Chapter 392: South to Miami
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With a displacement of 5.5 liters, 7 gears of manual automation, coupled with spacious space and highly wrapped leather sofa seats, this top model of more than 70,000 US dollars is really not spent in vain.
You must know the road conditions in New York, which can be said to be one of the worst cities in the United States, especially in old towns like Manhattan, where the roads in many places are potholes because of serious damage.
To be honest, this road condition is really not in line with the city's status as the world's largest economic center.
Especially in the SOHO area where Jin Muchen lives now, the road traffic situation can be said to be the worst place in Manhattan, even if it is a few main streets that support the scene, there are many broken potholes on the road.
This is not because of the inaction of the New York municipal government, but mainly because the roads here were built too early, basically a hundred years old, and in the past, there were too many trucks coming in and out of the factory, so the road surface was very damaged.
Although the city has allocated a lot of money over the years to repair these roads, because the city of New York is close to the sea, it is very windy and rainy, especially in winter, and the snow is very heavy.
Every time after a heavy snowfall, the municipality sends a large number of snow plows to scatter salt to melt the snow, because the road traffic here is even worse because of the corrosion of such a salt solution.
Often, the road surface has only been repaired this year, but after a few heavy snowfalls, it is because of the snow melting agent. It's going to break again. Leave a large pit in the ground.
I want to fix these roads. The only way to do this is to plow all the road and rebuild the asphalt, which may work in other cities, but here it is simply not possible.
Because this is Manhattan, the most congested place in the United States. If you are destroying the road surface and paving the road from the new, then from the common people below to the billionaires at the top, you can be scolded to death.
Therefore, although the New York city wants to do something, it does not dare to mention the repaving of the road, and can only repair it every year. It's broken, it's being repaired.
To be honest, Jin Muchen lives on the side of SOHO, and he is on the potholed road. It's been annoying for a long time, which is the main reason why he is determined not to buy any sports cars and sedans.
And now after driving this Mercedes-Benz, after walking on the ground on those potholed roads, he finally felt that his more than 70,000 dollars were really not in vain.
When passing through the pit, the chassis of the car looks very tough, that is, it is not as hard as a performance car, which hurts your butt, and it is not like an American luxury car, which feels similar to driving a boat.
In short, it is both performance and comfort, and the balance in the middle is very good, and it is worthy of the chassis tuned by the Germans, with first-class handling and comfort!
So much so that after the Spring Festival, as long as the family is not too busy, Jin Muchen likes to drive out and walk around this area by himself, and have a good car addiction.
After the fifteenth is over, even if the Spring Festival is completely over, the family has gradually returned to a normal state, Fang Bo gets up every morning to open a shop, some people greet guests, no one studies their antiques in the back, the only difference is that now Fang Bo likes to use the coffee pot that Jin Muchen gave him every day to make a few cups of coffee.
Candace has also returned to school, this is her last semester at Columbia, and there are a few exams left, which are very important to her.
Although Jin Muchen has a dispensable attitude towards her finding a job after graduation in the future, this girl is very self-reliant and hopes that after graduation, she can go out and have a good time.
Since people are so self-motivated, of course Jin Muchen doesn't have much to say.
During this time, he took a break and called Jesse.
After all, the case of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, but the two of them did it together, Jesse contributed a lot, and the proceeds from this auction should actually be part of Jesse's family.
He planned to share the account with her, but he didn't expect this little lady to go to Egypt, and she was not in the country at all at this time.
When asked what she was doing, she refused to say anything, as for wanting to give her some money.
But she actually said no, she had a lot of money on hand, and it wasn't bad at all, so the money would be put in Jin Muchen's hands first, and when she needed it, she would find him to get it herself, and she didn't even ask how much those antiques were sold for.
Such an attitude of treating money as dung surprised Jin Muchen very much, you must know that in a country like the United States, where money is supreme, it is the first time he has met such a woman who treats money as nothing.
On the issue of money, since people are unwilling to entangle, if Jin Muchen is talking about it, it seems that he is a little hypocritical.
So he had to mention another thing, that is, Capote's promise to help Jesse, and sure enough, Jesse was very happy about it, and asked again and again on the phone, when Capote and they would be in place.
Jin Muchen could only answer in a hesitant manner, it would take about a month or so, and they would be busy with the matter at hand.
He said this, but he pushed back the time that Capote had promised by half a month.
He really can't help it, after Capote and they returned to the United States, it immediately became a state of evaporation in the world, before the Spring Festival, he tried to contact them several times, even if it was to ask Capote or Andy, to spend the Spring Festival with their sister alone, but unfortunately they have not been able to get a reply.
Now that he mentioned this matter to Jesse, he didn't know if Capote and they would be able to show up on time after half a month, so he had to say a month later.
Unexpectedly, Jesse didn't think much about it, and said directly: "Okay, I'm almost done here, and in about half a month, I will be able to meet in New York, and we will be in touch then." ”
Jin Muchen hung up the phone stubbornly, and at the same time prayed in his heart that Capote's side would go well, otherwise he would have shaken Jesse, and he wouldn't know how to explain to others.
But soon this little trouble was put behind him, anyway, during this time, the family's business has not been very good, and even for several days, it was all a blank paper.
Jin Muchen moved the idea of taking Uncle Fang out for a vacation, and said to Candace again, originally thought that this little lady was busy studying recently and should have little time, but she didn't expect this little girl to shout that she was tired of studying and wanted to go out for a walk.
Hehe, Jin Muchen knew that she was just looking for an excuse and wanted to hang out with them.
agreed to her request to go with her, so Candace hurriedly arranged his own time, squeezed out half a week, and embarked on the trip with them.
This time, Jin Muchen's destination was very clear, that is, to go south and go straight to Miami.
He has wanted to go to that place for a long time, firstly, it is a legendary antique mecca in the United States, and on the other hand, it is also because of the climate and environment there, it is still cold here in New York, but it is warm like spring in Miami.
Uncle Fang is old, although he is well maintained, but his legs and feet are not very flexible, especially the problem of old cold legs that fell when he was young, and now he is sick in winter.
This time I just took him to the tropical regions of the south to enjoy natural remedies.
Another important reason is that every year in January, there is one of the world's largest indoor antiques exhibitions, with more than 1,000 merchants participating every year, and the largest items traded there are antique jewelry.
This makes Jin Muchen, an antique dealer, how can he miss that antique jewelry is very popular in Europe and the United States, and it is the most popular antique collection after antique oil paintings.
This thing is both beautiful and useful, and the effect of value preservation and appreciation is very good, so it is widely welcomed by Tibetan friends from all walks of life, not only women like this thing, but men also flock to it.
Buying a few sets of antique jewelry, even if you don't wear them, but leaving them to your descendants at home in the future is also a good inheritance.
It was with the intention of visiting this antique exhibition while playing, Jin Muchen drove the car and took Fang Bo and Candace on the road.
If it was before, Jin Muchen might have chosen to take a plane, but now that he has just bought a new car, he wants to have a good time, so he will drive.
It just so happened that the route of this trip was along the coastline of the east coast of the United States, and the scenery along the way was not bad, even if it was a road trip.
You have to go through New Jersey, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and finally Florida, and all the way to the southernmost tip of Florida to Miami.
It takes more than 2,000 kilometers to go down the whole way, and no matter how fast you drive, it will take nearly 20 hours to get to the place.
Fortunately, the three of them can drive, so everyone takes turns to drive all the way, but they don't feel tired, and the space of this car is extremely wide, except for Jin Muchen, who is larger, the other two are medium size, how comfortable they are in this car, they can lie down, so even if they don't rest, they don't feel tired.
In particular, Candace in the passenger seat chattered all the way, she had been to Miami many times before, and she was familiar with the place, and it felt good.
Along the way, she was instilling in Jin Muchen about the situation in Miami, what is known as Lincoln Avenue known as South Fifth Avenue, Merrick Park Village, Port Barber Shops, Magic Mile and other well-known attractions in Miami, which have been imprinted in Jin Muchen's mind before they arrived in Miami. (To be continued......)