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Chapter 2 Where It All Began
2008 years.

A troubled year.

On the other side of the ocean, shortly after the Olympic Games in Beijing, the American financial sector ushered in a major earthquake. As Lehman Brothers suddenly declared bankruptcy, it triggered a financial tsunami that swept across the world.

Wealth calculated in trillions of dollars quickly evaporated in a short period of time, and the market was wailing.

At the end of September.

In California, USA, the weather is still hot and dry.

In the seaside town of La Jolla in San Diego, Southern California, the evening sky is captivated by the evening glow.

A family with a lonely expression was walking out of the Scripps Biomedical Research Institute.

The young Chinese guy in the lead looked helpless, reached out and patted his mother on the shoulder, smiled and said comfortingly:
"There is no cure for ALS. In the past two years, you have taken me to many institutions and donated 600 million US dollars in research funds. To be honest, I have begun to accept my fate, and I don't want to be taken advantage of by them anymore. Dad Mom, you have to be more open, the first half of my life has been very exciting and I am very content."

"What resignation? Now that medicine is so advanced, there must be a way in the future. Son, you have to have confidence..."

The Chinese woman was a little nervous.

On weekdays, she is used to careful calculation, but she doesn't feel any distress for the large sum of money donated.

The young man went on to answer:
"Thinking of the best, at least I can continue to live like Hawking for many years, even if I am slumped in a wheelchair. At that time, I can find two beautiful little nurses to serve me, and my life is still prosperous. , successfully bought the Hawaiian island of Lanai, and then I want to enjoy life quietly and go to a place where every day feels like a vacation..."

The middle-aged man who followed did not speak, but just silently lit a cigarette.

The family has almost everything that others can dream of, but they can't cure their precious son. For the couple, it is a hopeless regret.

The young man's name is Su Rui, and he is 22 years old this year.

As early as more than 20 years ago, he inexplicably traveled into the belly of the woman beside him. Since he was born, he has remembered things, which is equivalent to living with a plug-in.

When other children are a few months old, they eat and sleep except for crying.

But Su Rui was different. He neither yelled nor wetted the bed. When his brain was fully developed and he was lying in the crib at the age of a few months, he had already planned his life initially.

When he was in kindergarten, he set up a stall with a small schoolbag on his back to make money, ambitiously waiting for the rise of the Internet industry, showing surprising business acumen, and tried every means to persuade his father, who loves stocks, to buy Intel, Microsoft, Google and other companies in advance one after another. stock.

With Su Rui's help, the family feels like a duck to water, and their life is wonderful.

Back in middle school.

Others are busy with puppy love, Su Rui not only learned to write scripts and sell them for money, but also became the earliest Internet celebrity singer with self-playing and singing videos, and then made a lot of money selling records and mobile phone ringtones, and succeeded at the age of 17 Admitted to Stanford University.

In the past few years, it even raised funds from Facebook, which accounted for 20% of the shares at its peak.

With the listing of the company, the shareholding ratio was diluted to 8%, but the value increased day by day, gradually making Su Rui a legendary boy well-known to everyone, and successfully appeared on the cover of "People" magazine once.

pity.

It's as if all the good luck has been spent on career.

This kind of happy life against the sky came to an abrupt end after his 20th birthday.

Because my legs were inexplicably weak, I fell several times at home.

I thought it was the sequelae of moving to Beverly Hills, drinking too much alcohol at many parties, and teasing too many actresses and supermodels. I didn't expect to go to the hospital for an examination, but I was diagnosed with ALS.

In this regard, I can only say that God opened a door for Su Rui, but closed a window for him.

Even though he was reborn, it was almost the same as Bai Jian's youth of more than 20 years, and now he is pinching his fingers to count down the days, which still gives Su Rui a headache.

then.

Last year, he bought 3000% of the land on Lanai Island from a real estate company that grows pineapples for a total of 98 million US dollars, and invested huge sums of money to renovate it.

Lanai is the sixth largest island in Hawaii.

The total area is 360 square kilometers, equivalent to 54 mu, with a 75-kilometer-long coastline and beautiful scenery.

When Su Rui set foot on this island for the first time, he realized that he wanted to spend the rest of his life in such a place. Fame and wealth didn't mean much to him anymore, so he was forced to start early retirement.

……

Leave La Jolla.

It was just over six o'clock in the evening when we returned to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, on a Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter with a silver-gray painting.

Glancing at her watch, Su Rui's mother, Li Wan, remembered something when she got into the car, and said, "The sports car you bought before has not been driven for a long time, you should find someone to take care of it."

"Well, I'm afraid of sudden illness and accidents. I guess it will be difficult to go on the road in the future, so I can just sell it. Anyway, new models are released every year. There is a car called Bugatti Veyron. I have been waiting for it for a long time."

Su Rui's so-called long time probably refers to more than 20 years.

I couldn’t afford it in my previous life, but now that the Bugatti Veyron is on the market again, I have the money to buy it but I can no longer drive on the road. It has been so long since the diagnosis, and the symptoms of muscle weakness are becoming more and more frequent.

If you still drive a supercar on the road like this, wouldn't it be harmful to others and yourself.

His mother, Li Wan, shook her head and said:

"It will be fine in the future. Didn't the research institute also mention that there are some latest results now. There is an event at the church tonight, will you go with me?"

If science is not enough, metaphysics will help.

Suri's mother was born in Chinatown, Los Angeles, and never went to church before.

Since last year, I have temporarily hugged God's old man's thigh and reported to church every weekend.

After all, it is in North America, the territory of God, which seems to be a little more reliable than burning incense and worshiping Buddha.

This is probably the same as running around the research institute. In Su Rui's view, it's just looking for some psychological comfort, but since his parents feel the need to go, he doesn't mind wasting some time.

The driver drove the same type of Army One, an extended bulletproof car converted from a Cadillac DTS, and when the family of three was sent to the church, the priest happened to receive the guests at the door.

Seeing them, the round old Caucasian pastor came up with a smile on his face and said:
"Suri, you look great. Thanks to Ms. Li for donating the pipe organ. The workers have already installed them. You can hear the performance brought by it tonight. Ms. Li usually helps so many people generously." , I believe that there will be a miracle and bless your family."

"Thank you."

Su Rui casually replied.

He has no interest in these, he just comes here with his mother, that's all.

Enter the church.

Sitting on the oak bench in the front row, I cocked my legs and played with my mobile phone, browsing news related to the financial crisis.

I bought such a big island last year, it was like a bottomless pit.

Building roads, planting pastures, building cowsheds and stables, and new farms, plus the cost of building villas, has cost Su Rui an additional 7000 million U.S. dollars in the past six months.

The cash flow at home has been almost squeezed out, and I am looking forward to the income from shorting US stocks, so that I can continue to develop the island.

At this moment.

Suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder.

A girl's voice came from behind, and the other party said:
"You are Suri, right? I like your songs very much. The first time I paid for an album, it was your "Loves me not". I also asked my mother to take me to the Santa Monica Beach Music Festival, specially for look at you."

Suri went to play live, at the age of 17.

The organizer offered him 30 US dollars. Given the original situation, it was really hard to refuse, and it was very delicious.

He often meets fans on weekdays, and he replied calmly: "It happened a few years ago, and I rarely attend live events."

"Yes, except for the Santa Monica Beach Music Festival, it was the New Year's Eve concert in New York's Times Square in 2003. At that time, I still had your poster in my room. Then you went to Stanford and started doing business. It seems that you didn't sing any more. It's been a song..."

After listening to the girl behind her, she knew all about her deeds and even bought a poster. Only then did Su Rui realize that he really met a loyal fan, not just a formality.

Withdrawing his gaze from the phone screen, he turned and looked back.

The girl behind her had a small and delicate face, long brown curly hair, and a pair of sparkling eyes under thick black eyebrows, her smile was contagious.

Su Rui was stunned immediately.

Coincidentally, they actually knew each other.

I have seen "Snow White" starring this girl in my previous life, but I can't remember the exact name, I only know that there is a nickname of "Little Hepburn".

Seeing this, I couldn't move my eyes a little.

After being dazed for a few seconds, Su Rui smiled and asked:

"Has anyone ever said that you look like Audrey Hepburn? For two or three seconds, I thought I saw Her Royal Highness."

The appearance and temperament, resembling the screen goddess Audrey Hepburn of the last century, are already a great appreciation in itself.

The girl blushed instantly, rolled her eyes with a smile, and replied:

"Thanks, my name is Lily Collins and I'm currently studying how to be an actress. This is my mother, Jill Taverman, she's the president of the Beverly Hills Girls Club, and you live in Beverly right now, right? Occasionally I'll drop by and pass by your door."

His parents rarely saw their son chatting with girls in the past two years. After hearing this conversation, they turned around with a little curiosity, shook hands with Lily and her mother, and said hello.

Su Rui knew there might be trouble without his parents asking.

Recently, the two elders in my family have been persuading him not to give up the idea of ​​getting married, but he himself doesn't want to delay anyone anymore.

The famous physicist Stephen Hawking also suffered from ALS when he was young. He has been paralyzed in a wheelchair for more than 40 years and can no longer even speak.

In today's situation, it is really not suitable to consider those.

So in the face of Lily's enthusiasm, Suri just replied indifferently: "I haven't moved yet, and I will move soon. Maybe you have seen the news on the Internet that I am going to Hawaii to recuperate."

It cost 3000 million US dollars to acquire 98% ownership of Lanai Island in one fell swoop. This was the most sensational news in the real estate circle last year, and many people knew about it.

Lily Collins obviously heard of it, nodded and said:

"Yes, Hawaii is beautiful. I've always wanted to go on vacation. My best friend from childhood is also your fan. When the news of her illness came out, she was sad for a long time, and I was also very sorry."

Su Rui didn't invite her again, and he didn't want to be pitied by anyone.

If it were the previous two years, maybe when I met a beautiful girl like Lily Collins, I would have some leisurely thoughts about trying to date her. Now when I heard the pastor speak, I just smiled and turned my head.

Like all church meetings, there will be long speeches explaining the contents of the Bible.

On the stage, the pastor earnestly introduced what he believed to be miracles, from Noah's Ark to the remarriage of believers, and the family became harmonious.

Su Rui, who was always in a drowsy state, thought at first that there is no such miracle in this world.

But in an instant.

He suddenly realized... Isn't his special existence an inexplicable miracle?

He had never considered the cause of the accident before, but the more Su Rui thought about it now, the more he wondered, maybe it was just like the myths and legends that he missed the bowl of Meng Po soup when crossing the bridge?

But this still can't explain why he returned to this past era.

After the doubt arises, it always lingers.

Think about it.

He felt compelled to go back to the beginning of the whole thing, to his old house, before moving and embarking on the journey to Lanai.

When my mother was pregnant, she lived in the old house, and everything started from there...

(End of this chapter)