Zheng Jianguo instantly had a heartbeat feeling, but when his eyes swept over the charming Delia's face, it flickered: "That's the Empire State Building-"

Like most people of Zheng Jianguo's age in the previous life, they thought that the Empire State Building was the name of imperialism for the Chinese people.

However, after coming to the United States, Zheng Jianguo learned that New York State was also known as the Empire State, because George Washington, the founding father of the United States, called New York "the throne of empire", and the New York State Building, which was the tallest building in the world at that time, was affectionately known as the Empire State Building.

In addition, Zheng Jianguo's original idea of buying and buying was to express his feelings, that is, to show that he was different from the Chinese a hundred years ago, and he would buy a house here after making money here, and he would be willing to pay taxes to the United States, and he would not take all the money away.

And the reason why I chose the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dongwang in front of me is because Zheng Jianguo knows that this hotel has just been renovated, and there must be no problem in returning to the capital, after all, people will go to this fresh Oriental out of curiosity, of course, the most important thing is the loan of 80 million US dollars.

In order to buy and renovate this hotel, Dongwang used the renovated hotel as collateral, and on the premise that he only spent $250,000 to buy the 10 million purchase right, he borrowed $80 million from the bank.

80 million US dollars is a small investment, of course, this is Zheng Jianguo's own opinion, after all, compared with the 2 billion he is about to throw back home, if after using 400 million US dollars to build Titanic 2, plus buying a hotel and a TV station of 200 million US dollars at a price of 100 million US dollars, then for the group of Augustus, it should be considered to be a past.

Especially before Augustus asked for one-third of the $2 billion to go out, even if he didn't find the other one-third of the partners, Zheng Jianguo felt that the $500 million could ensure that the upper echelons of the United States would not trouble him.

However, Zheng Jianguo didn't expect to hear the news that the Empire State Building was going to be sold, so he bought dozens of courtyard houses in the capital, of course he knew that this building was much more valuable than the Kaiyue Hotel.

A landmark in New York State, the tallest skyscraper on Earth for 41 years after it was built, was surpassed by the World Trade Towers eight years ago, in 1972: "Is your message accurate?"

"Delia's father is a director of the Prudential Group, that is, the actual owner of the Empire State Building, and now the Empire State Building United Company, which is advertised as buying the Empire State Building, is only a tenant who has obtained the lease contract of the Empire State Building, and is touted as the person who bought the Empire State Building-"

Delia, who keenly captured Zheng Jianguo's flickering eyes, showed a more charming smile, to be honest, she looked down on the face of an upstart like Zheng Jianguo, but Augustus next to her was still there, so she smiled and picked up the wine glass, and the range of movements was so large that she trembled with most of the exaggeration, then took a sip of wine and continued with Anthony's words: " But my father found that it was a mistake for the board of directors to approve the lease that year, because Prudential had neither the right to operate nor the right to share in profits, and could only collect 2 million yuan a year in rent as agreed——"

"A property worth hundreds of millions of dollars can only collect 2 million rents per year, which seems to be after-tax rent? How else to New York State's real estate tax of up to 1.28%? That's $1.28 million, and more than half of the $2 million rent is to pay taxes every year, so Prudential shouldn't be so stupid, right?"

The thought swirls through your head? Zheng Jianguo's gaze swept over the white exaggeration that was more than half exposed? After two years of training? He has been able to use his eyes to insult others and not change his complexion, that is, don't show a weak heart after reading it? And he can also respond to the other party's statement: "This is a loss-making business, and the annual income is more than paying taxes." ”

"Really? Prudential felt that it was better to sell it, so that it would recoup the original investment, and it would also make the lease agreement a waste of paper—"

After putting down the wine glass and waving to the waitress next to her, Delia then turned around and took out a small bag from her back and said, "So, if you're interested, can you call me?" I'll arrange for you to talk to my father—"

After seeing Delia take a business card out of her bag, stand up and put it on the table? Pushed in front of yourself with white fingers painted with red nail polish? Zheng Jianguo didn't raise his ass and took it to the front to take a look? It was also put into the pocket of the suit: "Thank you? But I'm going to go back and think about it. ”

"You're welcome~"

Delia waved her finger at Zheng Jianguo, then looked at Anthony next to her, bent over and leaned over his face, and looked like a lady when she got up? After elegantly giving a stage exit salute, he said: "Gentlemen, Delia has said goodbye first, I wish you a good day~"

"Oh, then I'll send you out~"

Anthony then stood up and spoke, then turned his head and squeezed his eyes at Augustus and Zheng Jianguo, threw out an inexplicable look, and followed behind Delia's ass.

Augustus retracted his gaze and looked at Zheng Jianguo: "Zheng, you have to stay away from Delia, she only likes men older than her - mature, steady, and charming. ”

"Is it rich, and charismatic?"

Subconsciously opened his mouth to pick it up, Zheng Jianguo could of course hear that this was warning him, it seemed that Delia's personal life was very exciting, although he knew that Augustus might be subconsciously reminding himself, but he was absolutely respectful of this woman: "Augustus, remember to send the blood of you and the people around you to me for a test in the unknown virus, this is my suggestion from a friend." ”

"Did you find anything?"

Augustus was stunned for a moment, quickly took out his cigar from his mouth and sat up straight, looking at Zheng Jianguo with a pair of eyes full of scrupulous expression: "Have you found anything on me?"

"You don't have it on you, but I found a purple scar on Delia's neck, and although she covered it up well with a silk scarf, I had seen that scar on other people, and that brother and sister had an unknown virus in their bodies - in the blood. ”

Pinching the wine glass in his hand, Zheng Jianguo took it in his hand and looked at it and said, but Augustus fell into a stupor: "The unknown virus in the blood? What are the symptoms?

"Who have you seen?"

Seeing Augustus's gaffe, Zheng Jianguo's display on his face quickly changed to a look of concern, and sure enough, as his voice asked, Augustus quickly frowned: "My son Andre once had it, but it was only a few days, or a period of time, what are the symptoms of this disease?"

"Well, I haven't noticed any other symptoms, so I'd suggest you take him to Boston—"

Zheng Jianguo's face changed slightly and he glanced at Augustus, he had already labeled this product with a big HIV label in his heart, of course, considering the identity of the other party, he still said it more tactfully: "Because this test has not been done in other places——"

"Well, then, I'll arrange for him to go - will your meeting start tomorrow morning?"

Augustus obviously didn't know that he had been labeled on his head, and his attention was now on Zheng Jianguo's laboratory: "Can other people in that laboratory also operate the test?"

"Yes, there are MD and PhD students I brought with me to host. ”

Zheng Jianguo didn't expect Augustus to let himself do this experiment for his son, so he quickly finished speaking and continued: "It's best for everyone you think has a good relationship with, go and have a look." ”

"Okay, then I won't accompany you, where you want to go when you leave, let Big John arrange it. ”

Augustus obviously stood up and said that he was concerned, and Zheng Jianguo also stood up and shook hands with him, and then looked at the watch on his wrist after seeing this person go away, but he didn't expect to see a waitress standing next to him.

The girl's face is thin and the makeup is exquisite, as if she has been primed with putty powder and then smeared with an unknown amount of flour, the red lips at the corners of her mouth and the white of her cheeks show a strong contrast, and she is wearing a princess dress that shows her shoulders, and her slender neck and concave ribs have a different kind of sexiness.

It's just that the next moment, Zheng Jianguo's eyes flashed Esther's cheeks, and he smiled at the waitress who obviously wanted to say something, turned around and walked towards the door where he came, and soon returned to his room after the waiter opened the door, and he began to change his clothes.

"Zheng, are you leaving?"

As Zheng Jianguo changed back into his previous clothes and went out, he saw Big John coming with a smile, so he changed his bag to his left hand and leaned out his right hand and said, "Since there is nothing wrong here, then I have to go back to prepare the meeting materials, by the way, Big John, Augustus said that you have a housekeeper relative-"

"Hehe, most of my blood relatives are housekeepers, of course they are men, do you have any suitable positions that need help?"

The smile on Big John's face was as gentle as he had seen before, and after shaking hands with Zheng Jianguo, he slowly walked to the elevator with him: "I can't ignore your requests and feelings because he is my relative, so I need to know your needs first-"

"Yes, I'm going to buy a property in Manhattan, the biggest problem at the moment is the lack of manpower, a certain amount of management and leadership skills, and of course he might be my butler, like the butlers you said—"

Zheng Jianguo didn't expect that Big John was still a little "stereotyped", so he said his requirements based on the set of properties with shadows, of course, considering his current net worth, and finally said: "It would be great if I could have a certain management degree, because I still have a company and a TV station in preparation, so it is very likely that I will assist me in managing these industries——"

"Then my cousin is not suitable, but I recommend to you my uncle, Old John, who used to be the steward of the Earl of Cornwall's house, and helped the old Earl to take charge of two castles and a large number of properties in Regent Street, London, but after the old Earl's death he angered the Little Earl and voluntarily resigned from the position of butler. ”

Big John's single eyelid blinked twice, then stopped and gave his recommendation with a smile, and Zheng Jianguo, who stopped with him, immediately smiled: "I wonder if the old man is willing to come to the United States across the sea?"

"As you wish!"

The slender hands with gloves were spread, and Big John bowed slightly, and Zheng Jianguo smiled: "I take the liberty of asking, is your cousin the son of Old John?"

"Yes, it's Jack's father, so I'll tell him the good news?"

Big John still kept his previous smile and said, Zheng Jianguo nodded and said, "Then tell him the good news, I'm about to lose my skills now." ”

"According to an old Chinese saying I just learned, it is called the capable person works harder, then I will not send you. ”

As if he remembered something, Big John opened his mouth with a non-standard, even somewhat weird pronunciation and spit out the words "those who can work harder", and Zheng Jianguo also laughed: "Big John, I didn't expect you to say such flattering words." ”

"That's because we are family, I won't delay you, if you want to come in the next two days, you can call me, and I will have someone pick you up. ”

Big John said as if by magic and pulled out a business card from his finger, Zheng Jianguo swept his white-gloved hand and took it, put his hand in his inner pocket, nodded and entered the elevator accompanied by Big John, until he got out of the glass door of the building and got into a car that had been waiting for a long time, and then said again: "Goodbye." ”

"Goodbye!"

With a wave of his hand, Zheng Jianguo leaned on the back of the seat, and then sounded the two business cards he received earlier, and he took out his wallet and stuffed the business cards into it, of course, in his opinion, it is normal for rich people to be infected with HIV.

Because of the cultural and traditional background, American men and women rarely have the habit of guarding themselves before getting married, let alone any pure female plots, not to mention the hormones stirred by alcohol in bars and dance halls.

In addition, as a rich person, he is still a rich second generation or a rich third generation, and he has lived for indulgence since he was a child, so it is normal to go down casually in the relationship between men and women.

What's more, with the development of the relationship between men and women or women and men for a long time, material sufficiency leads to the lack of spiritual lack of men plus men or women among women, which are extremely normal things.

Of course, this is also the reason why Zheng Jianguo avoided the waitress, but what surprised him was that Augustus's baby also suffered from purple scar, but I don't know if it is an early symptom of HIV, considering that other diseases also have similar situations, such as a large area of skin contusion after a fight?

We'll have to wait for the test results to come out.

Zheng Jianguo looked out the window at the traffic and high-rise buildings, and his attention turned back to the Empire State Building, which did not know the exact news, ordinary houses in the United States are relatively cheap, because those are made of wood, which can be seen by looking at his two sets at No. 53 and No. 51 St. Paul Street, and the construction cost of a single set is more expensive than the original house.

The Empire State Building, on the other hand, was built in 1931, and by 1981, it would have been exactly 50 years and a half century, but the ownership of property in the United States has no expiration date, and as long as you can afford to pay the tax rate set by the city every year, you can continue to hold it.

Of course, if you can't pay the tax, you will be auctioned off by the city government to pay the tax, and judging from the 1.28% real estate tax rate given by the New York City last year, this is where Zheng Jianguo was puzzled before: "A commercial area worth nearly 100 million yuan only collects 2 million rents a year?"

Relying on the previous purchase of industries and speculation in futures and stocks, Zheng Jianguo only charged such a small amount of money for hundreds of millions of industries, and it didn't take much effort to find out the reason himself, the United States has more taxes and tax rates, and the real estate tax alone is calculated by combining the land value and property value and permanent real estate decoration, and the comprehensive tax rate of this empire state was 1.28% last year.

The 100 million Empire State Building has to pay 1.28 million taxes a year, and there is no way to share the profits without the right to operate and manage, so it wants to sell it to change the status quo, and because the sale is a change of property rights that is not controlled by agreement and law, this will allow Prudential to recover a large amount of money and change the current embarrassing situation.

The tax of 1.28 million is a bit high, and this figure can be regarded as the renewal fee after the expiration of property rights in the country in Zheng Jianguo's memory, and this figure is 35% of the market value of Shencheng and one-third of the value of Wencheng.

One-third of the 100 million Empire State Building is 33.33 million, and if you remove this number from the 40-year period of commercial use, you can get a result of 830,000 per year, which seems to be about 500,000 cheaper per year.

Of course, the United States is not without exceptions, Zheng Jianguo alone knows that the government can sue homeowners when building public facilities, and if the prosecution is judged to be legitimate, the court's judgment will be used as the standard.

However, whether it is the federal government or the state government as the plaintiff, considering that the length of the lawsuit in the United States is measured in years, it is likely that the plaintiff has already been replaced before the judgment of such a lawsuit is issued.

After all, what project facilities drag on for a few years, that is also the fate of grasshoppers after the autumn, which is why Zheng Jianguo did not hear the relevant reports, of course, only the rich people hired lawyers in the face of similar lawsuits.

In most cases, ordinary people will accept it when they are faced with compensation that is a little higher than the market value, which also belongs to the concept of the benevolent and the wise.

Zheng Jianguo at this time is a standard rich man.

When the car stopped under the canopy of the Hyatt Hotel, the door greeting in an exaggerated costume had already reached out and opened the door, and also put his white-gloved hand on the top of the door frame, and said to Zheng Jianguo, who got out of the car: "Sir, welcome to the Hyatt Hotel-"

"Thank you~"

Knowing that this was asking for a tip, Zheng Jianguo took out a two-dollar bill from his pocket and handed it over, which he specially changed before he came out, but as he stepped on the thick carpet, he saw the glass door opened by the doorman, Donald Dongwang was pretending not to care, and he was stunned: "This goods, do you want to greet yourself?"

Although Donald Dongwang was talking to the people around him with his long golden hair, Zheng Jianguo's sixth sense was constantly reminding himself that the attention and goal of this thing were all on him!

"I just thought I'd let you go—"

After hesitating, Zheng Jianguo's footsteps did not stop, and even Shi Shiran, who had not moved out of shape, entered the door, and at this time, Donald Dongwang, who also arrived at the door, seemed to have just seen him, and he was stunned and stretched out his finger with a puzzled face: "You, it seems that you have seen it somewhere." ”

"Well, this thing is really tall. ”

His eyes swept over the other party's handsome face, Zheng Jianguo raised his head slightly and looked at the tip of the other party's nose, and knew that the other party was at least 15 cm taller than himself, considering that he was wearing leather shoes with 2 cm soles, this product must be 1.9 meters no matter how it is said: "Have we met?" I am Zheng Jianguo from the Republic——"

After Shi Shiran introduced himself, Zheng Jianguo heard a voice next to him: "Hi, hello, sir, this is our boss, known as the all-knowing Donald East King-"

"This dogleg is very competent—"

His eyes swept over the man in the suit who interjected next to him, and when Zheng Jianguo's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction, Dongwang had already said arrogantly: "Gibson, you go to do your work, and I will entertain Mr. Zheng." ”

"Call me a doctor, although I am still a resident doctor, but a resident doctor is also a doctor~"

Zheng Jianguo watched Gibson turn around and leave with an embarrassed face, and then spoke, Dongwang had quickly changed his words: "Doctor Zheng, hello, I'm Donald Dongwang, the owner of Hyatt, you are welcome to choose my hotel as your place to stay, and I will take you to check in——"

"Then thank you, Mr. Dongwang—"

Zheng Jianguo nodded with a smile, and walked to the service desk without reaching out to shake hands with the other party, and saw Kavna with Fiona, who was wearing a Mayo Medical School uniform, ushering: "Zheng, do you know Mr. Donald?"

"Well, we've just introduced ourselves before, so we know each other, right?"

Seeing that Caphora had signs of introducing himself to Dongwang, Zheng Jianguo did not deny that he had defined the relationship between the two, but his attention was focused on propping up the Mayo Medical School emblem on the deformed Fiona: "Hello, Fiona, isn't Director Walton here yet?"

"If you're asking if he's not in New York, then Professor Walton has already arrived, but he's not in the hotel when he's gone—"

Fiona said and intertwined her two forearms together and put them down, but Zheng Jianguo nodded with a smile and looked at the East King next to him, and after thinking about it, he still stretched out his hand and said, "Donald boss, thank you for your service to me before, but my companion is here, so I won't continue to trouble you." ”

"You're welcome, Zheng, I'm glad to meet you, I hope you feel at home here, if you have any dissatisfaction or suggestions on the service, you can also give me feedback directly——"

Out of nowhere, Donald Dongwang said with a smile and handed it to Zheng Jianguo, Zheng Jianguo took it and took out a business card from his pocket and handed it back: "Thank you, I will, if there is anything that needs to be improved, I will contact you, Mr. Donald." ”

"Then I won't bother you to check in, goodbye, Zheng!"

The right hand raised and made a chic ok gesture, Dongwang turned around and left after taking the business card, Zheng Jianguo then turned his head to look at Caphora and Fiona, and then stopped on the latter's face, until this moment he found that Fiona was actually a little similar to the eldest princess of Dongwang's family, so he turned his head to look at Kaphora and said, "Is Dongwang very famous?"

"It's a bit famous, but this fame depends on who you compare it to, if you compare it to me and Fiona, then he must be a celebrity in New York, but if you compare it to Dr. Zheng, then he's nothing-"

Blue eyes swept over Zheng Jianguo and Fiona's faces, and when Caphora felt that there was something between the two of them, he said it with a smile on his face, and then saw Zheng Jianguo nodding with a smile and said, "Doctor Caphora, if you let Mr. Donald hear this, you will be sad." ”

"He's a complete liar, in order to get the city's preferential tax policy, let the hotel manager release false news that the store is going to close, and then use the assets that have not yet arrived to mortgage the bank to lend money, you don't get close to him, be careful to cheat you. ”

Fiona obviously knows more about Dongwang, of course, the information she said can be seen in the report, but Zheng Jianguo didn't know that she would care about herself so much, so he nodded and said, "Well, I'll keep my distance from him, thank you, Fiona." ”

"Hehe, will you invite me out that night?"

Fiona looked at Caphora next to her with a bright face, and found that she was looking at her with a smile, so she continued to speak: "Why don't you talk to Dr. Caphora about business first, and I'll look for you later." ”

"Hmm—didn't your boyfriend come?"

The smile on Zheng Jianguo's face was a little suspicious, and he saw Fiona flicking the two ponytails on the back of his head and said: "He was originally going to come over, but now he can't get out, so I'll come by myself, but don't worry, I won't let you spend money, I just want to borrow your identity and see you later." ”

"My identity?"

The Harvard Club flashed in his mind, and Zheng Jianguo looked at Caphora next to him after seeing her leave: "Doctor Caphores, are you ready?"

"Everything is ready, Dr. Zheng, the $10 million donation from the Umbrella Group has also arrived, Zheng, please let me say that you are really rich, the executive director of Walton said that he would entrust me to make a certificate for the Umbrella Company, which is handmade like a Harvard Medical School diploma——"

Smiling and spreading his hands and making a gesture to the front, Caphora guided Zheng Jianguo to the front desk to start the accommodation procedures, Zheng Jianguo also handed out his driver's license and smiled, these things have been finalized a long time ago: "What's the good news recently?"

"The good news is that the Mayo Clinic has taken pictures of Helicobacter pylori, and needless to say, you must already know that-"

When Caphora tilted his head and spoke, Zheng Jianguo looked at the front desk attendant who had registered the information and took back the driver's license and key, and heard a familiar voice next to him: "Jianguo, you are here, long time no see." ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Turning his head to look at the person who spoke, Zheng Jianguo nodded with a smile, and then turned his head to Caphora and introduced: "This is my original graduate student at Qi Provincial Medical College, Shen Yunhui——"

"Okay, then I won't bother you to catch up, but there is a simple dinner party for you at 18:30 in the evening, and I said you should not run around with Fiona-"

Looking down at the delicate female watch on her wrist, Caphora smiled and reminded Zheng Jianguo, and nodded at Shen Yunhui and turned to leave.

Zheng Jianguo knew that this Caphora doctor was afraid that he was beating himself, so he raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Shen Yunhui, only to see that there were two more people wearing cadre uniforms behind him, and after a few steps in front of him, the middle-aged man among them spoke: "Zheng Jianguo, where is Professor Ye?"

"Oh-"

Changing the bag to his left hand, Zheng Jianguo glanced at the gold watch on his wrist, and then looked at the middle-aged man with a smile and said, "You comrade should be careful when you speak, I have a tape recorder in my pocket." ”

"Uh, the tape recorder?"

The middle-aged man subconsciously frowned, and saw that behind the thick glasses at the bottom of the wine bottle, his black eyes flashed with annoyance and said, "Professor Ye is also an old professor, so unorganized and undisciplined——"

"Yes, Yunhui, who is this?"

Zheng Jianguo, who was originally joking, didn't expect that this thing didn't know his glorious history, so that he was accidentally hit by others to puncture his bluff, but he was not annoyed: "Which leader?"

"This is Director Kong of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the translator of this academic group—"

Shen Yunhui said with a somewhat embarrassed face, of course he didn't dare not answer in the face of Zheng Jianguo's question, but he remembered that he had offended Director Kong when the two met, so don't mention the depression in his heart: "Professor Ye didn't greet the Qi Provincial Health Department when he came out——"

"Why didn't you say hello, didn't you tell Director Qiu of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee?"

Zheng Jianguo ignored Shen Yunhui's face, of course, he also knew that what people said was right, and those who came out according to the rules had to obey the management of foreign affairs, especially the student who was originally going to return to China, and finally stayed in the United States after half a year of fighting.

Nominally, he is going to study for the so-called last semester, but everyone is not stupid, Zheng Jianguo knows that even if he returns to China at the end of the semester, he will come out again, so he quickly took over the matter: "It just so happens that there is a laboratory here that needs Professor Ye, so I will let them come out first." ”

"What lab, research or what?"

Before Zheng Jianguo's words fell, the old man who appeared with Director Kong pulled his face and opened his mouth calmly, and Zheng Jianguo also looked at Shen Yunhui next to him with a question mark on his face.

I don't want Shen Yunhui to be secretly complacent and feel that the two sides should not break up, and when he found that he didn't know what to do after looking at him, so just when Zheng Jianguo was about to speak, Director Kong preemptively spoke: "This is Professor Jin of Capital Medical University, an authoritative expert in the digestive system. ”