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- Yuan Qiaoqiao originally planned to go to the United States after filming "Little Li's Flying Knife". Later, due to the adjustment of her role and the increase in the number of roles, she thought she might not be able to go. As a result, she left not long after joining the cast. In this way, it was unfortunate Her trip to the United States was not delayed.
Because the visa was issued earlier than she thought, Yuan Qiaoqiao returned from the Imperial Capital to the Magic City, brought things for her two brothers, and flew from the Magic City to Dallas, USA, with her second brother Gu Xi who came to pick her up. After meeting up, he declined his offer to hang out in Dallas and headed straight for New Orleans.
When she followed her second brother to the laboratory of Tulane University to get some certificates for the cosmetics from "Beautiful Life" that she asked him to test and apply for, passing by the medical school, Gu Xi said with regret: " Initially, I wanted to apply for a postgraduate major in biochemistry at the School of Medicine, but the admission rate of this college was very low, and I was worried that I would not be able to pass the exam, so I applied for a major in biochemistry at the School of Science and Engineering.¡±
Yuan Qiaoqiao glanced at him sideways and sighed: "Second brother, don't say this in front of me from now on. For someone like me who can't even get into the top schools in the country, I can't listen to your words." You¡¯re here to show off naked, okay?¡±
Before he could speak, she added: "Let me declare in advance that you can ask anything, but you are not allowed to ask about my grades, otherwise I will be in a hurry with you."
Gu Xi looked at her, smiled, stretched out his hand and rubbed her head vigorously. Without saying anything, he walked forward quickly. After getting the things in the laboratory, he took Yuan Qiaoqiao back to his dormitory.
The dormitory has two bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. The environment is good. Yuan Qiaoqiao saw that there was an independent kitchen. She thought that every time her second brother called home, she had to talk to her family about the domestic delicacies several times, so she took him to the vegetable market. After shopping for groceries and returning to the dormitory, I got into the kitchen and worked hard for a long time, making a table of delicious home-cooked dishes.
After eating, Yuan Qiaoqiao handed over the cleaning task to Gu Xi. She hadn't slept much since she left the capital, so she yawned, found a change of clothes, took a shower and went to bed.
She was already tired, and due to jet lag, she slept until noon the next day.
Gu Xi, who was sitting by the bed reading, noticed her movement, put down the book, and walked out, saying: "Wake up, wake up, get up quickly, go wash up, tidy up, let's go out to eat, and take you for a walk by the way. .¡±
After dressing up, Yuan Qiaoqiao came to the living room and saw a young white man in the room. She subconsciously looked at the second brother beside her.
Gu Xi pointed at the young man and said, "Qiaoqiao, let me introduce you. This is my roommate David."
When he introduced her to David, Yuan Qiaoqiao took over the conversation and introduced herself to him with a smile: "Hello, my name is Daniela, you can just call me Danla."
After David greeted her, he turned to Gu Xi and said, "Gu, let's go." As he said this, he walked out the door.
"Let's go." Gu Xi greeted Yuan Qiaoqiao and followed him out, explaining as he walked: "David went shopping with us. Many places in New Orleans use French. I came here. I just started learning French, so I don¡¯t speak it very well.
And because of the racial issues left between whites and blacks here, color discrimination in some neighborhoods is almost obvious. I am an outsider and am not familiar with this; we are yellow, and you are still a little girl. , with David, a man who knows the place well, leading us so that we don¡¯t go into the wrong places that might cause trouble. "
Yuan Qiaoqiao nodded clearly, indicating that she understood.
He remembered something and said hurriedly: "By the way, my cousin knows that you are here. It's just that he is at a critical juncture because of the project report assigned by his tutor, and he is temporarily unable to leave. He has to come to see you two days later, so that I apologize to you."
"Research is important. If you are really busy, there is no need to come over. I will go to Durham to see him later."
"That's okay."
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Under David's leadership, Yuan Qiaoqiao visited many places in New Orleans. She originally thought that the places where her second brother would cause trouble were those neighborhoods with serious racial discrimination, but after listening to David's introduction, she realized that It turns out that this is a paradise for gay people. Not only has it supported homosexuality for a long time, but in 1997 the city's law extended the rights of traditional marriage to same-sex couples, so there is not only a bustling gay area here , and as night fell, the muscular strippers caroused all night long on the bar of the historic gay bar Lafayette Cafe. Even though the audience in the audience were not all gays, Gu Xi ignored Yuan Qiaoqiao's pleas and resolutely She was not allowed to go.
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Because Gu Xi also told David that Yuan Qiaoqiao was a movie actor, so he knew that the Jackson City next door held an annualWhen the Magnolia Independent Film Festival was held, I got an invitation and brought her to participate.
Yuan Qiaoqiao's purpose in entering the industry was to solve physical and soul problems, and her impression of independent films was not very good, because many independent films often used pornography, murder, poverty, etc. while telling stories. , ignorance,to show the director's personal thoughts and ideas. Without these things, it seems that the theme cannot be expressed. In addition, there are cultural barriers between the two countries, so she is not very impressed by the films in this film festival. interest.
Seeing her lack of interest, David took her and Gu Xi out midway. After unsuccessfully suggesting that everyone take a casual stroll in Jackson City, he said, "Originally, I arranged an auction. Now, although the auction is officially over, It will still take some time to start, but we can go and take a look first, what do you think?"
Gu Xi hesitated and said: "It's still some time before the official start. Is it appropriate for us to go there so early? If we wait there, we might as well find a fast food restaurant or coffee shop to sit down and kill some time."
"No need to wait. The auctions we participate in are all small, and there may be several scheduled a day, so if we go there, there may be an auction held right away, and we can go in and take a look."
In fact, they had no special purpose for attending the auction, and they didn¡¯t want to buy anything, so it didn¡¯t matter which one they attended, so Yuan Qiaoqiao said: ¡°If that¡¯s the case, then let¡¯s go over and have a look.¡±
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Sitting in the auction hall, David looked at the information handed over by the auctioneer in his hand. He cursed and said, "Oh, we forgot to ask outside just now. This is an old oil well auction, so it's not interesting."
The so-called old oil well auctions refer to the major oil companies in the United States. They feel that the oil and gas fields in their hands that are close to the tailings stage have no value in mining, so these low-yield oil wells, or even discontinued oil wells, are promoted to those oil well auctions. Let private individuals purchase these oil wells and continue to exploit them.
As for whether these private individuals can find new oil and gas layers in these old oil wells and unearth oil wells with mining value, the probability is not as good as winning the jackpot in lottery tickets, but it is not much worse. Therefore, it is also called "betting on oil wells". ".
Yuan Qiaoqiao's eyes fell on a set of old oil well information about a small out-of-production oil field in Mississippi. She saw that it read, "This old oil field with 229 acres was discovered in 1952. A total of Fourteen oil wells were drilled. After more than 20 years of production, production was stopped in 1974 due to high water production"
After her family suffered a change in her previous life, for a while, she had been paying attention to the news about getting rich overnight, hoping that she could also have such great luck, thereby changing her embarrassing situation.
It¡¯s just that after traveling through time, she couldn¡¯t remember the winning lottery numbers, but this set of old oil well information reminded her of one thing.
At an old oil well auction in the new century, a Californian named "Scott Lee" bought a group of old oil wells at the auction for a total price of US$34,000. Later, after discovering oil, he became rich overnight.
That set of old oil well data was very similar to the information she was looking at now. If it was true, then she would have posted it. At this moment, Yuan Qiaoqiao couldn't hear the outside world except for her own pounding heartbeat. There is a battle between heaven and man, but you have been hesitating whether to take the gamble? Anyway, she can still afford the losses. At worst, she can just pretend that she didn¡¯t earn as much during the Asian financial crisis!
With a sudden thought, Yuan Qiaoqiao took a photo of this group of old oil wells when they were auctioned. The amount spent was a little less than what he remembered. In fact, most of these old oil wells that have been closed for more than 20 years have participated in many old oil well auctions. Every failed auction means a decrease in price.
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When Yuan Qiaoqiao participated in the bidding, Gu Xi did not agree with it, but he could not dissuade her. Because of her age, visa, and time of stay, she bought this group of oil wells in Gu Xi's name.
After completing a series of procedures, Gu Xi walked a few steps quickly and caught up with Yuan Qiaoqiao in front of him. He said with a headache: "Qiaoqiao, after buying this old oil, the survey will cost millions of dollars." Invest. If it is an abandoned well, the money will be wasted; but if you don't survey it, according to American law, it won't work if you just leave it like this. If you are fined, you may be fined"
From the moment she participated in the bidding, Yuan Qiaoqiao was determined to make a big bet. Naturally, she knew that the follow-up survey would be where the bulk of the money was spent. She interrupted him with a smile: "Don't worry, second brother, I can also afford the survey money. Wait. After I return to China, I will ask my aunt to contact you. When the fee is convenient, you can ask her for it.
"Also, second brother, I actually bought this old oil well. If I can detect oil and gas layers, you will also take advantage. Petroleum plays a great role in the chemical industry, which corresponds to your major. "
"That's right." Gu Xi nodded, and immediately reacted, retorting: "What if there is no oil and gas layer? Then so much money will be wasted!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?It is useful and corresponds to your major. "
"That's right." Gu Xi nodded, and immediately reacted, retorting: "What if there is no oil and gas layer? Then so much money will be wasted!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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