Chapter 10: Christmas
The time will soon come to the middle of December, and in a few days, the Christmas that is prevalent in the whole Western society will be approached, which is equivalent to the Chinese New Year in foreign countries.
Originally, Yao Fei chose a plot of about 30 acres located west of Broadway and south of West 132nd Street, but when Yao Fei entrusted a lawyer to consult with the local government, he learned that the land was already famous, and there were no other plots within three kilometers of Yao Fei's requirements, so Yao Fei had to give up his coveting of this land.
Just two blocks to the east is the City College of New York and the world-famous Columbia University to the south.
And what does it mean to be a university, compared to everyone knows very well, what is the most important, of course, talent is the first, in the vicinity of the university to set up a factory, and is a high-tech factory, for the students and teachers of the university that must have the advantage of being close to the water.
Yao Fei is not short of money now, what he lacks is only his own team of talents, and the people who are useful under his hands can do things efficiently.
There is no way, Yao Fei's eyes can only continue to move north, as for the other three sides, it is not that Yao Fei does not consider them, but the other three sides are either near the river, or near the sea, or simply there are few treasures such as universities, and the colleges and universities in this area of Manhattan, New York are basically distributed along the Hudson River from south to north.
A little further north is Yeshiva College, founded in New York in 1886, which can be said to be one of the oldest comprehensive colleges in the United States, but at this time, Yeshiva University was dominated by liberal arts, and Judaism, Jewish education and management, social work, psychology, and law were the main professional courses of the college, which did not meet Yao Fei's needs.
Further north, about 10 kilometers from downtown Manhattan, it is considered a suburb of Manhattan, where Manhattan College is located, a private institution of higher learning with a well-rounded education in the United States, founded in 1853 and with a long history.
The college is composed of six academic centers, including the School of Arts, the School of Business, the School of Education, the School of Engineering, the School of Science, and the Graduate School, and offers more than 40 undergraduate and master's majors, including communication, economics, fine arts, chemical engineering, computer engineering, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, biology, physics, natural sciences, etc. Counseling, management, and special education in the master's program are what Yao Fei values.
Manhattan College also has its own excellent academic atmosphere, advanced teaching concepts, strong faculty and hardware facilities, and will develop into one of the most prestigious comprehensive universities in the United States in the future, which can be said to have unlimited potential.
Yao Fei set up a high-tech art factory around him, even if he can absorb a small number of graduates, it can also give his current self wings to take off.
After Yao Fei smashed down more than 2 million US dollars in one go, a semi-heart-shaped plot of about 70 acres south of Feldstone Road and west of Graystone Avenue belonged to Yao Fei.
It is worth mentioning that the land purchased in the United States is personal in terms of ownership and use, and it is for life.
China's land was originally state-owned, the 70-year life problem comes from Hong Kong, Hong Kong belonged to the British colony when the land use period was 97 years, most of the land was sold in the 20s, so there was a 70-year period, and later when commercial housing was developed in China, there was the concept of 70 years.
There are not many useful buildings on the ground, Yao Fei plans to tear down and rebuild, according to the popular two-story garden-style factory in later generations, the beautiful environment not only makes people comfortable to work, but also meets the personnel-intensive needs of the high-tech industry, even if it can't accommodate it in the future, it is also a very good choice to transform into a specialized research base at that time.
Christmas was approaching soon, and Yao Fei thought that instead of letting his subordinates work absent-mindedly and not contributing, it would be better for them to sort out all the information that might be used to open the factory.
In this regard, Yao Fei is also in a dark rhythm at present, and most of his subordinates are now technical research personnel, and there is a considerable shortage of talents for this kind of production management.
And even if you take money to smash others now, you have to have a place to work hard, no, everything has to wait until the end of Christmas in this society.
I made a phone call to the old man Kearns, wished him a Merry Christmas in advance, and told him that his surprise gift had been prepared for him, and he would give it to him when he met next time, and promised that he would be overjoyed.
The atmosphere of the festival is getting stronger day by day, in addition to the software experts who can maintain their energetic and distracted work, the minds of other general employees are not knowing where Lu Daofei has gone, Yao Fei really can't stand it, so he directly paid them a salary bonus to go home on vacation, as for whether they really go home, Yao Fei can't care about it anyway, as long as they can return to the company after the holiday, they can all be included in the category of good employees.
Anyone's curiosity about new things is inevitable, Yao Fei is no exception, although Yao Fei used to celebrate Christmas every year, but after all, it was a more commercial festival that had been assimilated, how could it be more fresh with this original flavor now.
Walking out of the company and coming to the street, the big trees on both sides of the street were already full of colorful lights, dotted with stars, and it looked beautiful from a distance.
Closer to the streets, green Christmas trees are lined with colourful lights, gifts, paper flowers, and lit with Christmas candles.
At this time, the excitement was strong, but it made Yao Fei feel a faint sense of sadness, no matter what, even if it is a big and important festival without his own relatives to accompany him, it is also a festival that belongs to others, and it does not belong to himself at all......
At this time, the mood is not suitable for continuing to step on the street alone, Yao Fei also lost this interest, so he returned to the company, maybe now only this is his home, the Spring Festival in previous years may be a little busy, but he will still reunite with his family for a reunion dinner.
When I returned to the company, I saw that there were still a few lights on, and when I got closer, I saw that it was Gong Yun and Cheng Gong, and said hello, unexpectedly, these guys actually invited him to participate in their small group activities.
It turned out that as early as when they first entered the company, Gong Yun and Cheng Gong saw that everyone was Asian, and then gradually found out through chatting that everyone was Chinese, and the age difference was not big, although their hometown was still far away, but this did not prevent everyone from getting close to each other.
As a result, the company gradually took the two veterans as the organizers, and united many Asians in the company, and everyone took care of each other and helped each other.
On Christmas Day on the 25th, the mainstream businesses in New York were closed for one day as usual, but most of the Chinese restaurants and shops in Chinese-populated areas such as Chinatown in Lower Manhattan were open as usual.
Obviously, the custom of mainstream businesses to take a day off on Christmas Day has not been learned by Chinese merchants, and many merchants, restaurants, and supermarkets are open overtime on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to welcome the arrival of Christmas and New Year.
In the face of the arrival of Christmas, migrant workers and international students in New York said that "family reunion" has become the most wanted Christmas gift for Christmas.
The most important program for overseas Chinese in New York to spend Christmas is family reunion or friend reunion, a big meal, the particularity of overseas life, so that many family members or single people can use Christmas reunion to relieve homesickness or depressed mood, and Chinese restaurants are also booked out from Christmas to New Year, especially large gatherings and private rooms are hot.
Chinese in New York have the habit of giving gifts at Christmas, especially at Christmas, whether it is relatives and friends, many people use gifts to express greetings and deepen their feelings.
According to relevant data, the consumption concept of Chinese people and Americans have a different concept, usually very economical, but in the festival is very particular, especially the liquor store receives hundreds of guests every day to shop, and including China's well-known liquor is the choice of Chinese people to buy Christmas gifts for relatives and friends.
During the Christmas season, the daily sales of liquor stores continue to rise, whether it is red wine or white wine, sometimes even twice a day to meet the purchase needs of consumers.
What do Chinese eat at Christmas?
If you are lucky enough to spend Christmas in Manhattan, you will see in the Chinese-funded supermarkets that there are sufficient supplies of fruits and vegetables in the supermarkets during the holiday season, and Chinese consumers are particularly fond of fruits and vegetables. During the Christmas season, in order to ensure that the supply of goods has been fully stocked, and prices will remain stable during the period, and will not increase arbitrarily.
During the Christmas season, the Chinese take hot pot as the best Christmas meal, and every day hot pot seasonings or hot pot ingredients are sold very hot, and traditional Chinese food rice cakes, Lantern Festival, and quick-frozen dumplings are also sold very well.
However, for many migrant workers or international students in New York, the Christmas season cannot appreciate the life scene of the locals, and Christmas night can only be alone and boring.
I don't know when a light snow began to fall outside the house, and the snowflakes were as light as smoke, as white as silver, fluttering, fluttering, and falling from the sky.
When asked where these guys were going to have dinner, these guys immediately scratched their ears and cheeks one by one, and then leaned over to Yao Fei with a shy face, except for Gong Yun, a girl who remained reserved,
One by one, the others took out the small cards full of blessings that had been prepared in advance, and flattered them and handed them to Yao Fei.
"Boss, you are our boss, how can there be employees in this world to invite the boss to eat the reason, and our little pig den is not suitable for the place, is not, as your subordinates who work hard to continue to work hard for you, you see that everyone else has long gone back to their own homes, each hugging their mothers, only a few of us still insist on the front-line posts, no credit and hard work, boss, you see ......"
After giving the sweetness, Cheng Gong, as an employee representative, immediately put forward their needs.
After hearing this, Yao Fei shook his head with a wry smile, the feeling is that these guys are lying on their own, if they don't have a four, five, six, or seven today, maybe this body will have to be explained here, yes, anyway, it can't avoid this knife by sticking out and shrinking their heads.
At the same time, Yao Fei was also a little moved, saying that now they are all well-off people and there is no shortage of money, these guys invited themselves to explain that they still have some affinity in their hearts, and at the moment Yao Fei waved his hand towards Chinatown, passing by the store and taking them to make a big purchase, and then returned to the hotel where he was.
Yao Fei's room is still very large, nearly 60 square meters with living room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, so much so that Zhang Cheng, as soon as the baby entered the door, he shouted boss, you are really luxurious to live alone in such a large room hotel, how many meals must be my meal for one night, and you still take this home!
Ignore the living treasure, I didn't say it, this winter hot pot is definitely everyone's favorite, the big guys do it together, and after a while, the pot will bubble, and all kinds of dishes can be cooked.
The dinner table suddenly swelled, and even Gong Yun, a girl, was not reserved, holding chopsticks in the direction of her favorite dish was a fierce clip, not to mention the others, can the hands of the usual yard bricks be slow, especially with Zhang Cheng's speed leading the entire dining table, seeing the dishes, the mouth to the dish immediately arrived, and there was no slight cold food in the middle, and then it was to pull everyone to pour wine and drinks.
After eating this meal, it was really hearty, how could it be a cool word to chat, but correspondingly, except for Gong Yun, a girl who did not drink and maintained normal mobility, the other people were crooked and upside down, and several people on the sofa and bed were lying full......
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