【Chapter 862】
From Paris to New York, you only need to cross an Atlantic Ocean, which is not a big challenge for the Nini, which has a range of more than 10,000 kilometers.
Kennedy International Airport is the largest airport in the world. It has 9 terminals, and its cumulative tourist throughput exceeded one of the busiest airports in 2013. Because there are many planes taking off and landing at the airport, after the "Nini" arrived at Kennedy Airport, she had to queue up and wait for the tower signal.
When the "Nini" was hovering over New York and waiting for the landing order, Xiao Feng was leisurely looking down at the world's largest super city!
This is the first time Xiao Feng has overlooked New York in the air. The last time he arrived in New York on a freighter, he hurriedly left. He really hasn't seen this city well.
Since replacing London as the world's largest metropolis a hundred years ago, New York's title of "Centre of the World" has never fallen. Even though cities such as Haizhou, Peking, Tokyo and Xiangjiang are now rising strongly, they still cannot shake New York's status.
This is still the world's financial center, the best city to realize all kinds of "American Dreams", and the place that all elites around the world collectively yearn for.
Putting aside differences in politics, ideology, etc., New York is indeed a great city!
‘If you love him, send him to New York, because it is heaven; if you hate him, send him to New York, because it is hell!’
Perhaps, this sentence best reflects the characteristics of New York!
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After exiting the airport passage, Xiao Feng saw Morgan standing in the airport hall. There was no need to find any effort. The best signs of the "Matrix" standing there.
The firepower of some black gangs is even stronger than that of the backward countries. Some rich people are used to hiring private bodyguards, and even some wealthy families have their own security power.
As Xiao Feng knows, there is a security company under the Morgan family. People who retired from special forces such as Delta form the backbone of defending important figures of the Morgan family.
Xiao Feng has begun to learn from the Morgan family and set up a security company under the name of "Dream Ranch". Most of the staff came from retired officers and soldiers of the Chinese Army. Of course, these special identities still encountered some trouble when entering the United States. After all, the American government is not a vegetarian, and it is very clear about the origin of these security personnel.
In the end, it was the huge financial resources of the "Minghu Group" and the huge connections of the Morgan family and the Walton family. It cleared all obstacles and allowed Xiao Feng to successfully form a security company.
Now, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao are basically in the 6-person team to provide 24-hour security forces. If children and elderly people are added, the security forces will be further enhanced.
The increase in security forces and assistant candidates is also an important reason why Xiao Feng decided to purchase large aircraft. After all, many things cannot be settled.
After the greetings between the two sides, Morgan took Xiao Feng and his wife to the convoy that had been waiting at the airport gate. As for Dai Bin and others, there were naturally personnel from the Morgan family to receive them separately.
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If you look down from the air, the tall buildings in Manhattan give Xiao Feng a unique beauty, but when the convoy drove onto the streets of Manhattan, New York gave Xiao Feng a special welcome ceremony.
Traffic jam!
Xiao Feng, who had experienced traffic jams in Haizhou and Peiping, was also very interested when he encountered the world-famous long traffic jam in Manhattan.
No matter how much wealth or identity is different, everyone is equal in the face of traffic jams!
In the endless traffic, you won’t be faster just because you are a huge fleet of Rolls-Royce, and you won’t be treated with preferential treatment just because you are a billionaire!
Xiao Feng passed through the single-sided bulletproof glass. He saw a black taxi driver not being irritable because of the traffic jam, but instead humming in the driver's seat with his hands and feet. Occasionally he poked his head out and scolded him. However, the two Indians sitting in the back seat, perhaps because of their first time in New York, were at a loss in the face of traffic jams and sweating on their foreheads.
A small traffic jam can reflect the completely different mentality of two races in dealing with life, which is also very interesting!
Xiao Feng was on a whim and lowered the car window and chatted with the cheerful and optimistic black driver!
Seeing the black Rolls-Royce's window descending, the black driver was not surprised and greeted Xiao Feng calmly.
‘Hi! Did this gentleman feel the enthusiasm of New York?’
"I feel your optimism and enthusiasm!" Xiao Feng smiled and said, "It is always an enviable emotion to maintain enough vitality in the traffic jam!"
According to the information Xiao Feng has mastered, taxi drivers are considered to be representatives of the middle and low-income class in New York. They have high work intensity, long time, poor welfare benefits, and there are certain dangers. Faced with the desperately blocked long queues in Manhattan, if it were a Chinese driver, they would have already honked their horns and cursed.
But this driver made Xiao Feng feel a positive and optimistic attitude towards life. This sunshine from the bones of the African wilderness will not change because of his life in New York.
"A big man like you naturally won't understand our feelings of making fun of suffering!" The black driver looked at Xiao Feng, laughed out two rows of white teeth, and said, "This is New York!"
Even when facing the guests of the Rolls-Royce team, the black driver still doesn't feel much inferior and introduces Xiao Feng annoyedly interesting traffic jams to Manhattan to Xiao Feng. Perhaps this kind of experience that he has never had in his career will become the best topic of conversation for him to chat with his companions in the future!
The two Indians sitting in the back seat looked at the good interaction between Xiao Feng and the black driver with complex expressions. For them who had just arrived in the United States, everything here was so strange and full of fearful factors.
Chinese and Indians have always had natural competitive relationships, especially in the field of scientific research in the United States. Chinese scientists and Indian scientists are the two largest non-American groups.
These two Indian scholars who had just "escaped" from the University of New Delhi encountered a special traffic jam in New York at the first moment of getting off the plane. They met Chinese people with significantly different status and status, so they naturally felt mixed feelings.
Over the years, the competition between China and India has become increasingly fierce, but the rapid development trend of China's ultra-high-speed has made the competition between the two sides lose a lot of significance. I heard some compatriots in the United States that the current Chinese people in the United States are much higher than those in the Indians. Now seeing such a super-luxury fleet in Manhattan undoubtedly confirms this statement!
"Brother, if you have the chance to go to Montana's 'Dream Ranch', you must come to me!" Seeing the long traffic dragon in front of you, Xiao Fengxing took out a business card and handed it to the black driver Obas.
"Although you may not be able to use it, call me when I'm going to call a taxi in New York!" After taking Xiao Feng's business card, which is a work of art, Obas handed over a card.
Just in the endless traffic jam in New York, two young people of different skin colors and identities exchanged business cards, which was also part of the adventure in New York.
Morgan, who was in the car behind, saw Xiao Feng's actions, had no expression. After all, this was Xiao Feng's freedom. Even if he was a little dissatisfied with people of color, there would be no expression in front of the public, especially Xiao Feng and others.
The convoy traveled between the tall buildings in Manhattan until the Central Park, then turned on a quiet road and finally stopped at the door of a manor full of historical marks.
It is adjacent to the green central park, with every inch of land, and the families that can build manors here are mostly traditional American families that made their fortunes in the 19th century.
Although those seemingly difficult and obscure family symbols are like the Book of Heaven for ordinary people, Xiao Feng, who has devoted himself to studying the history of major wealthy families in the United States, can easily recognize those families that once called wind and rain in the United States and even the world economy.
Although the development of the new economy after World War II made the proportion of wealth controlled by these traditional wealthy families no longer as large as before, the foundation accumulated over hundreds of years still gave them a wide influence.
Take the Morgan family as an example. Although they are no longer as glorious as the Morgan era, and even once controlled the United States, the Morgan Bank, which had been in charge of the European economy, is no longer under the control of their family. However, whether in the United States or the world economic circle, they still give the Morgan family great respect, and the wealth they control is not as thin as they are in the open.
Otherwise, at the age of 32, how could George Morgan be able to serve as senior vice president at Gulfstream Aerospace, the world's largest business aircraft manufacturer. Even though he was a master's degree in business administration at Harvard Business School, he would not be able to do this at such an age.
Since she decided to invest in the United States, Xiao Feng knew that she would definitely have intersections with the top American families. Therefore, she spent a lot of effort to investigate the context of the characters, which was also the meaning of the question.
The reason why Xiao Feng had a good relationship with George Morgan naturally knew that he was the third generation elite of the Morgan family, and was most likely to be the person who took charge of the family a hundred years later.
Entering the manor, whether it is properly pruned gardening or sculptures full of historical vicissitudes, it all shows that this is a wealthy family with a long history and good traditions.
In contrast, although the Xiao family has a longer history than the Morgan family, due to special historical reasons, the situation has long lost its tradition. In the past two years, the rise of the "Jinghu Group" and the relaxed domestic environment have gradually restored its former glory.
Thomas Morgan stood on the steps to welcome Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao, giving Xiao Feng enough face, which made Xiao Feng flattered.
Although this old man who was already a candle in the wind did not show public opinion in public, Xiao Feng knew that it was this old man who supported the many industries of the Morgan family after World War II, which made him shine more vitality in the new economic era.
Thomas' grandfather was the famous little Morgan. Now that George is becoming the "Little Morgan", the old man mentioned it first, which shows the old man's heavy expectations for George.
"Let the old man go out to greet him, it really makes me feel terrified!" Xiao Feng's attitude was very low and he expressed enough respect to Thomas.
Putting aside Thomas's achievements in business and finance, he is just as old as Mr. Xiao, and it is natural for Xiao Feng to lower his attitude.
"My friend, your investment development has been amazing in recent years. It is a lucky thing that George can know you!" Even though the Morgan family can control the wealth of up to 100 billion US dollars, Thomas still maintained considerable respect for a super rich man who has made a net worth of $20 billion in just five years.
After a while of greeting, Xiao Feng handed Thomas two bottles of century-old wine from Xiao's wine cellar and two bottles of "space wine" which are also the most Ginkgo Village-style gifts.
Xiao Feng racked his brains before setting the gifts on these two things, which not only reflects the long history of the Xiao family, but also uses red wine to bring them closer together.
Unlike the Chinese who like to refuse and taboo, Thomas took Xiao Feng's gift readily and happily asked about various situations.
When Thomas learned that these two bottles of liquor were aged in the late 19th century and were stored in a cellar deep into the hillside for more than a hundred years before he could see the light of day again, he was extremely surprised.
For America, which has only been founded for more than two hundred years, decades of history have been very long. These two bottles of fine wine spanning three centuries can be regarded as antiques.
After introducing the two bottles of aging, the two bottles of "Space Wine" are naturally also the objects of Thomas' attention. After all, those who know "Jinghu Group" know that "Xiaoshi Wine" is an important carrier for the "Jinghu Group" to open up the international market.
As for the "Jinghu Beef" although it is very popular in the market for high-end organic ingredients, the impact is not too great because of its low output!
Only the "Xiaoshi Wine" priced at more than 1,000 euros has become a hot target in the world red wine market with its unique taste and stable output.
After learning that these two bottles of wine are the top products of "Xiaoshi Winery" and cannot be bought on the market, Thomas was naturally very happy and thought it was the most precious gift!
That night, Thomas and some important members of the Morgan family held a banquet in the manor to entertain Xiao Feng, which gave Xiao Feng extremely high treatment. Even the president of the United States may not be able to enjoy such a level of reception.
During the banquet, Xiao Feng's erudition and witty spirit and Xu Mengyao's elegance impressed the members of the Morgan family; for the Morgan family, which has always pursued the "elite system", elites who obviously come from the family of deep heritage are often more likely to gain their recognition.
For Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao, only by having a deep understanding of the elites of the Morgan family can we understand the heritage of these wealthy families. This is exactly the direction the Xiao family is working hard on! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!