After nearly ten hours of turbulence, the train arrived at Guangzhou Railway Station at eight o'clock in the evening.

As the first gate to face the wave of the South Drift, for the vast majority of migrant workers who come here for the first time, the first impression of Guangzhou Railway Station should probably be majestic and magnificent.

But after leaving the station, I smoked a cigarette, pulled off, farted, took a nap, called back, looked for change, and then found that my luggage disappeared for no reason, the money sewn into the underwear was missing, I bought fake gold, I encountered the most expensive public phone in the world, the employment agency that cheated after paying the deposit, and the scalpers who blocked the ticket counter and were not allowed to buy tickets...... It is only then that they may suddenly realize that they have not come to heaven.

In the 90s, Guangzhou, the land of gold nuggets, never lacked wealth, but also never lacked crime, thrilling crimes and bitter stories, which were staged here every moment.

Walking out of the square from the exit of the station, the distance is not long, no more than 1,000 meters, but Zhang Yunqi and his party walked for more than half an hour, during which they saw countless episodes on television, two men were arrested and beaten with long wooden sticks to the plainclothes and their faces were covered with blood; a minor child was choked by the patrol police and coughed up a pair of deflated earrings; a young couple lost money and tickets and hugged each other and cried, and the big tears slid down the woman's cheeks; a reporter was blackmailed in the square, and the chengguan not far away spread his hands expressionlessly and said: " I helped you, and I didn't die myself. ”

In addition to Zhang Yunqi and Wang Gui's soldiers, for the rest of the peers, what they saw and heard in front of them may be beyond their cognition, a little beautiful and disillusioned, the imaginary advanced metropolis collapsed instantly, the so-called blue sea and blue sky no longer exist, on the way out, Ji Ling pulled Zhang Yunqi's arm, not afraid, but very surprised, her black and white eyes widened, and asked Zhang Yunqi: "Why is this place so messy?"

There were too many people and noisy, Zhang Yunqi leaned into her ear and said loudly: "To put it simply, there is a large flow of people, complex personnel, and insufficient police force. ”

Ji Ling raised his little head to look at him: "What about the complicated points?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Money." ”

Ji Ling pouted and stopped talking.

Zhang Yunqi protected her and the three girls of Chunlan for the first time while squeezing forward and laughing, in his impression, the chaos here should not be completely stopped until 2017, when the Guangzhou Railway Station was upgraded and transformed into a high-speed rail hub station, the old look was renewed, and the strange things in this former gold rush land naturally withdrew from the historical stage along with the old railway station.

Looking back now, I have to say that every seemingly thrilling episode that happened here alludes to the historical process of China's reform and opening up, the station will change, the city will change, the direction of the tide will change, and the only thing that remains unchanged is people's unremitting desire to get rich.

The migrant worker from Sichuan got off the bus with them in Guangzhou. Before getting off the train, Zhang Yunqi invited him to have dinner together after leaving the station, and he agreed.

After leaving the station, Zhang Yunqi couldn't find anyone.

In the dense flow of people pouring into the depths of the night, it may not be long before he will be lost, like the blind stream of migrant workers gathered near the Guangzhou Railway Station, a group of dozens of people, on the edge of the scorching sun, in the depths of the darkness, in a corner of the city, waiting and looking for a job opportunity.

After leaving the train station, the group went straight to the White Swan Hotel.

The White Swan Hotel is located in Baietan, Shamian City, Guangzhou, which was built by Fok Yingdong and the Guangdong Provincial Government, which opened more than 10 years ago and is the first five-star hotel in China with Sino-foreign cooperation.

After arriving at the hotel, Zhang Yunqi asked Wang Guibing to book four sets of luxury river-view rooms, he planned to stay in Guangzhou for two days to have a good wave, and then went to Xiangshan and had business to do, so he didn't have time to play with Ji Ling and them.

Dinner was settled at the flavor restaurant on the third floor of the White Swan.

Come to this kind of place without this group of little silly hats to eat authentic seafood, a little sorry for the people, sorry for the party, king crab, mussels, salmon, Arctic shellfish, dace, octopus, and fresh oysters, original, maybe for everyone who grew up from snacks Hunan cuisine, the only fly in the ointment is that it is not spicy enough, but except for a few girls, the big guys are all eating seafood, and they have been on the train for nearly a day, and they are hungry.

After gobbling it up, Wang Xiaokai sat in the brightly lit and luxurious restaurant, and sighed while picking his teeth: "To be honest, I have admired the two of them when I count them, and Xiao Zhang is second." ”

Ji Ling asked, "Who is the number one?"

Wang Xiaokai said: "Of course it's Mao. ”

This sycophant is so beautiful, Zhang Yunqi's bones are three points softer. Wang Guibing next to him couldn't help but smile at Wang Xiaokai: "I don't think you need to study, just come to Lianzhong to do sales, and ensure a bright future." ”

Wang Xiaokai was very excited: "Really?"

Yang Wei next to him took a small round mirror and looked at the pimples on his face and said: "It can't be fake, with your kung fu of slapping on the back, isn't it a matter of pulling a few customers." ”

Wang Xiaokai said "hey": "I said that it is not your fault that you are impotent and ugly, and it is not right to come out to respond to people." ”

"Where did I get ugly?"

"It's really not my brother who hits you, your two nostrils want to insert two green onions when you look at them. ”

"You're an immortal. ”

Yang Wei almost fainted, everyone was laughing, but Wang Xiaokai's big mouth had not finished spraying, and he said to Yang Wei: "It's not that I said you, I think you are stupid to read, what's wrong with slapping on the back?"

Ji Ling smiled: "It seems that you are quite proud?"

Wang Xiaokai immediately said: "You don't understand this, look at the textbook knowledge we have from primary school, old-fashioned and boring, since childhood, we have been taught to have backbone, have an uncle's style, the result is a sour body, but what about when we go out of society? Of course, if it gets mixed up with Xiao Zhang's sake, then OK, you can scoff at the sycophants, and no one needs a bird except the truth. ”

Zhang Yunqi was quite impressed by Wang Xiaokai, he could talk about such a big reason with a sycophant, and there was a little bit of insight, he smiled, he said: "Everyone has their own way of living, the world is the same world, but the fun is different and there is a different world, it's not early, less nonsense, let's go to sleep." ”

Zhang Yunqi and Wang Xiaokai slept in the same room.

After a day on the train, very tired, Zhang Yunqi took a shower and went to sleep directly, without saying anything all night, the next day, he got up early in the morning, and met Ji Ling when he was having breakfast in the restaurant downstairs.

Zhang Yunqi didn't expect Ji Ling to get up so early, he took a plate of breakfast and sat down opposite and said, "Why did you get up so early, when I was in Yunxi Village before, I only got up when I saw you drying your butt in the sun." ”

Ji Ling rolled his eyes: "It's the first time I've come out of such a far place, I'm not used to it, I woke up early." ”

Zhang Yun nodded: "Where do you want to go to play today?"

Ji Ling asked with great interest: "Where is the most old-fashioned place in Guangzhou?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Xiguan." ”

Ji Ling squinted and smiled: "Then let's go to Xiguan." ”