We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Gambling is human nature, and there is no one in this world who does not gamble.

Some people say that I have never gambled and will not touch anything related to gambling.

So you've changed jobs before? Isn't that a gamble?

You have to get married, right? Choosing who to marry is sometimes a gamble.

"Hey Xiaowaiyou, why did you suddenly buy so many drinks? Are you going to open a convenience store?"

Xiaowai is not a name, but a nickname given to young men by people in Shanghai, just like people in the capital like to call them Shaoye.

In the 1990s, Shikumen and alleys were the most typical symbols of Shanghai.

It is common to see more than a dozen households living in a certain house number, just like the courtyard houses in the capital.

There is no separate bathroom, no flush toilet, and even the kitchen is shared.

At this time, people in Shanghai were eager to move away and yearned for residential communities with electricity and telephones upstairs and downstairs.

But after the city developed, many people longed to go back to the past, back to the bustling neighborhoods, when every household lived like one family.

Just like now, if something happens in someone's house, all the families in the alley will know about it in less than two minutes.

"Xiaosheng, have you made a fortune or something? You bought so many drinks, it must have cost a lot of money. If someone didn't know, I would think you were getting married."

Xiaosheng is the Xiaowai from before, who is now carrying beer and drinks one by one.

"Uncle, isn't this the World Cup? ParknShop is having a promotion. As long as the Hong Kong men's football team makes it to the semi-finals, these things will be refunded half price. If they make it to the finals, they will be fully refunded.

Are you going to watch the game? These are what you should prepare. The price of San Miguel Beer is not expensive, so it doesn’t matter what you drink.

What if the Hong Kong men's football team makes it to the semi-finals? Wouldn't that be a bargain?

Besides, we are all compatriots. Even though our men’s football team didn’t make it to the World Cup, we still have to support the Hong Kong men’s football team. Just think of it as cheering for the Hong Kong team.”

"How much is a can?"

"The same price as Tsingtao Beer."

"That's great, I'll go to ParknShop later to have a look.

My family buys beer every day, and my kids always drink soda. If I can get half of the money back as you said, then I would definitely make a profit."

People in Shanghai say that they have learned to settle accounts since they were young.

HP District can be said to be the oldest wealthy area in Shanghai.

Since the 90s, the alleys spreading out from the Qiaojia Road area as the center have become the first batch of demolition troops in Shanghai.

For the residents of HP District, they finally said goodbye to the dirty and messy shared toilets and kitchens, and the creaky narrow corridors, and moved into small and new community houses.

As many Huangpu people said, "We have coal, sanitary facilities and the morning light is so good that everyone is jealous."

For the old Shanghai residents who are used to living in alleys, such conditions are like a mansion that everyone envies.

To be honest, if you go out and say that you are from Huangpu, it will be easy to find a partner.

Of course there is an exception, that is Pangu Magic City Star in Pudong.

Most of the people living in that area now are foreigners, but there are also wealthy locals. In the words of many people, it is a paradise on earth.

Therefore, the people of Huangpu are not disturbed and still feel that they are the city center of Shanghai and are still proud of it.

Since you claim that you are superior to others, you must show it, right?

What is the best manifestation? It is eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in daily life.

In 1992, the first ParknShop supermarket in HP District opened and was as popular as other stores in the mainland.

However, ParknShop still underestimated the people in the HP district's pursuit of quality of life. The need to limit the number of customers every day forced ParknShop to open three more stores in the district within a year. This density would have been unimaginable decades later.

"TV, laptop, game console, the cheapest package costs tens of thousands of yuan, it's so expensive."

"It doesn't matter. We're getting married at the end of the year and we'll have to buy furniture anyway. It's suitable to buy it now at a 5% discount."

"What? Are these laptops and game consoles home appliances?"

"Of course not, look at how prosperous the Internet is now, and people abroad have long regarded computers as daily household appliances.

As for the game consoles, can we use them for entertainment when we have nothing to do, and can we give them to our children in the future?"

In a very large building in the HP area, because the place is so large, ParknShop Supermarket and Honor Mall share the use rights of this building.

A young couple was pushing a cart full of drinks and looking at the most popular World Cup visual exclusive package in Honor Mall. It was obvious that they came from a well-off family.

"I think you just want to play, don't talk about those nonsense."

"This is not what I want to play, it's mainly because it's cheap, and there are opportunities for half-price and full refunds."

The woman curled her lips in dissatisfaction and said, "It makes me angry just talking about this. The Hong Kong Island team made it to the semi-finals. How many athletes can such a small city have? Their strength must not be that good."

The man knew that his girlfriend didn't like sports and didn't understand the situation, so he gave her some knowledge.

"You are wrong. In the last game, the Hong Kong Island team played on equal terms with the German team, so they still have some strength."

"Germany? Isn't that a small country too?

If they really wanted to do a promotion, why didn't they say that if the national team or the U.S. team made it to the semi-finals, the tickets would be half price."

Well, it seems that women know something about the country, but they know nothing about sports. They probably think the World Cup is the Olympics.

"Well, I guess it wants to, but the national team is not participating."

What the man actually wanted to say was that if it was really like what the woman said, probably no one would buy it because the odds were too small.

"Why doesn't our national team participate?"

"Uh," the man scratched his head, "Have you ever heard of the idiom 'a flaw in the ointment'?"

The girlfriend nodded, and the man continued, "This means that the United States and China do not need to participate in the World Cup. It is just an entertainment program provided by other countries for us to watch."

The "bullshit" girlfriend knew that the other party was talking nonsense and said, "I know that the United States is participating this time."

"That's because they are the host country and they have to participate according to the tournament rules."

Now even if my girlfriend is dumb, she knows there is something wrong here.

"Could it be that the national team is too weak to participate in the competition? Aren't we a sports powerhouse?"

"What are you talking about? Let me tell you, Brazil, the strongest team in the World Cup, has never defeated us on the World Cup stage.

Even Italy, a team known for its civilized defense, has never beaten us in the World Cup."

When the woman heard this, she exclaimed, "Is it so amazing? Then I begin to believe what you say."

"Huh." The man breathed a sigh of relief. His girlfriend finally believed him.

You can't tell her the truth that you are too weak and they don't want you to participate, right? Although the woman doesn't like sports, she is still very proud of the sports achievements of Chinese athletes.

Maybe it was because they were getting married at the end of the year, or maybe it was because they could afford the money, but in the end they not only bought the item, but also looked at a lot of home appliances.