The young man's boasting made the girl beside him chuckle out loud. "You really don't know how to be humble, baby," Tina said as she turned the steering wheel and drove into the fork that led straight to the slaughterhouse.
The SUV drove past 20 to 30 trucks lined up and was suddenly blocked by a security guard who ran over ten meters away from the factory. "I'm sorry, this is a private place.
Other than the customers who have appointments, everyone else … "
"Is the management of the factory so strict now?" The young man sitting in the passenger seat turned his head and looked at the security guard outside the window.
"Yes." Even though he was a new employee, the security guard still remembered Zhang Lisheng's distinctive ugly face printed on the cover of the LS Employee Handbook. "Y-You are …"
"I'm Zhang Lisheng. I'm also the 'private' who owns this' private place '."
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Please come in."
"You don't have to be sorry. You're just doing your duty, thank you." Zhang Lisheng closed the window again. "It's already night, but the weather is still so stuffy.
I think we should increase the allowance for the security guards on duty. "
"You're such a kind boss. My dad has never taken the initiative to increase anyone's bonus, but the tone you used to talk to your employees just now is very similar to his." Tina curled her lips and drove into the factory, before coming to Zhang Lisheng's standalone two-story office building.
That night, the two of them worked out the next continuous expansion plan of the LS Group with Charlie. After completing the rough draft, the general manager of the LS Group immediately expressed his appreciation for Tina's market strategy of seizing the market in the eight metropolitan areas of Los Angeles and Chicago that coincided with his own ideas.
"I've been running the LS Group for half a year now, and only then did I slowly form the next market expansion idea. I can't believe that Miss Tina actually …"
"Charlie, we all know that Tina is a business genius, so don't flatter her anymore and make her proud." After they finished talking about business, Zhang Lisheng stood by the glass wall with a can of Coke in his hand and looked at the dark Atlantic Ocean in the distance. Without warning, he said, "Let's talk about something else. Do you, or should I say your friends around you, have any thoughts about the emergence of the foreign world?"
"Oh, Miss Tina, look, my boss is starting to get nervous because of your outstanding business talent. Actually, he doesn't have to think this way because he's the real super genius that's hard to come by in a hundred years.
I believe that in the relationship between the two of you, you should be the 'listener'. "
"Yes, I always listen to him when we are together," Tina said with a smile.
"That's why he can become a big shot and care about big things." Charlie held a glass of champagne and clinked his glass with the girl with a smooth expression. "Boss, topics like supernatural worlds and aliens have become very popular because of the election. However, in my opinion, they actually have little to do with the lives of ordinary Americans.
Maybe it's good news for some adventurous fellows, but... "
"Good news!
Charlie, those aliens killed millions of people in South Africa, and their goal might be to occupy the entire Earth! "
"Boss, an army that has been fighting with the South African government army for months, what will it use to occupy the world?
Besides, this kind of thing is too far away for ordinary people. After a period of time, I think not many people will pay attention to it when there's a few breaking news about a few celebrities.
You haven't lived in the US for a long time, so you still don't understand the thoughts of ordinary Americans. Right now, there are still nearly one-fifth of Americans who think that the center of the universe is the Earth and that the sun revolves around the Earth. The center of the Earth is the US, and more than 80% of Americans firmly believe that the US is invincible. "
Charlie's simple sentence vividly interpreted the arrogance and arrogance of the Americans. When he said these words, his expression was uncharacteristically proud and conceited in front of Zhang Lisheng, making the young man speechless and could only end the conversation hastily.
After sending away the LS general manager, Tina could not stay overnight outside because her father was in New York. For this reason, Zhang Lisheng could only send the girl back to her home in the Upper West Side of New York.
Behind the iron gate was a secluded courtyard filled with trees while outside the gate was a brightly lit bustling street. Kissing Tina outside the gate, the young man only let go of the girl when the Douglin family's old butler drove a golf cart to the side. Then, he waved at the old man who was sitting in a golf cart wearing a neat suit with a calm expression and said, "Hello, Mr. Butler."
"Hello, Mr. Lisheng. Your pants look good."
Zhang Lisheng was stunned. Looking at his strange black gauze shorts in South African style, he smiled speechlessly.
"Mr. Leroy's dry humor is very good. He has always made me laugh since I was young." Tina gave the young man a last kiss. "I'm going home now, baby. Goodbye. Have a good sleep and dream of me tonight." Then, she walked into the iron gate.
After bidding farewell to the girl, Zhang Lisheng took a walk on the brightly lit streets of New York. After clearing his mind, he casually stopped a taxi and sat in the back seat before saying to the driver, "No. 167, Lowbige Community, Brooklyn, thank you." Then, he dialed his mother's phone number.
After telling the news that he had returned to New York to Lili, the young man immediately heard his mother's surprised sobs. "Oh, God bless you! I've been praying for you every day, baby! I knew that the Lord would bless you! You've really come back safely!"
"That's right, mom! I've already returned to New York safely, and I'm going to see you soon. Please don't cry, okay? I feel bad when I hear your crying as well."
"Okay, okay, baby! It's great that you're back! I won't cry anymore, I won't cry anymore!
That's right, I have good news to tell you. Mr. Steven has really found a teaching position at Stanford University. He has now become Professor Steven again, and it's said that he's going to set up his own laboratory.
He couldn't get in touch with you after you went abroad, so he asked me to tell you that if you can return before September, you must contact him. "
"Alright, mom!" Upon hearing this news, a smile appeared on Zhang Lisheng's face reflected on the car window. Stanford University was located in Stanford, California. One was located in the eastern part of the US while the other was located in the western part of the US, with a distance of about 3,000 kilometers. Once he entered the university, it would mean complete independence and freedom for him.
Lili, on the other hand, was actually more concerned about her son's future studies than Zhang Lisheng. Upon mentioning Steven's advice, she immediately suppressed her complicated emotions and said, "Alright, baby! It's already the end of August now, so you better call Professor Steven right away! Call him right now!"
"Don't worry, mom! Professor Steven won't break his promise. No matter how difficult things are, he'll definitely fight for the opportunity for me to enter the university. After all, not only am I his high-standard and lucky student, but I'm also a reasonable 'financial backer' …" Although Zhang Lisheng said so, he still followed his mother's instructions and dialed Steven's number.
Sure enough, everything was just as he had predicted. After the call was connected, Steven's first sentence was to congratulate Zhang Lisheng for becoming the youngest graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences of Stanford University in the past eight years without the need for an interview or a written examination.
The second sentence was that he hoped that Zhang Lisheng could contribute to his newly built laboratory by sponsoring an expensive 'genetic nucleic acid screening machine.'
"Don't worry, Professor Steven. Your genetic nucleic acid screening machine will be sent to the laboratory tomorrow." Upon hearing such a request, the young man who was sitting in the back seat of the taxi agreed without a care.
"This kind of expensive instrument will need to be customized at least three months in advance. Alright, I'm still in the laboratory, so I can't talk anymore.
I'll wait for you at Stanford in September. See you, Lisheng! "
"If you need to have it customized, I'll ask someone to place the order tomorrow. See you, Professor Steven! I'll see you at Stanford!"
When the young and strong white driver who was driving overheard the call of the guest, he looked at Zhang Lisheng's face that could be considered as young in the eyes of the Americans through the rearview mirror and suddenly said, "Hey, buddy! Are you 16 years old already? You're actually going to Stanford to study?"
"Oh, I'm already 18 years old."
"Is that so? I really envy you yellow-skinned people! Your face is always younger than you look. I heard you mentioning something about a genetic nucleic acid screening machine just now. What is that? Is it expensive?"
"It's a high-end biological experimental instrument with a price of about 3 million USD."
"3 million USD? What the hell? I can't tell that you're actually so rich!" The driver suddenly turned around and looked at Zhang Lisheng with his own eyes. "I really don't understand why rich people like you would donate millions to the university just so that you can go in and study for a diploma."
Zhang Lisheng looked out of the window and smiled noncommittally.
"Hey buddy, are you laughing at me?" When the driver saw the faint smile on the corner of the young man's mouth in the rearview mirror, he felt that his self-esteem had suffered a blow so he shouted loudly, "Don't think that I don't have any ideals! I've already made up my mind that after driving this month's taxi, I'll go to the supernatural realm to make a fortune. Who knows, it might not take long for me to become a millionaire too! Haha …"
"What did you say?
Go to the supernatural realm to make a fortune? "Zhang Lisheng's eyes narrowed abruptly as he blurted out.
"That's right! Just now, the radio broadcast said that President Paul has already signed the first 'presidential decree' after his inauguration, opening the Shrimp World No. 2 near New York City to all US people.
It's just like the Westward Movement more than 200 years ago … "When the driver saw the shocked look on the young man sitting in the back seat, he said proudly.
The US Westward Movement was a mass movement in which the eastern residents of the US migrated to the western region to carry out development. It was also another tragic catastrophe for the indigenous Native Americans in the US after they were colonized by the European powers. It was also an opportunity for the rise of the United States of America.
It was precisely by relying on the Westward Movement that the US expelled millions of Native Americans to the 'reservation' and developed 16 new states, expanding the population from more than 5 million to more than 27 million, laying the foundation for becoming the world's hegemon.
At that time, the 'cowboy spirit' and countless legends of getting rich overnight that were born was also the beginning of the US Dream.
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