Chapter 430: Manhattan
In the end, only Tang Miaomiao went to New York with Zhang Chen.
Tang Miaomiao returned to San Francisco a few days ago, no one expected that Tang Miaomiao would return to China for so long this time, Rao is Stanford school spirit is open, and the tutor will inevitably have some complaints.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen had an idea and asked Tang Miaomiao to tell her mentor Svensson that the company she invested in was about to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, so she has been a little busy recently.
Stanford is almost a national entrepreneurial atmosphere, and there are often cases of students dropping out of school to start a business or a teacher quitting his job to start a business, and the university is also very supportive of this, and some entrepreneurial associations on campus will even provide some necessary free help to these entrepreneurs.
When Svensson heard that the company invested by Tang Miaomiao was about to IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, and asked which company it was, he said a few congratulations in a row, and with a stroke of the pen, he gave Tang Miaomiao another half a month of leave, and specially reminded Tang Miaomiao that if it was not enough, he could be asked to continue to apply.
After John Doerr got on the plane, he went to sleep, after all, it was already midnight, Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao exercised all afternoon, and they were also a little tired, and when they woke up, the plane had already landed.
The landing place is still Tetborough, the good thing here is that it is small enough, the smaller the more convenient, the business car can be parked on the tarmac, get off the plane and get on the bus directly, without delay at all.
Tang Miaomiao washed her face before getting off the plane, with a slight dark circle under her eyes, Zhang Chen yawned, "When you get to the hotel in a while, you still have to wash up first." John, you're so good, you have this kind of routine every day, and you can still have such good energy, how can you do it?"
John Doerr's eyes were bright, and he didn't look sleep-deprived at all, and looked at Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao: "My wife and I are sleeping in separate rooms now." ”
Tang Miaomiao's cheeks flew away, and Zhang Chen didn't care: "If your next-door neighbor is a Chinese with the surname Wang, then you have to be careful." ”
Although John Doerr didn't understand Zhang Chen's stalk, he also knew that it was not a good word, spit out a string of dirty words, and took a small medicine box from the assistant, which contained five or six different colors of capsules and pills.
John Doerr picked up a few pills, took a bottle of water from the car, and drank the medicine.
"Don't look at me like that, you're still young, and in another ten years, you'll be like me. John Doerr swallowed the water from his mouth and spoke.
Zhang Chen shrugged: "You misunderstood, I'm curious, why did you pick a few things to eat, instead of eating everything?"
"It's daytime, and what I need is to boost my energy and vitality, so it's mostly vitamins and some trace cocaine, and the rest is to eat at night when I'm reading materials and doing research research," John Doerr said. ”
Zhang Chen was curious: "What medicine do you take at night?"
John Doerr was visibly excited after taking the pill: "Modafinil and Ritalin, both of which are OK, can improve concentration and make your work more efficient. ”
Zhang Chen secretly stuck out his tongue, he was so desperate that he started to use drugs, and further, it was the kind of life played by Xiao Li Zi in The Wolf of Wall Street.
John Doerr sent Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao to Waldorf Astoria, and he went to find an old friend to catch up. His daily time is divided into 10 minutes, and the time utilization rate is extremely high.
It's not hard to understand why he and many venture capital experts in Silicon Valley rely on drugs to keep them afloat.
This is the fourth time that Zhang Chen has settled in Waldorf Astoria, under the management of Hilton, as long as it is a guest who stays once, a file will be established, especially for the guests in the suite, Waldorf Astoria is the best time to manage, so that all the service staff can call your name, and really make the guests feel at home.
Of course, now that Hilton is expanding around the world, there is no way to achieve the same level of management in every hotel, but the Waldorf Astoria at Park Avenue is the banner of Hilton, and the level is naturally not going to deteriorate.
As soon as she entered the room, Tang Miaomiao grabbed Zhang Chen and said nervously, "You can't learn from them." ”
Zhang Chen didn't understand, "What can't you learn from them, who can you learn?"
Tang Miaomiao's eyes widened: "It's that John Doerr, if he takes stimulants like this, sooner or later there will be problems." ”
Zhang Chen hugged Tang Miaomiao in his arms: "Don't worry, I'm full of energy, I don't need to eat those things." ”
Tang Miaomiao took a sip of Zhang Chen and said worriedly: "In school, I also saw a lot of people who rely on taking medicine to maintain their thinking activity, and sometimes I am really afraid that you will be affected by them." ”
Zhang Chen picked up Tang Miaomiao, put it on his thigh, and kissed it, "Teacher Tang, you are too serious and responsible for your students. ”
Tang Miaomiao was a little itchy by Zhang Chen's hand, and twisted it twice: "Don't make trouble, tell you seriously." ”
Zhang Chen said softly: "Really, I promise you, you will never take medicine indiscriminately, okay? I have always wanted to ask you, why have you lost weight these days after returning to China?"
Tang Miaomiao pressed Zhang Chen's big hand wandering around, and sighed: "Do you like it?"
Zhang Chen put his hand into the sweater, covered the pair of **, and said vaguely: "It's good if you're not thin here." ”
The weather in New York is a bit similar to Penn City, the temperature was still below zero the day before, and the maximum temperature rose to 11 or 2 degrees the next day.
Manhattan's subway line is one of the best understood in the world, and it's hard to get in the wrong direction as long as you take it in the direction of uptown and downtown.
Tang Miaomiao is not interested in the New York Stock Exchange or the Bronze Bull, but lingers in the theaters on Broadway and the shopping malls on Fifth Avenue.
When I went out shopping with my girlfriend, the biggest function of a boy was a wallet and a porter, and it didn't take long for Zhang Chen to carry a bunch of large bags and small bags in his hands.
At this time, the role of Thomas and others was reflected, Zhang Chen made a phone call, and immediately someone suddenly appeared beside him and took the shopping bag in Zhang Chen's hand and put it in his car.
Zhang Chen pulled Tang Miaomiao to take a photo on the roof of the World Trade Building, which made Tang Miaomiao inexplicable. Zhang Chen has never been interested in taking pictures, why do you have to shoot on the roof of this building? And he took pictures on both rooftops.
Facing Tang Miaomiao's question, Zhang Chen only smiled mysteriously, I don't know if 911 will appear in this life, there should be a high probability that it will still appear, and it is of course a good commemoration to take a photo on the roof of the World Trade Center that has not collapsed.
It is also a memorial to a previous life.
"What kind of building is that tall building over there?" Tang Miaomiao pointed to a tall building not far away from the top of the World Trade Tower, which seemed to be more than two hundred meters high.
Zhang Chen distinguished, and said uncertainly: "It should be the Trump Building, right? The former Chase Manhattan Building was just acquired by Trump two years ago, and it is said that he only spent one million US dollars, but I guess it was blown." ”
"A million dollars? This building must be more than two hundred meters high, right?" Tang Miaomiao really hadn't heard of this gossip.
Zhang Chen shrugged: "It should be true that Trump copied the bottom, but it is impossible to really buy it for one million dollars, it is estimated that there is some internal agreement with Chase, such as debt transfer and the like." ”
Zhang Chen looked at the Trump Building not far away, and suddenly said, "Miao Miao, how about we go there to buy a house?"
"Buying a house?" Tang Miaomiao was confused for a while.
Zhang Chen was full of interest: "You see, his building has just been bought, and he must be in a hurry to turn over, and it is estimated that some rooms will be converted into apartments for sale." A few years ago, the real estate bubble burst, and now is a good time to buy the bottom, Manhattan is expensive, and this building is in the middle of Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue, a great location, what do you think?"