Flight CA121 landed soundly on the runway at JFK International Airport and landed on the tarmac after taxiing for some distance. Although there were many foreign passengers on the plane, Zuo Jiang and his family got used to the feeling of going abroad, but when they got off the plane and came to a strange city, they were faced with English, which made them lose all of a sudden.

Interpreter Xiao Yang seems to be familiar with the United States, and he led everyone to go through the customs clearance procedures one by one, although the customs clearance procedures of the Kennedy International Plane are simpler than those in China, but it is already half an hour after everyone walks out of the customs. As soon as I got out of the gate, I saw a beautiful blonde woman holding a pick-up sign in her hand, which read in both Chinese and English: Songjiang Middle School Student Visiting Group. The English font is not bad, but the Chinese is crooked.

Under the sign, there were two people, a man and a woman, who kept looking at the passengers who walked out of the gate, and when they saw that the delegation, which was full of Oriental faces and mostly children, they came up after leaving the customs. The woman in her 40s stepped forward and said to Tang Guoqiang, who was walking in the front, in stiff Chinese: "Hello, sir, are you a visiting group of middle school students from Songjiang Province, China?" ”

When Tang Guoqiang heard that it was the New Jersey side who came to pick them up, he hurriedly said: "Yes, we are a delegation of middle school students from Songjiang Province, China, and I am the head of the delegation Tang Guoqiang, may I ask who you are?" ”

The woman said, "My name is Maria, and I am a translator hired by Jersey City City Hall, and this is Paul, the Jersey City City Council's education officer who specializes in receiving you. As he spoke, he gestured with his hand to the man standing behind him, and then explained Tang Guoqiang's identity to Paul in English.

Paul hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands and hug Tang Guoqiang, expressing his welcome in a few miles of Guala English. Translator Xiao Yang hurriedly came to Tang Guoqiang's side and translated Paul's words in Chinese. At the same time, he also expressed his gratitude to the New Jersey government and Paul.

At this time, the female interpreter, Maria, stepped forward and said, "The bus that picks you up is outside, gentlemen and ladies, please come with me." With that, he led the way with Paul and the blonde woman holding the sign.

Tang Guoqiang looked left and right and saw that there was no one else who picked them up, he was very dissatisfied in his heart, and whispered to Deputy Director Zhu beside him: "Old Zhu, originally the New Jersey side let their Jersey City government receive us, and the principle of reciprocity in diplomacy is emphasized, but now the Jersey City side has only sent an official and an interpreter to receive us, and they simply don't pay attention to us at all!" ”

When the translator Xiao Yang heard this, he hurriedly said to Tang Guoqiang: "Secretary Tang, don't be angry, the Americans' style of doing things is like this, government officials are very frugal, and they can save money, they decided to spend a penny of taxpayers' money, I have been to the United States many times with the delegation, unless it is an official state visit, other activities are like this, don't believe it in a while, you see, the buses that pick us up are hired for money." ”

After getting on the bus, Zuo Jiang saw the blonde girl who had just picked up the sign put the sign in her hand aside and sat in the driver's seat, and Maria told her that after everyone was on the line, she started the bus.

John F. Kennedy International Airport is a short distance from Jersey City, only about 25 miles away. Zuo Jiang sat by the car window, watching New York, a city that is both familiar and unfamiliar.

Soon after leaving the Kennedy International Airport, Zuo Jiang looked at the roadside and the street sign showing that he was on Condit Avenue, and soon turned onto Atlantic Street.

After the bus crossed the Manhattan Bridge, Chinese occasionally appeared on the signboard of the roadside storefront, and then the Chinese characters on the signboard gradually increased, and everyone was surprised when they sat in the car, so they looked out the window. At this time, the interpreter Xiao Yang introduced to everyone: "This is the famous Chinatown of New York!" When everyone heard this, they burst into cheers, startling Paul and Maria!

New York and New Jersey are separated by a river, and many bridges and tunnels have been built over the Hudson River to connect the two states, and many of New Jersey work in New York. Shortly after leaving Chinatown, the bus entered the Holland Tunnel, which connects New York and Jersey City, and entered the territory of Jersey City, and finally stopped in front of the Wilson International Hotel in Jersey City.

The Wilson International Hotel is very luxurious, and the Donghu Hotel is like a rural production team compared to it, and Zuojiang is estimated to be at least a three-star hotel. The rooms were all pre-arranged from Jersey City and the check-in was smooth. Finally, Paul called the manager of the hotel to introduce Tang Guoqiang, he said: "Mr. Tang, considering that you are tired from afar, there is no activity arranged today, you need to take a break and fall jet lag, I will come here to pick you up at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, if you have any requirements when I am not there, please find this Rennes manager!" Of course, his words were translated by Xiao Yang for Tang Guoqiang.

After Paul and Maria left, Tang Guoqiang summoned everyone to emphasize discipline and told everyone to go back to their rooms to rest, and the scope of activities was limited to this hotel, and they were not allowed to leave the hotel without permission.

Zuo Jiang's rooms are all single rooms for one person, similar to the standard rooms in China, but there is only one big bed in the room, a separate bathroom with bathing equipment, TV and telephone. Zuo Jiang took a shower and lay on the bed for a while, not sleepy at all, probably because he slept too much on the plane. So he got up and slipped out of the room with his shoes on, and he had to inquire about the lottery first.

Zuo Jiang took the elevator down to the lobby on the first floor to the main desk, and asked the blonde waitress at the main station where the lottery betting station was, Zuo Jiang's English communication was absolutely no problem, it could be a problem with the accent and name, the blonde waitress did not understand, Zuo Jiang asked her again where she could buy lottery tickets.

This time she understood, and told Zuo Jiang to leave the Wilson International Hotel and walk less than 50 meters to the left, there is a lottery business hall with a door number hanging next to it. Zuo Jiang thanked the blonde waitress and looked left and right, and when he saw that there were no members of the delegation in the hall, he sneaked out, if the head of the regiment or the team leader could not find him, he could deduce that he had lost his way in the hotel and prevaricated in the past, such a big hotel was like a labyrinth, and such an explanation was reasonable.

Soon Zuo Jiang found this lottery business hall,It's different from what he imagined,Lottery business is very large,Like the business window of a domestic bank,There are eight business windows,There is no one in the hall,The salesman in the window is chatting idly.

The walls of the hall are hung with lottery introductions, rules and instructions, and recent winning numbers, etc., Zuo Jiang's first reaction is to look at the winning numbers, to see if there are any numbers in his memory, he wants to first determine whether this billionaire jackpot has been won.

I looked at the recent winning numbers and found that there were no numbers in my heart, but Zuo Jiang found that the winning numbers were all 6 numbers, not the 7 numbers he imagined, what was going on? Zuo Jiang hurriedly went to see the lottery rules.

After watching for a while, Zuo Jiang understood that this lottery in the United States translated into Chinese means everyone's music, and the rule used is 49 to 6, that is, the first 6 of the numbers from 1 to 49 is the first prize, and the number of prizes for the first prize is subject to the accumulation of the prize pool.

Haha, I said how can I only remember 6 numbers, so that's the case! Zuo Jiang's heart couldn't help but become ecstatic.

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PS: There is an event that I must participate in in the afternoon, and I may have to come back late in the evening, so the update in the evening may be very late!