Life 1984

Chapter 453 Neverland

When the exhibition was about to end, two foreign businessmen walked into Sihai Group's booth and went straight to Li Yunhai.

"Hello, hello, we came to learn about your products before, do you remember?" the other party asked.

Li Yunhai felt that the two people looked familiar, and soon remembered that on the first day of the CES electronics show, the first foreign businessman he received was the other party.

He said, "Hey, hello, everyone! If I remember correctly, are you Mr. Owen?"

"Yes, I'm Owen! I'm glad you still remember my name!" Owen shook hands with Li Yunhai happily.

Owen and the others visited the CES show but never placed an order because they were waiting for a reply from the headquarters after sending the collected exhibitor information back to the company headquarters.

The headquarters just made the decision to purchase office equipment from Sihai Group today.

Li Yunhai invited Owen and others to sit down and negotiate, and asked Shen Xiulan to make a pot of good tea.

"Mr. Owen, this is the good tea we brought from China. This tea only grows in the mountains and clouds. It is one of the best teas in our country. Please taste it."

Owen picked up the tea cup and took a sip, giving a thumbs up to say good tea.

Li Yunhai asked how much equipment they need to order?

Owen took out a purchase order and handed it to Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai took it with both hands and took a look, and couldn't help being shocked.

The order for Alienware computers was the largest, with the other party purchasing 20,000 units.

Longteng PC purchased 10,000 units.

There are 20,000 ink tank printers.

The total amount reached US$1.42 million!

When Owen saw that Li Yunhai was silent, he asked, "We are late. Are there no goods?"

Li Yunhai laughed loudly and said: "No, no, no, we have the goods. We have the goods."

Irving let out a long breath and said, "You can deliver this order of ours in batches, and it can be completed within half a year."

Li Yunhai discussed the details of the contract with him.

Pay first and then put down a deposit for the goods. This is Li Yunhai's bottom line in foreign trade.

There are too many variables in foreign trade. Sihai Group has never suffered a loss because it sticks to the bottom line.

Irving agreed, and both parties happily signed the contract.

Just in time!

After they signed the contract, the CES show closed.

Sihai Group successfully won an order of US$4.62 million!

After experiencing the tragedy of the core-cutting operation last year, Li Yunhai was not very happy about the number of orders he received.

He understands the truth that only when the order is completed, the money is his.

An unfinished order is just an intention and a contract, and there are still too many variables.

Others were extremely happy. After participating in so many CES shows, this year was the one with the most orders. Everyone was clamoring for a treat from the boss.

Li Yunhai said with a smile that the treat must be invited and the bonus would definitely be paid.

Everyone packed up their booths and went outside to eat.

Li Yunhai called Zhuang Yong and others to sit down together.

Zhuang Yong said in a low voice: "Mr. Li, you must drink to celebrate your victory. Shitou and Liang Tian and I will not drink. I am afraid that people from the casino will come to cause trouble again at night."

Li Yunhai slapped Zhuang Yong's arm hard and said, "Very good. You three have worked hard for following us out this time. Each of you will be rewarded with a bonus of 20,000 US dollars!"

The wages of those who follow him are fixed, based on the upgrade system previously established by the company, but the bonuses each person receives are very different.

Zhuang Yong and other bodyguards often help Li Yunhai handle some difficult matters, so the bonuses given to them are also extremely generous. This is also the reason why Zhuang Yong and others follow Li Yunhai wholeheartedly.

Li Yunhai, Professor Ni and others celebrated the successful conclusion of CES and ordered several bottles of good wine, which everyone enjoyed.

Branch manager Jack is very good at flattering, and he keeps praising Li Yunhai for how awesome he is.

David and others also echoed that Mr. Lee is the greatest entrepreneur in the world.

Li Yunhai was a little carried away by them and drank a few more glasses of wine.

After the meal, everyone returned to the hotel and went to their rooms to rest.

Shen Xiulan came over to take care of Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai took her hand and said that they wanted to take a bath together.

Shen Xiulan knew that he had drunk too much, so she agreed.

The two have an indescribable and wonderful love.

But Shen Xiulan did not stay the night and went back to her room afterwards.

The next morning, Li Yunhai gathered everyone and distributed bonuses to everyone.

Professor Ni, Shen Xiulan and others will return to China today.

Li Yunhai took Chen Meilin to visit other cities, and Zhuang Yong and other bodyguards accompanied him.

The United States has a vast territory, and the scenery in the central and western regions is very different. If you really want to travel well, there are still many beautiful scenery to enjoy.

Li Yunhai didn't miss these beautiful scenery too much, he was just traveling with Chen Meilin.

The two groups of people sent by the casino were defeated by Zhuang Yong and the others, and they did not encounter similar thugs again. It seems that the casino knows that it has encountered a difficult situation, and it seems that it has accepted its fate.

In Chen Meilin's travel list, New York ranks first and casinos rank second as the most worthwhile places to visit in the United States. Followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Hawaii, Seattle and other places.

Li Yunhai said that with so many cities, we could spend two days in each city, plus the time on the road, it would take at least half a month. It is obviously not realistic. You are still a student and you cannot miss class for so long, so we I only went to two cities this time.

Chen Meilin chose Hawaii and Los Angeles.

Her reason is simple. Los Angeles has Universal Studios Hollywood, and Hawaii has beautiful scenery.

Li Yunhai said that although Hawaii also belongs to the United States, it is thousands of miles away from the mainland of the United States! We don't need to fly so far, right? If you really like Hawaii, let’s make a special trip there next time.

Chen Meilin thought about it, so she replaced Hawaii with New York.

Their first stop was Los Angeles. It was already evening when they arrived, so they had to check into a hotel.

"Brother, I want to live with you! It's enough for us to share a room." Chen Meilin held Li Yunhai's arm, making out like a couple on their honeymoon.

Li Yunhai shook his head and said, "That's definitely not possible."

Chen Meilin held his hand and shook it constantly: "Brother, I'm scared! My mother told you to take good care of me! If something happens to me outside, how will you explain it to my mother?"

Li Yunhai couldn't stand her pestering, so he opened a twin room.

After arriving in the room, Chen Meilin threw herself on the bed and said with a smile: "Brother, let's go to Hollywood tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay, we'll leave after watching it tomorrow."

"Huh? That's not possible. I still have to slowly appreciate the scenery of Los Angeles!"

"What's there to see? It's not as beautiful as Xiangjiang here."

"It's a different custom!"

"Okay, let's go down and eat first."

"Brother, please pick me up, I have no strength left."

"Are you out of energy? That's just right. I'll ask Zhuang Yong to buy a plane ticket. We'll return to China tomorrow."

"Ah?" Chen Meilin jumped up immediately and said with a smile, "Brother, I am resurrected with full health! Let's go shopping at night, okay?"

Li Yunhai touched her head and said, "Meilin, there is something special about this city. When we play at night, you must follow my command."

"Brother, what's so special here?"

"Whites in Los Angeles account for less than one-third of the population, Latinos and blacks combined account for nearly 60%, and Asians account for about 10%. But less than 10% of Asians, But he became a thorn in the side of black people.”

"Huh? Is there such a thing?"

"It's absolutely true. Because you have been living in Xiangjiang, and Xiangjiang is Chinese except for the British. Most of the people you come into contact with are Chinese. You may not understand the discrimination between races and regions. But it is real. "

"I understand. Just like some people in Hong Kong look down on people from the mainland."

"The most important point is that the police force here in the United States is not evenly distributed, but the richer the place, the better the security. The more poor people live, the worse the security. So the scope of our activities , only in rich areas, not slum areas."

"Brother, I listen to you."

"That's good."

After dinner, Li Yunhai took Chen Meilin out for shopping.

When passing a movie theater, Chen Meilin said, "How about watching a Hollywood blockbuster?"

Li Yunhai wished she could watch a movie, so that she wouldn't have to wander around, and at least it would be much safer.

There are many blockbuster American films from this period that are worth watching.

And many movies have not been introduced to the mainland.

What Li Yunhai and Chen Meilin watched was a thriller romance film with bizarre twists and turns, including love killing and sexual intercourse.

Before he bought the ticket, he had no idea that the movie would be so big.

Watching this kind of movie with Chen Meilin made him very embarrassed.

Chen Meilin's breath tightened when she saw it, she held Li Yunhai's hand and leaned towards him.

Li Yunhai stretched out his hand, covered her eyes, and said, "Don't look at this lens."

Chen Meilin chuckled and said, "Brother, I can hear you!" Li Yunhai was helpless.

This shot is quite long, several minutes long.

Li Yunhai thought to himself, it turns out that American blockbusters also use beauty to attract people.

After watching the movie, Chen Meilin walked out of the theater intimately holding Li Yunhai's arm and returned to the hotel to rest.

Li Yunhai called home to report that he was safe, and then called Guo Wanhua.

Guo Wanhua repeatedly told her daughter not to run around and to listen to Li Yunhai.

After making the call, Chen Meilin walked into the shower room.

Li Yunhai sat on the bed, half-lying and reading a local newspaper.

A piece of news caught his attention. It was about a black girl who ran into a South Korean store to steal and was shot to death by a South Korean female shop owner.

Li Yunhai looked at it and shook his head, feeling that the United States was really in chaos.

Chen Meilin came out of the shower.

This little girl didn't shy away, wearing only thin pajamas and dangling in front of Li Yunhai.

"Meilin. Look at this news." Li Yunhai just wanted to use this news to educate her.

Chen Meilin came over, took the newspaper, and lay beside Li Yunhai's bed to read.

"Brother, why do Americans have guns?"

"Because they can't ban guns. So let's not cause any trouble, you hear me?"

"Oh, I'm very good! Even if they have guns, they won't kill people casually, right? Don't you think so?"

Li Yunhai patted her back: "Okay, go to sleep!"

Chen Meilin returned to her bed, rolled up the quilt, and looked at Li Yunhai sweetly.

Li Yunchuan turned off the light and soon fell asleep.

The next day, Li Yunhai accompanied Chen Meilin to visit Hollywood.

In this year's Universal Studios Hollywood, many theme parks had not yet been built, and they were not as fun as later generations.

But for fans of Hollywood movies, this is a place of pilgrimage.

Just like Chen Hong and others will come here for a walk after coming to the United States.

But Li Yunhai was not interested and thought it was nothing more than that.

While they were playing in the park, someone suddenly shouted: "Mr. Li! Mr. Li!"

Because he was in a strange place, Li Yunhai didn't feel that others were calling him.

A car stopped in front of Li Yunhai, the window rolled down, and the head of a beautiful blond beauty poked out.

"Hey! Mr. Li, I called you, why didn't you answer?"

"Xiaosi!" Li Yunhai laughed, "I didn't notice it was you. Do you work here?"

"I'm here to discuss filming with a company. Are you here for tourism or business?"

"Oh, I took my sister out to play."

"Mr. Li, MJ said that when you are free, he will definitely invite you to his new home as a guest. Are you free now?"

Of course, Li Yunhai could only say that he was free.

They were already traveling.

Xiaosi said that's great, let's go visit MJ together?

Li Yunhai asked MJ where he lived?

Xiao Si replied: "Neverland."

"Neverland? Where?"

"Santa Barbara, California."

Li Yunhai looked at Guo Meilin beside him and asked, "Would you like to be a guest at MJ's Neverland Ranch?"

A bright color flashed across Chen Meilin's face: "MJ? Really? We can see him in person, right?"

It turns out that she is also a fan of MJ.

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Of course you can meet him in person. Maybe you can take a photo with him and sing and dance together."

Chen Meilin said happily: "That's great! Brother, I want to go! This is the best gift for my trip to the United States! I don't want to visit Hollywood anymore, I want to go see MJ!"

Xiaosi asked them to get in the car and discuss the itinerary.

Li Yunhai asked if he should contact MJ first?

Xiao Si said that I had a phone call with him yesterday and he lived in Neverland.

Li Yunhai didn't know what Neverland was.

The cooperation between Sihai Group and MJ has continued, and MJ’s quotation to Li Yunhai has never changed. It has been US$800 million for three years.

Li Yunhai and MJ are both friends and partners, so it is appropriate to visit them.

They contacted MJ, who welcomed Li Yunhai to go.

Li Yunhai and the others set off for California that afternoon.

Los Angeles and California are more than 900 kilometers apart. Fortunately, the airport in the United States is very developed. They took a plane and arrived in California four hours later.

MJ sent a car to greet him.

When the car drove into a vast manor, Li Yunhai was shocked.

This is the farm that MJ purchased for $1700 million and covers 2800 acres!

What concept?

This area is equivalent to more than ten times the size of the Forbidden City in my country!

The facilities in the park are worth US$3500 million, including private sports fields, playgrounds, artificial lakes, cinemas and zoos.

The origin of the word Neverland is an island far away from the British mainland where the protagonist Peter Pan lives in the novel "Peter Pan" by the British writer James Barry. It is an illusory dream world where people never grow up. Therefore, the metaphorical meaning of Neverland is eternal childhood, immortality and escape from the world. The Neverland that James Barrie imagined when he wrote the novel was a place centered on boys.

MJ named his home Neverland, which shows that there is a little boy living in his heart.

He is a philanthropist, and he also regards this place as a paradise for children. He often opens it to children from orphanages for free.

Li Yunhai, Chen Meilin and Xiaosi drove through a long garden and came to a fairy-tale house.

This is the house where MJ lives.

"Hey! Li! Hello! We finally meet again!" MJ hugged Li Yunhai and said happily, "I have always invited you to come over as guests, but you have only come now."

"Oh, Michael, my friend, thank you for your kind invitation! Neverland is truly beautiful, beyond my imagination."

"I spent more than 5000 million US dollars on this manor." MJ smiled, "But this amount of money is nothing to you. If you are willing, you can build a larger manor next to me. We can be neighbors.”

Spend more than $5000 million to build a dream manor?

Li Yunhai really didn't have such a crazy idea.

It's not that he has no money, as MJ said, it's just more than 5000 million US dollars, which is nothing to Li Yunhai.

But Li Yunhai has his own ideas about how to spend money.

At least for now, he doesn't want to build such a luxurious manor.

The sun has set now and is setting in the west.

The fiery red sunset gave Dreamland a layer of oil painting-like color.

MJ took Li Yunhai and the others to visit this beautiful manor, and then hosted a banquet for Li Yunhai and the others at home.

In the evening, Li Yunhai and MJ chatted about everything, and also talked about this year's contract renewal.

There is a very special treehouse in Neverland, which is MJ's creative studio. No guests are allowed to enter unless he actively invites him.

MJ invited Li Yunhai and others to the tree house and performed musical instruments and music for them.

It's truly a paradise, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The next day, Li Yunhai and the others visited the manor, visited the private zoo, and played in the amusement park. The playground has facilities such as a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, bumper cars, and trampolines. There is enough amusement equipment for a state carnival. There is a go-kart track, two separate train tracks and two trains, and the tracks are large enough to run an old steam train on.

Chen Meilin had a great time, saying it was more fun than an amusement park.

The most important thing is that all these private facilities are private, so there is no need to queue up and you can play whenever you want.

Chen Meilin said: "Brother, can you also build a manor like this? If you build it in Xiangjiang or the mainland, I can go and play."

Li Yunhai just smiled slightly.

They stayed at Neverland for two days, then said goodbye to MJ and Shields and set off for New York.

This trip to California allowed Li Yunhai to truly see the power of capital and what a wonderful life rich people can enjoy.

Writers can only imagine in a fairy tale world, but rich people can turn fairy tales into reality.

When domestic policies are relaxed in the future, Li Yunhai may be able to build such a dream kingdom in China! That’s definitely not possible now!

(End of this chapter)