took out his gun and pointed it at his own man: "Put down the gun! Xu Dada came here to discuss interests with his godfather, so please show some respect to me!"
Damn it, this old black guy can do it, it’s really interesting. Xu Yun thought to himself.