Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2818 Lingao Scenery

The first thing that appears in front of Persian girls at Meimei Department Store is its famous eight display windows. There is no other place outside Lingao for this large transparent glass display window, and it is also the first time in Lingao when it comes to size and quantity.

Drawing on the commercial display design of the old time and space, each window is an artistic and commercial expression of a life scene, and is replaced according to seasonal changes. From the bedroom wearing pajamas and underwear with beautiful bedding, to the kitchen wearing beautiful linen aprons, with shiny Australian kitchenware and fine white porcelain tableware, from the group portraits of girls wearing Australian long and short skirts and holding beautiful new parasols, To the classical beauties wearing traditional styles but "Han-style" styles made according to Australian tailoring. Countless people have established their first impression and infinite vision of the Australian lifestyle through this place.

What is particularly worth mentioning here are the various wooden models that are the protagonists in the windows. Since there have never been models for display in this time and space, the customization work of these models has stumped the staff in charge.

There are roughly two types of clothing display models. One is the traditional "portrait pose", and the other is the more fashionable "body pose" that appeared later. The biggest difference is that the former has a "head and face" and tries to imitate a real model; the latter is just an abstract human form with a "body".

Whether it was the former or the latter, it was difficult at the beginning. Because there are roughly two types of traditional Chinese portraits: statues of gods and Buddhas and "Weng Zhong" used in front of cemeteries, the shapes and expressions are fixed patterns. Therefore, after taking out the design drawings at the beginning, the workers in the wood factory always failed to taste the results.

If you ask Trini's disciples and grandsons to make it, it will be lifelike, but they are made according to works of art, and the construction period is too long and not suitable for mass production.

Finally, we found a local puppet maker in Lingao, and under the guidance of Trini's students, we came up with a batch of human-shaped clothes racks that could be put into various poses that amazed the indigenous people. Due to the excellent carving work and the lifelike images made with reference to the original time and space photos, there are rumors that these wooden figures were originally living people, and it was the thief who cast a spell to turn them into this.

Among them, the one that excites Persian girls the most is the one showing an Australian-style cloakroom. The hostess was wearing a sexy nightgown and standing in front of the L-shaped floor-to-ceiling wardrobe to choose clothes. In the wardrobe, there are not only rows of beautiful long and short skirts and tops, but also rows of horizontal shelves facing the audience, displaying various styles of bags, backpacks and handbags. Some of these bags are made of genuine leather, some are just simple canvas, some are shiny, and some are in restrained colors, but without exception, you can see the careful design and exquisite workmanship. Every time she sees this scene, Zahra can't help but put herself into this scene to have some intoxication in her mind.

Walking through Meimei Department Store, you will see Lao Jiefu Silk and Satin Bureau, whose core business is high-end silk and customized garments. This is a private store, but it also exchanges shares for technology and equipment upgrades provided by the light industry department. In the display window, beautiful silks and satins imported from Suzhou, Hangzhou and Nanjing are displayed one by one, including many varieties for "internal use". They are also made into a variety of beautiful clothing and decorations: cloaks, headscarves, dresses, and even tablecloths, curtains, and pillowcases. The shawl that Zahra is wearing now was bought here last time when Elder Xu accompanied them shopping.

Lao Jiefu's neighbor is an authentic indigenous merchant, the "Qionghai Treasure Store", one of the largest foreign merchants in Lingao. The main store of Qionghai Hao is located in a quiet area a few streets away, occupying a large area, but it mainly deals in the wholesale business of bulk goods. This time, a so-called "treasure shop" was opened in the busy business district. It mainly sold various "Liaodong goods" such as ginseng, furs and pearls purchased by Li Luoyou from Liaodong. It also sold incidental goods from the two East India Companies. We obtained precious specialties such as bird's nests and shark's fins produced in Southeast Asia. Zahra couldn't understand the radish-like plants with long roots displayed in the window here, but that didn't stop her from understanding the amazing prices above.

Across the street, there is the No. 1 Food Store run by the Committee of Agriculture and the Ministry of Light Industry, which sells a variety of candies, pastries, prepared foods and fast food, as well as high-end meat and seafood products. In order to be close to the people and attractive, the First Food Store has specially opened a sales window along the street to sell candies and pastries in small packages used as snacks. From time to time, children or girls hand over coupons and get back bags of their favorites. Time-honored candy snacks. Even for maids like Zahra, who have access to the special shops of the Senate, these wide variety of products will still make them dizzy and full of desire to buy. After all, Nanhai Farm's special food store sells mostly ingredients, not candies and snacks.

Next to No. 1 Food, far across from Qionghai No. 1 is the "Runshitang" Bairen Main Store, a leader among local merchants in Lingao. The facade of Runshitang is relatively old-fashioned. Through the glass, you can see rows of neatly arranged cabinets of Chinese herbal medicines. And if you cross the high wooden threshold and walk in, you can see several doctors treating patients who are queuing up. Walking at the interface between the two stores, you can smell a mixture of the sweet aroma of candy and the spicy taste of Chinese medicinal materials, which makes people feel a bit weird.

Walking further and crossing a crossroad that is perpendicular to Dongmen Avenue, you will find the newly opened "Dongfeng Prestige Car Sales and Service Company". As the first Dongfeng Horse Carriage 4S store designed and opened in accordance with Minister Hong’s wishes, the part facing Dongmen Street is mainly for the display and sales of two-wheeled Dongfeng Carriage and four-wheeled Hongqi Carriage, while the one who opens the door on the horizontal road is responsible for the sales. The department where products are repaired and maintained. It is particularly worth mentioning that in order to promote the product, Minister Hong introduced the concept of old time and space car models and specially purchased two Ocean Horse Maids as part of the carriage display environment, which attracted active onlookers from the broad masses of people.

Carriages are rarely purchased even in Lingao. Due to climate reasons, the cost of raising horses in Lingao is extremely high, and the mortality rate remains high. So most of them are only used by "officials". Even the elders could not afford the expense of raising horses, and most of them used rickshaws instead. Therefore, the customers served by this store are basically the agencies and units under the Senate, and there are only a few private users. Minister Hong is essentially losing money by running this shop, but he still has to open it even if he is losing money. After all, the most important thing when selling cars is face. Even if there is no customer, he still has to keep the door open.

Zahra did not take the time to cross the street to watch her companions, because her destination was about to arrive: a cooperative known as the "Crystal Dragon Palace" and once ranked among the widely circulated "Eight Scenic Spots of Lingao" Headquarters. As the first large-scale department store in Lingao, the atrium roof of the cooperative headquarters is a huge iron-inlaid glass cover. When sunlight penetrates through the glass, the three-story building is extremely bright, making the store very bright. The treasure shelves inlaid with glass shine with charming brilliance, reminiscent of the East China Sea Crystal Dragon Palace full of treasures. As a landmark building in Lingao, this is the meeting place agreed by Sonia and the Persian girl.

With the new round of commercial district renovation basically completed and the rise of specialized stores represented by Meimei Department Store and First Food, the cooperative's status in the world has been greatly impacted. In order to maintain its leading position in the Lingao business system, the cooperative head office also launched its own reconstruction and expansion project. While maintaining the traditional characteristics of the Crystal Palace as a wholesale business window for foreign merchants, the adjacent land was acquired and construction of a new building focused more on retail and lifestyle consumption began.

According to the plan, this new building will be a super high-rise building unprecedented in this time and space. The shopping mall is planned to have six floors, and the seventh floor is a club for elite customers. The ninth to twelfth floors and the rooftop viewing platform are planned to be the Senate's exclusive venues for external reception and its own activities. There are also several high-rise panoramic apartments. In order to cooperate with this design plan, the commercial department has negotiated with the mechanical department many times and is preparing to install Bairen Town's first scenic elevator here.

Owning your own club is not just a whim of the business world. The success of the farm cafe is an important incentive, and the recent dispute over the development rights of the Grange has further intensified this. The Farm Café, opened shortly after D-Day, successfully combined a beautiful natural environment with a nostalgic sentiment for the old time and space, and became the default place for socializing and consumption among the elders. Wu Nanhai and the Agricultural Committee not only obtained good economic benefits from this, but also transformed it into a major platform for outside activities by relying on their own interests as landlords.

Using the cafe as a venue and constantly offering small favors, Lao Wu successfully united and bought a large number of soy sauce veterans. This was clearly revealed in the recent discussion between BBS and the Senate about learning the farm. What's more, a group of people openly encouraged Wu Nanhai to run for the next chairman or speaker of the Senate, putting this issue more clearly on the table. In addition to jealousy, under the secret instigation and instigation of a group of people in the home party, the commercial system decided to build its own territory and work hard to fight for the right to speak.

For the Persian girl, the overt and covert fights between these big shots are still far away. The new building she sees now is just a large construction site surrounded by walls. However, the thick gray-white cement frames that rise from the ground and intersect each other have already shown that this is no ordinary place. The Senate will once again show its incredible magical power to the world. Taking into account the floor height, the new building will adopt a standard frame structure, coupled with the debut of elevators, this is indeed a groundbreaking event in the construction industry of this time and space.