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194 Hollywood Development Prelude!

After arriving in Los Angeles, Laura devoted herself to the preparation of William University, full of energy, often leaving early and returning late, even busier than Situ Nan.

Although there is a team prepared for her by Situ Nan, the stubborn Laura still does it herself most of the time, in her words, Situ William University is the top priority of the family and her life's work. As Situ Nan's fiancée, she should bear this responsibility.

Situ Nan was a little ashamed when he heard this, and vaguely felt that Laura was deliberately avoiding Mary and didn't want to stay at home in Los Angeles. A trace of mustard in my heart will not be eliminated in a while, usually when Situ Nan is not at home, Laura often runs to the school, in addition to subconscious avoidance, she has not proved her status in the William family!

Use practical actions to prove that she is the real legitimate wife, you see, even the honor of building the William family's school is my responsibility, and other women don't want to fight for any name.

The preliminary preparations have been dug up, and the ground will be broken in a few days, so Situ Nan will come over to take a look when he has time, and by the way, he will go to Hollywood to have a look.

Hollywood is also a key investment focus of the William Consortium in the future, and if Situ Nan wants to enter the film industry and the real estate industry, Hollywood is a pit that cannot be bypassed.

Situ Nan, who is an uncertain prophet, does not want to miss a gradually emerging industry at his doorstep.

Hollywood has prospered a lot, new film companies have joined in one after another, a number of new studios have been built, new actors, new equipment, new film technology, everything is new, and the city has appeared in Situ Nan's eyes with a new attitude.

Since the emergence of a number of film companies, Hollywood, an obscure town, has gradually become a small city, the size of the city has expanded a lot, the roads have widened, the shops on the streets have become more and more numerous, some of the fashionable goods that are popular in East New York can be found here, hotels have been upgraded to hotels, and the luxury grade is not bad in the ordinary city.

For example, the Hollywood Hotel where Laura has been staying these days, although the scale is not large, the decoration is not bad at all, and it is better than many hotels in Los Angeles.

The price is not very expensive, the only overall room is only 15 dollars a day, Laura booked for three months in one go, and if she doesn't usually go to Los Angeles, she will stay in the Hollywood Hotel.

Speaking of Hollywood, we have to mention the Hollywood development company that has made a name for itself in the local area in the past year, and the rapid development of Hollywood City is really inseparable from this company.

Mysterious and financially strong!

Here's what locals have to say about Hollywood Development Companies. Much of the land here belongs to the Hollywood Development Company, and many of the shops and hotels that line the streets are the company's assets. Even the road was built by them, and it led all the way to the top of the Hollywood Hill outside the city. Water companies, electric utilities, telephone companies, transportation companies, and so on are all closely related to the Hollywood Development Company.

Laura has heard of the name Hollywood Development Company since she came to Hollywood, but she has been paying attention to school affairs and has no time to pay attention to it, thinking that Situ Nan is quite powerful in Los Angeles, Laura asked: "Stoney, do you know about Hollywood Development Company?" I've heard a lot of people say this name, and I think it's not easy. Almost built a small city. I know they have a lot of land in their hands, and it would be nice if they could give us some to give it to our school. ”

Laura said enviously.

"Didn't I donate that ranch in the suburbs to build a school? That's a full 10 square kilometers of land, and it takes half a day to ride a horse, so why is it too small? are several times larger than Harvard University. "Situ Nandao.

"But I heard that Stanford University in San Francisco is 35 square kilometers, and we have to open so many colleges, build so many buildings, and recruit a lot of students in the future, so naturally the more land the better." Laura said.

After knowing that Stanford University is older than William University, this chick is a little unconvinced, in her heart, Situ Nan is the best, and she can't lose to anyone, especially knowing that the current land price in Hollywood is much more than in the east, anyway, her husband is rich, why not invest more in school?

"This??" Compared with Stanford University, in terms of area, there is really no comparison, although the old governor Stanford has died, but he left enough land, when the railroad was built, the old governor "grabbed" a lot of land, because several kilometers of land near the railway line have been approved by Congress to be allocated to the railroad company, Stanford is worthy of the name of the California railroad king.

Well, the elder Stanford is also a role model for Situ Nan, so Situ Nan unceremoniously bought a third of the land in Hollywood. Needless to say, the Hollywood development company mentioned above is also the work of Situ Nan, and the parent company of Hollywood development company is Fannie Mae based in San Francisco.

Farmers in the west have little knowledge, and since last year, Robles Securities went all out to underwrite the bond business, Stuto Nantong Guò Wells Fargo bought the land in Hollywood with U.S. Treasury bonds.

This matter is not difficult, except for Situ Nan's original ranch, the quality of the land in other parts of Hollywood is not very high, after all, it is similar to a desert climate, with plenty of sunshine, which is beneficial to filming, but it is a pit to engage in agricultural production in Hollywood.

Buying land is not the biggest cost, the real money burning is how to speculate on Hollywood land, and all kinds of infrastructure construction will cost a lot of money.

The movie is a good boo, but it will be a few years before Hollywood's golden age of land speculation. Now what the Hollywood Development Company is doing is only preliminary preparations, and the transportation company, water company, and power company are only operating on a small scale, basically making no money, and even operating at a loss, but with these, Hollywood's land prices have risen a lot, and from here they can make up for the loss of infrastructure projects.

The convoy stopped at the door of the Hollywood Hotel, and as soon as Situ Nan got out of the car, the manager of the hotel hurriedly ran out to greet him, but was pulled away by a man next to him, well, the person who pulled him was the president of the Hollywood Development Company, Sean? Du Fang.

"Keep it low-key, Mr. William is visiting privately, have you forgotten?". Du Fangdao.

"Yes, yes, yes." was lightly tapped from above, and the hotel manager nodded quickly.

"Mr. William, welcome to Hollywood. Whatever is commanded. Du Fang came up and said respectfully.

"Sean, don't bother. There's something else going on today, so let's do it, and you come back tomorrow and talk to me about the company. Situ Nan waved his hand, not wanting to delay today's play on business again.

Laura knew the hotel manager, and after Du Fang took the hotel manager away, she couldn't help asking, "Stoney, who is he?" ”

"President of the Hollywood Development Company, Sean? Du Fang. Actually, this hotel is also my property, you can rest assured that you don't need to pay for it. Situ Nan said with a smile.

"Oh! I see. Why don't you sue me? Laura woke up and said for a long time, it turned out that every qiē was made by the man next to her, thinking of this, she was a little resentful, so she pinched Situ Nan's waist.

"Blame me for that? I actually wanted to say it. Situ Nan shouted that it was useless, and because of the power of the pillow wind, he had to sign a land cession clause and set aside a piece of land from the Hollywood Development Company to build a film school for William University, which can be regarded as a small satisfaction for someone's special pursuit of the size of the university.

In autumn, the fields are golden, the sky is full of white clouds, blue and blue, the smell of grass and earth wafts in the air, and the breeze blows, leaving shallow waves on the pastures.

Drive, drive, drive??

The horse team galloped across the California plains, chasing each other, and the Rocky Mountains in the distance seemed not far away at first glance, beckoning, but they couldn't run, as if they were on the horizon.

But what does it matter? Ignoring the regret of the end of the world, watching the mountains and horses is also a kind of fun.

Riding a horse galloping, believing in the reins of the horse, unrestrained, and carefully appreciating the wild beauty of nature is also a pleasing thing to the eye.

Phew-

Situ Nan let out a long snort, reined in the horse's head, stopped, and looked down at Tom, whose little face was flushed, just now it was much more exciting than when he was walking around the pony at home.

"Is it fun? Tom! Situ Nan asked.

"Hmm!" Tom nodded his little head vigorously and said, "I want to grow up quickly and ride a big horse in the future!" Running fast, like the wind. ”

"Well, a man should run as freely and vigorously as the wind!" Situ Nan touched Tom's head and educated.

"Stoney, you see, there is our school under construction in front of us, and now the workers have built an avenue to connect Hollywood, and the materials and equipment are ready, just waiting to start work."

Laura Zer immediately stepped forward and said, don't look at her usual beautiful appearance, when it comes to equestrianism, she is much better than Situ Nan, a chess player who was born halfway.

Laura deliberately wore tight-fitting breeches, revealing her slender and beautiful figure. After a fierce exercise just now, the rose-like pretty face flushed slightly, when it was tempting, that smile fell in Situ Nan's eyes.

I saw her waving her horsewhip and pointing to the construction site in front of her and said: "We are going to divide the school into different colleges, with engineering majors concentrated in the south, liberal arts majors in the east, and the west near the Hollywood Hills to build living quarters, and the remaining fifteen or sixteen square kilometers of land in the north as the reserved land of the school, temporarily retaining the racetrack left over from the original ranch for other purposes in the future." The most important thing is to build a large public library in the middle of the school, which should be at least 10,000 square meters, five floors, designed to hold millions of books, and can accommodate thousands of people at the same time.

In addition, a series of facilities such as a physics room, a chemistry room, an auditorium, and a gymnasium will be built in the next 8 to 10 years, when the number of teachers and students in the university will be as high as 4,500, and all the courses of the current university will be covered. If it goes well, the school will welcome its first students tomorrow spring."

Laura gushed out that these thoughts were all about her and the future headmaster, Samuel? The result of Stratton's consultation.

Situ Nan silently listened to Laura's introduction to the school's development plan, and calculated in his heart that building a school according to such specifications would not be enough to spend $10 million, and if it could really succeed, no matter how much money it was, it would be worth it.

"However, building a school is not just about building a bunch of buildings, and if you want the school to develop sustainably, you need to have a good operating mechanism, which is not something that can be solved with money. Otherwise, schools that always rely on personal or social donations will fail, and this should be remembered.

In fact, it can be like studying at the University of Chicago, and their successful cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation is worth our reference. In addition, the school should have its own asset investment company to ensure that more returns are obtained from the investment to support the development of the school. Although it is only just beginning, it is precisely because it is completely new, and it is necessary to have this idea and form a tradition. ”

South Szeto Road.

When he started from Hantec? The ranch that Brown bought was really big after it was expanded, and now that it was converted into a school, it took a lot of time for Situ Nan to ride a horseback and run around.

Then, they rode up the newly built uphill road to the top of the Hollywood Hills. Halfway up the mountain, I saw a group of workers erecting a huge billboard on the cliff of the mountainside, with the word Hollywood written on it.

"Oh. Oh my God, you see them hanging from the top of the mountain with ropes on them, it's so much," Laura was amazed.

She was worried about the workers who were hanging in the air, who were small but nimble and skilled, and in a few moments she had nailed the last billboard.

When the workers who had completed the aerial work were pulled up, there was a round of applause from above, and when Situ Nan and the others walked in, these brave workers were celebrating the success of the project.

There is no doubt that these are the work of the engineering team of the Hollywood Development Company, and the workers of the local construction company in Los Angeles who have done the work of these difficult projects are also from as far away as China.

After they came to the United States, they gradually became a force to be reckoned with in the California architectural community, and more and more Chinese workers were hired to do hard work that the locals were not willing to do.

Their efforts not only earn the respect of others, but also change the fate of themselves and those around them.

Yang Laosan is one of them, when he came to Los Angeles a few years ago, he was unfamiliar with the place and had no professional skills, so he had to work on the construction site.

When Situ Nan inspected the construction site again, he heard that his accent was somewhat familiar, so he chatted with him for a few words. In recent years, most of the Chinese in the early Americas came from Guangdong Province, so Cantonese has become the main language of communication among overseas Chinese in the United States, and the names of Chinese in San Francisco and other places in the United States are also derived from Cantonese. If you don't know Cantonese in Chinatown, it is difficult to move an inch, and it was not until later that Fujianese, Taiwanese, and Chinese immigrated to the United States after the reform and opening up, and Mandarin gradually became the language of communication for overseas Chinese.

In any case, when these simple people build this hot land, they should also enjoy the fruits of construction!

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194 Hollywood Development Prelude!

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