New York is good at everything right now, but it lacks cultural facilities.

This is related to the development process of the United States, after all, the materials have just been abundant for a few years, and the minds of Americans have not yet turned to cultural facilities.

As far as Li Mu knows, there is only one Metropolitan Museum of New York, but the current "Metropolis" is not the "Metropolis" of the 21st century.

It can be seen that New York has a cultural need, but there are no corresponding cultural facilities.

This is very incommensurate with New York's status as a city.

Since New York is going to host the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, it is necessary to build a main exhibition hall, which can be used to convert into a museum or library after the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, which can greatly improve the cultural taste of New York.

According to the analysis of the applications received by the "Centennial Exhibition of American Independence" in Philadelphia, 24 states and 15 countries will build their own exhibition halls, and these exhibition halls will have to be processed after the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, even if half of them are converted into cultural facilities, this influence should not be underestimated.

In fact, in the original plan, New York was originally part of the centennial celebration of independence, France has decided to give the United States a statue of Liberty, the statue is currently being made, according to the plan of the New York City government, the statue will be placed in New York Bay, near Li Mu's Governor's Island.

Now it is even better, New York will occupy a more important place in the centennial celebrations of independence, and Li Mu and others will also benefit from it.

Of course, the loss of the Phillies is inevitable, but at this time, no one pays attention to the frustrated Phillies who have died on their own, exhausted everyone's patience, and now they are self-inflicted on themselves to end up like this.

Early the next morning, Li Mu and others returned to New York.

Arthur immediately showed his strong executive side, and a large area near the square in front of the Junma Automobile Factory was opened up as the venue for the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, and the main exhibition hall was built directly opposite the Junma Automobile Factory.

Philadelphia has already designed the architectural appearance of the main exhibition hall before, but because of the bad relationship between New York and Philadelphia, Arthur wanted to ask Paul for drawings, it is estimated that Paul will not give it, Arthur is not boring, he found someone to redesign one, this is a huge building with the shape of a horizontal steam engine, nearly 350 meters long from north to south, about 210 meters wide from east to west, and more than 50 meters high.

With such a huge building and a construction period of more than two years, Arthur required the construction company to complete the construction within one and a half years, and if the interior decoration time was taken into account, it should be just in time for the opening of the Independent Centennial Exhibition.

Li Mu personally went to negotiate with Arthur about the conditions.

"It is very difficult to complete such a large construction in a year and a half, and if I want to ensure quality and quantity, then I have to transfer some workers from other construction sites, which will affect the construction progress of other construction sites." Li Mu's expression was embarrassed, looking at the model of the main exhibition hall on the table, his brows furrowed.

"Don't go around in circles, I know how many construction workers you have, although your Horse Construction Company is building the Kuobin Reservoir and the headquarters of your Horse Group at the same time, you should still have many workers in San Diego, don't say that you want them to dig mines, I guess you are not willing." Arthur saw through Li Mu's intentions at a glance.

Arthur is right, although there are many workers in the Junma Construction Company, Li Mu also has a lot of work in his hands, such as the Kuobin Reservoir, the headquarters of the Junma Group, the renovation of Central Park, Governor's Island, and the factories that Li Mu talked about a while ago, which all require a large number of workers.

Fortunately, Santiago added that the port and port area of Santiago have been completed, and Li Mu can now transfer nearly 10,000 workers from Santiago, which is also where Li Mu's confidence lies.

"San Diego workers come to New York to work as labor assignments, and they have to be given special allowances, so it's not worth it for me." Li Mu was cheating, and the central idea was that the price given by Arthur was not enough.

The construction cost of the main exhibition hall offered by the New York City government is 500,000 US dollars, which is a good price, but considering that during the Tweed administration, the construction of a New York government office building, 40 chairs and 3 tables dared to discount the price of 179,000 US dollars, and the price of a winter and summer watch reached 7,500 US dollars.

"Reem, you have to consider the reality of the city government, you have to know that when Tweed was in charge, the New York City government owed at least $100 million in foreign debt, and the city government had to pay it back slowly, so I, the mayor, looked at the scenery from the outside, and in fact, life was very tight." Arthur cried poor in front of Li Mu, without the slightest embarrassment.

"Hehe, this-" Li Mu was embarrassed to hear this, you must know that most of the money that Tweed made at the beginning went into Li Mu and Arthur's pockets, and the New York City government owed so many foreign debts, instead of fattening Tweed, it cheapened Li Mu and Arthur.

"You see, we have now got the independent centennial exhibition, since we spent so much money at the beginning, we must now hold the exhibition perfectly, and there will be more places to spend money in the future, so we must be diligent and thrifty, man." Arthur strikes while the iron is hot.

Listening to Arthur, the mayor of New York, asking Li Mu to be diligent and thrifty, no matter how he listened, there was a sense of disobedience in time and space.

"Well, if that's what you say, I have a proposal, and if you agree, the Horse Construction Company can even build this main pavilion for free." Li Mu no longer went around in circles, and began to negotiate conditions with Arthur.

"Tell me—" Arthur was noncommittal.

"After the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, isn't the main exhibition hall going to be sold, sell it to me at a discount, and I will help you build this main exhibition hall for free." Li Mutu was poor and dagger.

Regarding the handling of the pavilion, it was made up by Li Mu and Arthur, so Li Mu knew very well, and it was useless for Arthur to deny it.

"Yes, how much money do you want to come up with?" Arthur immediately agreed to Li Mu's request, who to sell to is not selling, selling to Li Mu can still make Li Mu owe him a favor, of course, this can also be understood as Li Mu's remuneration for pulling the Independence Centennial Exhibition to New York.

"What do you think of half a million dollars?" Li Mu opened his mouth.

Hearing this offer, Arthur's brows suddenly jumped.

"Yes, if you think about it, you should have given me 500,000 yuan, but now I don't want a penny, and I will return 500,000 yuan to you, and it will cost more than one million dollars this time and again, and the main exhibition hall is already a second-hand house after the Independence Centennial Exhibition, and I have to spend money to renovate it if I want to use it, so this price is very suitable." Li Mu unfolded his three-inch incorruptible tongue, trying to make Arthur stunned.

"Not bad fart, why don't you say that the main pavilion costs $3 million? Are you a fool when I can't do it? Even if you cut out one million or two million back and forth, will the house built for 3 million be discounted by two-thirds after half a year? Don't forget that the main exhibition hall is also designed with a parking lot, and the price of the parking lot will increase in price in the future - damn it, the parking lot is your suggestion, you did it on purpose, you have long planned to make the main exhibition hall your own, no wonder you want to make a parking lot with an area of more than one square kilometer-" Arthur realized it later, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

"The $3 million actually includes $500,000 in construction costs, why don't you count that?" Li Mu is a fool, and he can erase a little bit is a little.

"Well, even if the cost is $2.5 million, you take $500,000, how do you want me to explain it to the congressmen?" Arthur still did not agree to Li Mu's request.

It must be said that after Tweed stepped down, the power of the mayor of New York City has been greatly reduced, and in order to put the mayor's power in a cage, the new New York Council has set strict rules and regulations, and it is impossible for the future mayor of New York to have the power of Tweed.

"You listen to my plan before you make a decision - I took the main exhibition hall not for private purposes, but to open the largest library in New York, the significance of this for New York does not need me to emphasize, the library needs operating expenses, books need to be repaired and maintained, so the library itself is not a profit-making organization, think about it, if there is no benefit, will I make the library a library that is really open to the public? Replacing it with no one would. Li Mu came up with a killer idea, this time he was not afraid that Arthur would not agree.

"Are you really going to transform the main pavilion into a library open to the public?" Arthur was still skeptical.

There is really no decent library in New York now, and even cultural facilities are very few, like the Metropolitan Museum, a "small museum" that moves twice in three days, is not open to ordinary people, and the general public has no chance to visit even if they want to pay for it, as for the library, well, the most famous public library in New York will not start until 1895, if Li Mu's idea can be successful, then New York will have a super-large library twenty years in advance.

What New York lacks is not only libraries and museums, but also concert halls, opera houses, various sports venues, etc., as long as it is related to the word culture, so Li Mu's goal is not only a main exhibition hall, but also other state pavilions and national exhibition halls.

As for opening to the public, this is indeed part of Li Mu's plan, but this "opening" is certainly not free to open, if you want to borrow books from the library, a necessary library card is essential, and the library card also has a cost, so the paid service is justified.

Of course, there is no need to explain this part to Arthur in detail, as long as the main exhibition hall is in hand, Li Mu can transform it as much as he wants, and no one can control it.