From sparring to superstar

Chapter 55 54. Why Are You Here?

In the East Bay area of ​​the San Francisco metropolitan area, compared with the high-tech parks in the South Bay and the rich people in the North Bay, there are more mountains and hills here, which is not suitable for building factories and it is difficult to develop large-scale business districts. In addition, San Francisco is an area with a high incidence of earthquakes, so , although the scenery here is beautiful, and there is San Jose Church Second School District, the best public high school district in California, but the housing prices are relatively low, attracting a large number of middle-class settlers, and it is also a common choice for immigrant Chinese, one of the largest Chinese settlements in the United States , The influx of high-quality middle-class families, in turn, makes the public education resources here better and better.

After arriving at Oakland Airport in the East Bay of San Francisco, Li Ao and his party boarded the car they had booked earlier and headed for their destination. Vivienne gave Li Ao a brief introduction to the situation here.

Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Li Ao felt very... the urban-rural fringe?

He asked, "Aunt Vivienne, is your family here too?"

Liam quickly replied: "How is it possible, she is a member of the North District where rich people gather."

Vivian ignored Liam and replied, "I grew up in this city, so of course I know something about it."

"Oh..." Li Ao didn't ask about the family situation of the auntie, he didn't like to do that, but he suddenly thought of something, and said casually: "The housing price is low, it is very attractive to the middle class, and there are many Chinese immigrants... In the future It should be good to make money and buy houses here to appreciate in value.”

He is not interested in becoming a financial giant, a capital tycoon, an invincible soldier king, a crooked dragon king... He knows how much he is.

His goal in this life is very simple, to have [-] million acres of land and [-] million assets, to do what he likes to do, and to live comfortably until he dies.

What I like now is playing basketball!Just do it.

The direction in which he wants to make money in the future is also very clear. The simplest way is to follow the real estate speculation in China and the United States, and sell before the thunderstorm; long-term investment is to buy the few stocks that he remembers will rise to an exaggerated level in the future .

He doesn't know, and doesn't need to know, what twists and turns will happen in the middle of real estate speculation and stock purchase. When real estate speculation is in a good location, such as a school district, he will buy only a few stocks when buying stocks. What kind of operation is jumping off a building, and it is enough to make a few hundred million dollars.

He just mentioned it casually, but the two people next to him became interested.

Unlike Vivian who was struggling whether to ask or not, Liam asked directly: "Leo, do you think the next hot market is real estate?"

"Ah? Why are you asking this?"

"The old man also feels that the Internet is coming to an end, and he is already throwing away those stocks, but the money from the sale has to be spent somewhere, and it is not safe to put it in the bank. He is worrying about where the money in the foundation should be put. Now he sees Everywhere I feel that there is going to be a thunderstorm, if I can think of a good direction, he might give me more pocket money!"

"Again?" Li Ao picked out the words sharply.

"Yes, that's right, last time you said that the Internet was going to be over, I told the old man, and after a few days he gave me a check, praising me for my progress, but this time it was too much , I am wondering whether to play investment or not."

ーー;
→_→

Li Ao complained: "No wonder you asked me what birthday present I wanted every day in those few days. My birthday is still half a year away. I thought your brain was sucked dry by the elder sister, and I couldn't remember the time."

Vivienne is no longer entangled, her Leo and Liam can ask, but she can't?
She would not say that she would do what Li Ao said, but instead she just gave a suggestion to the family.

Last time when Li Ao said that the Internet was going to be thundered, she cared so much because she worked in the School of Computer Science and could easily understand what Li Ao said.

She asked: "Leo, why do you think it is suitable to invest in real estate in the future? The economy has already been in recession, and the White House has been very cautious in this regard over the years."

why?
This really caught Li Ao's question. He had never thought about this, and he didn't want to waste his time thinking about it, because he knew that after the bursting of the Internet bubble in the United States, it was the stage of real estate speculation.

Just like he knows that it is enough to buy Moutai, Taobao, and Apple, and he doesn't care about why.

But he didn't think about it. He had seen some analysis in his previous life.

After summing it up, Li Ao responded: "Your eagle sauce is not the same as foot pot chicken. It doesn't matter what the White House says... After the Fed raises interest rates, it is definitely impossible to keep such high interest rates, otherwise those big companies with such high debt ratios I can’t take it anymore. If the high interest rate continues, there will be a financial crisis. But if there is a problem with the Internet, people will definitely be very cautious in investing. Banks will find a way to lend out a lot of money in their hands. If there is no market, you have to create a market. , I heard that many people have mortgaged their houses to the bank for stock speculation, and the bank will definitely take advantage of this, otherwise all those houses will become bad debts."

He clicked and stopped, definitely not because he had said everything he remembered and had nothing to say.

But that was enough for the two of them.

Vivienne just made a suggestion to the family, not the one to implement it.

Liam also just wanted to play with investing, learn to be an investor, and see if he could get some more money from his father by the way.

...

Ten minutes later, the three of them came to a villa area.

These villas are not big, and they are incomparable with some manor-like big houses seen on the road. Li Ao estimated that they should be places where the middle class or immigrants live.

Soon, at the destination, the car stopped.

A mature-looking teenager rushed up and opened the door first.

"Leo, you're really here! Ouch, I dare not tell my friend that you will come, for fear that you will let me go. He is indeed a man I admire!"

"..." Li Ao looked at Joshua whose body movements were exaggerated, and was speechless for a moment.

When the driver told them that they were coming soon, Vivian called Anna.

Li Ao was not surprised that the fan came to the side of the road to pick him up.

After getting out of the car, Li Ao saw Anna's embarrassing expression. Indeed, it's embarrassing to have such a boyfriend.

After not seeing each other for a while, Vivian hugged Anna after getting off the car.

When Li Ao introduced Liam to the young couple, Liam gently shook hands with Anna in a very gentlemanly manner without even looking at him.

Anna is not bad looking, but the ribs are lean, not Liam's dish, and I don't even bother to appreciate them.

Joshua pulled Li Ao inside, and said excitedly: "A few of my friends are also your fans, because of you, they also want to go to USC with me, and they will go crazy later... Yes I heard that you don't have a girlfriend yet? I have a sister who is very beautiful, so it would be a great honor to introduce you to her!"

Anna couldn't stand it anymore, and complained: "Didn't you always say that your sister is ugly before? She is so beautiful and you call her ugly. She deserves to be beaten up since she was a child."

Li Ao: (.-_-.)
Who should I trust?
Li Ao thought about it, let's just believe that she is a beautiful woman.

After all, in the eyes of the younger brother, the older sister is an ugly monster and a female devil.

"You're talking nonsense!" Joshua patted his chest and said loudly: "My sister is a super beautiful woman in my mind, with a sexy and hot body, a Hollywood superstar of tomorrow! Whether she has good acting skills or a good personality, she is the most perfect woman!"

Li Ao watched the door open a few meters ahead...

彡(-_-;)彡

He remembered that Anna seemed to have said that the elder sister of this wise fan was an actress.

He who was still a little bit interested in it suddenly lost interest.

Joshua's voice came into the villa without any suspense. When her sister heard this, she knew that it was the legendary "mysterious guest".

Satisfied with her younger brother's performance today and curious about who the 'mysterious guest' is, she came to the door.

Li Ao just walked up the steps.

When the two saw each other, their big eyes blinked a few times quickly, thinking they were dazzled.

After staring at each other for two seconds, the two shouted in unison, "Why are you here!"

...

I was wrong, I was really wrong, why do you want to hold a birthday party for this brother who has not been beaten to death, just to save face for my brother, why is my vanity bursting out because my brother said that her classmates like her?

Thinking of this, Jessica looked at the beautiful woman sitting next to Li Ao, no wonder she was not interested in her and even disliked her.

For some reason, she felt inexplicably angry.

But with so many people around watching, the roar of the two of them when they entered the door attracted the attention of my younger brother, classmates and friends... I can't lose my etiquette!
Jessica showed a business-like smile and said, "Leo, won't your girlfriend introduce you?"

Vivian, who was eating melons, was taken aback for a moment, and waved her hand before Li Ao said, "No, I'm not his girlfriend."

Vivian didn't expect that the beautiful actress Li Ao picked up was actually the older sister of her neighbor's sister's boyfriend.

Coincidence? It's not!

I heard from Anna that although Joshua's elder sister showed her sexy side on TV, movies, and magazines, her family education was extremely strict.

It was also the first time for her to see Jessica Alba. Looking at the conservative dress of the other party in sweater + jeans, what Anna said should be true.

In this case, if the child Leo likes it, it's not impossible to find an actor to be his girlfriend!
This face, this figure, is barely worthy of her family, Leo.

But her answer made Jessica stunned.

Not a girlfriend?
At this time, Jessica noticed that the beauty looked at her eyes, and the eyes she looked at Anna seemed to be...

"Aunt Vivian, you can't give me face and pretend to be my girlfriend!" Li Ao rolled his eyes and complained, and said to Jessica, "Her name is Vivian, my teacher, assistant to the dean, The place where you lived that day was her home."

But these words made Jessica break her defense on the spot: "Auntie? You call such a beautiful and sexy sister Auntie? Then do you have to call me Auntie?"

"I've always called her Auntie, right, Auntie Vivienne." Li Ao didn't understand, so this is the first time someone raised questions about this matter.

"Well... no, no, no, Jessica, is it okay for me to call you that? If you don't like it, he's not allowed to call me that now!"

Vivienne pushed Li Ao away as she spoke, and even raised her eyebrows at Li Ao.

Li Ao: (￣-￣)
Vivian: (_)
This aunt, no, it's a teacher, no... Elder sister, this elder sister, something seems wrong?

Vivienne's eyes were good, which made Jessica feel weird.

For some reason, she felt relieved.

This older sister seems to be wearing ordinary clothes, but as a child star, she has a lot of experience, and she can tell that every piece of clothing is expensive, and the standard clothes set off her beauty, rather than letting others notice how beautiful the clothes are.

Rich woman + big beauty + good figure, and a big sister, too lethal to men.

Compared with such a sister...she felt that she was going to throw herself into the street.

She looked away and looked at Li Ao——no wonder seeing me, a beautiful woman, turned her off because of some misunderstandings, and I'm used to seeing beautiful women.

However, she thinks it's not bad, at least this guy won't be kidnapped when he sees a beautiful woman.

Wait, she woke up with a start - what do I care?
Someone wants to kidnap her, it's none of my business!

Li Ao is very speechless here, and he is going to find a topic to divert everyone's attention, which will affect the birthday of the high school student's birthday, although Joshua's eyes looking at him are more fiery than Vivian's eyes looking at Jessica ...It's not important, celebrating fans' birthdays is the top priority.

Liam on the side is not happy, no one seems to be looking at him since he entered the door, he is too insignificant as a handsome guy!

Liam stood up and said to Jessica, "I didn't have time to introduce myself when we met last time. I'm Leo's good brother. My name is Liam. I like your movies very much. Your acting skills are great."

"I'm Jessica Alba, thank you for your support, I will continue to work hard." Jessica stood up politely, shook Liam's hand lightly, and officially answered Liam's nonsense.

Finally someone broke the awkward atmosphere, she turned to her brother and said, "Joshua, why hasn't the cake been delivered yet?"

Joshua, who was eating melons, was suddenly called by his name. He was taken aback, and quickly responded, "5 o'clock..."

"You didn't know how to pick it up if it wasn't delivered?"

"I……"

"What are you! Go! Don't beat you!"

"I can't drive..."

"Can't drive, don't you have feet?"

Seeing his sister getting more and more irritable, Joshua ran away and ran to the dessert house nearly two miles away.

Running on the road in the afternoon, the birthday star's tears were flying—why was I the one who got hurt in the end?

On the other hand, after venting her anger at her younger brother, Jessica's mood instantly became much better.

As for losing her image in front of the high school students who are rumored to be her fans...it doesn't matter, even a 'nephew' dislikes her.

She said to Li Ao and others: "I will go to the kitchen to help first, you are welcome, treat it like your own home."

After she finished speaking, she smiled and nodded at Vivienne, who had a melon-eating expression, and turned to the kitchen.

Still look at beautiful women pleasing to the eye.

Ignoring Liam, who had already turned gray, Vivienne pushed Li Ao: "Idiot, hurry up and help?"

Li Ao: ヽ(._°)ノ

Seeing that Li Ao was confused, Vivian suddenly remembered that this child didn't seem to be very interested in actresses, and she seemed to have said before that she should not look for someone in the entertainment industry.

The excitement gradually calmed down, and she found that she seemed to be too anxious to eat melons.

It was only the first time she met Jessica, and she still didn't know what kind of person she was. Anna's words must have filters.

However, the impression of the first meeting was good, so it is still possible to let this try to get in touch.

If it doesn't work, just pull it down, it's not that boys suffer, as long as the safety measures are taken well.

It's really not good, it's okay to play, as such a big child, he is not sensible at all.

After deciding, she changed the phrase: "You cook a few dishes that I like to eat."

"I'll cook for someone else's birthday, okay? Aunt Vivienne, they will think that I think they don't treat guests well, so I'll cook for you when I get back?"

"I want to eat right now... No, wait, I think there is a special reason... Ahem, it's your fan's birthday, you need to help him cook a few dishes to thank him for his support!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)