Viktor was the same. As James' playmate since childhood, he was very familiar with Howlett Manor. In addition, his personality was much calmer than James', so he didn't care much about the layout of the luxurious hotel.
The two of them were very excited when they were in the carriage, but they were just children. When they suddenly saw the bustling metropolis that was completely different from the countryside, they couldn't help but feel curious and excited. However, the two of them had experienced a lot of fighting and had become much calmer and more mature.
Now that they were in the hotel, as Chen Mo's followers, the two of them naturally couldn't perform too badly and embarrass Chen Mo.
In fact, Chen Mo didn't care about this. He didn't care about how others looked at him.
Chen Mo booked a luxurious suite in the best hotel in New York. He took Viktor and James in.
After that, a rumor began to spread in New York City. A rich man from Huaxia began to buy a large amount of land in the northern part of Manhattan.
However, the land he bought was not near the edge of the city and was about to be developed. Instead, he bought land that was estimated to be undeveloped for decades in the north.
People who heard the news all laughed at the stupidity of the rich man from Huaxia. If he had the money, he might as well invest it in the southern part of Manhattan that was about to be developed. Although the land price there had increased a lot, there was still a huge gap between it and the developed city.
Even if he didn't use it himself, he could sell the land a few months later when the city expanded there. He could sell the land directly and it would be a profitable business. Many businessmen who had spare funds in their hands were hoarding a large amount of land. Those who didn't have the funds were also thinking of ways to get loans from banks. Therefore, before the development officially began, the land price in the outer area of the city had begun to rise. The sooner he started, the better.
However, this idiot from the East actually gave up the money in front of him and went to the remote suburbs and countryside in the central and northern parts of Manhattan, where no one knew when or if they would be developed, and spent a lot of money to buy land.
What a waste of the huge amount of money in his hands!
Many people were heartbroken when they saw this rich man from Huaxia give up a huge profit and spend a lot of money to buy some useless farmland. This was simply a waste of money!
Although the land price in these remote areas was very cheap, the land area was huge. The money spent was enough to buy a large piece of land in the area to be developed.
If the same amount of wealth was invested in the land investment in the area to be developed, it could be exchanged for huge profits in a few months. However, it would take decades to recover the investment for these farmlands.
This matter soon became a topic of conversation among New Yorkers. Everyone was laughing at the stupidity of this Chinese tycoon.
The Chinese tycoon that everyone in New York was talking about was Chen Mo.
With his strong financial resources, Chen Mo encroached on a large amount of land in the northern part of Manhattan. He bought all the land in the undeveloped midtown area of Manhattan and the uptown area in the northern part of the city. Most of these lands were now farmland, so their value was not high. Chen Mo had more than enough gold to buy all of them.
In the future, Manhattan would still be the center of New York City's five districts. The entire Manhattan area was divided into lower city, midtown, and uptown from the south to the north.
Although the current New York was rapidly expanding, it was actually still limited to the southernmost part of Manhattan Island. The midtown and lower city areas in the central and northern part of the city were not valued at this time, so the price of land was not high. Chen Mo easily bought all of it.
Chen Mo was different from those businessmen who only had money in their eyes. Money was just a number in his eyes. His purpose was not as simple as hoarding land to sell. Although he also hoarded some land in the name of Victor and James, his purpose was to continue to buy land in the periphery of New York.
His ultimate goal was to buy all the land in the future New York City's five districts, Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, except for the area that was now developed and soon to be developed in New York City, which was the future lower city area of Manhattan.
Due to the special plot of the movie world, the time span was too long, and Chen Mo's time of transmigration was too early, just before the plot began. It would take more than a hundred years for the plot to officially start, and Chen Mo could get what he wanted.
Therefore, Chen Mo would spend more than a hundred years in this world. Naturally, he had time to slowly plan. Buying the land around New York was only his first step. He would use New York, the largest city in the United States, as well as the most economically developed city, as a springboard to start his plan step by step.
With more than a hundred years to slowly plan, Chen Mo naturally did not need to be in a hurry. He just needed to proceed step by step.
Right now, New York had just started to expand, and the government had not yet formulated a future development plan. Therefore, the surrounding four districts of New York, as well as Midtown and Uptown Manhattan, had not yet attracted attention. This was the best time for Chen Mo to make a move.
By the time the businessmen or the government realized that the future development of New York would not be limited to this small area in front of them, it would be impossible for Chen Mo to take control of all the land.
At that time, not to mention the government's intervention, the businessmen who valued money as much as their lives would rush over like sharks that smelled blood. By then, this huge cake would not be something that Chen Mo could swallow alone.
Unlike now, when Chen Mo was openly and wantonly claiming land, he was being laughed at by these businessmen like a fool. They had no intention of competing with him at all.
Unless they knew the future development trajectory of New York like Chen Mo, who would have thought that the area of New York would expand by a hundred times in the future?
At this time, New York was already the largest and most developed city in the United States. Its core area was more than ten square kilometers, and there were many high-rise buildings. It accommodated hundreds of thousands of people in business, trade, finance, and insurance. It was the economic center of the entire United States.
Now that New York was so powerful, it had developed to the peak in many people's minds. At least, the area of the city would not expand too much. Perhaps after this wave of expansion was over, there would not be any expansion for a short period of time.
Therefore, no one dared to buy land outside the area that had been determined to be developed.
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