America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 115 A "Coincident Encounter" with a Giant (1010 Subscribe)
"In the blink of an eye, my little Abel is also this big."

Houston, in a villa in the Oak River community.

Arya Smith looked at the heroic young man in front of her with emotion, and couldn't help but say.

Alex said: "Time goes by, you and I are old~"

Seeing the emotional expressions of the two old men, Abel quickly changed the topic:

"By the way. When I was on the road, Grandpa, you said that there is a program tonight. What program is there?"

"Hehehe~"

Hearing him say this, Alex laughed.

Under the helpless eyes of his wife, the old guy touched a few pockets on his body.

Then—"Dangdangdangdang~~" Alex yelled loudly, and took out three things that looked like movie tickets.

Abel took a closer look and found that there should be three tickets.

He took it, looked at it, and found it was a ticket to an MLB game.

MLB is the abbreviation of Major League Baseball, one of the four major professional leagues in the United States.

The NBA, which is well-known in China, is also one of the Big Four.

Among the Big Four, if we have to talk about rankings, we can look at the ratings, number of fans and attendance.

In the ratings, the most popular is obviously the NFL, which is football.

The NFL's annual Super Bowl can be called the Spring Festival Gala in the United States, and it is a big party.

The reputation of the famous NFL team Yankees in the United States is greater than that of the Bulls, Lakers, Celtics, etc. combined.

Below the NFL, it is the turn of the MLB league, which is baseball.

At the bottom are ice hockey and basketball, which have been competing for third place.

Sometimes it's third in the NBA, and sometimes it's third in the NHL, which is ice hockey.

But this is only the case of the United States, if Canada is counted.

Then the NBA is at the bottom of the list, because ice hockey is very popular in Canada.

And if in the United States, in terms of the number of fans, baseball is well-deserved!
This is related to its extremely high penetration rate. Basically, Americans have their favorite baseball teams, but not necessarily their favorite football teams.

It is hard to say about the attendance rate. The basketball court is the smallest, so the basketball attendance rate may be the highest.

Like most American families, the Smiths also have their favorite baseball team.

The baseball team is the Texas Rangers.

The reason why I like the Rangers is because the family owns a small part of the team shares.

Also because the Rangers play their home games in Arlington, which is only about twelve miles from Fort Worth.

And the city of Arlington is under the jurisdiction of Tarrant County.

This belongs to the hometown team, and the Tarrants don't support it. Do they support the Houston Astros?
"The Astros vs. the Rangers~ oh well, the last cross-league game is Texas' own derby."

Looking at the ticket, Abel smiled and said, "It's still a VIP seat, my dear Alex, it cost you a lot. Well, I'll find two girlfriends to watch the game together, don't waste it These three tickets."

The old man blew his beard and stared, wanting to grab the ticket, "Give it back to me, I can only give you one. The rest is for me and Arya. If you have a girlfriend, go buy it yourself!!"

Abel got out of the way to prevent the ticket from being snatched by his grandfather, and said with a smile: "Be careful, don't tear the ticket!"

Alex didn't really want to grab his tickets, he just put on a show, and the grandpa and grandson are used to this way of getting along.

"Okay." As usual, Arya smiled and came out to be a peacemaker:

"Don't grab it. Abel, if you can really find two girlfriends, then I can give you the tickets. So, where is your girlfriend?"

"My girlfriends are all working, and they are very busy. So at night, I can only go to see it with my grandpa and grandma."

Seeing Abel saying these words indifferently, Arya's heart moved.

She has some ideas.

But seeing Alex was going to fight Abel again, she temporarily suppressed this thought in her heart.

With a smile, he made peace with his grandfather and grandson.

After dinner, Abel will drive.

Alex and his wife sat in the back compartment, and other bodyguards drove other cars in front and behind.

The team set off to the venue of this evening's MLB Texas Derby.

It is also the home of the Houston Astros and is now named after the Houston Astros Stadium.

In parallel time and space, this stadium will be two years later.

The Coca-Cola Company named the Minute Maid Stadium at an annual cost of about 600 million US dollars.

It is not far to drive from the villa of the old couple.

About half an hour or so, we arrived near the stadium.

This half an hour was mainly wasted near the entrance field, and the road became particularly congested.

Tonight is the big showdown between the Astros and the Rangers, the only two MLB teams in Texas.

Or Texas, the final game of this year's MLB preseason.

Not only local fans in Houston, but also a large number of capable and wealthy Texas fans.

Especially fans from Tarrant County, those who are capable and rich, almost all flocked here.

The stadium obviously can't accommodate so many people, and the tickets are already sold out.

But these loyal fans, even if they can't enter the stadium to watch the game.

They are also willing to watch the real-time broadcast and listen to the cheers inside the stadium at a distance of hundreds of meters in the square outside the stadium.

As a result, there will be too many people coming.

So much so that the vicinity of the stadium was congested and blocked.

"It's so lively." Abel, who was driving, couldn't help feeling emotional.

After rebirth, Abel rarely drove.

At the very beginning, I just made money in New York and bought several sports cars.

Ferrari, Porsche, Pagani, Lamborghini and America's own Corvette.

It was okay at the beginning, after all, you can’t be poor before rebirth, but things like sports cars are also out of luck for a lifetime.

After rebirth, if you have money, you can open these things that were untouchable before.

He was naturally more excited at the beginning, and enjoyed it very much.

But the traffic jams in New York are famous, and the traffic jams in Manhattan are famous all over the world.

When driving a sports car, stuck on the streets of Manhattan.

This taste is called a sour taste.

After the novelty wore off, he soon got tired of supercars.

Later, except for driving a few times while dating girls, he rarely drives by himself.

This time, it was mainly because of his grandparents that he volunteered to be a driver.

It’s okay when you’re in the city center, but when you drive near the stadium, it’s too congested.

Fortunately, he is not "fighting" alone, even with the Cadillac Escalade he drives.

There were four other cars around, driven by his bodyguards.

Four cars surrounded him back and forth, opening the way for him by the way.

Abel only needs to follow behind the buttocks of the Toyota Sequoia in front, so he doesn't have to be afraid of being rear-ended or being rear-ended.

In other words, don't be afraid of being rear-ended, it's your own car anyway.

The traffic jams of the rich are so unpretentious.

"There's going to be a big fight tonight." Alex is clearly a baseball fan, even in his seventies.

"Everyone came, so of course it was very lively. Alexander said he wanted to come, but I didn't prepare a ticket for him!!"

Arya was eager to expose her husband's bragging, since her son Alexander didn't say so.

Also, Alexander is not a baseball fan.

But without Arya on the scene, Abe can expose Grandpa's bragging.

"Come on. Grandpa, my dad doesn't like baseball. He only likes football." Abel said mercilessly.

More than two meters tall and as strong as a bear, Alexander was the captain of the school team when he was in college.

Alex was a little annoyed, but there was no way to refute it.

They are all from my own family, who can be fooled by such a thing.

The old man changed the topic, "Hmph. Let's not talk about this. Look, the stadium is very beautiful, right? The Astros' stadium has just been opened this year."

Has arrived at the parking lot, but the convoy did not drive into the public parking lot.

Under the guidance of Alex, the team drove into the VIP parking lot of the stadium.

The parking lot is small in size and not many cars are parked.

But they are basically luxury cars, because this is the place where only fans who bought VIP tickets can park and enter the stadium.

After parking the car, Abel looked at the stadium not far away.

The former site of this baseball stadium is Houston Union Station. The architectural design of the stadium cleverly retains the old building of the station and serves as an entrance.

It looks a bit retro, but it is surrounded by modern buildings, which is very beautiful.

It was obviously not the first time for Alex to come here, the old man knew the way and led the way.

While walking, he said: "This stadium is still relatively well repaired. It is much more beautiful than our Ameriques Stadium, and it is also much bigger."

Abel shrugged, "There's no way to compare. The Ameriquis Stadium opened in 94, when I was 14 years old. Now I am 20 years old, and this stadium just opened this year."

For things like stadiums, the new ones are of course better than the old ones.

What's more, Houston's population, economy, etc. scale far exceeds that of Arlington.

The Astros Stadium is better and bigger than Merrill Quest Stadium, which is normal.

"Okay. What you said makes sense. But I still like the Ameriques Stadium. Hey, I designed its locker room!" Alex said.

Three generations of the Smith family, all graduated from Rice University.

Albert University studied fine arts, Alexandria University studied business, and Alex University studied interior design.

It's just that after graduation, Alex and his son went back to inherit the family business honestly.

While chatting, the grandpa and grandson walked into the VIP channel of the stadium.

They are not the only ones here in the VIP channel.

There are other guests who bought VIP seats, and these guests are all rich people.

It is said that the price of the most common ticket for tonight's game has been raised to 80 US dollars a piece.

You should know that in normal times, its price is only 12 dollars a piece.

In the MLB league, the home ticket prices of each team are different.

Generally speaking, the Eastern Division, especially the East Coast, is more expensive.

For example, the famous Yankees, usually the fare is 15, 25, 150, 325 yuan.

In Houston, it is usually 12, 20, 100, 220.

Now because it is a special derby match, he was fired by scalpers.

The $220 tickets are said to have earned thousands of dollars.

But these are actually just ordinary tickets, in addition to these tickets there are VIP tickets.

There are two ways to get VIP tickets.

One is rich, and you can buy it directly. The usual price is 880 US dollars.

The other is related, such as having a relationship with the high-level team, such as the high-level team taking the initiative to send you tickets.

As for Alex, Abel didn't know whether it was the latter or the former.

If it is the former, it is estimated that it will cost a lot of money.

Unless bought in advance, today's VIP tickets are estimated to sell for at least five or six thousand dollars.

VIP tickets are expensive, so there is a reason why they are expensive.

VIP parking lot, VIP entrance channel, VIP seat guide, seats with the best view, VIP gifts and free drinks, drinks, snacks, etc.

For the rich, this kind of cost can enjoy this kind of superior service.

It couldn't be better, and it can even be said to be the cheapest consumption.

Ten minutes later, Abel was sitting with his grandparents on the noisy court.

After sitting on the seat, Abel judged that Alex's ticket should not be simply bought with money.

Because their seats are right next to the away team's Rangers dugout.

Not far from the left is the Rangers coach Anthony who has already entered the field.

This position, even if you have money, you can't buy it.

Reminiscent of the fact that the Smith family is a minority shareholder of the Rangers, Alex is also a veteran baseball fan, and he probably participated in the rebuilding of the Rangers back then.

Being able to sit here is most likely because of this relationship, not because of simple money.

"It's so lively."

After sitting in his seat, Abel, who watched this kind of big game for the first time since his rebirth, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He looked around and found that all the seats were basically filled.

As Alex said just now, the new stadium can hold about [-] spectators.

If there are additional seats, 4 to [-] people can be packed in.

Tonight's situation is obviously the situation of adding seats.

In other words, there are likely to be more than 4 spectators at the scene.

In terms of atmosphere, it is naturally crowded with people and seas of gongs and drums.

In this atmosphere, even Abel couldn't help being a little excited.

It is difficult for people who have never been to a large-scale sports competition or a large-scale concert to experience this feeling.

Human beings are group animals, when a group is excited together because of something.

That feeling is indescribable in words.

The young billionaire is excited a bit like a child.

He suddenly saw his grandfather, and Alex stood up.

He also sees Alex greeting the lower left where the Rangers rest.

"Hey, Herbert. Good evening, I didn't expect you to come too." Alex said loudly with a smile.

The team rest area on the lower left.

Followed by a few entourages, an old white man who was smiling and talking to the team's head coach and staff looked up and saw Alex and Abel.

Then a smile broke out on his face, and he responded loudly to Alex:
"Hey, it's you. Alex, I knew it. Others might not come. But you will."

"Haha~" Alex said with a smile, "I can't help it, because I love baseball!"

(End of this chapter)