Chapter 36 Short of money?
Everything slowly got on track. A month later, the ordered vehicle arrived and was parked in the apartment's underground parking lot. Only two of the four parking spaces were occupied.
After calling McCall and asking him to familiarize himself with the car, Link asked Fergie Nelson to apply for a gun license for McCall.
The Jessica Charitable Foundation was officially launched. The first thing to do was to discuss the acquisition. Link took a fancy to an apartment, which was a five-story small apartment covering an area of only about 0.3 acres of land.
The entire apartment belongs to the individual, so just talk to the owner directly.
It had been rented before, but after Wilson Fisk began acquiring properties in Hell's Kitchen, the owners had begun preparations, but Fisk ran into problems.
First, problems with United Construction Company's accounts were discovered by Karen Page, and then Daredevil's troubles put their business in trouble.
Finally, there was a hand-to-hand meeting, which allowed Fisker to acquire large buildings first. Such buildings occupy a large area and are convenient for them to dig downwards.
Therefore, no one came to negotiate with such a small apartment in a marginal location. After Link took a fancy to it, he asked Jessica to take someone to negotiate with him, which was considered as an exercise for her.
When Jessica encountered something she liked, she did not go directly to the door. Instead, she investigated the owner and the apartment, and then came to the door with the information.
As a driver, McCall naturally had a clearer understanding of the situation. He discovered that the landlady was very talented in investigating crimes. She actually investigated the other party to the very bottom and completely gained the upper hand during the negotiation.
Soon, the negotiations were concluded and the company was fully acquired at a price of US$800,000.
This is the price of Hell's Kitchen. It is not as valuable as Link's previous townhouse. After all, it is too small. It only covers an area of 0.3 acres, covering an area of just over 1,200 square meters.
Moreover, this building is old enough, it was built in 1920.
Then we called in several people from the design company to take a look, and the answer they gave was that it was best to rebuild. There was no value in rebuilding, and it was almost a dilapidated building.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be so cheap. This 800,000 yuan is the price of the land.
Jessica needs to discuss this with Link.
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"Dear, the apartment was acquired, but the people from the design company think that it is not necessary to renovate it. It is best to rebuild it. The cost is too much." Jessica said with a frown.
Link knew that it was a matter of money. He invested one million as the initial capital, and after the acquisition, he still had US$200,000 left.
Among them are paying salaries and maintaining the normal operations of the law firm.
"No problem, I'll just invest another one million." There are only a few hundred thousand left in Link's account. This is the two of them's usual expenses, most of which are stocks.
It is not cost-effective for Link to sell stocks now, and it is contrary to the operating rules of charitable funds. Jessica has funds in her account, but it is less than one million.
Recently, hiring a coach and buying new season clothes have cost a lot of money, and she is also a little embarrassed.
After Link finished speaking, he thought for a moment and said, "You discuss the plan with the design company first, and then we go to Las Vegas."
"Is that okay?" Jessica frowned, "Will you make them dissatisfied by doing this?" "No, it's a small amount, and what I win is the customers' money, not their casino's money, so don't worry. "Link doesn't care, and if he's lucky and encounters another big game, then there won't be any problems.
"Okay!" Jessica nodded.
Soon, she signed a contract with the design company, gave a deposit of US$100,000, and talked with Murdoch and Nelson about injecting capital again, this time without diluting their shares.
However, this is the last step. It will rely on the profits of the charity fund for operations in the future, and the building will not be too high. This time it is planned to build four floors.
The frame design of one underground floor and three floors above ground, with large-scale use of floor-to-ceiling windows, makes the building structure very simple.
The underground floor is a parking lot. Although it is on the edge of Hell's Kitchen, you still have to pay attention to safety. It is too easy for cars to cause accidents when parked outside. So we just build an underground parking lot.
The ground floor is used as the reception area, and the front desk is placed here, divided into left and right. The left side is used for normal legal entrustments, and the right side is the reception area for legal aid.
The left side is built with cubicles to ensure customer privacy, while the right side is an open area.
The second floor is the office area for lawyers and assistants, as well as the reception room for major clients, while the third floor is used by the foundation, which is responsible for the review of legal aid and other issues, including conference rooms.
That’s almost enough!
It is March now, the temperature is good, we can start demolition and then construction, which will be completed in about four months.
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"Hey, Colson, haven't you been taking action recently?" Link called Colson.
"You don't need to intervene in this case. The main reason is to separate you and prevent Fisk from suspecting you." Colson said: "This time we are only focusing on the hand and meeting, especially the issue of the keel. This is a must. Strictly confidential."
"You have to remember this."
"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of this. Since there is no need for me, I will take Jessica on vacation. I happen to lack funds, and this time I will go to Las Vegas." Link said.
"Okay, that's fine, so your suspicion will be smaller." Colson then smiled, "It's like you are going to withdraw money."
"There is no way, who made me so powerful?" Link said: "But this time I have to change to another one. I can't always go to the same one, otherwise it will be troublesome if people are really rude to me."
"As long as you know, let me know if there are any problems." Coulson gave Link some assurance.
"Okay!" Link then hung up the phone.
Then they set off with Jessica. Trish was very envious. She recently found a boyfriend, but the situation was not good.
Arriving in Las Vegas, Link investigated the casino hotel here and checked into a different one. He spent most of the day at the swimming pool. Link experienced the fun of applying sunscreen to others, and then at night he took Jessica went to the casino first and then watched various shows.
It was completely like a vacation, making money was only secondary, and Jessica saw Link playing cards for the first time. He really killed everyone and made a million dollars in a few days.
However, she also keenly discovered that people from the casino were targeting them on the third day, but they withdrew again in the next two days.
(End of chapter)