Reborn in the 70s / Reborn in 1978

At first glance, it can be seen that there are densely packed cars, and only then can we intuitively feel what a large industrial country is. This kind of scene may not be seen in several first-tier cities in China until 2010.

I found this Rover P8 according to the note on the key, and then everyone realized it and laughed awkwardly.There are too many people, and there is no room for a car.

Li Chun raised his eyebrows and said: "Impossible, I said there are more than ten people." He took out the paper bag and checked it, touched his whole body, and then fell out of the pile of cash again. Put the car keys wrapped in a note.

Li Chun laughed a little embarrassedly, and turned to look for another car.

Then I was embarrassed again. After looking around, I found that the car was next to the Rover P8. It was a local commercial vehicle. MAXUS, you read it right, is the current Shanghai Datong. MAXUS was a high-end brand jointly created by Rover, Jaguar and John Commercial Vehicles, the "greatest car company in Europe" at that time. It was once the car used by John's royal family.

That's right, this is another car that has been used by the royal family, once crowned as the best commercial car in Europe.Shanghai Chase.

Everyone got on the bus happily, which offset a lot of fatigue from the journey.

Rover was in front, and MAXUS followed behind, driving towards the urban area of ​​the wheel squatting.

John's industry has dominated the world for a hundred years, including the automobile industry. However, after World War II, the economic policy of a brainstorming change in a few days completely ruined the country's industry until the Iron Lady came to power. It gradually got better after a while, but what is gone is gone, and it will never come back. Yinglun Motors bid farewell to the world stage.

The biggest crit here is the royal family's "guarantee policy".John is a complete importer, and the resources of the island country are limited. In order to balance the import and export trade gap, a group of "gentlemen" amended the law every three days, and there were no leaks. The United States, Japan, Italy and Germany produce and occupy the market like dumplings.

When it was finally confirmed that the great and noble cars could be used as the fist commodity for export, the royal family announced the "guarantee money", that is, the international status and currency value of the pound must be maintained. The automobile industry collapsed rapidly, and the once noble brands were no longer brilliant, and were acquired by virtue companies one after another.

That's how Rover was sold. As a result, this buddy caused BMW to lose more than 30 billion US dollars. In 2000, BMW couldn't bear it anymore, so it was dismantled and sold again.The amazing thing is that after the split was sold out, BMW found out that they could make a lot of money, and even the remaining MINIs began to sell well.

Now, none of John Bull's car brands belong to John Bull, and they are all profitable.

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It is not a wide road, but there are Tianyuan farmhouses on both sides, all of which are neatly arranged villa-style houses. In fact, it is comparable to the new rural construction projects of later generations in China, but in the eyes of Chinese people in this era, it is simply It's too tall.

It takes nearly an hour to drive from the airport to the city, about five to ten minutes.The important thing is that wheel squatting has been congested since this era, and it is still the world's largest traffic jam, with so many cars.It took nearly an hour and a half for the two cars to arrive.

Xi Shuhui has already booked a hotel, the Kailaiqi Hotel in Meifeier District.

According to the map in their hands, the two cars drove to the front of the big red house in the sun, and stopped at the gate of the hotel with the flags of several countries.

The hotel gate is directly on the side of the street, and the streets on both sides of the hotel gate are full of vehicles of all kinds.This is an ancient building whose age can be seen at a glance, with only six floors.The ground at the door was a little damaged, and a few pieces of cement were added.

Xu Xiaoya looked up at the hotel and said, "This building is so old. It feels similar to the red brick building in our factory, except that it has a little more shape and carvings on it." In fact, this kind of building is very common. It was seen a lot in the last century, just like the Yongan Department Store on Nanjing Road in Shanghai.The balconies are arched, the window eaves are decorated with sculpture patterns, and the windows on the upper floors are vaulted.

The doorman opens the door with a salute, and there is a concierge who is in charge of parking the car. Of course, a tip is indispensable.

Xi Shuhui brought a dozen people inside.

When she walked in, Xi Shuhui whispered in Zhang Xingming's ear, "I only decided to come here if you wanted to come here. This is the most expensive place for wheel squats. I usually don't want to come here."

Zhang Xingming was a little surprised: "Is this the broken place?"

Xi Shuhui gave Zhang Xingming a gouged look and said, "This building is called Buckingham Palace. It is the place where the Queen entertains distinguished guests. When the heads of state come, they always live here. Don't be so rustic, okay? This hotel has a history of hundreds of years."

Zhang Xing did not squint: "Hehe."

After going to the front desk to check in, a group of people went upstairs, Xi Shuhui was very willing, all of them were suites, and [-] people booked three sets, which cost thousands of pounds for one night.Really expensive.

The bedroom is covered with a "half-foot" thick pure wool carpet, which is not an exaggeration. It is certain that you will bury your feet when you stand on it with bare feet, and the room is also very large.

The suite has a total of three bedrooms, a study room, a small bar and a living room, a large open-air balcony, and a grand piano.There is an oil painting hanging on the wall, which is probably an authentic work of some Dashi who is very valuable.

The fireplace in the living room was real, and neatly chopped firewood was placed beside it. It was said that these firewood would emit fragrance when burned. Zhang Xingming sat on the floor without saying a word, and lit the fire.

Li Chun twitched and looked at Zhang Xingming and said, "Well, Er Ming, why don't we eat first, and come back to light the fire after we finish?"

There was a knock on the door, and Li Chun went to open the door and saw Xi Shuhui standing at the door looking in, saw Zhang Xingming sitting on the floor in front of the fireplace with two sticks of firewood in his hands, and burst into laughter, saying: " The restaurant is set, let’s go to eat first, and you can play after you come back.” The heating in this room is quite good, how few people will actually light a fire in the room.

Zhang Xingming looked at the firewood in his hand, threw it on the ground, clapped his hands, stood up and walked out, saying: "I'm not hungry, okay, let's eat first. I heard that the people on John's side are not very good at cooking. It's all dark cooking, are you sure it will work?"

Xi Shuhui rolled her eyes and said, "As we say, there are all national famous chefs here, can't you be satisfied? This restaurant can't say how many heads of state from various countries hold banquets for the Queen's family every year. You can."

Zhang Xingming curled his lips and said, "Can you stir-fry tomato and scrambled eggs? It's fine to get some local delicacies."

Xu Xiaoya covered her mouth and giggled.

A group of people went downstairs to the restaurant in a mighty way. The corridors here are covered with carpets, and waiters are standing everywhere in the corridors.

Chapter 765 Dining and Jet Lag

When someone salutes you no matter where you go, and opens and closes the door for you, you will feel that you are a big shot.

The so-called high-end hotel is to create such a closed space, in this house, you are the king.Of course you have to be rich.

Entering the restaurant, Zhang Xingming looked at the dome murals in the restaurant and said, "It's too dark, so just go this way, how much did you spend? Do you have 200 yuan?"

Xu Xiaoya pursed her lips and smiled, Xi Shuhui glared at Zhang Xingming, stretched out her hand and led him to the dining table, and said, "I know it's funny."

Zhang Xingming frowned and said, "You don't feel bad if it doesn't cost you money. It's pounds. Why should he just give me one or two hundred with a nod and close the door? Why don't you tell him and I'll give it to him." Bow and open the door for him, and he will give me fifty at a time." The tip is not much in face value, five pounds and ten pounds, but the pound is worth a lot.

In 95, several young couples from Northeast China took their children to travel. At that time, travel agencies were not as disgusting as later generations.Then one family chose John, one family chose Xinmatai, and the other family went to North Korea.

After half a month, everyone came back to my place for dinner (it seemed that my store was like a cafeteria every day at that time), and they all shared their impressions. The buddy who went to John sighed and said: "Taxi is cheap, from the airport to the city. It’s only 40 yuan, and the food is too expensive, a bowl of egg fried rice costs more than 30 yuan, and there is a fee for going to the toilet, one yuan per time.”

After a while, he said: "Whoever goes to John in the future will be the grandson." Everyone realized that he said sterling, more than 20 pee!A plate of egg fried rice? ? ?This buddy and his daughter-in-law basically came back hungry, but they just fed the child, so I really can't bear it.

The two buddies who went to North Korea poured wine calmly and said, "Do you know what it's like to be a rich man?" Then, if you go to North Korea with 1000 yuan, you will be rich, which is equivalent to John's coming to our town to visit the town.

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British food and beverages really make the Chinese have nothing to say.

There are only two ways for the British to cook, either put it in the oven or throw it into the water to cook, and it is not seasoned during the cooking process, there is nothing, after it is done, put it on a plate, add seasonings, and dip it in sauce , or sprinkle pepper, or put some salt or something else.

In later generations, there would be French or Japanese dishes in high-end hotels, but in early 89, there were none.

No matter how good the material is, it will be unpalatable without careful cooking.But fortunately, the dish of looking up at the starry sky in despair did not appear.

Bacon, black pudding, fried eggs, bread, tomato and tea.John’s catering is probably only breakfast that Chinese people can accept, and only the breakfast is relatively rich. Generally, there are all kinds of eggs, oatmeal, bacon, ham, sausage, butter, jam, bread, milk, juice, coffee, etc. There are fruits, fried mushrooms, fried tomatoes, and thick soup.

The John people drink black tea, tea was brought to Europe by the John people, which is a noble tradition. However, their way of drinking tea is slightly different from ours, more like the way we ate tea in the Tang Dynasty, adding something to boil.The so-called salt and coriander is definitely not a dream.

Zhang Xingming is not very picky about what he eats, and he will be full if he eats it. Fried eggs, roast beef, bacon, roast goose, potatoes, mutton, bread and coffee, apart from the fact that the taste is a bit worse, the food is also very good, but for Xu Xiaoya and Li For people like Chun Zhang Liguo and others, the food here is too fucked up.

Don't talk about steak, there is no steak on the traditional menu of John's.It's as if Orleans didn't have grilled chicken wings.

After eating, pay the tip as usual and return to the room.

Zhang Xingming asked Li Chun and the others: "Do you want to go out for a stroll? Look at the exotic scenery. There seem to be many parks here."

Li Chun shook his head and said, "There's nothing to see, do you want to go?"

Zhang Xingming said: "Forget about today, I'm quite tired, so let's rest and beat the jet lag. Oh, it's Chinese New Year today, I wish you a happy new year."