Bounded by Central Park to the west, the East River to the east, 59th Street on Fifth Avenue to the south, and 96th Street northeast of Manhattan to the north, New York's Upper East Side is once known as the "Silk Reserve Capital" and is now one of New York City's wealthiest neighborhoods.

According to the 2000 census, 21 percent of the Upper East Side's population is foreign-born. Of these, Europe accounted for 45.6%, Asia accounted for 29.5%, Latin America accounted for 16.2%, and others accounted for 8.7%.

Given its very high population density and per capita income (US$ 85,081 in 2000). The neighborhood's personal wealth is most concentrated in Manhattan. As of 2011, the median household income on the Upper East Side was $131,492. The Upper East Side maintains the highest price per square foot in the United States.

The area is home to some of the most famous museums in the world, and a series of museums along Fifth Avenue in Central Park are known as "Museum Mile" and they are located between 82nd and 105th Streets.

For example, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, the Jewish Museum of New York, the Morgan Library and Museum, and the National Institute of Design, to name a few.

The Upper East Side is also an important location for political fundraising in the United States. Four of the top five zip codes for political donations in the United States are in Manhattan, and the zip code with the highest donation amount is 10021 in the area where Lin Zitan is located.

As a result, the Upper East Side is one of the most desirable locations in the United States, with the highest population density in the country and the largest concentration of wealth.

The duplex apartment in Lin Zitan is only a 10-minute walk from Central Park and 12 minutes' walk from the Metropolitan Museum. There are many galleries around, and the art atmosphere is also very strong.

Lin Zitan also learned after living on the Upper East Side that even if you live here, it is still very difficult to enter the life circle of people on the Upper East Side.

It has the largest and most surplus Jewish population, but traditionally the Upper East Side has been made up of white American Protestant family groups.

Usually of British descent, wealthy and well-connected. They had a monopoly on New York's elite society through intermarriage and nepotism.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the nouveau riche or wealthy nouveau riche who have just emerged from the financial markets or other industries to enter their social circles.

Because of this, the children of the aristocracy who were born on the Upper East Side but continued to decline will take advantage of the curiosity of people from all walks of life to sell tickets to the Upper East Side's social circle, in order to maintain their declining but desperately defended aristocratic dignity.

Although Lin Zitan followed Louis before and mixed with the rich circle, it was different from the rich circle of the Upper East Side.

Therefore, even if Louis is from a family background, he is not even a wealthy family on the Upper East Side, so he cannot casually go in and out of various banquets held by high society.

After Lin Zitan moved into his duplex apartment, his lifestyle began to become more regular, with his health club and golf club on his weekly schedule, in addition to meeting between several companies.

To this end, Lin Zitan specially recruited an experienced personal assistant to deal with all kinds of necessary things at the company activities that Lin Zitan could not take time to participate in.

His office space was also moved from the original Flushing Properties Company to his luxurious and spacious apartment. The large office in the apartment is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and is ready to hold video conferences with company executives.

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When Xiao Cheng came to Lin Zitan's apartment for the first time, his eyes were straight, Xiao Cheng shouted at the local tyrant and asked Lin Zitan how much money he spent to buy such a good apartment, and when Lin Zitan told him that it was only four million, he was immediately petrified.

"I'll go, you're really stepping into the rhythm of the upper class society on the Upper East Side! Look at this decoration, I'll go, the furniture in your room alone is worth my villa!"

"The furniture in here is all matched, including the books in this cabinet!" Lin Zitan said, pointing to the entire wall of books in the study.

"Is this book all true? It can't be just a cover? Xiao Cheng reached out and took a book, which was full of English editions of various encyclopedias, the history of various countries, and the original copies of various literary masterpieces.

"I'll just say that the things in your room are worth more than my house!" Xiao Cheng said enviously.

"Don't worry, I'll find it for you when you want to buy it here, don't forget what we're doing. Lin Zitan said with a smile.

"Forget it, if my girlfriend knew that the land tax on this house was higher than her annual income, she wouldn't let me buy it, haha~" Xiao Cheng smiled bitterly.

When Lin Zitan came back from work one day not long after he moved in, the doorman suddenly stopped him and respectfully handed him a beautifully bound invitation.

"For me?" Lin Zitan said inexplicably.

"Yes Mr. Lin, 8D Mr, Lin," the doorman said in English with a Spanish accent.

"Okay, thank you~" Lin Zitan took the invitation card in his hand, looked it up and down, in order not to show his surprise and curiosity in front of the door, Lin Zitan put the invitation in the briefcase he carried with him, and walked up calmly.

Back at home, Lin Zitan hurriedly took out the invitation, since he moved here, except for Xiao Cheng and Louis, there are only a handful of friends who know his address, and this invitation only has Mr. Lin, who didn't have his full name on it, made him very curious.

After unfolding the fully sealed envelope, there was a two-fold black and gold card, the content page of the card said that Lin Zitan was invited to a business dinner in the real estate industry at 6 p.m. this Friday, and the location was actually on the top floor of his apartment 13A.

Lin Zitan searched all the Eric he knew about real estate in his memory, and the noisy rock music of that night immediately came to his mind.

"This person actually lives on the top floor of their building! The question is, how could this person invite me?" Lin Zi was puzzled, so he quickly called Louis.

"What?," Louis exclaimed as soon as he heard Lin Zitan's words.

"Uh... yes, that's why I asked if you were invited. Lin Zitan saw that he was so excited, and he was even more confused for a while.

"I'm not in real estate, but I guess you won't be on his invitation, could it be because you happen to live downstairs from his house?" Louis analyzed.

"Would you invite your next-door neighbor to your private party just because you live close?" Lin Zitan retorted.

"Uh... That's not necessarily, hehe~ Because the neighbors around me are also rich people like my father. Louis said with a smile.

"Okay, even if I didn't ask, then do you think I want to participate then?" Lin Zi hesitated.

"Ah, of course! While Eric does like to party, I haven't heard of a business dinner like this with the gimmick of real estate, after all, he hasn't set foot in his own family business.

But since he invited, you can go and have a look, anyway, even if you don't necessarily become his friend, it's a good opportunity to expand your network. "Louis is shrewd and authentic.

"Then do you need to bring a female companion to such a dinner party?" Lin Zitan was still wondering if he should bring Emma with him!

"If you don't specifically indicate that you're present, you still don't want to bring it, Eric doesn't seem to like the presence of a lot of female companions. Louis hurriedly suggested.

"What do you mean? He wouldn't be ... ”

"Not really, it may have something to do with his origins, he is especially unaccustomed to the high-minded appearance of the ladies and ladies of high society!" Louis said with a smile.

After hanging up Louis's phone, Lin Zitan hurriedly searched for Eric's family information on the Internet according to some of the points that Louis had provided him before, and found out that this Eric was really not in the list of heirs of their ancient family.