Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1597 Start of Construction

The women who secretly handed Han Li their business cards were all women with good figures, good looks, exquisite makeup, proper clothing, and a sophisticated air.

Why would someone hand out business cards in a high-end place like the Plaza Hotel? And why would it be such a sophisticated woman?
How to put it? If the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong is known as the "Far East Noblewoman", it is a place that is noble, elegant and unattainable in the eyes of many people in Hong Kong.

For ordinary people in Hong Kong, being able to go in for afternoon tea is a great source of pride, something they can brag about to their friends for a long time. If they can go in for a meal and stay overnight, they can talk about it for half their lives.

So, in the past, including this era, and long into the future, the Palm Garden (Hall) in the New York Plaza Hotel has been a veritable social venue for "ladies" in the eyes of many New Yorkers.

Because in the past, those who came here to enjoy afternoon tea were true aristocrats, socialites, and wealthy ladies, it can be said that the Plaza Hotel was a noble leisure area that many people could not reach or even dream of.

This situation is magnified countless times in the eyes of beautiful Chinese people who lack historical background and are extremely jealous, eager, and envious from top to bottom, inside and out, from their genes and bones, hoping to obtain the titles and lifestyles of those royal families and nobles in Western Europe, and hoping to increase their family's heritage and status.

This has also given Plaza Hotel a special status in the eyes of American people, as if as long as they can come in and spend money, they can quickly become rich and rise to the ranks of the nobility.

However, in the last century, the Plaza Hotel had a very high barrier to entry; without sufficient money or status, one simply could not get in.

This situation is similar to the Titan or something-or-other cruise ships, where ordinary people simply don't qualify to buy first-class cabin tickets. Ordinary people who want to join and gain this opportunity must buy exorbitantly priced tickets, and in the end, they can only sit in low-class seats.

After several such incidents, the Plaza Hotel's status in the eyes of Americans and New Yorkers became quite evident.

This situation persisted until around World War II, when the number of wealthy people in the United States increased, while the royal families and nobles of Western Europe declined, and Plaza Hotels gradually lowered their entry requirements.

However, this place is still unaffordable for middle-class families. The main consumers and customers here are mostly those who are truly powerful and wealthy.

However, the pricing of afternoon tea at the Plaza Hotel leaves a glimmer of hope for middle-class families. If they grit their teeth and save a little, they can afford to come in for afternoon tea once a month.

This has made the Plaza Hotel's afternoon tea a top choice for many young people to pick up girls and go on dates, allowing them to experience the lifestyle of the aristocracy and ladies of yesteryear.

At the same time, it has given many people in the United States an expensive dream: to have afternoon tea at the Palm Garden (Hall) of the Plaza Hotel at least once in their lives.

It is well known that beautiful women are a scarce resource in the eyes of many people, but the more upscale and expensive the place, the more beautiful women there are.

Whether they want to improve their lives or achieve upward mobility, staying at home won't work, because there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Therefore, people with this idea must come to such high-end places to have the opportunity, even if the cost of one afternoon tea requires them to live a frugal life for an entire month.

Of course, these people's situations are all different.

For women who want to achieve upward social mobility, people other than white people are generally not considered.

However, those who want to earn some money to improve their living conditions or pay off student loans have no such concerns. [Because the Plaza Hotel Palm Garden (Hall) has a magnificent interior and holds an irreplaceable place in the hearts of many, many films have chosen to shoot scenes here.]

For example: *The Kids' Family*, *Sleepless in Seattle*, *The Amazing Bill*, etc.

Getting back to the main point, Han Li checked in a little after four o'clock, which was right after the afternoon tea had ended.

Those beauties who had spent a lot of money here today but got nothing in return finally turned their attention to Han Li, who had just checked in.

This explains why Han Li was given business cards earlier, but he turned around and threw them away.

This isn't because Han Li has become a virtuous gentleman, but because the United States is currently experiencing an AIDS outbreak, and Black Pearl Iman Boyle has fled to Italy to avoid contracting the disease.

Han Li never liked to use condoms during sex, and he certainly didn't want to get pregnant for a moment of pleasure.

This is also the main reason why Han Li turned down several party invitations and didn't go to bars or nightclubs during his time in the United States, choosing to remain abstaining from alcohol.

To be fair, the Plaza Hotel's high prices are justified. Besides its established reputation, the hotel's interior decoration, as well as the so-called antique furniture and original paintings, make it feel worth the price.

After Han Li followed the waiter to his room, gave him a tip, and asked him to leave, he began to look around at the room's layout.

This so-called deluxe king room is about the same size as the room Han Li rented at the University of Pennsylvania, roughly fifty square meters.

The room layout could be roughly divided into three rooms, plus a bathroom whose decorations, furnishings, and even the faucets were all in a gold color.

A small mini-bar equipped with a microwave, refrigerator, and several different types of alcohol.

The bedroom is just around the corner. One wall of the bedroom is lined with cabinets, and the other side has a large floor-to-ceiling window.

A table and a chair were placed in front of a window, with a desk lamp and a notebook on the table.

The large bed was placed on one side, and next to the foot of the bed were two large single sofas. On the other side, a TV cabinet and a TV were placed against the wall.

Overall, it was about the same, but Han Li didn't look closely. He just used his mental power to search the room and found nothing that shouldn't be there before he started to take off his clothes and take a shower.

After taking a shower, Han Li took out his complete tea set and, while waiting for the water to boil, called the front desk and ordered two steaks to be delivered to his room.

After reading, drinking tea, eating, and admiring the New York night view from the floor-to-ceiling window for a while, and watching American pay TV programs for a bit, Han Li felt hot all over and took a shower to calm down.

The next day, Han Li completed his daily training and practice in his room. When it was almost time, he went out to eat and take care of the business he had come to New York for.
(End of this chapter)