Chapter 13 Borrow or Borrow?
After Zhao Dashao finished playing 20 minutes of ultra-low-intensity NBA-level games, he felt a little tired physically.
It's just a low-intensity intra-squad training game, and if he were playing a regular season, his fitness would be enough to support two quarters at most.
But considering that his defensive pressure will be relatively low at that time, it should be no problem to travel for 278 minutes, and the statistics will definitely not be bad.
After this intra-team training game, the Lakers licked more comfortably.
Zhao Dashao is not only rich, but also really powerful.
Jordan Farmar is under a lot of psychological pressure, and he feels that he can only hold down this local tyrant teammate for two years, and then there will be no bottom after that.
Brother Sun has no waves in his heart, and has long since returned to a state of no sorrow and no joy.
Zhao Dashao was not ambiguous, and after the afternoon training, he took his teammates to his own restaurant with a wave of his hand.
Director Zhang and the photographer didn't pull it down, but this time Zhao Dashao didn't invite them to live at home, this has to wait until the end of the meal, and it's embarrassing to mention it now, he just started early.
Zhao Dashao did not invite the coaching staff, and NBA players and coaches rarely go out to eat together except on occasions like celebrating a championship.
In fact, unless it's in the offseason, team coaches have always objected to players going to hotels to eat and drink, because eating a lot of red meat is not good for athletes, and even beef is not suitable for NBA players to consume in large quantities.
But in many cases, it is inevitable to socialize, and if you really want to be as professional as Ray Allen, you will be ostracized.
Soon, the group was slaughtered to Chinatown.
More than a dozen high-end cars finally stopped in front of a large Chinese-style restaurant in a prime location, just from the palatial faΓ§ade, you know that the grade must not be low.
"Shengshi Restaurant", when the Ni brothers looked at the plaque, they had a new understanding of Zhao Dashao's family in their hearts.
This is the most upscale Chinese restaurant in North America, in addition to the taste of the food, the price is not inferior to the French and Italian food in the high-end restaurant, and even a little higher than the price of Japanese food.
In front of the door of the restaurant, a Chinese woman in her thirties who looked still charming came out.
As soon as this saw Zhao Dashao, she looked like she had seen her boss, and greeted her with a warm smile.
The Ni brothers didn't think much about it, but Director Zhang was well-informed and knew that this was definitely not the attitude of entertaining guests.
The conversation between the two also proved his guess, and he saw Zhao Dashao say in an instructive tone: "Manager Yang, these are my friends, remember to get them a VIP card later." β
Manager Yang smiled and immediately said, "Okay, the room has been opened for you, the dishes are ready, and I will send someone to apply for a VIP card for your friend in a while." β
Zhao Dashao nodded expressionlessly, turned around and showed a sincere smile to his teammates, and said, "Guys, let's go in, indulge once tonight, and then there will be nothing good to eat." β
"Long live Chinese food!"
"I love Chinese food!"
"I'm going to eat a whole plate of fried noodles!"
Brother Sun and Director Zhang laughed in their hearts, is it okay to come here to eat fried noodles?
Director Zhang has seen a lot of things from Zhao Dashao's previous conversation, he knows that "Shengshi Restaurant" was originally called "Zhao's Restaurant", Zhao Yuewen is not surnamed Zhao, and his family obviously has shares here.
Since the name and surname of this "Shengshi Restaurant" has been changed, its reputation and grade have gone all the way, and now it has branches in major cities in North America, and it is also opened in a prosperous area, which is like a Chinese version of Michelin, and it is also a rare Chinese restaurant that specializes in high-end routes abroad.
Zhao Dashao took more than a dozen younger brothers with big shoulders and round waists into the restaurant, and the group of people behind him was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, the interior of the restaurant was full of oriental charm, and the extremely luxurious decoration dazzled them.
The group finally came to a golden luxury private room, and these innocent and straightforward nuns regained their voices.
Brother Sun's reaction was more in line with the Chinese, entering the door and sitting down to pick up the menu first, and then looking at the price.
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes β $20.
Mapo Tofu β $25.
Gollum Meat β $40.
Braised prawns in oil β $60.
Buddha jumping over the wall β $150.
The best Buddha jumps over the wall β $300.
The three Chinese now understand the grade of the "Shengshi Restaurant", Chinese restaurants in the United States have always taken the low-end route, but the price of this restaurant is at least three times higher, and it is indeed a high-end route, even a broken tomato scrambled egg dares to mark 100 yuan.
But this also made the three of them have a question in their hearts: This price is not worse than Japanese food, will foreigners come to eat?
In fact, Japanese cuisine and Italian cuisine were also in the low-end route back then, but as the Japanese economy took off and Italian immigrants got rid of the original impression of poverty, the prices of these two cuisines rose and gradually became high-end cuisines.
Now that China's economy has begun to take off, there is a gradual increase in the number of Chinese tyrants abroad, and in fact, they are also taking the route of Japan and Italy.
Shengshi Restaurant gradually abandoned the low-end market, no longer making Chinese food entirely through the perspective of Americans, but through the perspective of Chinese to make Chinese food that meets the taste of Americans.
The most significant aspect of this shift is the taste of Chinese cuisine, which is slowly returning to Chinese taste, and although it still caters to the tastes of local Americans, it is no longer a Chinese cuisine that Chinese simply recognize.
This change will continue to evolve in the future, but it will depend on how far China's economy goes.
If one day, China can be on an equal footing with the United States, then Chinese food in the United States will maintain a six-or seven-point similarity with China, and become a real Chinese food.
Soon, the delicacies that had been prepared were presented one by one, and the kitchen was clearly ready to welcome them.
Zhao Dashao began to introduce the characteristics and eating methods of each dish to the brothers, occasionally telling two processed stories, and then adding some improvised meat jokes as seasonings from time to time, and soon the banquet was full of laughter.
After a while, the alcohol also began to take effect, and the people who were not familiar with it gradually let go, and the topic became more and more distant.
But there aren't many topics worth talking about NBA players other than women.
Zhao Dashao naturally didn't drink, he didn't even touch the meat dishes, only ate some green vegetables and grilled salmon specially prepared for him in the kitchen, and used olive oil, and he drank the protein mixed drinks he carried with him.
At this time, seeing that the Ni brothers were still talking about women, as well as their sports cars and gold chains, he knew that he was going to get to the point.
It just so happened that Famar had a few glasses of high-grade liquor, which would be a bit high, and he actually pulled Zhao Dashao and said: "Evan, my dream is to buy a Ferrari sports car, you are only 18 years old and have achieved a bigger dream than me, I really envy you." β
Zhao Dashao immediately said: "Famar, we are teammates and brothers now, I like your confession, if you really like that car, I can lend it to you, this is the key." β
When Famar heard this, he almost dropped his glass to the ground, and he couldn't believe what he had heard.
The originally noisy private room suddenly became extremely silent, and all the Ni buddies were stupid when they heard this!
Director Zhang and Brother Sun were also taken aback, this is too arrogant, right?
The $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron may be less than ten in the whole of Los Angeles.
Also, he didn't seem to say how long he borrowed it, did he?
Wouldn't Famal drive as long as he wanted?
Zhao Dashao smiled secretly in his heart: "Just drive it, you can buy a Ferrari 430 for a year's use fee, and if you can drive it for a year, I will lose." β