With Zhou Zhen's participation, Taibai Ju Restaurant quickly became famous in Chinatown and even the entire southern corner of Manhattan.

Zhou Zhen's craftsmanship is not only better than that of the chefs, but even better than the founder, Mr. Chen.

Moreover, the delicacies he cooks are not limited to Shandong dishes, some seafood that meets American tastes, as well as sweet and sour fish, Dongpo meat, Zuo Zongtang's chicken and other dishes, are even more popular.

Boss Chen's family regarded Zhou Zhen as a treasure, and Taibaiju's business increased by at least 30% because of his joining.

Those Wall Street tycoons, and the police from the Manhattan Police Headquarters next door to Chinatown, all came here admiringly.

Zhou Zhen was not stingy. He was accompanied by two apprentices, one of whom was Grandson Chen's grandson, and Zhou Zhen should teach as well.

The only thing that worries them is that Zhou Zhen always likes to wander around in her spare time.

In the 1970s, the American public security was chaotic. Like Chinatown, it had its own set of laws. As long as there were no deaths, the police would not control it.

Even during the day, but Zhou Zhen also likes to go out at night, which makes people a little worried about him.

Zhou Zhen can still do his own way, he maintains a kind of alienation from everyone, even if Zhou Zhen stands in front of them, it still feels like a thousand miles away.

Based on this alone, Mr. Chen knew that their restaurant was only Zhou Zhen's temporary base.

In addition to wandering around, Zhou Zhen also has a hobby, which is reading newspapers.

No matter what newspaper, as long as it is about current affairs and economics, he likes to read it.

However, he never buys newspapers. Every day he goes through all the newspapers in front of the newsstand not far from Taibai.

Yes, just turn it over, never read it carefully.

This quirk also made other people particularly curious. If it wasn't for an old man in his sixties who was guarding the newsstand, other people thought he had fallen in love with the newsstand owner.

The longer Zhou Zhen stayed in this world, the more he knew about it. For example, in Texas, there was news of a chainsaw massacre.

In Philadelphia, a boxer named Rocky also became famous.

There is no benefit, and Zhou Zhen will not deliberately intervene in other events.

One day, he also saw Aunt Mei on a piece of social news. In this world, she is not a famous star, but a writer.

Zhou Zhen searched the database and found out that this was a movie called "Manhattan" she was acting in, which was played with Woody Allen.

And she is not the protagonist of this movie, the protagonist is the most iconic American Diane Keaton in the 1970s.

Although in the movies of later generations, Aunt Mei is still in her sixties and seventies, Zhou Zhen is not interested in visiting her in her twenties.

You know, in the world he entered, the actor who played Travis's dream lover Bessie, but the representative of American beauty in this era, has repeatedly won Spiel Sheppard, the lover of American men's dreams.

With a car, what kind of bicycle is needed?

What's more, for Zhou Zhen, it is not important to pick up girls now, but to make money and develop.

It's easy for this world to change the nature of the world, but since you come here, you can't waste three years in vain.

Moreover, it needs to be changed a little bit more.

Before Christmas, Taibaiju's business was getting better and better, and every day was fully booked.

Zhou Zhen has two special assistants. Although they are busy for more than one hour at noon and two hours at night, they are actually very relaxed.

Zhou Zhen's contract expired on December 20, but because the business was so good, and Zhou Zhen had nowhere to go during the holidays, he agreed to work for another half month.

In the past half month, the salary has doubled. Even so, the Chen family made a lot of money.

Boss Chen didn't mention that Zhou Zhen would increase his salary and ask him to sign a long-term contract, but Zhou Zhen refused.

This is just his temporary foothold. Tomorrow his contract for opening a position will expire, and there will be a large amount of income in the account. It would be a waste of time to stay here.

Early the next morning, Zhou Zhen came to the restaurant first, arranged for two assistants to put some stewed soup on the voyage, and then went to the investment banking department of Citibank.

At US$16,500, the opening price was US$3.05. Now the price has soared to 11 yuan, which is 3.6 times the profit.

Coupled with twenty times the leverage, Zhou Zhen's book wealth reached 1.1 million.

After deducting the 5% handling fee and 3% stamp duty, Zhou Zhen's wealth just exceeded one million.

Zhou Zhen has no interest in continuing speculation, because the oil price has been see-saw in the later period, regardless of the rise or fall, the range is very small.

It was not until the Persian crisis broke out in the late 1970s that the price of oil rose from 13 U.S. dollars a barrel to 34 U.S. dollars a barrel.

Zhou Zhen couldn't keep up with that wave of market conditions.

If you want to continue to make money from this, it is better to invest in gold.

In the 1970s, the price of gold has been rising.

However, Zhou Zhen had a development plan long ago. Now that he has money, he began to seek fame.

In his database, the two sister chapters "Angels and Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code" have been stored.

During the three months of working in Chinatown, Zhou Zhen had bought a typewriter, and often went to the library to borrow books, and all the books he borrowed were religious books.

Now, I just have to go to Rome one more time.

He is going to the papal country, and then he will be able to publish his first novel.

Writers, in this era, are still very respected.

On January 5th, Zhou Zhen held his typewriter and said goodbye to Taibaiju, just as he suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly.

Maybe a few months later, people in Taibaiju will see his news in the newspaper.

But at that time, they were no longer people in the same world.

No, there is no one in the world.

Leaving Chinatown, Zhou Zhen went directly to the Athena Hotel in the Upper East Side and checked in.

Here, he met with the appointed real estate agent, and on the same day, he booked a five-story townhouse not far from the hotel.

The monthly rent here is $1,300, which is higher than the annual salary of some undocumented immigrants in Taibaiju.

But for Zhou Zhen, money earned is spent, and he can't take it away.

Zhou Zhen took a fancy to the proximity to Central Park, and more importantly, the landlord here is a wealthy widow.

Zhou Zhen didn't have any thoughts about this sixty-year-old widow, but a wealthy and leisurely widow who could take him into some closed circles.

In China, as long as you are willing to fight, you may become a master.

In the United States, this difficulty has to be increased by at least ten times.

Every kind of person has a glass ceiling.

If people are divided into one, two, three, four and five levels, in China, the fifth class may also become the first class.

But in the United States, fifth-class people can only become fourth-class people, and at most they can only become third-class people, and then you can't get up anyway.

If you want to rise again, it will only be possible if you wait for your next generation.

Class consolidation is not only a problem in the United States, but also in Europe. They have been like this since ancient times.

Zhou Zhen is not utilitarian, but from the very beginning, he must set Travis' identity a bit higher.

Fortunately, he was originally a white Italian.

It has not been 20 years since the United States lifted apartheid, but only the law has changed.

Nowadays, black people still can't enter most schools, and many blocks can't live in.

Their current status is still forty years behind the political correctness of later generations.

"Travis Bickel, are you a veteran?"

"Yes, ma'am. I only retired from the army in September last year."

The noblewoman in front of her still had the decadent breath of a medieval noblewoman. After looking at the energetic Zhou Zhen, she said: "I am sorry, a retired soldier without parents, I am afraid I can't afford the rent here, right?"

"Of course, but I'm still in the investment business, so I have a lot of money in my hands."

"invest?"

"In terms of finance, when I was a soldier, I paid special attention to the war situation. When I retired, I was very worried about the situation in the Middle East, and then invested in oil futures. Today, the price of oil has tripled, which has also changed me. Became a millionaire."

This woman was looking at Zhou Zhen for the first time, and she was surprised that she couldn't hide her face. Even the humble real estate agent next to him was a little shocked.

According to the current housing prices in the Upper East Side, the total price of this three-and-a-half-story villa with an area of ​​only one hundred and a half is not more than four hundred thousand.

Zhou Zhen don't talk about renting, even buying is easy.

She was surprised and asked: "Then you haven't thought about buying a house of your own?"

"I think there must be a lover to be a home. I prefer to decide together what our future home will look like after having a lover."

At this moment, the old woman's expression became softer, and she glanced at Zhou Zhen enviously, and her impression of him improved.

A man is still a child when he grows old, and a woman still remembers romance when he grows old.

A tall, handsome, mature and stable young man with a successful career and full of longing for love, how can she not be moved?

"From now on you can call me Mrs. Knapp or Ilica."

Zhou Zhen stepped forward and bowed slightly: "Ilika, it's nice to meet you."

"Me too." She laughed happily, and then asked: "In addition to investment business, do you usually have any pastimes? You know, the living room of this house is only over 60 square meters, which is far from enough to hold a dance party. Gather."

Zhou Zhen shook his head. "Except for fitness and travel, I am not keen on social activities. On the contrary, I prefer to be clean. I am also preparing to write my first novel, so I like the cleanliness here very much."

"Are you still a writer?"

Zhou Zhen deliberately pretended to be embarrassed. "Before my book was published, I am ashamed of your praise."

"Young man, I like you very much, and I can trust you to live in my house." Mrs. Knapp didn't have the slightest hesitation, turned to the broker and said: "In order to show my sincerity, I am willing to lower the original price. One hundred dollars, you can sign the contract directly."