Jiang Hua and Zhang Kai set off again. Although it is possible to reach a consensus with Sony Music, the initiative must be in our own hands. We have the final say on where to hold it, so this concert hall inspection tour must continue. of.
This time the leader ordered Zhang Kai and Jiang Hua to act separately to save time.
Zhang Kai went to Seattle, and Jiang Hua went to San Francisco.
Jiang Hua suddenly felt like he was on his own. He had been living a timid life all this time. It wasn't that he was insignificant, but that he had been under the eyes of others in his previous life. This time he could be a little more wild.
I took a flight and went straight to San Francisco. This place was once called Jinshan, which was the beginning of the Chinese people's suffering. Therefore, the number of Chinese here is the largest in the entire Western Hemisphere.
Jiang Hua was not in a hurry to go see the concert hall. In fact, he already had an alternative in mind. Carnegie Hall was an old concert hall with a great reputation. He could just let Sony Music take care of it.
Jiang Hua came to San Francisco Chinatown, which is the largest Chinatown in the world. Being here is like being at the Guangzhou Canton Fair again.
Cantonese and Hokkien are spoken everywhere, and these two places have the largest number of immigrants.
Jiang Hua passed by the Huadu Hotel and heard the bustle of people in the hotel. The greeter at the door saw Jiang Hua walking in and immediately led him.
As soon as we sat down, a woman in a bright red cheongsam came over with a menu and asked in English: "Sir, what would you like to eat?"
"A bowl of white rice, a piece of plain-cut chicken, and a nice soup."
The woman said happily: "So we are compatriots. If I had known about this menu, I wouldn't have taken it."
"What happened to the menu?"
The woman said disdainfully: "This menu is just to deceive stupid foreigners. How can they know how to eat it? Fried chicken with some sweet and sour sauce is like a treasure. Is that called a dish?"
Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Isn't that the same approach as KFC?"
The woman was so amused that she leaned back and forth and asked in a sweet voice: "Beautiful boy, where are you from? Treasure Island? Xiangjiang?"
Jiang Hua spread his hands and asked with a smile: "Why is it the treasure island, Xiangjiang? Can't I be from the mainland?"
The beauty patted Jiang Hua on the shoulder with joy: "Don't be ridiculous, sister, I am thirty this year, and I have been working as a lobby manager in this hotel for five or six years. I have never encountered this person in the past ten years since I started working. Compatriots from mainland China."
Jiang Hua stretched out his hand: "Congratulations, sister, you finally meet your compatriots from the mainland."
The beauty was stunned. After a while, she smiled and hit Jiang Hua on the chest: "Stop teasing, brother, are you teasing me?"
Jiang Hua introduced himself: "Jiang Hua, the flower grower's clerk in Chou Country."
The beauty was completely stunned: "She is really from the mainland. This is a rare visitor."
Jiang Hua smiled and said: "Many compatriots from the mainland will come in the future."
The beauty smiled and said: "Since you are a distinguished and rare guest, my sister has made the decision. I will give you a plate of steamed fish today."
"Then I would like to thank my beautiful sister."
Jiang Hua's compliment made the beauty giggle. After a while, Jiang Hua's food was served.
While eating, Jiang Hua felt that there were many eyes staring at him, making him feel uncomfortable eating.
The Chinese waiters around him would point at Jiang Hua, and then Jiang Hua realized that he had probably become a giant panda, attracting everyone to watch.
After finishing the meal, an old man took the initiative to bring a pot of tea over. He sat across from Jiang Hua and asked, "Do you mind?"
Jiang Hua shook his head: "I don't mind."
The old man said: "It's rare for a compatriot from the mainland to come. I'm very curious and want to have a chat with you."
"What do you want to talk about, old man?"
The old man said with emotion: "I am from Shunde. When I was four or five years old, I left home and went south to find a way out. Then I ended up living in San Francisco. For half my life, I never had the chance to go home to see the city again."
Look, I wonder if there is still a chance for the fallen leaves to return to their roots."
"There will be a chance. Now you can actually go back and see that Chou Country has relaxed its travel restrictions on flower growers."
The old man was shocked: "Really? I thought we would never have any contact with each other again."
The old man said with emotion: "We people used to face the earth with our backs to the sky, but now we live around pots and pans. We don't care about those big things."
Jiang Hua smiled and said, "If you are really homesick, you can go back and have a look."
The old man nodded. In fact, he still had concerns in his heart. This is the consistent mentality of most people. Eating crabs requires courage. Most people would say that it is better to wait and see what others do.
The old man asked: "What are you doing in San Francisco?"
"Those who come to inspect the venue, if suitable, will hold some activities to promote our national culture."
The old man nodded: "That's right, we have to let those stupid foreigners know how powerful we are."
Jiang Hua smiled and said: "They already knew how powerful it was. They knew it in the 1950s."
Obviously, the old man also knew what Jiang Hua was talking about and laughed.
"That's right. They yell and drink all day long thinking they are so great. After beating Hans, they feel invincible. At that moment, they will know that the pot is made of iron."
Before leaving, the old man told him: "You are here to inspect the site. Just inspect it in the upper city and middle city. Don't go to the lower city. That place is in chaos. If you are not careful, your life will be in danger."
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Jiang Hua walked on the street, thinking as he walked. In his previous life, he saw the news, saying that the Chinese did not care and did not participate in current affairs, so they were always bullied in the ugly country. Now he finally saw how people who don't care about the law are too silent.
Already.
Jiang Hua shook his head. He had no choice. In his position, he couldn't help, and he couldn't help. The key was to look at themselves.
Jiang Hua reached out and stopped a taxi, preparing to go back to the hotel to rest, but he didn't notice that the driver looked at him in the rearview mirror, full of malice.
Leaning on the back seat, Jiang Hua was absorbed in thinking about things and planning his future path, so he didn't notice anything was wrong.
When Jiang Hua woke up from his daze, there were no high-rise buildings around him, but a panicked community.
Jiang Hua asked politely: "Mr. Driver, I want to go back to the hotel. Where did you drive to?"
The driver said in slang: "Hotel, yes, back to the hotel. You'll be there in a moment. Don't worry. Arthur has been driving a taxi for six years and he has never made any mistakes. He will be there in a moment."
As a smart man, Jiang Hua knew that he was on a pirate ship.
