American Fortune Life

Chapter 38: Chinatown Fantasy

After coming out of the church, you can see the most classic street sign at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway Street. Andy stood under the road sign for a while and nobody felt his strange behavior. Time here is money, nobody goes back and cares about other people's behavior.

At the end of the Wall Street trip, Andy walked one or two blocks west to the World Trade Site. In '01, 9/11, shocked the world, looked at the open spaces surrounded by buildings, and the reconstruction work was laying the foundations from time to time.

Andy watched everything silently, watched people walking through the World Trade Center, thought about each other, and sometimes saw pedestrian grief, Joseph and Kenny looking seriously at the ruins, and Andy knew the pain would linger in all segments of the United States for a long time.

There was a star and stripe flag not far from the site, and several Americans next to him were talking excitedly, approaching to find out that Andy was giving an anti-war speech.

After listening silently, Andy returned to the car, "Next stop, Times Square. ”

Times Square is located in the triangle between 42nd Avenue, Floyd Street and 7th Avenue. New York is commonly referred to as a “square”, and this is neither a park nor a square, but a triangle. The name originated with the relocation of the headquarters of the New York Times in 1904. As the center of New York's classical music industry, the Lincoln Center is the setting for all artists' visions, as well as the New York Cultural Center, which brings together opera houses, concert halls, and outdoor concert halls. Heard that it used to be a slum, but now it's an important stage in performing arts, the most enchanting neighborhood in New York.

Andy stood in a triangle and felt that crazy expansion into an infinite world of things. Watching people flourish around the world in different colours, different countries, different ethnic groups; showing a stage without stage.

The semi-cylindrical Nasdaq is a huge advertisement, constantly changing the cold and hot faces of black, blue and red. Seems like the stock market in this world financial center is out of sight again!

“It is indeed a crossroads of the world. Perhaps having a seat here will make this a lifetime of injustice.” Andy looked at the dark emotions of the flourishing land, and he knew that in an area where profits had been distributed, looking around the building, either the Nasdaq Grand Screen and the Times, or not smashing hundreds of millions of dollars of knives, was almost impenetrable.

There's a special building in Times Square that's empty all the time, but it costs tens of millions of dollars a year to advertise, and in '97, a building like this could sell 11.7 billion dollars.

New York has four distinct seasons, so it's hot in the summer and Andy's getting a little overwhelmed, and it's almost noon.

The morning horse watched several famous attractions and Andy was a little tired, so decided to go to the last stop of the day.

Huaxia City in New York is a mess, not even the most symbolic Huaxia City building. However, New York's Huaxia City has more than 30 street alleys that intersect and offer a lively atmosphere.

I found a nice restaurant in Huaxia City and ate an authentic Cantonese dish. The owner was shocked by Andy's Chinese proficiency. Especially when Andy said in Mandarin, "What I'm going to eat is authentic Cantonese dishes. Don't make some sweet and weird flavored Huaxia dishes. I can't eat those foreign Huaxia dishes that you invented. ”

The boss's gaze is funny because knowing that Andy Schwarzhaatan, the boss naturally doesn't fool around and goes to the kitchen to explain himself to the chef.

After dinner, Andy drank a pot of Longjing tea from the owner and chatted with the restaurant owner for a while.

This scene of a tall, handsome foreigner and slightly fat Chinese chatting in fluent Chinese has attracted frequent watches from other eaters, and from time to time, one can hear people marveling at Andy's level of plain speech and a strong sense of disobedience.

“You asked the antique shop on this street?” The owner frowned and didn't know how to answer.

Andy saw his tangled expression and naturally thought of each other's concerns. He smiled and said: "I just wanted to see that I was curious about Huaxia's ancient culture. As for authenticity, it doesn't matter. After all, I don't understand it. I wouldn't buy it randomly. Just look. ”

The owner of the hotel heard Andy's explanation before he said, “Well, after all, antique play requires eyesight and experience. It's hard for people to tell if it's true or false. When buying it, you have to think about it. There's an antique store on the street that has been running for decades. It can still see what's there. There's an antique stall in the Hester Street Market near Huaxia City, but what's there depends on eyesight. ”

After checking out, Andy took Joseph and Kenny to the address given by the owner of the hotel and found a small plaque with a black gold inscription on it in the cluttered sign and wrote the book "Jubao Xuan”.

Andy pushed the door in, neatly packed, with a long corridor-style space, with alloy glass cabinets on either side against the wall and bright lights illuminating every antique in the cabinet.

At the end of the corridor was a long table, the owner saw three foreigners coming in, knew the customer was coming to the door, and still had a raw face, and immediately greeted him with a smile.

“Three gentlemen are welcome to the small shop, which mainly operates antiques from heaven and dynasty, and some antiques from Europe and Russia. I wonder what the gentlemen need?” The owner of the antique store is warmly entertained.

“Don't know your name, sir? I was introduced by Mr. Wang of Cantonese restaurant. I am mainly interested in the culture of the Heavenly Dynasty. Come and have a look.” Andy smiled and reached out and said in fluent Mandarin.

“Ah!” The owner of the antique store was shocked by Andy's Mandarin. After all, an old Mandarin speaker was better than him. It was a little unexpected. He himself spoke Chinese with a strong country tone. He knew it was a little faint, and he hurriedly extended his hand and Andy shook his hand. Apologized: “I'm really sorry, your Mandarin is really great. It surprised me. My name is Chen, I don't know what to call you. Since Brother Wang introduced it, that's his own person, what absolute offer looks like. ”

Andy couldn't help but keep his mouth shut. Each of these ancient circles of people is very talented. Talking about smallpox crashes and killing people is not soft at all, but he smiled and said: "Andy Smith, you can call me Andy, thank you for your attention. ”

“Oh, nothing, so what's Mr. Smith's preference?” Ancient game Chen asked enthusiastically.

“I don't have any preferences, I don't understand. I just feel curious and have a certain understanding of Tian Dynasty culture. So come and take a look, just take a look.” Andy doesn't care, he doesn't know much about identification, just because he's become a millionaire and curious about the antiques of previous auctions.

“Well, you can look around and see what I'm offering you.” Ancient Toys Chen knew that Andy really didn't understand, so he stopped asking, and looked at Joseph and Kenny looking at Andy Ma's head, his strong body, his serious face, and immediately understood that these two were Andy Smith's bodyguards or helpers. That's something to see.

Andy leaned down slightly and looked at all kinds of antiques in the showroom cabinet, books, porcelain, jade, bronze utensils, etc., which could be said to encompass almost all kinds of antiques that Andy knew, as well as some European silverware and accessories, and more Andy didn't know what it was, but each antique rack had a fine rope tied to a sling tag with the price on it, clearly marked.

Ancient games Chen looked at Andy walking through the horse, slightly disappointed. I thought he had met a big wrongdoer and could make a fortune. I didn't expect him to be a self-aware girl, but seeing this money is not easy to make.

After a lap, Andy also found a few things of interest, but he didn't show up. After all, he really didn't know what was true or false. Although the little money wasn't in his eyes, it was still depressing to punch people in the eye or something.

“What do you say? Did Mr. Smith see anything? If you have one, I'll show it to you. Take a look. The price is good.” Ancient toys are not impatient at all and are still asked with enthusiasm.

“Oh, there's really a few that look like it.” Andy smiled, pointing it out to Chen Yi.

Ancient Game Chen immediately took out a tray and took out what Andy had pointed out, then locked the exhibition cabinet, walked four people in a row to the long table inside, Ancient Game Chen turned on the shooting light on the table, asked Andy to sit down, and then did it opposite him, took out a pair of white gloves and started introducing Andy.

“Mr. Smith, this is a jade pig dragon, also known as Jade Beast, found in Red Mountain and other places, also collectively known as Red Mountain Culture. Jade pig dragon is not only a ornament, but a artifact, a totem worshipped by Red Mountain ancestors representing their ancestral gods. You have a wonderful eye, this Jade Pig Dragon is one of the rare boutiques of Red Mountain Ancient Games I have collected. ”

Andy watched Chen play with his thumbs up and had to feel funny for a while. The Jade Pig Dragon he still knew, just didn't know if it was true.

“This is a Qing Mid Bronze Sleeping Dog paperboard. Look at the shape and lines of this sleeping dog, it is well made and absolutely boutique. The last bracelet, a clear late-stage beeswax bracelet with a soft texture and warm colour, is said to be worn by a King of the Qing dynasty and is very precious.” The ancient games of Chen Shen Zhenyi and the mouth of the river began to tell stories.

Andy didn't interrupt his story. He just smiled and listened. He nodded from time to time and picked up a jade dragon with yellow and white patches and a C-hole in the middle. According to the ancient play, the texture of this jade dragon is green jade.

“Hiss ~ ~ ~" A cold, bitter shade of cold permeated his soul, Andy's eyes flashed with a fright and hurried to put the Jade Pig Dragon back on the tray.

Why does it feel so cold? Andy was really a little panicked, watching old Chen throw his weird eyes at himself, hurrying to reveal a slight smile and asking, “What age is this Jade Pig Dragon? What is it mainly for? ”

(Cough, this article is urban, not fantastic, will never detach from the human body, there will be no deliberate function or anything. Rest assured, the next chapter will explain clearly, some large people don't curse first. The little devil absolutely refuses to write a broken golden finger. And thank you for the reward, not to mention, thank you for the ticket!! Kids still need to vote more referrals oh ~ ~ ~)