Chapter Eighty-Seven: Talked About It Before
Yan Yun told Qi Yi to be calm and not impatient.
However, are these four words really suitable for such a scene?
After leaving the hotel, Yan Yun began to find a little unable to find the north, and he didn't know where to go.
"Excuse me, this grandfather, do you know how to get around this scenic spot on Flower Street?" Yan Yun looked at Qi Yi with a smile.
"What is Flower Street, I don't know, I haven't heard of a red light district in New York. That "grandfather" didn't seem to be very amiable.
"Wow, you just came to New York and started asking about the red light district? Is it appropriate for you to do this? Don't pretend, 42nd Street, haven't you been there?" Yan Yun asked in surprise. (Note 1)
"Why am I going to 42nd Street?" Qi Yi just talked about the red light district, just a casual argument with Yan Yun, he himself didn't know if there was a red light district in New York.
"Chinese Consulate, do you really go to the red light district?" Since knowing that Qi Yi was going to work in New York, Yan Yun may know about New York more often than Qi Yi.
"What am I doing at the consulate if I have nothing to do?" Qi Yi didn't find where Yan Yun's point was.
"Well, I don't know, anyway, when I got off the plane, I got a text message with the address and phone number of the consulate or something. Yan Yun is actually just talking casually, and she doesn't know where her point is.
Yan Yun didn't want Qi Yi to be unhappy.
Ke Qi is a little frustrated, he doesn't want to do this, but sometimes, people's emotions are not something they can control.
Qi Yi tried to clean up his mood and took Yan Yun to Charging Bull (Wall Street Bronze Bull)
"Do you know that this bronze bull on Wall Street is an illegal sculpture?" Qi Yi asked Yan Yi.
"Is it illegal?" Yan doesn't think there will be an illegal "famous attraction" in downtown New York.
"Well, there aren't a lot of people on Wall Street except for the cows at night, and the cows are now located outside Boling Green Park, which is closer to Wall Street, but it's also closer to Broadway.
There is an Italian artist, the specific name is too long for me to remember a little, and I especially want to be famous.
In 1987, the U.S. stock market was hit hard, and the financial world was in mourning.
Isn't there a bull market and a bear market in the stock market? This artist spent two years carving this bronze bull.
In 1989, when it was almost Christmas, he took advantage of the dark night and high wind and no one on Wall Street, found a truck, and quietly transported the copper bull to the door of the New York Stock Exchange.
By the next morning, a large number of police came, and the New York City Hall was quite upset and ordered to move out quickly.
But this artist is very good at picking materials, and this bronze bull weighs several times, and it is very difficult to move.
The town hall didn't want to do him such a big favor for free, so he let him find a way to get it himself.
Therefore, it was not immediately transported.
Then the media reporters came to join in the fun.
The artist said that he gave the cow to the New York Stock Exchange to represent "Poer of the American People."
The New York Post reported that the square in front of the New York Stock Exchange could not accommodate a Christmas gift carved by an artist who had spent several years carving to bless the U.S. stock market.
After that, all kinds of coincidences were added together, and this copper bull was very magically left in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
Later, because the cow was so hot, the police were sent to guard it at the New York Stock Exchange every day, which was quite a waste of manpower, so it moved to the current place.
Wall Street needs legends, and the origin of this cow, the fame of this artist, is a legend in itself.
Although he was born illegally, he quickly became the most legal "bull" in New York City.
The property owned by the city, no one was allowed to buy or sell it, and the copyright remained in the hands of the artist.
This cow seems to be particularly famous in China, and it is said to be the second most popular attraction for Chinese people visiting New York after the Statue of Liberty. When he arrived near Tongniu, Qi Yi began to work as a tour guide.
"Haven't you only been here for a few days, and you seem to know the history of this place very well. If you don't study math and become a tour guide, you should be very good. Yan Yun knew that Qi Yi must still be a little depressed in his heart, and wanted to make him happy with words.
"Working on Wall Street, do you need to know the history of New York if you want to know the origin of this cow?" Qi Yi clearly felt the deliberate ingredients in Yan Yun's words.
"Are you unhappy?" Yan Yun asked Qi Yi directly.
"To be honest, it's a little bit, but I know that I should actually be very happy, you came all the way to see me, do you think I want too much?" Qi Yi took Yan Yun's hand and continued to press the road.
"It's normal to want more, it's human nature, and it's also the truest expression of emotions. Yan Yun withdrew the hand that Qi Yi was holding, and instead took one of his arms.
"Then do you think about it too much?" Qi Yi looked at his arm, and when he asked this sentence, his mood was already much better.
"Absolutely. Although it is not the first time that I have been in love, who doesn't want to get tired of being together every day when I have a relationship? Especially the boyfriend standing next to me is still such an outrageously handsome 'extraterrestrial species'. Yan Yun truthfully explained what he thought in his heart.
After listening to Yan Yun's beautiful words just now, Qi Yi suddenly stopped, stood in place, and was reluctant to move.
Yan Yun walked by Qi Yi's hand, and as soon as Qi Yi stopped, Yan Yun had no way to continue walking forward by himself.
"What's wrong?" asked Qi Yi after Yan Yun was forced to stop.
"It's not the first time you've been in love, so you've talked about it before?" Qi Yi's mood just now was a little better, and he fell to the bottom in an instant.
"Well, I've talked about it, I'm about to graduate with a master's degree, what's so strange about being in love before?" Yan Yun continued to confess his past to Qi Yi.
"Then how is he now?" Qi Yi didn't know why he would ask such a retarded question.
After four years of no news, today's Yan Yun is no longer the little girl who lacked self-confidence when he was in high school.
How could he take it for granted that Yan Yun would continue to wait for him after writing "Epitaph" and arriving in Australia?
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Note 1:
Manhattan's 42nd Street, which began to fall into decay after the Great Depression in 1929, slowly began to operate the non-ferrous industry, and by the last century, after the non-ferrous industry was legalized, 42nd Street became New York's famous red light district.
However, the current 42nd Street is far from the dilapidated.
42nd Street is now one of New York's most iconic streets, with the Chinese Consulate at the west end, Grand Central Terminal in the middle, and the United Nations Headquarters building at the east end.