The Pentium Era - South to North

On January 22, the 28th day of the year, Zhang Chen and his group set out from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport. According to time, they were the first group to arrive in Sanya, followed by Meng Ping and Qian. Fang and the others, and finally Xiaoshu and Xiaozhao’s parents.

Qu Tianlin heard that Zhang Chen and the others were going to Sanya, so she took her son with them and joined them. Her parents stayed in Hangzhou to celebrate the New Year with Qu Tianjian's family.

Boss Zhang Xiangbei was not happy about being separated from Xiangnan. He wanted to go back to Yongcheng with Xiangnan and go to Sanya with them on the third day of the lunar month. The second guy told him, "Follow me. When we get to Sanya, I will take you to the warship." How about playing and letting you touch the cannon?

Zhang Xiangbei became interested as soon as he heard this and shouted: "Really, Uncle Frog, can I really touch the cannon?"

The second-rate guy said, of course it's true.

Zhang Xiangbei still didn't believe it. He looked at Zhang Chen and Zhang Chen said to him, really, the hotel we stayed in was not far from the Navy's Yulin base. Not only could he do it, but so could Uncle Tan. Uncle Tan had been there before. Be an officer inside.

As soon as this happened, Zhang Xiangbei became excited.

Qu Tianlin's son was listening on the side. Hearing this, he couldn't help it anymore. He asked the second-rate guy: "Uncle, can I also go to the warship and touch the cannon?"

The idiot shook his son in his arms and said, "Of course you can, even a little kid like us can do it."

"Yeah!" Qu Tianlin's son shouted excitedly.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at Sanya Phoenix International Airport. When they set off from Hangzhou, they were still wearing thick winter clothes. When they arrived in Sanya, people here were already wearing short-sleeved shorts and flip-flops.

The first thing they did when they got off the plane was to go to the bathroom to change clothes and winter clothes. They took out the summer clothes they had prepared in advance from their carry-on bags and put them on. They held the winter clothes in their hands and then went to pick up their luggage. luggage, put all the winter clothes in the suitcase, and then walked outside.

As soon as he walked out of the exit, Lao Tan was stunned. He saw Xiao Zheng and seven or eight people standing at the exit. When they saw him, they gathered around him and called "big brother". They used to be soldiers under Lao Tan, but now they are like Xiao Zheng. , went to the Provincial Military Region, and three others are still at the Yulin base, but they are already military leaders, and several others have transferred to work in various local departments in Sanya.

Old Tan looked at the second guy and knew it must be Xiao Zheng who he called to inform him. The second guy chuckled.

Each of them came up to hug Lao Tan. Xiao Zheng was the last one. When he saw him, he called him "big brother" and choked up.

After shaking hands with Xiao Zheng, Zhang Chen's eyes lit up. He saw a person standing not far away, smiling at them. He still had his hair neatly parted. He was wearing a floral shirt on his upper body and a light gray lower body. The trousers are so ironed that they can be cut into thin linen trousers, and they have a pair of white leather shoes on their feet. Isn’t this Lao Xie or who is this?

Zhang Chen took two steps and shouted, "Mr. Xie, why are you here?"

"You are all here, how could I not come? I am the only one left in Hainan." Lao Xie said, "The pole called me and informed you of your flight."

When Zhang Chen and his Yan'an Road store opened, Lao Xie had been to Hangzhou. Both Qu Tianlin and Xiao Zhao had met him. No introduction was needed. Zhang Chen introduced his parents and Xiaofang to Lao Xie.

Lao Tan also came over and shook hands with Lao Xie. Over there, his brothers were already surrounding the second-hand family of three, and the second-hand son was passed around one by one in their hands.

Xiao Zheng and the others drove two vans. Xiao Zheng and Zhang Chen said, these two vans are for you to use while you are here. Zhang Chen quickly said thank you.

Meng Ping and the others arrived in an hour, and Xiaoshu and Xiaozhao's parents were twenty minutes behind them. Zhang Chen and Lao Tan said, either you go to the hotel first, and Mr. Xie and I can wait here. I'm afraid Awan won't be able to bear her big belly.

Lao Tan agreed, Xiao Zheng handed the car keys to Zhang Chen, and they took a large group of people to settle down at Jinling Resort first.

Zhang Chen and Lao Xie walked to the teahouse nearby and sat down to drink tea.

Zhang Chen asked Lao Xie, how are you doing here now?

Lao Xie smiled and said, "It's not that good. When I came to Hainan, there were many opportunities here. Now there are no opportunities in Hainan. The opportunities are all in the mainland. People like us can't go back to the mainland if we want to, so we can only stay here." When I live my life, I sometimes think about it, maybe it’s not as good as people like you who were cut off from your thoughts and left Hainan completely.

Lao Xie smiled bitterly and said: "What we stay here are frogs boiled in warm water, boiling them every day."

Zhang Chen thought about it and realized what Lao Xie said made sense. If he had not encountered such an emergency and continued to stay in Haicheng, he might still be there now and would not have the thought of returning to the mainland. This company is not good. Just change a company. Based on my several years of experience in Haicheng, it probably won't be difficult to find a new job. But just because it's not difficult, I might not leave here.

Just like in the early days, the life of the troupe was a little easier, and there were still performances every year. Even if I followed Lao Yang, just moving around and playing on the floor every day, I would not have the idea of ​​leaving the troupe.

Zhang Chen thought to himself that he was really not a very active person. If he hadn't been forced to leave by the environment, he might not have made it to where he is today.

Lao Xie sighed: "There is no hope for Hainan, it is almost dead."

"Is it really so miserable?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Have you ever seen it when you go out? This road is full of unfinished buildings and unfinished hotels. They are all left behind by the poles from that time. The Hainan government, to put it bluntly, cannot even clean up unfinished buildings. They don’t even have the ability, and cleaning up requires money. Sanya is a little better. This year, they started to gradually clean up and blow up unfinished buildings. Why do they have no money if they don’t do it step by step?

"Haicheng is even worse. So many unfinished buildings continue to rot. The original Panda Automobile Industrial Park has been ruined and has never been revived. Red Bull has left, and the Yangshengtang seems to have returned to Zhejiang. Xindazhou and Haima is half dead, and Haiyao’s Sanjiu Weitai lost the lawsuit to Shenzhen. Apart from one sea tank, there is not a single decent company in Hainan.

“Think about it, how can a province survive by relying on a can of coconut juice?

"Hainan itself has a poor foundation. The real estate sector has been hit again, and I still can't get over it. In Hangzhou, how much does a house cost per square meter now? It should cost four to five thousand, right?"

Lao Xie asked, and Zhang Chen said: "There are tens of thousands of them, but they are all speculated with sticks."

"This guy," Lao Xie scolded, "His Jinghai International Financial Center is still there, but he just slapped his ass and left. By the way, do you know how much a house in Nongken and Xiuying costs now? square?"

Zhang Chen thought for a moment, he said two thousand?

"Two thousand? Haha." Lao Xie said with a smile, "More than four hundred or five hundred, for twenty or thirty thousand yuan, I can buy you a villa that has been built and is idle there. You can decorate it by yourself. With water and electricity, think about it, will this place still be good as it is?"

"Mr. Xie, are you still running a KTV?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Yes, it's just such a shabby place. I just make a living. I don't dare to invest. I can't get back my investment. However, the place where I live has not changed. The customers there have changed. Now every day, some bad guys come to play there. , I don’t even go up there myself, it’s annoying to watch.”

Lao Xie talked all the way, and Zhang Chen listened all the time, feeling sad all the way.

He recalled that when he first arrived in Haicheng, he sat on the back seat of a motorcycle from Xiuying Port, passed the International Trade Center, and looked at the high-rise buildings in the Financial Garden. He felt like heaven and felt that he had come to the right place. At that time, compared with Haicheng, Hangcheng felt like the countryside. In the blink of an eye, the roles were reversed?

Zhang Chen felt extremely sad.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about you and the pole." Lao Xie said.

Zhang Chen told Lao Xie about his situation with Liu Ligan. Lao Xie kept nodding his head and said in admiration, not bad, not bad.

The two of them chatted and unknowingly, an hour passed. Meng Ping and the others were almost there. Zhang Chen and Lao Xie paid the bill and walked out of the tea room and walked to the exit. After waiting for more than ten minutes, they saw Meng Ping and Qian. Fang, Li Yang, Xu Jiaqing, and Cao Xiaohe came out with Yuanyuan. Yuanyuan was already a big girl.

Among their group, only Ye Yilan went home for the Spring Festival and did not come with them.

Except for Li Yang, everyone else knew Lao Xie. Meng Ping was surprised to see Lao Xie. After the two shook hands, Meng Ping looked at Lao Xie and asked:

"Did you come from Haicheng yesterday or today?"

"I drove here this morning. It's fast now. It only takes three hours on the expressway." Lao Xie said.

Meng Ping took two steps back, looked at Lao Xie and asked, "You drove for three hours and not a single hair fell down. You can still cut tofu in the seam of your trousers. Lao Xie, how did you do it?"

Everyone laughed, Zhang Chen said, this has always been a mystery. From the time I met Mr. Xie until now, I still can’t figure out how Mr. Xie’s trousers can remain so sharp. I am still a clothing maker.

Lao Xie chuckled: "Just be diligent. I iron all my clothes and pants myself. I don't worry if others have to iron them."

Zhang Chen said yes, next time you go to Hangzhou, I will definitely invite you to our factory to give lectures to Da Fang in our factory and pass on your valuable experience.

Everyone laughed.

A group of people stood at the exit chatting. Twenty minutes passed quickly. Xiaoshu arrived with his parents. The plane at that time was really on time.

Meng Ping, Qian Fang, Li Yang and Xu Jiaqing took Lao Xie's car, while Cao Xiaohe and Yuanyuan took Zhang Chen's car. Zhang Chen asked Meng Ping, do you know about Jinling Resort?

"I know, I know, isn't it the same one we came here last time?" Meng Ping said. Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

"It's okay. I come here often. Are you familiar with me? If not, just follow me." Lao Xie said to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen said yes.

Cao Xiaohe and Zhang Chen said, "Mr. Zhang, let me drive. You talk to your parents."

Zhang Chen handed the car key to Cao Xiaohe.

On the way from the airport to Jinling Resort, Zhang Chen saw that as Lao Xie said, both sides of the road were full of unfinished buildings, including residences and villas, and most of them were unfinished hotels.

Zhang Chen saw a large piece of red cloth hanging on the main building of an unfinished hotel, with four large white characters written on it: "Modern Explosion". It seemed that this building was about to be demolished, and this red cloth , it is the blasting companies that are advertising themselves. For them, the business in Sanya and Hainan should be overwhelming.

We were about to arrive at Dadonghai and Jinling Resort. Zhang Chen's heart twisted. He saw that the Bayview Hotel on the roadside not far ahead was in the same state of unfinished business.

That said, that old Xia didn't build it either.

The car drove past the Bayview Hotel. Zhang Chen stared at it, his heart full of sympathy. As a hotel, he felt that it was so unfortunate. It was unfinished once, then again, and would continue to be unfinished. , its life, will it finally end with "modern blasting"?

Zhang Chen also thought of a question. If the hotel did not rise, where would Jin Lili, the deputy general manager of the hotel, go?

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