money player

Chapter 186 The Richest Man in the World
After waiting on the side of the road for a while, Xian Yaowen was lucky enough to stop a Chevrolet taxi that had just been launched less than half a month ago.

The driver was a Jew and he got out of the car politely and opened the back door for him.

Xian Yaowen got into the car and greeted the driver, "Hi, Aaron, I'm Adam, what's your name?"

"George."

"Pick someone up at the intersection in the East Village. What a hell of a day, George."

After George started the car, he asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Didn't you get a bill from the phone company? Heck, last month's phone bill was $36. The phone company is a damn vampire. I didn't make many calls."

"Adam, you're right, the phone company is a vampire." George echoed: "My bill is $22, which is not much."

"Yeah, vampire, so is the bank. The $437 loan is killing me."

"Mortgage?"

"uh-huh."

George said with envy: "You must have bought a good house."

"Lexington."

"I just said, I just bought a house in Flushing. There is a 7-room brick house. I live with my wife, daughter, sister and a French poodle. It costs $105 a month. It’s a bit difficult to get a loan.”

"Your wife doesn't work?"

"She works in a garment factory."

"How is that possible? I know you taxi drivers can make a lot of money every month."

"My sister's body..." George only said half of what he said.

"Dude, relax, the world will get better."

"I am fine."

"First dinner with a girl, George, what would you recommend?"

In the "Band of Brothers" TV series, there is this scene: In the bed of a truck, Ligot chatted loudly with Webster, "I mean after we go home, the first thing I have to do is go back to San Francisco to retrieve Working for a taxi company makes a lot of money for returning sailors."

There were probably more than 1950 Jews among New York taxi drivers in 6000. This number was far lower than the 1920 people who totaled 3.5 in the 2.1s. Jews are known to be shrewd, and the income in industries where Jews are willing to get together will certainly not be low. .

就像乔治，通过只言片语加常识性推敲，可以得出乔治一家的几项固定开销：105美元的房贷、22美元的电话费、预计15美元的水电费、30美元的保险费、冬天25美元的取暖费。

Calculated in this way, George's family does not eat, drink, buy clothes, or have entertainment. The minimum annual expenditure is 2028 US dollars, which is more than the median income in the United States. Taking into account miscellaneous items, as well as his sister's medical expenses, the annual expenditure is It shouldn't be less than $5000.

In contrast, Simpson couldn't hide his excitement when he heard that his weekly salary had increased to $80.

There is no doubt that New York taxi drivers are a high-income group. As long as they walk around Wall Street, they can be arrogant when facing most of the workers.

Xian Yaowen thought about the first pie he should draw after the flower club is fully staffed - one year, only one year, I will let each of you proudly say to the taxi driver, "Go to hell."

“Go to Katz, they have really good Jewish deli.”

"The one at Central Station?"

"Yes."

"Thanks, I'll use it as a reference."

While talking, the car came to Jane's downstairs, and Xian Yaowen got out of the car and waited.

About five minutes later, Jane came over wearing a red dress. The "mouth"-shaped neckline made people look a little weird, and the sudden bulge on her chest was refreshing. Maybe he would sell to Jane later today. bra.

When Jane approached, Xian Yaowen came up to her and complimented her: "Hi, Jane, you are so beautiful."

"Thank you. Adam, where are you taking me?"

"I just asked George." Xian Yaowen pointed to the driver's seat of the taxi, "He recommended that I go to Katz. What's your suggestion?"

"And yours?"

"Lady first."

"Uh-huh...get in the car first and let me think about it."

Xian Yaowen opened the car door and let Jane get in the car first, and then he followed.

After sitting down, he said to George: "George, go north first. Madam needs time to think about the destination."

"OK."

Jian smiled sweetly at Xian Yaowen, affirming his gentlemanly behavior, and then looked at Qi Longque, who was sitting in the passenger seat. This man had been seen in the restaurant and had been following Adam. He should be his bodyguard, two The strong man made her a little worried that something bad would happen, and she didn't want to go to a place that was too remote.

"Adam, how about going to the Greenland Inn?"

"I have no opinion."

It was rush hour and the car was moving very slowly, giving the two of them time to chat.

"Jane, you are a musician, right?"

"You guessed it, Adam. Now guess what instrument I play." "Give me your hand."

Jane generously spread her left hand into Xian Yaowen's right heart.

"Your movements betrayed you." Xian Yaowen smiled at Jian and made a stroking motion with his left hand, "The range has been reduced, I will definitely be able to guess it."

"Really? I'm looking forward to it." Jane responded with a smile.

"uh-huh."

Xian Yaowen gently brushed Jane's knuckles with his left hand, feeling the direction of the calluses with his heart. In an instant, he had locked the answer between the cello and the double bass, and continued to listen to the whispers of the calluses that he was still young. The answer was narrowed down to the double bass.

The plucked strings of the double bass are often used to beat the beat, and relatively speaking, the damage to the opponent will be less.

With the definite answer, Xian Yaowen squeezed Jane's hand and chuckled: "I wonder if I have the honor to hear you play Bottesini's "B Minor"?"

"It's unbelievable." Jane covered her mouth, "Adam, you guessed through the calluses that I played the double bass?"

The moment Jane's right hand left her lips, Xian Yaowen's eyes ran across his fingertips. He was secretly glad that Jane's right hand was as childish as a normal woman's, and some of the fun was only reduced by half, not all left.

He smiled and didn't answer, but showed the back of his right hand to Jane.

Jian looked at it for a while and found no traces of any musical instrument. She just analyzed the possibility of a musical instrument from Xian Yaowen's actions, "Can you play the piano?"

"I'm a pianist."

"Aha, as a beginner pianist, how long have you been practicing? A year?" Jane said playfully.

"Three months." Xian Yaowen took his hand back, "Have you found an opportunity to perform?"

"It's very little. The fee for each performance is only enough for me to take a taxi."

For women, the double bass is large and bulky, and it is not an easy task to carry or carry it around.

"How long have you been in New York?"

"19 months."

"Want to continue?"

"Why not, music is my dream." Jian Yun said calmly.

"Come on, California girl."

Jane smiled knowingly, "Berkeley."

Xian Yaowen whistled, "Berkeley girl, you didn't go to Los Angeles and came to New York. So, Broadway is your goal?"

"uh-huh."

During the forty minutes of crawling on the road, the two had a very pleasant chat. When they got off the bus at the edge of Central Park, Xian Yaowen asked for George's phone number.

There was still a fairly short walk from the park entrance to the Greenland Inn. The two continued to talk about new topics until they sat down in the restaurant, ordered food, and the chat continued.

Xian Yaowen has practiced half of Dong Qichang's famous sayings. He has traveled millions of kilometers and read thousands of books. Not only does he apply what he has learned, it is more than enough for chatting. No matter what Jane wants to talk about, he can pick it up. superior.

Jane was very happy and indulged in Xian Yaowen's knowledge.

As the dishes were served, there was already an ambiguous feeling between the two.

When Jane fell into the net and became a target, Xian Yaowen's eyes wandered away and looked at a big table not far away.

Three men and three women came, either in their fifties or early forties. They were all of yellow race, and each of them had an extraordinary bearing. Judging from the seating arrangement, there should be three couples.

After scanning the group, he began to identify them one by one, trying to see if he recognized them. First there were men, but he didn’t recognize any of them, and then there were women. The first one looked familiar, and she looked very much like a woman he had seen in a magazine. What's Pan? It's a very masculine name.

Unable to remember, he had to turn his eyes to the next one. This one was easy to recognize. With just two glances, he was sure that the woman was called Hu Qiying. With this conclusion, he immediately turned his eyes to the last one, already assuming that the other person was Zhang Leyi. Looking at the face, it's easy to compare.

The women are Zhang Leyi, Hu Qiying, Pan "male", and the men needless to say, Song Ziwen, Song Zian... The young master of the Guo family of Yong'an Department Store, Master Guo, really doesn't know what his name is, but he knows that there is a Guo Wanying in the Guo family. In recent years, Hong Kong Newspapers from time to time mentioned this golden man in Shanghai who is already quite young.

His eyes lingered on the faces of the three women for a while, and finally stopped on Song Ziwen's face.

During World War II, Little Devil once accused Soong Ziwen in publicity of depositing 7000 million US dollars in Chase Bank or Citibank. In fact, there were rumors earlier that Soong Ziwen was the richest man in the world at that time, and his assets were astronomical figures.

If he hadn't known in his heart that both rumors were nonsense, he would have really wanted to jump from a dragon-slaying boy to a dragon. In Singapore, he almost became a butcher. When he got to New York, he would not talk about bullshit romance and focus on making money.

While thinking about it, he thought of an interesting anecdote. It is said that Song Ziwen took a boat trip to the West Lake a few years ago and was discovered by students from a university visiting the lake. More than a dozen students' boats surrounded his boat, and everyone sang "You, you, you, you bad thing" , venting his dissatisfaction with financial policies, which made Song Ziwen quite embarrassed.

[The song should be "You Bad Thing" from the movie "Eight Thousand Miles to the Clouds and the Moon" (1947). In the same year, Yao Li had a song "Don't Want You", and the lyrics seem to be somewhat related (blind analysis). ]
Looking at Song Ziwen and thinking about the anecdotes, Xian Yaowen had a wicked smile on his lips.

"Adam, what are you looking at?" Jane noticed that Xian Yaowen was distracted.

Xian Yaowen withdrew his gaze and looked at Jane's face, "Nothing, I saw a few familiar strangers."

"Hmm?" Jane looked in the direction of Song Ziwen and others.

"It's like Marlon Brando. I know him very well, but he doesn't know me."

"star?"

"almost."

(End of this chapter)