Chapter 61: The Belmont Grand Prix
The time has entered September, due to the use of intelligent pickers, the harvest of fruits has been successfully completed, Lan Jiawei's bank deposit has exceeded 100 million US dollars, just when he and Xiaozhi were discussing investment in hydrogen and sodium factor production, they were rushed by the pot-bellied woman Tachibana Chiyo to watch the Belmont Grand Prix.
In the first two races of the Triple Crown, the thoroughbred horse Musk of the racecourse has already defeated the legendary King of Horses Naughty Bag, who won the Triple Crown for two consecutive years, and has become the news of major newspapers and media, and various headlines such as "A new King is about to be born", "The myth of the invincible Naughty Bag has been ended", "Who can have the last laugh" and other headlines are full of news in the eyes of Americans who love horse racing.
The town of Turner has already held two small celebrations for Musk, and if the final of the Treble can be won this time, there will be a town-wide revelry and the governor will participate.
Another thoroughbred waltz also competed in several field races, winning one championship and two runners-up, and the results were also quite good, winning hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Chiyo Tachibana also wanted to go to the scene to watch the game, but Lan Dad and Lan Ma didn't let me live or die, just kidding, there were about two months to go before the due date, didn't this cost the lives of the two old mouths?!
After comforting his wife, Lan Jiawei stepped on the flight to New York, and when he arrived, there were still 2 days to leave the competition, thinking about the gallery, so he asked Hans to have coffee and chat in the hotel café.
After sitting there and waiting for a while, Hans caressed a beautiful woman's waist and walked into the café, Lan Jiawei raised his hand, Hans also waved his hand when he saw it, and walked over with a smile on his face. "Hi, JAVY, let me introduce, this is my girlfriend Sophie, Sophie, this is my partner and good friend JAVY"
After saying hello, everyone sat down, and Hans asked a little strangely, "Garvy, are you here alone?" What about your wife? ”
Lan Jiawei smiled and gestured with a big belly, and Hans laughed: "Congratulations, man, your horse named Musk is really good, it seems that it was a wrong decision not to promise you to visit your farm last time"
"Hans, the door of my house is always open for you, I want to ask, why did last year's dividends increase again?"
"Friend, you really don't care about the gallery. Yuan Yi is now competing with another old fellow at the grandmaster level every year, and one of his paintings can't be bought at all without tens of millions of dollars."
"Sorry, man, you know I'm not very good at this", Lan Jiawei said a little embarrassed
"It's okay, I know you. This year's competition is over, and next year you can go and see their competition exhibition, it's fun."
Lan Jiawei was about to speak, when he saw a woman with a hat and glasses sitting in the seat not far away, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Hathaway, and waved his hand at her with a smile.
Hathaway's assistant also knew Lan Jiawei, and they often met on the beach in Los Angeles, and Hathaway, who had painted makeup, walked over and whispered: "Hi, Jiawei, I didn't expect to see you in New York, what a coincidence"
This is needless to say, Hans and his girlfriend Sophie both knew Hathaway, although they had painted makeup. After introducing Hans to Hathaway and her assistant, she invited them to sit down for coffee together, to which Hathaway happily agreed.
"JAVY, are you also coming to see the Belmont Grand Prix?" Hathaway asked the handsome Chinese
Before Lan Jiawei could answer, Hans had already spoken, "Hathaway, he has a horse in this race, and as far as I can see, there is a good chance of winning."
"Wow, Javy, you are so hidden, can you tell us the names of the horses? Maybe I should make some bets", Hathaway's big eyes behind her glasses winked mischievously.
"Uh, it's called Musk, I think it does have the strength to win the championship", Lan Jiawei shrugged indifferently. Then he asked, "You guys also stay at this hotel?" ”
"Oh, Musk, the horse that has won the first two races is yours? Oh my God", Hathaway's assistant Julia exclaimed in a low voice, while Hathaway answered Lan Jiawei's question: "Yes, we stayed in this hotel, and so did you, right?" ”
For dinner, Lan Jiawei hosted a banquet for Hans and Hathaway in the hotel's restaurant. Then everyone was in the hotel bar again, crazy until 11 o'clock in the evening, because they stayed in the most exclusive hotel in New York, so they didn't worry about the paparazzi, Hathaway and her assistant Julia were very relaxed.
Lan Jiawei found his own "Qiandai" in the bar, and he didn't feel sorry for the price of $230 per bottle, and ordered a lot of bottles for everyone to taste. Drunkenly sent Hans and the others away, not knowing how they got back to their room.
When I woke up the next day, I habitually shouted: "Honey", stretched out my hand to my side, and then I was shocked, this is not the feeling of my wife. Touching his head, he vaguely remembered the incident of turning over the river and the sea with a beautiful woman, and jumped out of the corner of his eyes to sneak a look, "Uh, it won't be, right?" ”
Hathaway, who was beside her, had already woken up at this time, and her big eyes, no smaller than Chiyo, were looking at Lan Jiawei playfully, "Hey, don't be so shy, I also know your wife Chiyo, this is the United States, and I don't plan to let you be responsible"
Lan Jiawei smiled awkwardly, "Hey, Hathaway, I drank too much last night, what about Julia?" ”
Hathaway smiled: "I don't know, I also drank a lot, she should be in her room, are you going to talk like this?" Oh come on, it's too normal in Hollywood, shy big boy". After saying that, he just bare his buttocks, touched Lan Jiawei's chin, and went into the bathroom.
Although Lan Jiawei felt guilty about his wife, he still comforted himself with the excuse of drinking too much. When she came out of the bathroom and saw Hathaway putting on makeup, she shook her head, stepped forward and brought her makeup case, and fiddled with her for a while, and when Hathaway looked at herself in the mirror again, she was almost unrecognizable.
"Javy, you're amazing, your makeup skills are so good, I can put on my glasses and wander around", Hathaway looked at herself in the mirror in surprise.
Shrugging his shoulders, Lan Jiawei cleaned up his appearance, "Aren't you going to change your clothes?" I'm going out for breakfast, so I'm going to get Julia along."
Waiting for Hathaway to go out, Lan Jiawei collapsed on the bed, "Oh, what a TmD damn"
Because Hathaway and the others had other things to do, Lan Jiawei went to the racetrack alone, he drove the Bugatti out of the ring, went to the racecourse, asked the management, and found his horse and the trainer Daniel and the jockey Maggie without much effort.
Maggie is a petite girl with a height of 160 cm and a weight of only 45 kilograms, which is very suitable for speed racing. Lan Jiawei made intimacy with Musk, and took advantage of the fact that the others were not paying attention, and fed it two elf fruits.
Daniel touched Musk's smooth fur, "Boss, the draw in the afternoon will decide the track, Musk is in great shape, we are confident that she will win"
"Come on, Maggie and Daniel, it will be the glory of our horse farm and your honor"
"Oh, by the way, Boss, we've been approached by quite a few merchants lately looking to advertise in some parts of Musk's saddle, such as the saddle area."
"Okay, Daniel, after this victory, you can bring me a few of the highest offers, and we'll make a decision."
"Alright then", Daniel and Maggie shook hands with Lan Jiawei and said goodbye, concentrating on getting ready for the game.
That afternoon, while Lan Jiawei was admiring some of the latest works in the gallery, he received a call from Daniel, saying that Musk's draw was a good track, relying on the number 3 in the inner circle, which was a good sign, and the horse called "Naughty Bag" that had lost to Musk in the last few races was number 5.
The current Phantom Gallery has bought a five-storey office building, and the first and second floors have been converted into exhibition halls, which are filled with offices and vaults.
Lan Jiawei hid in the room at night and asked Ash to watch some movies on Planet R, because it was translated by Ash with the same voice, so he watched it with relish, and a thought suddenly popped into him.
"Ash, how many Planet R movies do you have?"
"Master, there are 36529, and there are different races on R planet, and I have their movies, books, music, etc. records for a long time"
"How about I think I'm going to convert these movies into Earth and make money?"
"Master, this is a good idea, some of the emotions and exposed characters in it I can give a script, let the earth actors reinterpret it, and then synthesize it again It's very easy"
"Have you estimated the investment in the hydrogen and sodium factor plant? I'm going to count my wallet."
"Master, you still have $120,452,913.18 in your bank deposit, and the investment in the sodium hydrogen plant includes all kinds of equipment and land, plants, as well as scientific and technological personnel, workers, etc., with a budget of $65.3 million."