A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Half a jin of baijiu (Chinese liquor) was enough to give Li Mu a very restful sleep.

The night passed, and early on the morning of the 10th, after he had finished breakfast, he received a call from Wang Hai.

The older brother sounded like he'd sobered up and was also having breakfast at Chu Jiwei's house. They agreed to meet at the investment meeting later.

Then, around 9 a.m., the wealthy individuals who had come from China gathered at the hotel's meeting room.

To be honest, the investment project briefing this morning was not much different from those in China. The only difference was that the speakers on stage were foreigners.

Li Mu wasn't particularly interested in many of the projects presented at the briefing. In the afternoon, the meeting moved to a bank called "Lehman Brothers," where several members of various foundations were present. Their main promotional activity was helping wealthy individuals manage their finances through a system called "trust funds"...

By the end of the day, Li Mu had heard the whole thing.

In the evening, a dinner was jointly hosted by Guangfa Bank and Lehman Brothers.

Everything else at the banquet was fine, but Li Mu managed to eat a croissant filled with ham. He ate several in a row, and with a glass of red wine, he felt the trip was worthwhile.

As for connections... perhaps it's because I'm young?

Not many people actually spoke to him.

When the banquet ended, Wang Hai, his face flushed from drinking again, found Li Mu:

"Xiao Li, get up early tomorrow morning. Your brother Wei is taking us to the Empire State Building, the Botanical Garden, and Wall Street. We'll be out all day, so remember to fully charge your camera!"

Hearing this, Li Mu smiled and nodded:

"No problem. See you tomorrow, Hai-ge~"

"Haha, okay."

With Wang Hai's agreement, the two parted ways and returned to their room. Li Mu looked at the message from the unknown number on his phone, but instead of replying immediately, he saved the number.

New contact: Xixi.

Sisi: "Uncle Li, this is Sisi. This is my phone number."

The message was sent around 8 p.m.

He was chatting with a domestic CD burner business owner at the time, so he didn't reply.

"Okay, I've saved it."

"Uncle Li, if I encounter any problems in the film and television industry in the future, can I ask you for advice?"

"sure."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Li. You should get some rest now. I won't bother you anymore."

Hmm, the kid is quite polite.

Li Muxin said.

……

Silent all night.

January 11, 2001.

7:14 a.m.

"Ring ring..."

Li Mu, who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom, heard the phone ring and quickly washed his face before rushing to the bedside.

"Hey, Hai-ge."

"Are you up yet?"

"I'm already up. I'm getting ready to go down for breakfast."

"Haha, my call came at just the right time. Don't eat yet, your brother Wei is already downstairs, let's go down right away."

"Uh... you're not eating breakfast?"

"Let's not eat at the hotel anymore. Aren't you tired of eating there for two days in a row? Your brother Wei said there's a really good taco truck near the Twin Towers. It's quite famous in New York, and they only sell breakfast and lunch. Let's go try it."

"...A buckle? You mean that?"

He then remembered that when they were having dinner the day before yesterday, they had talked about the unique restaurants in New York, and Chugiwi had recommended the name of a Mexican snack.

"Yes, yes, that's it. Come on, let's go downstairs."

"OK."

Li Mu responded, quickly put on his clothes and shoes, hung the fully charged camera around his neck, and put three 64MB memory cards in his pocket.

That's definitely enough for today.

He quickly went downstairs and walked out of the hotel. He immediately spotted Chu Jiwei, who was smoking and chatting with Wang Hai.

"Brother Wei."

After shouting, the two men waved their hands in his direction.

"Let's go, get in the car."

"Brother Wei, are you all by yourself?"

"Your sister-in-law took the child to school. Besides, it's not appropriate for men to bring women along when they go out."

Before Chu Jiwei could finish speaking, Wang Hai laughed and said:

"What? You're really taking us to a strip club?"

"Hahahaha..."

Amidst laughter and chatter, the Cadillac headed west.

The first stop was the Twin Towers, also known as the famous Empire State Building, the iconic buildings of New York City. It was not far from the hotel where Li Mu was staying, both located on Manhattan Island.

It is precisely because of the close proximity that I can have breakfast without any problems.

However, Manhattan was inexplicably congested in the morning, but the three of them were not in a hurry and chatted and laughed all the way to the first stop of their journey: a Mexican taco food truck.

In Chugiwer's words, the tacos from this food truck would rank in at least the top three in New York.

First, everyone should fill their stomachs, then head straight to the Petronas Towers, take the elevator to the top, and enjoy the stunning views of the heart of the Empire.

So the car drove on, but its speed was not very fast.

Americans have pretty bad manners during rush hour too, with all sorts of honking and noise from horns, it's really noisy.

Finally, on a street where the entire Petronas Twin Towers were visible, the Cadillac slowed down. Chugiwi pointed to the roadside:

"There it is."

As he spoke, he parked the car, and the three of them got out together.

Li Mu glanced at the food truck parked by the roadside and knew that the food here was definitely going to be good.

There must be a dozen or twenty people in line.

"I'll go queue up. You two keep an eye on things, Xiao Li. Can you handle spicy food?"

"able."

Li Mu responded.

Neither of them speaks English well, so Chujiwei really has to handle things like shopping.

So Chu Jiwei went to queue up, while Li Mu glanced at the time on his phone.

8 points.

"Hey Hai, American office workers get up pretty early too."

"Definitely. In a capitalist society, lazy people can't make money!"

Wang Hai, a cigarette dangling from his lips, looked at the group of people queuing up with an air of profound understanding:

"If you want to make money, being hardworking is definitely the right thing to do. Besides, look at this group of people, they're all dressed in suits, they must all be white-collar workers... Didn't you hear what he said the other day? The laziest people here in America are black people, they're lazy and bad, that's why they're the poorest... Look at these people in suits, they're all white."

Li Mu nodded slightly.

Surely not.

The two chatted back and forth for about ten minutes before Chu Jiwei finally came over carrying three fast food containers.

"Here you go, Xiao Li, this is a spicy Qwati Beef Taco. Hai Ge, this is yours..."

Looking at the semi-circular meat pie handed to him, Li Muxin said that this thing looked just like a moon-shaped steamed bun.

With a sense of doubt, he took a bite and immediately stared in surprise.

Wow, I have to say, it tastes pretty good.

"Ha ha."

Chu Jiwei smiled smugly:

"Was it worth getting you all up so early?"

Li Mu nodded quickly.

Indeed, just for the taste alone, it's worth the trip.

He finished eating quickly, then raised his camera, intending to take a picture of the two men.

"Buzz~~~~"

Suddenly, a familiar commotion arose from the sky.

It was the sound of an airplane streaking across the sky.

Li Mu, holding his camera, casually glanced at the sky.

Then we saw a huge plane flying towards us.

The roar was even somewhat ear-piercing.

"...?"

He suddenly paused, stunned.

What kind of plane is that? Why is it making such a big noise?

And...is it...?

"Why is this plane flying so low?"

At this moment, Wang Hai, who was next to him, said something that sounded rather speechless.

But no one responded because... the plane was indeed getting bigger and bigger.

They were getting closer and closer to the three of them.

Are all American pilots this skilled? Flying so low, aren't they afraid of crashing into the Empire State Building?

Looking at the enormous object flying low, amidst the deafening noise, Li Mu thought to himself speechlessly. But he still raised his camera; after all, with the plane flying so low, this angle was quite rare.

It needs to be recorded.

But in the very next second...

The plane suddenly flew over the heads of the three people, and even over the heads of all the diners around them who had looked up because of the engine noise.

Then, three seconds later...

"BOOM!!!!"

I grass!

Li Mu was stunned, staring dumbfounded at the burst of black smoke and dust...

What...what's going on?

Are you making a movie?

ah?????

Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar, accompanied by a massive cloud of dust, completely engulfed him.