Gu Ao and his group used French honey roast duck, Maryland crab amp, Boron salad and beef scorpion bone toast at the Fiodorovna restaurant, while having a friendly conversation.

The restaurant is very high-end and is among the top five. The main courses for each person are about $40. The three dishes plus the surrounding and service fees are $150 per person. This is definitely a luxury price in 1980.

As for the taste, Gu Ao didn't think it was very good, especially the honey roast duck in French food. In the eyes of Gu Ao, who is used to eating Chinese roast duck, it was like a show of his affair.

Chinese food requires the crispy sweet duck crust that melts in the mouth, and you don’t need to use honey. You can do it by relying on duck feeding skills and barbecue wood selection.

But that salad is a bit interesting, at least the Chinese will not use Maryland blue crab and Boston lobster like this.

The last beef scorpion toast was not originally called this name, but Gu Ao customized it. It was to dig out the charcoal-grilled beef bone marrow and apply it on toast slices to replace butter.

Because of the clever use of rosemary and crushed celery, the unique fishy smell of beef bone marrow is completely covered up, and the texture that is much more graceful than butter is left behind. It is worth the creativity of three Michelin stars, which is that the cholesterol explodes a little.

During the meal, there was a small episode: Sarah Sandberg and another graduate student, because they were from Judah, did not choose Maryland crab amp; Polon salad, and ordered salmon and lamb chops to replace them.

However, Prince Abdullah of Jordan did not miss the food. Middle Eastern people could eat eels and shrimps, but the people of Judah did not.

After all, this is America, and the people of Judah only dare not to eat quietly by themselves, and they will never be so arrogant that they stop others at the same table. That will undoubtedly be angered by the public.

Even if the students go out for banquets with their teacher Kissinger, they will only avoid shrimp, crab and shellfish when Kissinger is the guest of honor or invite him, because Kissinger is also a native of Judah. ​​That is a respectful teacher, another matter.

During the Cold War, many senior officials in the United States were new immigrants from Eastern Europe, such as Kissinger was from Judah, Germany, and Brzezinski was from Judah, Poland. These Judahs were characterized by their special hatred of the Soviet Union, but they were not necessarily pro-Israel.

On the contrary, the people of Judah who lived in the United States for many generations were even more sympathetic to Israel. Perhaps the first generation of Judah who left their hometown had a personal understanding of the hatred of the country and family. They were too busy with hatred of the Soviet Union, so they didn’t have time to get close to each other.

...

Perhaps it was because I saw the Judah classmate watching the shrimp and crabs beating at the dinner table. Prince Abdullah of Jordan still had some good feelings for Gu Ao, the new classmate. In addition, the two were about the same age, so I chatted a few more.

Prince Abdullah is just 20 years old. Even if he is only a first-year master's degree, he is still young enough. This is obviously related to factors such as water injection and jumping grades when he received basic education in China in his early years.

A few days after arriving at Kissinger, the seniors I saw were all four or five years older than him. In addition, his grades were undoubtedly the last among all his classmates. He had the highest academic level and was inevitably divided into generations.

It is easy to create common language if Gu Ao discovered that he was one or two years younger than him.

"Gu, you said you knew President Hussein of Iraq? When was he talking about big business? Is this true? President Hussein is a great hero in our Middle East."

Gu Ao: "Actually nothing. At that time, he sold an air separation equipment worth about $30 million and some infrastructure orders. By the way, he helped him formulate some consulting opinions to apply for his own good things."

Prince Abdullah is obviously a science novice: "Is that right? What is the 'air separation device' you mentioned for?"

Gu Ao had no choice but to spend some more time explaining in language that he tried his best to understand.

"Oh... So that's it. I don't care. Anyway, you said you sell much cheaper than French goods and the quality is not bad?" Prince Abdullah chose to simplify the problem.

"You can understand this too." Gu Ao shrugged.

"Then are our domestic hospitals currently supplying them with expensive French equipment?"

"It is more likely that it is to directly import oxygen cylinders, which is more expensive."

"Is that right? Then I'll call back to China and ask. If the country is currently blank, I'll buy $3 million, which is much smaller than Iraq and has no military purpose. Don't think the order is small."

Gu Ao didn't mind such small orders that helped state-owned enterprises to pull casually, and said pertinently: "No, no, no, no, it's not small, you can't compare with President Hussein. Maybe your country can be self-sufficient by buying 2 million equipment. Moreover, if you place orders casually on the dining table, wouldn't it be hasty?"

"I want to inherit the throne, what's the hasty?" Prince Abdullah didn't understand.

He felt that he was saving money for the country and the people, and that was doing good things. What are the many things to do? As for whether he could save more, that was another question.

Gu Ao was silent.

Indeed, Jordan is still a monarchy, and it is a traditional monarchy, not a constitutional monarchy, which means that the king holds actual administrative power.

It is similar to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Among Americans, there are really many traditional absolute monarchy.

Gu Ao patted Prince Abdullah on the shoulder: "Okay, as long as you think it's OK. I will tell you the truth about the price reduction. Although my father is managing the factory that produces air separation equipment, the profit belongs to the country. So don't worry, I won't report a black price. If I treat you as a brother, I won't cheat my brother for the sake of the country."

Gu Ao just used two sentences to pull himself in a distance from other classmates, allowing everyone to accept that he is a "pragmatic black capitalist" character rather than a "fake and empty patriotic payer".

...

The group left the restaurant with all their joy, leaving only the oldest senior McAllen and Gu Ao together with Brazilian Cigars, and privately served as a guide for him. In fact, this was also the instructions given by the assistant teacher.

"Gu, have you found your place to live?" Senior McAllen asked while spitting out cigarettes.

Gu Ao just came yesterday and stayed in a hotel. Akio Morita was treating guests. At that time, he thought that the school would provide dormitories when the admission procedures were officially completed.

Of course, Gu Ao didn't like living in a dormitory, but he was afraid that if the school rules were forced, it would be better not to be the first person.

At this moment, after hearing the senior's question, he took the opportunity to ask: "Does there be no dormitory in the school?"

McAllen was startled and cheered: "Hey, aren't you rich? Don't you really want to live in a dormitory?"

Gu Ao: "I thought the school rules would force it."

McAllen complained indifferently: "After school rules, graduate students can freely decide on accommodation, especially at the Wallace Diplomacy School. Almost no one lives in a dormitory, and the school is willing to save rooms. For example, I have lived in the embassy for ten years."

When McAllen talked about his family background, he still couldn't help but feel a little satisfied, and then gave Gu Ao a lesson with a qualification: "With your financial resources, if you want to buy a house, I'll introduce you to you, saving the agency fee of 10,000 or 20,000 US dollars, and you don't have to make money for outsiders.

If you buy something that is not with your bag, you have to deal with it for a while, you can also go to the Chinese Embassy to stay in, which should be taken in there, or rent a hotel for a few months. If you are engaged in diplomacy, you will be looked down upon by people and you will not be able to open a social party.”

Gu Ao was speechless: "You still have money?"

McCar said naturally: "My family is not a businessman. Why not do it if you give me a simple task? Tell me what you want."

No wonder this guy is so enthusiastic about helping his junior every time, and he turns out to do some part-time jobs...

What a magical group.

Gu Ao thought about it and said that he would stay in Washington for two or three years, and he might come often in the future, so he might as well buy one.

But don’t buy too expensive, because houses in the United States have to pay a property tax of 1.5% of the surrounding average house price every year. If a house worth 600,000 yuan cannot be kept, it will also cost 10,000 US dollars a year, which is equivalent to "government infrastructure management fee".

"I don't have any requirements, just a villa."

McAllen: "Yes, starting at $400,000, within the SAR region, if you don't mind crossing states, it's even cheaper."

The Washington D is just a square with a length of about 15 by 12 kilometers and is not large in area, so even if it is "cross states", transportation will not be very inconvenient.

If you live on the border between Virginia or Maryland and the D.C., you will only drive 10 kilometers to the White House. Later generations of Chinese people who were used to commuting in megacities would take 20 to 30 kilometers of subways to work, which is not a problem at all.

Gu Ao thought for a while: "There is no need to cross states, just the western suburbs of the Special Administrative Region. I hope there is a house on the banks of the Potomac River."

McAllen was also very straightforward: "Then it starts at least $600,000. The specific details depend on what housing is currently available, I can't say it."

"Then I'll trouble you. As long as it was introduced by you, I'll buy it. I'll stay in the hotel for a few more days." Gu Ao was very straightforward and didn't mind winning over his classmates with this little money.

After the two separated, McAllen did it as soon as he said that, and in the afternoon he called Gu Ao and asked. Then he informed him that there was a Potomac River view room in the western suburbs. The room was pretty good and a two-story modern villa.

However, because it uses steel structure and large double-layer glass floor-to-ceiling windows, the property tax will be more expensive to buy a house in the United States. Wooden-structured houses will be valued together with wooden-structured houses, while steel-structured houses will be classified into the same category. Because steel structures are generally only used for luxury houses, the tax may be several times higher.

Therefore, when you see wooden bungalows or small wooden buildings in American dramas, don’t think that this is the owner’s elegant style. Maybe it’s just poor, and it’s so original.

"The homeowner is a consortium lobbyist from New York and does not live forever. He thinks the annual tax of $20,000 is too expensive and is willing to take action at $770,000," McAllen said on the phone.

Gu Aoxin calculated it and understood the trick: the owner himself thought the house was only worth 700,000 to 800,000 US dollars. Unfortunately, the federal government's tax department believed that the house should be worth 1.2 million, so he was taxed at 1.5% of the 1.2 million yuan each year.

This is also the reason why no one bought the houses sold for $1 when Detroit went bankrupt in 2013 because your $1 sale price can be regarded as a "tax-avoiding contract" by the federal and state governments, and the federal government does not recognize it.

At that time, some Chinese real estate speculators went to find out that after buying it for $1,000, they had to bear taxes of more than $2,000 a year, because in the eyes of tax department assessors, those houses in Detroit are worth at least $100,000.

In the United States, it is a real loss to "hoard luxury houses but not live in" it is a matter of fact.

"Okay, this is enough, I don't need to be very good. Will the landlord make it convenient for the transaction today?"

"You can take out 800,000 cash today?"

"I think it's okay."
Chapter completed!