American Peak Life

"Yes, today is the musical, "Cats", Elaine Ka, we are very lucky." After making the call, Lu Ning showed a winning look on the road. Unexpectedly, he encountered a very good piece of music drama.

Chapter 822 The Different Elaine

Lu Ning and Elaine are very interested at the moment. You know, the musical "Cats" can be regarded as one of Broadway's repertoires. "Cats" is adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on a poem written by TS Eliot for children The musical, Cats, was first performed as a musical on 1981 May 5 at the New London Theater in West End, London.

Since then, it has become an instant hit in England. With its hard-to-break box office record, "Cats" has become the most successful and longest-running musical in England's history.

Since 1982, "Cats" has been performed on Broadway in New York, America, the holy land of stage plays all over the world, breaking the record for the longest and most frequent Broadway performances.

Moreover, there is now news from within Broadway that "Cats" is about to be suspended this year. The reason is that these leading actors are already old and physically unfit to complete such a difficult musical, and the young Actors, at least for now, are classics that cannot act in the roles in it, so, for now, it is really one less game to watch.

You know, such a classic musical is the dream of many people when they were young. "Cats" has won seven Tony Awards. The classic among the songs, this song has been recorded more than 600 times, including the famous singer: Barbra Streisand.

Since the musical was held at 1:50 p.m., Lu Ning and Elaine Ka gave up the long meal and chose a very good pizzeria on Broadway. The cheese pizza here is very thick, but Can increase appetite.

It took the two of them less than an hour to settle their own lunch. Well, most of the time, it was Elaine Ka who watched Lu Ning before eating. After all, Elaine Ka still pays attention to maintaining her figure. However, in the face of high-calorie foods, Elaine is still very restrained.

After lunch, the two went straight to the Broadway theater. At the entrance, Lu Ning paid a ticket price of 300 US dollars. This price is not as good as it was in its peak period. It seems that "Cats" has really reached its final moment.

Entering the Broadway theater, the feeling of history is overwhelming. Apart from other things, the interior decoration of Broadway has always been just for protection. Now, it still maintains the original flavor when it was first built.

"Lu Ning, I feel like I'm back when I was a child again." Elaine hooked Lu Ning's arms and looked at the interior decoration, roughly, it was exactly the same as when she was a child.

"Okay, when you say it, it seems to be the same thing." In Lu Ning's vague memory, there are also some memories about Broadway. At that time, Lu Ning was still young and was often brought to see by Queen Lin. All kinds of stage plays, well, when she was young, Queen Lin was a crazy fan of stage plays. As long as she had time, she would bring Lu Ning to New York on a private plane, and there was even a case of flying to see the show.

There are still more than 20 minutes left before the performance. In terms of time, it is more abundant. Lu Ning and Yi Lian are watching while walking, which can be regarded as reminiscing. It can be seen that Yi Lian is very interested high.

Well, at that time, my mother was also taking me with me. As for that one, Yi Lian had no such figure in her memory when she was a child, and she would never be by her side. After her parents divorced, although she was sentenced to However, the one who takes care of Elaine Ka will always be the nanny at home, and only when her mother rarely comes to see her, Elaine Ka will smile.

Yi Lian's biological mother is also a member of the entertainment industry, so she also has an unusual hobby for stage plays. Of course, the musicals at that time were all symbols of belonging to wealthy families.

Therefore, there are also many memories of Elaine Ka on Broadway. Elaine Ka is obsessed with musicals, which is also inherited from her mother. Therefore, in normal times, Elaine Ka is also very busy and sneaks out to watch A stage play is also a rare relaxation.

Well, Elaine and Qin Lan are different, although both of them belong to the type of strong woman, but Qin Lan has been pushing herself, always working and working, but Elaine is different, she has her own hobbies, Knowing how to allocate their time, in this regard, Elaine and Delphine belong to the same category of people.

As for Qin Lan, perhaps he became a monk halfway through, and up to now, he hasn't been able to better position himself.

It was not until 5 minutes before the opening that Lu Ning and Elaine Ka came to their private room for couples. Well, the grand theater decorated in the 80s was full of history, but it revealed its splendor everywhere. The gathering place, from the details, can still see the luxury and noise at that time.

Not long after, the curtain slowly opened, and the first act of the musical "Cats": The Midnight Dance Drives Cats Crazy, was officially staged. Among them, the most classic one was a group of cats performing a song called "The March of the Burrica Dogs" The terrible battle between the Pekingese and the little dog”, cats barking at each other in the clothes of hostile dogs.

The second act: why summer is late, how time passes, the most classic is that Grizebella sang about the past with a song "Memories", and finally made the family accept her return.

During this period, I don't know why, Elaine leaned on Lu Ning's shoulder, sobbing slightly, maybe she really thought of the past time, or, Elaine had some unspeakable secrets, Lu Ning just stopped Elaine shoulders so that she could look more comfortably on herself.

He didn't ask "why", and there was no need to ask. At this time, Elaine just needs someone to rely on, and Lu Ning is the best candidate.

As Jellicle's evening draws to a close, senior Dutronomie tells the human onlookers dressed as cats that "the cats are a lot like you" in their unique qualities and differences.

The lights of the theater were turned on, and the actors on the stage began to call their curtains. Lu Ning and Elaine stood up and applauded sincerely, thanking the actors for bringing them such a wonderful performance, yes, such a wonderful performance.

"Lu, it's really great, isn't it? Great." Elaine Ka seemed a little incoherent, well, yes, it's great.

After the performance, it was already 6 p.m. when I left the Broadway theater. It wasn't as warm as it was in Broadway. The wind on the street was bit biting, and Elaine tightened her windbreaker tightly.

"Lu, let's not go back tonight, okay? Go to the hotel." Elaine Ka said with some expectation.

Well, Lu Ning nodded his head like a ghost. Of course, Elaine made Lu Ning realize another self, um, a crazy self.

However, what Lu Ning didn't know was that while Lu Ning was taking a shower, Elaine turned off her cell phone.

In the apartment, Paris had a face of gritted teeth, bastard, there was a reminder that the other party had turned off the phone, the shameless bitch must have been done by Elaine.

Chapter 823 Financing Officially Begins

Very good, early the next morning, Lu Ning rubbed his sore waist, a little dumbfounded, it was really difficult to tame the crazy Elaine, not to mention anything else, I guess he had to eat Supplement, well, Lu Ning originally wanted to check the time, only to find that his phone had been turned off, no need to guess, it must have been done by Elaine, it seems that it was premeditated, Lu Ning was still wondering, Why is my mobile phone so quiet all night.

Well, Lu Ning turned on the phone, well, then, there was a series of notification sounds, and sure enough, they were all from Paris.

19:11: Lu, when are you coming back?We went for dinner together and I found a nice restaurant.

20:10: Why shut down?Did that shameless bitch Elaine do something to you?

21:38: Bastard, I must have a duel with Elaine, where did this bitch take you.

22:13: Lu, I can't sleep without you by my side. . . . . .

Well, it’s almost one text message every hour. Lu Ning can see it. It is estimated that Elaine is still worried about losing the rock-paper-scissors competition the night before, especially when Paris got embarrassed in front of her early in the morning. That's why Elaine designed this one.

"Well, that's right, that's what I thought." Well, the notification sound of the mobile phone successfully woke up Elaine, and the seductive red lips rang in Lu Ning's ears. The big boss who survived to the last episode of the play, Paris Yagen, who rarely wins, will not be Elaine's opponent.

Look at the time again, it is already 8:2 in the morning, very good, there are still [-] hours left, the first financing of GR Group is about to start, the time waits for no one, Lu Ning and Elaine Ka got up and tidied up, in the hotel I had breakfast at the restaurant. Well, the hotel is the flagship store of the Elaine Ka family in New York, and it can be regarded as an old-fashioned five-star hotel. When they came here last night, the two of them didn't even register, and directly asked for the key to the presidential suite at the front desk. .

I rushed all the way to the Bear Stearns Building, and found that countless luxury cars have been parked in the public parking area of ​​the office building today, including Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It seems that there are quite a few bigwigs who came today .

When he came to the "Faceface" technology headquarters, Jas was already waiting for the two bosses at the front desk. Seeing Lu Ning and Elaine, Jas was relieved. You know, the time has come to 9:45. At this moment, most of the Many Wall Street investment bankers have already arrived at the "Faceface" technology, and at this moment, they are already waiting in the conference room.

Only Lu Ning and Elaine didn't show up, Jas was really anxious, well, he didn't answer the call, Lu Ning set his phone to silent mode early in the morning, still afraid that Paris would not stop "Harassment", of course, Lu Ning has already sent Paris a text message, at least to prove that he is not missing.

"Boss, CEO, all interested organizations and individuals have basically arrived." Jas saw Lu Ning and Elaine Ka walk out of the elevator, and hurried over to report.

"Okay, I got it. By the way, who was sent by the Lu consortium and a subsidiary of the Rothschild family?" Lu Ning still cared about his own people.

"Boss, Wang Yong, the vice president in charge of the investment department, came from Lu's investment, and the Rothschild family is a subsidiary of Legg Mason Investment Company, and their president came here." Jas hurriedly reported.

Hey, I'm an acquaintance, Wang Yong won't talk about it, I didn't expect that Brother Wang has been promoted. From the head of the Lu's consortium in Los Angeles to the head of the investment department of the headquarters, he can be regarded as one of the high-level figures of the Lu's consortium. It seems that Dad is very optimistic about Wang Yong.

"Okay, I see, how many other companies have come?"

"Boss, there are no less than 80 of them, and they are all big and famous investment banks on Wall Street. Some of them have deep backgrounds. There are also 8 independent investors, who are also very famous in the industry."

"Huh? So much? Do they all agree with the valuation of 300 billion US dollars mentioned yesterday?" Lu Ning asked in surprise.

"Yes, boss, I have communicated everything in advance, and I did not expect that such a high valuation would only scare away one-third of the investment banks." Jas himself did not expect that such a barrier would He didn't even scare the other party away.

"Well, that's good too. It can avoid the concentration of equity." Lu Ning thought as he walked, and came to the conclusion that doing so was in his best interest. Fighting in the arena will hinder the development of the GR Group. You must know that what Lu Ning wants is that the GR Group is completely in his own hands and develops according to his own ideas. It is okay to invest in shares, but if you want to interfere with the development of Dao Company, I'm sorry. That is impossible.

Even Lu's investment and the Rothschild family don't want to dictate the development of the GR Group. This is what Lu Ning explained.

While speaking, the three of them had already arrived at the door of the conference room. Jas took two quick steps and stepped forward to open the door. For a moment, everyone in the conference room was staring at the door. .

"Everyone, welcome to the "faceface" technology. The purpose of everyone's visit is very clear. Then, I will not introduce the gr group. In comparison, everyone is already familiar with it. Maybe, in your hands, about GR Group's new energy project is clearer than what I know, well, if you are here, it means that you are all unanimously optimistic about the future of GR Group, here, I would like to thank you in advance."

Lu Ning's speech received unanimous applause from everyone. Yes, the GR Group has a big piece of cake right now, and countless predators want a piece of it. Although the valuation of the GR Group exceeds their imagination, everyone still doesn't want it. It is a gamble to give up this great opportunity. After all, the GR Group has only drawn a big pie, but no one knows the real model and the sales volume after it is launched.

However, in the field of new energy alone, it is worth blocking everyone.

"Everyone, this time we are going to release a total of 35% of the equity in our first round of financing. Among them, Lu's consortium and Lexi Mason Investment have already confirmed their 300% equity in advance, and the valuation is also 15 billion US dollars. , this point, let me explain in advance, as for the remaining [-]%, it will become your goal, of course, there will be a second round of financing in the future, this is for sure, but two rounds After that, the listing will start, and if you want to get on the car, now is the best opportunity.”