Chapter 300

With Zhou Zhen's participation, taibaiju restaurant soon became famous in Chinatown and even the south corner of Manhattan.

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

Moreover, his delicacies are not only limited to Shandong cuisine, some seafood in line with American tastes, but also sweet and sour fish, Dongpo meat, Zuo Zongtang chicken and other dishes.

Boss Chen's family regarded Zhou Zhen as a treasure. Because of his participation, taibaiju's business increased by at least 30%.

Those Wall Street tycoons, the police of the Manhattan police headquarters next to Chinatown, came here with admiration.

Zhou Zhen is not stingy. He is accompanied by two disciples, 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 1970s, public security in the United States was chaotic. Like Chinatown, it had its own set of laws. As long as no one died, the police would not take care of it.

Even during the day, but Zhou Zhen likes to go out at night, which makes people worry about him.

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

With this alone, old man Chen knew that their restaurant was only Zhou Zhen's temporary residence.

In addition to wandering around, Zhou Zhen also has a hobby, that is, reading newspapers.

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

However, he never buys newspapers. Every day, he turns over all the newspapers in front of the newsstand not far from taibaiju.

Yes, just turn it over and never read it carefully.

This quirk also makes other people curious. If it weren't for an old man in his 60s who guarded the newsstand, others thought he had a crush on the newsstand owner.

The longer Zhou Zhen stays in this world, the more she knows. For example, in Texas, there is a news about chainsaw murderers.

In Philadelphia, a boxer named rocky became famous.

It's no good. Zhou Zhen won't deliberately intervene 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 learned that this is a movie she participated in called Manhattan, which is played with Woody Allen.

And she is not the protagonist in this film. The protagonist is Diane Keaton, the most representative of the United States in the 1970s.

Although Aunt Mei is still charming in her 60s and 70s in later films, Zhou Zhen is not interested in soaking her in her twenties.

You know, in the world he entered, he played the actor of Tracy Travis's dream lover Bessie, but the representative of American beauty in this era has been awarded the lover of American men's dream many times.

What kind of bike do you want with a car.

Besides, for Zhou Zhen, it doesn't matter to pick up girls now. What matters is to make money and develop.

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

Moreover, we need to change a little more.

Before Christmas, taibaiju's business is getting better and better, and the table is fully booked every day.

Zhou Zhen has two special assistants. Although she is busy for more than an hour at noon and more than two hours at night, she is still very relaxed.

Zhou Zhen's contract expired on December 20. However, due to the good business and the festival, Zhou Zhen had no place to go. He agreed to work for another half a month.

In this half month, the salary doubled. Even so, the Chens are making a lot of money.

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 just his temporary residence. His warehouse building contract will expire tomorrow, and there will be a large amount of income. It's a waste of time to stay here.

Early the next morning, Zhou Zhen first came to the restaurant, arranged two assistants to cook several soup that needed to be stewed, and then came to the investment banking department of Citibank.

16500 US dollars, the building price is 3.05 US dollars, and now the price has soared to 11.1, 3.6 times the profit.

With 20 times of leverage, Zhou Zhen's Book Wealth reached 1.1 million.

After deducting 5% commission and 3% stamp duty, Zhou Zhen's wealth just exceeded one million.

Zhou Zhen is not interested in continuing speculation, because the oil price has been sawing in the later stage, and the range of rise and fall is very small.

It was not until the late 1970s, when the Persian crisis broke out, that the price of oil rose from $13 a barrel to $34 a barrel.

Zhou Zhen couldn't catch up with that wave of market.

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

In the 1970s, the price of gold kept rising.

However, Zhou Zhen had a development plan for a long time. Now that he had money, he began to seek fame.

In his database, two sister books, angel and devil and Da Vinci Code, have been stored.

In the past three months of working in Chinatown, Zhou Zhen has bought a typewriter and often goes to the library to borrow books, all of which are religious books.

Now, I just need to go to Rome again.

He's going to the Papal State and then he can launch his first novel.

Writers, in this era, are still very respected.

On January 5, Zhou Zhen said goodbye to taibaiju with a typewriter. Just as he suddenly appeared, he suddenly disappeared.

Maybe in a few months, taibaiju people will see his news in the newspaper.

But at that time, they were not people in the same world.

No, it's not a world person.

After leaving Chinatown, Zhou Zhen went directly to Athena hotel in Shangdong city and checked in.

Here, he met with an appointed real estate agent. On the same day, he set a five storey townhouse not far from the hotel.

The rent here is $1300 a month, which is higher than the annual salary of some undocumented immigrants in taibaiju.

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

Zhou Zhen took a fancy to this place, which is close to the Central Park. More importantly, the landlord here is a rich widow.

Zhou Zhen didn't have any thoughts about the widow in her 60s, but a rich and idle widow who could take him into some closed circles.

In China, as long as you are willing to struggle, you may become a man of honor.

In the United States, this difficulty should be increased at least ten times.

Everyone has a glass ceiling.

If people are divided into one, two, three, four or five levels, in China, five people may also become first-class people.

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

If you want to rise again, you can only wait for your next generation.

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

Zhou Zhen is not utilitarian, but wants to set Travis's identity higher from the beginning.

Fortunately, he was originally an Italian white.

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

Today's blacks still can't get into most schools and many neighborhoods.

Their present status is still 40 years from the political correctness of future generations.

"Travis beeker, are you a veteran?"

"Yes, madam. I only retired from the army last September."

The lady in front of her still had the decadent smell of a medieval lady. After looking at the dignified Zhou Zhen, she said, "with all due respect, a retired soldier and no parents, I'm afraid she can't afford the rent here?"

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

"Investment?"

"In terms of finance, when I was a soldier, I paid special attention to the war situation. When I retired, I was very worried about the situation in the Middle East, and then invested in oil futures. Now, the price of oil has tripled, making me a millionaire."

The woman looked at Zhou Zhen for the first time, and her face was still surprised. Even the groveling real estate agents nearby were shocked.

According to the current house price in the Upper East District, the total price of this villa, which covers an area of only 100 and is built on three and a half floors, is no more than 400000.

Zhou Zhen doesn't say rent. It's easy to buy.

She asked in surprise, "have you ever thought of buying your own house?"

"I think we must have a lover to be a home. I prefer to jointly decide what our future home will be like after having a lover."

This time, the old woman's expression became softer. She looked at Zhou Zhen with envy and had a better impression of him.

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

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

"You can call me Mrs. nap or Erica later."

Zhou Zhen took two steps forward and bowed slightly: "ilika, nice to meet you."

"Me too." She smiled happily and asked, "in addition to investment business, do you usually have any pastime? You know, the living room of this house is only more than 60 square meters, which is far from enough to hold a ball. You can only get together with friends."

Zhou Zhen shook her head. "In addition to fitness and tourism, I'm not keen on social activities. On the contrary, I prefer cleanliness. At present, I'm also going to write my first novel, so I like cleanliness here very much."

"Are you still a writer?"

Zhou Zhen deliberately pretended to be embarrassed. "Before my book was published, I was ashamed of your praise."

"Young man, I like you very much and don't worry about giving you my house." Without hesitation, Mrs. Knapp turned to the broker and said, "in order to show my sincerity, I am willing to reduce the original price by $100 and can sign the contract directly."