The Pentium Era - South to North

On the 28th of the New Year, Zhang Chen and his large force set off from Hangzhou and flew to Chongqing. It was Zhang Chen and his boss Yao from the "Half Acre Field" Chongqing Logistics Base who came to pick them up at Jiangbei Airport.

Mr. Yao led a convoy and delivered two SUVs and three cars to Zhang Chen and the others. These were for them to use while they were in Chongqing. After receiving Zhang Chen and the others, Mr. Yao brought the driver who drove over. They left, and Zhang Chen and the others took several cars and headed to Jiefangbei.

They stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Reserve Hotel in Jiefangbei WFC World Financial Center. After checking in and putting their luggage away, Zhang Chen, Xiaofang and Xiaoshu went downstairs together. Xiaofang and Xiaoshu took the Their parents, Zhang Xiangbei, Zhang Xiangxi, Xiangnan and Kan Xiangdong went to the villa where their uncle lived to see their grandmother, and then took her out to have dinner together.

Xiaofang's uncle's hot pot business is getting bigger and bigger. Now they have bought a building facing the street in Yuzhong and opened their hot pot restaurant. Tonight, everyone will have dinner in his uncle's hot pot restaurant, and they will also eat there tomorrow. Have New Year's Eve dinner here.

Xiaofang and the others left, and Zhang Xiangbei walked out of the WFC Global Financial Center alone and walked all the way to the Jiefangbei. In the afternoon, the area around the Jiefangbei was not as lively as at noon. In addition, tomorrow is the 29th of the New Year again, and there is no New Year's Eve this year. , tomorrow is the day when everyone has to rush home for the New Year’s Eve dinner. Many people in the city have already left today.

There are not many people around here. There are only some young men and women who seem to be rushing home. They have bought things nearby and stopped by to take pictures. There are also a few elderly people sitting on the steps around the monument to bask in the sun. .

Zhang Chen also sat down and stared blankly at the WFC World Financial Center. The original site of the WFC World Financial Center was the "Huixian Building". In 2009, this 54-meter-high building, which was once the tallest building in Chongqing, was demolished by blast. , followed by the construction of the 399-meter-high WFC World Financial Center, which is also the tallest building in Chongqing.

The building was completed and put into use in 2014, and it has now become the new coordinate of Chongqing.

It turns out that He Dongmei's "Half Acre Field" Chongqing women's lifestyle flagship store opened here, facing the Liberation Monument. From where Zhang Chen is sitting now, you can see the "Half Acre Field" clothing on the first floor of "Huixian Building" As for the specialty store, Zhang Chen can still recall the appearance of the store he designed, and how bustling the store was when he visited several times.

He even remembered standing in the store looking outside and seeing the Liberation Monument here.

At that time, the "Ban Mu Tian" specialty store in Chongqing started renovating almost at the same time as their "Ban Mu Tian" specialty store on Yan'an Road in Hangzhou. What opened at about the same time was their earliest "Ban Mu Tian" specialty store. , now, "Half Acre Field" has disappeared here. Not only here, but in the whole of Chongqing, there is no longer their "Half Acre Field" specialty store.

Their clothing sales have moved online, and fewer and fewer people are visiting physical clothing stores.

Zhang Chen sat here and thought about it. He naturally thought of the people who had interacted with this store. Xiao Zhao was no longer there. He Hongmei didn't know where she went in Japan. Zhang Chen didn't know how she was doing now. , even He Dongmei, Zhang Chen has not contacted her for a long time since she stopped making clothes and started a beauty salon.

Things are gone, and people are no longer the same. What is left are only Zhang Chen’s thoughts in his heart and the pictures that emerge in his mind.

Zhang Chen was sitting there. He saw Liu Ligan and Tan Shuzhen coming out of the gate of the World Financial Center. Tan Shuzhen was holding Liu Ligan's arm. The two seemed to be very affectionate. Zhang Chen couldn't help laughing. For a moment.

The two people were walking and chatting, and when they reached about thirty or forty meters away from Zhang Chen, they found Zhang Chen sitting on the steps. Tan Shuzhen pulled Liu Li's pole, and the two people walked over quickly.

"Why didn't you go with Xiaofang and the others?" Tan Shuzhen asked Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen said he didn't go. Anyway, he could see them after dinner. Grandma mainly wanted to see their four little ones, east, west, north and south.

Liu Ligan sat down next to Zhang Chen, while Tan Shuzhen still stood. The three of them continued chatting. Liu Ligan asked:

"Zhang Chen, I remember that Sichuan Girl's 'Half Acre Field' specialty store is also in this area?"

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly. He was right: "In the building where we live, look here, there are only LV and DIOR stores now. We have been completely defeated."

"You are not still alive and well, you just changed the battlefield." Tan Shuzhen said.

"Yes, from the regular army to the guerrillas." Zhang Chen said, "Tan Shuzhen, do you still remember that at that time, we promised to make 'Half Acre Field' a world-famous brand. Now, the world is still there, It’s just that we’ve reached the edge and become a dispensable brand.”

Liu Ligan stared at Zhang Chen and shouted, "No, it's so sad. Do you think of Sichuan girls?"

"I thought about it." Zhang Chen said honestly, "I still think of her sister. I was with her in their store, competing in arm wrestling. I also think of Xiao Zhao. Sitting here, the past is like a It's like watching a movie, can I not think about it?"

"Then don't think about it, just take photos and take photos, we'll take photos."

Tan Shuzhen saw Han Emperor Liu Bang and Ding Guimin walking hand in hand. Han Emperor Liu Bang was also carrying a Canon camera. It seemed that people coming out of the surrounding buildings would habitually walk towards the Jiefangbei and walk here. If you look around and go to other places, some people will stand and look at it, and then walk away.

Tan Shuzhen turned around and shouted to Liu Bang and the others:

"Brother, sister-in-law, here."

Liu Bang and Ding Guimin, the founders of the Han Dynasty, saw them and smiled at them from afar.

Liu Ligan turned to look at the Liberation Monument behind him and said to Zhang Chen:

"Did you see that this monument was erected by Chiang Kai-shek? Chiang Kai-shek lost everything, so you don't have a specialty store anymore. What's so sad about it?"

"Get out!" Zhang Chen cursed.

My uncle's hot pot restaurant has three floors. There are so many people today. My uncle simply closed the entire third floor to the public, leaving it to their family and friends to eat and enjoy hot pot. Round tables are not very convenient for eating, so they must be square tables. The uncle simply put together a dozen square tables to form a long row. There was a hot pot on one table and people sat on both sides.

In this way, although there are only two square tables left on the four sides, and two people need to sit on one side, the seats are a little crowded, but it is so lively that so many people are sitting at the same table.

My uncle's son, Da Bing, inherited his father's business after graduating from college and took over the hot pot restaurant. When everyone else was doing old hot pot, he found a new way and started a new style of Chongqing hot pot, which was very popular among young people for a while. , has become a place for internet celebrities to check in.

Dabing and Zhang Chen said that they were inspired by their brother-in-law Tuxiangyuan's "Zu'an Hunan cuisine". The original Chongqing hot pot included Sichuan cuisine, which was weak in seafood. In the past, it was restricted by transportation and ingredients, but now it is no longer Similarly, the seafood eaten in Chongqing is as fresh as in coastal cities, and seafood is a popular ingredient.

They thought of ways to combine seafood ingredients with the original Chongqing hot pot, and put a lot of effort into this aspect.

Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan all praised him for his ideas. In these days, poverty will not drive people to death, but lack of imagination and inability to use their brains will drive people to death.

Liu Yun came with her father, Teacher Liu. As soon as Teacher Liu saw Liu Ligan and Zhang Chen, he greeted them from afar. He also pulled Liu Ligan aside. The two of them were rustling and whispering to each other. Tan Shuzhen It was strange. I asked Zhang Chen and Liu Yun, what were they doing? Why did they have so many whispers?

Liu Yun said: "It's strange for me too. As soon as I came home and said we would have dinner together in the evening, he asked me if the pole was here."

Zhang Chen laughed and said, "Teacher Liu is reporting on his work."

"What work do you report to?" Liu Yun and Tan Shuzhen asked, confused.

Zhang Chen didn't say anything, but walked away with a smile.

Xiaofang and the others came with their grandmother. To Zhang Chen's surprise, He Hongmei's parents also came with them, and Zhang Chen hurried over to greet them.

Finally, Xiaofang's uncle and aunt, the head of Niu Township, also came over from the suburban county below Chongqing and the county next door to Xiaofang's family. Their uncle is now the county magistrate of that county, and the head of Niu Township is still the same, with a loud voice. She spoke like a machine gun. As soon as she arrived, the entire third floor immediately became lively. She alone could equal the more than 20 people there.

When He Hongmei's father saw her, he asked, "How famous is Mayor Niu now?"

"Mode, Mode, he is very famous now."

Chief Niu pointed to his uncle and said to everyone:

"People now call him cousin, Brother Belt. His fame has become popular. At conferences, people now have good watches and they dare not wear them. He wears it. Xiaofang gave it to him for more than 400,000 yuan. He is still on the rostrum. , always like this, roll up your sleeves and look at your watch.

"That belt, Xiaoshu gave him as a gift, cost more than 30,000 yuan. He likes to put his hands on his hips like this, showing off his official airs, and is afraid that others won't see it. He always pats his belly on purpose. .”

Everyone laughed, including my uncle, who said:

"What are you afraid of being famous? I have a good name. I went to the city for a meeting that day. The boss saw me and asked me with a smile. People call you cousin and belt brother. Are you afraid? Aren't you afraid that people will call you cousin? Post the photo online? I said I'm not afraid, the watch was a gift from my niece and the belt was a gift from my nephew, I wore it on purpose for everyone to see."

"Why?" He Hongmei's father asked.

"The boss asked me the same question. I told him that I just want to tell those people sitting below not to give me gifts. I have someone to give them to me. I don't care about what you give me, nor do I look down on it. The boss said, Okay, then let's carry forward your cousin and belt brother." The uncle said proudly.

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