bloom america

"Kate, it's already dawn."

"Well……"

Catherine was confused.

At this time, the blindfold was lifted and the sunlight entered her eyes.

It seems that wearing an eye mask does help you sleep.

"Take off your clothes and let's take a shower together."

"Um……"

Ada touched her slimy body.

"OK."

Catherine dazedly joined everyone, and then entered the large bath.

Fortunately, unlike Ada's bunny girl costume, Catherine's clothes almost cover her whole body, so she only needs to focus on cleaning the cream on the lower middle part and the cream on her hair, and everything is done.

"Huhu..."

Catherine was in a cheerful mood.

But it seems that everyone is not in a good mood.

"What's wrong?"

Catherine asked.

"Kate, I'm going to Italy." Lisa said suddenly.

"What?!"

Catherine was startled.

"I...I'm going to study fashion design."

Among all the partners, Jenny is the most calm, Lily is the most active, Ada has a more trendy girlish vibe, and Lisa seems to have always been obsessed with her own clothing design.

But no matter who it was, they were extremely silent at the moment.

The relationship between Elsa and them is not that close yet, so it is not easy for her to speak.

"Well, isn't that a good thing?"

Catherine smiled.

"I support you."

Lisa was stunned for a moment.

Then Catherine took her in her arms.

"I support you, Lisa, be brave and pursue your dreams!"

"But...Kate...we...we will never see each other again!"

Lisa seemed to have some tears in her eyes.

All the way from junior high school, we have been together for five years. We have a deep friendship, hidden secrets between girls, a joint company, and many, many things...

"But this temporary separation is for our better future, Lisa. Besides, it's not like we can't meet again, and we can be together in four years at most."

"Um……"

Lisa also leaned gently into Catherine's arms.

Although these girls usually play crazy, in fact, girls' minds are more delicate than anyone else's, and they are more vulnerable to injury.

Although Catherine may be passive at certain times, as a person with decades of memories and thoughts, she is also the most mature.

Leaning on Catherine's shoulder, Lisa was quiet, and she felt a kind of peace.

"By the way, Kate, what are you going to do in the future?" Jenny changed the subject at the right time.

"I?"

"Yes, you will be in grade 12 next year, right?"

Catherine nodded. Although she has been studying at home, next year will indeed be her last year.

"I plan to stop reading after I pass the SAT."

"Don't read anymore?!" Everyone except Elsa exclaimed.

Now, everyone has been admitted to college. Ada is going to Los Angeles to study acting, Jenny is at Columbia University, and Lily has also been admitted to the photography major.

Therefore, Catherine's words seemed a bit abrupt.

"Yes, because I have more important things. Maybe you will be interested in my new game console?"

"I see……"

Everyone shrugged.

It is true that Catherine is too busy to go to college now. But if she passes the SAT, she will still have a chance in the future.

"Maybe we can have some crazy fun before Lisa leaves?"

"Maybe~"

"Apart from these thoughts, can't the thinking in your brain be normal?" Catherine complained.

"Are we going too far?" Ada was stunned for a moment.

Indeed, now is the time when sexual liberation thoughts are breaking out. There are really too many promiscuous sexual encounters and one-night stands. In the French student revolution in 1968, their slogan was also "make love", which is enough to show that they were

For those people affected by this trend of thought, Ada and others are lucky that they have not fallen.

After her birthday, Catherine did not stay in New York, but left for California.

Catherine is planning to buy a vacation manor here.

In fact, Catherine preferred to go to Seattle, but considering that she was likely to stay in California often in the future, she decided to build a manor here.

Although Catherine has no industry in California for the time being, she has decided to put all the R&D centers in New York here.

The land price in New York is really ridiculously expensive, but the current land price in California is quite cheap. Although it will be very high in the future, it is the right time to buy now.

And Silicon Valley is right here, so it is very convenient for Catherine to move her company here.

Of course, the company's core business still remains in New York, with only some relatively high-tech industries such as R&D centers here. The production plant is in Georgia - which is very cheap.

Catherine plans to buy a piece of land in California and build her own R&D center. At the same time, she will build her own manor nearby.

In terms of production, although labor in Georgia is relatively cheap, and there is also Georgia's tax-free policy. However, as the scale of Catherine's business expands, the advantage of tax-free has become less and less obvious, and Georgia's

Labor costs are relatively low, only relative to domestic ones, but this cost can actually be reduced by half.

——The answer to the question lies abroad.

In fact, Catherine has recently targeted Taiwan.

Because at this time, the "Regulations on Rewarding Foreign Investment" appeared in Taiwan. For foreign companies setting up factories in Taiwan, Taiwan will open up its own resources to the greatest extent, including tax reductions and exemptions, cheap land, tax rebates for foreign companies, etc., these are all

It is a plan used by Taiwan to attract foreign companies.

In addition, local labor in Taiwan is relatively cheap, and Catherine is still very excited.

Trade union organizations in the United States are very troublesome, especially in places like factories.

For example, the steel industry in the United States was destroyed by trade unions.

The Iron and Steel Association requires the steel industry to have high wages and high benefits, but at the same time protests against their adoption of new technologies - because those technologies will allow steel companies to reduce the need for workers, although they can increase production a lot, or even double it.

Although Catherine's industry is a high-tech industry, labor costs are also a considerable problem.

If the factory can be built in Taiwan, the cost can be reduced by at least one level.

Catherine decided to visit Taiwan. As for when to leave, it depends on when the visa is issued.

As for the manor, Catherine hoped to have a manor where horses could be raised and raced.

Perhaps because of the "animal birthday", Catherine felt that riding a horse seemed to be a good choice.

But in the end, Catherine found that there was no place that suited her needs.

So, when she bought land for the company, she bought another piece of land for herself, and then hired an engineering team to build a new manor according to her own method...