Chapter 59

  The morning flight, it's easy to see the thick clouds being shone by the sun with a golden glow. Fang Mo Nan looked out of the window at the distant giant cloud that seemed to be bursting out with golden light from its center. She gazed into the distance, and the rolling sea of clouds was just like those magnificent scenes she had seen in CG movies, yet even more realistic and beautiful. She saw Xiao Yi and Mo Bei's faces filled with excited expressions. This time, Qi Qiu Shi also happened to be traveling with them, first to send them off, and secondly because he had business in the US.

  Qiu Shi held a business English book in her hand, while Xiao Yi had a general philosophy book. Under Fang Mo Nan's leadership, the whole family developed a reading habit. Xiao Yi read more and every time she asked Mo Nan to list a long list of books, including psychology, macroeconomics, business psychology, and even love letters from around the world. At some point, creative ideas emerged from these daily accumulations.

  After flying for over a dozen hours, Fang Mo Nan felt stifled even though she wasn't tired. Everyone else was already asleep. She looked at the people beside her and found that some of them had blankets, so she covered them up. The flight attendants were very gentle and saw that she was still awake, taking care of her family members, saying that she was considerate. They kept coming over to ask if she needed any help, which made Fang Mo Nan feel a bit embarrassed. She took out a book, turned on the reading light above her head, and passed the time.

  The time to arrive in Philadelphia was at dawn, because of the 12-hour time difference with Beijing, it felt like the time on the plane had passed in vain, as they also got on the plane around this time.

  As the plane landed, Fang Mo's eyes were shining brightly, while everyone else was yawning and looked like they hadn't woken up yet, with sleepy eyes. They didn't have much luggage, as Cheng Shigui had already prepared an apartment for them, which was fully equipped, and they only packed a few clothes in their suitcases, making them not look too out of place.

  As soon as she walked out of the airport hall, Fang Mo Nan saw an American big boy holding a sign with her name on it. He had brown hair, blue eyes, was tall and wore a baseball cap.

  "Airen! I didn't expect you to come pick me up!" Qi Qiu rushed forward and gave a quick hug before letting go. If he had let him hug for a bit longer, it would have been better if he had come first, so they could end things quickly.

  "Quickly, I didn't expect to see you again so soon." Allen said with a smile. He enjoyed seeing Easterners look uncomfortable and trying too hard, it was amusing!

  "Good day, Miss Nan!" Allen said respectfully. "Let's go! The car is outside." He took the luggage and led the way to the car.

  A six-seater business vehicle came to pick up Fang Mengnan and others, spacious and comfortable.

  In the car late at night, country music was playing, and Ellen was very talkative, introducing them to Philadelphia, focusing on the two schools they attended. The city of Philadelphia is not big, and it only takes more than half an hour to drive around the city. Soon, the car entered West Philly, which is University City, home to famous institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Curtis Institute of Music, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Their apartment was located in this area.

  Fang Mo Nan and their purchased apartment is an old four-story red brick building, with four rooms and two bathrooms. The exterior looks ordinary, but the interior, renovated by Allen, reveals a luxurious simplicity, in a new Chinese style, warm and comfortable. Allen said that some things were made to order in Chinatown.

  Especially the restaurant, all kinds of kitchen appliances are high-end products, valuable. It seems that she is good at cooking, so the kitchen is so luxurious, smooth marble floor.

  "My aunt exclaimed: 'It's just like going back home in China.'"

  "As long as you're satisfied!" Allen said with a smile, the president reminded him to follow the construction on the drawing, and he must satisfy the people who live there. "Alright! You guys take a rest first! Reverse the time difference. I'll come again tomorrow at 9 am."

  After Allen left, the little aunt and others visited the house, allocated rooms, washed and rested. Fang Mo Nan and Mo Bei each had a room. After plugging in the door, Fang Mo Nan entered the space.

  The next day at 9:00 am, Allen arrived on time and took them to Wharton School first, where his aunt went to see her professor, as she was about to start school soon.

  The professor of Xiao Yi's was a thin old man, very spirited, and warmly greeted them as soon as they arrived. As soon as they met, they started chatting, from their itinerary to their studies, completely forgetting the time and also forgetting the two adults and two children who accompanied them. Fortunately, the professor's wife loved Mo Nan's two lovely children like her own grandchildren. The two clever little friends were sweet-looking, with sweet mouths, making the old lady smile so much that she couldn't close her mouth. Especially since Mo Nan could cook Chinese cuisine, several people gathered in the kitchen for half a day, managing to create a table of Chinese and Western dishes, full of color, fragrance, and flavor, just smelling them made people's fingers move with excitement.

  Everyone had a great time at this meal. The few home-cooked dishes made by Fang Mo Nan were so good that they even cleaned the plates. When Professor heard that the youngest, Mo Bei, was going to take the entrance exam for Curtis Music Academy, he became interested and voluntarily offered to accompany Mo Bei on the piano, starting a small family concert. Afterwards, he gave a thumbs up and praised saying "Great, you'll definitely get in!" Leonard smiled with pride, feeling honored that his student could be so good! His wife also smiled, feeling proud of her nephew.

  The whole house was in an uproar until the lights of ten thousand homes were extinguished. Fang Mo Nan and his friends returned to their apartment, after Allen bid farewell, they relaxed and soon fell asleep.

  After settling into their new home, Allen and Qiuchu left, leaving behind a $1 million savings account and a modified second-hand Ford car. The remaining four people, Fang Mornan and the others, took a stroll around the area. Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in the United States with a rich history, and historical landmarks can be seen everywhere. In front of their apartment building, not far away, there was a small central square that was usually empty, but during Fang Mornan's morning exercise, there were quite a few people exercising.

  Every evening, a small market forms here automatically, with clothing, shoes and socks, accessories, and many vendors selling fruits, vegetables and food. After all, there are residential households around. Those peddlers take their goods and pay a rent to the square management office, then start selling things, one day one rent, very mobile. The square management is also very loose, as long as you pay, they will give you a sign, and don't care about anything else. Of course, if there are disputes or something, they still have to come out. Fang Mernan thinks this is very interesting.

  Little aunt will soon start school, busy every day, fortunately close to the school. Also know that two nieces have Reynard accompanied by idle afternoon will go to the market to stroll around, change the air, turn around the brain. She has been there twice, seeing good public security, close proximity, out of the door is, then put down at ease.

  There are police patrols every night next to it, and with Reynard accompanying me, there is no danger. Moreover, my aunt sees that I have been playing the violin for a long time every day, looking pale, so it's good to take a walk.

  As the day of the interview approached, Mo Bei became increasingly anxious and uneasy, always worried that she would perform poorly and lose face. Fang Mo Nan saw her state and took her to the square with a violin, erhu, and Leonard, setting up an impromptu street performance.

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  Mute North and Leonard played together, one big and one small, especially the little one was a tall and slender girl like an elf, immediately attracted the attention of the pedestrians and vendors in the square.

  The elegant melody of "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso" filled the air, and Ludwig Olivier stood in the crowd with a surprised discovery. Several months had passed since he last saw Mu Bei, and his progress was astonishing - not only had his technique become more refined, but it also exuded an effortless elegance that was previously lacking. The entire piece flowed with two contrasting emotions: hesitation and splendor intertwined, influencing the listener's mood, passion and sorrow coexisting, expression and sighs simultaneously present. This didn't seem like something a child could grasp so firmly - two contradictory yet harmonious emotions.

  One piece was over, and Ludwig couldn't help but snatch the violin from her hands now, to play it himself and see where the difference lay.

  "Wow, wow, wow", the enthusiastic applause and smiling faces made Fang Mo Bei's long-empty vanity extremely satisfied, and he couldn't help but smile even more cutely, bowing to the surrounding crowd, his mouth still saying "thank you for the compliment". The stage, indeed a place that makes people addicted. Mo Bei warned himself in his heart to be calm and not to show off too much, smiling with a smaller mouth, cannot be proud and self-satisfied. He saw Ludwig and Ms. Stacy also in the crowd, nodding at them.

  Fang Mo Nan also saw them, pulled the two of them aside and whispered something in a low voice. She took over Renard's erhu and exchanged a glance with Mo Bei before the majestic and elegant tango music "One Step Away" began to play.

  Leonard bowed low and invited Stacy up for a tango.

  The classic soundtrack in this movie, the melody is so smooth and adaptable to every character's psychology and any scene's setup. One song ends, but the melody lingers on in your mind, like an unfinished dance that always misses the last step, leaving you with a sense of longing. Listening to it, you'll always want one more time.

  Renard and Stacy's dance is also perfect. From the dance steps and violin, you can deeply feel a romance, a melancholy, a passion, and an aesthetic! It seems that every note is positively conveying and telling a gentle sentiment, and it seems to be presenting a simple and practical attitude towards life in silence and invisibility.

  The crowd erupted into thunderous applause, it was simply fantastic.

  "Be careful..." Reynard steadied the stumbling Stacy, "Are you okay?"

  "It's nothing, I just tripped accidentally." Stacy said with a fake smile, as he helped her onto the small stool.

  Fang Mo Bei looked at her worriedly, Stacy said: "Really no problem, Beier (she liked to call Fang Mo Bei that, Mandarin was not very good for saying it) performed well. But here would be better like this."

  Mo Bei's attention was diverted by her, and Fang Mo Nan's sharp eyes caught a glimpse - Stacy had been seriously injured, so severely that she had exhausted all her energy just now. It wasn't the right time, let's talk about it later.

  The three of them were having a heated discussion about their gains and losses earlier. Fang Mo Nan saw the crowd dispersing, and Ludwig also disappeared into the crowd.

  The sky grew darker and the streetlights lit up one by one. They talked so much that they forgot about time, when Fang Mo Nan came over to invite them back home for dinner.

  A sumptuous Chinese feast, Fang Mo specially made a medicinal dish to alleviate Stacy's pain.

  After dinner, Stacy curiously asked Erhu questions, and the genius quickly got started and even played a tune with great interest.

  As the sky grew darker, Leonard drove her home. Stacey was puzzled as to why she had such a big movement today and her pain wasn't as severe as before. She thought about it but couldn't figure out the reason, so she stopped bothering her brain.

  Mo Bei went to Curtis for an interview, accompanied by Renard, so Fang Mo Nan knew nothing about the specific process. That day happened to be March 10th, after Mo Bei and Renard left, Fang Mo Nan and Xiao Yi took a taxi to the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX). Founded in 1790 as the first organized stock exchange in the United States, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange was established in 1790, with a history of 217 years, making it the oldest stock exchange in the United States. It is currently one of the three major options exchanges in the US. Such good conditions should not be wasted, and making money would be too regrettable.

  "Nan Nan, what are we doing here?" Little Auntie looked at the red building, the stock exchange, and gazed at her in confusion.

  "Open an account and invest." Fang Mo Nan said briefly, walking directly inside.

  "Ah, you're studying finance, right? Well, practice makes perfect, so I'm just letting you experience it firsthand!" Fang Mengnan said with a flourish, though in reality she was just bored out of her mind. "Besides, we can't just sit around and do nothing, can we?"

  "Could it be..." Auntie hadn't finished speaking when a service staff came over from the front.

  Fang Mo Nan pulled her hand and stared at her, telling her clearly, "You must listen to me." The intensity of his gaze made Xiao Yi finally say to the receptionist, "We'll open an account."

  "What's the amount?" The receptionist was a sweet-looking American girl.

  "Five hundred thousand dollars," Fang Mo Nan said.

  Auntie let out a sigh of relief after hearing that, fortunately she didn't lose all her family's assets.

  The receptionist led them to open an account, named Mo Xueyan, and entered the VIP room. After seeing the receptionist leave, Xiao Yi walked back and forth in a daze.

  Looking around here, although it's a bit old-fashioned, after all, it's familiar with everything. Sitting in the big house, looking at the big computer. In the 1960s and 1970s, the development of computers changed the securities industry, Philadelphia was one of the first to catch up with the electronic trading trend. Before the 1990s, it had always been a commercial center in the United States, although its development in the 19th century was not as fast as New York's, but it still had an important commercial position.

  Fang Mo Nan opened his computer with familiarity and operated it skillfully, "Stop shaking!"

  "Even this you know, I'm telling you, don't lose all of it." Little Aunt worriedly covered the screen with her arm.

  "Don't worry, this place is open 24 hours a day for trading. Let's make a bet, just on this." Fang Mo Nan pointed to the screen, "Microsoft's stock, it's listed today, I bet it will rise to $28. If I win, you have to promise me that I can come here anytime to 'operate'. How about it?"

  Fang Meinan knew that Microsoft went public on the first day at $21 and closed at $28. She bought Microsoft stocks at $21 per share, then 26, 26.5... The price of Microsoft's stock kept rising. By lunch break, the stock price rose to $28. On the first trading day, it stood firm at this price.

  At last closing time, Xiao Yi looked at the electronic screen, "Admit defeat and concede, but you only have this much money, don't think about coming back after losing it all"

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  Little aunt based on past experience, as long as Fang Mo Nan wants to do something, no one can stop him. After the market closes, they go home. Mo Bei returns from a job interview.

  They returned from Mengbei, but their expressions didn't reveal anything. After all, the decision was in someone else's hands, and no matter how confident they were, there was always a chance of an unexpected outcome.

  With nearly a month's time, to avoid the anxious and uneasy wait, Fang Mosen and Leonard decided to thoroughly tour every corner of Philadelphia.

  Philadelphia is indeed a city that deserves to be savored, it's the birthplace of America, where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were signed, serving as the capital for ten years before moving to Washington, from any angle, this is a place full of historical memories for Americans.

  Business district, Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, U.S. Constitution Museum and other famous historical sites.

  At night, Fang Mo Nan took them and Xiao Yi to a bar and disco to experience the decadent culture of this city's dark alleys. There were many blacks here, the security was not good, the slums were dirty and chaotic, cars were stolen and sold, drugs were trafficked, guns were smuggled, people carried knives and guns, and they were just short of seeing a gang fight to the death. They hid in the corner and took a sneak peek, Xiao Yi and the others had a big eye-opener!

  Sometimes people don't know what to do or what they want. But there are some things that must be made clear to Xiao Yi and Mo Bei, which cannot be done and must be avoided.

  Leonard's face was calm, but Xiaoyi and Mo Bei were anxious, especially when they stood in the red light district, their faces flushed with excitement, watching the scantily clad women soliciting customers on the street, wanting to flee.

  Fang Mo Nan pulled them along, "How can you look down on them?"

  Mo Bei often followed Mo Nan to learn, so she had a rich emotional understanding of music and was also skilled in martial arts. Lao Lin taught her and Xiao Yi a set of military boxing, with each move targeting the opponent's weak points, although she hadn't used it yet.

  "No!" Xiaoyi organized her language and said, "It's not that we look down on them, in the face of survival, morality is so cheap." She paused and continued, "After seeing the bright and prosperous side of this city, I didn't expect to see such a dark corner." This was Xiaoyi's lament. Before, when she was in her home country, she had heard how great America was, but she hadn't expected...

  "Light and shadow, black and white." Fang Mo Nan said in a nearly cold tone, "When one is full and warm, they think of those who are hungry and cold, it's normal, that's human nature."

  Leonard had had enough, he said early on, "Nan Nan, what did you bring them here for? They're polluting the eyes."

  "Let them understand the real society as soon as possible and know what they should and shouldn't do?" Fang Mo Nan said calmly.

  "Yes! These were only seen in books before, didn't expect they really exist. Ideals are beautiful, reality is cruel." Fang Mo Bei suddenly spoke out philosophical words, shocking Reynold to close his mouth.

  "Come on! I'll show you some things." Fang Mo Nan took them home.

  Back home, Fang Mo Nan took out something and handed it over to Xiao Yi.

  Mobile phone:

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