The fifteenth day has passed and the Spring Festival is over.
After celebrating the New Year at home, Xiao Ran planned to take Elaine and the others to leave Beijing and fly to Los Angeles on the other side of the ocean.
Next time, they will stay in Los Angeles for a few days to deal with some things.
Then he will fly to Paris to start a new exploration.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
After packing their luggage, Xiao Ran and the others pushed their suitcases out of the north room and walked towards the entrance of the courtyard together.
Seeing that they were about to leave, several family members who came to see them off were filled with regret.
Mom kept holding Elaine's hand and was reluctant to let go.
Yingzi and Aunt Lin also behaved the same way.
In the blink of an eye, the group of them had walked out of the courtyard.
Several cars that took Xiao Ran and the others to the airport had arrived at the alley, parked at the entrance of the courtyard or at the entrance of the alley.
After walking out of the courtyard, Xiao Ran glanced at the cars parked at the door, then turned to look at his parents and the others, and said with a smile:
"Mom, Dad, we're leaving. Take care of yourself and take care of your grandparents."
Before she finished speaking, my mother's eyes were already a little moist.
She let go of Elaine's hand, patted Xiao Ran's shoulder gently, and said with concern:
"Pay attention to safety when going out. Abroad is no better than at home. Safety comes first."
"Protect yourself, protect Elaine, and don't let your family worry."
Xiao Ran nodded slightly.
"Don't worry, we will pay attention to safety and there will never be any accidents!"
As he said that, his father also patted him on the shoulder.
"You don't have to worry about things at home, we will take good care of your grandparents."
On the other side, Fang Yufei was also saying goodbye to Uncle Fang and Aunt Lin, which was quite emotional.
After getting along for a while, the relationship between the three of them has eased a lot.
Next, Xiao Ran said goodbye to several other family members one by one, and then got into the car with Yi Lian and Fang Yufei.
The motorcade then started slowly and headed towards the entrance of the alley.
After exiting the alley, several security vehicles waiting outside immediately followed.
In the blink of an eye, the motorcade had left the alley and turned right towards Chang'an Street.
It wasn't until the motorcade disappeared that Mom and Dad looked away, turned around and walked into the courtyard.
In less than ten minutes, the motorcade arrived at the intersection of Wangfujing Street and Chang'an Street.
When the motorcade passed this intersection, Xiao Ran looked at the museum construction site in the southeast corner through the car window.
As early as the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, workers had resumed work and the entire construction site was busy.
A few days later, the old buildings standing on the construction site became much shorter.
Seeing this scene, Elaine, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but sigh.
"Wow! In just five or six days, so many of these reinforced concrete buildings have been demolished. This speed is too fast!"
Xiao Ran looked at her, then smiled and said:
"This is China's speed. It is estimated that in more than a week, the demolition work of the ground buildings will be almost completed."
"In two or three years at most, a cultural complex that will amaze everyone will be erected here, and it will become another new landmark building in Beijing!"
"The core building of this cultural complex is my private museum. It will be the top private museum in the world!"
As they spoke, the motorcade sped past the museum site and headed straight for the Capital Airport.
Forty or fifty minutes later, the convoy successfully arrived at the Capital International Airport.
Xiao Ran and the others did not take the bus directly to the tarmac this time. Instead, like other passengers, they got off the car and pushed several suitcases into the international departure terminal.
Due to the current special circumstances, there are very few international flights, the international departure terminal is deserted, and there are not many passengers in total.
Moreover, Xiao Ran and the others took the exclusive passage for private jet passengers, so they quickly passed the customs inspection and entered the apron from the terminal building.
After a while, they arrived under Xiao Ran's private plane.
At this time, Anthony, Mike and others, who had just arrived from Los Angeles, were standing under the plane.
They came specially to pick up Xiao Ran and protect Xiao Ran, Yi Lian and the others from flying to Los Angeles to avoid any accidents!
Seeing Xiao Ran and the others getting out of the car, Anthony and Mike immediately came up to them.
"Good morning, Sean, and happy New Year!"
Xiao Ran and the others laughed when they heard this awkward New Year greeting.
"Good morning guys, nice to see you again"
“Chinese Spring Festival ended yesterday, but it’s not too late for you to say Happy New Year!”
"In our culture, the first month is the year!"
After greeting each other and joking for a while, everyone boarded the plane one after another and entered the cabin.
Five or six minutes later, the private jet started its engines and taxied out.
Soon it took off and roared into the sky, flying towards Los Angeles on the other side of the ocean.
When the plane flew high into the sky, Elaine looked down at Beijing through the porthole window and said reluctantly:
"I have been very happy in Beijing for more than a month and have left many beautiful memories."
"I'm really reluctant to leave now. I love this beautiful city!"
Xiao Ran reached out and held her hand, smiled and said:
"My dear, don't feel reluctant, we can come back anytime in the future."
"When this special situation ends and we no longer need to be quarantined, we can travel freely!"
"We can arrange it like this, live in Beijing for a week, then go to Los Angeles for a week, and then go to Paris for a week."
Hearing this, Elaine immediately laughed.
"This arrangement is good, but we are going to become trapeze artists!"
While they were joking and chatting, the private plane sped away and disappeared into the northern sky!
…
More than ten hours later.
Xiao Ran's private plane flew to Los Angeles smoothly and landed on the runway of Los Angeles International Airport.
At this time, David and the others had rushed to the airport to greet him and were standing at the edge of the private runway.
When the plane stopped, Xiao Ran and the others got off the plane, and David and Miller immediately greeted them.
We haven't seen each other for a while, and David seems to have gained some weight, but fortunately it's not obvious.
It was obvious that he was having a great time during the holidays.
After meeting and greeting, Xiao Ran asked with a smile:
"Miller, how has the company's operation been recently? Are there any problems?"
After hearing this, Miller immediately reported the company's situation.
"Everything in the company's operations is normal, there are no problems, and online sales are getting better and better, and sales are growing rapidly."
"But there are also some troubles. As your reputation grows, the company's reputation becomes higher and higher, and more and more people come up with ideas for the company."
"Recently, more and more people and organizations are coming to collect donations under various names. Many of them are scammers, but there are also some troublesome ones, such as several LGBT organizations."
Hearing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help laughing.
"How many LGBT organizations came to collect donations? I understand, it's probably because of the oil painting I found in Japan."
"As far as I know, Francis Bacon's oil painting is now regarded as an iconic artwork by many LGBT organizations."
"I discovered that painting, so those LGBT organizations misunderstood and came to ask for donations. Unfortunately, they found the wrong person."
"Hahaha"
Everyone laughed.
After the laughter subsided, Miller continued:
"One more thing, there are more and more scumbags targeting our company."
"Just the day before yesterday, a group of guys tried to rush into the antique store downstairs to buy for zero dollars, but they were scared away by the security personnel."
"Although those guys didn't succeed, this kind of thing happens more and more frequently, and Los Angeles is becoming more and more chaotic."
Xiao Ran thought for a moment, then nodded and said:
"It seems that we have to expand the security team again and strengthen security. The most important thing is to ensure personal safety."
After a few more words, David took over.
"Knowing that you are going back to Los Angeles, that guy Joshua rushed to Los Angeles yesterday with a few people to discuss cooperation."
Xiao Ran nodded and then said:
"This is a good thing. It seems that Joshua and the others can't wait any longer. This may mean that they have a way to defeat the Philippine government."
"If that's the case, that would be great. This is the result I want to see most."
While they were chatting, airport customs staff were conducting inspections.
No need to ask about the result, no questions asked!
Ten minutes later.
Xiao Ran, Elaine and the others got into the bulletproof Cullinan and, escorted by several bulletproof SUVs, left the airport and drove straight to Beverly Hills.
When the motorcade entered downtown Los Angeles, familiar scenes immediately appeared in front of them.
Looking at the streets outside that have become more chaotic, looking at the dilapidated buildings on both sides of the streets, and looking at the many hoodlums, homeless people and drug addicts wandering the streets.
No matter it was Xiao Ran, Yi Lian and Fang Yufei, they were all a little stunned.
They had just flown in from Beijing and even had an illusion.
Is this really the United States, which is known as the world's most powerful country and the beacon of democracy? Why does it look like a shabby third world country!
