"Kate, it's dawn."

"Hmm......"

Catherine was dazed.

And at this time, the blindfold was lifted. Sunlight entered her eyes.

It looks like wearing an eye patch does help with sleep.

"Take off your clothes, let's go take a shower together."

"Hmmm......"

Ida touched her slimy body.

"Okay."

Catherine joined everyone in a daze, and then entered the large bath.

Luckily, unlike Ada's bunny girl outfit, Catherine's clothes almost covered her body, so just focus on cleaning the cream that was smeared on the bottom of the middle and the cream on her hair, and it was all done.

"Whirring ......"

Catherine was in a good mood.

However, it seems that everyone is not in a good mood.

"What's wrong?"

Catherine asked.

"Kate, I'm going to Italy." Lisa said suddenly.

"What?!"

Catherine was taken aback.

"I ...... I'm going to study fashion design. ”

Of all the companions, Jenny is the most calm, Lily is the most active, Ida is more of a trendy girl, and Lisa seems to have always been obsessed with her own clothing design.

But whoever it is, there is no such thing as silence at the moment.

Elsa's relationship with them wasn't that close, and she wasn't easy to talk about.

"Well, isn't that a good thing?"

Catherine laughed.

"I've got your back."

Lisa was stunned for a moment.

Then Catherine took her in her arms.

"I support you, Lisa, to be brave enough to pursue your dreams!"

"But...... Kate...... We...... We'll never see each other again! ”

There seemed to be tears in Lisa's eyes.

We've been together for five years since junior high school, and there's a lot more to the deep friendships, the secret secrets between the girls, the companies we have partnered with, and so much more......

"But the temporary parting is for our better future, Lisa. Moreover, it's not like we can't see each other anymore, and we can be together for four years at most. ”

"Hmmm......"

Lisa also leaned gently into Catherine's arms.

Although these girls usually play crazy, in fact, the girls' minds are more delicate than anyone else's, and they are more easily injured.

Although Catherine may be passive at some point, she is also the most mature as a person with decades of memories and thoughts.

Leaning on Catherine's shoulder, Lisa felt a sense of peace.

"By the way, Kate, what are you going to do in the future?" Jenny changed the subject at the right time.

"Me?"

"yes, you'll be in 12th grade next year, right?"

Catherine nodded, although she had been studying at home, next year, she would indeed be in her last year.

"I'm going to wait until after the SAT...... I won't read it. ”

"Don't read it?!" Everyone except Elsa exclaimed.

Now, everybody has been admitted to university. Ada prepares to go to Los Angeles to study acting, Jenny is at Columbia, and Lily is admitted to photography.

So, Catherine's words seemed a little abrupt.

"That's right, because I have more important things. Perhaps, you guys will be interested in my new console? ”

"I see......"

The crowd shrugged.

Indeed, for Catherine to go to college now, she is indeed too busy. However, if you pass the SAT, you will still have a chance in the future.

"Maybe we can have a crazy time before Lisa leaves?"

"Maybe~"

"In addition to these thoughts, can't the thinking in your brain be normal?" Catherine complained.

"Are we excessive?" Ida was stunned for a moment.

Indeed, now it's sex. When the emancipation ideology broke out, all kinds of indiscriminate. Delivered, overnight. There was really too much love - the 1968 French student revolution, and their slogan was "To do. Love", it is enough to see that those who are affected by this trend of thought, Ida and they are not degenerate, which is already a blessing.

After her birthday, Catherine did not stay in New York, but left for California.

Catherine is going to buy a manor here where she can spend her holidays.

Actually, Catherine would have preferred to go to Seattle, but considering that she would likely stay in California more often in the future, she decided to build a manor here. ,

Although Catherine has no property in California for the time being, she has decided to put all the R&D centers in New York here.

The price of land in New York is really expensive, but the price of land in California is quite cheap now, although it will be high in the future, but now is the right time to buy.

And Silicon Valley is here, and Catherine moved the company here, which is very convenient.

Of course, the company's core business is still in New York, which is only a few more technologically strong industries such as R&D centers. And the production plant is in Georgia -- which is very cheap.

Catherine was going to buy a plot of land in California and build her own research and development center, and at the same time, build her own estate near it.

And in terms of production, although Georgia labor is relatively cheap, and there is also a Georgia tax exemption policy. But as Catherine's business has expanded, the advantages of tax exemption have become less and less obvious, and Georgia's labor costs are relatively low, only compared to domestic ones, but this cost can actually be reduced by half.

-- The answer to this question lies abroad.

In fact, Catherine recently targeted Taiwan.

Because at this time, Taiwan appeared "Regulations on Rewarding Foreign Investment", for foreign companies that set up factories in Taiwan, Taiwan will greatly open up its own resources, tax reduction, cheap land, tax rebates for foreign enterprises, etc., these are all programs used by Taiwan to attract foreign companies.

Coupled with the fact that local labor in Taiwan is relatively cheap, Catherine is still very excited.

Guild organization in the United States is troublesome, especially in places like factories.

For example, the steel industry in the United States was brought down by the guilds.

The Iron and Steel Guild demanded high wages and benefits for the steel industry, while protesting against the adoption of new technologies that would allow steel companies to reduce the need for workers, even if they could increase production much or even double.

Although Catherine's industries are all high-tech industries, labor costs are also a considerable problem.

If the factory can be built in Taiwan, the cost can be reduced by at least one notch.

Catherine decided to go to Taiwan to have a look, and as for when to leave, it depends on when the visa comes down.

As for the estate, Catherine wanted a manor where horses could be kept and run.

Perhaps because of that "animal birthday", Catherine felt that riding a horse seemed to be a good choice.

But in the end, Catherine found that there was no place that was what she wanted.

So, when she bought the land for the company, she bought another piece of land for herself, and then hired an engineering team to build a new manor according to her own method......

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