Chen Anzhi had to go to work, and Chen Xi played at home for a few days, and he was generally familiar with the surrounding environment, but it was only in the Chinatown area. He wants to start trying to find a job, because after all, he is not really here to travel, but to stay and develop.

Chen Anzhi told Chen Xi that he wanted him to continue to familiarize himself with his surroundings, at least to get a general familiarity with Manhattan. Many famous places in New York are in Manhattan, including the World Trade Center, Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, New York University, Columbia University, the United Nations Headquarters, the Empire State Building, Times Square, etc. Even if you don't come here specifically for tourism, you should know about it when you come here.

After more than a week, Chen Xi went out to wander around all day, and finally learned the approximate location of these famous places, only the Statue of Liberty did not go to see it.

Chen Anzhi has helped him find a job, also in Manhattan, but not in Chinatown, but to work as a waiter in a bar owned by foreigners.

"I can't speak English yet, so I want to get a job in Chinatown first." Chen Xi whispered.

"Nope." Chen Anzhi quickly vetoed, "It's because your English is not good yet, so I want you to go to the bar to strengthen it, and it's not the goal there, it's just for you to exercise." ”

Seeing that Chen Xi didn't seem to understand very well, Chen Anzhi explained: "Chinese people come to the United States or other countries, whether they are immigrants or smugglers or study abroad, many people choose to work in Chinatown, because it is relatively easy to find a job here, and the environment is easy to get used to. But because of this, many people stay in Chinatown for the rest of their lives! Because they don't have to learn other languages to live, they don't bother to learn languages; They don't need other skills and abilities to eat, so they don't learn and progress. ”

It was the first time Chen Xi had heard this kind of statement, and he had heard that Chinatowns were all inhabited by Chinese in China, and everyone took care of each other.

"ChinaTown is a relatively large minority area in New York, formerly called Chinatown, and its current scale may be more appropriate to translate as Chinatown. In fact, this is not only the case for Chinese, but also for other ethnic groups in other places, but many foreigners only live in their own ethnic communities when they first arrive, and move out immediately when they find a job and their living conditions are slightly better. Although their community is not as prosperous as Chinatown, they will have more room for their personal development and the development of the second generation. This is true for Jews and Germans, and for many Chinese, they are very poor when they first come to the United States, and they have not been rich when they have stayed in Chinatown. ”

Chen Xi understood his grandfather's intentions, but he really didn't have a lot of confidence in his English level, "Can I do English?" ”

Chen Anzhi smiled, "Your grandfather and my English level back then was far worse than yours, I didn't have a formal English education during the war years, what level do you think?" But when I had a little bit of foundation, when I came to the United States, I didn't look for a job in Chinatown, I put myself in an environment where I had to speak English completely, and there wasn't a single Chinese person around, and my speaking skills improved by leaps and bounds. ”

Since grandpa has taken this into account and specially arranged it to improve his oral dialogue level, Chen Xi is not good at refusing again. So I went to work as a waiter at the "Woodsdick" bar on 43rd Street.

Dick, the owner of the bar, is American, and the waiters are all American, except for one Nakamura Taka, who is also Japanese. The customers all speak English, so Chen Xi must also speak English, perhaps because there is no Chinese, but let him dare to speak openly and not feel embarrassed.

Chen Xi also has a little English foundation, in this environment, after the first few days of discomfort, he experienced the feeling of rapid improvement in his spoken English, and soon worked here for a while.

On this day, Chen Xi heard that there was a Hollywood superstar attending an event nearby, it was his favorite action superstar Schwahard, but he didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet him in person now.

Hollywood is in the west, New York is in the east, if there is nothing to do, it is impossible for Chen Xi to go to Los Angeles to see stars, and with his current income, it is impossible to do it, so Chen Xi wants to take this opportunity to take a look.

It's afternoon, and there's nothing going on in the bar, so Chen Xi decided to sneak out for a while, thinking that it shouldn't be a big deal.

Chen Xi saw Old Dick wiping in front of the bar with a cloth, listening to Elton John's old records with enjoyment, and humming along with a low voice. He slipped out quickly, and Dick didn't see him at all.

That's when the phone rang. Dick walked over slowly with his stomach held and picked up the earpiece.

"Hey, hello, this is the Woods Dick Bar. It's an honor, what can I do for you? ”

Soon, Dick laughed: "Old friend, it turned out to be you, what do you care about me?" ”

“…… West? ”

"Don't let him out today, you're going to pick him up? ……

"Oh my God! I'm in a bar, do I want him to deliver food? ”

“…… It's okay, okay, sure, I'll keep an eye on him......"

"Trouble? He's a good boy, and he won't get into trouble when he goes out. Yes, he's really a good boy, you don't have to worry about ......"

After Chen Xi came out, he got into a taxi and rushed to the place where Schwahard would appear.