Chapter 42: The Fifth Avenue (1)
Zheng Xudong heard the waiter tell him that another person wanted to share a table with him, and claimed to know him, "Jiao!
He told the waiter to bring the man over, and he wanted to see who knew him. At this time, the waiter took a person, who was about 1.76 meters tall, with black curly hair, big eyes, a little blue, yellow skin, and an Asian at first glance. He was sure he didn't know this person, and before he could talk to the waiter, the man stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulder, smiled and said, "Hey, buddy, I didn't expect to see you here, how long have we not seen each other since we last left, three years, two years?"
Zheng Xudong saw the young man's smiling face, at least he didn't hate it, and he echoed and said, "Hey, it's you, Rashid, where have you died recently? Sit down, waiter, get another set of utensils." "What else can the waiter say when he sees this situation, at most he says that these two goods are TM's GAY (gay), but it has nothing to do with her, as long as they know each other and don't fight like they just did.
"Say, buddy, what do you mean, if you just want to have a meal, don't say anything, it's too fake! I still invite you to a meal, so you should know each other. Zheng Xudong said after watching the waiter walk away.
"Hey, buddy, that's interesting, my name is Mufa Rashid, I'm from the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi to be precise, and I'm also out for tourism. After passing by here, I thought of having a meal here, and who knew that there was no place, so I begged the usher to arrange a place for me. As he spoke, he twisted a few fingers and gestured to give money. Zheng Xudong understood that he also came in this way, the difference was that he just happened to catch up with a vacant seat.
"Okay, don't say it, isn't it just eating, my name is Zheng Xudong, a Chinese person. These are the ones I ordered, if you want to eat here, you can order your share again, if you have money, you will pay, if you don't have money, it will be mine. ”
"Okay, buddy, we Arabs respect you the most for a righteous and squandering person, since you are so honest, I will not hide it, the name I just said is true, but my identity is the prince of Abu Dhabi, of course, I have been out of five suits, a hundred years ago the ancestor was one of the king's own sons, and now it is the side of the side line. As he spoke, he called the service to bring the menu. "I don't have much political or military status, but I have money, and it's more than most people. After ordering a few signature dishes, he unceremoniously ate the dishes that Zheng Xudong came up first.
Zheng Xudong looked at it, this guy really doesn't treat himself as an outsider, he has to be! Don't pretend to be Sven himself, two words, "Create!"
He approached the waiter to serve the food and asked for a bottle of Mouton red wine, he saw that this Rashid was not "Rahi" at all, he ate so happily, the wine drank more happily than him, one by one, drank the red wine as TM beer, and the two of them became familiar after a while.
Rashid is not that kind of "little pick", he sees that Zheng Xudong can really eat, and he eats it so fragrantly, without saying a word, he asks the waiter to have another Boston lobster. Originally, he thought that he belonged to the food that could be eaten, but when he saw Zheng Xudong eating, he realized that he was like a lady of the family, and what he ate was simply "cat food".
Two men chatted with each other about their hobbies, and found that there were striking similarities between them, cars, guns, women, playing, drinking, and smoking. The two had a common topic and chatted more energetically. Zheng Xudong found in the chat that his brand awareness is far worse than Rashid, Rashid is talking about their hobbies, whether it is a car, a gun, a cigarette, or a wine head, each of which can tell the differences and advantages between the brands, it seems that this "prince" is not useless, and the professional knowledge does not see what he is learning, but he can indeed be his teacher in terms of common sense and miscellaneous learning.
In the process of chatting, Rashid took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and bought the order, Zheng Xudong said "Thank you!" after he found out, Rashid just waved his hand.
"Dude, what are you going to do after eating?" Rashid asked.
"I want to go shopping on Fifth Avenue, after all, come around, see the surrounding attractions, and then go to the mall to shop for some of my favorite things, I just heard what you said, I have a lot of desire to buy. ”
"Okay, if you don't have someone else to accompany you, how about we get together?"
Everyone said so, what else, Zheng Xudong originally wanted to go to the Bank of Mitsubishi in Tokyo to pit that little devil first, but when he thought about it, it didn't matter sooner or later, the bank couldn't run, so let's go shopping first.
It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon after eating. This meal is a bottle of red wine for each person, Zheng Xudong's physical fitness is nothing, but Rashid obviously talks a little too much, the two of them go out of the restaurant, as long as they see the mall no matter how big or small, they plunge in, Rashid doesn't want to buy anything, because he has not lacked anything over the years, just accompanied Zheng Xudong in the mall to be his shopping guide.
They first swooped into a red hotel called "Heath", where oak shelves were filled with samples of red wines from most of the world's most famous wineries, ranging from 500 milliliters to 3,000 milliliters, from thirty or forty dollars to thirty or forty thousand dollars, as long as you have the money. The waiter was a white man under forty years old, who looked very capable, like a corporate white-collar worker, with a lot of suits and ties and black leather shoes, and he told himself with twenty years of work experience that the two people were rich people judging from the way Zheng Xudong and Rashid were dressed, and then immediately stepped forward to greet them. Rashid looked at the old fritters in the mall, told the waiter to take a pen and paper to record on the side, and then asked the waiter where to take them with high-end red wine, the waiter was happy to face the same "eighteen folds" as TJ buns, and led the way to the innermost part of the store, although the last row of wine racks and the outside wine racks are oak, but the last row is obviously old, with a layer of pulp on it, and a light red wood grain. Four surveillance cameras are installed in all directions above the wine racks, which shows the preciousness of these wines. Zheng Xudong told the waiter to bring him the red wine of Château Margaux, Château Mouton and Château Lafite in the past two or three years, the first two red wines he drank in Las Vegas and Houston, and the taste was very good, so he wanted to buy more back, he was really not worried about the authenticity of domestic red wine, the annual sales of red wine in China have exceeded the annual output of other wineries, how much can you really have, and people can't just sell to China, Europe and the United States are big consumers of red wine. Rashid told him that the brands he was talking about were good, but that those who wanted to drink high-end red wines also needed to know a few other brands, such as Romane Conti, which has been the world's number one wine for many years, as evidenced by the price of more than $1,500 a bottle. Regardless of the year of its manufacture, the Romane Conti costs around $1,000. It has a deep color and a hint of soy sauce, floral and licorice, and is rich in aroma and refreshing. Chateau Latour is one of the most prestigious wineries in France, producing Pauillac wines that are among the top three Pauillac wines in the world. There is also the red wine produced by Petrus (Patric) winery, the production of Petrus red wine is also pitiful, so its price is also the most expensive Petrus red wine among the eight major wineries, because the geology of Petrus is particularly superior, containing a large number of minerals, so the wine of Petrus has the characteristics of early drinking and shelf-stable Although Petrus is not ranked, it is the king of red wine in the minds of wine customers. It was featured at Queen Elizabeth II's engagement reception, Queen Elizabeth's wedding reception, and was a favorite of President Kennedy at the White House. Rashid seemed to understand these things, and the waiter recorded them, and then he went on to say several red wines, such as Chateau Cheval Blanc, one of the eight great Bordeaux wines...
After saying that, they walked to a table outside, and the two sat down and waited for the waiter to find these red wines, just a while, the wine was found, it seems that this red hotel opened on Fifth Avenue is really not simple, at least the goods are relatively complete, they want not only all, but also the reserve wine of the previous year. The two of them picked up the red wine on the table and watched it bottle by bottle, Zheng Xudong didn't know how to pretend to understand, and Rashid was really watching, he might have seen that Zheng Xudong didn't understand it very well, so he told him how to distinguish the authenticity and quality of these wines, and he had a long "posture". Here you learned to identify red wines.
"Brother, what are you going to buy, how many bottles?" asked Rashid.
"Big brother, I bought all the ones you introduced and the ones I selected, as for how many bottles to buy... Zheng Xudong thought about it, whether to buy a villa by himself in the future, and then build a wine cellar to store these red wines, buy more anyway, put it in the space, and have a villa to store in the wine cellar in the future.
Rashid thought that Zheng Xudong didn't have enough money, so he was embarrassed to say, "If my brother doesn't bring enough money, it's not too late for us to come back and buy it again!"
"Big brother, you misunderstood! So, waiter, you can bring me ten bottles of each of these red wines. ”
Rashid saw that he was not the master who was short of money, and put his mind at ease, "Brother, I have seen these wines, they are all good, you can buy them and drink them yourself, or give them away." ”
"Well, I plan to build my own wine cellar when I return to China, and then collect and store these red wines and keep them for myself. ”
"Okay, if you have a chance, you can go to Abu Dhabi, come to my house, and I'll show you my storage of red wine, more than 10,000 bottles. I'll give you some good ones. ”
"Then I'll thank you big brother first!"
At this time, the owner of the red hotel personally came out and handed over two business cards to the two of them, saying that if there is anything needed in the future, they can call.
An hour later, the red wine was gathered and packed, with a leather suitcase for every two bottles, a total of more than 60 boxes, costing Zheng Xudong 150,000 US dollars.
Zheng Xudong thought to himself that it was cheap, with an average of $1,200 a bottle, which is also more luxurious for Americans, because Zheng Xudong did not buy those that were vintage, but the last two years, so he can be regarded as a local tyrant.
The owner of the red hotel asked if he still needed to buy some vintage wine to treasure, Zheng Xudong did not agree, he bought red wine for drinking, not for showing. Then tell the boss to deliver all the wine to his hotel room.
Then the two of them came out of the Red Hotel and continued to shop!