Chapter 269: Chinatown (3/4)
A building that is more controversial in appearance, the meaning is a little bad, but the appearance is cool.
After completion, it will become a new landmark in New York, which is already certain, as long as you have seen it, you will not forget it, after all, it is too recognizable in terms of shape.
To be honest, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also quite entangled now, the reason for the entanglement is not knowing how the citizens of New York will react to this, adding: "The land is yours, and the funds used to build the building are your own, I don't remember any rule that says you can't build a skyscraper to your liking, it's your own business, not to mention that New York should be a city that can accommodate all kinds of art, the Flatiron Building was called ugly when it was first built, but now it has become one of the most famous buildings in Manhattan."
What's more, the need to recruit workers, purchase raw materials, and increase taxes later during the construction of the building is a good thing in my opinion, and if you are worried that someone will not accept it, maybe you can change its image a little bit and use more metal to make this eye snake look like a big steel toy, like a deformed steel toy. ”
Mayor Bloomberg, who was born in 1942 and is in his sixties this year, is still full of energy and energy, and belongs to the type of late bloomer, and he feels comfortable talking to him.
Although he didn't have much contact, Ye Dongqing liked him, everyone knew that the mayor insisted on commuting by subway, and managed New York better, so he won the respect and recognition of others, and the previous mayor was not bad, leading New Yorkers through the shadow of 911, and the previous mayor was very hateful, and almost made New York bankrupt.
Hearing what Mayor Bloomberg meant, Ye Dongqing sat across from his desk, crossed Erlang's legs, nodded and said: "I'll say hello to the architectural design firm, and it should be cooler when the real finished product comes out, and I should be able to pick a piece of land on Manhattan Island that satisfies me in the near future, and pay for it."
I would like to ask if I can continue to increase investment in New York, can I get some tax relief from the city hall?"
"Do you mean investing like the Wall Street guys, or is it the kind that can boost jobs and really drive the economy?"
At present, Bloomberg News, the world's largest financial news group, was founded by Mayor Bloomberg, never underestimate the strength and influence of this old man, Ye Dongqing is also a celebrity, of course the super-rich mayor knows what kind of business he is doing, and added: " If I had known at the time, I would have asked you to keep that Facebook in New York, but I also know that Silicon Valley is more suitable for the high-tech industry, so tell me what you think, and if you think it's appropriate, I'll help you figure out how to get a tax break. ”
"Labor costs in New York are too high, labor-intensive companies are not suitable here, and I'm more of a big venture capitalist, so don't expect any promises from me, I mean the cost of investing in buildings, which is hundreds of millions of dollars. ”
Ye Dongqing's words could not satisfy the other party, just now, Mayor Bloomberg still had a little expectation, and at the moment he was not angry to tell him: "It is okay to let the companies you invest in move over, and you will definitely be given preferential treatment within the scope of the policy when the time comes, as for the cost of building the building, think of a way to see how you can save it, if it is close to here, I may rent an apartment from you, if I can run to work, it should be good, I live a little far away now." ”
Living on the Upper East Side, it takes a lot of time to go to work in Downtown every day.
It is said to be an office, but in fact, the current New York City Hall is more like the trading floor of a certain brokerage, including Mayor Bloomberg himself, all working in the same empty place, with only a partition in the middle. I probably figured out what the old mayor meant, and was willing to help a little, and would not object or make trouble, which was already very good news for Ye Dongqing.
The other party still had something to do, so he took the concept map of the Cobra Building and left, and went to the Chinatown area to eat, buy some steamed buns, sauces or something, plus two cans of green tea and a pack of flue-cured tobacco, walked around, and soon took the car back to Midtown.
Overall, the development of New York's Chinatown area is okay, as long as you work hard, even if it is some manual work, life can always make do, and the more miserable are those lonely old people, such as an old woman who helps people mend clothes and change zippers, I remember that she was here when she was a child, and she has not left until now. There is also a couple who sell lo-mei, who successfully made a small shop into a time-honored brand with a history of 40 years, Ye Dongqing doesn't like the smell of star anise, so he doesn't like to eat his things.
Now that it has succeeded, moving from Downtown to Midtown, the area of activity has changed, and it has almost been cut off from Chinatown.
This time I came back and felt like I was revisiting my hometown, but unfortunately it was not a return to my hometown, I had relatives in my hometown, and he had always treated himself as an orphan, and there were no relatives who could make Ye Dongqing miss him, and he had already broken off contact with his aunt's family.
I was going to go back to Puchuan Building, but I suddenly changed my mind after I got emotional, asked the driver to turn around and go back to Chinatown, and found the old house where I lived with my parents according to the route in my memory, which had been sold to others, and even the broken door was replaced with a new one, and I stood for a while smoking a cigarette, smiled happily, and carved a line of words on the other party's door with a stone, and left a phone number.
Someone saw this scene, and also saw the bodyguards and luxury cars around Ye Dongqing, and vaguely guessed whose child he was, but he didn't dare to come over to talk, his eyes were like looking at strange animals, Ye Dongqing has long been famous in the Chinatown area, or very, very famous, everyone knows that a child who walked out of this street has become a super-rich man with too much money to spend, and he doesn't give a penny to his aunt who bullied him.
The gossip in the mouths of the neighbors spreads faster than the flu, and more people are on Ye Dongqing's side, and many people know about his family's family affairs.
Go to the neighborhood to buy some other food in your memory, and bring some dead money and fruits, and ask the driver to take him to the cemetery located next to the highway in Queens.
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Personally put the fruit in place, and burn the paper money on the green grass, he will pay as much as he should pay, and the custom should continue.
When the fire burned, he threw the cigarette he had only smoked into the paper money, and the father who was an accountant in his memory had such a hobby, and everyone was gone, so it didn't matter if he wanted to smoke again......