Coquettish Rebirth

In New York Times Square, Jia Hongjian and the others have been here before, and Huaxia Hi-Tech has set up a Chinese billboard of its own here.

This Times Square, or actually it should be called Times Square—it was renamed for the New York Times after the New York Times moved here, so in theory it should be called Times Square.This Times Square is simply the crossroads of the world in this era - there are more than 40 top department stores and well-known Broadway theaters here. It can be said that this is the most popular "downtown" in New York. There are all kinds of high-end consumption in the theatrical performance venues, so there is no reason for the low flow of people!

Jia Hongjian and the others once rented a billboard space in Times Square, and then posted the first Chinese advertisement in Times Square.Until now, Jia Hongjian still remembers the location of this billboard - it is located at the sharp corner of the triangle-shaped Times Square core area, on the outer wall of the sharp corner "Times Square Building 60", just facing the inside of Times Square .The price of such a billboard is very expensive, a 40 feet by 20 feet wide advertising space in a good position, the monthly rental price is directly 240 US dollars!That's $[-] million a year!And there is no market for the price, because every family signs a long-term contract for five or six years!Therefore, unless the contract expires and the other company has various problems and cannot sign the contract, it is basically normal that the billboard does not change the advertisement for those ten years!

At the beginning of 94, Huaxia Hi-Tech signed a 7-year contract with the owner of the No. 20 Times Square Building, with an annual price of [-] US dollars.The money is really going out in a rush!Jia Hongjian accompanied Ye Jing to Times Square this time. Apart from being romantic, he also had another idea to talk to the "landlord" about the price and see if the "landlord" would raise the price for Jia Hongjian and the others. After all, It's only a year away.

Jia Hung-chien still remembered that the billboard above their company was for Toshiba, the ones below were for Samsung, then for Coca-Cola, and then for Hyundai—there were so many billboards.It can be said to be a feature of Times Square.It was said that the New York City government issued a special decree.It is stipulated that businesses on the side of Times Square must hang eye-catching and numerous billboards on the outer wall!The purpose is to create a colorful New York center!

After Jia Hongjian and Ye Jing arrived in New York, they took a "flying taxi" and headed for the center of New York.What is flying?Quite simply, New York's "rental" helicopters!In the U.S., the vacancy control is different from that in China.They are open low-altitude airspace.So all kinds of private jets can fly at will.That's why it's in Hollywood movies.The reason why rich people often take helicopters.After all, in a place like New York, there are times when there are traffic jams. How can a real rich man get stuck in a traffic jam in a good car?That's too embarrassing, okay?

Of course.Rich people can buy helicopters by themselves, which does not mean that there is no market for rental helicopters.In New York, there are still some flying helicopters.Some helicopter pilots parked their planes in a square near the center of New York City, squatted on the curb with a cigarette in their mouths, put a paper sign in front of themselves with the words "rental, 200 a day", and then As soon as he sees people, he will ask in a "local" dialect with a strange accent, "does the boss want to buy?"... Hey!Well, the scene described above is what domestic individuals who bought minivans are waiting for work on the street. Helicopters that fly naturally in high-end places like New York cannot be the same as minivan owners in China.

Here, there is a "rental company" that specializes in renting out helicopters. That's right, it's not a "taxi company" but a "taxi company".This kind of taxi company is a helicopter rental company that specially uses helicopters to send people to the center of New York at New York Kennedy International Airport and other three airports. Of course, they use chartered flights instead of carpooling... No, carpooling This way, needless to say, wait until the seats are full before leaving. Instead, it is booked, discussed with the company, and left immediately after signing a contract.

Jia Hongjian and Ye Jing took such a flight service. They took a one-way service, and it cost about 200 US dollars to send them from JFK International Airport to the "downtown" in Manhattan.It seems that 200 US dollars is very expensive. If you convert the exchange rate, it is equivalent to more than 2000 RMB in 1600!But in fact, if you compare it, it is really not expensive-because the taxis in New York are so expensive!If you take a taxi from the airport to the city center, it is also from JFK Airport to downtown Manhattan, and the one-way fare will be about 40 US dollars-of course, this is to call the luxury Lincoln car to pick you up.Because it is a car call, the fare cannot be free when the car comes, so call a car to take them to the city, it will cost about 100 US dollars!Calculated in this way, the helicopter is only 200 US dollars, which is only twice as expensive. What should we take?It's better to be a helicopter, right!Besides, the road conditions in New York are not good. It is only about 30 kilometers from the airport to Manhattan, but when driving in a traffic jam, it may take two and a half hours to get there!What is this concept?

Therefore, there is this kind of helicopter rental service for the rich in New York!Let the rich go directly to the city center unimpeded and fast in the air!The Times Square that Jia Hongjian and the others are going to this time is also in the downtown area of ​​Manhattan, New York, so it is better to fly there quickly.The plane flew to the roof of the Times Square Intercontinental Hotel in New York, where the room Jia Hongjian and the others had booked was right here.This time, it’s the critical time of the New Year’s Eve, so I didn’t make an appointment for the suite. In fact, the hotels near Times Square are basically full. In the end, the Intercontinental Hotel happened to have a family booking customers The reservation was temporarily canceled, and Jia Hongjian and the others found a room temporarily.

Such an experience made Jia Hongjian and Ye Jing a little uncomfortable. They discussed when they would come to the area near Times Square in New York in the future and find that kind of super high-end apartment—that is, the one in a high-rise building where there is only one household on the first floor. kind.After the elevator comes out, it is directly the other person, and then you still need to swipe the card in the elevator-if you don't swipe the card, you will not move at all if you press the floor!Moreover, there is a chip in each card, which limits the access to several floors.That is to say, each household's card can only go to the floor of their own home!

Such a super high-end apartment has been seen by Jia Hongjian in Shanghai in his previous life, and a set basically costs tens of millions!In New York, the price must be more expensive, but what are Jia Hongjian and Ye Jing afraid of spending money?It's hard to say, if you buy an apartment here, you can have a place to live when you bring your parents over to play and go shopping during the Chinese New Year.How nice it is to book a room without looking at other people's faces!You can also buy a set of two.In this way, when the parents come over, everyone can live on different floors.That way they won't interfere with each other.

While discussing in this way, Jia Hongjian and Ye Jing checked in.The room they got from the leak test this time is actually not bad - double deluxe view room!The price of such a deluxe double view room will be more than 400 and nearly 500 US dollars that day. There are huge windows that can directly look at the sea view of Hudson Harbor.You can even watch the sun rise over the sea!Is this room worth the price?At least Ye Jing, a girl who wants to be romantic, thinks it is very suitable!But the only thing she wasn't satisfied with.is the room is a little small.Jia Hongjian estimated the overall situation of the room.About 30 square meters, of course, including the bathroom and so on.So on the whole, it is still much larger than the domestic standard parts, but it is still smaller than various suites.

Then, this room made Jia Hongjian very satisfied, that is, there was an extra large double bed!It looks like a square bed about 2.5 meters by 2.5 meters!This bed covers an area of ​​more than 6 square meters!You can really sleep sideways or upright!Even if you fall asleep in the middle of the night and roll 180 degrees clockwise and counterclockwise, it won't fall off!

Originally, Jia Hongjian thought that with such a big bed, he could do something to the girls at night.However, the girl's idea is to welcome the New Year, and then go back to the hotel after playing in Times Square, and hang on until the next morning to watch the sunrise... Your sister, how sleepy are you after watching the sunrise? What else is there to do that is truly "romantic"?At that time, if Jia Hongjian "molested" the girl's body halfway through, the girl would even grunt, how embarrassing it would be!How could there be interest in this!This will make men feel that they are not attractive at all, and make girls fall asleep bored, okay?

When Jia Hongjian and the others checked in, it was still after 1 pm.Here, Ye Jing didn't catch up on sleep because she kept telling Jia Hongjian about the New Year's Eve carnival on the plane, so she took a bath by herself first and then went to catch up on sleep. Although Jia Hongjian was also sleepy, but he is now I don’t want to go to Times Square to watch the excitement—you can’t get out once you get in, okay?After much deliberation, he thought it would be better to call the "landlord" and ask the landlord what he thinks about the cost of renewing the contract next year.

Generally speaking, the "landlord" of such a building in Times Square must not be able to leave phone calls everywhere like renting a house in China, and take care of everything by one person.The landlord itself is the head of a company, and after buying it, there will be a real estate company that will take care of the "house" for the landlord!As for Jia Hongjian's phone number, it was when the contract was signed. The landlord was curious that the Chinese company had the financial resources to buy billboards. The two parties met each other and exchanged business cards and numbers.

"Hey, Michael, I'm Jia, the Chinese who bought your Billboard in Times Square One and put it in Chinese, remember? Hehe, hello, I'm calling this time because we Your contract will expire at this time next year, so I would like to ask you privately first to see if you are willing to continue to renew the contract? If you have other arrangements, we can quickly come up with a backup plan..."

Jia Hongjian finished asking politely, but only heard a result that he never expected-"Contract renewal? No renewal. Jia, although it is a pleasure to cooperate with you, I still want to tell you You, I plan to sell Building No. [-]. I have earned enough from this building, and I am ready to invest in other projects. Originally, I planned to notify all advertisers after I found a buyer, so that you It's time to discuss the contract with the new landlord, but since you asked, I'll tell you something in advance..."

This... the building is for sale?Wanting to hear this, Jia Hongjian's first reaction was to ask the old man, "Michael, how much is your asking price for this building?" (To be continued...)