money trouble

Chapter 445 No Enduring Family

The road surface is paved with neat bricks and stones, and the feeling of vehicles walking on it is different from that of asphalt roads.

The phantom Wu Qian ordered weighed five or six tons, and the wide tires pressed against the dense stone bricks, making a dull sound.

Not far after entering the fork, the first gate of the Louis XIV Castle appeared not far away. The bronze-colored metal gate was shining brightly under the light.

David slowed down the speed of the car, but no one came out to verify his identity, and the door slowly opened.

Continuing to walk in, after passing the long courtyard, another gate appeared. It turned out that the one just now was just the outer gate, and this one was the inner gate.

These gates are completely designed to guard against gentlemen but not against villains. On both sides of the gates, there are shrubs that are only half as tall as a man. Adult men can easily step through them, but no one would dare.

Like the outer doors, the inner doors open inward before the vehicle approaches.

"Boss, it should be your friend who said hello. The people in the control department know that this is your car, but this place is really..."

David was a little nervous, and said: "Don't look at the open surroundings of this garden, but if anyone dares to sneak in and steal, I'm afraid they will be shot dead within five seconds."

Rosalind was sitting behind the driver's seat. She looked out the window and said, "Indeed, the security here is very strong, no less than that of the presidential palace of a small country."

Wu Qian was curious. He looked out the window, but he didn't find anything wrong.

The road is lined with trees on both sides, without too much autumn, and the crown of the trees is very neatly trimmed, which looks pleasing to the eye.

"Where is there any security force? Why didn't I see it."

Rosalind smiled, leaned on the big armrest in the center, leaned against Wu Qian's boss chair, pointed out the window, and said, "Boss, look at the shadowed place by the bushes over there, look carefully, isn't it? There is a half-human shadow."

"And there, there and there, there are security devices installed in the middle and top of the trees. If it is triggered, I'm afraid there will be no good results."

The security company G4S has the business of arming mansions. Rosalind has a little bit of experience in this, and David is a little bit worse, but he still has a keen sense that someone is staring at him.

Wu Qian followed Rosalind's fingers one by one and found some clues.

There is no lack of people who hate the rich anywhere. How could such a large manor have no precautions? Wouldn't it become a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered?

"The oil sellers are too rich and have offended many countries. It is not too much to be cautious."

The party was held by the Saudi prince, so he was naturally responsible for the security work. The people invited to play were either rich or expensive, and no mistakes could be tolerated, otherwise even the royal family would not be able to bear it.

"Boss, the economic status of Saudi Arabia is not as good as before. King Saruman is very actively carrying out economic transformation. They can no longer completely rely on the oil economy."

Rosalind continued Wu Qian's words.

"Oh? What's wrong with the Saudi economy?"

In Wu Qian's mind, Saudi Arabia is really a very rich country, why is it that the economy is failing all of a sudden?
"Boss, you may not be able to imagine that the economy of Saudi Arabia, which was once very rich, has entered the list of the world's most sluggish economies, and its economic growth rate has dropped to freezing point."

"The status of a prince seems to be respected, but in fact it is not uncommon in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi royal family now has more than 5000 princes, a huge royal family of more than 20 people, and the annual expenditure of the royal family alone reaches [-] billion U.S. dollars."

"Relying on oil can support the operation of the royal family, but what about the country?"

"If it weren't for Saruman's active economic transformation in the past few years, I am afraid that Saudi Arabia would have faced the danger of bankruptcy. Now Saudi Arabia is involved in the arms, finance, and tourism industries, but compared with its heyday, there is still a gap."

Wu Qian really didn't know about these things. He can be said to be smeared about things such as the international economic and political situation, because they were originally things that had nothing to do with him.

Once, Wu Qian felt that it would be silly to discuss world finance, international political situation and other matters with others, so it would be better to talk about what to eat at night.

Now, Wu Qian found that things that were once extremely far away from him were getting closer.

Chatting, the vehicle entered the core area of ​​the Louis XIV Castle, the outside is only the peripheral garden, and the trees are simply taken care of, and it is only here that the luxury of the Louis XIV Castle is displayed.

The garden completely follows the gardening concept of Andre Le Nôtre, the seventeenth-century landscape architect who was responsible for creating the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, neatly trimmed boxwoods, trees made into triangular cubes, regular garden labyrinths, vegetable gardens, exquisite mangers, The farm where goats are domesticated, everything is a replica of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

Such an exquisite garden requires a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain. Just the maze pattern in the garden requires ten gardeners to trim it twice a week.

In the very center of the gardens sits the magnificent sculptural fountain of the Palace of Versailles, covered with gold leaf by the studio involved in the restoration of the Elysee Palace and the Paris Opera.

Under the illumination of the lights, the entire fountain is golden and bright, showing unparalleled luxury.

The bright gold is matched with lighting art and well-manicured gardening, which does not reveal a trace of tackiness, but has a kind of noble elegance.

With a good match, vulgarity can become elegant, and vice versa.

Bypassing the fountain, there are four men patrolling back and forth between the two clusters of landscape trees, which is the last gate for vehicles to enter the front of the villa.

I don't know whether the movie is based on reality or the reality is imitated from the movie. Most bodyguards like to wear black suits, and the four guards at the entrance are no exception.

A man politely raised his hand to signal the Rolls-Royce to stop. When the car stopped, he walked to the driver's seat and saluted respectfully. After the driver's seat lowered the window glass, he said slowly: "Sir, good evening , is Mr. Wu sitting in the car?"

"Good evening, it's Mr. Wu."

After all, David turned on the lights in the car.

Wu Qian sat in the back row and waved to the big man in black outside the window, which means, look, it's me.

Out of politeness, the front outer and inner doors recognize cars but not people. At the last access control, people need to be confirmed as well.

It’s also because there are too many terrorist attacks and other things, and the rich are also afraid, but fear is also for entertainment. There is no way but to spend more time.

After confirming his identity, the security personnel quickly saluted respectfully and made a gesture of inviting inside.

Just as Wu Qian was confirming his identity, two beams of light came from behind him, and another vehicle arrived.

David's window was not up, and Wu Qian could hear that the people in the car behind seemed to be in a bad mood and were cursing.

It seems to be saying that this place is far away from downtown Paris or a no-fly zone. Helicopters are not allowed.

(End of this chapter)