America's Road To Wealth Chapter 478

  The city that never sleeps is another name for New York, because New York is very prosperous, brightly lit day and night, and very lively.

  It is the United States, the most hegemonic empire in human history, a business card presented to the world.

   Its existence has attracted a large number of people from other parts of the world, who are obsessed with the American dream for chasing it, and are willing to give everything just to have a place here.

  This business card has been created very successfully, and it is almost the best place for capitalism to perform on this planet.

  Late at night in New York, many places are still brightly lit, but there is no daytime traffic.

   Except for the port where the supplies needed by the city are delivered.

  Late at night in New York, the busiest are only those few airports.

  JFK International Airport.

   This place used to be called New York International Airport.

  Dear President Kennedy, after the brain opening.

  In order to commemorate this celebrity, the United States changed many place names to Kennedy.

   Among them is the original New York International Airport.

  In the airport.

  The VIP in the VIP waiting room, even the name can be seen in the "Chief" waiting room full of local tyrants.

  Chairman of the New York Lerner Group, a famous American TV businessman, and a famous New York real estate businessman, Mr. Ted Lerner.

  He's inside, chatting with a few other passengers waiting to board.

"...No one understands real estate in New York better than me. Believe me, guys. Our real estate industry in the United States has entered a period of high-speed eruption. At this time, whether it is buying stocks in real estate companies or buying real estate directly, you will It's a very good choice."

   "Once you choose this industry, then congratulations, the future you will be grateful for the decision you made now!"

  Seeing the few people around him, most of them showed excited expressions on their faces.

  Ikana's father decided to give it another go.

  He immediately added a catchphrase that he likes to add when communicating with others in the past one or two years.

   "Oh, you know. My daughter's boyfriend, he thinks so," he said.

   "My daughter's boyfriend said that too," is one of Mr. Ted Lerner's current favorite catchphrases.

   Second only to "No one knows better than I..."

   Now all over New York, and even all over the United States.

  Most well-informed rich and elite people know who this daughter's boyfriend is.

  Hearing what he said, the people surrounding him and chatting with him were immediately in awe.

  One of them, who just happened to be on a business trip and was waiting for the plane here, the manager of Jiashi Bank, said with a smile:

   "I think Mr. Smith should really think so. You can see it just by looking at the crazy hoarding of real estate properties in the whole country, and even in the whole world."

  The others nodded.

  Because of the real estate company owned by Abel Smith, it is true that the crazy acquisition of luxury houses across the United States.

   This matter has been on the news many times.

  Nicknames such as "the world's craziest luxury house buyer", "American mansion king", "mansion reaper" and so on, have been given to him by American newspapers countless times.

  From this point of view, everyone thinks that this is Abel Smith, who is optimistic about the future development of American real estate.

   Now that Ted Lerner said this, everyone's interest is even stronger.

   As for Ikana and her father's success, the bottom line is her status as a rich second generation.

   But he is also flexible, witty and smart enough in person.

   Otherwise, no matter how good the foundation is, it will be difficult to turn over after so many bankruptcies.

   Seeing everyone's excited expressions, the old man continued his efforts:

   "Hey, of course. Yeah, you've all heard about Hudson's Bay Town Square, right?"

  As soon as they heard the name, everyone nodded.

   Hudson Yards, the name was unfamiliar before.

   But at the beginning of this year, the New York City government proposed this plan.

  The authorities announced that they would call for bids to build a miraculous new city center on a large vacant lot at the southern tip of Manhattan Island.

  The words of the city government are very pleasant, saying that real estate companies from all over the world can participate in this bidding.

  As long as you are interested and have the ability, there is hope for a share of it.

  This news made real estate businessmen all over the United States and even the world very excited.

   But after everyone actually understood it, everyone was disappointed.

  Because the person who settled the development difficulty of the tiankeng-level land was not the government of New York City at all.

   It's the well-known New York boss, now the richest man in the world, Mr. Abel Smith.

   That is, people want to make money on this project.

   The first thing to go through is not the New York authorities, but Mr. Smith.

   You know, this is a super project worth at least tens of billions of dollars, and may even be as high as hundreds of billions of dollars.

  If it can be put into production, it will definitely become the largest real estate project in the United States after the 21st century, not one of them.

  There is too much oil and water in it.

  Even a 1% share can increase a billionaire's wealth by at least 50%.

  Be more ruthless and luckier, it is not impossible to double directly.

  After this project was leaked, too many people wanted to intervene and join it.

  Ted Lerner took this out and said it now, and the eyes of several people around him couldn't help but light up.

   It's like a hungry wolf looking for food and found its prey.

   “Hudson Yards? Of course you've heard of it.”

   "That is Mr. Smith's property. Oh, by the way, with your relationship with Mr. Smith, of course you can also join..."

   "Mr. Lerner, I have a cement factory under my name. Are you interested in taking a stake? The shares are very cheap, only a few thousand dollars. The output is very high, and it can produce more than 4 million tons a month!"

   "Of course I have heard of it." The department manager of Jiashi Bank also said loudly: "Mr. Lerner, you..."

   But at this time, Ikana's father's secretary came in and said to the old man directly:

   "Mr. Lerner, Mr. Smith has arrived, and the plane is starting to land. It's time for you to start boarding. It's almost time to get in now."

  Hearing what the secretary said, the old man stood up with a "huh".

  He looked at everyone who was amused by himself, and everyone's eyes turned green when they heard "Mr. Smith".

The old man smiled slightly: "Everyone, you heard me. I'm going to fly to California now. Abel Smith is waiting for me on his "Smith" right now. I can't let him wait too long .I'll go in first."

   As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't wait for these people to speak, and immediately followed up:

"Well, I had a great time chatting with you tonight. If you are willing, you are welcome to meet me at Ted Building when I come back from California. Jack, you are here, and I will send my business card to you gentlemen. I'll go first."

   After playing hard to get, Ted signaled the secretary to stay.

  As for himself, under the envious eyes of everyone, he left gracefully.

  Go to the airport and board the world-famous "Smith" sky palace of the richest man in the world.

   Waiting for his secretary to politely hand out the business card and leave.

  JFK International Airport, in the Emirates lounge.

  Suddenly someone snorted:

   "Hmph! Didn't she just give birth to a good daughter. Is the daughter very lucky? But it's just a mistress. Hey, this guy is good..."

   Everyone heard the words and looked at each other, and found that it was a real estate businessman in New Jersey.

   It has a great reputation in New Jersey, and its scale is also doing well.

  Many people did not speak to this person's speech.

  But almost everyone understands the gentleman's mood at this time.

   You must know that in the past, Ted Lerner has always been considered an upstart.

  The established families look down on the Lerner Group at all, and despise him himself.

   But now it's fine.

   Just because of his daughter and his daughter's boyfriend.

  The nouveau riche has changed, from a somewhat annoying and disgusting role before.

   Now in New York, it is hot and tricky, and many people want to please, and they all need to please big shots...

   This transformation was too drastic, and it took less than two years.

  Some people don't adapt, some people can't figure it out, it's normal.

   But they can't change anything.

  Like this, and so is the New Jersey billionaire who just said that.

  When Ikana, her father's secretary, sent this guy a business card.

  The rich man in New Jersey smiled and took it very politely, and said that he would definitely visit the Lerner Building.

  In this world, no one will struggle with money.

  The richer people are the more so.

  Not to mention the indignation, even envy and hatred of many people in the chief's waiting room.

  Ted himself was already in a good mood, and under the leadership of airport personnel and rock security staff, he successfully boarded the "Smith" that was in transit in New York, refueled, and checked the safe flight situation at the same time.

  Ikana's father, he actually has his own private jet.

   It was a Boeing 757-200, manufactured in 1992, a medium-sized narrow-body airliner of Boeing.

   It is a popular choice for commercial airlines as it can seat up to 239 passengers

   Its first owner was not Ikana's father, but another real estate businessman.

   In other words, Ted bought a second-hand plane, which he said cost more than $100 million.

   Actually tens of millions of dollars at most. Moreover, Boeing's aircraft is not the bigger the number, the better.

  Boeing 747 is smaller than Boeing 757, but it is much bigger.

   Before the 777 came out, the 747 has always been Boeing's flagship large aircraft.

  So when the old man boarded Abel's "Smith", he was a little envious of his son-in-law's big plane.

  In the living room in the sky, which is almost twice as wide as his own 757.

  Ikana's father met his son-in-law.

  As soon as he came in, he heard his son-in-law say to him: "Ikana has given birth."

"Wow!"

   Ted couldn't help but screamed.

  Actually, at this time, his spirit is still mainly on the decoration of the living room in the sky.

  Compared to his local gold decoration, the interior decoration of the "Smith" reveals the heritage of the old family, as well as the aesthetics of the owner of a large estate in Texas or the American South.

  On the left wall of the airplane living room, there is an impressionist oil painting.

   That painting, Ted Lerner knew it.

  Because a while ago, this painting was in the news.

   It was originally stored in the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otero. It was an oil painting painted by Van Gogh in his later years to commemorate a small suspension bridge in his hometown.

  The name is "Al's Suspension Bridge".

   Not long ago, the Kroller-Muller Museum put it up for auction.

  In Sotheby's Swiss market, the painting was sold for a high price of 30 million US dollars.

  The buyer's name was anonymous at the time, no one knew who bought it.

   Now Ted Lerner knows who bought it.

  30 million US dollars... In the past, he didn't earn so much in half a year!

  But to Abel, it was just a painting on his plane.

  Upstarts like Ted are also inexplicable at the moment.

   Then he heard Abel say that his daughter was born, which made him exclaim the above sentence.

   Then he reacted and asked with concern:

   "Is everything okay? I heard from Ikana that she is carrying twins. Are the children healthy?"

   Must be healthy, that will be the most important bond between the Lerner family and the Smith family in the future.

  The old man still wants to improve himself, and wants the Lerner family to prosper along with Smith.

  He naturally paid close attention to the health of his two little grandchildren.

   "It's all good." Abel responded with a smile.

  Yes, this time Abel rushed back to the United States from London suddenly.

  The most important reason is really not to participate in the second meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee this year.

  If you just want to attend the meeting, the big deal is that the time is up, and you can fly directly from London to Washington.

   There is still enough time, there is still more than a week left.

  The reason why he was in a hurry was to come back from London.

   It was because Ikana was born.

  Ikana's pregnancy time was a little later than Li Fuzhen's.

  Li Fuzhen's due date is half a month away, and Ikana's due date is actually one month away.

   Now Li Fuzhen hasn't moved yet, but Ikana is giving birth ahead of schedule.

  Because of some accidents, Ikana accidentally fell in the bathroom and broke red and bled.

   When he was sent to the hospital, it was discovered that the severe pain caused by the wrestling had triggered an early delivery.

   Started having babies.

  Abe was still in London when Ikana had just fallen and was taken to the hospital.

   Up to now, almost 7 hours have passed.

  In Ikana, Santa Barbara, delivery has been done.

  She gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.

   Boys 7.2 pounds, girls about the same, 7.1 pounds.

  Even if she was born one month prematurely, she still has a very healthy weight.

  So the old Chinese saying is really insightful, "PG is good for giving birth".

  Ikana's PG is very big, and she will have twins as soon as she becomes pregnant.

   There was an accident, and the child was born prematurely, but the children are still very healthy.

  When Abel learned of all this, he thought in his heart that such high-quality reproductive resources should not be wasted.

   With such a fertile body, of course there should be more births.

  The Smith family needs to rely on them to grow their population.

   Hearing Abel say "all is well," Ted didn't know whether he meant the children were all well, or both the children and his own daughter.

  In short, the old man relaxed, sat next to Abel, and started talking and laughing with Abel.

   I have to say that the old man's body and spirit are great.

  He is in his fifties, and he is still in such good spirits from the day to the present.

  In the end, Abel still disliked him for being long-winded, saying that he was going to sleep, and ran away directly.

   This is the end of his tirade.

   Soon, when the Smith came over Santa Barbara Airport.

  The sky is already bright, and it is the west coast time of the United States at 10:55 am on April 29.

  The airport is located in the west of Santa Barbara, 11 kilometers away from the city center.

   It is farther away from the beach house where Ikana and Paris live.

  Get on the bus at the airport, and it will be almost noon.

  Abel and his cheap father-in-law arrived at No. 1 San Mateo Road, Corona Del Mar, Maria Bay, Santa Barbara.

  This house has 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. It has an excellent location, elegant and comfortable decoration, a large courtyard, and a private beach of more than 1,000 square meters.

  Living in the villa, it can be said that the view is wide, and you can enjoy the best beautiful scenery of the Pacific Ocean, which makes you feel open.

  Outdoor courtyard features sparkling outdoor pool and lush green lawn.

  Especially the swimming pool, Abel was there, and ate Ikana's "best friend" Paris many times.

   After eating, Ikana found out that she even watched the two of them messing around with a big belly...

   And now, when Abel arrives.

  Ikana and her two children have returned from the hospital.

   It stands to reason that she fell and gave birth early.

   It is best to stay in the hospital for a period of time, which is more secure.

  But Ikana herself didn't want to, she didn't like the feeling of being in a hospital.

  Plus, whether it is herself or the children, they are healthy no matter how they are checked.

   With a team of doctors on her side, she insisted on returning to her house.

  Abel had no choice but to obey her wishes.

   So as soon as he came back, instead of going to the hospital, he went straight back to 1 San Mateo Drive in Corona del Mar.

   Arrived at the place, Ted Lerner originally wanted to see his grandson first.

   These two Smiths are the people he values ​​most now.

  Daughter... Anyway, she is so healthy, she should be fine.

   But when Abel came back, he didn't even ask about the two children.

  Abel directly asked someone to take him to Ikana's room.

  Ted had no choice but to follow along, first to visit his daughter.

  The layout is warm and comfortable, in the spacious bedroom.

  Abel saw Ikana lying on Simmons.

   There is also Paris with a big belly sitting next to her, as well as two female nurses and two maids who are waiting at any time.

   "Oh, honey, here you come." Ikana was the first to see Abel come in.

  Her rich, beautiful and dignified face immediately revealed a surprised expression, and she yelled loudly.

  Although the voice is a bit hoarse, it is still full of energy.

  The physical fitness is really good, I can't blame Abel for wanting her to have ten or eight more.

   "Oh! Really rushed back from London!"

  Paris next to her also yelled happily.

   Although a bit jealous, the more Abel values ​​his children, the happier Paris is.

  Because the child in her belly is also his.

   This means that when he gives birth to himself in the future, he should also attach great importance to it... right?

  Thinking like this, Paris watched Abel walk over quickly, followed by Ted Lerner.

  Abel smiled and nodded at Paris, then went directly to Ikana, bent down, and fell on her chun

   "Um... no makeup, no lipstick, don't... woo..."

   After a long time, separate.

"Thanks a lot."

  Hearing what he said, Ikana's heart suddenly sweetened.

  I want to give him ten or eight more children.

Chapter end