139 Chinatown
Jiang Hua and Zhang Kai set off again, although it is possible to reach a consensus with Sony Music, but the initiative must be in their own hands, and we have to have the final say on where to hold it, so this concert hall inspection tour must continue.
This time, the leader instructed Zhang Kai and Jiang Hua to act separately to save time.
Zhang Kai went to Seattle, and Jiang Hua went to San Francisco.
Jiang Hua had a feeling of being himself suddenly, all the time, he had been a little cowering, not obscene, but his previous life was under the eyes of others, and this time he could be a little wild.
flew and went straight to San Francisco, where there used to be a name called Jinshan, which was the beginning of the suffering of the Chinese, so the Chinese here are also the largest in the entire Western Hemisphere.
Jiang Hua didn't rush to see the concert hall, in fact, he already had an alternative in mind, Carnegie Hall, which is an old concert hall and has a big reputation, so it can be done directly by Sony Music when the time comes.
Jiang Hua came to San Francisco's Chinatown, which is the world's largest Chinatown, and when he was here, it was as if he had arrived at the Yangcheng Canton Fair again.
Cantonese and Hokkien are spoken everywhere, and these two places have the largest number of immigrants.
Jiang Hua passed by in front of the Huadu Hotel, and he heard the crowd in the hotel, and the greeter at the door saw Jiang Hua step in and immediately led him.
As soon as he sat down, a woman in a bright red cheongsam came over with a menu and asked in English, "Sir, what do you want to eat?" ”
"A bowl of rice, a white cut chicken, and a beautiful soup."
The woman said happily: "It turned out to be a compatriot, I would have known that this menu would not have taken it." ”
"What's wrong with the menu?"
The woman said disdainfully: "This menu is to deceive stupid foreigners, how can they know how to eat, the chicken is fried and added with a little sweet and sour sauce, as if it is a treasure, is it called a dish?" ”
Jiang Hua said with a smile: "Isn't that the same as KFC." ”
The woman was amused and leaned back, and asked in a coquettish voice, "Pretty boy, where are you from?" Island? Hong kong? ”
Jiang Hua spread his hands and asked with a smile: "Why is it Baodao and Xiangjiang, can't I be from the mainland?" ”
The beauty patted Jiang Hua on the shoulder happily: "Don't tease, sister, I'm Chinese New Year's Eve today, I've been a lobby manager in this hotel for five or six years, and from my work to now, I haven't met a compatriot from the mainland in the past ten years." ”
Jiang Hua stretched out his hand: "Congratulations, sister, you finally met your compatriots from the mainland." ”
The beauty was stunned, and after a while, she slapped Jiang Hua on the chest with a smile: "Don't tease, brother, are you teasing me?" ”
Jiang Hua introduced himself: "Jiang Hua, the clerk of the flower planter in the ugly country. ”
The beauty was completely stunned: "It's really from the mainland, this is a rare guest." ”
Jiang Hua said with a smile: "There will be many compatriots from the mainland who will come in the future." ”
The beauty smiled and said, "Since you are a noble rare guest, my sister is in charge, and I will send you a plate of steamed fish today." ”
"Then I thank the beautiful sister."
Jiang Hua's compliment made the beauty giggle, and after a while, Jiang Hua's meal came up.
When eating, Jiang Hua felt that there were a lot of eyes staring at him around him, and it was very uncomfortable for him to eat something.
The surrounding Chinese waiters would point fingers at Jiang Hua, and Jiang Hua knew that he had probably become a giant panda, attracting everyone to watch.
After eating, an old man took the initiative to bring a pot of tea over, he sat down opposite Jiang Hua and asked, "Don't you mind?" ”
Jiang Hua shook his head: "I don't mind." ”
The old man said: "It's rare for a mainland compatriot to come, I'm curious, I want to talk to you." ”
"What do you want to talk about?"
The old man said with emotion: "I am a native of Shunde, when I was four or five years old, I came out of my home, went all the way to the south, and then I ended up in this San Francisco, and after half a lifetime, I never had the opportunity to go home to have a look, I don't know if there is a chance to return to the roots." ”
"There will be a chance, now you can actually go back and see, the ugly country has relaxed the travel restrictions on flower growers."
The old man was shocked: "Yes, I thought I was still old and dead." ”
Jiang Hua asked, "Don't you know the communiqué?" ”
The old man said with emotion: "We people, we used to face the loess with our backs to the sky, but now we are revolving around pots and pans, and we don't care about those big things." ”
Jiang Hua said with a smile: "If your old man is really homesick, you can go back and have a look." ”
The old man nodded, in fact, he still had scruples in his heart, this is the consistent mentality of most people, eating crabs is a thing that requires courage, most people will say wait and see, see what others do.
The old man asked, "What are you doing in San Francisco?" ”
"Those who come to inspect the venue, if appropriate, will hold some activities to promote our national culture."
The old man nodded: "That's how it should be, you have to let those stupid foreigners know how good we are." ”
Jiang Hua said with a smile: "They already knew that they were powerful, and they knew it in the fifties." ”
Obviously, the old man also knew what Jiang Hua was talking about, and he sneered and laughed.
"That's right, they think they're great all day long, and when they beat Hans, they feel invincible in the world, and then they know that the pot is made of iron."
Before leaving, the old man told him: "You are here to inspect the venue, just inspect in the upper and middle districts, don't go to the lower city, that place is chaotic, if you are not careful, it will be difficult to save your life." ”
Jiang Hua walked on the street, thinking as he walked, he saw the news in his previous life, saying that Chinese people don't care about or participate in current affairs, so they are always bullied in an ugly country, and now he finally sees how he doesn't care about the law, it's too silent.
Jiang Hua shook his head, there is no way, in his position, he can't help, he can't help, the key is to depend on themselves.
Jiang Hua stretched out his hand to stop a taxi and was about to go back to the hotel to rest, but he didn't notice that the driver's eyes looking at him from the rearview mirror were full of malice.
Leaning on the back seat, Jiang Hua was thinking about things and planning his future path, so he didn't notice anything wrong.
By the time Jiang Hua came to his senses, there were no more high-rise buildings around, but a panicked community.
Jiang Hua asked politely: "Mr. Driver, I'm going back to the hotel, where did you drive to?" ”
The driver said in slang: "Hotel, that's right, go back to the hotel, wait a while and it will arrive, you can rest assured, Arthur has been driving a taxi for six years, he has never made a mistake, and he will arrive in a while." ”
As a smart person, Jiang Hua knew that he was on a thief ship.