Hilton Garden Inn is located in Lower Manhattan, less than 500 meters from the famous Wall Street Bull and more than 100 meters from the famous Battery Park.

In Paris's view, Li Yuan and Zhao Min are a pair of weirdos, the man doesn't like the drunken Wall Street, and the woman doesn't like the jeweled clothing store, but has a heart to propose to visit the park.

What is there to visit in the park?

Paris pouted, but acted as a tour guide and led the two to Battery Park.

Named after the castles and batteries built during the Revolutionary War, Battery Park is one of the oldest buildings in the United States, with many monuments and large green spaces in between. The park has a number of benches facing the sea, where visitors can do and condense the Statue of Liberty and Alice Island in the distance.

New York is a city that never sleeps, and even at night, the park is not crowded with tourists, as well as middle-aged and elderly people who live nearby.

"You're only eighteen?"

Zhao Min asked Paris in surprise.

"Yes," Paris asked rhetorically, in a more startled tone, "that you are sixteen?"

Li Yuan, who was sitting on the bench, listened to the whispering sound coming from behind him, and not only turned his head.

European and American women develop much faster than Asians because of internal and external reasons, Paris is more than one meter tall, about the same height as Li Yuan, although the figure is thin, but the skeleton is not small, the plump place is also quite material, plus makeup, said that she is twenty-five years old, some people believe it.

Zhao Min is at the other extreme. Her height is just over 1.6 meters, although she is not very short in China, but with that immature face, in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, she is at most twelve or thirteen years old.

The contrast is really big.

……

Eavesdropping on other people's chats is not a good habit.

Li Yuan retracted his gaze and looked at the Statue of Liberty from afar, and couldn't help but think of Xu Xiaowen.

Did Xu Xiaowen come here in her previous life? Is she also like herself, sitting on a bench and looking into the distance with her heart?

If I happened to appear next to her at that time, what kind of scene would it be? Will it be like the poem said, when we meet speechless gentlemen, we should smile, and each spring breeze will comfort the loneliness......

Li Yuan involuntarily rubbed the bench, and suddenly had the urge to call Xu Xiaowen. If you think about it, although I saw it not long ago, I always have the illusion that I haven't seen it for a long time......

I don't know how long it took, but my deep thoughts were interrupted by a loud noise.

Li Yuan looked back and saw a short man lying on the ground holding his shoulders, and Paris was pointing at him and scolding.

Li Yuan looked at Zhao Min, no surprise, this is another good thing she did.

Li Yuan got up and walked towards Zhao Min.

"What's going on?"

Zhao Min pulled Paris, signaled her to stop scolding, and then said to Li Yuan: "He wants to steal Paris's bag, and he will rob ...... after he is discovered."

"Oh. ”

Li Yuan looked at the man on the ground, and the other party was looking at him viciously, cursing something in his mouth.

Li Yuan couldn't understand what he was scolding, combined with the other party's appearance and pronunciation, it was roughly certain that he was a Southeast Asian, but the specific nationality was not clear.

Zhao Min glared at him and wanted to kick.

Seeing this, the man didn't dare to scold anymore, and ran away with his arms in his hands.

"You're in the limelight today. ”

Li Yuan quipped.

Zhao Min said angrily: "I only found out when I came that the law and order in New York is so chaotic!"

Li Yuan nodded in agreement.

Despite the fact that New York is a first-class international metropolis, the law and order situation has always been terrible, especially in the area from Roosevelt Avenue to Corona Park, the main thoroughfare of Queens, where the crime rate has remained high for many years, compared to the area around Battery Park, which is much better.

It's a popular area for thieves because it's mostly tourists, but there aren't many real violent offenders.

To say that the thief's vision just now is not bad, Zhao Min and Paris are rich people at first glance, and they are both women, and the probability of success is very high if stealing is not successful, but what he didn't expect was that the lamb in his eyes instantly turned into a tiger, not only could he not rob, but he had to catch up with the medical expenses.

This is called stealing chickens and rice.

"I see someone calling the police, do you need to wait for the police to come?" Li Yuan said to Paris with a smile: "Otherwise, let's go quickly, in case we are invited to tea again, it will be embarrassing." ”

Paris was embarrassed and speechless.

was entangled by a scumbag first, and then patronized by thieves, but Zhao Min helped her out of both things, although she was very grateful to Zhao Min, but this also made this arrogant girl feel very embarrassed and even angry.

At this time, an Asian man wearing glasses came over and said, "You better hurry up, that person just now is from the Indonesian Gang, if they target him, it will be useless for the police to come." ”

"Thank you. Li Yuan said.

After the man reminded, he did not leave, but asked, "Are you Chinese?"

"Yes, you too?"

"My name is Huang Xiaofu, and my ancestral home is Huizhou, Guangdong. ”

The middle-aged man, speaking Cantonese Mandarin, introduced himself.

"My name is Li Yuan, a native of Beijing. ”

Li Yuan shook hands with Huang Xiaofu with a smile and looked at each other.

The man, Huang Xiaofu, was about forty years old, but he didn't have the beer belly that people of his age would see, with a smart parted head and tortoiseshell glasses, and he looked energetic.

This person is supposed to be engaged in government work.

The reason why Li Yuan judged this way was because of the other party's head shape. It is very standard to the left, the hair is combed back, and most of the dignitaries of various countries, especially Asian dignitaries, prefer this hairstyle.

Of course, if Huang Xiaofu is Japanese, this argument will not work, because Japanese politicians tend to prefer the right side, as can be seen by looking at the hairstyles of Japan's successive prime ministers.

Li Yuan was looking at Huang Xiaofu, and Huang Xiaofu was also looking at him.

Because of his professional relationship, Huang Xiaofu instinctively felt that Li Yuan's identity was not simple, and his curiosity rose, so he asked, "Are you an international student?"

"No, I'm just here for a tour. ”

Li Yuan asked rhetorically, "Mr. Huang works in the United States?"

"Well, I've been working here since '73. ”

"It's rare to meet and have a coffee together?"

"Okay. ”

Li Yuan offered an invitation, and Huang Xiaofu gladly accepted.

Paris couldn't help but pout when she saw this. She also proposed to drink coffee just now, but Li Yuan refused in various ways - yes, Paris had already understood at this time that Zhao Min was the only one who was Li Yuan's leader, and without Li Yuan's instructions, he would not make any claims at all.

Paris offered to propose, "Since you want coffee, why don't you go back to the hotel?"

……

Of course, there is also a café in the hotel.

Several people walked back to the hotel, and just arrived at the door, they happened to meet the staff of the consulate.

This person Li Yuan happened to know, and it was the man who offered to send Li Yuan to the restaurant before.

When the man went out and saw several people coming to him, he was stunned for a moment, and said politely to Li Yuan: "Mr. Li, your luggage has been handed over to the hotel staff." ”

"Thank you. Li Yuan smiled and nodded, even if the other party concealed it very well, Li Yuan could still feel the disgust emanating from him, so he just thanked him and didn't say anything.

The man didn't hurry to leave, but nodded politely to Huang Xiaofu: "Lawyer Huang, good evening." ”

……

In the café.

Li Yuan and Huang Xiaofu sat opposite each other, tasting the rich Blue Mountain coffee, and chatting casually.

Huang Xiaofu is a lawyer with a law firm that bears his name, and he has a close relationship with the consulate because he often provides legal assistance to international students in China.

He also serves as Legal Counsel of the Hong Kong Society of New Jersey, President of the Chinese Alumni Association of New York Law School, and Director and Chief Counsel of Great Aim Association, the largest organization of Chinese in New York.

Hearing the name Huace Society, Li Yuan's first reaction was that there were gangsters like the Huaqing Gang and Hongmen, but after listening to Huang Xiaofu's introduction, he realized that it was a misunderstanding.

Great Aim Club, whose full name is the New York Chinese Planning Association, is a non-profit organization founded by Liu Mao Shuqing, a Chinese living in the United States, nearly half a century ago, with the aim of "providing education and work opportunities for Chinese immigrants".

"The status of the Chinese in the United States has always been low, and it used to be even worse, and many people immigrated and could not even get a normal school education. I admire Ms. Liu Mao Shuqing very much, she once said: 'For immigrants, education is a springboard to connect with American society', and only by receiving a good education can they break down the language barrier and get better job opportunities......

Huang Xiaofu gave a detailed introduction to the core concept of the Great Aim Society, and Li Yuan nodded again and again.

Huang Xiaofu said: "When I came to the United States, I also received a lot of help from the Great Aim Committee, not only me, but most of the Chinese immigrants in New York have received help......

Li Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he didn't interrupt him rashly, but motioned for him to continue.

However, Huang Xiaofu changed his conversation and chatted about the topic next to him.

"The security environment in New York is very poor, you must be more careful when you go out, it is best not to conflict with people, once an accident occurs, don't pin your hopes on the police, it is best to contact the embassy as soon as possible, in addition," Huang Xiaofu took out his business card and handed it to Li Yuan, and said with a smile: "If you have legal problems, welcome to call me, of course, I hope you don't need it." ”

"Thank you. ”

Li Yuan put away his business card seriously and said with emotion: "You may not know, we had a conflict with the police just now, to be honest, the police in New York are really disappointing." ”

Huang Xiaofu glanced at Li Yuan with some surprise. With his knowledge of the New York police, Li Yuan can still sit here and drink coffee leisurely, which already explains a lot.

However, he did not ask about Li Yuan's identity, but said with a smile: "There are indeed many problems with the New York police, and I often deal with them because of my work...... As you might imagine, they don't even rule out recruiting people with criminal records. ”

"It's a bit of an exaggeration. ”

"Not an exaggeration at all. I have read research reports from 1975 to 1996, and many of them have criminal records, and a considerable number of them have very low educational qualifications. ”

Sounds like a domestic chengguan?

Li Yuan thought about it and didn't say it.

"So I warn you, don't bring the idea of 'going to the police' to the United States. Huang Xiaofu took a sip of coffee and continued: "In fact, the New York police are inextricably linked to the government, businessmen and even criminal syndicates, and it is no exaggeration to say that the interior is rotten. Take the thief just now, he should be a peripheral member of the Indonesian Gang, and the Indonesian Gang is only a very inconspicuous of the many underground gangs in New York, and if it were not for the support of the police, it would have been defeated a long time ago......"

"The U.S. government hasn't thought about rectification?"

"How to change?" Huang Xiaofu asked rhetorically, helplessly: "Politicians need the support of the police union, and it is difficult to establish an accountability mechanism. Rudolph Giuliani, now the mayor of New York, blocked the independent commission's attempt to establish a special ombudsman when he first took office, and the CCPC (Committee Against Police Corruption) as an alternative has been in existence for four years, and it doesn't even have the power to subpoena, it's just a ......."