A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

"What does Xiao Li do?"

After the two middle-aged men finished talking about children, they directly steered the conversation toward Li Mu.

Li Mu snapped out of his daze and laughed:

"I am a journalist. I currently work for the Southern Metropolis Daily."

"Huh? A reporter?"

Chu Jiwei was taken aback.

He knew how Wang Hai had gotten through this, so he knew this young man must also be a young tycoon.

But to my surprise... the other party actually had a "formal job"?

So I made a joke:

"Is being a journalist really that lucrative?"

"Ha ha."

Li Mu smiled and shook his head:

"Making money and working are two different things. Brother Wei, I just heard Brother Wang talk about your rise to wealth... Are you a stock trader?"

"right."

Chu Jiwei responded:

"I specialize in US stocks."

"Do it domestically?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Jiwei knew that Li Mu probably didn't understand stocks, so he smiled and said:

"No, I've always worked in Hong Kong. You can't trade US stocks in mainland China. Li, you don't trade stocks, do you?"

"Uh...yes. But I'm quite interested in that."

"So, does this count as an interview?"

"...If it's inconvenient for Brother Wei to say, I won't ask."

"Haha, no, it's just that I don't have any journalist friends and I've never experienced anything like this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Hai, who was standing to the side, laughed and said:

"Well, we have one now, right? Xiao Li, why don't you interview him? This could be considered an interview that delves into the history of how a tycoon made his fortune."

"Haha, definitely, but it still depends on whether Brother Wei thinks it's convenient for him..."

Li Mu was just out having fun and had no intention of doing any interviews.

Although this Mr. Wei's experience is quite legendary, many wealthy people are actually wary of reporters, so he gave the other party a choice.

Unexpectedly, after listening, Chu Jiwei laughed and said:

"That's not inconvenient at all, but... this is too casual. Hmm, we can have a good chat over dinner tonight. Hai-ge, come home for dinner tonight, Li Li has already gone to buy groceries."

"Great! It's been a while since I've seen her. Li, can you drink? Let's go together tonight, and I can interview him, haha..."

"Haha, okay."

Li Mu readily agreed.

He was picked up and dropped off by a car and taken around to have fun, so he certainly didn't want to spoil the mood.

So, amidst New York's approaching morning rush hour, the car drove to a place called "Battery Park" on this side of New York.

From afar, Li Mu spotted the towering Statue of Liberty at a glance.

His eyes immediately lit up.

It's not that it's particularly magnificent... Of course, it is indeed quite magnificent.

The main reason was that the moment he saw the Statue of Liberty, a series of images from his childhood—movies, TV series, photos, articles, etc.—combined with the real object in the distance, gave him a dreamlike, unreal feeling.

And it wasn't just him; Wang Hai's eyes were also glued to it.

"Wow, that tall?"

"We'll take the ferry to the island in a bit, and then we'll see an even higher view up close."

Chu Jiwei was already used to the expressions on their faces.

This is the first reaction of many people when they come here.

Including himself.

……

"Click-clack".

"Click..."

Li Mu's camera hasn't stopped since he got off the bus.

I aimed at the Statue of Liberty, at the Battery Park, and at all the local customs and people around it... capturing all the scenery in my camera.

This includes the two old men.

Yes, it was definitely the right decision to buy a digital camera.

As he pondered this, he followed the two people in front of him onto the ferry and headed towards Liberty Island.

Upon arriving at Liberty Island, as Li Mu gazed up at the towering statues that seemed to reach the clouds, he suddenly heard a sentence in fluent and clear Chinese:

"The place we've arrived at now is the Statue of Liberty, a beacon of freedom and democracy, and a symbol of natural human rights..."

He turned his head and saw that it was a tour guide.

A group of tourists wearing matching tour group hats.

Domestic tourists?

He glanced at it curiously a few times, then stopped paying attention and continued looking up...

A beacon of freedom and democracy?

……

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty is open to the public, and there's a museum inside. You can also climb up to the "torch" held by the Statue of Liberty. However, there's no elevator, so most people just browse the museum at the pedestal and leave.

The same applies to the three people's choices.

Li Mu really wanted to go and see, but the two older brothers were both getting on in years, especially Wang Hai with his beer belly... It was indeed a bit difficult for him to climb more than a thousand steps, so he just went with the flow.

After strolling around the Statue of Liberty area, the three left Liberty Island. Chugiwer then led the other two directly to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Li Mu originally wanted to visit the Twin Towers, but according to Chu Jiwei, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was more interesting than the Twin Towers.

Wang Hai agreed, so he didn't refuse, but decided to postpone the trip to the 11th.

However, when he arrived at the museum, he felt rather disheartened.

The reason was simple: he saw many Chinese cultural relics inside...

Of course, it's not just his own country, but also those from Egypt, Southeast Asia, Africa, and so on... At this moment, the relics of these ancient civilizations stand quietly in this museum for people to visit, but every time Li Mu sees cultural relics belonging to his own country, he feels very upset.

Without realizing it, I thought of the tour guide's words from this morning: "the beacon of freedom and democracy."

It felt strangely ironic.

After wandering around the museum, it was almost 4 p.m.

This morning, Wang Hai was telling Li Mu that he wanted to go to the home furnishing market, but after running around all day, the older brother was completely exhausted.

Seeing this, Chu Jiwei said directly:

"Hai-ge, Xiao Li, let's go to my place? New York is huge, you can't see it all in one day. I'll take you around tomorrow."

"Tomorrow won't work. The bank has a few investment requests that we participate in. Let's talk about it the day after tomorrow. Xiao Li, how about we go visit your brother Wei?"

"it is good."

Li Mu readily agreed.

So Cadillac took the two of them straight to Queens, New York.

According to Chugiwer, Queens has the highest concentration of Asians, with several Chinatowns, and sometimes it even feels like being back in China...

And that is indeed the case; once you enter Queens, you gradually see more and more Asian faces on the streets.

Finally, the Cadillac stopped in front of a house that looked quite nice.

We've arrived at Chujiwei's house.

Just as Li Mu parked the Cadillac in front of his house, before he could even get out of the car, he heard a "beep beep" sound from behind.

He turned his head and saw a red Honda.

A girl is peeking out of the window.

Chu Jiwei opened the car door and got out, his voice carrying over:

"Dad, drive the car in, I'm parking here. I need to take Qianqian home after dinner."

"Okay."

Chu Jiwei responded, while Wang Hai, standing beside him, had already gotten out of the car with a smile.

"Haha, Linlin."

"Ah! Uncle Hai!"

The girl's excited voice rang out.

At the same time, Li Mu got off the bus.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw the passenger side of the red Honda. The door opened, and a stunningly beautiful girl got out of the car as well.

The two looked at each other.