Chapter 270: Nothing Else
In the crackling flashlights, Zheng Jianguo watched the porter and the taxi driver stuff the two suitcases into the trunk, and he got into the back seat of the car and reported the address: "18 72nd Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan——"
"Ok, which star are you, I don't even know you"
The driver was a white-toothed brother in a sweatshirt, with a pair of white eyes with big irises and small iris swept through the rearview mirror and asked, but the movements of his hands did not stop and drove the car out.
When he looked directly at the group of reporters in the rearview mirror and returned to the exit of the airport, Brother Baiya continued: "I think you are somewhat familiar, but I feel that you all look similar-"
"Hmm-"
Silently swept the driver in front of him, Zheng Jianguo pulled the corners of his mouth and snorted in response.
Then he looked out the car window with a solemn look on his face, but he didn't expect the white tooth brother in front of him to seem to open the conversation: "Are you going home, you bought a house on the Upper East Side, where the price of the house is the highest, of course, considering Fifth Avenue and Central Park and private schools."
If I had as much money as you, I would have chosen there! But no one came to pick you up, aren't the people who live there all the people who have their own luxury cars?"
"Bruce should send someone to pick me up"
As if reminded by Brother Baiya's nagging, a thought suddenly flashed in Zheng Jianguo's mind, his first-class ticket was all booked by others, so he must know when he will get off the plane.
And if you think about it in human sense, after you help someone book the first class cabin of the plane, you will definitely drive it yourself, or let someone pick it up.
And with the relationship between the two, this situation will be inevitable, of course, if you are really busy, you will also tell the person how to travel, or how long it will take to take a taxi.
"How long does it take to get from here to 72nd Street on the Upper East Side"
Many thoughts flashed in his mind, Zheng Jianguo opened his mouth to ask, only to see Brother Baiya show a bright smile: "The normal time is about half an hour, but where are we, this is New York, and the place you go to is the Upper East of Manhattan."
Even I, a native driver, have never been there in an hour when I go to a sports car, and you see there's a traffic jam ahead—"
"Doodoooooo
The chattering Brother Baiya said and pressed the horn in front of him, Zheng Jianguo couldn't help but feel a little toothache and looked out the window, and then saw another taxi parked next to him, and then honked the horn: "Dudu Dudu-"
Then he retracted his gaze and looked at the watch on his wrist, Zheng Jianguo took the plane at three o'clock in the afternoon, and then flew for more than half an hour and was delayed at the exit for a few minutes, and it was almost half past four at this time.
If you can't reach it in an hour, you will go to 6 o'clock to get off the bus, and according to Zheng Jianguo's understanding of the life of time this year, you know that the start time of this kind of dinner party starts at half past 5 in the afternoon.
"The first time we met, I stepped on the meal and ordered"
Feeling the weakness of the traffic jam again, Zheng Jianguo glanced at Brother Baiya, who was still honking the horn with the driver next to him, and saw that he suddenly let go of the horn and leaned forward, obviously looking at something through the windshield, and soon heard him speak: "It's really good to be rich, you can take a helicopter directly after getting off the plane, then you don't have to be blocked on the ground like us——"
"Buy another helicopter, then you can consider opening an airline—"
Looking sideways at the helicopter that was about to disappear in the sky, before the thoughts in Zheng Jianguo's mind disappeared, he felt that the car suddenly started and rushed out, and when he shook and almost hit the back of the front seat, Brother Baiya's voice came: "Sorry, the traffic light is going to change again, we have to hurry!"
“——”
When the car quickly passed through the intersection of the green light, Zheng Jianguo saw the two policemen standing on the side of the road flashing by, and then the speed began to drive fast and slow, and he was already glad that he would not get motion sickness, otherwise according to this tossing method, he was afraid that he would vomit out if he didn't reach the destination.
But even if he doesn't get motion sickness, when Zheng Jianguo arrived at his destination an hour and a half later, he got out of the car with a big white face, but just when he stepped on the solid and flat ground and breathed in the fresh air, a familiar voice came from the side: "Zheng, why did you come by taxi, didn't Cagni pick you up?"
"Hey, Bruce—"
After seeing the radiant Bruce's face change slightly, he had already arrived in front of him with a uniformed waiter.
Zheng Jianguo couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, watched the driver hand over the luggage to the waiter, and took out his wallet from his pocket and said: "I was surrounded by reporters when I was at the exit, maybe the people you sent didn't see me, please make change-"
"Oh, good—"
When Brother Baiya, who took the money, was thinking about whether there was a tip to take, he heard Zheng Jianguo say that he asked for change, so he looked for 4 US dollars and 20 cents with the idea that these people were so stingy, and saw Zheng Jianguo directly handed the money to the waiter next to him: "Please help me move it." ”
"Hi, Zheng—"
Bruce's face changed again before he wanted to say that I would give the money, but he saw that the waiter had already taken the money with a bright face, so he had to turn to look at his wife in the lobby and said, "This is my wife, Katrin Bruce-"
"Hi Zheng, it's an honor to have you, and welcome to Manhattan, you can make this your second home—"
Catlyn Bruce, who was stepping on a pair of high heels, was one meter eight tall, Zheng Jianguo couldn't help but glance at Bruce, who was a little shorter than her, and felt that this person's taste was also a minority among Americans, so he immediately reached out and shook it gently with the other party, and said: "Thank you, Mrs. Bruce, I'm also honored that you can invite me to the housewarming feast——"
"Zheng is not an outsider, let's go up, there are still some guests at home-"
Bruce patted Catherin on the shoulder and said, Zheng Jianguo followed the two obviously carefully cleaned couples into the hall of No. 18.
I saw that the brightly lit hall was exquisitely decorated, both men and women were suits and leather dresses and long skirts, even those with children were dressed, and I couldn't help but feel that the residents in this property were really high-end and high-grade -
"Ding—"
As the elevator door opened, Zheng Jianguo saw three pairs of men and women in the same suits and leather long skirts appear, and he put down the steps he wanted to lift and wait for the other party to leave.
But I didn't want to be in the elevator, three pairs of men and women's six pairs of eyes swept over Zheng Jianguo and Bruce, among them, the blonde woman wearing a deep V long skirt looked at Zheng Jianguo again, and after the slender willow eyebrows were raised high, her blue eyes flashed with surprise: "You are - Doctor Zheng Jianguo"
"Well, hello, I'm Zheng Jianguo-"
It was the first time to come into contact with the deep V dress so closely, Zheng Jianguo almost couldn't control his downward eyes, and it took a lot of effort to stop his eyes on the other party's clavicle socket, and looked at the flaming red lips on the other party's face with a smile: "You are"
"I'm sorry, but I'm a bit presumptuous to do this, I'm Abigail from the Department of Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and this is my fiancé Klein, and it's a pleasure to meet you-"
The crimson lips opened and closed, and the white, somewhat dazzling teeth came into view, and Abigail smiled pleasantly as he spoke.
At the same time, his slender hands introduced Zheng Jianguo when he expressed his body language, and he nodded to Klein, who was looking at her with a look on his face, which was a greeting.
Compared to Massachusetts General Hospital and Mayo Clinic, as well as Johns Hopkins Hospital, the name of Mount Sinai Medical Center is not well known to later generations.
It's just that for Zheng Jianguo, who has graduated from Harvard Medical School, he knows that this hospital is a top medical center that is not inferior to the first three.
And the person who can claim which hospital he is to the outside world, at least in terms of popularity, is similar to him, think about the Massachusetts General Hospital emergency room prefix he printed on his business card, you know that this should also be an attending doctor: "I'm also glad to know two-"
"I don't know if you applied for residency after graduation – or which hospital you went to"
Abigail, who had a hint of anticipation on his fair cheeks, asked, and Zheng Jianguo smiled and said, "I'm currently training in the emergency room of Massachusetts General Hospital for the joint MD and PHD program, and I'm also working as a supervisor in the laboratory of the digestive center——"
"I thought you had given up on H. pylori, I wonder if you could give me a business card, I have some research matters I want to ask you about, but now we meet where and when -"
The slender hands were intertwined with some exaggerated body movements from time to time, Abigail blushed as if she was shy after saying her thoughts, Zheng Jianguo didn't expect her to be so direct, so he took out his wallet from his pocket, took out a business card and handed it over with both hands: "It's a bit exaggerated for you to ask for advice, let's learn from each other——"
If it was a normal interpersonal exchange of business cards, Zheng Jianguo would definitely not hold it with both hands and hand it out, but at this time, he was the eyes of four or five people next to him, and it was a lady who took the initiative to ask him for a business card, so he lowered his posture.
"Thank you! you're so modest—"
Abigail took the business card with both hands and looked at it, but soon his crimson face showed surprise: "You are still an associate professor at MIT."
"Part-time, there's a physics lab over there—"
Zheng Jianguo smiled and didn't continue, but Abigail nodded as if he remembered something and said, "Well, I heard that you also got a doctorate in physics when you graduated, so I won't delay you, I'll call you later, goodbye!"
"Goodbye, Dr. Abigail!"
With a smile on his face, Zheng Jianguo nodded to Klein, who was silent next to him, and then watched the two leave, and the elevator that had stopped earlier had already gone up.
Fortunately, the elevator next to him had already gone down to the second floor, and while waiting for the elevator to go down to the first floor, Bruce opened his mouth and said: "Jianguo, you still have a part-time job at MIT."
"Isn't the emergency room busy, and the hospitals over here are overcrowded—"
With Bruce's voice, Catlyn Bruce spoke, and Zheng Jianguo smiled: "The emergency room of Massachusetts General Hospital is also relatively busy, but the agreement I signed is not an ordinary residency agreement.
The joint MD and PhD training program includes regular on-to-work and off-hours, as well as research time outside of the main shift, plus weekend breaks.
Professor Thomas of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invited me to join his lab because he wanted to use this time, so I became an adjunct associate professor, but then I only had half a day left on the weekend—"
"You don't, give yourself time to relax and have fun"
At this time, as the elevator opened and the people inside walked out, Catlyn Bruce asked after the three people and the waiter entered the elevator car, but Zheng Jianguo shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I want to take advantage of the fact that I am still young and energetic, I want to learn a little more, as for the time for entertainment and relaxation, there will be a lot of time in the future——"
Turning her head to look at Bruce, Katrin saw that he raised his eyebrows and tilted his head, and his eyes flashed with this son who was about the same age, and he felt that the gap between people and people was really incomparable.
originally wanted his son Cagney to pick up the plane with this close man, but he didn't think about it, he didn't pick up Zheng Jianguo, and he didn't even bring people and cars home until now.
"This is worthy of recognition, but it is a pity that the vast majority of young people cannot appreciate the responsibility of being young——"
Bruce nodded approvingly and said, the elevator stopped on the 15th floor, and it was only as the elevator door opened that Zheng Jianguo, who was affirmed, looked at the exquisitely decorated elevator box, and couldn't believe his eyes: "This-"
"This is the Upper East Side of Manhattan for $1,000 per foot—"
Catelyn walked out of the elevator with a smile on her face, Zheng Jianguo and Bruce took the bellman to room 1503, and the two of them carried a suitcase to the living room where there were already five or six young men and women.
"It's all going to be swept anyway, we're done eating and throwing it away, and then we're going to sweep it, I promise you'll clean it-"
After the girl named Martha looked at the TV with disapproval, Bruce had to glare at Zheng Jianguo and said, "Whenever this happens, I envy the parents of the Republic - I will take you to the guest room." ”
"Huh. ”
Looking at the boys and girls who were not much younger than him, Zheng Jianguo automatically ignored Bruce's previous words, but he followed the latter to the guest room and put down the suitcase, and when he simply packed it up, he was knocked on the door.
Pulling open the somewhat old wooden door, Zheng Jianguo saw a big boy standing at the door with a somewhat similar face to Bruce, and at this time he was full of helplessness and said: "Zheng, I didn't expect you to be surrounded by reporters, and by the time I heard about you from the reporters, you had already gotten into a taxi and came over——"
"It's okay, these are all accidents, and I arrived safely-"
Knowing that this thing didn't do the task assigned by Bruce, I am afraid that it is a moment of secret annoyance at this time, Zheng Jianguo did not turn around in his heart, only to see Bruce who came from a distance and said: "Jianguo, this is my son Cagney, except that he doesn't like to study very much, everything else is not bad——"