My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 776 is about swill.
Because when you look across the river from the airport, you can see the famous Manhattan in New York.

Similar to Jiangzhou, the city center of this world's number one city is also a peninsula with water on both sides.

Right now, it must be a lush scene with towering buildings.

Wei Dong has visited famous cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit, and even Tokyo doesn't have such a dense concentration of high-rise buildings.

There are a few similar scenes in Hong Kong, but none as dense as this.

It's so densely packed that it's as if you couldn't even insert a needle.

But this is what Pudong looks like in the future.

Even Jiangzhou is the same. Of course, now that Wei Dong, who is half a Jiangzhou native, admits that Jiangzhou's mountainous terrain and its complex buildings have an advantage, just like Hong Kong Island now benefits from its elevated terrain.

Manhattan should be a flat peninsula covered with skyscrapers.

It made Wei Dong feel as if he were standing on the Bund looking at Pudong thirty or forty years later.

So he said with feeling: "So many buildings have nothing to do with you. You haven't laid a single brick in them, and they're already so full. You've reached this position, surpassing 99% of a billion people, and have the opportunity to go back to China and build them by your own hands."

It seems he later saw this joke online.

It is said that because North America did not have many infrastructure projects, many architects and civil engineers trained later had little work to do, but in the years of large-scale infrastructure construction in mainland China, civil engineers achieved great success in just a few years.

But I didn't say that right now.

Boasting without any real conviction is useless, and it seems that civil engineering students didn't have an easy time either.

Ordinary people have to look at the benefits of the times.

Driving directly into Manhattan through the river tunnel, you immediately feel like your hat is about to fall off as skyscrapers loom overhead.

The narrow, towering buildings, where every inch of land is precious, leave no room for spaciousness.

Back then, sunroofs weren't common in cars, and even when young people pressed their faces against the car windows, they still couldn't see the whole building.

Wei Dong had those two in the third row of the car, and Liu Xiaoyong and the others were all stunned.

Listen to Wei Dong casually say: "Look at this tunnel, I heard it was built before World War II. The tunnel on Hong Kong Island was built in the 1970s, and the one on the Bund in Shanghai seems to be finished in a year or two. This is a gap, but it is also our motivation to catch up. I believe we will catch up."

Then, following the unfolded map, I arrived at the edge of the Financial District in Manhattan's Tip, at a pre-booked luxury hotel.

Now, Wanmad Hotel Group has taken the initiative to arrange accommodations for its Asian partners.

So even though it was his first time there, Wei Dong received VIP treatment, with the lobby manager personally coming out to greet him, accompany him, and introduce him to the guests as he went upstairs.

Even the entourage following behind them checked in first and then completed the formalities.

The architecture students were momentarily stunned. The magnificent structures they had seen in countless brochures and professional architectural case studies were now right in front of them.

The hotel buildings are landmark works of art, and the lobby is a perfect blend of luxury and modernity.

Fortunately, it's almost summer, and they're all dressed like college students in T-shirts and jeans, not like those old-fashioned Zhongshan suits or military uniforms seen in mainland China.

However, judging from the fact that Wei Dong and his wife were dressed in a rather casual manner, they walked in chatting and laughing without any sense of sophistication.

They really can't get their legs moving.

Fortunately, the three Taoists had indeed practiced mental cultivation, even though they were country folk who had never left Qingcheng Mountain just two months ago.

During these ten-plus days, I traveled from the West Coast to the Auto City, staying in various high-end hotels.

On the contrary, they were able to keep up steadily and even told the architecture students not to care too much about these material things.

Since we don't have much luggage anyway, we might as well take it easy, wander around, and enjoy the sights.

As a result, the rooms with four or five people were all suites. Before the architecture students could even get used to and observe the rooms, they went upstairs to eat.

It's located in the rooftop garden restaurant of the hotel's annex building.

The terrace dining environment, resembling a wedding banquet, was filled with people who looked like high-class individuals sitting at the pristine white tablecloths.

These few are dressed rather crampedly.

They felt especially overwhelmed by the perfect cityscape.

As dusk and the setting sun struggled to penetrate the gaps between Manhattan's skyscrapers, they bathed the surfaces of various buildings with a century-long history, each bearing the marks of time.

Occasionally, a glass-walled building can reflect a mesmerizing sense of modern light.

Wei Dong was incredibly annoyed: "This is nothing but light pollution! How can a place that can be illuminated by reflected light be a high-end restaurant? If you have a suggestion book, I'll just give it a bad review right away."

The architecture students, who treat everything as paradise, feel like you're gods descended to earth, and they find fault with everything you do.

But I'm clearly more comfortable now.

Qin Yuye quickly and gently persuaded, "Alright, alright, I'm too lazy to go out and find another place. It's just more convenient since I have an appointment to talk to someone."

It's a constant stream of people coming to talk!
The respectful hotel manager brought over and explained the documents and forms regarding the progress of several mainland hotels, as well as material procurement, which had just been faxed over from the group headquarters.

Wei Dong also asked the hotel architecture specialists here to come and listen and exchange ideas.

Those who can participate in architectural training are definitely better at English than Wei Dong.

The head of Chrysler's Manhattan office came running over with a mountain of documents, apparently to help them secure tickets to Madison Square Garden. This year's NBA draft was being held in New York, and a super-rich company like Chrysler had all the connections to get whatever they wanted.

The current draft rosters include all the details about each team.

The NBA is actually still a bottom-tier league in Citibank, being one of the worst of the four major professional leagues in Citibank, having gone through several leagues that have split and merged since World War II.

However, this difference is relative to the three North American professional superstars: American football, baseball, and ice hockey. Their professional level and operational sophistication already surpass those of other sports globally.

Then Apple staff presented Steve's work schedule, which included meetings in the Wall Street financial district to confirm the schedules of the largest contract manufacturers and partners.

Before everyone could roam the entire country with a mobile phone, even big bosses had to use this primitive method to finalize all arrangements.

It's absurd that Wei Dong and his wife didn't even have a secretary, only three bodyguards and an instructor of the Dragon Tiger Technique.

Moreover, he mainly communicated with his wife, occasionally casually asking Wei Dong for his opinion, and she basically made the decisions on her own.

Because aside from complaining about how bad the food was, Wei Dong was focused on looking through photos of this year's talent show rosters.

Looking at those mostly dark photos of their faces, they still had to struggle to spell out foreign names.

I'm so annoying.

But we had no choice but to come. Just looking at the current situation is astonishing. This year is a big year indeed.

Admiral Robinson, just hearing his name makes him seem extraordinary;
Scottie Pippen, the second-in-command, has been a topic of discussion for over forty years.

Reggio Miller glider.

Later, when the NBA celebrated its 75th anniversary, they ranked the 75 greatest players, and three of them made the list this year. Isn't that amazing?

But no matter how awesome a guy is, he can't possibly go to Hong Kong to play.

Wei Dong could offer a decent salary, but it wouldn't be outrageously high.

All I could do was ask the Chrysler employee to help me find an agent or someone in the industry to be my tour guide assistant, and I was sure I'd get paid.

That's what I said to the hotel manager as well.

Apple didn't bother with any nonsense and didn't understand anything about stock listings, but Qin Yuye was very interested and told Wei Dong not to stop her from asking around.

I'd be even happier if I could buy a professional book on stocks and study it in the evening.

Practicing the Dragon Tiger Technique every day is not as good as spending time with my revolutionary comrades in the car city.

The architecture students watched as their boss, who clearly couldn't speak the language and knew nothing, came to New York only because he was somewhat interested in basketball.

But he just wielded it with such ease.

There's no restraint, no stuttering, no misunderstandings, no bad food.

His wife felt it was a waste to leave the food uneaten, so she forked over and ate the expensive ingredients like shrimp and crab. She had previously thought Qin Yuye was a bit wasteful with his food, but now she felt he had the right to do so.

Qin Yuye was still very sweet and asked for a mango pudding to eat together.

Then, Wei Dong noticed that these guys were all staring at him, so he rummaged through his pockets and gave each of them two hundred dollars: "Go shopping by yourselves. Go see the big scene tomorrow or the day after. You can buy clothes or get a haircut if you want. Remember to write down the hotel's phone number when you go out, and if you get lost, remember to come back."

Liu Xiaoyong immediately looked at the people nervously, and Wei Dong jokingly called him and the surveyor over, telling the other six to leave for a while.

He then let them follow: "If you're not on the same path, you can't keep them. What can I do? Tie them up and take them back? I can't afford to lose face like that. You still have several months of study time. Do you want to waste your time on people like this? I'll take responsibility. Go on, go on, go see what's going on. What I need are good helpers who can work together. They can't be ignorant either."

After the two left, Wei Dong wanted to chase the Taoist priest and nun away.

The religious figures suggested that it was better to go back to their rooms and practice Tai Chi, since they had already practiced leg exercises quite a bit in Detroit and were likely to attract attention.

By nightfall, the one who knelt down first never came back!

Liu Xiaoyong wasn't as angry as before. He sat blankly by the window for a while, then immersed himself in the architecture books he had just bought.

The next morning, a study meeting was convened with the seven people to discuss the redistribution of their respective professional development directions. The person who left would be responsible for a category, and everyone else would be required to take on additional responsibilities.

He also didn't speak to the one who knelt down behind him alone.

Go shopping, do whatever you want, it's up to you. I apologize for my bad attitude before. Please do as I do and put all your energy into studying.

The most valuable learning opportunity.

When Qin Yuye dragged Wei Dong to see some museum, he was listless and completely uninterested. He felt even more uncomfortable when there were Chinese artifacts. He didn't feel the same sense of honor as others; he just felt like he was showing off spoils.

Fortunately, when I returned at noon, I heard from the hotel that they had found someone in the industry who could accompany me on a visit and inspection tour for a fee of $500.

Wei Dong immediately went there excitedly, even if it was a black guy he had never met before.

Then the couple both felt that the price was absolutely worth it.

Because this guy was clearly a local hoodlum, he skillfully led them into the New York team's basketball arena, halfway out of the city.

Sitting in the empty stands, watching a bunch of young people showcasing their ball skills with incredible agility and skill!

You can even scoop up swill from here. Wei Dong, watching these guys who can dunk at the drop of a hat, would drool over the river next to him.

(End of this chapter)