At the Vanke Country Club in New York, the name might suggest a place for farmers to have a good time.
But as mentioned before, those who build country clubs are not necessarily farmers, but can also be top billionaires.
For instance, the Vanke Country Club was a newly established club funded by the DuPont Group, one of the four major financial groups in the United States. The entire club area isn't vast, comparable only to the size of New York City itself.
Inside the club, there are golf courses, beach volleyball courts, large outdoor swimming pools, and hundreds of other sports facilities, as well as private cinemas, Roman baths, bars, and hundreds of other entertainment venues.
They even specially dug out a large lake and, at the cost of excavating half of the beach from Honolulu, which boasts the finest sand in the world, transported that fine sand using twelve giant ships to fill the club's beaches, allowing visitors to experience the feeling of stepping on sand as fine as salt.
Because the club is so large, the distance between each facility is as much as a dozen football fields. Cars are needed for transportation within the club; otherwise, it would be impossible to walk from the main gate to the central auditorium in a single day.
A club of this scale naturally incurs astonishing maintenance costs. There are over a thousand maintenance workers alone. To ensure visual appeal, except for positions requiring extremely high technical skills or physical strength, all other maintenance workers are women, aged between 20 and 40, with graceful figures and beautiful appearances.
Many first-time visitors, upon seeing over a dozen women in crisp military uniforms standing at the manor's entrance, mistook them for models hired for cosplay, only to realize later.
These women are all legitimate security guards, carrying real firearms, and each has undergone three years of shooting training. Some of these security guards' shooting skills can even rival those of ace marksmen in the U.S. military.
Further inside, the cleaning staff, gardeners, road maintenance workers, golf ball retrievers, and so on, are all exclusively beautiful women.
It is rumored that these female workers have weight requirements; failure to meet the standard results in immediate dismissal and forfeiture of all bonuses and subsidies, compelling these women to meticulously manage their diets.
Fortunately, as their work is primarily physical labor, they can eat more and do not have to subsist solely on fruits like models.
It is said that the Vanke Country Club was not like this before; it was previously staffed entirely by gentlemen in suits.
This is a personal preference of the current head of the DuPont Group. He simply enjoys seeing tall, slender beauties and once remarked that long legs are the most wonderful artwork in the world, a stark contrast to his father, who favored gentlemen.
Of course, the DuPont Group would not engage in coercion. These women all work there voluntarily. Firstly, the salary is excellent, with a basic monthly wage of $30,000, ten times the average salary. The workload is not demanding, and they can live in such a dreamlike club, which truly attracts many women.
Additionally, the current head of the DuPont Group is also very generous; anyone fortunate enough to catch his eye, even if only patted on the backside, can receive tips of tens of thousands of dollars.
If they are fortunate enough to engage in relations, the compensation starts directly from $200,000, which is not much less than the "bed fees" of so-called Hollywood stars.
These aloof Hollywood stars, they are not unfamiliar with them; in fact, they see dozens of them almost every month, most often in palaces paved with marble.
Whether a big star or a lowly maid here, before the men of the DuPont family, they all have to kneel obediently, offering their all to gain their pleasure.
And sometimes, it's not just female stars kneeling beside them; after all, with so many powerful men in the DuPont family, when the forest is large, there are all sorts of birds.
For the entire Vanke Country Club, one of the most grand occasions is the banquet held once every four years.
Although this banquet is held annually, it rotates among the territories of the four major financial groups. The fixed venue for the DuPont Group's hosting is the Vanke Country Club, making this grand banquet a quadrennial event.
All the club's employees began preparing for this feast half a year in advance, with all sorts of rare ingredients, artistic masterpieces, and so on, arriving at the club sequentially.
However, the most numerous arrivals are the handsome and beautiful young men and women. Starting a month prior, countless young men and women, whose figures and appearances rival Hollywood stars, have been progressively led into the club and then assigned to various activity venues.
As of the day before, the total number of favored men and women reached 5,000, with 95% being female.
Their primary role is to ensure the distinguished guests have an enjoyable time throughout the club, while the original staff are all concentrated in the grand banquet hall to work.
After all, every word spoken in the banquet hall, if it were to leak out, could potentially shake the entire United States. Therefore, those working here must be the most trusted individuals. Those temporary handsome and beautiful people are only fit to stay in other venues, filling in for staff shortages.
Alice has been working at the club for three years.
It's hard to imagine, but Alice is actually a university student, and moreover, a student of an Ivy League university, specifically a history major.
As everyone knows, in any country, history is a difficult major to find employment in. Alice's situation is no different, but fortunately, she is naturally beautiful with an excellent figure, and her beautiful legs are a full meter long. She was then recommended by a professor at the academy to join the Vanke Country Club, eventually becoming a pool cleaner.
However, here, the benefits of a history major became apparent, as Alice was eventually assigned to the library, becoming a librarian responsible for the maintenance of the historical sections.
Initially, Alice thought it might be a small venue with only a few bookshelves. But upon arrival, she discovered that the entire library was almost as large as the New York Public Library.
Furthermore, the historical section alone was twice the size of the New York Public Library's history department, housing a total collection of over 8.6 million historical books.
It's not that the DuPont family is particularly fond of history; rather, the family likes to stuff all their collection of books that are over a hundred years old and possess a long history into the history hall.
Their reasoning is that these books are history in themselves, a point that is undeniably valid.
However, unexpectedly, the power brokers of the DuPont family frequently appear in the library, sometimes spending several hours there. In subsequent casual conversations with colleagues, Alice realized she probably saw these individuals more than anyone else.
It's a pity that despite the many opportunities, the power brokers of the DuPont family conduct themselves as perfect gentlemen in the library. In her three years, Alice has never received a bonus, which makes her feel quite disheartened.
During her work, however, she discovered an interesting fact. Previously, the historical books favored by the DuPont family were those concerning European history.
But in recent years, they have been reading Chinese history the most.
As time went by, Alice finally had the opportunity to participate in this highest echelon gathering in the United States for the first time.
Although her current job is merely a staff member responsible for the champagne tower, she has nevertheless met many individuals rarely seen in daily life.
The first person she saw was the President, the man who decides the fate of all Americans. At this moment, the President's expression, while as solemn as it appears on television, lacked its usual authority. Instead, he wore a perpetually humble smile, bowing politely to everyone he met, even to service staff like themselves.
The other guests were largely the same, all appearing as humble, kind, and gentle gentlemen, knights embodying the eight virtues.
However, according to what she learned from her colleagues, these gentlemen are capable of engaging in unspeakable acts once they reach the various entertainment venues.
There was once a colleague who was tormented by a certain influential figure, whose name could not be mentioned, for a month, to the point where she forgot how to walk on two legs. However, the subsequent compensation was extremely generous, amounting to a $3 million compensation payment.
The reason these individuals are currently displaying such virtuous conduct is primarily due to the sheer number of people present. Not only are many friends here, but more importantly, their enemies are also here. A careless move could lead to them being caught with a handle, and then it would be all over.
Of course, the most significant reason is the presence of the power brokers of the four major financial groups. Although these individuals are all perverts, they do not wish to collaborate with perverts themselves.
Wherever her gaze fell, Alice first spotted the magnates from her own organization, the DuPont Group. As the hosts, they naturally arrived first.
Subsequently, the magnates from the Rockefeller Group arrived. Unlike those who prefer to appear last, the Rockefellers always strive to appear as ordinary as possible. Their family club also occupies the smallest area among the four financial groups' clubs, which is why they are often the first to arrive.
Following them were the titans of the Morgan Group. They prefer to make their entrance second to last; if they cannot be second to last, they would rather move up a few places than be the very last to enter.
This timing perfectly complements the Boston Group, who arrives last. As the only group among the four not named after a family, the members of the Boston Group are the ones who most enjoy arriving last.