Chapter 38 (1/2)
After coming out of the church, you can see the most classic street sign at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway. Andy stood under the sign for a while, but no one felt his strange behavior. Here time is money, and no one cares about other people's behavior.
At the end of the Wall Street trip, Andy and his party walked one or two blocks west to the world trade site. September 11, 2001, shocked the world. Looking at the open space surrounded by buildings, the reconstruction project is laying the foundation. From time to time, you can see the construction workers.
Andy looks at everything in silence. He looks at people walking through the world trade center. They think about each other. From time to time, they can see some pedestrians show their sadness. Joseph and Kenny look at the site seriously. Andy knows that this pain will stay in all levels of the United States for a long time.
Not far from the construction site, there is a star spangled banner. A few Americans nearby are giving an excited speech. After listening, Andy knows that he is giving an anti war speech.
After listening for a while, Andy returns to the car, ”the next stop is times square.”
Times Square is located on 42nd Street, Floyd street and 7th road. New York usually calls the park ”square”, which is neither a park nor a square square, but a triangle. The name derives from the fact that the head office of the New York Times moved here in 1904. As the center of New York classical music industry, Lincoln Center is the stage that all artists are looking forward to. It is also the New York cultural center that gathers opera house, concert hall and outdoor concert hall. It's said that it used to be a slum, but now it has become an important stage of performing arts and the most coveted residential area in New York.
Andy stands in the triangle, feeling the crazy expansion to the infinite colorful world. Looking around, there are people of different colors, countries and nationalities in the world; what is displayed is a stage without stage.
The huge semi cylindrical NASDAQ ads constantly change the hot and cold faces of black, blue and red. It seems that the stock market of the world financial center is unpredictable!
”It's really the crossroads of the world. Maybe it's worth living to have a place here.” Andy looks at the bustling place and sighs. He knows that in this area where the benefits have been allocated, he can look at the surrounding buildings, either the NASDAQ big screen and the times building, or it's almost impossible to step in without throwing hundreds of millions of dollars.
There is a special kind of building in Times Square. There is no one in the building all the year round, but it can bring tens of millions of dollars of advertising fee every year. In 1997, one such building can be sold to 1. 1.7 billion dollars.
New York has four distinct seasons, so it's hot in midsummer. Andy can't stand the sun. After watching the time, it's almost noon.
In the morning, I saw several famous scenic spots and Andy was a little tired, so I decided to go to the last stop today.
The Chinese city of New York is rather messy, and even the most symbolic Chinese city memorial archway does not exist. However, there are more than 30 streets and lanes in Huaxia city of New York, crisscross and full of life.
I found a good restaurant in Huaxia city and ate authentic Cantonese food. The boss was shocked by Andy's Chinese level, especially Andy said in Mandarin, ”what I want to eat is authentic Cantonese food. Don't make some sweet and greasy Chinese food with strange taste. I can't eat the Chinese food you invented to fool foreigners.”
It's funny to think of the boss's gaping look, because knowing Andy was huaxiatong, the boss would not fool him. He went to the kitchen and explained to the chef himself.
After dinner, Andy drinks a pot of Longjing tea presented by his boss and chats with the restaurant owner for a while.
The scene of a tall and handsome foreigner and a little fat Chinese American chatting in fluent Chinese attracted the frequent attention of other diners. From time to time, people can hear Andy's Mandarin level and strong sense of disobedience.
”You ask the antique shop on this street?” The restaurant owner frowned and didn't know how to answer.
Andy saw his tangled expression, naturally thought of each other's concerns, smiled and said: ”I just want to see. I'm curious about the ancient Chinese culture. As for the authenticity, it doesn't matter. After all, I don't understand it. What I don't buy randomly is to see.”
The owner of the restaurant heard Andy's explanation and said: ”well, after all, antiques need eyesight and experience. It's hard for ordinary people to distinguish the true from the false. When you buy it, you still need to think about it clearly. There is an antiques shop that has been open for decades in this street, and its things can still be seen there. There are some antique stalls in a haist street market near Huaxia city, But the things there depend on eyesight. ”
After checking out, Andy takes Joseph and Kenny to find a small plaque with a black background and gold characters in the disordered signboard according to the address given by the hotel owner, which reads ”jubaoxuan”.