The annual meeting of Club No. 22 is becoming more and more lively every year, and its influence is also increasing day by day.

Although Li Zitao can't escape the reputation of being a nouveau riche and having bad luck, no one can despise him based on his strength alone.

At this time, America's upper class did not yet have the arrogance of later generations.

After the 1960s, trying to break into the upper class based on assets alone would be nothing more than a dream.

Why does Trump, that big-mouthed man, insist on running for president? Isn't it because he was scolded by O Hei Niu in the White House, saying that he is an upstart, a country bumpkin, and that his family has no background at all, making people look down upon him and make him angry?

Even after he successfully became president, there were still no invitations from him to New York's top upper-class traditional gatherings.

You don't have to live in a wealthy area to really become one of them.

Maybe the neighbors around you are not as rich as you, but their family has successfully obtained a pass to the upper class when your ancestors were still poor.

In fact, this is completely a bad habit learned from the British. What kind of background and bloodline? America's own history is too short, so it can only talk about it here and there, using a few years as a watershed to show the status of its own family.

Li Zitao is not very interested in this kind of thing, otherwise with his current status, as long as he takes the initiative, no one will invite him to the top club parties.

Asking them to take the initiative to invite a minority member, who is still a "nouveau riche", and who has made more money in a few years than they have in several lifetimes, the established dignitaries were a little embarrassed and waited for him to speak, but Li Zitao was unmoved.

If you invite me, I will go. If you don’t invite me, I won’t interfere. You play with yours and I play with mine. Anyway, his plate is big enough and there are many people on board. Why bother to praise a group of old guys?

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This is why Li Zitao has the confidence. The Habsburg and Grand Duke families are his capital to be proud of.

Otherwise, why would he always take out his pocket watch every time he meets with a big boss? West's identity is no longer a secret in the eyes of caring people.

It's just that the little old man is willing to live a small life in anonymity, hiding in the farm and wandering around with wild cranes. No one is in the mood to invite a respected descendant of the sacred emperor to come out to offer sacrifices.

The Grand Duke family of Luxembourg is known to everyone for its network capital.

Except for the Rockefeller family, it was because he and Lawrence hit it off immediately, and Little John admired him quite a lot. Some of the old foxes he made friends with later did not look at the Grand Duke's face.

Don't look at those guys who call themselves gentlemen and shout the slogan of "break racism". In fact, from the bottom of their hearts, the white-skinned people now look down on no one except themselves and the old British and French.

Li Zitao has been able to enjoy a smooth life in recent years, and Mary is responsible for much of this. Everyone is smart and knows it well.

Of course, this also requires Li Zitao himself to have the capital to make them look at him. If he can't help himself up the wall, no matter how powerful his identity and background are, it will be in vain.

So every time he faced the Grand Duke's family, he was very polite. When he was hired, he directly gave up 30% of the shares of the Blue and White Chamber of Commerce.

This year's Thanksgiving is going to Luxembourg. Mary asked the servants to start preparations early, and Li Zitao also prepared a lot of gifts.

The small items I brought out from the antique shop last time were just enough to be given as gifts to the eldest princess, the fourth princess and the sixth princess.

As for Jean and little prince Charles, Li Zitao specially prepared American muscle toys.

Two concept cars that have just been modified from F931, Hummer H-1.

The car is already on the ship to France. Its rough atmosphere, powerful power, and extreme off-road capabilities will surely satisfy both of them.

New York, Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Li Zitao and Mary were packing up their gifts, and Gulfstream One was already waiting at the airport.

"Charlie, how about this necklace for your mother?" Mary held a thin platinum chain with a sapphire pendant in her hand and gestured to her chest.

"Steady, dignified, and unique in vision." Li Zitao praised.

"I knew it." Mary glanced at him coquettishly, and Mary couldn't help but laugh again. These sweet words always made her unable to resist.

"It's almost time, okay?" After handing the salute to the hotel staff, Mary held his hand and left the hotel gracefully.

Last night at the entrance to the Empire State Building, reporters took enough photos for a year, and they were still guarding the entrance today.

There is no way, who can make people like to watch it!

The newspaper with the title of Mr. and Mrs. Li represents the sales volume. A smile and a wave are enough to write a report that can win a bonus.

As the car drove away slowly, Li Zitao looked back at the reporters in front of the hotel who were chatting with each other with cameras, competing with each other to see who could take better photos, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head.

"Fortunately we don't live in New York, otherwise our daily life would be serialized into a TV series in the newspaper." Li Zitao is still not used to the troubles of celebrities.

"What is the TV series?" Mary asked curiously.

"Uh..." He let it slip. Li Zitao turned his head and said easily: "The magic box, I call it TV. TV series are the stories played in it, just like dividing a movie into upper and lower parts or many parts.

Continuity story..."

As he talked, Li Zitao became interested. Yes, the television industry is not mature yet. The mechanical television invented by the British is just a mechanical device that scans pictures and maps them out. It cannot be called a television at all.

But its prototype is already there, and the next step is just a matter of research and development time, cost and popularity.

Can News Corporation register a TV station now and set up signal transmission towers? Jonathan's industrial group can also invest in research. The next wave of acquisitions is just the time to reshuffle.

"I want to make a call." Li Zitao said to the driver.

The driver pressed the red button under the front center armrest, and the end of the armrest popped up. With the sound of gears turning, the board with the phone on it was brought out.

After grabbing the phone rocker and turning it a few times, Li Zitao dialed Jonathan's office and told him about the 'Magic Box'.

Then he contacted News Corporation and asked Harry to go to the government to register a TV station. The definition and details of the TV station would be passed to him on the plane.

Putting the phone back on the board, the driver pressed the button and retracted the horizontal panel into the armrest. Li Zitao felt that he should also install a few wireless phones in his car. It would be much more convenient to have it.

"Are you going to venture into new areas again?" asked Mary, who was listening.

"It is not considered a new industry. In the future, newspapers, periodicals, television, etc. will be collectively referred to as media, but television will change people's lifestyles, just like telephones and airplanes."
Chapter completed!