The rise of nanometers

The car arrives at the toll station.

On the highway waiting to enter the tunnel.

Through the car window, you can see a double-track railway diagonally opposite under the highway bridge, which is also connected to the undersea tunnel.

The Qiongzhou Strait Undersea Tunnel in front of you, in front of the huge entrance and exit, gives people an illusion of insignificance.

Hasegawa has been to the Seikan Tunnel in Hokkaido and the undersea tunnel in the English Channel. These undersea tunnels all have one characteristic. The entrances and exits look very narrow, which makes people feel depressed.

The Qiongzhou Strait Undersea Tunnel, with a tube diameter of 23 meters, looks very spacious and empty.

After a while, it was his turn to drive into the tunnel.

However, the barrier lifted automatically. Hasegawa, who had been on the Huaguo Expressway several times, was a little confused because this was different from what he expected.

The toll collector waved his hand and motioned for him to go directly.

Hasegawa could only step on the accelerator and enter the tunnel through the toll booth.

As soon as he entered the tunnel, the car rental APP on his mobile phone automatically popped up a toll message, showing that the undersea tunnel toll was 33.3 yuan.

"Si Guoyi! So that's it, this tunnel is operated by Feipeng Group, and the car we rented is also owned by this company. They can deduct the toll directly on the APP and even offer a 10% discount." The assistant said in surprise.

Hasegawa also reacted.

Since they are all subsidiaries of Feipeng Group, the tolls of the undersea tunnel are naturally directly connected to the car rental APP to realize direct access of vehicles.

In fact, people who often travel between Zhanjiang and Haikou know that the previous ferry charges were indeed not conducive to the development of Qiongzhou.

The ferry passenger charges are 41.5 yuan/person for full ticket and 22.5 yuan/person for half ticket.

The vehicle fares for ferries are: 415.5 yuan/car for a car; 601.5 yuan/car for a passenger car; 37.34 yuan/ton for a truck (charged according to model, weight, length, and width standards).

The toll standards for the undersea tunnel are 37 yuan/vehicle for small cars, 56 yuan/vehicle for passenger cars, and 3 yuan/ton for trucks (there is no charge for those that meet the green channel standards).

The charges are directly reduced by more than 90%, and there is no need to get on or off the ship, and you can go all the way.

It is impossible for ferries to operate when encountering typhoons, heavy fog, heavy rains, etc. It has happened many times before that transportation between the two places has been interrupted due to weather reasons.

Not to mention, in the undersea tunnel, there are two high-speed rail tracks and a secret underground track, directly connecting Qiongzhou with the mainland.

The investment and construction of the Seikan Tunnel at that time was called "one of the three stupid things that caused the nuclear crisis" by the Japanese.

In fact, it connects Hokkaido Island, which has always been isolated in the core area, with Honshu Island, which plays a vital role in the economy, society, and military.

Similarly, the completion of the Qiongzhou Strait Undersea Tunnel will also promote the rapid development of Qiongzhou, not to mention that compared to the Qinghan Tunnel, which has a huge investment, the total investment of the Qiongzhou Tunnel is only 12.4 billion yuan.

According to the current traffic volume and train frequency of the Qiongzhou Tunnel, it would be more than enough to collect over one billion yuan every year.

Feipeng Group, which has a thirty-year franchise, will not lose money by investing in the Qiongzhou Tunnel.

In order to avoid serious traffic accidents in the tunnel with huge traffic volume, the speed limit is 70 kilometers per hour.

Hasegawa saw a road bridge similar to a suspended light rail above the tunnel road.

Since the diameter of the tunnel is very large, reaching 23 meters in diameter, the maximum height of the tunnel highway reaches 11.3 meters.

Usually, the clear height of domestic highway tunnels is 5 meters, which can satisfy the passage of most vehicles.

Obviously, the Qiongzhou Tunnel Highway with a height of 11.3 meters has exceeded this standard by a lot. In order to make full use of the internal space of the tunnel, a rapid light rail was built 6.2 meters above the tunnel highway.

This rapid light rail, with a maximum height of 4.8 meters and a width of 5 meters, is used for rapid highway rescue. It can be used in traffic accidents, tunnel ruptures, ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, etc.

That’s why Hasegawa saw this special suspended light rail.

He and his assistants were admiring this miraculous tunnel with the largest diameter, the most technical difficulty, and the largest passability in mankind to date.

The camera in the assistant's hand never stopped, taking pictures of various details and the traffic in the tunnel.

The Qiongzhou Tunnel, which has just been opened for half a month, has ushered in the first golden week traffic flow since its opening. It is full of domestic tourists traveling to Qiongzhou.

It took Hasegawa and his wife half an hour to pass through the 37-kilometer-long tunnel and enter Lingao County, Qiongzhou.

Near the fishing port area of ​​Lingao County.

There are a large number of tourists here, and Hasegawa and his assistants are mixed in the crowd. This entire area has been contracted by Time Information and turned into a professional tourist area.

Standing on the top floor of the 88-story Wanghai Tower, you can overlook the entire Lingao and the surrounding sea area.

The catering company under Time Information manages the Lingao Wanghailou restaurant on the top floor. This restaurant is also one of the 86 high-end Chinese restaurants under Time Catering Company, with a heaven-level rating.

Time Catering Company has its own restaurant rating, which is rated and recommended by the magazine Time Food Recommendation Guide. The recommendation levels are divided into Tiandi Xuanhuang.

Lingao Wanghai Tower, Shanmei Zun Wang Hueyitang, Jiangcheng Yunmengze Restaurant, Quancheng Quanshui Garden, and Magic City Zhonghua Tower are the top Chinese restaurants rated as heaven-level.

Among them, Lingao Wanghailou and Shanmeizunwang Hueyitang are owned by Time Catering, while the other three are not owned by Time Catering.

As for Michelin restaurants, what qualifications do they have to evaluate Chinese food.

Hasegawa ordered a few specialty dishes. Although Wanghailou has a high rating, the price is not ridiculously expensive. At about 350 to 500 per person, you can eat and drink enough.

Of course, if calculated based on the currency value of the Chinese dollar at this time, the price is actually not cheap.

Hasegawa's main income does not come from his newspaper salary. The year before last, he cashed out part of the Tokyo Stock Exchange stocks and then purchased several Hong Kong stocks.

For example, Sohu.com and Qiandu were re-listed in Xiangjiang, as well as Beijing Enterprises Water and COFCO.

Last year, most of Tokyo's assets were transferred to the Hong Kong stock market. On Sohu alone, Hasegawa made tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Since the Hong Kong dollar is backed by the Chinese dollar, its currency value has always been very stable. Hasegawa escaped the collapse of the rice dollar and the Japanese yen. With the Hong Kong stocks he currently holds, he is worth more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars and is a small rich man.

Being a reporter is just a hobby. If he is willing to be serious and rely on his excellent foresight, becoming a billionaire will be easy.

Eating a top-notch Chinese meal is a piece of cake.

The waiter poured him a glass of green and red wine, and then served five dishes one after another. Hasegawa traveled all over the world and tasted food from all over the world, but he had a special liking for Chinese food.

Many people think that Western food is high-end, but in fact it is only about three-thirds of decoration, three-thirds of presentation, and the remaining four points of taste.

As for high-end Chinese food, it is really not something that ordinary people can afford. In addition, there are many low-key people in China who disdain pretentious marketing, which makes it seem that there is no high-end food in Chinese food.

With the increasing income of the people and the increasing self-confidence of the nation, high-end Chinese restaurants have begun to show their prominence.

After all, this is one of cultural output and soft power. If we don’t borrow this style now, it would be really lacking in strategic vision.

Time Information has invested in many high-end Chinese restaurants around the world, and we must play the high-quality cultural card of Chinese food.

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