Chapter 50: A Trip to Wall Street
The trio descended from the Empire State Building and decided to head to the next attraction—the Chrysler Building.
At this time, Liu Yifei grabbed Zheng Xudong's hand and said, "Adong, I'm tired of walking!"
Zheng Xudong was stunned, he was tired when he just came out to see a scenic spot this morning? It seems that this girl wants to play tricks, there is no way, don't guess the girl's thoughts, "What should I do?"
"You carry me away. Liu Yifei looked at him with a red face. Rashid watched and pursed his lips and snickered.
"Then come up. Zheng Xudong took a horse step and bent forward slightly. Liu Yifei had learned to dance, his body was as light as a swallow, and when he came to his back, he jumped up, lay on his back, put his arms around his neck, and put his head on his shoulder. Her face was pressed against Zheng Xudong's face.
"Brother, you are showing affection here, aren't you authentic!" Before Zheng Xudong could speak, Liu Yifei glared at Rashid with a threatening gaze on his back. Rashid is also a smart person, and he obediently closed his mouth when he saw Liu Yifei's intimidating gaze.
Liu Yifei's weight is almost negligible for Zheng Xudong, and he feels light. Liu Yifei was lying on his back, the two xiaolongbao on his chest were tightly attached to his back, and he felt a little embarrassed at first, but then he saw that she didn't care, so he gradually ignored it.
The three of them walked to the Chrysler skyscraper on the east side of Manhattan, New York, on the border of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. At 320 metres (1,050 ft) tall, it was the tallest building until the Empire State Building was completed in 1931 and was later surpassed by the Empire State Building, which they had just seen. However, the Chrysler Building is still the tallest brick building in the world. After 911, it became the second tallest building in New York until December 2007, when the Bank of America Tower was 365.8 meters (1,200 feet) tall, dropping the Chrysler Building to the third tallest building in New York. In addition, the 2007 New York Times Building had the same height as the Chrysler Building. The Chrysler Building is considered a quintessential Art Deco building, and most contemporary architects consider the Chrysler Building to be the finest building in New York City.
The Chrysler Building's spire decorative hubcaps are considered masterpieces of Art Deco architecture, and the building's special decoration was later used on Chrysler cars. The Chrysler Building is featured in many well-known films, such as the 1998 movie DeepImpact. Also, FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer appears. Steven Spielberg's A.I. artificial intelligence, the Chrysler building is completely submerged underwater as aliens guide their aircraft through Manhattan. Appears more often in the Spider-Man film series.
At this time, Liu Yifei had already jumped off Zheng Xudong's back. The three of them entered the lobby of the building, the interior of the building was far from being as beautiful as it looked from the outside, and the facilities inside were already a little old, including its elevator, which was still the kind of old-fashioned elevator.
Rashid said proudly: "You may not know that the property of this building was bought by our Abu Dhabi Investment Commission two years ago in 2008, and it is now our property in Abu Dhabi. ”
Hearing his words, Zheng Xudong and Liu Yifei said in unison: "Is this related to you!"
One sentence left Rashid speechless. The Chrysler Building is an office building with a total of 77 floors, and its sightseeing platform is on the 71st floor, and only this floor is allowed to enter by tourists, and other office areas are not open to the public. Its sightseeing platform is free and open to visitors. After arriving at the platform, I was a little disappointed, because I had just seen the sightseeing platform of the Empire State Building, and it was indeed a bit of a shame to look at it again. No wonder there is no charge.
The three of them felt that the Chrysler Building was only suitable for viewing from the outside, and when they entered, they found that it did not match its reputation. Coming out of the building, the three of them found a bench nearby to rest and sat down. Zheng Xudong suggested going to see the Statue of Liberty, but Liu Yifei had no opinion, saying that she would go wherever Zheng Xudong went. Rashid was speechless and rolled his eyes to the two animals, who were indifferent to his white eyes.
Rashid said: "Both, I suggest we go to Wall Street and have a look at the Bronze Bull of Wall Street, so that we can have about the same morning, Statue of Liberty I think so, we rent a yacht in the afternoon, and then we take a yacht to Liberty Island to watch it, and then we take a yacht down the Hudson estuary, go fishing and swimming in the afternoon, and come back in the evening and enjoy the Statue of Liberty illuminated at night, what is my plan?"
Zheng Xudong and Liu Yifei listened to Rashid's plan, glanced at each other, and both saw satisfactory results in each other's eyes. Zheng Xudong said: "I am very satisfied with Aiqing's recital, I am right! Rashid Aiqing, then we will drive Wall Street." ”
"Get out!" Rashid smacked Zheng Xudong's arm with his fist. The three of them began to chase and fight in the street again.
Wall Street is the name of a large street in the southern part of Manhattan in New York City that stretches from Broadway to the East River, with a total length of only one-third of a mile and a width of only 11 meters. The streets are narrow and short, only seven blocks from Broadway to the East River, but they are known as the "financial center of the United States." The offices of the managers of banks, insurance, shipping, railroads, and other companies set up by the Morgan chaebol, the Rockefeller oil magnate, and the DuPont consortium are concentrated here. The famous New York Stock Exchange is also located here, and it is still the headquarters of several major exchanges: such as the NASDAQ, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, etc. The term "Wall Street" is now used to go beyond the street itself and become synonymous with the world economy, as well as financial markets and financial institutions that have influence on the entire U.S. economy.
The street was narrower than the trio had imagined, and with the incongruous high-rise buildings lining the street, the street could not see sunlight all year round, and even at noon, it was still dark. Walking on the narrow streets, there are many high-rise buildings on both sides, only 500 meters from the street: the Bank of New York Building (No. 1 Wall Street, formerly the Irvine Trust Bank Building), the American Credit Bank Building (No. 14 Wall Street), the New York Stock Exchange Building (No. 8 Broadway), the JPMorgan Chase Building (No. 23 Wall Street), the American Chase Bank (No. 37 Wall Street), the Trump Building, the Manhattan Trust Bank (No. 40 Wall Street), the Toronto-Dominion Bank (No. 45 Wall Street), the American Museum of Finance (No. 48 Wall Street), the Deutsche Bank Building, the JPMorgan Chase Building (No. 60 Wall Street), and the Harriman Trust Building (No. 63 Wall Street) Citibank Building (111 Wall Street). Today's Wall Street is not just a street, it represents the entire American economic symbol today, and it can even be said that it has become synonymous with the world economy.
Zheng Xudong and the three of them walked the street of less than 500 meters, and asked a question, "Why didn't you see the famous Wall Street Copper Bull!" The three people glanced at each other, it seemed that no one knew, and after asking passers-by, they learned that the "Wall Street Copper Bull" was not on Wall Street, but on Broadway next to it.
Broadway and Wall Street intersect, soon walked to, at a glance to see this big copper bull, before just heard that did not see with their own eyes, do not know the so-called "big", today I saw it really deserves its name, the whole copper bull is five meters long, weighs 6.3 tons, the appearance of the body is brownish-red, because the Wall Street copper bull is a symbol of "strength and courage", metaphorically as long as the copper bull is in, the stock market can always maintain the "bull" market. All the tourists come here to touch it, in order to get wealth, and it has been touched a lot, and the bronze ox is smooth and shiny by the people, and the whole body is glowing with a layer of light. I heard from a tour guide next to me that the designer of the Wall Street Bronze Bull was an artist from Sicily, Italy, named Arturo Di Modica. At that time, when this copper bull was made, it was just to pray that when the stock market opened tomorrow morning, the "bull" could be angry, so that he could make money from the stocks that he originally lost money, but who would have thought that this made the New York City government angry, and immediately asked him to demolish this "illegal building", but later after several setbacks, the copper bull was retained, and now the copper bull has become the public property of New York City, and no one is allowed to buy and sell, and Modica has the right to his portrait.
After walking all morning, the three of them felt a little hungry, and walked to a restaurant called Le Bernardin, when they looked at the people around them at the door, they looked at the three of them like "stupid", and after coming in, they knew that this restaurant also needed to be booked a month in advance, at this time Zheng Xudong used a "big killer trick", this time near Wall Street, he took out two hundred dollars directly from his pocket and stuffed it into the hands of the receptionist at the door, he was afraid that one hundred could not impress this "little ghost".
Liu Yifei watched him give gifts behind his back and pinched him on the waist with his hand. Sure enough, the dollar moved this "little ghost" again, so that this "little ghost" was pushed by the grind. The "little ghost" led the three of them to the back of the restaurant.
The silver-white glass curtain wall and burgundy wooden tables and chairs are the main colors throughout the restaurant. Such a warm and relaxing atmosphere must be blessed with flowers, and according to the waiter, the monthly flower decoration fee is as high as 12,000 US dollars. The silvery-white wave plate on the table is as luxurious and textured as caviar. The waiter gave each of the three of them a menu, and the beige menu was simply embellished with bright gold, simple and solemn.
Rashid didn't rush to order, but took out his mobile phone to make a call, Zheng Xudong and Liu Yifei knew from the call between the two that Rashid was calling his cousin who settled in New York, and borrowed a yacht from him to use it in the afternoon and evening, the call between the two was very short, Rashid borrowed his cousin's yacht very smoothly, and went to sea to play together after dinner!