It is a wet, cold day in midtown Manhattan but the Grill Room at the Four Seasons on East 52nd Street is a well-appointed shelter from the rain. The lighting gives the walnut walls a warm, golden glow and waiters glide from table to table, attending to an assortment of Wall Street masters of the universe. Barry Diller has arrived before me and is chatting to some people he knows on a nearby table, flecks of rainwater on his dark suit and green-and-pink striped tie.
盡管室外正下著雨,天氣十分陰冷,但曼哈頓市中心第52大街東段(East 52nd Street)四季酒店(Four Seasons)內的Grill Room牛排館卻是理想的避雨處,它設施一應俱全,燈光打在核桃木墻板上,顯得暖意融融、十分溫馨,服務員悄無聲息地穿行于各餐桌間,悉心為華爾街的各路精英服務。捷足先登的巴里?迪勒(Barry Diller)正與附近餐桌的熟人閑聊,黑色西服及粉綠條紋相間的領帶上還可見斑斑雨點。