Liu Lang stayed on Hong Kong Island for two days. Huo Tianting took him on a crazy shopping spree and bought a lot of things. Four suitcases alone were used. On the third day, Huo Tianting took two of his subordinates and Liu Lang
Sun Hu boarded the plane to the United States together.
Liu Lang came to the United States in person, and Huo Tianting vaguely felt that the United States in 1986 might become an unfair year because of Liu Lang's arrival.
The plane landed and rested for two hours, and then took off again. After more than 20 hours of flight, it slowly landed at the Los Angeles International Airport. When Liu Lang walked out of the cabin door, he was greeted by the moist and warm sea breeze.
, Fortunately, Liu Lang had already changed his clothes in Hong Kong Island. If he had worn the clothes he wore in the capital, he would probably have been ridiculed.
Los Angeles is a coastal city, located at the southwest tip of the United States. It is warm all year round. The last time Liu Lang visited Los Angeles was in August, and it seemed a bit hot then.
"Finally arrived!"
After more than 20 hours of flying, Liu Lang felt very tired. What he wanted most now was to find a place to take a shower and then have a good sleep.
"Liu Lang, Sun Hu, the company's car is outside, let's get out first!"
Huo Tianting had already called the branch office in the United States and asked them to pick him up.
Several people walked out, but before they reached the door, Lin Guodong, Sun Mingren and Lin Zequan came to greet them.
"Mr. Liu, we have been waiting for you for a long time. This is Brother Sun Hu. Thank you for your hard work!"
Sun Mingren walked at the front.
"How did you three know we were coming?"
Huo Tianting was a little surprised. The Huo family and the Sun family were family friends, and Lin Zequan and Sun Mingren had a very close relationship. They had met a few times before, but they were just acquaintances.
As for Lin Guodong, no one knew him before, but they all have a relationship because of Liu Lang, and they are all in Los Angeles, and they often chat and eat together.
The Huo family has a toy company here, which sells tens of thousands of Transformers models every month. Sun Mingren is responsible for the distribution of Transformers comics, and now sells nearly 10,000 copies a month. Both companies have
Liu Lang's shares.
Lin Guodong is directly the manager of the American branch of Shengtang Culture. He is responsible for promoting the image of Transformers. At the same time, he is still looking for an animation production company to make Transformers into a cartoon.
The Lin family established a law firm in Los Angeles. Liu Lang owned 20% of the shares and was considered one of the partners. His main job now is to provide legal services to three companies.
In a sense, the three of them are Liu Lang's subordinates and important members of Liu Lang's clan. This time, when the boss comes, of course he has to pick them up as soon as possible.
"Brother Huo, Los Angeles can be considered my base in the United States. My American branch of Shengtang Culture is in Hollywood. Brother Guodong is also the person in charge of our Shengtang Culture in the United States. In total, my relationship with Los Angeles is better than that of you."
It’s close, so today I’m going to be a host and treat everyone to dinner!”
Liu Lang said with a smile.
"That's right, you are all from Hong Kong. Only I was born in the United States and am still working for Mr. Liu. When you get here, you are the guests. Mr. Liu and I are the hosts. Come on, get in my car!"
Lin Guodong went on to say that he specially rented a tourist bus today, which could accommodate everyone. Sun Mingren and Lin Zequan laughed without saying a word. It was obvious that they and Lin Guodong had already discussed it.
"This... my car is here to pick you up!"
Huo Tianting was a bit unexpected.
"Brother Huo, your company is not far from here. Let them all go back. Let's go have a meal and cleanse ourselves of Mr. Liu and you!"
Sun Mingren and Lin Zequan pulled him and said.
"let's go!"
At this time, everyone's luggage had been carried out. Liu Lang waved and Sun Hu got into Lin Guodong's car. Huo Tianting saw Liu Lang getting into the car and had no choice but to explain to the men who picked him up and follow Liu Lang.
Got in the car.
The car started and headed towards the city center. More than half an hour later, it stopped in front of a hotel with five red lanterns hanging on it. The hotel's plaque had the three characters "Huibin Building" written on it.
“Is this Chinatown in Los Angeles?”
Liu Lang immediately felt a sense of intimacy when he saw the red lantern.
"Yes! There are still a lot of Chinese in the Los Angeles area. The entire Los Angeles County has a population of more than 10 million, and the Chinese population is about 300,000. Most of them live in Orange County. However, Orange County is very remote and is still far from the city center.
It is more than 100 kilometers away. There are probably more than 20,000 people living in Chinatown here, which is considered the largest Chinese gathering area in the nearby neighborhood!"
Huo Tianting explained.
"Actually, the Los Angeles area does not have the largest number of Chinese people. San Francisco, California, has the largest number of Chinese people in the United States, far more than any other city!"
Lin Guodong's home is in San Francisco, so he is naturally very familiar with the local area.
"San Francisco is a city that started as a gold rush a hundred years ago, and the Chinese people were the largest in this mighty gold rush. They witnessed with their own eyes the development of San Francisco from an uninhabited small village to the world-famous San Francisco today, and they also contributed to that city.
contribute
It has exerted great power, but the United States is a country with very serious racial discrimination, and it is especially unfriendly to the Chinese. A hundred years ago, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. It is simply a practice of burning bridges across the river. These old Americans are always like this.
Arrogant and disrespectful!”
Liu Lang sighed and said that he had read some books about Chinese entrepreneurship in the United States. Each of these books is a history of blood and tears of overseas Chinese. Since the earliest development of the western United States, Chinese people have come to the United States to build railroads and build houses for the United States.
Many Americans are amazed at the amazing endurance of these thin yellow people and realize that
The Chinese are diligent and hard-working. It can be said that if there were no Chinese participation in the western development of the United States, the speed of development would be greatly reduced. However, this kind of hard-working and hard-working makes other people feel uncomfortable. They feel that the Chinese have enhanced job opportunities for other races, and the result has become
A "sin", especially for white people, whose arrogance and rudeness caused the Chinese to suffer humiliation.
Even thirty years later, the United States is still loved and hated by all countries in the world. They love it for its strength and prosperity, but hate its arrogance and rudeness. The United States will find ways to sanction you if it doesn't like you. You have no choice yet, don't tell me.
It’s those small countries. Isn’t it true that China is so powerful that it is often sanctioned by them?
There is no way, who makes the United States so powerful? There is no so-called emotion between countries, only interests. If you pose a threat to us, you must be suppressed and attacked. This is the most basic relationship between countries.
Liu Lang got out of the car and looked up and saw a mahogany archway not far away. On the archway were written the four characters "The World is Common" in traditional Chinese. After crossing the archway, you will find the so-called "China Town". In fact, this
Chinatown is just two blocks, and more than 90% of the people living in this area are Chinese.
The pedestrians walking around were all Chinese with black hair and yellow skin. They all spoke in Chinese and almost no English could be heard.