Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

Some say: "If you stand in the right place at the right time, even a pig can fly."

Now, Zhang San feels he's standing at the forefront of opportunity, and he's ready to make a big splash in the real estate industry.

North American real estate is different from that across the border; there are no off-plan properties, only properties that are built before they can be sold. However, this doesn't matter to Zhang San; he feels like he has a cheat code in the real estate industry.

The management team of Stephen Realty is composed of Hong Kong natives with extensive experience in the industry. Having been involved in real estate in Hong Kong for so long, they naturally have no problem in North America as well.

Of course, he also has a team of lawyers who advise him.

One-third of his workers are Asian, primarily Chinese; the other two-thirds are of Mexican descent.

There's a reason for hiring these people. Asians are paid only half or even less than local whites, but Zhang San paid them the same as local whites. As for the workers who are called "Mexicans" by North Americans, Zhang San paid them half. They were very grateful for that half.

There are also many white people in Stephen's construction company, but most of them are just figureheads and don't participate in the work; they are dispatched bodyguards.

Compared to others, Stephen Construction's construction speed is unmatched by any other construction company. After all, the mainland is known as the "infrastructure maniac."

As early as between 1999 and the beginning of 2002, Zhang San began to buy up large amounts of land and stockpile it, but no one paid attention.

Li Ka-shing once said, "When buying a house, you must pay attention to three things: location, location, location."

Zhang San naturally had to listen to a real estate tycoon like him. Wouldn't it be foolish not to listen to such a readily available teacher? He started by accumulating land or buying luxury homes in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Especially after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, many internet nouveau riche were selling off their luxury homes, and that's when Zhang San started making his move.

He not only hired a feng shui master, but Zhang San actually did! Don't misunderstand, this isn't superstition. The concept of feng shui was actually called "kan yu" in ancient times, which includes the meaning of exploration. This means that these feng shui masters were quite capable! After all, they were professionals responsible for judging good and bad fortune! Through this meticulous process, the land was completely settled, and they could now peacefully await the subsequent construction work!

In addition to the feng shui master, Zhang San also hired a group of talented designers. These designers will showcase their skills after the feng shui survey is completed.

Zhang San, who possessed a fortune of one billion US dollars, first purchased the land that was originally registered under the name of other companies at a high price, and then immediately began development work. As a result, his mood naturally became relaxed and cheerful.

Unlike building houses in mainland China, the only way to sell them at a high price in North America was to build villas. So he hired designers to create many stylish (and even some unusual) villa designs.

"I really admire you, Stephen. Even though you're bankrupt, you still managed to find so many people to invest in you?"

Amy looked at Zhang San with a somewhat naive expression. Ever since her parents passed away, she had been following Zhang San around, doing chores for him or answering phone calls for him.

Zhang San looked at the woman beside him, somewhat puzzled. Was this woman simply stupid, or did she lack any business acumen? Although he was burdened with huge debts last year, he still made a lot of money.

Moreover, he had a lot of income waiting for him last year, such as websites that can only be accessed by people over 18, and a large number of movies that can be made by only a few people over 18. On these websites, which generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue globally, some of the websites he led accounted for nearly 30% of the market share.

Of course, these kinds of movies are copyrighted, and the licensing fees or revenue sharing from streaming on other websites are in the billions of dollars.

This kind of income is easier than anything else, so why not earn it? As long as the world doesn't end and the internet and streaming devices continue to exist, this business can continue indefinitely.

As our ancestors said: Food and sex are human nature!

Moreover, one of these two things is a physiological instinct, which is unavoidable; to live, one must eat. The other is also a physiological instinct, namely the instinct to reproduce. And prostitution is one of the oldest professions in the world. The older it is, the more vitality it has.

This is something that has been proven over thousands of years and will not change with the development of technology. It will only spread more widely with the development of technology, and of course, the development of transportation.

How much money did Zhang San earn last year?

He didn't let anyone else compile the statistics, nor could he let any specific person know how many funds he had deposited money into the banks of overseas financial groups.

It includes not only cash, but also gold and other precious metals, and the sheer volume of it is astonishing.

Besides physical assets, his cash income last year reached $10.6 billion, not including a lot of bonds, stocks, etc.

With his actions, many things were lost without anyone noticing.

"Of course, I used to be a world-class tycoon, the boss of a super conglomerate; although I failed once, I am still me, and I won't change because of the dot-com bubble bursting." Zhang San seemed very proud, and then said, "So, there are still people who appreciate me."

He didn't actually say that this billion dollars was his own; he was just using a different guise. He'd done this kind of thing far too many times before.

"In the future, even more people will take notice of me. These are many fund companies. With their support, I think I will have a broader space for development."

"I'll take you to the construction site tomorrow."

When talking about architecture, one thing that must be mentioned is that construction speed is very slow in some places in Europe and America, including Australia.

There's a reason why it's so slow. The main reason is that the construction workers are afraid of losing their jobs, and some might even deliberately slow down the construction progress.

Legend has it that there was a construction project in Australia where the happy construction workers would leave on time and no one would work overtime.

A two-year project took ten years to complete, and the budget doubled.

Moreover, people in Europe and America believe that slow and steady wins the race, and that the slower the process, the better the project. Zhang San has a way of making them think that his house is built slowly.