By chance

Author: The sea under the clouds

By chance

Since his rebirth, Chen Li's understanding of the world cannot be said to be number one, but he is definitely far superior to ordinary people.

But in fact, rebirth can only make Chen Li understand things that he knew about in his previous life. However, if he encounters things that Chen Li has not been exposed to and does not understand in his previous life, he will still be confused like everyone else.

For example, Chen Li at this moment!

"Indie musician?"

"You want me to donate some money to you?"

"Didn't you say it's free? And I don't intend to ask for your CD."

At this time, Chen Li was holding a CD in his hand. To be precise, the CD was not actually in his hand. Chen Li even showed a refusal.

And that CD is currently in the hands of a nanny, who is trying hard to deliver the CD to Chen Li.

This Nico is not tall, probably less than 1.7 meters tall, which makes him look very petite in front of Chen Li, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall.

Although he is not big, this Nico is very powerful.

"No, no, no~ Brother, you see your name is already written on this CD. There is no way I can sell this CD to anyone else."

"So~ you have to pay for this CD."

"Fifty yuan~just fifty yuan!"

"Just think of it as supporting some independent musicians like us!"

Simply speaking from the content, what Nico said seems to make some sense, but in fact there is a ghost truth.

After finishing the day's schedule, Chen Li returned to the hotel to rest for a while in the afternoon, and then had dinner with Ma Xiaoyun, Zhou Hongyi and Howard Wise.

We had dinner at a high-end Chinese restaurant in New York. As for the taste, it was actually okay.

Although it cannot be said to be truly qualified Chinese cuisine, it is definitely not unpalatable.

It's just that compared to the taste of the dishes in this restaurant, the prices of the dishes really opened Chen Li's eyes.

To be honest, today's Chen Li is not someone who has seen the world, and it's not like he has never been to high-end restaurants in Yanjing City.

But Chen Li never thought that this high-end Chinese cuisine in New York would be so ridiculously expensive!

A basket of steamed buns sold for 36 yuan, still in US dollars.

Moreover, there are only four steamed buns in a basket, which means a steamed bun costs nine US dollars. According to the exchange rate these days, it costs almost 70 Chinese dollars.

Of course~ you can accept whether the stuffing of this bun is crab roe or even shrimp, but that thing is just an ordinary beef bun.

At this price~ Chen Li’s family might not even be interested in getting the ideal beef buns, but it turns out that this restaurant actually uses ordinary beef.

And similarly, the price of buns is actually just a microcosm of this restaurant.

To put it simply and straightforwardly, this restaurant probably takes the approach of "not seeking the best food, but only seeking the most expensive food".

In fact, to be fair, the food in this restaurant tastes pretty good, but coupled with the price, Chen Li felt that his IQ was insulted.

To be honest, although these steamed buns costing more than 70 yuan a piece will still be regarded as sky-high prices even twenty years later, as long as they taste good and the ingredients are fine, some wealthy consumers may not be able to accept them.

After all, there will always be some people who are stupid and have a lot of money, and will think that there is a reason why it is expensive.

For example, the decoration of this store is high-end, and the tableware used is also decorated with gold and jade. These things combined are actually one of the best choices for forks.

So~ there is no problem at all when eating at a place like this, where the dishes are priced at a certain premium.

Even though the premium is a bit high, for those who are stupid and have a lot of money, this is not a problem at all.

But the problem is this is 2001.

The average monthly income of most people in China does not even exceed a thousand yuan, which is the monthly income of most Chinese people. They can only eat ten steamed buns.

Even though this is America, the price is definitely outrageous.

So ~ Chen Li had a very unpleasant meal!

After dinner, Howard Wise said goodbye and left, while Chen Li and his entourage, led by little Wise, headed to the Broadway Theater to watch the famous musical "The Phantom of the Opera".

According to Chinese people's habit of digesting food after meals, everyone did not take the bus to Broadway, but chose to walk.

Broadway is very lively at night, because it is an important place for American drama and musicals. It can even be said that it is synonymous with musicals, so there are many theaters on both sides of this avenue.

This avenue is very long, but Chen Li and others did not come here specifically to visit this avenue, so although the group stopped and walked, their ultimate goal was to get to the Broadway Theater.

But just as the group was about to arrive at the Broadway Theater, Chen Li was suddenly stopped.

Yes~ The other party's goal is very clear, basically they are going directly to Chen Li.

As for why I chose Chen Li, of course it was because Chen Li looked the youngest.

Yes~ Among the group tonight, Chen Li is the youngest.

And since there were both men and women in this group, it looked like a small group of several families traveling together.

After all, this is a Broadway theater. Countless tourists come here from all over the world every year, so Nico went directly to Chen Li.

In fact, at the beginning, Nico wanted to catch Chen Li off guard.

The main reason is that Chen Li and his party all have oriental faces, and this guy plans to use his language advantage to directly push the CD into Chen Li's hands.

But what he didn't expect was that Chen Li's spoken English was very fluent and standard, so Nico quickly changed his plan, introduced himself directly and asked Chen Li's name.

On the other hand, Chen Li was actually on guard at the beginning.

Without him~ Although Chen Li has never been to the United States in his previous life, he has seen a lot of these Nico's tricks on the Internet.

Moreover, in his previous life, Chen Li had traveled to Europe, and he had heard of the Nicos over there stuffing things into people's hands and asking for money if they disagreed.

Therefore, from the beginning, Chen Li was unwilling to accept the CD handed over by the other party, but when the other party asked what he called himself, he subconsciously said his last name.

It was really just a subconscious answer, mainly because at that time Chen Li had been focusing on refusing the other party's action of handing him the CD.

But when the surname "Chen" came out of Chen Li's mouth, Nico quickly took out a marker pen from his pocket and wrote "chan" on the CD, and then this guy was ready to

I asked Chen Li to collect the money.

Hence the conversation between the two before!

Okay~ Obviously, Chen Li encountered a little scam.

In fact, Chen Li had some mental preparation for these so-called small scams.

As mentioned before, he had traveled to Europe in his previous life, so he had made some plans in advance, and the tour guide at the time also gave some relevant instructions.

Therefore, Chen Li has a certain understanding of this so-called little scam.

For example, Chen Li knows that it is best not to take photos with those guys wearing fancy clothes in Times Square. Even if they come over and ask you to take a photo, you must refuse.

Unless you are willing to pay!

To be honest~ When this kind of thing started, Chen Li didn't even think it was a scam.

After all, there are a bunch of people cosplaying, and some even take photos with you naked and wearing body paint. Giving some money appropriately seems reasonable to Chen Li.

However, when Chen Li knew the amount of tip the other party asked for, he realized why this thing was called a scam.

Without him, those guys want too much.

In fact, according to Chen Li's consumption habits, since he is out to play, it is natural to have fun.

So as long as you can have fun and have fun, it is completely acceptable to spend some money to find your favorite cartoon character or take a photo with a beautiful body-painted beauty.

But when the amount of the money was 100 US dollars, Chen Li would definitely not be happy, and he also felt that this kind of thing was indeed a scam.

Yes ~ 100 US dollars. When Chen Li and Xiao Wise were walking around Times Square in the morning, they saw a couple from Bangzi Country who encountered a scam here.

A group of niggas directly surrounded the couple from Bangzi Country and demanded $100.

At that time, Chen Li was lamenting that if these guys weren't so greedy and honestly continued the photo business here, it would actually be a way to make money.

But people just don’t think so.

These guys just tried to trick someone if they could, but who would have nothing to think about in the future?

So ~ Chen Li is actually wary of the little scams played by Brother Ni.

This was also the reason why he was unwilling to accept the CD when Nico handed it to him. He estimated that he would have to pay for it if he accepted the CD.

But Chen Li never expected that the other party would ask him to pay even if he didn't accept the CD.

This girly thing is a bit too much!

Especially yesterday, Chen Li just suffered a loss from some white guys, for which he had to pay a large amount of legal fees. But today, the nigga guys are here again~ and the purpose is still money.

This made Chen Li's originally not very good impression of the United States fall to the bottom.

Well~ In fact, this does not seem to be surprising, after all, this is the free America!

But this time, the luck of the Ni brothers was not as good as that of the white guys yesterday, because tonight, Chen Li and his party were accompanied not only by Little Wise, but also by several bodyguards.

There is even an android bodyguard accompanying Chen Li!
To be continued...