Compared with the high-tech parks of the South Bay and the gathering of rich people in the North Bay, the East Bay District of the San Francisco Metropolitan Area has more mountains and hills, making it unsuitable for building factories and developing large-scale business districts. In addition, San Francisco is an earthquake-prone area, so Although the scenery here is beautiful and there is the San Jose Mission School District 2, the best public high school district in California, the housing prices are relatively low, attracting a large number of middle-class people to settle down. It is also a common choice for Chinese immigrants, and it is one of the largest Chinese settlements in the United States. , the influx of high-quality middle-class families has in turn made the public education resources here better and better.
After arriving at Oakland Airport in the East Bay of San Francisco, Li Ao and his party got on the car they had booked and headed to their destination. Vivian gave Li Ao a brief introduction to the situation here.
Li Ao looked at the scenery outside the car window, it was very... urban-rural fringe?
He asked: "Aunt Vivian, is your family here too?"
Liam responded: "How is it possible? She is a member of the North District where rich people gather."
Vivian ignored Liam and responded: "I grew up in this city, so of course I have some understanding."
"Oh..." Li Ao did not ask about the family situation of the hospital assistant's aunt. He didn't like to do that, but he suddenly thought of something and said casually: "House prices are low, which is very attractive to the middle class, and there are many Chinese immigrants... In the future It should be good to buy a house here after you make money and wait for the value to increase.”
He is not interested at all in becoming a financial tycoon, a capital tycoon, an invincible soldier, a dragon king with a crooked mouth... He knows how much he weighs.
His goal in this life is very simple. He has 100 million acres of land, 100 million bits of assets, does what he likes to do, and lives comfortably until he dies.
The direction he wants to make money in the future is also very clear. The simplest way is to follow the real estate speculation in China and the United States and make a move before the thunderstorm; for long-term investment, he will buy those stocks that he remembers will rise to an exaggerated level in the future. .
He doesn’t know, and doesn’t need to know, what twists and turns may happen in the process of real estate speculation and stock buying. When speculating in real estate, he only buys the few stocks that sell well, such as housing in a school district. What kind of jumping-off-the-floor operation is enough to make a little bit of money.
He just mentioned it casually, but the two people next to him became interested.
Unlike Vivian, who was hesitant about whether to ask, Liam asked directly: "Leo, do you think the next hot market is real estate?"
"Ah? Why do you ask this?"
"The old man also thinks that the Internet is going to end, and he is already selling those stocks, but the money he sells has to be spent somewhere. It is not safe to put it in the bank. He is worried about where to put the money in the foundation. Now he sees I feel like there's going to be a thunderstorm everywhere, and if I can think of a good direction, he might give me extra pocket money!"
"Again?" Li Ao picked up the words keenly.
"Yes, that's right. Last time you said the Internet was going to end, I told the old man, and a few days later he handed me a check, praising me for finally making progress, but this time he gave me too much. , I’m thinking about whether to play investing.”
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Li Ao complained: "No wonder you asked me what I wanted for my birthday every day in those days. My birthday is half a year away. I thought your brain had been sucked dry by my elder sister and you couldn't remember the time."
Vivian is no longer confused. Her Leo and Liam can ask, but she can't?
She wouldn't say that she would do whatever Li Ao said. Instead, she would just give a suggestion to the family.
The reason why she cared so much about what Li Ao said last time about the thunderstorm on the Internet was because she worked in the School of Computer Science and could easily understand what Li Ao meant.
She asked: "Leo, why do you think you will be suitable to invest in real estate in the future? Real estate speculation has already led to the economic recession, and the White House has been very cautious in this regard in recent years."
Why?
This confused Li Ao. He had never thought about this and didn't want to bother with it, because he knew that after the bursting of the Internet bubble in the United States, there would be a stage of real estate speculation.
Just like he knows that just buying Moutai, Taobao, and Apple is enough, and he doesn't care why.
But he didn't think about it. He had seen some analysis in his previous life.
After summing up, Li Ao responded: "Your eagle sauce is different from chicken in a pot, and it doesn't matter what the White House says... After the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, it is definitely impossible to maintain such high interest rates, otherwise those large companies with such high debt ratios will I can't stand it. If interest rates continue to be high, it will really be a financial crisis. But if there is a problem with the Internet, people will definitely be very cautious in investing. Banks have a lot of money and they will definitely find ways to lend it out. If there is no market, you have to create a market. , I heard that many people have mortgaged their houses to banks for stock trading, and banks will definitely take advantage of this, otherwise all those houses will become bad debts."
He stopped at that point, definitely not because he had said everything he remembered and there was nothing left to say.
But this was enough for the two of them.
Vivian only makes suggestions to the family, not the one who implements them.
Liam just wanted to play investing, learn to be an investor, and see if he could get some more money from his father.
…
Dozens of minutes later, the three of them arrived at a villa area.
These villas are not big, and are incomparable to some of the large manor-like houses seen on the road. Li Ao guessed that they should be places where the middle class or immigrants live. Developers built them uniformly, and the houses were all about the same size.
Soon, we arrived at our destination and the car stopped.
An old-looking young man rushed up and opened the door first.
"Leo, you're really here! Damn it, I didn't even dare to tell my friend that you would come, for fear that you would let me go. He is indeed a man I admire!"
"..." Li Ao looked at Joshua with exaggerated body movements and was speechless for a moment.
When the driver told them they were almost there, Vivian called Anna.
This fan came to the roadside to pick him up, and Li Ao was not surprised.
After getting out of the car, Li Ao saw Anna's embarrassed expression. Indeed, it was quite embarrassing to have such a boyfriend.
After not seeing each other for a while, Vivian hugged Anna after getting off the car.
When Li Ao introduced Liam to the young couple, Liam gently shook Anna's hand in a very gentlemanly manner without even looking at her.
Anna looks okay, but her ribs and body are not Liam's cup of tea, and he doesn't even bother to appreciate her.
Joshua pulled Li Ao inside and said excitedly: "A few of my friends are also your fans. Because of you, they also want to join me in studying at the University of Southern California. They will go crazy later... Yes I heard that you don’t have a girlfriend yet? I have a sister who is very beautiful. I’d like to introduce you to her. I think she’s very loyal!”
Anna couldn't stand it anymore and complained: "Didn't you always say that your sister is ugly before? She is so beautiful and you actually called her ugly. She deserves to be beaten since childhood."
Li Ao: (.-＿-.)
Who should you believe?
Li Ao thought for a moment and let's believe she was a beauty.
After all, in the eyes of the younger brother, the elder sister is ugly and a devil.
"You're talking nonsense!" Joshua slapped his chest and said loudly: "In my mind, my sister is a super beauty, with a sexy and hot figure, a future Hollywood star! She has good acting skills and a good personality, the most perfect woman!"
Li Ao looked at the door opening a few meters ahead...
彡(-_-;)彡
He remembered that Anna seemed to have said that the sister of this somewhat wise fan was an actress.
He was still slightly interested, but he suddenly lost interest.
Joshua's voice entered the villa without any suspense. When her sister heard this, she knew that the legendary 'mysterious guest' had arrived.
She came to the door very satisfied with her brother's performance today and curious about who the 'mysterious guest' was.
Li Ao happened to walk up the steps.
When the two saw each other, their big eyes blinked several times quickly, thinking they were dazzled.
After looking at each other for two seconds, the two shouted in unison: "Why are you here!"
…
I was wrong, I was really wrong. Why did she have to throw a birthday party for her brother who was not beaten to death just to save face for her brother? Why was she so vain because her brother said her classmates liked her...?
Thinking of this, Jessica looked at the beautiful woman sitting next to Li Ao. No wonder she was not interested in her and disliked her.
She didn't know why, but she felt inexplicably angry.
But there were so many people watching around, and the roar they made when they entered attracted the attention of their younger brother, classmates and friends... You can't lose etiquette!
Jessica smiled like she was attending a business event and said, "Leo, why don't you introduce your girlfriend to her?"
Vivian, who was eating melon, was stunned, waved her hand before Li Ao and said, "No, no, I'm not his girlfriend."
Vivian didn't expect that the beautiful actress Li Ao picked up was actually the sister of her neighbor's sister's boyfriend.
What a coincidence, isn’t this!
I heard Anna say that although Joshua’s sister showed her sexy side on TV, movies, and magazines, her upbringing was extremely strict. In private, she wore trousers that didn’t go past her knees and tops that completely covered her slit. They look like two completely different people on and off screen.
This was also the first time she met Jessica Alba. Looking at her conservative dress of sweater and jeans, Anna's words should be true.
In this case, if Leo likes this kid, it’s not impossible to find an actor as his girlfriend!
This appearance and figure are barely worthy of her Leo.
But her answer stunned Jessica.
Not actually a girlfriend?
At this time, Jessica noticed the way the beauty looked at her, and the way she looked at Anna seemed like...
"Aunt Vivian, can't you give me some face and pretend to be my girlfriend!" Li Ao rolled his eyes and complained, and said to Jessica, "Her name is Vivian, my teacher, assistant to the dean, Her house was where you stayed that day.”
But these words made Jessica break her guard on the spot: "Auntie? You call such a beautiful and sexy sister auntie? Then do you have to call me auntie too?"
"I always call her aunt, right, Aunt Vivian." Li Ao didn't know why. This was the first time someone raised questions about this matter.
"Um... no, no, no, Jessica, is it okay if I call you this? If you don't like it, he's not allowed to call me that now!"
Vivian said, pushing Li Ao away and twitching her eyebrows at Li Ao.
Li Ao: (￣-￣)
Vivian: (｡ŏ_ŏ)
This aunt, no, she’s a teacher, no…sister, this sister, something seems wrong?
Vivian's eyes were so sweet that Jessica felt strange.
For some reason, she felt relieved.
This sister's clothes may seem ordinary, but as a child star, she has a lot of experience and can see that every piece of clothing is expensive. Standard clothes enhance beauty, rather than drawing others' attention to how good-looking the clothes are.
A rich woman + a beautiful woman + a good figure, and she is also a sister, which is too lethal to men.
Compared with such a sister...she felt like she was going to throw herself into the street.
She moved her eyes away and looked at Li Ao - no wonder she would dislike me because of some misunderstandings when she saw such a beautiful woman. I am used to seeing beautiful women.
However, she thought this was not bad, at least this guy wouldn't be kidnapped just because he saw a beautiful girl.
Wait, she woke up with a start - why do I care?
Someone wants to abduct her, it's none of my business!
Li Ao was speechless here, preparing to find a topic to divert everyone's attention, which would affect the birthday of the high school student. Although Joshua looked at him with more intense eyes than Vivian looked at Jessica. ...It’s not important, celebrating the fans’ birthday is the first priority.
Liam on the side was not happy. No one seemed to have looked at him since he entered the door. He, a handsome guy, had no sense of existence!
Liam stood up on his own initiative and said to Jessica: "I didn't have time to introduce myself when we met last time. I'm Leo's good brother. My name is Liam. I like your movies very much. Your acting skills are great."
"I'm Jessica Alba. Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard." Jessica stood up politely, shook hands with Liam gently, and officially answered Liam's nonsense.
Someone finally broke the awkward atmosphere. She turned to her brother and said, "Joshua, why hasn't the cake been delivered yet?"
Joshua, who was eating melon, was suddenly called by his name. He was startled and quickly responded: "5 o'clock..."
"It wasn't delivered and you didn't know how to pick it up yourself?"
"I……"
"What are you doing! Go! I won't beat you!"
"I can't drive..."
"You can't drive, don't you have any legs?"
Seeing that his sister was getting more and more irritable, Joshua quickly ran away and ran to the dessert shop nearly two miles away.
Running on the road in the afternoon, the birthday girl's tears were flying - why was it that I was the one who got hurt in the end?
On the other side, after venting her anger on her brother, Jessica felt much better instantly.
As for losing her image in front of the high school students who are said to be her fans...it doesn't matter, there is a 'nephew' who despises her.
She said to Li Ao and others: "I'm going to help in the kitchen first. You're welcome. Just treat it like your own home."
After saying that, she smiled and nodded at Vivian, who had an expression on her face, and turned towards the kitchen.
I still like beautiful women.
Ignoring Liam who had turned gray, Vivian nudged Li Ao: "Idiot, go help quickly?"
Li Ao: ヽ(._°)ノ
Seeing that Li Ao was confused, Vivian suddenly remembered that this child didn't seem to be very interested in actresses. She seemed to have said before that she shouldn't look for people in the entertainment industry.
The excitement gradually subsided, and she realized that she seemed to be in a bit too much hurry to eat the melon.
It was only her first time meeting Jessica, and she didn’t even know what kind of person she was. There must be a filter behind what Anna said.
However, the first meeting left a good impression, so it’s okay to try to make contact.
If it doesn't work, just pull him down. It's not like the boys are at a disadvantage, as long as safety measures are taken.
Decided, she changed her words: "You make some dishes that I like to eat."
"Wouldn't it be better for me to cook for someone else's birthday? Aunt Vivian, they will think that I don't treat guests well, so I will cook for you when I get back?"
"I want to eat right now... No, wait, I want a different reason... Ahem, it's your fan's birthday, you need to help him cook some dishes to thank him for his support!"
"..."
