After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 152 It's All Because of Boredom
People who can afford a car in Thailand are at least middle class and above.

Because cars are more expensive, a domestic car worth 10 yuan can be sold for 20 yuan in Thailand.

An interesting phenomenon is that the definition of luxury cars in Thailand is judged by Porsche.

All Porsche models, including McCann and 711, and the brands above it, such as Bentley, Ferrari, Aston Martin, etc., are luxury cars.

The treatment for luxury cars is that all major shopping malls will basically reserve enough parking spaces for luxury cars. These cars can be parked as soon as they come, which is very convenient.

Other car brands, even some expensive models such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, can only be parked in ordinary parking spaces.

Therefore, rich people in Thailand buy more Porsches.

In addition, richer people like to buy Bentleys, and most of them are Chinese.

It is said that nearly 7% of Bentleys in Thailand are bought by Chinese.

Of course, this may be related to the fact that there are many wealthy Chinese in Thailand.

Zheng Kun helped Li Zhuo to fill in the car purchase information, and the car was listed under the name of the company, which was very convenient.

When Nana and Moss learned that Li Zhuo went to watch the car because he was bored, they bought a Porsche Pamei.

Both were shocked—

Nana:

"I just suggested casually, let you go and see the car to pass the time, and then bought a Panamera? Is it a bit...too sudden?"

It's really bald, Li Zhuo himself didn't think about buying a car beforehand.

Moss is also quite shocked:
"...The speed is too fast, I didn't expect it to be true, and you always say that women are prodigals and like to spend money in luxury stores, but I have never heard of a beautiful woman who spends 1300 million baht in one shopping trip..."

Li Zhuo smiled and said:

"The main reason is that I will come here often in the future, and it is not convenient without a car."

He added:
"Besides, since this car is in the name of the company, it can also be used as the company's reception car when I'm not around..."

For Li Zhuo, the first car he bought here is actually a scooter, and it will definitely be eliminated in the future, so he should just use it as the company's reception car.

Listening to him, Nana and Moss are very happy——

"In this way, our company finally has its first reception car, and it's still a Porsche. It will definitely be respected when we drive it out to receive people."

"That's right, the price of the company's reception car is higher than the company's own valuation, haha, no one else would think that we are very powerful..."

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Li Zhuo looked at the time, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and he still had something to do, so he suggested that everyone go home and rest.

Everyone agreed, Zheng Kun drove Nana and the others back to their place of residence, and then took Li Zhuo back to the W Hotel.

After returning to his room, Li Zhuo turned on his computer, entered his Futu Securities account, and placed a sell order for all 180 lots of Apple stocks at a price of $150.1 per share.

Apple shares fell after the market opened, and the final transaction price was $150.05 a share.

180 lots of stocks were sold for a total of 270.09 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 1 million yuan if the US dollar is exchanged for 6.8 yuan.

If you are American, you have to pay taxes on US stock transactions, but Li Zhuo is not, he does not need to pay taxes.

Li Zhuo chose to withdraw cash and transferred the money to his Standard Chartered bank card.

The cashback amount is equivalent to 1820 million yuan, and the excess will still be kicked back by Golden Finger.

After buying the car, he still had a balance of 1140 million yuan on the card. Adding this sum, the total amount on his Standard Chartered bank card was equivalent to 2960 million yuan.

……

The next day, Li Zhuo had nothing to do, and felt a little bored after waking up, so he decided to take this opportunity to look at the house.

He called a Chinese agent in Bangkok and asked him to take him to see the house.

According to Thailand's regulations, foreigners are not allowed to buy landed houses, so Li Zhuo can't buy villas.

But he can buy large flats, and the property rights are not short, some even have freehold property rights.

Of course, if he wants to buy a villa, it's easy, just hang it under the company's name.

For the first apartment he bought here, he tended to buy a large flat, which is more convenient for living. Villas are usually more remote and sometimes inconvenient.

The agent took Li Zhuo to see the Silom/Sathorn area, which is the financial and economic center of Bangkok.

Because Bangkok is very open to the outside world, many of the properties here are built by international capital and world-class designers. The fashion and architectural styles are among the top in the world.

Li Zhuo followed the agent to the Pixel Building, which looked like a half-burnt corn.

This building is a juxtaposition of hotels and luxury apartments. The Hilton Hotel is on this building, and the property services of this apartment are also in charge of the Hilton Hotel.

The area of ​​the large flat on the top floor has reached 884 square meters, and the price converted is close to 1 million yuan. The area of ​​other ultra-luxury apartments is also more than 300 square meters, and the price is at least 2700 million yuan.

This price exceeded Li Zhuo's budget. The set he was looking at was a luxurious 50-square-foot flat on the 240th floor of the Pixel Building.

Luxury apartment buildings in Bangkok pay great attention to the setting of public spaces, including a 25-meter-long large swimming pool, sundeck, garden, yoga platform, gym, private cinema, game room, sauna room, etc., all of which are well-equipped and of high quality.

Of course, not only this one, but basically all apartment buildings, as long as they are luxury apartment buildings.

This 240-square-meter large flat has three bedrooms. There is no shared area in Thailand, so the 240-square-meter house here may be larger than the 280-square-meter house in China.

This residence can overlook the entire cityscape of Bangkok, as well as the Chao Phraya River. The location and scenery are perfect.

Moreover, its interior space design and decoration are both novel and fashionable, pleasing to the eye.

The problem with it is that it is only finely decorated without matching soft decoration. The second is that its living room space feels a little insufficient, which of course may be related to the designer's design concept.

Li Zhuo didn't say anything after reading it, and the agent took him to a luxury apartment project also located by the Chao Phraya River, called Bangkok Oriental Mandarin Apartment.

What's interesting is that it is located next to the Siam Tiandi Plaza that I just visited before, and the distance between the two is about 100 meters.

This residence has a total of 52 floors. The ground floor is the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, a six-star hotel. The property of the apartment is also provided by the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

It can be said that this place is prepared for the rich in Thailand and the world.

In Thailand, people generally prefer small and medium-sized apartments (less than 80 square meters), and apartment projects over 150 square meters are basically prepared for foreigners or rich people in the country.

李卓看的这套是位于42层的，一套3室2厅4卫，230平的大平层。

Its decoration is similar to the style of the pixel building, and it is also a typical hotel style, neat, gorgeous but simple.

The scenery is also very good, 270° overlooking the Chao Phraya River outside the window, and the whole city of Bangkok.

If we say that it is different from the apartment in the pixel building, it may be that its height is higher, and the living room design is more simple, so the sense of space is better than that of the pixel building.

The more critical point is that it is furnished with soft furnishings, and the furniture has already been arranged.

Li Zhuo bought the first house in Thailand, and it was impossible to sell it at the top, because he didn't have that much budget.

For example, the top floor of this Mandarin Oriental apartment is 710 square meters, and the price is as high as 1.7 US dollars per square meter, which means that it takes about 8000 million yuan to buy it.

This top-level apartment is prepared for the rich on the Forbes rich list. It is said that the owner of Dyson once spent the equivalent of 3.5 million yuan to buy a penthouse in Southeast Asia.

Considering that it is often inconvenient to live in a foreign country, he bought a 230-square-meter Oriental Mandarin Apartment that has been furnished with soft furnishings. The price of this apartment is 1.05 million baht, or 2100 million yuan.

Since Li Zhuo bought the house with full payment, the developer provided 5 years of property fees and the permanent right to use 2 parking spaces.

The intermediary was busy before and after, helping to calculate the taxes and fees, including the transfer fee of 2%, stamp duty of 0.5%, the one-time payment of the sinking fund of 350 baht/square meter, and the intermediary fee of 1%.

Such as personal income tax and special business tax, etc., are borne by the seller.

Therefore, the tax that Li Zhuo should pay is about 4% of the house price, or 84 RMB.

The advantage of buying a house in Thailand is that there is no real estate tax, which saves a lot of annual expenses compared to Europe and the United States.

And the property rights are either 99 years or perpetual.

The disadvantage is that the liquidity is very poor. The houses purchased by foreigners can only be sold to foreigners, and the investment will be locked up.

The total cost is 2184 million yuan, or 1.092 million baht.

After Li Zhuo paid in full, there was still cash equivalent to 776 million yuan, or 3880 million baht, left on the card.

All the hard and soft furnishings of this apartment are in place, he only needs to buy some kitchen supplies and bedding, so Li Zhuo packed his bags and moved in that night.

The service capability of the property is also very good. Li Zhuo just mentioned to the lobby service staff that he needs to move in, and they arranged for the housekeeper to come to ask Li Zhuo what he needs.

He only moved his mouth, and these things were arranged quickly and smoothly.

So, on the second night after moving in, the relaxed Li Zhuo invited Nana, Moss and Zheng Kun to come to his house as guests to celebrate having a house.

Then when the two girls came, they were shocked again——

"...So, because you were bored and went to see houses, you just bought a luxury apartment in Oriental Mandarin?" Nana asked in surprise.

The location of Oriental Mandarin Apartment can be said to be a very precious place, and it is not ordinary people who can buy a large flat here.

Li Zhuo nodded with difficulty. He really felt a little bored when he woke up in the morning and didn't know what to do.

Zheng Kun laughed and said:

"This reminds me of a saying in China, when it's raining, beating a child is idle. I'm bored, so I bought a house to play..."

Moss was also shocked:

"Then how much did this house cost in total? It looks very expensive."

"Uh, less than 1.1 million baht, it's not bad, not too expensive." Li Zhuo replied.

It was the first time for the two girls to see Versailles literature.

It worked well, and they both looked at him wide-eyed, as if trying to see a flower in his face.

You don't care how expensive it is?Isn't a mansion worth over [-] million yuan considered expensive?
They want to complain, but they don't know where to start.

"Hey, are you all right?" Li Zhuo shook his hand in front of their eyes, signaling to get back to his senses.

"...Ah, it's okay, we just need time to adapt to the rhythm of local tyrants."

"Yes, I need to do some psychological construction work, otherwise I will be easily surprised..."

They were joking, of course, and soon happily went to study this 230-square-meter luxury apartment, and learned a lot.

They were amazed by the patterns of flowers and birds on the wall panels. Li Zhuo explained:
"It's 3D hand-painted and painted, and matched with the embroidery style of the Celestial Dynasty. The designer is said to be from Hong Kong, so it incorporates the national style."

They went to see the restaurant again, which was also quite distinctive, from the chandelier to the round dining table, which looked like petals.

Li Zhuo explained:
"This is the Flower Restaurant, and it was also created by that designer."

"...This washbasin is said to be chiseled from a whole block of marble, and the finished product rate is not high, so the price is not low..."

"...Oh, the floor of the bathroom is the mosaic style of ancient Rome. According to the agent, it took a lot of effort to make it..."

After they saw the interior, they ran to the balcony to look outside.

After a while, he came over to discuss with Li Zhuo, asking if he could visit the public facilities here in the future.

The supporting outdoor swimming pool, yoga room, private theater, etc., the experience of these facilities is much better than that of the outside.

Moreover, the owner can bring friends to use it.

"Of course, if you like, I will take you there now." Li Zhuo said.

"Okay, haha, thank you, I'm so happy." The two girls happily followed Li Zhuo to the infinity pool on the fourth floor.

Only Zheng Kun, who knows how to cook, was left cooking in the kitchen.

So, sometimes it's hard to cook.

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(End of this chapter)