Chapter 801 Repair the house and return to Los Angeles

Chapter 801 Repair the house and return to Los Angeles

After a banging sound, Jack carefully inspected the dense waterproof layer, rearranged the tiles, and climbed down the ladder neatly to the roof, admiring the masterpiece in front of him with great satisfaction.

"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 "bills" of 20 US dollars from him, and counted them quickly. 1,000 yuan. This is him, Jubal and Aubrey. The reward for these three days of hard work.

They spent three days helping Ray Higgins clean up his messy yard, clear out a large amount of garbage, replace the rotten wainscoting and aging wires on the exterior walls, and the already creaky wooden floors. All were 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.

Two ladies, Jiejie and Hannah, also helped with a lot of work and took care of the logistics for the three days. Hannah was in charge of purchasing and Jiejie was in charge of cooking.

So the 1,000 yuan was divided into five equal 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 made 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. He also had constant accidents. He either hit his feet with wood or hit his hands with nails. His work efficiency was comparable to that of the workers at Third Brother's house. A fight.

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 a wall or doing some simple carpentry repairs, he can handle it with ease, almost half as powerful as the old rookie John.

Of course, the main work was done by Jack, who was able to work harder, not to mention that it was he who suggested helping the old sheriff repair the house.

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 plus various house insurances and daily maintenance. Fees are also a large expense every year.

Therefore, 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, he first had to have decent quality and good appearance. Difference.

The rickety wooden house that Gabriel chose before was basically worthless, and the land was relatively remote, so he had not been able to sell it for so many years.

The land of Ray Higgins's house is not bad, and the surrounding environment is also quite good, but it is difficult to sell it based on the previous sales appearance. He originally planned to slowly repair it by himself and continue to live 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, the economy in recent years has not been so good. Economic prosperity and financial management income are not enough to support those better nursing homes.

So although I'm a bit reluctant to part with it, selling this house seems to be the best option at the moment.

Everyone in the wanted group actually didn't have much sympathy for Gabriel. The reason why 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 spend his whole life in a federal felony prison or a high-security mental hospital. Everyone feels 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. He first intentionally or unintentionally deceived Ray Higgins' original budget of $10,000, and then quoted a labor fee of $1,000.

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 material prices are not too outrageous. The only outrageous thing 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 unhappy endings through one's own efforts can make people feel somewhat gratified, and it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. After all, every time a wanted order is completed, it costs a lot to take a group of supermodels out to have fun.

Rather than letting someone pour sweat on the girls, why not come and help with some physical work? Proper labor is good for physical and mental health.

After completing the work of doing good things every day, 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 that brothers Jack and Wolfe together account for 51%, the Anderson family accounts for 40% in Zoe's name, and the rest is to be distributed.

The Anderson family also contributed the majority of the actual investment. The bank under the family's name provided the first US$50 million in financing and promised to provide at least US$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 would be refreshed very quickly in the next few years, and the minimum goal was to obtain a Senate seat in the Congress within the next three years.

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 elders 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 to see old friends by the way. After all, she had left before. It's somewhat rushed.

Hannah didn't join in the fun this time. After all, she knew that Jack was here to take care of business, not to mention that the Clay family's baby was enough for her to play with for a while.