() Fourteen days later, Liu Fu and his party had checked into the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue in Manhattan. In order to not attract attention, they only booked 4 rooms on the 12th floor of the hotel.
The suite occupies half of the 12th floor.
Liu Fu was quite satisfied with New York in this era. Apart from the various cars and livestock excrement on the streets, New York's urban architecture and pace of life were the closest to Liu Fu's impression of the city.
In New York at the beginning of the 20th century, there were already many skyscrapers with 20 to 30 floors and more than 100 meters high, and buildings with 10 floors or less were everywhere. Especially in Midtown, where Manhattan is located, there were many high-rise buildings. In addition to the architectural style, the scale
It's quite like Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, which has just been reformed. The streets are full of spider webs of wires and clanking trams.
Getting on the luxury carriage provided by the hotel, David took Liu Fei and others straight to Macy's Department Store on Broadway. Liu Fei and the two American girls sat alone in a horse carriage, and since they got on the train bound for New York
On the train, the two San Francisco socialites became very enthusiastic about Liu Fu and waited until they moved in.
Storia Hotel, they directly became Liu Fu's personal secretary and lover. For this mysterious oriental rich man, the two girls used all their protective skills. Not only did they take good care of Liu Fu in life, they even began to
I started learning Chinese with Liu Fu, and it seemed that I was going to take a big gamble.
The black-haired girl is a Latina mixed-race girl, 25 years old this year, named "Rosalia Mafalda Morello". She is a dancer and is said to be quite famous in the San Francisco area; Kim
The girl with SE hair is a 21-year-old descendant of French immigrants named "Jacqueline Bourgeois". Her father has a small factory in San Francisco that used to produce steam engine parts and is now owned by "Dongfeng Motor Company"
Accessories supplier.
At that party, they did not pay attention to this dull, yellow-skinned man at first. When David introduced them to them, this young Chinese named Liu Fu turned out to be his self-made partner, but he was still a very important one.
Rosalia and Jacqueline paid a little attention. When David strongly asked several socialites present to go to the balcony to accompany his Chinese friends
, the two girls also reluctantly agreed to save David's face. Unexpectedly, after a few glasses of wine, this Chinese young man who looked dull and jerky immediately changed his face and started making various little jokes and games that were novel and unique.
The two girls became very interesting. So, after the party, the two girls helped David get Liu Fei into the room...
A series of events that followed made the two girls admire this Chinese young man with admiration. Not only did they take a first-class train to New York, a metropolis they had never been to before, but they also stayed in the most luxurious Astor in New York.
The Leah Hotel has four large suites, and the coffee sets in the room are all made of sterling silver.
For a girl who has been hanging out at major cocktail parties, dances, and evening parties in San Francisco for a long time, Rosalia and Jacqueline have seen the luxury and pomp of the upper class, but that was all in San Francisco, and the most distant place is Los Angeles.
Go to one of the new cities on the West Coast, let alone New York. The two girls who have never been to the East Coast know exactly what kind of people they meet and what kind of opportunities they encounter. Whether they can seize it, then
It's all up to you.
After passing a few blocks, Liu Fu and his group arrived in front of Macy's Department Store. Liu Fu looked at the four-story building located at the intersection. There were neither large advertisements nor a steady flow of people. It was not the first department store in the United States at all.
Corporate feel.
I saw the carriage parked in front of the Astoria Hotel. Two white guys in white uniforms ran up to them. They opened the door of the carriage in a polite manner, put down the steps, and waited waiting for the carriage to board.
people get off the bus.
Liu Fu and others got off the carriage respectively, waited for David and others on the other carriage, and then got into the large glass door of Macy's Department Store.
I have to say that this most luxurious and high-end department store in the United States is much better than the malls in San Francisco and Omaha. Not only is the area several times larger, but the goods are also abundant and exquisite. It can be said that there are all kinds of high-end clothing, jewelry, and men's and women's products.
There are so many exquisite things to see. However, due to the age gap, Liu Fu has no interest in other products except for jewelry, clocks and pens in the exhibition area.
However, Rosalia and Jacqueline were like birds out of a cage, rising and falling between various clothing, shoe and hat exhibition areas, eager to try on every piece of clothing, and even if they didn't try on a piece, they would fly there.
Liu Fu and David placed a few poss in front of them, then flew to another one.
In order to sympathize with the hard work of the shopping guide, Liu Fu had to pay the bills again and again in exchange for the shopping guide's short rest time. When they arrived on the second floor, the manager of the mall was already alerted and trotted to David
Next to him, he respectfully and politely introduced some of Macy's special products and services to David, and inquired about the origins of David and his group from the side.
When the manager figured out that this young white man was the refrigerator king who was sensational in the United States, he immediately used very professional vocabulary to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of several models of refrigerators with David, and invited David and his group to come to "Snowflake"
Refrigerator" counter, on the third floor of Macy's shopping mall.
Said to be a counter, Liu Fu looked like an office in a bank. Behind four antique desks, a middle-aged man sat. According to the manager's introduction, the Snowflake Refrigerator here was just a sample and was used as a refrigerator.
It is used for function demonstration. Its main business is to receive various wealthy families who come here to consult and order refrigerators, freezers and icehouses of different specifications. However, there is basically very little business in retailing refrigerators.
After inspecting the refrigerator counter, the manager invited David and his party to rest in the VIP room, and assured Rosalia and Jacqueline that as long as they made general requirements to the service staff, they did not need to go to various exhibition areas themselves, and products that met these requirements would be
There are dedicated people who bring them to the VIP room for guests to choose from. If they are not satisfied, they will change another batch.
Without waiting for David's consent, Liu Fu quickly agreed to the invitation. If he could sit on the sofa and drink coffee while choosing, why would he have to walk all over the floor by himself? Liu Fu's legs were really a little weak, even though he had only been shopping for half of the time.
More than hours.
Seeing that the young man next to David could actually take charge of David, the mall manager immediately became interested in Liu Fu's identity, and started chatting with Liu Fu softly in a standard baritone voice.
From the weather to clothes, from refrigerators to cars, from dinner to women, we talk about everything.
Liu Fu really admired this manager. This small man, who looked to be in his 40s, had a wide range of knowledge and far-sightedness. He was the most powerful person Liu Fu had come into contact with in this era.
And from the first time she met him, Liu Fu had a trace of
He never saw any contempt or contempt in his eyes. At that time, the manager was still not sure whether Liu Fu was one of David's followers. Of course, the service staff on the first floor probably told the manager, too.
The person who paid the bill was a Chinese young man.
Three men, holding cigars in their mouths, drinking coffee and tea. (What Liu Fu also took a closer look at Macy's department store was that there were actually 3 types of teas made in China, and they were all new teas of the year. Liu Fu didn't know.
In this era, how many people would choose to drink tea in a high-end department store in New York), while the two ladies were in the dressing room at the other end, constantly changing various clothes and hats, without caring about the work of several shopping malls
Most of the staff were busy running around upstairs and downstairs.
Throughout the afternoon, the most tiring people were the two ladies and several service staff running upstairs and downstairs. Except for the manager, who personally went to the jewelry counter downstairs to get a set of jewelry to match the evening dress, he basically accompanied them.
He watched David and Liu Fu chatting. When he finally left, Liu Fu wanted to ask the manager if he wanted to go to Taiwan to hang out with him. He also needed people who could talk nonsense to strangers for an afternoon without being annoying.
, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the job is to talk all kinds of meaningful nonsense with strangers from all kinds of countries and colors.
