Chapter Eighty-Nine: Decadence
The next day, Zhou Zhen moved into this luxurious and elegantly decorated villa, and made a phone call according to the Yellow Pages, and sent the most exquisite bedding and kitchen supplies.
In addition, Zhou Zhen also hired a part-time worker from a cooperative, who came to the villa once a day to serve and do hygiene.
In the sixties, before the opening of the exhibition at the New York World's Fair, the first condominiums went on sale.
This type of apartment has air conditioning and an in-room intercom, and it has become the standard for later generations. In American dramas, the janitors seen in American movies are all employees of cooperatives.
Zhou Zhen didn't think about hiring a housekeeper or a fixed servant, this place was just a place for him to settle down.
The day after moving in, everything was a little more popular, and Zhou Zhen called Mrs. Knapp and invited her to dinner.
The reason why Zhou Zhen rented her house was to analyze the frequency of proms held by wealthy people on the Upper East Side of New York and the social circle with everyone.
She likes to throw balls, has a wide social circle, and has a good attitude towards young people.
As for Long Island, it is more difficult for the rich there to fit in, at least, you have to spend millions on where to buy a house and join various clubs to slowly integrate.
That's too much trouble, and finding Mrs. Knapp is the best choice.
After she agreed, Zhou Zhen specifically asked her housekeeper to clarify her tastes and taboos.
On this day, Zhou Zhen also did one thing, that is, he spent 6,200 dollars to buy an American classic car Corvette.
This car logo is very similar to Wuling's car, from the day of its birth, it has become one of the top ten classics of American muscle cars, and later generations have become the representative of American cars, and no model can compare with it.
This car is particularly emblematic of Americans' quest for supercars: wild, uninhibited, manic V8 engine, 7.0 displacement.
The Corvette-ZR1 model purchased by Zhou Zhen has a huge horsepower of 638 horsepower, 0-100 seconds in about 3 seconds, and the top speed reaches an astonishing 350 kilometers per hour.
In addition to this car, Zhou Zhen also bought a travel car, and this car is even more exaggerated as a Cadillac classic ElDorado luxury sedan.
Today, the car is the ultimate in luxury, with minimal equipment including air suspension, automatic door locks, fog lights, six-way heated seats with memory function, radio with remote control, power windows and white-walled tires.
Options include air conditioning, a cruise system, a switching system that automatically dims the headlights, and dark or stained glass windows.
All imaginable luxury equipment is available in the car, many of which are not fitted in some cars after forty years.
Of course, the price of this dream car for all Americans is also very amazing, with a minimum of more than five thousand dollars, and the most expensive one is seven thousand four hundred dollars, which is more expensive than a sports car.
On the third day, when Zhou Zhen went out to prepare vegetables, he bought a ticket to Rome the next day.
Mrs. Knapp came over at four o'clock in the afternoon, and she brought her daughter-in-law and two maids, probably thinking that Zhou Zhen, a young man, should not be able to prepare a dinner.
But as soon as she entered the door and smelled the rich and fragrant aroma of soup, and saw that Zhou Zhen had prepared most of the ingredients, and everything was far beyond her expectations, she sent two servants away.
Zhou Zhen could see from the fact that she came over so early that she admired herself as a young man.
He accompanied them on the sofa in the living room for a while, talking about Asian dishes and Asian wars.
After the defeat of the Korean Peninsula War and the defeat of the Vietnam War, the United States fell into an embarrassing and confused period.
Disillusionment with American politics and suspicion of the American spirit are widespread among young people, and this war-weariness has become a hallmark sentiment of the Beat Generation, preferring to escape from reality.
But Zhou Zhen has no such emotions at all, just by the conversation he shows and his good cooking skills, you can see that he is full of love for life.
From the war to the current economy, the family has several factories, which are affected by the economic downturn caused by the rise in oil prices, and they are not in a good mood at the moment.
Zhou Zhen also analyzed the trend of the entire economic market with them, and if they listened to it, it would definitely make their company go to the next level.
Knapp's daughter-in-law, Elsa, also admires Zhou Zhen, and directly invites Zhou Zhen to the weekend ball, and jokes to introduce him to a girlfriend.
Being invited to their dance by a family shows that Zhou Zhen has been recognized by them, and the relationship is still developing quite smoothly.
Afterwards, Zhou Zhen showed them some printed manuscripts, let them appreciate their masterpieces, and then demonstrated their superb cooking skills.
If a man sees this scene, he will only be envious, but let a woman in her sixties and thirties see Zhou Zhen's performance, it is really intoxicated.
And this meal did not disappoint them, and the two of them kept praising Zhou Zhen during dinner.
Mrs. Knapp even exaggerated that if Zhou Zhen wanted, she could move in with Zhou Zhen and be exempt from Zhou Zhen's rent, as long as Zhou Zhen could cook her a meal a day.
Zhou Zhen at this time, in their eyes, is perfect.
After sending off the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the evening, Zhou Zhen watched the movie through the biological computer in his consciousness for a while, and suddenly felt a little upset.
After coming to this world for more than three months, he was in a closed state, did not make friends, let alone touch women.
This state has been in this state for a long time, and it is definitely not good.
He couldn't sleep, he was ready to drive his new car and go out for a walk.
If it was better to be robbed, there was still a gun missing in his space.
Although he can't deal with him with a gun now, the computer's accurate calculation power allows him to quickly judge the direction of the trajectory and avoid it in time.
But having a gun in your own hand is a greater deterrent and can save a lot of trouble.
In the cold winter of New York, Manhattan's commercial street is still lively, but leaving the commercial street, everywhere is gloomy and terrifying.
It's a city with a glorious appearance, and behind every glossy face, there is filth and filth.
Zhou Zhen drove on the back street along the river, all the way north, to the Bronx, the most chaotic city in New York.
In later generations, the Bronx remained the most chaotic area of New York, and in this era, murder and arson were commonplace.
According to Zhou's knowledge, there were 37,000 homicides and 4,300 arsons in the Bronx residential area in the past 10 years.
What is this concept? On average, more than 10 people are killed every day, and there are three arson cases every two nights, not counting robberies.
It wasn't until the early '90s, when the New York City government cracked down on crime, that law and order improved somewhat, but it was still terrifying.
However, what disappointed Zhou Zhen was that perhaps his Cadillac was too new and domineering, driving this swaggering car, but no one attacked him.
A forbidden area where even the police did not dare to enter at night, but now no one has the idea of hitting him.
Since there is no one who does not have long eyes, driving his own car today is not an opportunity for provocation, so he swaggered out of this place again.
Next time you come back, it's best to walk and wear a hooded sweatshirt to attract some thugs.
After passing by a few cinemas with ambiguous lights, seeing those pretty figures shivering in the cold wind, Zhou Zhen almost couldn't help but want to save them.
But in the end, reason prevailed over impulse, and only took advantage of it with its eyes, and the car slid past them.
If you want to pick up girls, you still have to talk about love, so that spirit and desire can blend.
It's just a simple vent, what's the difference between people and sex?
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen suddenly came to his senses, isn't his current mood exactly the same as Travis in the original play?
I was affected by Travis's emotions!
No, you have to cheer up, at least to fill yourself up, and you can't be cranky.
Back home, Zhou Zhen began to browse the movies about this era in the memory of the biological computer, but found that he had come to a very embarrassing era.
New York has always been a favorite setting for movies, and he originally thought that he would encounter many plot insertions, but after analysis, he found that there were not many works about the background of New York in about 74 years.
Even if there are, most of them are movies with a small pattern of love and love, and there are very few movies like The Godfather.
The Godfather time period is too long, and many other stories also take place in very short periods of time, such as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is a story that happens in one day.
So, there isn't much plot for him to feel fulfilled right now.
The turmoil caused by the oil crisis caused the economy to start stagnation, and the impact of TV on movies was also great, and the investment in making movies was also reduced a lot, so low-cost movies and TV series became mainstream during this period.
Since then, without much of the plot he is interested in entering his life, such days will seem a little boring.
He still has to live in this world for more than two years, and he can't do nothing.
He wants to change Travis's state, not just to change the state of life, but also to change the mentality.
Otherwise, how can we turn a decadent movie world into a positive movie world?
analyzed it with a biological computer, if you join the plot of the godfather and become a gangster boss, although the funeral film has become a gangster movie, but the mentality has not changed much.
Politics is not what Zhou Zhen wants to go, and politics is even darker.
After some analysis, the result obtained by the biological computer turned out to be that Zhou Zhen was put into the team of hippies of the Beat Generation to solve the problem of mentality from the root.
Running away is not the solution to the problem, is it the way to face it directly?
Zhou Zhen understood, immediately decided, and hurried to Rome to check in. When you get back, find a female companion and take a trip across the United States.
Not only does he have to confront Travis's decadent mentality, but he also wants to have a road movie and enjoy the atmosphere of this era.
When Zhou Zhen was about to go out the next day, Mrs. Knapp actually came to see her off.
Zhou Zhen couldn't push her kindness, and took her car to the airport.
On the way, she looked at Zhou Zhen and smiled kindly: "I have moved our family's dance party this weekend to next week, at that time, I hope you can be the focus of everyone." On your terms, the ladies of the Upper East Side will go crazy for you. ”
(Today continues the third watch.) )