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After about five hours of flight, the plane finally landed at Itley International Airport, and as the plane door opened, a cool breeze blew in its face, obviously compared to the warm California, the high-latitude Itley is much colder. Of course, fortunately, it is already April, otherwise Zhou Ming would have to come over with winter clothes.

Take the airport shuttle bus to leave the airport, and then take a taxi to Orlando, which is a county town on the outskirts of Itley, and it is also the richest and most stable county seat in Itley, Zhou Ming plans to live here first, and then make plans after he has a certain understanding of the entire Itley and the Wood family.

Zhou Ming chose a Lincoln taxi, which is also a major feature of Eitley, due to some special reasons, plus the headquarters of the three major American automobile manufacturers are here, so Eitley's taxis are divided into three grades, namely luxury, business and ordinary.

The luxury grade is Zhou Ming's choice, the taxis of this grade are Lincoln and Cadillac, the luxury brand, the drivers are also specially trained white people, not only very familiar with the situation of the whole Itley, can make customers have the most direct understanding of the city to come, at the same time they are also very professional, in the crime rate is still high Itley is also the safest taxi, of course, the cost is also the highest.

Business is a little worse than luxury, not only are the models all ordinary brands, but even the drivers are a mix of white and black, but these drivers are at least specially trained and belong to large taxi companies, so they are still guaranteed in terms of professional ethics and safety.

As for the ordinary grade of taxis, it is not so flattering, because the taxis of this grade are affiliated with small taxi companies, so the models are varied, even modified cars are available, and the drivers are basically all black, although the price is low, but the quality of the drivers is uneven, not to mention professional ethics, and even sometimes even safety and security, you have to worry about those tattooed drivers, will suddenly pull out a gun to rob you.

It is for this reason that there is a saying in Itley: if you don't have a gun on you, then don't take a regular taxi, or you'll be ready to be a lamb to the slaughter.

Therefore, generally speaking, ordinary taxis are the poorest people who are penniless, or outsiders who don't understand the market, or gangsters who are not afraid of anything, even if they have a little money in their pockets, they will choose a more advanced business taxi.

And Zhou Ming has Zhang Lin's protection, although he is not afraid, but because he has only arrived at Itley, he does not know the situation here at all, so it is inevitable that there will be more than one thing, and he will take a luxury taxi to understand the situation first.

"Hello sir, the Brontaya luxury seat is at your service, where are you going?"

As soon as he got in the car, the enthusiasm of the taxi driver in front spread to the back, his accent was a bit eastern, but fortunately, Zhou Ming had been in Northern Russia, and he was no stranger to the accent over there, otherwise he would have to carefully distinguish his constant tongue curling.

"We're going to the Gross Hotel in Orlando County, so please tell us about Itley. Zhou Ming said to him, and at the same time took out a fifty dollar tip and handed it to him.

After receiving the tip, the smile on the driver's face named Brontaya suddenly became more sincere, and he said to Zhou Ming: "Thank you very much, distinguished guest, I guess you must be the first time to come to Eitley, right? It is a wise move for you to choose Orlando, because it is the most luxurious and safe place in Eitley, and the Gross Hotel is also a very luxurious five-star hotel, but if it is the Grand Wood Hotel, it is even better, that is our Eitley No.1!"

"Is it? Then why is this Big Wood Hotel good? Is it because he is the property of the Wood family?" Zhou Ming asked curiously, his curiosity was not entirely made, in fact, he was also really curious.

"I didn't expect you to even know about the Wood family, and it seems that you also know a certain amount about Itley. The driver said, "That's right, this Big Wood Hotel is the property of the Wood family, at first it is said that the Wood family built a face project in order to entertain other consortiums or family guests, and therefore the Wood family made the hotel very luxurious, if the guests are able to afford it, I recommend you to choose the Big Wood Hotel." ”

"Still don't have to, I've already booked the Gross Hotel, so we'll go there anyway. Zhou Ming said.

Of course, Zhou Ming couldn't go to the Big Wood Hotel, although Zhou Ming could be sure that the Wood family didn't know that he had come, but if he wanted to stay in their family's hotel so openly, it would still be too blatant, and he didn't want to be discovered so early. And not to mention the rest of this Gross Hotel, the most important thing is that there is a joint venture of the Tang family, so in comparison, it is obviously much safer.

Although the driver was a little strange about Zhou Ming's insistence, he didn't say much and continued to drive his car dutifully.

"Although I don't go to the Grand Wood Hotel, I have heard of this Wood family, and I heard that this is the royal family of the automobile kingdom of Eitley, right?" Zhou Ming asked again.

Faced with this question, the driver immediately came to his senses, and he said happily: "That's right, this Wood family is our Itley oldest and largest and richest super family, maybe the Wood family has not had a president or anything, but all the governors in the past hundred years have been supported by the Wood family!"

"In fact, it's not just the governor, from Tefal to General Motors, from Lincoln to Cadillac, all the car manufacturers can rise because of the support of the Wood family, and the Wood family has an absolute controlling stake in the three major car manufacturers, it can be said that in the past hundred years, the three major car manufacturers are just working for the Wood family, whether it is the cars running on the road of Itley, or even most of the cars in the United States, in a broad sense, they are all from the Wood family!"

The driver then said: "But if you want to say that it is a real royal family, it is definitely not enough to just hold shares, in fact, the Wood family also has an absolute controlling stake in all the rubber processing factories and steel, instrumentation, glass and other material parts industries of Yatley." ”

"You know, it's impossible to build a house without steel masonry, so now that the Wood family has all the production of auto parts, it's like choking the big three car companies. The more the driver spoke, the more he said, the more excited he became, "Guest, you know that our Itley is the automobile kingdom, a family that can make the three major automobile companies bow down, and I can't think of any other name than the royal family!"

"I see, when I came here, I only heard that the Wood family was very powerful, but I didn't expect it to come to this point, so in addition to the control of the three major automobile companies, does it have any other impact?" Zhou Ming asked again.

In this regard, the driver thought carefully for a moment before saying: "This is more difficult to say, because the influence of the Wood family on Itley is in many ways. ”

"For example, every car produced by the big three major automobile companies has to go through the logistics company of the Wood family before it can be shipped out of Eitley, and every new company registered in Eitley wants to get venture capital from the Wood family, and if you don't have this step, then unless you have the backing of another big consortium behind you, you are doomed to bankruptcy. For example, the Gross Hotel, where you are going to stay, is backed by a California consortium and China's bank. ”

The driver thought for a moment and said, "Or can I tell you something that I really encountered, it was at last year's Pan American Auto Expo, and the governor of that expo also attended, but the expo that was originally scheduled to open at nine o'clock in the morning was finally postponed to twelve o'clock at noon, and this is all because the people of the Wood family who participated in the expo were delayed by some things, I think you can understand me when I say this, right?"

Of course, Zhou Ming can understand, you must know that the governor of the United States is equivalent to the secretary of the provincial party committee in China in terms of rank.

Now, at the exposition in which the secretary also participated, the exposition was postponed for three hours because a certain family member did not arrive, and this influence is not to mention anything else, at least in the state, it belongs to the absolute authority that no one can provoke.

The journey from the airport to Orlando was more than two hours, and the driver obviously thought that Zhou Ming had a strong interest in the Wood family, so he kept telling Zhou Ming about the Wood family. From the initial history of the Wood family to how the Wood family helped the three major automakers export products around the world to gain a foothold, it is obviously not the first time that the driver has told customers about this along the way.

"No one knows how much money the Wood family has made over the past 100 years, but the Wood family has been able to stand at Itley, I think because they have been giving back to the community, and it is said that this year the Wood family has invested more than $300 million in charity, and it is very rare to help unemployed workers to women and children and the terminally ill. The driver said.

Compared with the driver's enthusiasm, Zhou Ming didn't say so much along the way, at most, he said a few more words on the key questions, and for more time, he was still listening to the driver.

The last more than two hours passed, Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin were finally sent to their destination, the car was parked at the door of the Gross Hotel, looking up, this Gross Hotel is very ancient Greek style special style, several large stone pillars that no one can hold over are towering, and there is a Renaissance Michelangelo-style character statue and fountain square at the door.

Zhou Ming took out a thousand dollars and handed it to the driver, which made the driver, who was originally a little sluggish because of what he had said all the way, suddenly come back to his senses.

He said to Zhou Ming: "Hey, guest, if you can, I hope you can still remember my contact information, because Itley is not as safe as you think, in the city, especially in those places where are active, it is very dangerous, and I can effectively help you stay away from danger." ”

"I see, but I don't think I need to, thank you very much. Zhou Ming said this to the driver, and then walked into the Gross Hotel with his luggage.

On the other side, the driver excitedly counted the banknotes given to him by Zhou Ming, until Zhou Ming's figure disappeared from sight, the expression on the driver's face cooled, he took out a walkie-talkie, and said in pure English: "I'm Brontaya, I'm at the door of the Gross Hotel now, a Chinese guest just got off my car, I guess he is probably the one he is looking for, the Zhou Ming from California." ”