Chapter 542: Times Square
Louis Wang placed a card in front of Liu Lang.
"Credit card, this is a good thing, it was just issued in China last year, and it is only used in two cities in Guangdong Province, and it has not yet been applied in the whole country!"
Liu Lang picked it up and looked at it, it was a VISA card.
"The United States was only popularized nationwide more than ten years ago, which is very convenient!
Louis Wang said.
The emergence of credit cards is also a sign of the development of the electronic industry, but now credit cards can only be called loan cards, which rely on the credit of the owner to implement remote payment, and the online payment is still different from twenty or thirty years later.
As a staff member of the Institute of Economics at Harvard University, Louis Wang has a very high credit rating, and he often travels on business, so he opened a credit card, which can advance 15,000 US dollars, but Louis Wang only has 10,000 yuan in deposits, and even if he loses 10,000 yuan, he can pay it back, and if he loses 5,000 yuan in advance, then he can only borrow money from others to pay it back.
This kind of consumption habit is also the traditional consumption concept of the Chinese, who do not like to consume in advance and do not like loans.
"10,000 yuan is 300,000 dollars, and that's enough money to buy a few good cars!"
Liu Lang smiled, and the other party took the initiative to take out $10,000, which showed that he already believed his words a little.
All the money was put in the account of the American branch of Shengtang Culture, Liu Lang himself had 1.5 million US dollars, and the Huo family also took out 1 million US dollars.
In the eyes of the Huo family, Liu Lang's prediction this time was a little unreliable, but they still chose to support Liu Lang, and they admitted that the $1 million was lost.
"When will the money from the Yongli Group arrive?"
Wang Zhendong promised that he would also give Liu Lang two million US dollars to operate at that time, but the money of Yongli Group belongs to the state, and the US dollar is still the national foreign exchange, not something he can take if he wants to, maybe the country feels that this matter is very risky and will not use the money to "play" with Liu Lang, so Liu Lang can only "express deep regret".
Early the next morning, a few people got up, washed up and went downstairs, ate something at a nearby Western restaurant that provided breakfast, and then arrived at Times Square, it is now more than eight o'clock in the morning, many office workers wearing suits and backpacks have begun a busy day, their steps are fast, many people are walking and eating hamburgers, this scene reminds Liu Lang of what he looked like when he worked, and Chinese students will be like this in 20 years.
In addition to these office workers, there are many tourists from all over the world, as the "crossroads of the world", many people will come here every day to "worship", Liu Lang saw a group of island people standing at the door of Broadway and taking pictures, and shouting "Yo Xi Yo Xi".
"Oh, you're also islanders?"
When an island man saw Liu Lang and the four of them, he thought he had seen a compatriot and stepped forward to ask.
"We are Chinese!"
Others didn't understand Japanese, and Liu Lang answered each other directly in Japanese.
"Chinese, how do you speak Japanese fluently?"
The other party still didn't believe it.
"I don't just speak Japanese, I can speak English and German, so what country do you think I'm from?"
Liu Lang said with a smile.
"Wow...... Okay, so can you take a picture for us?"
The other party was a little embarrassed.
"No problem!"
Liu Lang took the Konka camera in the other party's hand and took a group photo for them.
"Thank you!"
Those island people are still very polite.
"Liu Lang, do you know Japanese?"
Louis Wang was surprised.
"Mr. Liu not only speaks Japanese, but also German and Russian very well!"
Sun Mingren said on the side.
"Chinese is the most difficult language in the world, as long as you speak Chinese well, there is nothing to worry about other countries' languages!"
Liu Lang waved his hand.
There are still many beggars in Times Square, but unlike the beggars in China more than 20 years later, they don't lie on the ground and write my miserable bullshit, these people are either silently playing the violin, or they are dressed as clowns doing acrobatic movements that ordinary people can't do, and there is a black man playing fast-paced music in the street, and improvised a hip-hop dance to the music.
In short, everyone was surrounded by a few tourists watching with great interest, and occasionally one or two people took out some change and put it in the case or hat in front of them, and these people ignored it, still performing hard.
Liu Lang and the four of them stood in front of the black boy who was dancing hip-hop and watched, the other party's movements were smooth, and his emotions were also very unrestrained, and from time to time a few Thomas was spinning in place, the difficulty of the movements was quite surprising even Sun Hu, who was a kung fu person, he had never seen this kind of kung fu dance, this person, if he went to be a soldier, he must be a good seedling.
Liu Lang watched his heartfelt performance, these people may be beggars, but their hearts are by no means begging, but working towards their dreams, and they must have a dream in their hearts, that is, one day they can appear on the stage of Broadway and perform in front of the whole world.
"Dreams!"
Liu Lang respects these people who work hard for their dreams, maybe they will not be able to realize their dreams in their lifetime, but at least they have worked hard and struggled, and this is enough.
Liu Lang took out a hundred dollars from his pocket and put it in the performer's hat.
Several people went straight to the New York Stock Exchange, and when they walked into this hall that showed the world's most wealth, even Liu Lang was shocked.
The spacious and bright hall was full of people, mixed with the noise of machinery and equipment, everyone was either shouting on the phone, or looking at the data displayed on the computer screen to record something, and some people kept yelling at the phone, these voices were intertwined to make people's blood flow faster.
Just after half past nine in the morning, the sound of "dangdang" came from a prominent terrace on the second floor of the hall, Liu Lang and several people looked up, and the three of them were standing there beating a bronze bell with a special wooden mallet, and at the same time looked up at a huge display screen and made an exclamation sound.
Liu Lang knew that this should be a certain company listed today, and the heads of the three companies were invited to ring the opening bell, obviously judging from their expressions, their stock trends are good, but I believe they will soon cry, the stock market crash is coming, and everyone here is going to suffer.
Liu Lang and Sun Huren found a remote corner to sit down, while Louis Wang and Sun Mingren went to the exchange to go through some procedures, and in just over half an hour, the two of them completed everything, and the name of the Shengtang American branch was already registered, and there were more than 2.5 million US dollars in the account, and now the money can buy stocks at will.
But Liu Lang is not in a hurry, the people of Yongli Group have not contacted him, the day before yesterday he also made a special transatlantic phone call to ask Wang Zhendong, the other party said that he was raising funds, and it is expected that someone will come to him today and tomorrow, in addition, Liu Lang feels that this kind of thing is better to be low-key, the 16th is the date of the stock market crash, the 15th and 14th is Zhou Ming, he will release the news on the 13th, even if it will attract the attention of others, but because the time is very short, those people have no time to investigate the background of the funds, and wait until the 16th "The world is in chaos" Who cares about themselves.
After doing these things, the four of them left the exchange, and Sun Mingren rented a car and dragged a few people to start a tour of New York City.