924. The sky of fate (3/5)
New Yorkers are very proud, which can be seen from their accent.
Americans have little difference in English accents, at most they are divided between the north and the south. New York is quite unique. It has its own accent, and locals are proud of this accent.
As early as the Copernican era, some people knew that the earth was not the center of the universe, and Bruno defended this truth with his life.
But this doesn't work in New York. New Yorkers believe that this is the center of the earth and the center of the universe. They are proud of this city.
Li Du can understand this feeling very well. Just like in China, residents of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are also proud of their locations. New York is the world's number one city, so it is normal for local residents to be proud of this.
It was already afternoon after they arrived in New York, and they had a walk around and they were almost ready to have supper.
The driver suggested they go to Tribeca and said, "There is a great business atmosphere, there are many expensive apartments, trendy restaurants, and boutique food courts."
Tribeca is the abbreviation of a street, facing Broadway east, and is considered a tourist destination in New York.
Li Du was not interested in such a place, so he wanted to go to Chinatown for dinner.
There are more than 150,000 Chinese residents in Chinatown, New York. There are many small rental houses and crowded apartments. People live here, which looks luxurious, but in fact there are slums inside.
Many Chinese in Chinatown are illegal immigrants. They either smuggled in or have their visas expired, so they hide here to make money and make a living.
The driver was a little embarrassed and said, "At night, Chinatown was relatively messy, and I was worried about meeting a bastard. If you want to eat Chinese cuisine, I suggest you go to Sunset Park in Brooklyn or Flushing in Queens."
These two places are also gathering places for Chinese people, both with more than 100,000 Chinese. This shows how huge Chinese people are in New York.
"In Chinatown, Chinese cuisine is not very famous because there are many Vietnamese people in it, and they have opened a large number of restaurants in it, so..."
The driver shrugged, hoping that he would change his mind.
Li Du smiled and said, "Don't worry, have you seen me and these two guys? They can handle it when they meet any bastard."
He pointed backwards, Godzilla picked up his arms and exposed exaggerated muscle lines. Brother Wolf was silent, but when he felt it carefully, he could feel the pride that was immersed in his bones.
Seeing that Li Du insisted on going, the driver could only shrugged again and drove them over.
At this time, Chinatown became more and more lively. Li Du and Sophie walked inside, listening to the Chinese dialect that kept ringing in his ears.
Cantonese, Minnan, Mandarin, these three languages are the most common, and there are Lu, Northeastern dialect, etc. Li Du was very kind to listen to.
There are many Chinese people in Sunset Park and Flushing, but there is no atmosphere like Chinese gathering places like Chinatown.
On both sides of the street stand one restaurant after another, hotel, hot pot restaurant, barbecue restaurant, Sichuan restaurant, Northeast restaurant, Shandong restaurant, Northwest restaurant, etc., everything is available.
The windows of many restaurants are transparent, with roasted whole pigs, roasted lamb legs, and various bacon. There are fish tanks at the entrances of some restaurants, and a tail of fresh fish is swimming inside.
Seeing a white beauty snuggling beside Li Du, two burly men following behind him, the bosses with sharp eyes immediately guessed that he was a rich man and came to recruit him one after another:
"Big Boss, here, the most powerful seafood, men eat hard, women eat watery!"
"Boss, come and take a look. The authentic spicy hotpot is the most delicious!"
"Brother, come to our store and eat big bones and drink big wine. I'm always excited."
Li Du was feeling the atmosphere here with interest when he suddenly saw a familiar figure and asked subconsciously: "Cao Fan, Brother Cao?"
What he saw was a Chinese man in his thirties, with a mustache and a refreshing smile on his face. It was Cao Fan, a Chinese man he had met in Australia before.
His shouting was not too loud, Cao Fan didn't hear it. A middle-aged man next to him heard it. He pulled Cao Fan in surprise and pointed at Li Du to show him.
Seeing Li Du, Cao Fan laughed. He walked over quickly and held Li Du's hand and said, "Brother Li, long time no see, we actually met here. You said, what else can I say besides fate?"
Li Du smiled and said, "It's fate, I'm also surprised. I was worried about admitting the wrong person just now."
"I usually recognize the ugly appearance of Fan Ergou." The middle-aged man next to him said with a smile.
Cao Fan turned around and punched him, and then introduced: "This is Li Du, a young hero among us Chinese. Although he is young, he is really amazing. This is my cousin, big cat."
Li Du shook hands with the middle-aged man, and then asked in a low voice: "Brother Cao, what is this friend's real name?"
"Just call me Big Cat, don't call him Brother Cao, call him Ergou." The middle-aged man said readily.
Cao Fan asked Li Du what he came for. Before he could speak, he suddenly said, "I will come to join the Winston Group for half a year, right? I am really a pig-brained person, and I ask questions knowingly."
"It's not a pig's brain, it's a dog's brain." The big cat smiled.
Obviously, his relationship with Cao Fan was very close, and Cao Fan laughed without any grudges.
After chatting for a few words, he learned that Li Du came to find a restaurant to have dinner. Cao Fan invited him to dinner no matter what, and said he wanted to introduce him to another young hero.
It was hard to refuse the kindness, and Li Du followed Cao Fan to a roast duck restaurant.
The business of the roast duck restaurant is very popular, with at least fifty people queuing up at the door, most of whom are foreigners, many of whom are high-end dresses and talk extraordinaryly, and are obviously from the upper class.
The store decoration style is traditional and quaint, with authentic fruit wood roast duck. There is a large stove in the hall at the entrance, made of bricks.
Next to the stove is a well-tied duck, which is huge in number. After removing the internal organs, someone is brushing oil and material upwards, and then putting it in some special boxes to steam and remove moisture.
The fire was raging in the stove, and the masters kept stuffing firewood into it. The wood was filled with small cardboard boxes with names such as pear trees, apple trees, jujube trees, apricot trees, etc.
There was a hook inside the stove, and an old Chinese man with a long white beard used a stick more than two meters long to pick roast duck into it.
He kept fiddling with the sticks, starting from the head and tail of the duck, constantly moving the position and re-hanging it until the duck is roasted on the right heat.
After Cao Fan and Big Cat appeared, a waiter immediately came over respectfully and took them to the top floor with a small step.
"The two of them are powerful characters in our Chinese circle. One of them is called Tang Chaoyang and the other is called Song Biaozi. But the guy cares about the elder brother, haha, they are all refreshing people." Cao Fan introduced on the way.
Chapter completed!