Chapter 801 Repair the house and return to Los Angeles
After a "dang-dang-dang" banging sound, Jack carefully inspected the dense waterproof layer, rearranged the tiles one by one, and climbed down the ladder neatly to the roof. He was quite contentedly admiring the masterpiece in front of him.
“I really don’t know how to thank you.” Ray Higgins stood next to Jack, looking at his brand new house with a moved face.
"You're welcome, we agreed to collect money." Jack smiled and took a wad of "big bills" of 20 US dollars from his hand, and counted them quickly, 1,000 yuan, this is him, Jubal and Aubrey's reward for their hard work over the past three days.
They spent three days helping Ray Higgins clean up his messy yard, clean up a lot of garbage, and replace the rotten wainscoting and aging wires on the exterior wall, which were already squeaky. The creaking wooden floors were all replaced with new ones.
After applying a layer of stucco and paint inside and outside the house, Jack finally repaired the roof that had been damaged by a tree trunk.
Jiejie and Hannah also helped with a lot of work and took care of the logistics work for these three days. Hannah was in charge of purchasing and Jiejie was in charge of cooking.
So the 1,000 yuan was divided equally into five parts by Jack, 200 for each person. After receiving the money, Aubrey was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
"I will probably have to put these 10 20 dollar bills in a photo frame. This is probably the hardest money I have ever earned in my life." said the former Wall Street banker.
Hannah made a face at him. In the past three days, this guy had eaten the most and done the least work, and there were constant accidents. He either hit his feet with wood or hit his hands with nails. The workers in my brother’s family are quite capable.
In sharp contrast to him is Jubal. Although he is also a New York City native, Jubal lives in the suburbs. Like most Americans, he has a small repair shop with all tools in the garage.
Whether it's painting walls or doing simple carpentry repairs, he can handle it easily, and he can almost have half of the skill of the old rookie John.
Of course, the main work was done by Jack. Those who can do more work, not to mention the suggestion to help the old sheriff repair the house was also made by him.
The area of Ray Higgins’ home is not too big, with about three to four hundred square meters upstairs and downstairs. The property tax is reduced to a certain extent because he is an elderly person, but with various Home insurance and daily maintenance fees are also a considerable expense every year.
So many elderly people will choose to sell their houses, use the money to buy several financial products, and then move into a nursing home.
Ray Higgins also planned this. Gabriel's incident hit him hard and gave him the idea of leaving the place. However, if he wanted to sell the house, the quality of the house must be decent and the appearance must be similar. Difference.
The rickety wooden house that Gabriel chose before is basically worthless, and the land is relatively remote, so it has not been sold for so many years.
The land of Ray Higgins's house is not bad, and the surrounding environment is also quite good. However, it is difficult to sell based on the previous sales appearance. He originally planned to slowly repair it by himself. Living alone.
Now he has changed his mind and plans to find a suitable nursing home closer to his two daughters, but that will require a lot of money. Although the pension of the retired police sergeant is quite generous, closer to home The economy was not booming this year, and the income from financial management was not enough to support the better nursing homes.
So although I am a bit reluctant to let go, selling this house seems to be the best choice at the moment.
Everyone in the wanted criminal group actually didn't have much sympathy for Gabriel. The reason they took the risk and chose to capture him alive was simply because they didn't want Ray Higgins, a kind-hearted old man, to be too sad.
There may not be a saying in the United States that what goes around comes around, but there are similar sayings, such as "Whatever you put out there comes back to you." However, although Gabriel is not dead, there is a high probability that he will be in a federal felony prison or high school. After spending a lifetime in a secure mental hospital, everyone felt that Ray Higgins should not have such a heartbreaking ending, so Jack's proposal received unanimous response from everyone.
In order to prevent the old man from being too upset, Jubal also came up with an idea, first intentionally or unintentionally, he got out of the budget that Ray Higgins originally planned to spend, which was ten thousand. US dollars, and then made a quotation of US$1,000 for labor costs.
Laomei’s wooden structure houses have a very mature system from construction to maintenance. From wooden boards to various small sheet metal parts, there are fixed standards and sizes. The price of materials is not too outrageous. The only thing What’s outrageous is probably the labor cost.
The labor fee of 1,000 US dollars was basically equivalent to free work. Serious workers could be hired to complete the entire renovation for less than 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, but the money was collected anyway. Ray Higgins declined repeatedly, and finally agreed to pay a few dollars. Thanks to the FBI.
In Jack's words, this is also for the sake of everyone's mental health. If there are too many cases with tragic endings, people will always feel helpless.
Being able to change some unsatisfactory endings through one's own efforts can make people feel a little gratified, and it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. After all, every time you complete a wanted order, you have to take a group of supermodels out to sea to have fun. The cost is not small.
Instead of letting someone pour sweat on the girls, it is better to help with some physical work. Proper labor is good for physical and mental health.
After completing their daily good deeds, the Most Wanted Criminal Team said goodbye to Ray Higgins and returned to New York. Jack took advantage of the fact that there were no new cases for the time being and took Jie Jie back to Los Angeles.
After all, Chris auctioned off the Pollock abstract painting in his RV that only he could understand anonymously. Of course, because it was an anonymous auction, it was impossible to sell it for hundreds of millions, but he still recovered. Nearly more than $30 million in funding.
A new Internet company is about to be established and will be established under the name of the Anderson family. At least in the eyes of outsiders, this will be the first step for this ancient California political family to extend its tentacles into the high-tech industry.
The actual internal equity distribution is actually that brothers Jack and Wolfe together account for 51%, the Anderson family accounts for 40% in the name of Zoe, and the rest is to be distributed.
The Anderson family is also the major contributor in actual investment. The bank under the family's name provided the first $50 million in financing and promised to provide at least $200 million in second-round financing in the next few years.
Jack didn’t know how much money it would cost in the early stage and didn’t dare to think about it. In short, Zoe’s political resume will be refreshed very quickly in the next few years, and the minimum goal is to obtain a senator in the next three years. seats.
The old U.S. Senate has a total of 100 seats, two for each of the 50 states. The terms are staggered, each term is 6 years, and can be re-elected indefinitely.
Therefore, in common perception, the power of this country is not concentrated in the hands of the president who is elected every four years and can be re-elected for up to two terms, but in the hands of the men in the Senate.
Jack returned to Los Angeles because he had a lot of important documents to sign, involving assets, and some things even had to be submitted to the FBI for filing. Jiejie went back to the BAU to take care of some loose ends, and take a look. Old friends, after all, I left somewhat hastily before.
Hannah didn't join in the fun this time. After all, she knew Jack was there to take care of business, not to mention the Clay family's baby was enough for her to play with for a while.
(End of this chapter)