Gu Ao'an has been a beautiful man quietly for more than ten hours, which is in stark contrast to other passengers who are desperately trying to get candy and hide tobacco and alcohol. (Of course, there are also many cadres at or above the department level who hold their own identities and are very graceful)

Some people heard that they could take the whole bottle off the plane without drinking Moutai in the first class, so they decided to hide it first, and then filled one can of Coca-Cola after another on the way.

I can't wait to drink water, and I rely on the happy water of the fat house to quench my thirst throughout the whole process. It's also a shame that sugar intake is not much nowadays, and drinking it occasionally for a day will not promote diabetes.

Gu Ao's several horses were also shocked at first to take advantage of some small advantages, but gradually they were influenced by the grace of the big guy and became restrained.

Gu Biaoan slept peacefully and arrived in New York smoothly.

Coming out of JFK International Airport, Gu Biao stopped a Latino driver who was full of foul language.

The driver thought he had met a scheming Asian guest and muttered slang to pick up the job.

"It's always $15 in Manhattan, no matter what street it is, and it's a fixed price. ”

"Uptown, near Columbia University, find a hotel, don't have to be too top-notch. Gu Biao didn't bargain either, and his standard American English pronunciation was crisp and neat.

The Latino driver's expression finally brightened: "Okay sir, you look like a big guy from Wanwan or Korea." They didn't have that good English pronunciation, and they didn't understand how hard it was for us to queue up at the airport......"

Gu Biao showed his knowledge in one sentence and told the other party to shut up: "Okay, when I enter the door, you are allowed to help me carry my luggage, they will tip you, I am here for the first time." ”

Ma Feng has seen some money, and he has been silent.

Li Lianjie is not very good at English, although he has to cooperate with the people of Xiangjiang, he has made up some foundation in the past six months, at best, the English level of the second year of junior high school students in later generations, he quietly asked Ma Feng, only to know what the boss was talking to foreigners.

"$15, so expensive?"

He was dumbfounded at the thought that such a small distance was equivalent to one-fifth of the price of the original domestic air ticket. The former is enough to fly across the Pacific Ocean!

Gu Biao listened to his younger brother's puzzlement and explained in Chinese: "People have to wait in line for a long time to enter the airport, so they can wait for a business, and they can't make a few orders a day. So if it's in Manhattan, it starts at $15. Almost everyone in the United States has a car, and the utilization rate of taxis is not high, but for emergency use, it is naturally more expensive. ”

"Americans are really well paid. The rest of the people were secretly speechless.

Ma Feng took the opportunity to ask another question in Chinese: "Brother Gu, what do you mean by allowing him to carry his luggage just now, and why does the hotel tip him when he carries his luggage?"

Gu Biao: "Many hotels in Upper Manhattan have very high-end service, and from the moment you enter the door, the front desk lady greets you: 'Welcome' or 'Welcome again', they are very particular."

You don't think they have a good memory and can remember thousands of customers. In fact, this is a trick that the upper class of Manhattan knows: they will judge the nationality of the guest, whether it is the first time to come, and so on based on the location of the taxi driver who helps the guest put his suitcase when he enters the door.

And this information is all made up by the New York taxi driver when he chats with you when he is carrying passengers, and then makes a code call. As long as the service quality of the hotel is really improved, the driver can get another ten dollars or so from the hotel after sending off the guests. Of course, if no information is provided, there will be a rebate just for taking guests to stay, but only five dollars. ”

At this moment, even Xiao Sui, who had followed Gu Biao to the United States and opened his eyes, was shocked by the decadence and luxury that capital paid attention to.

"This place in Manhattan...... It's so exquisite. Last year in Beverly Hills in Hollywood, I thought it was already the busiest and most sophisticated place in the world. Xiao Sui muttered with emotion.

"It's a place that smells of centuries-old money, so it's special. If you see through it, you will know its hypocrisy. Gu Biao criticized disappreciatively.

"Brother Gu knows a lot, these are the courses of the Foreign Affairs Academy, and he knows the extravagant details of New York to the bone marrow. Ma Feng sincerely admired.

"yes, yes. "Eating melons and salted fish 66.

Gu Biao was noncommittal.

New York has a lot to offer, including being rich and having a certain amount of creativity. But these things are also available in Los Angeles and San Francisco, but not as much money as in New York. If you have to pick out a word that is unique to New York and reflects its differentiation, Gu Biao thinks it should be hypocritical.

It's full of etiquette, masquerade, and hypocrisy.

Between the touting of the group, the taxi driver has already driven the car to No. 100 Street, a hotel with a good grade, and recommends Gu Biao to check in.

The Latino driver introduced: "Sir, the price here is quite cost-effective, you want to go to Columbia University, just take two subway stops to get there, there are no hotels too close to the university." If you're on a more budgetary and want to see the Hudson River or Central Park, then I can show you a change of place. ”

"No, it's good here, $20, don't look for it. In view of the fact that the driver did not cheat him on the problem of finding a hotel, Gu Biao did not hesitate to give an extra five dollars to spend and buy everything safe.

He didn't want to pay hundreds of dollars per person for the so-called "first-line" view of Central Park - he wouldn't have to walk a few steps to the park himself.

The driver read the tip, and sure enough, he was very good at helping him fill in the holes in the details.

After completing the formalities, a group of people surrounded Gu Biao and took him as the backbone.

"Brother Gu, why don't you go to Columbia University now and check on your cousin's news. I'm good at asking about people's affairs, so why don't I say good things to the people in the Student Management Office? Ma Feng was eager to try.

He has studied English for so long, and he has done so much practical work in foreign trade, but he has never talked to the staff of a unit of Columbia University.

Gu Wei stopped softly: "Don't worry, you don't take a look, it's afternoon, what time does it take to find someone over there?" We just took an 18-hour flight, and with your grizzled appearance, the most important task today is to reverse the jet lag-

Now I'll all go back to my room and take a shower, and I'll allow you to squint for half an hour. I have to get up and go out for a while, and I must go to bed after 9 o'clock tonight, so that I can completely reverse the jet lag. ”

Then Gu Biao set the order of action: play first today, start tomorrow, he will go to Columbia University to inquire about the news of his relatives, and after he has done that, he will contact the subsidiary of the German KUKA company in the United States to test the business.

Although KUKA Robotics is a German company, since the industrial robot was put into production in 76, it must be combined with the United States, the most developed CNC technology in the world, and use some cutting-edge technologies in Silicon Valley to continuously iterate and upgrade.

That's why it has a wholly owned subsidiary in New York and an R&D center in California.

There was no objection from all.

……

Gu Biao and Xiao Sui also went back to the room to wash and change clothes.

"Where are you going to go at night? I'm not familiar with New York at all, so why don't you go to Central Park or the Hudson River?"

Gu Biao soaked in the bathtub, Xiao Sui sat behind him and squeezed his shoulder, while suggesting softly.

Gu Biao took a hotel magazine and flipped through it there.

Xiao Sui lightly slapped the magazine in his hand, and persuaded coquettishly: "What kind of magazine do you read in the bath, and you are not afraid of getting wet." ”

Greenspan did just that, and it is said that smart people find it very refreshing to read documents in the bathtub. Gu Biao joked casually.

Xiao Sui: "Who is Greenspan?"

"The Federal Reserve ...... Uh, I mean, an advisor to the President's Council of Economic Advisers. When Gu Biao's words came to his lips, he thought of changing his words.

Greenspan, an old fox, has to work in the position of economic adviser to the president for more than ten years before he becomes a Fed member.

And the statement quoted by Gu Biao that "reading books while taking a bath is particularly inspiring" seems to have been quickly proven.

He quickly found a program suitable for the waves on the fold of the hotel magazine.

Lincoln Center's program list - Metropolitan Opera, Teresa Teng's solo concert. Tickets can also be booked by phone. Want to hear it?"

"Teresa Teng? "The Moon Represents My Heart"! Why did she hold a concert in the United States? So tired?" Xiao Sui was also very excited, hugged Gu Biao from behind, put her head on her husband's shoulder, and looked at the colorful folded poster together.

There are few Chinese singers who can listen to it now, and they don't have a choice at all. For young people in the mainland, both men and women, they all like to listen to Teresa Teng. After all, you will get tired of listening to rainbow songs too much, and you need to adjust the taste.

Gu Biao: "I don't know, anyway, I decided if I wanted to see it or not, and if I wanted to, I would try it, maybe there would be a ticket." It's a rare opportunity, the magazine said that this is the last one in New York, and it has been there since May, and at the end of this month, people will go to Los Angeles -

Well, the ad says you can buy a joint ticket so you can listen to the Los Angeles Music Center at the end of the month, but I don't think anyone from New York will fly to Los Angeles to listen to it. ”

"You have to see it, of course you have to see it!" Xiao Sui shook Gu Biao a few times, and then as if he remembered something, he picked up a dry bath towel and wiped them both hastily.

Then he rushed back to the bedroom wrapped in a bath towel, picked up the internal phone and dialed the main desk number.

"Husband, it's through, you say. Xiao Sui handed the microphone to Gu Biao with anticipation.

Gu Biao asked a few words, and then placed an order over the phone and asked the hotel to help book the ticket. Because he hadn't opened a credit card in the U.S. yet, he asked the waitress to come to the room for a while to collect cash.

"I can really buy it, I'm so lucky, how much does it cost?" Xiao Sui felt a little lucky.

Gu Biao: "Two first-class tickets in the front row for $200 each, and three for the worst seats in the back row for $50 each." ”

Tickets for performing arts events in the 80s were still quite cheap, and Michael Jackson's tours were generally only $20 a ticket, but those were in the 80,000-person stadium.

Of course, Teresa Teng's worth is not qualified to compare with European and American stars, and the reason why she is selling so expensive tonight is entirely because the rent of Lincoln Center is expensive and high. In addition, there are few people in the small restaurant, and the experience is good, so the unit price is naturally higher.

Of the three pavilions at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera's 3,000-plus people are already the largest.

There are only 1,200 seats in the symphonic hall next door, because the traditional high-quality symphony cannot be plugged in with a megaphone, and it depends on the volume of natural instruments, and no matter how many people can't hear it.

After understanding the situation, Xiao Sui seemed to remember something, and hurriedly began to dress up, preparing to dress up and go out elegantly at night.

The waitress who collects the entrance fee is coming soon, but she can't be disheveled.