Caught a taxi, driven by a yellow-skinned middle-aged man.

Seeing Li Moyang and Xi Wu dressed up in temperament, they guessed that they were Japanese, so the driver said hello in Japanese, and then asked where to go.

Li Moyang smiled: "Master, I am a Chinese who has just joined the Japanese nationality, my wife is Japanese, you are Chinese, right?" ”

The middle-aged man Yile smiled and said: "Brother, you cow, lurking in Japan to resist the Japanese, really relieved." ”

Xi Wu cooperated with the tacit understanding, bowed slightly, and came to a sentence of Japanese very well, hello.

Secretly, he twisted the tender meat on Li Moyang's waist fiercely, and Li Moyang responded while enduring the pain: "That's, it's necessary." ”

The middle-aged Chinese driver then said, "Where to go?" For your feat, I will also send you to your destination at an eighty-fifty discount. ”

"Long Island, look at the house, live there for a year and a half."

The driver was surprised: "Hehe, I can't see it, my brother is a rich man, and it is a rich area, especially the corrupt officials from the country live there, and the land is really speculated." ”

Li Moyang said in his heart, it seems that this is indeed the case, many corrupt officials have settled on Long Island, and this driver may know something.

"Really? I really don't know, there is such a thing, uh, go and see it first, if it's too expensive, we'll rent a house somewhere else. ”

This time opened the driver's chatterbox, he drove towards Long Island, chattering along the way, Li Moyang said secretly, the taxi master seems to be chatting everywhere, the country is, the United States is the same, maybe it's because the driving is too lonely.

The middle-aged Chinese driver said excitedly: "Do you know that Long Island is famous all over the world not only because it was the residence of early European princes and nobles, but more importantly, former US President Roosevelt, the Kennedy family, Song Meiling, a powerful family in modern China, and the Morgan family that started from Wall Street, the Guggenheim family, which started with copper mines, and many Hollywood stars and other powerful figures, have settled here."

In 2004, Forbes ranked the top 10 luxury homes in the United States, the first and third places were both located on Long Island, with prices of $75 million and $50 million respectively.

It is this frighteningly high housing price on Long Island that attracts the attention of more and more Chinese. It is said that in the past two years, the number of Chinese who have come to Changdao to buy houses, especially those from the mainland, has increased at a rate of 2 to 4 percent per year.

It is not unusual for more and more Chinese to come to Long Island to buy houses, and the most surprising thing is that the Chinese pay for a multimillion-dollar house in cash, which is very difficult for many Americans. ”

The middle-aged driver took a break and continued: "It's not surprising that buying a house is the same as buying cabbage, and you don't care about the price at all." Do you know what the most surprising thing is? ”

Li Moyang shook his head: "Tell me, I really can't guess." ”

The middle-aged driver said with a bitter smile: "Chinese mansions are usually uninhabited at all, and the doors of many homes are locked. As soon as I inquired, I found out that they stayed at most two or three times a year, and they were usually empty. ”

Li Moyang pretended to be surprised and said: "I can't buy a house, why is this?" Have money and nowhere to spend it? ”

The middle-aged driver said speechlessly: "It is understood that there are three main categories of Chinese who come to Long Island to buy luxury houses: first, private entrepreneurs; second, Chinese officials; The third is acting stars. Most of these people's mansions are of the middle class, and there are a few whose houses are extremely luxurious. ”

Li Moyang asked: "You are a clear door, so tell me, what is the purpose of these three kinds of people buying houses?" It's strange that I can't live after buying it. ”

The middle-aged driver smiled: "Who am I, am I a taxi driver, or a Chinese driver, and I will do the business of these people in China, which is very good, because I am familiar with the road and can speak Chinese, and I am very famous in the local area." ”

Li Moyang praised: "There is a specialization in the art industry, you are a cow, you better talk about it." ”

The middle-aged driver began to brag: "Once, I met a famous Chinese private entrepreneur who came to Long Island for the Spring Festival. The mansion is hidden in the woods, and it takes at least a few minutes to walk from the courtyard gate. It's been almost 10 years since he bought his house, but he only comes here every year for the Spring Festival or when he comes to the United States to discuss business.

After knowing him for a long time, when I asked him why he bought a house here, he hesitated for a long time and said that in addition to the good environment and many celebrities, the most important thing is that this mansion can become a base for him to develop relations with relevant departments at home and abroad. He said that some domestic leaders and friends are now living in his mansion when they come to the United States on business trips, which can make the leaders feel very face-saving and deepen their feelings with the leaders.

If the leader is on a publicly-funded trip, staying in his house can also help them save money. In addition, he can help arrange projects such as golf, sailing a yacht, or renting a helicopter to go to the American casinos in Atlantic City, which not only pleases the leadership, but also greatly helps his business.

The entrepreneur also said that every time he talks to an American about business, he tells them that he has a $4 million mansion on Long Island and drives a $150,000 Mercedes car. As soon as the other party hears it, he can understand his economic strength, and the deal can be negotiated quickly. ”

"It's not easy for private entrepreneurs." Li Moyang sighed from the bottom of his heart this time.

The middle-aged driver also sighed: "Yes, it's not easy to make some money in China." ”

He continued: "In addition to officials and private entrepreneurs, many entertainment stars have also spent huge sums of money to buy houses and land in wealthy areas such as Long Island and Manhattan in New York. During this year's Spring Festival, a Chinese star, who is the one who has been very popular in the past two years, took some well-known domestic actors to the first class flight to a mansion in New York for the Spring Festival, which really caused a lot of sensation in the local Chinese community. ”

Li Moyang asked again: "Why do celebrities want to buy houses here?" ”

The middle-aged driver pouted disdainfully and said: "You have to find out the psychology of these domestic movie stars, only with a mansion and American nationality can they be regarded as international movie stars." ”

Li Moyang also smiled disdainfully: "I see, in addition to showing his face in American movies, there are also so many ways that you can mix with an international movie star." ”

"Yes, Americans are not fools, it is precisely because they see the generosity of the Chinese, in order to attract more people to invest money in the United States, the relevant departments of the United States have organized many inspection groups last year, inviting people from China's economic circles to visit luxury houses in the United States. In August last year, Columbia University organized a 30-member Chinese delegation to inspect the current situation and development of real estate in the United States, and recommended luxury homes in New York to the wealthy in China. A real estate delegation from a municipality directly under the central government in China visited Changdao for 17 days. Do you think the price of land here on Long Island will not rise?

Paralysis, they all earn the money of the common people in the country, and they come to the United States to consume, and the Americans live a good life, so let's come to the people and still have a stupid fun in the country. ”

Li Moyang was happy, this driver master was still angry when he arrived in the United States.

Li Moyang then asked: "So, is the purpose of Chinese buying a house in New York and not staying for a long time really just to have a good relationship with domestic leaders, as the private entrepreneur said?" ”