Fu Hua smiled and nodded: "Yes, Zhang Dong, we passed the customs, I told you, I will try my best."
Before the hearing, Fu Hua put on makeup, Jessica's guidance in the gallery during the hearing, and Fu Hua's own performance in the hearing, these Zhang Tiancheng was in his eyes. He smiled and said: "Fu Dong's efforts I see it in my eyes, but we should thank your girlfriend named Jessica even more, right? My friend checked her fate. It’s amazing, a well-known daughter, a socialite in New York, and her family in the United States. The influence is huge. No wonder the people on the committee saw her being polite. Fu Dong, I really admire him, and I can meet such a powerful person when we meet together."
Fu Hua smiled and said, "It's a fluke, but fortunately, this time the incident finally passed without risk."
At this moment, the corner of Fu Hua’s eyes noticed that Hu Yifu not far away was looking at him and Zhang Tiancheng with suspicion. He knew that Hu Yifu should be guessing what he and Zhang Tiancheng were talking about, and they were talking so hot. Network. He knows that the relationship between Hu Yifu and Zhang Tiancheng in the investor team is very delicate.
The two privately wanted to incorporate this acquisition project into their own company, but there was only one project, and they were two different companies. It is obviously impossible to achieve a win-win situation. Therefore, they are very concerned about the interaction between each other and the other members of the investor team, for fear that the other party will win the support of more than 50% of the investment share and become the ultimate leader of the project.
The interaction between Fu Hua and Zhang Tiancheng just now seemed to be a bit enthusiastic. Hu Yifu looked at him with some unkind eyes, obviously thinking that he might fall to Zhang Tiancheng's side. Fu Hua had just passed the risk and naturally did not want to have any trouble. Jessica walked over from the gallery at this time, and he said to Zhang Tiancheng: "Dong Zhang, my friend is here. If there is something we will return to China. Let's talk."
Zhang Tiancheng also noticed that Jessica was coming, and he smiled and said, "Then I won't disturb you, but thank Jessica for me."
Zhang Tiancheng turned around and left. Jessica walked over with a smile on her face, walked to him and opened her arms and made a hug gesture: "Congratulations, Fu Hua, you passed the level smoothly. How is it, I told you right? "
"Yes." Although Fu Hua is not used to hug Jessica in front of so many people, the Chinese seem to be not used to being so intimacy with the opposite sex in public, but for Jessica, this is obviously the best. It was just normal etiquette, so he had to hug Jessica as he did in the countryside, and then separated quickly, "Thank you, Jessica, most of the credit for my passing is yours."
"That's natural," Jessica said, arrogantly. "I dare you to say that if I only come to this hearing today, the committee will definitely not let you pass because of your haggard appearance in the morning. Okay, Where are you going to celebrate in a while?"
Fu Hua didn't have any thoughts of celebrating in his heart. He was so tired now, what he wanted most was to find a place to sleep well, but Jessica offered to celebrate and he couldn't refuse it. This time, Jessica was a great help to him, and it should be a good time to invite her to dinner.
Secondly, since the hearing is over, his trip to the United States will basically come to an end. He has not forgotten that the American judiciary is still staring at him. Now the United States is not a safe place for him. He wants to return home as soon as possible.
After this trip, I don't know when I will be able to meet Jessica again. Although he and Jessica are not the kind of lovers who have intimate love, they have had two close physical contacts. He is a typical Chinese man. He can't be as free and easy as Jessica in terms of feelings. He can treat the kind of intimacy between men and women as not happening. He also wanted to use this celebration to say goodbye to Jessica.
So Fu Hua smiled and said, "You can choose a place to celebrate there. I'm really not familiar with New York. But I have to pay for this meal."
"Of course you should pay the bill, but what is better to eat? There are really a lot of food in New York." Jessica thought for a moment, "Although there are many food in New York, the steak is the best representative of New York. How about we go to PeterLugerSteakhouse to eat steak?"
For PeterLugerSteakhouse this steakhouse, Fu Hua has long heard of it. This legendary old shop, founded in 1887, has gone through more than 130 years of ups and downs, and it is still the best steakhouse in New York (or the United States) in various versions. It is at the top of the recommended list and is also a one-star recommended restaurant in the Michelin Guide.
Fu Hua knows that this steakhouse is not only because its steaks are delicious, but also because this famous steakhouse is linked to the Wall Street Economic Barometer's Steak House Index.
The steakhouse was born with a strong atmosphere of the New York elite. As the standard for Wall Street elites, the American high-end steakhouse has its own set of special attention, such as decoration, meat standards, wine matching standards, and waiters should The level reached.
Wall Street prefers Steakhouse for historical reasons. The attendance rate of steakhouses, to some extent, has become a barometer of Wall Street. There is a proper term in the United States called SteakhouseIndex—Steakhouse Index.
When the economy is good, bankers and investors on Wall Street in New York will order more appetizers, larger steaks, more expensive red wine, and even more expensive water for tableware. When the economy is bad, even Wall Street elites will not treat steakhouses as their daily routine.
What about a qualified American top steakhouse chef? Perhaps Peter Luger can be a benchmark. Although Peter Luger does not open on Wall Street, but in Brooklyn, but in any case, Peter Luger is indeed the existence of New York steakhouse textbooks.
PeterLuger's influence is directly linked to the Steak House Index. When the economy is good, PeterLuger's service attitude is poor, because there is no shortage of customers. But if Peter Luger's waiter becomes very attentive and starts accepting American Express cards and doesn't make a bad face to the guests, it means that there may be some problems in the US macro economy. Because great gods like Peter Luger also need to sell smiling faces to please customers.
Fu Hua smiled and said: "Peter Luger is of course a good choice, but the introductions I saw on the Internet all said that this is very difficult to make reservations."
"Then it depends on who made the reservation. Since I proposed to go there for dinner, naturally there is a solution. Let's go, let's go there.
The facade of Peter Luger is very easy to find. The restaurant has a large business area and the decoration style is more German. The dark wooden wall skirt, wooden floor, wooden table and wooden chairs are all neat and simple, but the mottled texture is not as expected. strong. When Fu Hua and Jessica arrived there, there were a lot of customers. Many people stood in line at the entrance. However, the waiter saw Jessica and immediately arranged a place for Fu Hua and her. Obviously Jessie Card is very familiar with the waiters here. .
After the two of them sat down, the meal was served quickly. The bread served first was pre-dinner bread. The bread was medium in size. They were whole wheat, garlic, and onion bread with unsalted butter. The three kinds of bread are cold when they are served, and there is no residual temperature. The whole wheat bread is slender and tough, with a little cumin sprinkled on the surface.
The garlic bread has a soft texture and a flat taste. Scallion bread has the best taste, and the onion inlaid on the surface is fairly fragrant. The butter's fragrance and mellowness were not outstanding, and no butter knife was provided. Fu Hua was slightly disappointed by the mediocre performance of this link.
Could it be that the US economy has performed well in the recent period, so the service quality of this steakhouse has declined? Fu Hua really didn't feel this when he came to New York. On the contrary, he felt that there were old and old everywhere, and there was no domestic vigor.
The Caesar salad is okay, the romaine lettuce is fresh and tender; the amount of romaine cheese is very rich and the flavor is very rich; the toasted croutons are large and have a crisp texture. They are seasoned with a special classic Caesar sauce and sprinkled with a little pepper. , The taste is not bad.
Jessica ordered two signature super thick charred and crispy bacon, served with the steak main course. Canadian bacon slices are about 5 mm thick. They are marinated and cooked until they are fully cooked. They are full of burnt texture, crispy in the mouth, slightly biting, slightly salty, rich in oil, and not greasy at all.
The steak is half-ripe. The thickly sliced Porterhouse (T-Bone) steak is served on a high-temperature-resistant dish with the smoky and sizzling butter. The thickness is about 3.5 cm. It is said to be 36 ounces. Precise.
The skin of the steak is burnt at a high temperature, and the bones and individual corners are still a bit dark. The meat inside is full and tender, pink, uniform in texture, no fascia, not too much juice, but very moist, bloody. The harvest is clean and thorough, and the cut surface is very beautiful. The quality of the large pieces of T-Bone after dry-ageing is really good. The beef tenderloin is thin and loose on the side, and the sirloin side is more bitter. The taste and texture are excellent, and the meat is never thin. Shape, cut smoothly.
In general, Fu Hua feels that this old-brand steakhouse is of high quality, but the taste is not more amazing than the domestic Morton steak, which makes him a little disappointed who came to eat with a sense of pilgrimage.