Chapter 2240: Late Autumn in Golden City (Part 4)

Chapter 2214: Late Autumn in the Golden City (IV)

Lex took Clark to visit the new manor, or it could be said that they visited together, because before buying the manor, Lex had not seen all the rooms inside.

Clark was surprised by this. He really couldn't understand why a person would not take a good look around the house before buying it.

"Do you know how many rooms there are here?" Lex said helplessly: "There are about 160 living rooms here."

Clark opened his eyes wide in shock. It was hard for him to imagine that there would be 160 rooms in a house.

Lex stopped and looked at him and said, "I think you may have a wrong understanding of this manor. Didn't you see it when you flew up just now?"

"What did you see?"

"The whole manor."

"I only saw this house. Wait." Clark turned his head and looked at the gate and said, "Don't tell me that the whole building complex I just saw was your house."

"Do you think I will share a house with others?"

Clark took off again and flew out of the gate. This time he flew higher and saw the whole picture of the mid-mountain manor.

Of course, there is more than just the main hall of the manor here. There are about seven houses from high to low, two small and one large, three gardens, three squares of different sizes, a golf course, and many smaller buildings. Clark guessed that it might be a guard booth.

When Clark came here, Lex drove down to pick him up. They drove up along the winding mountain road. The first thing they entered was the gate of the manor. After entering, they were in the central square. There was a decorative sculpture fountain. On both sides of the square were porches supported by Roman columns surrounded by flowers, leading to the back of the main hall.

Next is the tall manor main hall, which is similar to the White House - Clark can only think of this metaphor - Clark thinks it is more beautiful than the White House because it also has an Eastern European-style dome and exquisite murals on the wall.

Behind the main hall is a small garden. The porch on the left leads to the trail, and the porch on the right is the driveway. They will eventually rise to another staircase, where there is another house with the same style as the main hall, but slightly smaller.

The road goes around the back of the house and goes all the way to the right. The mountain ends there and there is a cliff. The surface of the cliff has been transformed into an infinity pool on one side. There is also a house next to the pool, which is about half the size of the main hall, but taller, with about five floors.

Going up another step, it is divided into two parts. One part is the large garden of the manor, which occupies half of the mountain. It is connected to the golf course through a small square. The golf course is surrounded by a forest that has been obviously repaired by humans, which may be a nature reserve.

The last and topmost floor is the viewing platform on the top of the mountain, which has also been transformed into a square. The remaining four buildings are located on its right side, all facing the sea with their backs to the mountains, and are staggered in alternation.

"So you own a whole neighborhood?"

"So you're going to use the neighborhood to evaluate my manor?"

"Oh, sorry, that's not what I meant. It's much more luxurious than the neighborhood. Well, it's just a little beyond my cognition. I can't think of a better word to describe it."

"How do you think it compares to Wayne Manor?"

"I think they are two different styles." Clark and Lex walked forward together. He dragged his luggage and touched his chin and said, "This is much bigger than Wayne Manor. The buildings there are more compact. In fact, it was Bruce who explained that I knew his house was three houses, but they looked completely connected."

"It looks like the manors in some British dramas, with a hall in the middle of the square in front, and living buildings on both sides surrounded by a garden. There are not too many complicated decorations, but it has an ancient European style."

"And your manor is obviously more modern." Clark gestured and said, "I'm not talking about its decorative style, but its design is more modern. In line with the needs of modern humans, the reception buildings, sports and leisure areas are concentrated, and the living places and viewing areas are well divided. You can do only one thing in a certain area in a day without running back and forth. "

"It sounds like you are impressed by this."

"Oh, I can't complain to you about him, he will always know." Clark lowered his voice and said: "Sometimes he is like a charlatan, and suddenly he says what I have done, which is too scary."

"But I still have to say that it is too anti-human to walk through the entire garden to iron the clothes I just dried. Why can't the laundry room and ironing room be placed in one building, but must be placed in the two houses opposite to each other at the farthest distance?"

Lex turned his head and looked at Clark and said: "Have you noticed that the house with the ironing room has many smaller bedrooms, and there is even a floor of corridors and rooms that are very narrow and dense."

"Of course the third floor is like that, even as big as the room in my apartment, I don't understand who would live there."

"Of course it's servants. In addition to two male and female butlers, traditional English manors will be equipped with at least 30 male and female servants to take care of the cleaning, ironing, boilers, kitchen stoves, etc. of the master and mistress and the entire family. In addition, there are chefs, coachmen, security guards..."

"It sounds more like a community." Clark commented, and he said, "What about you? Are you also planning to hire some... uh, servants?"

"This is not the Victorian era. At Luther Manor, I have a complete set of modern butler service systems. They will arrive before tomorrow. The reason why it's not today is that there are too many planes coming to Gotham, and my private plane has no routes."

"It's hard to imagine." Clark sighed, "So the ironing room is placed in another house to be closer to the working servants? Then why not put the laundry room there too? Wouldn't it be faster and more convenient to complete all the processes at once?"

"Because there is no room." Lex thought for a while and said, "When they built the house, there shouldn't be much land, so the whole manor is a miniature version. The building with the ironing room should not be able to accommodate three laundry rooms."

"Wait, Three? "" Medieval clothes are different from your T -shirt. Different materials such as silk, lace, hair, etc. need to be treated differently. Before a grand banquet, dozens of servants need to deal with the entire family's clothes. It's not complicated enough to come to the suit, but those ties alone are dizzy. "Lex stopped again and looked at him," If you want to participate in my graduation celebration, I mean, have you brought a dress? " There are certain requirements, what do you plan to wear? " "I have a suit." Clark said, "I wear it to various formal occasions, and generally there are no problems."

"What about the fabric?"

"I don't know."

Lex covered his forehead and said, "So you bought a ready-made suit? What brand?"

"Not sure, Louise picked it for me."

"How much is it?"

"A little over two thousand."

Lex sighed, waved at Clark and said, "Let's go to your bedroom first, let me see this suit, although I am sure you can't wear it to Professor Schiller's dinner, but I need to see it."

Clark seemed a little confused, but he still followed Lex to one of the houses. This is the tallest house in the densely built area. It can overlook the entire Gotham City in front and the mountains and the sea in the back.

The unified and exquisitely decorated retro style made Clark feel that it was not scientific to wait until the full moon night without a werewolf standing on the top of the mountain and howling.

But in general, he was very satisfied with this room, because the stools here were obviously cushioned, the sliding doors of the cabinets were very smooth, and no furniture was a cultural relic that needed to be protected. There was even an intelligent power system and fresh air air conditioning, which was more suitable for humans and Kryptonians than Wayne Manor.

Clark opened his suitcase. Anyway, he didn't care about the weight of the suitcase, so he simply filled it with the checked baggage allowance, which weighed more than 20 kilograms.

The suit was pressed under a pile of things and had become a bit horrible, but Lex knew that this could not stop a powerful alien. Clark shook it casually, and the suit became as smooth as if it had just been ironed, and then went to the cloakroom next to him to change into formal clothes.

The moment Clark came out, Lex admitted that the suit was really not very important, and this guy would look good with a piece of rag.

The perfect inverted triangle figure, the muscles that seemed to be about to explode under the cloth, the resolute and handsome face, the blue eyes like rivers, lakes, seas and sky, and the perfect smile that no one could find any fault with.

But after gradually adapting to the visual impact from Superman, Lex still had to say: "Your girlfriend has good taste, but it is only limited to the company's annual meeting and press conference. This kind of thin flat-collar suit will not be liked by any mainstream dinner party."

Clark looked down at himself and said, "I think it fits well."

"It fits well and is not ugly, but the style is wrong."

"I don't understand." Clark spread his hands and said, "Suits are like this. It doesn't have as many parts as medieval dresses. What can you do with it?"

"If you have seen Schiller, of course it may not be the professor Schiller you are familiar with, but another Schiller, who is also the wardrobe of the person who designed the banquet this time, maybe you will retract such views."

After a careful recollection, Clark remembered who Lex was talking about. After the last time the teacher and the student hurt each other, at least the last time he witnessed each other hurt each other, he saw a person who was dressed in a style not very similar to Professor Schiller before.

He told them that "Bruce always has a home to return to", which impressed Clark, because when he looked at the colorful suit, all the words sounded like threats that could be implemented in depth.

Clark shuddered and admitted what Lex said, different suits can indeed reflect different temperaments.

"In fact, I don't know what style I am." Clark walked to the chair next to him and sat down, his arms on his knees, his hands hanging down and said: "I discussed this issue with Louise, but you know, they will say 'You are good enough'."

"This is a fact." Since Clark came out, Lex's eyes have never left him, in the spirit of a completely artistic appreciation of sculpture-like aesthetic psychology, seize the time to look at it.

"Anyone who has seen you must be sincere in their praise of you, at least in terms of your appearance. Because the shock is too great, they are only concerned with expressing their emotions."

"But it can also be understood that their aesthetic level makes it impossible for them to give you useful suggestions. You are the most beautiful person they have ever seen. They don't know what else is above this, so naturally they can't say anything useful."

"What about you?" Clark turned his palm over and said, "Am I the most beautiful person you have ever seen?"

Lex actually thought about it seriously and said.

"In my aesthetic range, Bruce Wayne is a little more beautiful than you."