On the wall of the café is the classic poster of the U.S. military, wearing a white top hat, a blue jacket, white eyebrows, hair and beard, pointing at you with his right index finger, and below it is a line of propaganda slogans ".-ARMY".

This white-bearded old man is Uncle Sam, and along with the Statue of Liberty, Barbie, American Gothic, and Bison Nickel, he has become one of the five symbols of the United States, and whenever there is a war and the United States needs to be drafted, this Uncle Sam will inevitably appear on the recruitment posters in the United States.

In the café, opposite Chen Qiang sat a middle-aged man with a mustache and a little baldness, who was Fred ***, a large real estate developer.

Chen Qiang went to Washington, but the money was not donated, and now Chen Qiang has more than 20 million cash in his hand and no investment projects, so he plans to buy a house.

For Chinese, having money to buy a house and land is the most traditional concept, not to mention that Chen Qiang also knows that in the next few decades, housing prices in New York will only rise and not fall, especially Manhattan, the core area of New York, has been an inch of land for more than a hundred years.

So Chen Qiang found a big real estate developer Fred-***, hoping that *** could recommend some suitable real estate.

"Chen, I heard that you have made tens of millions in the stock market! At first, I didn't believe it, but later I realized that it was true. You're such an investment genius, and to be honest, I regret selling that apartment building to you right now. Fred *** said half-jokingly.

Chen Qiang made a lot of money through the stock market, which is not a secret among the upper echelons in New York, not to mention that the CIA investigators went to Fred *** in order to investigate the authenticity of Chen Qiang's testimony, so this matter cannot be hidden.

Chen Qiang opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. ***, has your third child been born?" ”

"I was just born, and I have a little princess." Fred-*** replied.

"Congratulations." Chen Qiang hurriedly made peace to Fred-***, but secretly said in his heart, it turned out that the baby in Mrs. ***'s womb was not the future president of the United States, and it seemed that Mr. President would not be born until the next child.

Fred *** continued: "Speaking of which, I'm sorry for my wife, I've been busy building apartments for the Navy lately, so I don't have time to go home and take care of my wife. ”

"The streets are full of posters of conscription, and the U.S. Navy is expanding, and I think you're going to make a lot of money." Chen Qiang said.

"In fact, I can't make much money, and the profit margin for building houses for the army is not so big, and the price of construction raw materials is also rising." Fred-*** explained.

Chen Qiang nodded: "I have also heard a little, I heard that the construction steel bars on the market are in short supply." It is said that it was difficult to build new buildings in the New York City area until the end of the war. ”

The advent of war had a great impact on the American construction industry, and the most critical was the lack of steel supply. Many of the single-family houses in the suburbs of the United States are made of wood, so they have not been affected by the lack of steel supply, while in a big city like New York, high-rise buildings are built, and it is impossible to do without steel bar. Due to the lack of rebar supply, most of the high-rise buildings in New York City have been suspended.

Fred *** explained: "I am working for the Navy this time, so I don't have to worry about the supply of steel for the building, the steel and cement used to build apartments for the Navy are all military supplies, and they will be given priority supply." ”

"Then you're sure to make a profit!" Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"The real estate industry is like this, as long as there is demand in the market, it is a sure profit, the difference is only how much you can earn in the end." Fred-*** explained.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then they got to the point.

"Are you going to invest in real estate in New York?" Fred-*** nodded slightly, and then said, "It's a good idea, but it's not that easy to do. You know, a lot of refugees came from Europe, and they gathered in New York, and it drove up housing prices in New York. Landlords in New York are now converting their houses into apartments and renting them out to refugees from Europe, and the profits are so huge that few landlords will sell their houses. Even if it is sold, it is a lion's mouth. Unless someone is in a hurry to spend money, like me, it's hard to buy an entire property at the right price. ”

Chen Qiang nodded, the reason why he was able to buy an entire apartment from Fred *** was also because he thought that Fred *** needed funds to build an apartment for the Navy, so he was willing to sell the apartment, if Fred *** was not short of money, he could rent the apartment to those Jews who fled to the United States, and the income was definitely very high. In this respect, Chen Qiang picked up the cheap.

But not everyone is in a hurry to use money, so this kind of thing is not to be encountered. Chen Qiang encountered it once and bought an entire apartment building, which can be regarded as good luck.

Fred *** went on to say: "Because steel is in short supply, and construction steel is now a scarce material, it is impossible to build new multi-storey buildings in New York City in a short period of time, and the price of existing multi-storey buildings will continue to rise, and sellers will not sell easily." So I'd suggest that if you're brave enough, you might as well go to a West Coast city and take a gamble. Since the Japanese attacked the West Coast, housing prices in several cities on the West Coast have fallen sharply, and many residents have even chosen to move away from the West Coast and into inland cities. ”

"That's a good suggestion, I'll go back and look it into it if I have the chance." Chen Qiang nodded.

In February, a Japanese submarine attacked an oil refinery in California, the first time the continental United States was attacked by a foreign country since the Revolutionary War. Although the losses of the United States were not large, the panic caused was unprecedented. Many businesses on the West Coast of the United States are planning to relocate, and the people are more responsive, with many selling their homes and moving to inland cities for fear of being attacked by Japan.

In particular, those sea-view houses facing the Pacific Ocean were originally popular because they were facing the sea, but now they have become hot potatoes, and if you wake up one day and find that the Japanese have landed on your beach, or a Japanese submarine has appeared outside your beach, and you will be doomed for your family.

Fred-*** pondered for a moment, then continued; "Actually, if you invest in other real estate projects besides apartment buildings, I think of a place."

"Oh, what is it? Commercial buildings? Or is it a factory? Chen Qiang immediately asked.

"Don't think about commercial buildings, it's even harder to buy than apartment buildings." Fred *** went on to say, "I'm talking about stadiums. ”

"Stadiums?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned, and then spoke; "It can't be a gym, a golf club, or an indoor swimming pool or something, right?"

"Much bigger than those. Surely you've heard of the name of Madison Square Garden? Fred *** replied with a smile.

"You're saying Madison Square Square is for sale?" Chen Qiang's surprised expression was slightly distorted.

Chen Qiang's expression made Fred-*** very satisfied, he nodded with a smile, and then said: "But the boss of Madison Garden Plaza is not cheap. ”

"How much do you think you'll need to buy it?" Chen Qiang immediately asked.

"About 6 million." Fred *** replied.

"Can you tell me more about that?" Chen Qiang asked again.

"In fact, I also heard the news, it is said that in recent months, the owners of Madison Garden Plaza have encountered capital turnover problems, coupled with the Madison Garden Plaza's profits have plummeted, and the operating costs remain high, so they plan to sell Madison Garden Plaza to ease the financial pressure." Fred-*** replied.

Chen Qiang nodded slightly, of course he was very interested in Madison Garden Plaza, the future Madison Garden Plaza is not only a landmark in New York, but also a "basketball mecca", such a place, for a sports person, is a fatal attraction.

So Chen Qiang immediately found a professional company and investigated the situation in Madison Garden Plaza.

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The future Madison Garden Plaza, located directly above Pennsylvania Station in New York, was not the case with the Madison Garden Plaza in 1942. In fact, the Madison Garden Plaza that I see in modern times is the fourth generation of Madison Garden Plaza, and before that, there were three generations of Madison Garden Plaza.

The first Madison Garden Plaza was built in 1879 on 23rd Street in Manhattan, where Fifth Avenue and Broadway meet. The Madison Garden Square Shake at the time was a large garden with no roof, and there was no way to race in bad weather. This Madison Garden Plaza was demolished in 1890.

The second-generation Madison Garden Plaza was designed by the famous architect Stanford White at the time, and the investors behind it included famous capital such as **** and New York Life Insurance. It wasn't until two years after the Madison Square Garden was built that basketball was invented. The second-generation Madison Garden Plaza features the world's largest indoor lobby at 110 meters long and 61 meters wide, with sideline seating for 8,000 people, as well as a 1,200-seat theater and a 1,500-seat concert hall, as well as New York City's largest restaurant and rooftop garden hotel. The construction cost of this Madison Garden Plaza is as high as 3 million US dollars.

In 1925, the New York Life Insurance Company, the owner of Madison Square Square Garden, decided to demolish it in order to build a new building that would become the new landmark of New York, which is now known as the New York Life Insurance Building. The most striking symbol of the building is the golden pyramid made up of 25,000 golden tiles at the top, and if you go to Manhattan now, you will see a golden minaret on the top of a building, and that is the New York Life Insurance Building.

Before the second generation of Madison Garden Plaza was demolished, the third generation of Madison Garden Square had been selected, the third generation of Madison Garden Square is located on New York's Eighth Avenue, between 49th Street and 50th Street, the third generation of Madison Garden Square is the famous designer Thomas W. Lamb, at that time the famous theaters in the United States were basically involved in him, such as the Fox Theater, New York Congress Theater, Boston Opera, Warner Hollywood Theater and so on.

And the man who financed the construction of the third generation of Madison Garden Plaza was named George Rickard, who was a boxing promoter.

The so-called boxing promoter, looking at the name, knows that he is dedicated to promoting boxing, and he is a practitioner in the sports industry, but in fact, the identity of a boxing promoter is not simple.

When it comes to boxing, the most closely related to it is the betting industry, since the birth of boxing, betting has never left the boxing ring, and it is no exaggeration to say that boxing is a sport born for betting.

Anyone who is familiar with boxing, or who is familiar with betting, must know that boxing and betting are inextricably linked. So George Ricard, the so-called "boxing promoter", is actually a betting promoter, or he is a big bookmaker in the betting industry, and the reason why he promotes boxing is to get people to participate in boxing betting.

In the late 19th century, when the Alaskan Gold Rush was on the rise, many gold prospectors came to Alaska to try their luck, and George Ricard's first pot of gold came from Alaska. However, he did not go to Alaska to pan for gold, but to open casinos for gambling, and many gold diggers' hard-earned money all fell into George Rickard's pocket.

After having money, George Ricard began to promote boxing, in fact, selling dog meat on sheep's head to promote gambling. He held boxing matches in various places, attracting spectators to watch, and at the same time gambling and making a lot of money.

By 1925, when the third generation of Madison Garden Plaza was built, George Rickard owned several salons and nine points, as well as a casino in Las Vegas, and he was the founder of the New York Cavalry.

The third-generation Madison Garden Plaza cost 4.75 million to complete and can accommodate nearly 20,000 spectators, which is not a huge amount of money if not the rich. Of course, George Rickard built Madison Garden Square for the purpose of hosting boxing matches and making money through betting.

George Ricard died in 1929 due to complications after appendicitis surgery, and his wife and daughter inherited his estate, but now his daughter is only 15 years old, so George Ricard's business is managed by Mrs. Ricard.

After the outbreak of World War II, many sports have been affected, and the same is true of boxing, with the large-scale conscription of the US military, many excellent boxers have joined the army, and without boxers, there is no way for this boxing competition to continue.

It is a fact that many boxers are brave and ruthless people, and it is impossible for a person with a docile personality to be a boxer.

As a boxer, you must enjoy the feeling of knocking people out in the ring, but it is self-evident which is more exciting in the ring with rules and regulations than in the battlefield without rules. Maybe those boxers with violent tendencies will be eager to go into battle and kill people legally.

The physical fitness of boxers is also stronger than that of ordinary people, and their fighting skills are much more powerful than ordinary people, at least ordinary soldiers who have been formally trained in the US military are inferior to boxers in fighting skills. Therefore, boxers have also become the main recruitment targets of the US military, and recruiters of the US military will even visit boxers in person and invite them to join the army.

In 1942, Madison Garden Plaza was not a basketball mecca, and it mainly relied on boxing matches to make money.

Now that the boxers are soldiers, and the boxing competition can't be held, it's no wonder that Madison Garden Plaza is not at a loss!

What's more, the Ricard family also ran a casino in Las Vegas, and the onset of the war also caused the casino's business to plummet. Throughout the world's three major gambling cities, all are in a stable surrounding environment, if there is a war, gamblers will not come, most gamblers just gamble money, not gamble life.

If the Rickard family was in business, they might have made a lot of money during World War II, but their family's business was basically related to gambling, and they were out of the way, and in the event of World War II, the Rickard family's business naturally plummeted.

So Mrs. Ricard decided that she had to sell some of her property to recoup the money, so that she could keep the others.

Choose one of the "casinos" Las Vegas and Madison Garden Plaza, choose one of them and sell it, and fools know how to choose! No one would be stupid enough to sell the casino, so Mrs. Rickard had to put Madison Square Square on the shelves.

But the offer of up to $6 million, no one was willing to take it.

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