Chapter 801: Renovating the House and Returning to Los Angeles

After a series of knocking sounds, Jack carefully checked the dense waterproof layer, rearranged the tiles one by one, climbed down the ladder neatly, and admired the masterpiece in front of him with great satisfaction.

"I really don't know how to thank you." Ray Higgins stood beside Jack, looking at his brand new house with a touching face.

"You're welcome, but we agreed to charge you." Jack smiled and took a stack of $20 "big bills" from him, and counted them neatly. 1,000 yuan, this is the reward for his, Jubal and Aubrey's hard work in the past three days.

They spent three days helping Ray Higgins clean up the messy yard, clear a lot of garbage, replace the rotten wainscots and aging wires on the exterior walls, and replace the creaking wooden floors with new ones.

After applying a layer of wall powder and paint inside and outside the house, Jack finally repaired the roof that was damaged by a tree trunk.

Jiejie and Hannah also helped with a lot of work and took care of the logistics work for the three days. Hannah was responsible for purchasing and Jiejie was responsible for cooking.

So the 1,000 yuan was divided into five parts by Jack, 200 yuan each. Aubrey was so happy to get the money.

"I must use a photo frame to put these 10 $20 notes. This is probably the most hard-earned 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 ate the most and did the least work, and there were constant accidents. Either the wood hit his feet or the nails hit his hands. His work efficiency was comparable to that of the workers in the third brother's family.

In sharp contrast to him was Jubal. Although he was also a New Yorker, Jubal lived in the suburbs. Like most Americans, he had a small repair room with complete tools in the garage.

Whether it was painting the wall or doing some simple woodwork repairs, he could handle it easily, almost half as good as the old rookie John.

Of course, the main work was done by Jack. The more capable, the more work. Moreover, it was he who suggested to help the old sheriff repair the house.

Ray Higgins's house is not too big. There are about 300 to 400 square meters upstairs and downstairs. Because he is an elderly person, the property tax is somewhat reduced, but with various house insurances and daily maintenance fees, it is 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 to do so. Gabriel's incident hit him hard, making him want to leave the local area, but if he wanted to sell the house, the quality of the house must be acceptable and the appearance must be similar.

The shaky wooden house that Gabriel chose before was basically worthless, and the land was relatively remote, so it has not been sold for so many years.

The land of Ray Higgins's house is okay, and the surrounding environment is also pretty good, but it is probably difficult to sell it based on the previous 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 requires a lot of money. Although the pension of the retired sheriff is still generous, the economy has not been prosperous in recent years, and the financial management income is not enough to support those better nursing homes.

Therefore, although it is a bit reluctant, selling this house seems to be the best choice at present.

The people in the wanted criminal team actually don’t have much sympathy for Gabriel. The reason why they took the risk to choose to catch him alive is simply not to make Ray Higgins, the kind old man, too sad.

The old Americans may not have such a saying as "Good deeds are rewarded with good deeds", but there are similar sayings, such as "Whatever you put out there comes back to you."

However, although Gabriel did not die, he is likely to spend his whole life in a federal felony prison or a high-security mental hospital. Everyone thinks 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 feeling too bad, Jubal also came up with an idea. He first intentionally or unintentionally got the budget that Ray Higgins was originally going to spend, which was $10,000, and then quoted the labor fee of $1,000.

The old American wooden structure house has 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 price is not too outrageous. The only outrageous thing is probably the labor cost.

This $1,000 labor fee is basically equivalent to working for nothing. It would cost at least 20,000 or 30,000 yuan to hire workers to complete the entire renovation, but it was still paid. Ray Higgins refused again and again, but finally accepted the kindness of several FBIs.

In Jack's words, this is also for the sake of everyone's mental health. If you take on too many cases with tragic endings, you will always feel powerless.

Being able to change some unhappy endings by doing it yourself can make people feel a little relieved, and it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. After all, it costs a lot to take a group of supermodels out to sea for fun every time you complete a wanted order.

Instead of letting someone sweat on the girls, it is better to help with some physical work. Appropriate labor is beneficial to physical and mental health.

After completing the daily good deeds, the wanted criminal team said goodbye to Ray Higgins and returned to New York. Jack took Jiejie back to Los Angeles while there were no new cases.

Chris finally 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 really sell it for hundreds of millions of dollars, but it also raised nearly 30 million US dollars.

A new Internet company is about to be established and will be established in the name of the Anderson family. At least in the eyes of outsiders, this will be the first step for this old California political family to extend its tentacles into the high-tech industry.

The actual internal equity distribution is actually that Jack and the Wolf brothers 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 biggest investor. 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 he would have to spend in the early stage, and he 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 get a seat in the Senate in the next three years.

The old US Senate has a total of 100 seats, two in each of the 50 states, with staggered terms of office, each term is 6 years, and can be re-elected indefinitely.

Therefore, in the general 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 a maximum of two terms, but in the hands of those old 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 BAU to deal with some of the tail end and visit old friends by the way. After all, she left a little hastily before.

Hannah didn't join in the fun this time. After all, she knew that Jack was dealing with serious matters, not to mention that there was a baby in the Clay family for her to play with for a while.