The Boeing 747 landed on the runway of New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport with the characteristic loud roar of a large passenger plane. In the cabin, Chen Xingwei, like many girls around him, felt both nervous and excited.
From the time I saw a job advertisement last year and submitted my resume to now, it took half a year before I finally arrived in the United States.
It is the paradise that many people dream of in this era.
Before landing, I looked down at the city. The vast stretches of urban area, just like what I occasionally see on TV, reveal a prosperity that is far inferior to that of China. But this obvious gap makes people yearn for it.
And the inevitable apprehension.
After all, we are in a foreign country, and everything we were once familiar with has been separated. Even if this job is described as very beautiful, who can tell what the future will be like
They even had some thoughts of grouping together involuntarily.
When everyone got off the plane, they saw that Li Youhu's bag was caught. The strong grudge that had arisen due to the sudden opportunity for the other person suddenly faded away a lot. They took the initiative to help, and the always proud Li Youhu seemed to be ordinary. Quite a few, and they even took the initiative to express their gratitude. The two walked out of the cabin side by side. Li Youhu said: "Xingwei, I heard that the people at the US Customs are very cruel. I hope they won't make things difficult for me later."
Over time, everyone became more and more accustomed to each other's new names.
Chen Xingwei didn't have as good a family background as Li Youhu and could find out a lot of overseas information. When he heard this, he just said: "Probably not. We are Mr. Westeros's... um, hired."
"The United States is a democratic society. It's not like our country where relationships are everywhere. Simon can't control the customs. Anyway, I've heard that several of my friends were made trouble for when they came to the United States. They just stared at you. If you showed a guilty expression, They will be taken away for questioning, and some people who clearly arrived in the United States were sent back because they failed to pass customs inspection."
The two women chatted loudly, and the surrounding girls who were coming out one after another along the passage also came over after hearing the words, all looking very worried.
It is said that you can be naturalized once you get here. If you are stuck at the last level, you will be very unlucky.
However, when a team of more than 100 people left JFK International Airport directly through the VIP channel without any hindrance, and the staff they met during the process were all very warm and kind, Li Youhu suddenly became the target of ridicule by a group of girls.
Chen Qing and Lin Su, who returned to the United States early, came to pick them up in person.
A total of 109 people arrived in this group, including the staff of the Westeros family, and left the airport in five luxury buses, heading east to East Hampton at the end of Long Island.
On one of the buses, Li Youhu, who was being teased by his companions, didn't care. After making a fuss, he finally had some gossip thoughts and whispered to Chen Xingwei who was sitting next to him: "You just saw that Well, the mother and daughter got into Miss Chen's car alone."
Chen Xingwei was sitting by the window, curiously looking at the exotic scenery on both sides of the road. Hearing this, he looked back, subconsciously glanced left and right, and also whispered: "What are you talking about?"
"There's something fishy about it."
Chen Xingwei pretended not to understand: "Huh?"
Li Youhu said: "The qualifications of the choreographer team that came together this time... may be better than ours, but she is not qualified at all as an instructor. Moreover, Teacher Wang and Teacher Xin both have children, why is she the only one who can lead them?" My daughter came with me and was obviously treated specially.”
Chen Xingwei glanced at Li Youhu's gossipy face, his eyes flickered slightly, and just as he was about to speak, out of the corner of his eye he saw Ouyang Shuli in the back row, shaking his head, raising his voice slightly and changing the topic: " Hey, let’s not talk about this anymore, Youhu, have you noticed that we are leaving New York City?”
"Have it?"
"Of course, this is heading east," Chen Xingwei said. He took out a map of New York that he had prepared in advance and unfolded it: "Look, JFK International Airport is here. If we go to the city, we should To the north or west, now it’s to the east, and this is already the suburbs of New York.”
This topic immediately attracted the attention of the girls around.
Ouyang Shuli, who had just poked his head in the back row, stood up slightly, lay on the backrest and looked at the map in Chen Xingwei's hand, and then looked out the window: "It's really heading east."
Wei Cancha, who was sitting next to Ouyang Shuli, had a confused expression on his face: "Isn't this Xiangbei?"
Ouyang Shuli smiled and hit her on the head: "You still want to go, you idiot."
"You're the road fool," Wei Cancha retorted dissatisfiedly. He fumbled around and took out a compass from his bag. He made some gestures before confirming: "It's really heading east. Well... this is east." Bar?"
Everyone ignored it.
Jing Xiaoming, who was sitting on the other side of the aisle, said, "I heard that rich Americans live in the suburbs. This is true."
Yin Caiwei in the front row said: "But we are not rich people either."
Wei Sancha, who fiddled with the compass but was still not sure where he was going, rejoined the discussion: "We are serving the rich. Is there anyone in the United States richer than Mr. Westeros?"
Another girl, Zhuo Caiping, said: "Rich people don't all live in the suburbs. Do you know the Upper East Side? The Upper East Side of Manhattan is where the real rich people live."
"Where is the Upper East Side of Manhattan? Is it far from New York?"
"Gu Yaoyao, you really got such a good name in vain, otherwise you would have gotten it from me."
"Su Fengnian, Su Fengnian, Su Fengnian, auspicious snow heralds a good harvest."
"pinch you!"
"Oh, let go, this is the car, I'm angry."
"Okay, don't make trouble," Li Youhu said like a big sister, stopping the two girls from making a fuss, "Anyway, we can live wherever we go, and we won't be sold."
"Actually, my mother still thinks that I may have been cheated. She still can't believe that I can find a job with a salary of $100,000 a year."
"Then you're still coming?"
"If I hadn't really met Mr. Westeros last time, I might not have dared to come."
While chatting like this, the bus drove all the way east for more than two hours. The surrounding buildings became sparser and sparse, and the number of people became less and less. Although the scenery became better and better, the girls on several buses were all because of the discovery. Becoming more and more confused about a certain question.
You don’t really want to find some nook and cranny to sell it, do you
Fortunately, after the bus re-entered an urban area, it shuttled through the alleys shaded by thick hedges, and finally entered a private manor. At the entrance of the manor was a guarded black iron gate, with neat and thick holly feet on both sides. At two meters high, it is completely shielded from any possible prying eyes.
As the bus entered the manor, the view suddenly broadened, and it passed through a spacious corridor before arriving at the three-story castle-like villa near the seaside of the manor.
There are already people here to greet you.
They stood neatly in five rows. At first glance, there were probably hundreds of people. They were all wearing standard white shirts, black trousers, and low heels. This made the girls who got off the bus feel a little guilty. They were still the first. I saw so many foreign girls for the first time, more than Simon Westeros had around last time.
Moreover, they all look pretty.
What do these people do
Even if they recognized that the girls were wearing the standard uniforms of the Wei family maids and guards, it was difficult for the girls to believe that these people were serving them.
This is not normal.
Fortunately, the backbone appeared quickly.
Chen Qing got off the black Mercedes-Benz she was riding in, walked straight to the gentle and elegant woman at the front of the two rows of foreign girls and said a few words, then turned to the girls who were gathered together in a chaotic manner as if they were afraid of giving birth to chicks: "These From now on, the lady will be our waiter. There are 100 people. Each of you will have one waiter and one guard. You can find your own waiter. In the future, they will be directly responsible for your various daily affairs in addition to their main work. In addition, everyone's luggage has arrived in advance. , all sent to your room, that’s it for today, have a good rest, we will talk about other things tomorrow.”
After explaining this, Chen Qing curled her lips slightly when seeing that a large group of young quails had not moved yet, but ignored them and walked towards another group of older women besides the girls.
This is the top dance teacher Chen Qing collected from China at the same time.
Not counting a certain mother and daughter, there are a total of 7 people, plus a certain Ms. Liu. These people will be responsible for the girls' daily training and dance creation.
In fact, there are other functional personnel.
For example, the girl band who performed together on the terrace of Dongling Villa last time, as well as the talents responsible for costumes, soundtracks, etc., will either stay in China for a long time or wait for the next batch to come.
For convenience, seven of the teachers will live here with the girls.
Chen Qing chatted with a few people, handed over the follow-up arrangements to Lin Su, and then walked towards a mother and daughter: "Sister Liu, get in the car, you live in another place."
Ms. Liu was just looking at the villa not far away. She was stunned when she heard this. She looked at the other ladies who were led to the villa by Lin Su herself. Her heart skipped a beat and she asked anxiously: "Xiao Chen, don't we Do you live here?"
"Yes, you have a better place, a separate villa."
Ms. Liu was not a fool. She was obviously hesitant and refused to get in the car: "Xiao Chen, I don't quite understand."
Chen Qing looked at the beautiful and charming face of the woman in front of her and said, "This is arranged by Mr. Westeros himself. He has a villa nearby and hopes you will live there."
These words were so straightforward that even the little girl who was being held by Ms. Liu couldn't help but look up at her mother. The doll-like girl's beautiful black eyes were obviously not that confused and confused.
Seeing the other party's hesitation, Chen Qing added: "Sister Chen, the conditions over there are much better than here, and there will also be a team of waiters dedicated to serving your mother and daughter. In addition, Mr. Westeros personally ordered that you Two, with $1 million a year in living expenses.”
When Ms. Liu heard a certain number, her eyes widened slightly: "One million US dollars?"
The dark eyes of the little girl who had been silent brightened slightly when she heard these words.
"Yes, more than me," Chen Qing said more bluntly: "Lin Su and I only have 200,000 US dollars per year."
After Chen Qing finished speaking, she stepped forward and opened the car door herself: "Get in the car first, Sister Liu. In fact, Simon is a very good person, and you will know it in the future. If you don't want to do something, he won't force it. , If you don’t believe it, look at it, Lin Su and I are living very well.”
Probably because Chen Qing continued to use herself and Lin Su as examples, coupled with this encouragement, although Ms. Liu's face turned red, she still pulled her daughter into the car.
When Chen Qing got into the passenger seat and the driver started the car, she asked again: "So, what's the job here?"
"Of course it's the same as before. People can only be fulfilled when they work, just like me and Lin. Of course, if you don't want to work, Sister Liu, that's okay. Simon never forces anything." Chen Qing turned her head and looked at the doll again. The same little girl: "By the way, how old is your sister this year?"
Ms. Liu said: "8 years old."
"Well, not bad," Chen Qing nodded, smiling and reaching out to pinch the little girl's cheek. Seeing the little girl burying her head in her mother's arms in embarrassment, she added, "I can send her to a private school soon." School, the private schools here in East Hampton are great. Hey, Sister Liu, you may think this place is a bit far away from the city, right?"
Ms. Liu paused and nodded slightly.
Chen Qing said: "You don't understand this. In fact, this is one of the top wealthy areas in New York. Not only Simon, many billionaires, celebrities, directors and high-level government officials all have their own private villas here. Of course, many people use it mainly for vacation, but you can also imagine the specifications here. Oh, look, at the end of that corridor is the estate of the great director Steven Spielberg. Spielberg You must know that, right?"
"Know."
"Oh, actually speaking of other people is nothing. In this country, and even in this world, no one is richer than Simon. Just like the manor we just lived in, even many billionaires may not be able to afford it. , Simon is only using it to house the girls from the Guofeng Art Troupe, and only Simon can afford these."
Ms. Liu was already a little dizzy while listening to Chen Qing pouring various ecstasy soups, and she couldn't help but have a certain thought in her mind.
One million dollars.
The contract she signed previously had an annual salary of US$100,000 for five years. Just this 100,000 US dollars made her think about how to spend it. After all, in China, converted into RMB, this is definitely a huge sum of money. Unexpectedly, it doubled 10 times in the blink of an eye.
As for…
Anyway, this is the case for Chen Qing in front of her. She is single now, so there is nothing difficult to accept. After all, in the process of fighting for this job, she realized that her ability was not that outstanding. She was more of a dancer, and she was not as good as those women who basically had the title of university professor just now.
Just now Chen Qing made the point, and she suddenly felt enlightened.
Sure enough.
And deep down in my heart, there was not much resistance from beginning to end. In fact, as long as I can get American citizenship, it doesn't matter even if I don't have 1 million US dollars.
If she hadn't gotten the job by accident, she would have tried other ways to go abroad.
The channels have been identified.
First go to the United States, and then find a Chinese-American or marry someone with American nationality, and then you can successfully get a green card. Now, unexpectedly being able to climb the towering tree of Simon Westeros is actually the best result that I never even dreamed of.