As he got in touch with Eric more and more, Lin Zitan's understanding of the upper class society and Eric, who was on the verge of survival in the upper class, gradually deepened.

Ever since he attended Eric's private party, he has been called by Eric to play golf or have a glass of wine, and even once to see his private art exhibition.

Lin Zitan originally had little appreciation for this kind of elegant art, but fortunately, he still had a little basic concept under the cultivation of Grandpa Lin when he was a child.

Thinking that some parts of his house also needed some decoration, he symbolically bought one or two paintings, one of which was Eric's own masterpiece, and Lin Zitan hypocritically praised it.

Although the two of them talked about a variety of topics each time, Eric always vaguely mentioned to him that investing in real estate is still a great opportunity, and Lin Zitan obviously felt that Eric wanted to pull him into the water to do what Eric called the big deal.

In the past, Lin Zitan's investment in real estate was mostly based on the residential needs of the general middle class, so all the houses he bought before were ordinary civilian villas.

From the perspective of affordability, taking into account the self-occupation and investable psychology of ordinary people, the first and second batches of purchases are two-family brick houses, and such houses are also very easy to sell.

However, after the house is put on the market, the income in a short period of time is not particularly large, so most of Lin Zitan's properties are still mainly rented, and the income of tens of thousands of yuan a year is maintained after the loan is repaid.

Lin Zitan is not thinking about getting rich all of a sudden, he knows that the trough of the real estate industry is far from over, and in another year or two or even two or three years, the real estate in his hand will only become more and more valuable.

But Eric, the son of a real estate tycoon, has a completely different perspective than Lin Zitan, and he hopes to do investment projects with quick and huge returns.

Developing and buying luxury homes and then reselling them to nouveau riche who are not so familiar with New York real estate and who want to break into high society is an idea he has been thinking about for a long time, but he has not yet found the right opportunity to realize it.

New York, the most prestigious megacity on the planet, is home to a number of fantastic mansions, from penthouses to waterfront estates, and the world's super-rich are coveting New York luxury homes.

And there are many styles of luxury homes in New York, and in Manhattan, there are towering luxury high-rise apartments. There are also townhouses that carry traces of history.

Farther suburbs and wealthy areas are also estates that cover several acres (1 acre = 4,000 square meters). It is a holy place for the rich to leave the city on weekends and have leisure and entertainment.

These are the investment blocks that Eric wants to get involved in.

Eric's family mainly develops high-end real estate, and thousands of buildings and apartments in the New York metro area are built by the family.

In addition, the family of planning, development, construction, marketing and property management, still owns and manages most of their own real estate, and is one of the largest landlords in New York.

Eric's father was married twice, including the birth of his current wife, and Eric, a total of four sons, the other three are all adults, and they are all much older than Eric.

So it's not that Eric doesn't want to get involved in the family business, it's that these people won't give him any chance to get involved in the family business at all.

The reason why he has endless money is that in addition to his father's doting on him, part of it is the huge income dividends from the family fund.

That's why, as Louis said, Eric can play casually, but he can't touch the family business.

Eric was placed to study art from an early age, but deep down he still longed to achieve something in the path his father had taken.

As if to prove something, he constantly moved between the wealthy nouveau riche and the declining aristocracy who flocked to high society.

He holds parties, holds exhibitions, attracts more and more people to his circle, and then calculates the value of each person to himself from his own point of view.

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At a small party on New Year's Day, Lin Zitan chatted with Louis and several rich children who often party together, and when one of them mentioned that Lin Zitan was now a big celebrity in front of Eric, Louis looked suspicious.

"You're so close to him now?" asked Louis as he pulled him aside.

"Not really! I've seen it three or four times, plus the party I told you about. Lin Zitan said honestly.

Although Eric is an illegitimate child, he has a keen sense of business and business acumen, although he has never set foot in the real estate industry in these years.

But through art exhibitions and auctions of various famous paintings, he has made a lot of money in private, has he asked you to invest anything with him?" Louis touched Lin Zitan's wine glass and said with a smile.

"He wanted to persuade me to invest with him in luxury houses and apartments around Manhattan and New York, but my small amount of money is like the difference between a drop of water and the sea compared to their kind of family, and I didn't dare to make a move!" Lin Zitan also said with a smile.

"Sure enough, there's no free dinner, right?haha~" Louis chuckled.

"The banquet is a good banquet, I'm afraid I don't have that blessing!" Lin Zitan said with a wry smile.

"Do what you can, you're not going to be on the rich list anyway!" Louis said with a smile.

I have known him for so many years, because of the different industries, the two have never had any monetary exchanges, but Louis also knows Lin Zitan's introverted personality to some extent, this old classmate is the kind of master who just wants to make a fortune quietly.

"Uh-huh, I don't really want to make that kind of quick money anyway, like you said, do what you can! Oh, by the way, Emma and I met Elsa at Rockefeller Center at Christmas. Lin Zitan saw that someone was getting closer to them, and immediately changed the subject.

"How do you know Elsa?" said the man who squinted at Lin Zitan, the disdain in his eyes still so obvious.

"I don't seem to be very familiar with you, do I?" Lin Zi shot back with a faint smile.

"Oh, Daniel, this is James, AX's new jewelry designer, James, this is my roommate Daniel at NYU, let's get to know each other. Louis hurriedly introduced the two of them.

"NYU? Now as long as you have money, you can enter NYU, and any crooked melon and cracked dates can enter NYU? Fortunately, our brother won't be like this!" the guy named James looked at Lin Zitan, still looking at the nouveau riche with disdain.

"Uh... Didn't you hear that your family also donated a lot of money when you entered Columbia?" Louis said with a harmless smile.

"We're doing charity, okay?" said James, grimacing.

"Elsa and Julia are good friends, I've met her a few times before with Daniel, what do you care so about? Isn't she Leo's fiancée now?

Look at my memory, Leo is William's younger brother, and now he's your younger brother, no wonder you're so concerned. Luis said with a sudden realization.

"That woman isn't a good thing at first glance, and that's what a simple guy like Leo would like!" James scolded in hatred and turned away.

When Lin Zitan and Louis were leaving, they secretly gave a look at whether this person was sick or not.

"You just said you met Elsa, did you say hello?" Luis thought that although Lin Zitan and Elsa had met a few times, they were far from being familiar enough to greet each other.

"Since she's engaged now, I won't hide it from you, cough~ In fact, I've met Elsa at NYU since your birthday party, and after that... It's been a conversation!

It's just that Elsa doesn't seem to want to make my relationship with her public every time I meet, so I haven't told you all the time!" Lin Zitan lowered his head embarrassedly and took a sip of red wine, trying to hide his embarrassment.

"I'm going, no wonder! Two days ago, Julia asked me about you, saying that a friend asked you, and it turned out to be Elsa!" Louis said with a look of incredulity.