The last time Zhang Chen came to New York, he considered buying a property in Manhattan, especially when he saw that the current housing prices in Manhattan were a little cheaper than those in San Francisco.

The housing prices in San Francisco are more similar to the Pengcheng in the previous life, due to the existence of Silicon Valley, a large number of high-tech companies gathered, thus bringing together a large number of high-income people, pushing up housing prices.

New York, on the other hand, is more akin to Kyoto.

Although New York does not function as a political and cultural center, New York and Manhattan are the economic centers of the whole world, with Wall Street, NASDAQ, and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the richest bankers in the world, and are the gathering places of the real upper class society in the United States.

There are few detached homes on the housing market in Manhattan that are as common in other parts of the United States, and most of them are apartments and rentals at government-regulated rents. In terms of property rights, condominiums are divided into two types, one is condo, and the other is co-op.

Co-ops are where the owner does not buy a unit of the apartment, but actually owns a portion of the entire apartment and has a long-term "leasehold right," which accounts for more than 70% of the entire condo market in Manhattan.

But it doesn't mean that there is no market for condominiums in Manhattan, Zhang Chen asked the locals to find out that since the real estate bubble in the early nineties, real estate prices in New York have gradually rebounded in recent years, and the fastest rise is still Condo, which is independent ownership.

Zhang Chen's first target is, of course, the Upper East Side, which has become synonymous with the super-rich, and almost all of those who can own mansions on the Upper East Side are the real elites of American society.

The last time I came to New York, I looked at the Upper East Side and found that although the houses on the Upper East Side did not look expensive, at least cheaper than Kyoto twenty years later, they could not be bought, and there were almost no houses that met Zhang Chen's psychological standards.

In fact, it is also understandable that the owner of a mansion in this place does not expect this house to make much money, and if it is sold and moved out of the Upper East Side, it basically means that the family is in the middle of the road.

Whether it is China or the United States, or Paris in France and London or Tokyo in the United Kingdom, real estate is the identity card that best represents class status in any country in the world.

When he saw the spire of the Trump Building on the roof of the World Trade Tower, Zhang Chen suddenly thought, why not build a unit in the Trump Building? The Trump toer Building and the Trump Building are both in Manhattan, and they are two different skyscrapers.

The predecessor of the Trump Building is the headquarters building of Chase Manhattan, at 40 Wall Street, built in the thirties, is a local landmark, once briefly became the world's tallest building, was bought by Trump and changed its name, called the Trump Building.

The Trump Building, on Fifth Avenue, a little south of Central Park, was built in the 80s, where Trump had his office and where his own family lived.

Trump is a successful real estate developer, and in Manhattan alone, there are at least two built, one skyscraper under construction.

In addition to the buildings that bear his name, Trump has a stake in or interest in more than a dozen skyscrapers in Manhattan, including the Empire State Building, the tallest building in New York before the completion of the World Trade Center Twin Towers, and the Tower of the Americas on Sixth Avenue.

Although it is certainly not as comfortable to live here as a mansion on the Upper East Side, Zhang Chen did not plan to live in New York permanently, and if it comes to transportation, the transportation of Trump Tower is even more convenient than that of the Upper East Side.

Buying a house in Manhattan, especially a co-op, requires an appointment, a detailed personal information to be filled out, proof of assets and proof of identity to be submitted for approval by the owners' committee, and an interview before you can buy a stake.

After Zhang Chen learned about it, he knew that it was impossible to dispose of the house in New York in the past two days, so he had to fill in a symbolic information and throw it to the sales staff in the suit and leather shoes on the opposite side, and Tang Miaomiao and Tang Miaomiao left the Trump Building.

Tang Miaomiao was very happy with this result, not for other reasons, but because Tang Miaomiao didn't like this building very much after seeing the lobby of the Trump Building, it was too earthy.

Zhang Chen scratched his head, indeed, he felt a little dirty after reading it.

The interior of the Trump Building can be called magnificent, but it is too yellow, and there are colors of local tyrant gold and dark gold everywhere, which is an exaggerated mess.

In Tang Miaomiao's words, the decoration of the casino was completely put into the office building.

Thinking about Mr. Chuan's character, it's not surprising that he likes this style of decoration.

Since they came to Broadway, the musical is definitely to be watched, the two found a casual fast food restaurant to eat, and the time to watch was almost up, and they came to the Winter Garden Theater (Inter Garden) not far away.

Zhang Chen asked people to buy two tickets for the musical "Cats", which has been popular all these years, and the middle position in the third row should be regarded as a prime position for watching the show.

After entering the theater, Zhang Chen found that the theater was not big, the stage was also very small, and the audience seats were only a dozen rows.

As soon as "Cat" opened, Zhang Chen was shocked. In his previous life, Zhang Chen also went to the National Center for the Performing Arts to watch a few stage plays elegantly, but the Broadway performance was world-class after all, and dozens of pairs of shining lights imitated the eyes of a group of cats in the dark at the opening, which made Zhang Chen a little creepy, and the next more than 30 actors appeared one by one and sang collectively to make Zhang Chen's hairs stand up.

"Gege" Tang Miaomiao covered her mouth and couldn't help laughing, Zhang Chen was strange, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Tang Miaomiao pointed to the actors in three rows on the stage, wearing cat costumes, and laughed in a low voice: "You see that when the boots fell off just now, they suddenly stopped singing, and after less than half a second, they sang more happily than before, and the provocative look doesn't look like our Simba?"

Zhang Chen saw that it was really true, and he also laughed in a low voice for a long time.

When the most charismatic male cat, Langatata, comes out, the atmosphere is completely hot, and the music and lights change, and the old cat Grizebella, who is disgusted by the cats, appears on the stage for the first time with staggering steps and tattered fur.

Every cat dislikes it, and is even afraid of coming into contact with it, and the whole stage atmosphere becomes a little gloomy and depressing.

But as soon as the actor who played Grizebella spoke, the audience began to whisper, then remembered the sparse applause, and finally converged into the earth-shattering cheers and whistles.

Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao were very surprised, this is a rare scene in a stage play, on the one hand, it is very impolite for the audience to make a sound in the stage play, on the other hand, the actor has just spoken, and he hasn't seen how the performance is, why does the audience make a noise?

"Elaine Peggy!Elaine Peggy!" several rabid audience members even chanted the actor's name.

Zhang Chen pulled the mustachioed audience in their thirties who had been clapping excitedly beside him, "What happened?"

The mustache clapped and excitedly said, "Don't you know? This is Elaine Peggy! The queen of musicals! I really didn't expect her to appear today! She hasn't acted in this play for two or three years! It's really good luck today!"

Zhang Chen suddenly realized that he had been in the United States for so long, and Elaine Peggy's name was not like thunder, but also famous.

The original singer of classic tracks such as Queen of Musicals, Broadway Goddess, Singer of the Century, Don't Cry for Me in Argentina, Memories and other classics, these are among the countless titles she has on her body.

Elaine Peggy, who was on stage, also temporarily interrupted the performance, bowed to the audience, and waited for the applause of the audience to subside a little before continuing the performance.

Despite this episode, the actors' wonderful performances still pull the audience back to the plot and beautiful singing.

Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh at the intentions of the Broadway production, and actors in cat costumes would jump out of the audience when they entered, which startled Tang Miaomiao.

Eventually, the cats defeated McVilly, and when it was time to decide which cat would go to heaven and be reborn, the music remembered that Elaine Peggy was back in the picture.

The core of the drama "Cats" is rebirth, the cat group will choose a cat, this cat can go to heaven and get a chance to be reborn, and Grizebella is the cat who wants to get a chance to be reborn the most.

"At midnight, the streets were silent, whether the moon had lost her memory, she could only smile alone, under the street lamps, the fallen leaves piled up at my feet, and the wind began to wail, every street lamp seemed to give a fatalistic warning, someone whispered, the street lights turned on and off, and dawn was coming. ”

"Memories are left in the moonlight, I can still smile at the past days, how beautiful I was then, I remember those times that accompanied happiness, let the memories be revived again. ”

"Daylight! I must wait for the sun to appear, I must think of a new life, and I cannot give in, when the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory, and a new day will begin. ”

"Smoky days, the corrupt and cold smell of the morning, the street lights go out, another night is gone, a new dawn is coming, draw near to me, it is so easy to leave me, leave me alone in the memories, remember those sunny days, but if you come near me, you will know what happiness is. ”

"Look, a new day has arrived......"

Elaine Peggy's famous song "Memories" slowly sounded to the accompaniment of flowing water, and the theater was silent.

Rebirth......

The rebirth of cats is joyful, the beginning of new hope, what about people?

Zhang Chen was already in tears.

The Winter Garden is not far from Waldorf Astoria, and at Tang Miaomiao's suggestion, the two did not take the car, but walked back.

"Do you think Grizebella will get the happiness she wants after she is reborn?" Tang Miaomiao suddenly asked.

Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment and hesitated: "Yes... ”

Tang Miaomiao wrinkled her nose: "You watched the drama so fascinated, didn't you understand?"

Zhang Chen was stunned, and suddenly said, "Yes." ”

Tang Miaomiao had a questioning look on her face.

Zhang Chen said firmly: "Yes, definitely! Not only can he get happiness, but he will also let the people around him get happiness together." ”

Tang Miaomiao looked at Zhang Chen puzzled.

(End of chapter)