The Goddess Shines on America

The meeting room that was supposed to belong to the first floor has been replaced by the chairman's office on the top floor of the Oslaer-Bendoven Real Estate Company. As the core area of ​​the largest real estate company in Calerona, Chairman Bennick has arranged the rooms in an orderly manner, and the large mahogany desk can easily bring out his aura.

But that is when facing a partner.

At this moment, he was obviously in his office, but he could only stay in the most inconspicuous corner "wrongly" and let the two real protagonists have their first meeting.

"It's really hard to imagine. It turned out that the one who wanted to buy land in Honshu was Miss Alice, who has often appeared in major newspapers recently."

Governor McDowell has just passed his 50s, but he already has pale hair: "However, what surprised me the most was the share of this order."

He looked at the materials spread on the table: "Moreover, 6,000 acres is not a small area. I would take the liberty to ask, this shouldn't be for summer hunting, right?"

Many wealthy people have a hobby of buying natural reserves. This kind of land is cheap. Although it cannot be used for commercial and residential development, it can be used for fishing and hunting. Strictly speaking, the land of the Great Dismore Marsh is of this nature. Its biodiversity allows the wealthy people living here to have enough animals for hunting, as long as they are not protected.

"The truth is, I want to set up a security company."

Facing the governor of this state, Alice told the truth: "These six thousand acres of land are used to build training bases."

"Security company!?"

McDowell was shocked: "If I remember correctly, your current main identity should be the founder of Cisco Systems and a shareholder of Microsoft, right? Security companies seem to have nothing to do with you. relationship?"

Alice smiled easily and shrugged: “It’s okay before, doesn’t mean it won’t matter in the future, don’t think I’m a girl, my ambition is not worse than a boy’s. A cool company like the security company, I was interested early on."

With that said, she did not forget to pat the shoulder of Wu Mi, who was accompanying her: "This is my good sister. She decided to enter the military academy."

"Oh, yes, that's really amazing."

McDowell’s attention was of course not on the Arkman father and daughter. After being a little surprised, he said to Alice again: "But why did you pick this piece of land?"

"Of course it's because it's a swamp."

Looking at McDowell’s eyes, Alice sensed that there seemed to be something wrong: "Speaking of which, Governor McDowell, how can such a natural reserve of swamp sell for four thousand dollars an acre? Put it in Oklahoma, the cheapest one, and a piece of residential land is half the price, right?"

Alice saw clearly that McDowell's pupils suddenly shrank.

"It seems that you have a soft spot for that swamp. I wonder if you would like to tell me the reason for this old man?"

The reason, of course, is that the historical Heishui is the land that he bought, but Alice can see it. Whether it is the owner of the real estate developer or the governor, they are obviously unwilling to buy the land by themselves. .

why is that?

"I just want to chant."

Alice shrugged and fixed her eyes on McDowell: "But if I just wanted to buy it before, after knowing that this swamp is so expensive, I now want to know why. Mr. Governor, the price of the land is in this state. It is directly formulated by the relevant departments, but it is impossible to formulate it casually. The price of this marshland is far higher than its value. I want to know now, is there any hidden meaning in this?"

Alice is ready for a protracted battle. As early as when Blackwater International was first conceived, the Big Dismore Swamp was already in her own pocket. It's just a swamp. Seriously speaking, even if it sells for one thousand dollars per acre, it is slightly more expensive, four thousand yuan, she wouldn't be taken such a fool!

However, the answer does not seem to be difficult.

"It's not that I can't tell you."

McDowell also realized the girl's difficulty, nodded, but still said: "You can guess, if you guess it right, I can lower the price for you."

Alice fixed her eyes on McDowell's expression: "Because you have detected mineral resources under the swamp, but because you haven't hired a contractor for the time being, you raise the price to avoid being bought by others?"

McDowell laughed loudly: "Your imagination is so rich, but Alice, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. It's not the reason at all."

After that, for fear that Alice would guess endlessly, McDowell hurriedly added: "There are two more opportunities. If you can't guess the reason, I will never let go of the price of four thousand dollars."

During this conversation, the Akaman father and daughter kept quiet all the time.

Everyone has a sneak peek at Bennick.

It stands to reason that when discussing land prices, the chairman Bennick, who is the seller, should be the dominant player, and no matter how you look at it, it’s the away game. It should be Governor McDowell. But now it seems that the price negotiation for this swamp was borne by McDowell, and Bennick felt relieved.

It's really weird!

"Because people are dead there?"

Alice directly threw out such an idea: "But that is only the case of ghost houses, and it must be dealt with by price reduction. How can there be any reason for appreciation?"

Then, a scene that surprised and delighted Alice appeared!

Governor McDowell’s wise eyes shrank once again because of tension!

"Hahaha, Alice, you really deserve to be a novelist. This imagination really makes me ashamed."

But McDowell laughed immediately: "I have also seen your "Jurassic Park", that novel..."

"It seems that this is the reason."

Alice interrupted him to change the subject: "It turns out that it was because people were dead in the swamp."

When the voice fell, whether it was Alice or Akaman and his daughter, they all saw with satisfaction that the expressions of McDowell and Bennick completely froze.

"Thinking about it this way, I understand."

Alice nodded and continued: "There is danger in the swamp, and it can cause death. So when you find that the danger cannot be removed for the time being, you will increase the price manually, so that there are few people in this piece. No one will buy the swampland in Wenjin, right?"

After a long silence, McDowell sighed slowly: "You deserve to be Alice-Wang. Although you are still very young, you are smarter than many adults I know. You are right, that The swamp is indeed dangerous."

Sure enough!

Having got the answer, Alice closed her eyes with satisfaction.

Akaman interrupted: "Excuse me, what kind of danger? As far as I know, only a small area of ​​that swamp is in danger of inundating people. Most of the maps are just moist land overgrown with plants."

Wu Mi whispered, "Because there are crocodiles? Or miasma?"

McDowell shook his head: "We don't know. First of all, you have to know that this is not a criminal case after all. At best, we are trying our best to search and rescue the victims. It is impossible to do anything to the swamp itself. Knowing that it is dangerous In the future, the safest measure is to prevent people from going in again, rather than actively solve it."

"Of course, this is not because the state government is not acting, but it is really difficult for us to investigate the cause."

Seeing that everyone's expressions became more confused, McDowell thought about it for a moment and said: "That's it. As far as everyone knows, most people who walked into the swamp failed to come out."

"Aha!?"

"What the hell?"

"God, are you kidding me?"

Seeing the three people’s surprised expressions, McDowell seemed to be somewhat satisfied, and he actually said with a smile: “I’m surprised, but the situation is so incredible. After serving as governor, I have browsed the relevant records. Since more than ten years ago, disappearance cases have frequently occurred in this swamp, but most of them were handled as ordinary disappearance cases by local police officers."

Alice's expression also became serious: "So, the reason that prompted you to raise the price to prevent people from buying that piece of land, must be a large-scale disappearance, right?"

"It's true!"

McDowell's expression became heavy, and he sighed: "That was fifteen years ago. I believe you have no impression. This gentleman...not to mention, the situation was like this at the time."

"There is a family of three brothers~www.readwn.com~ They are citizens living in the small town of Aiden. They happened to graduate from high school at the time. Because they were going to university soon, they took advantage of the summer vacation and went to the swamp together. Outings outside the land...at least, that's what they said to their family when they left."

Alice interjected: "Then she disappeared?"

"Yes, and then disappeared."

Looking at the serious expressions of the three listeners, McDowell also looked at the equally serious Bennick: "The authorities immediately dispatched police officers to conduct a search and rescue operation on the missing teenager. At that time, a total of 172 police officers were dispatched. Look for them in the depths of the swamp. You also know that at best, that piece of land is highly moist and full of wetland plants, which is not difficult for ordinary people to set foot on..."

Alice swallowed fiercely, "Should I..."

Governor McDowell's slightly aging face revealed unclear fear.

"You are right, Alice, except for the three teenagers, all of the hundred and seventy-two policemen who walked into the swamp have lost contact and disappeared completely!" (To be continued.)