With the addition of Zhou Zhen, Taibaiju Restaurant quickly became famous in Chinatown and even the entire southern corner of Manhattan.

Zhou Zhen's craftsmanship is not only better than the chefs, but even better than the founder, Mr. Chen.

Moreover, the food he made is not only limited to Shandong cuisine, but also some seafood that meets the taste of Americans, as well as sweet and sour fish, Dongpo meat, Zuo Zongtang chicken and other dishes, which are even more popular.

Boss Chen's family regarded Zhou Zhen as a treasure, because of his joining, Taibaiju's business increased by at least 30%.

The Wall Street tycoons, the police officers from the Manhattan Police Department next door to Chinatown, all came here.

Zhou Zhen is not stingy, he is accompanied by two apprentices, one of whom is the grandson of Old Man Chen, Zhou Zhen should also teach.

The only thing that worries them is that Zhou Zhen always likes to wander around after work.

In the 70s, the United States was chaotic, like Chinatown, had its own set of laws, and as long as no one died, the police would not care.

Even during the day, Zhou Zhen likes to go out at night, which makes people a little worried about him.

can Zhou Zhen still go his own way, he maintains a kind of alienation from everyone, even if Zhou Zhen stands in front of them, it still makes people feel repulsed thousands of miles away.

Based on this alone, Old Man Chen knew that their restaurant was just a temporary place for Zhou Zhen.

In addition to liking to wander around, Zhou Zhen also has a hobby, which is reading newspapers.

No matter what kind of newspaper, as long as it is about current politics and economy, he likes to read it.

However, he never bought newspapers, and every day he went through all the newspapers in front of the newsstand not far from Taibaiju.

Yes, just flip through it and never read it carefully.

This quirk also made others particularly curious, if it weren't for the fact that the newsstand was guarded by an old man in his sixties, others would have thought that he had taken a fancy to the newsstand owner.

The longer Zhou Zhen stays in this world, the more he understands, for example, in Texas, there is news of a chainsaw massacre.

And in Philadelphia, a boxer named Rocky also began to make a name for himself.

There is no benefit, and Zhou Zhen will not deliberately meddle in other events.

One day, he also saw Aunt Mei on a social news, in this world, she is not a world-famous star, but a writer.

Zhou Zhen searched the database and knew that this was a movie called "Manhattan" in which she participated, and she was played with Woody Allen.

And she is not the protagonist of this movie, the protagonist is Diane Keaton, the most representative of the seventies in the United States.

Although in later movies, Aunt Mei is still charming at the age of sixty or seventy, but Zhou Zhen is not interested in taking a look at her in her twenties.

You must know that in the world he entered, the actor who played Bessie, Travis's dream lover, is the representative of American beauty in this era, and has been honored by Spier Shepard, the dream lover of American men many times.

If you have a car, what kind of bicycle do you need?

What's more, for Zhou Zhen, it doesn't matter if she picks up girls now, what matters is to make money and develop.

It's easy for this world to change the nature of the world, but since you come here, you can't waste three years in vain.

And, to change a little bigger.

Before Christmas, Taibaiju's business was getting better and better, and the daily table was fully booked.

Zhou Zhen has two special assistants, although he is busy for more than an hour at noon and more than two hours at night every day, but he is actually very relaxed.

Zhou Zhen's contract expired on December 20, but because the business was too good and Zhou Zhen had nowhere to go during the holidays, he agreed to work for another half a month.

In this half month, the salary has doubled. Even so, the Chen family has made a lot of money.

It's not that Boss Chen didn't mention increasing Zhou Zhen's salary and asking him to sign a long-term contract, but Zhou Zhen refused.

This is only a temporary place for him to stay, and tomorrow his opening contract will expire, and there will be a large amount of income coming in, and it would be a waste of time to stay here.

Early the next morning, Zhou Zhen first came to the restaurant, arranged two assistants to cook a few soups that needed to be boiled, and then came to the investment banking department of Citibank.

16,500 US dollars, the opening price was 3.05 US dollars, and now the price has skyrocketed to 11 yuan, 3.6 times the profit.

Coupled with 20 times leverage, Zhou Zhen's book wealth reached 1.1 million.

After deducting 5% of the handling fee and 3% of the stamp duty, Zhou Zhen's wealth just exceeded 1 million.

Zhou Zhen has no interest in continuing to speculate, because the price of oil in the later period has been seesawing, whether it is up or down, the range is very small.

It was not until the late seventies, when the Persian crisis broke out, that the price of oil rose from $13 a barrel to $34 a barrel.

In that wave of market, Zhou Zhen couldn't catch up at all.

If you want to continue to make money on this, you might as well invest in gold.

In the seventies, the price of gold was always rising.

However, Zhou Zhen has already had a development plan, and now that he has money, he has begun to seek fame.

And in his library, he already has two sister books, "Angels and Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code".

During the three months he worked in Chinatown, Zhou Zhen had already bought a typewriter and often went to the library to borrow books, all of which were religious books.

Now, all that's left is one more trip to Rome.

He's going to go to that Papal State and then he'll be able to launch the first one.

Writers, in this day and age, are still very respected.

On January 5, Zhou Zhen said goodbye to Taibaiju with a typewriter, just as he suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly.

Maybe in a few months, the people of Taibaiju will see his news in the newspapers.

But at that time, they were no longer people of the world.

No, people who are not in the same world in the first place.

Leaving Chinatown, Zhou Zhen went directly to the Athenaeum Hotel on the Upper East Side and checked in.

Here, he met with the real estate agent he had made an appointment, and on the same day, he settled on a five-story townhouse not far from the hotel.

The rent here is $1,300 a month, which is higher than the annual salary of some undocumented immigrants in Taibaiju.

But for Zhou Zhen, the money earned is to be spent, and he can't take it away.

Zhou Zhen took a fancy to the proximity to Central Park, and more importantly, the landlord here was a wealthy widow.

Zhou Zhen didn't have any thoughts about this widow in her sixties, but a widow with money and leisure, who could take him into some closed circles.

In Huaxia, as long as you are willing to struggle, you may become a master.

In the United States, this difficulty increases at least tenfold.

For every kind of person, there is a glass ceiling.

If people are divided into one, two, three, four, or five grades, in Huaxia, the fifth class of people may also become the first class.

But in the United States, a fifth-class person can only become a fourth-class person, and at most a third-class person, and then you can't go up anyway.

If you want to rise again, it is only possible to wait for your next generation.

Class solidification is a chronic disease not only in the United States, but also in Europe, and they have been so since ancient times.

Zhou Zhen is not utilitarian, but from the beginning, he set Travis's identity a little higher.

Fortunately, he was originally a white Italian.

It has been less than 20 years since the United States dissected apartheid, but only the law has changed.

Today's blacks still can't get into most of the schools, and they can't live in many neighborhoods.

Their current status is still forty years short of the political correctness of later generations.

"Travis Bickle, are you a veteran?"

"Yes, ma'am. He was discharged from the army only in September last year. ”

The lady in front of her still had the decadent atmosphere of a medieval noblewoman, and after looking at the majestic Zhou Zhen, she said: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of being a retired soldier and without parents, I'm afraid I can't afford the rent here, right?" ”

"Of course, but I'm still in the investment business, so I have a lot of money in my hands."

"Investment?"

"In finance, I was very concerned about the war situation when I was in the army, and when I retired, I was very worried about the situation in the Middle East, and then I invested in oil futures. Today, the price of oil has tripled, and it has also turned me into a millionaire. ”

This woman was looking at Zhou Zhen for the first time, and there was still surprise on her face that she couldn't hide. Even the real estate agent who groveled next to him was a little shocked and lost his temper.

According to the current housing prices on the Upper East Side, this three-and-a-half-story villa with an area of only 100 and a half floors will not exceed 400,000 yuan.

Zhou Zhen doesn't want to say rent, even buying is easy.

She was surprised and asked, "Then you haven't thought about buying a house of your own?" ”

"I think there must be a lover to be a home, and I prefer to decide together what our future home will be after having a lover."

This time, the old woman's expression softened even more, and she glanced at Zhou Zhen enviously, and her impression of him was even better.

Men are still children when they are old, and women still don't forget romance when they are old.

A tall, handsome, mature and steady young man, who has a successful career and is full of longing for love, how can she not be moved?

"You may call me Mrs. Knapp, or Ilica henceforth."

Zhou Zhen took two steps forward and bowed slightly: "Ilika, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Me too." She laughed happily and asked, "In addition to investing in business, do you have any pastimes?" You must know that the living room of this house is only more than 60 square meters, which is far from enough to hold a ball, and can only have a small gathering of friends. ”

Zhou Zhen shook his head. "In addition to fitness and travel, I am not keen on social activities, on the contrary, I prefer to be clean. I'm also planning to write my first book at the moment, so the cleanliness here is something I really like. ”

"You're still a writer?"

Zhou Zhen deliberately pretended to be embarrassed. "I deserve your compliments before my book is published."

"Young man, I like you very much, and I can rest assured that I will hand over my house to you to live in." Mrs. Knapp didn't hesitate any longer, turned to the agent and said, "In order to show my sincerity, I am willing to reduce the original price by one hundred dollars, and I can sign the contract directly." ”

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