Crazy Rich Asians Chapter 1

Chapter one begins as a flashback. Nicholas Young's aunt, Felicity pushes to get her reserved room for the best and largest hotel room in New York. The manager, Ormsby thinks otherwise: The Asian lady who is soaking wet from the rain not to mention brings her two sisters and children soiling the sofa cannot be Eleanor Young. He tries to quickly push them out of his top notch hotel snidely suggesting they stay in Chinatown.

This shows the cultural views in the flashback. That back then, there weren't many rich Asians in America. Those such as Eleanor were subjected to stereotypical remarks such as these. 

The manager after all of his efforts push the group out of his hotel back into the drizzling rain.

 "I'm afraid I'm going to have to have you leave the premises." says Ormsby. Once outside, Felicity immediately finds a telephone to call her husband, Harry and rant what had happened. He request for the name of the hotel, the location, and nothing more. Harry had played golf last week with the owner of the hotel, Lord Rupert Calthorpe-Cavendish-Gore. Harry has an idea and decides to give him a call. 

In the next paragraph following the call. Eleanor returns to the hotel being ushered by none other than the Lord Rupert himself. Ormsby is beyond shocked, but what comes next for him is aghasting. Lord Rupert announces he has sold the entire hotel legacy to Harry Leong and its new mistress is none other than Felicity.

Felicity satisfied with her husband's purchase closes the chapter by telling Ormsby:  "I'm afraid I'm going to have to have you leave the premises."