Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 62 This is Your Uncle Randolph
Lin Ran was interested in Fred and accepted his invitation to spend Christmas at his home, not just because of his 14-year-old son.

Meeting Fred's son was just a check-in with the mentality of witnessing history.

In fact, it is completely unknown whether the hurricane he has created in this era can make his son a strong man who can change the political landscape of America in the future.

Of course, this can also become one of the observation samples to determine whether historical convergence exists.

He was more interested in Fred's younger brother, John George Tremblay, a physicist who appeared in the memoirs of an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The reason why he is called Qu Runpu is because Academician Zhao Zhongyao called him Qu Runpu in his autobiographical article "My Memories" published on the official website of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on September 2009, 9.

Fred's villa is quite luxurious, located in the wealthy area of ​​Queens. In addition to the black and white diamond marble embedded with gold foil fragments that highlights its luxury, its gold-plated telephone makes Lin Ran astonished.

"Randolph, I've always seen your name in the news, but I only met you today. Chinese people are as smart as you." John Tremblay, who was responsible for entertaining Lin Ran, was very good.

To be precise, if he hadn't known that Lin Ran would come to the Christmas dinner today, he had no intention of spending Christmas with his brother who reeked of money.

He initially ran a real estate development business with Fred, but later quit because he couldn't stand it and went to study at New York University and then became a professor at MIT.

"Oh, the gold plating is fake, and as for the gold foil fragments, Fred found them from the waste materials from the renovation of other buildings." As if seeing the surprise in Lin Ran's eyes, John exposed it mercilessly.

Lin Ran didn't respond, pretending not to hear and praising, "The whole style feels a bit like the Palace of Versailles in France."

John still didn't give Fred face: "A cheap variant of Versailles?"

Before Lin Ran could think of how to respond, Fred's voice came from the end of the corridor: "John, can you please not expose me in front of my best friend?

I'm being frugal, you know, our family's current financial situation is all thanks to my frugality!

Come, this is your Uncle Randolph."

Lin Ran looked at Fred's family. After knowing who they were, he was not surprised at all that they said they were his best friends.

Who is Fred? But in order to rent houses to Jews, he could pretend to be Swedish even though he was of German descent. He was praised by New York investigators as having "a talent for getting every ounce of profit from his housing projects."

It is normal for such talents to talk nonsense.

It feels really good to be called uncle by each of Fred's children.

"Randolph, I've considered your suggestion and I think it's a good idea. You promised me that I can use your portrait rights. I've decided to acquire a few more plots of land in Flushing to build low-cost housing specifically for Chinese people.

I'll give you two sets for free and you can be my spokesperson, what do you think?"

Fred's wife and the maid were preparing dinner in the kitchen, and the children were sitting on the sofa in the living room listening to the adults chatting.

People like Fred, who will seize opportunities at all costs, always talk about business.

However, Lin Ran really hopes to do this business with the other party.

Before coming here, he made detailed and thorough preparations in 2020, knowing that this was a rare opportunity. The difficulty here was not due to Fred, but to his younger brother John.

It can not only help the current Chinese in America, but also indirectly help the Chinese people.

Lin Ran nodded and said, “Of course, as long as your rent is cheaper than the current rent, I am willing to be your agent.

But I don’t want a house, I just want cash, and I need to take a cut of the rent paid by the tenants.”

Lin Ran thought that it was no wonder that the other party's business was not big. Donald had to go to Evergrande to seek cooperation. The Chinese businessman gave away one floor, but actually gave away a building. You only gave away two units. It would be strange if this business could be big.

You have a lot to learn about China's business wisdom.

Lin Ran recalled the unique qualities of the business mentors on Douyin and, combining his years of consulting experience, began the "teaching" session:
“I’ve summarized the secret of doing business in five words.”

Fred and his children were immediately interested. The business wisdom of the great mathematician was still very attractive, although Fred was still thinking about how many points to give Lin Ran.

"What?" they asked in unison.

Lin Ran said: "Buy buy buy, combine combine, circle circle, big big, good good good.

Buying, buying, buying is about achieving monopoly through mergers and acquisitions, thereby generating excess profits. High-quality assets are like fire hydrants in Manhattan: the first purchase is to seize the water source, the second is to establish a water supply network, and the third is to control the dispatch of fire brigades throughout the city.

"Combining forces means bringing together all individuals who could potentially influence you. Mr. Fred's donations to both the Donkey Party's mayoral candidate and the Elephant Party's presidential candidate are the best example of this. A true alliance isn't a chain, but one that allows every participant to become a guardian of your interests."

Fred didn't think Randolph's theory was anything new, but his children were fascinated by it.

When the slogan "Buy buy buy, merge merge, circle circle, big big, good good good" was rang out in the White House for the first time, the Chinese media White House reporters below looked at each other, thinking they had arrived at the Evergrande press conference.

After the dinner, during the private session, Lin Ran took the opportunity to find John and said, "Professor Qu Runpu, I have a request. I hope you can help me."

John George looked at Lin Ran in confusion. He had been a professor at MIT since 1936. As a senior academic, he was well aware of Lin Ran's status in the mathematics community.

His authority in the mathematics world was definitely no less than that of a Nobel Prize winner, and he was also Horkheimer's student. He really couldn't imagine what the other party would ask of him.

"Randolph, are you saying you want me to keep an eye on Fred and make sure the rent on his new apartment is lower than the previous price?"

Lin Ran shook his head and said, "No, you will collect the compensation Mr. Fred gave me on my behalf.

I hope you can buy all of them in the form of academic journals and related books on physics, chemistry, and mathematics, and then help me find a way to send them back to China.

The excess will be your reward."

Lin Ran looked directly at the other person. In John's opinion, Randolph at this moment was completely different from the person who had just been talking about business at the dinner table.

　Thanks to the book friend 20180619170107039 for the reward. I will add another chapter today. Also, please read it! Please give me a monthly ticket!
　　
　
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