Chapter 381 A Good Job for Everyone

For Jiangshan's team members, no matter whether they have seen the world or not, no comrade can keep calm in the Waldorf Hotel.

But at this moment, what attracted them more was the fascinating night view of New York.

Seven people squeezed on both sides of two small windows, looking up and down non-stop.

The Empire State Building, the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum, Central Park, high-density luxury stores...

Skyscrapers shining lights at the sky, bustling streets so gorgeous that they flash double images...

As the place where the left hand makes money on Wall Street and the right hand spends money on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan's Fifth Avenue has always been a well-known place in the short history of the old United States.

"Fifth Avenue?" Wang Fulin looked at the colorful world outside the window: "Is this street famous in New York?"

Jiangshan nodded: "It's equivalent to Wangfujing in Yanjing."

Huang Yongyu shook his head: "It looks much more lively than Wangfujing."

"That's right," Wang Shixiang also thought: "If it was in Wangfujing at this time, there would be no one."

"What a pity," Huang Yongyu, who felt that he was not satisfied with the view, said regretfully: "This hotel is good in every way, but there is no balcony."

"You are really good," Jiangshan, who has always been afraid of heights, couldn't help but said: "The height of more than 20 floors doesn't look daunting at all?"

"It's okay," Huang Yongyu: "It's a bit daunting when looking down, but it's okay when looking far away."

"I guess the suite should have a balcony," Yu Sigui thought: "But this room on the 22nd floor has no balcony, which should be for safety reasons."

Although it was already 11 o'clock in the evening, the comrades in the room obviously didn't want to adjust to the jet lag honestly.

In the guest room with only one room, everyone found a place to sit down.

Fortunately, the owner of this room, Jiang Shan, is a comrade who is not particular about small matters.

Facing his revolutionary comrades who were either lying or sitting, he simply sat cross-legged on the bed.

"New York, Manhattan District," Zhang Lu realized when he got to the end of the field: "It turns out that Manhattan is just a district in New York. I always thought it was also a city."

"It's not surprising that you think so," Yu Sigui said:

"Because Manhattan is so famous, many people just talk about Manhattan, and Manhattan's reputation has also grown over time."

"It's a bit like being too successful," Wang Fulin laughed: "But is Manhattan the largest district in New York?"

When we first arrived in the United States, everyone wanted to know everything.

"In fact, Manhattan should be regarded as a small island on the east coast of the United States," Yu Sigui introduced: "New York, which consists of five districts, is the largest city in the United States."

Jiang Shan: "The area of ​​Pujiang is five times that of New York."

After such a comparison, several comrades immediately knew the answer.

"Manhattan is the smallest of the five districts in New York," Yu Sigui continued, "but it is the best developed."

"Although it is known as the world's financial center," Jiang Shan laughed, "Manhattan was also private land many years ago."

"Private land?" Wang Shixiang looked at Jiang Shan with special curiosity: "Who is this big landlord?"

Jiang Shan was about to speak, but the doorbell rang at this time.

"Director Zhang," he winked at Zhang Lu: "Look carefully before opening the door. My brother specifically told me before I went out that New York is not very quiet at this time."

"Who is it so late?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Lu, who had already walked to the door, asked hurriedly.

"It's me, Xiao Li. Director Hou wanted to come and see you."

"Oh, it's you," Zhang Lu quickly opened the door: "You guys can't sleep either?"

"I really can't sleep, so Xiao Li and I came to see Jiang Shan," Hou Xijiu smiled as he walked in and saw: "I didn't expect you guys were all here."

"The director is here,"

Jiang Shan, who was curled up like a great immortal, quickly got up and started to make arrangements: "Wait a minute, I'll go to the next room and get a chair for you."

Just as Jiang Shan was about to leave, Director Hou pulled him back.

How could Comrade Jiang Shan do this kind of rough work himself?

So, Xiao Li took the lead and started.

Not long after, the comrades in the room got closer.

"Xiao Jiang," Wang Shixiang was still thinking about the landlord: "Tell me quickly, who did Manhattan belong to in the past?"

"Here," Jiangshan pointed to his feet: "The owner of the hotel we are staying in now is the former landlord of Manhattan."

"Who?" Director Hou was surprised when he heard it: "Hilton?"

"Not Hilton," Jiangshan: "Although the Waldorf Hotel is currently under the Hilton umbrella, it was the founder of the hotel, Astor, who bought the entire Manhattan Island."

However, in the 21st century, the Waldorf will be transferred to the name of China Anbang Insurance.

"Astor," Hou Xijiu tasted it carefully: "This man's wealth must exceed Hilton, right?"

"You are right," Jiangshan nodded: "The first richest man in the United States is this Mr. Astor, and his history of making a fortune even affected the development of the United States."

"So powerful," Wang Shixiang asked curiously: "How did he make his fortune?"

"Astor is actually a German. When he first came to New York, he was just an individual business selling flutes."

Jiangshan has always believed that there are definitely chosen ones in the world:

"After staying for a long time, the 21-year-old Astor discovered that the nouveau riche in New York City especially like to wear fur.

So he opened a small shop specializing in imported furs from Europe.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his fur shop opened, the United States entered two consecutive years of extremely cold weather. "

"What a coincidence,"

Huang Yongyu smiled and said: "It seems that this Astor is still a blessed person."

"It's not an ordinary blessing," Jiang Shan envied:

“After making a fortune from the rapidly expanding fur business, Astor started doing business with our country again.

Silk, porcelain, tea... Only when he dealt with these luxury accessories in the eyes of Westerners did he realize how fragrant the deal was.

Since doing business with China, Astor not only has his own fleet, but also his own army.

It is precisely because of the trading of these luxury accessories that he quickly grew into the richest man in the United States.

Soon, he encountered another great opportunity. Manhattan Island was announced to be sold at a low price.

At that time, the head of the Manhattan household was their vice president, and because of the misfortune of his family, he had to cede land to protect himself.

Since Manhattan was already a prime location in New York at that time, no one could compete with Astor for this piece of fat.

As a result, Astor, who had just turned 41, was forced to start buying and selling real estate.

Relying on this cornucopia of Manhattan, Astor naturally developed into a top businessman who advances and retreats with the US government.

In order to dominate the domestic fur market, he even funded the use of his own army to consolidate border defenses and expand territory for the United States.

With the support of his abundant funds, the government forces completely took over the development rights of the west coast after fighting the British.

Later, in order to thank Astor for his support, the United States announced a bill banning the import of fur.

However, despite having obtained the monopoly on the fur business, Astor shifted all the focus of his business to real estate. "

Hearing this, Hou Xijiu laughed: "We did some research before setting off.

Based on this survey report, we put the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York at the top of our list.

Now that I hear you say it, this decision is really the right one. "

"The Waldorf Astoria is indeed very good," Jiang Shan said, "but its hotel positioning should not be in line with Jianguo Hotel's business philosophy."

"I can see it too," Hou Xijiu has been feeling this way since he first stepped into the hotel door: "It... is really too luxurious."

"The Astor family started out in the fur business," Jiang Shan pointed out the window and said, "The customer positioning from the beginning was just like the Fifth Avenue downstairs, only doing business for the rich."

Hou Xijiu nodded: "In the early years, Li Hongzhang crossed the Atlantic to visit the United States. The hotel he stayed at at that time was the Waldorf Astoria?"

"Actually, the original Waldorf Astoria is not here,"

Jiang Shan suddenly thought of a good place: "After Astor's death, his two descendants built two Astor hotels, one large and one small, in order to be wealthy..."

At that time, the cousins ​​were among the richest men in the United States.

Later, because one of them got on the Titanic and couldn't get off, the other one naturally took over everything.

In order not to affect the family business, a connecting corridor was built between the two Astor Hotels.

Because there are many malachites inlaid in the corridor, it has a beautiful name - Peacock Gallery.

Gradually, the promenade became more and more famous, and eventually it became a fixed feature of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

No matter which city the Waldorf Astoria is built in, there will always be a peacock gallery. "

"You mean," Director Hou asked, "that a corridor can also become a feature of a hotel?"

"Yes," Jiang Shan nodded: "Since the original hotel land was sold to General Motors to build the Empire State Building, the Astor family rebuilt a 47-meter-high hotel. It is the Waldorf Astoria we are staying in now. "

Speaking of this, Jiang Shan smiled and said: "Everyone is not sleepy, do you want to take a look at the Peacock Gallery piled up with money?"

Compared with the Peacock Gallery, which was famous for its food in later generations, this one is a long gallery filled with world-famous paintings and art clocks.

"Let's go," Director Hou responded first, "I'll go take a look with you."

"We'll go too." Huang Yongyu and Wang Shixiang were also very interested.

Wang Fulin stood up at this moment: "What are you asking about? If something good happens, of course everyone must be mobilized."

So, in the middle of the night, a group of people set off towards the Peacock Gallery of Waldorf Astoria with great excitement.

As soon as we set off from China, the entire team had a hunch that this trip was destined to be a job that only comes once in a while.