"Mr. Jiang looks very young. Are you here for studies, or...?" Theodore Vidos asked tentatively.
After Theodore Vidos finished asking, Jessica, who was standing beside him, also looked at Jiang Cheng with searching eyes.
She wanted to see exactly how much capital he had to dare to be so arrogant.
Seeing Jessica looking at him with a displeased expression, Jiang Cheng's gaze swept right past her.
He shook his head at Theodore Vidos: "I'm here for tourism."
Seeing Jiang Cheng say this, Theodore Vidos's inner expectations dropped a bit.
After all, Jiang Cheng did look far too young.
Theodore Vidos couldn't help but feel he was overthinking things.
He thought that perhaps Jiang Cheng was just a young man who shared similar interests with Joshua.
Maybe the family behind him wasn't simple, but for now, he was just a young man in his early twenties out traveling.
Even so, Theodore Vidos didn't let any other expression show on his face.
After all, Joshua was someone who rarely took the initiative to approach others.
Someone he treated with such enthusiasm certainly wasn't ordinary, added to Jiang Cheng's decent attire and the watch on his wrist.
This person's family was definitely either wealthy or noble.
Theodore Vidos said to Jiang Cheng with a warm expression, "If you're here for tourism, besides the famous and spectacular St. Paul's Cathedral, London's only other unique features are London Bridge and the London Eye. Oh, and you can also take a walk along the River Thames in the evening; the scenery and the food there are quite excellent."
"Since arriving, I haven't been that interested in London's scenery, but after looking around, I've become quite interested in London's houses."
Theodore Vidos wasn't too surprised to hear Jiang Cheng say this; after all, many Second-generation rich or international students buy houses overseas.
"Which area's houses are you interested in? That happens to be my specialty; I can introduce you to some suitable ones."
Jiang Cheng thought for a moment and asked, "Given my situation, if I wanted to purchase a large amount of real estate in London that preserves and increases in value, do you have any good recommendations?"
As soon as Jiang Cheng said this, the expressions of Jessica Alexander and the others changed.
How could she not know how expensive London real estate was?
Joshua patted Jiang Cheng's shoulder and asked, "You want to invest in real estate?"
Jiang Cheng nodded. "I'm not interested in anything else, and I happen to have some spare cash. There shouldn't be any purchase limits here, right?"
Seeing Jiang Cheng joking, Joshua laughed heartily, shrugged, and said boldly, "This is Great Britain; as long as you have money, you can have as many as you want. But it's strange, the Chinese people I know all love to invest in real estate everywhere."
Theodore Vidos followed up on Joshua's words, saying, "Joshua is right, I have the same feeling. I don't know if you've heard of Mr. Li Deyi; he is a major client of our company and also Chinese. As far as I know, he is currently the one with the highest investment assets among all Chinese people in Great Britain—essentially the richest Chinese person in Great Britain. Currently, his assets are roughly 2.7 billion pounds, and the vast majority of those investments are in real estate, whether it's hotel apartments or commercial districts, he likes to buy them all."
2.7 billion pounds is nearly 24 billion RMB.
Jiang Cheng was somewhat surprised that 20-odd billion could make someone the richest among the Chinese in Great Britain.
This also showed that there weren't many big shots from our China developing and investing in Great Britain.
However, this only counted their overseas assets; these big shots might have even more assets back home.
Unfortunately, after investing in ByteDance, his own cash flow had shrunk by half.
Jiang Cheng had naturally heard of Li Deyi.
Before traveling here, several of them had already discussed the wealthy Chinese in Great Britain.
Li Deyi and his family had been investing in real estate in Britain for many years; in London alone, he owned over 200 properties.
His annual rental income also exceeded 90 million pounds.
This was one of the reasons Jiang Cheng was interested in London real estate.
As a reincarnator, he not only had to invest in Chinese real estate but naturally had to dabble in Great Britain's real estate as well.
After all, not just Li Deyi, but even Li Ka-shing later moved the Hong Kong Island property speculation model to Great Britain.
The profits involved were naturally self-evident.
There were still a few years until the real estate bubble.
Entering the market now could only be described as neither too early nor too late; although the lowest prices had been missed, there was still plenty of room for appreciation.
"I've naturally heard of him. I quite agree with his approach."
The two of them laughed heartily upon hearing Jiang Cheng's words.
"If needed, I can personally send someone to introduce suitable houses to you," Theodore Vidos said politely.
"I'm returning to my country in two days. Is it still in time if I handle the procedures now?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Theodore Vidos could have just sent anyone to coordinate with Jiang Cheng, but to show how much he valued him, he still spoke up to ask.
"We can expedite the process for you first. You won't need to be present in person then; the main thing is to finalize the selection. Is your target apartments for self-residence or...?"
"I don't have a specific target. How about just copying a set for me based on Mr. Li Deyi's template?"
The moment Jiang Cheng said this, Theodore Vidos's gaze instantly changed. He stared straight into Jiang Cheng's eyes, seemingly trying to discern something.
Theodore Vidos asked tentatively, "Copying Mr. Li Deyi's template? Most of Mr. Li Deyi's real estate assets are in Chinatown and on commercial streets, with a small portion being apartments suitable for investment and rental, and then finally houses for self-residence. Although I haven't truly calculated it, excluding other investments, his real estate assets alone add up to at least over 1 billion pounds."