Xu Wangqiu and the others planned to go to the Forbidden City, and they met Pierre Cardin in front of the Forbidden City, so they asked him if he was going to visit the Forbidden City. After receiving an affirmative answer, Xu Wangqiu went to the ticket window to buy a ticket.

In 1978, the price of admission to the Forbidden City was incredibly low, at just a dime. However, Pierre Cardin is a foreigner, and his ticket price is quite expensive, costing 2 yuan. Thinking about the preferential treatment of foreigners decades later, and now that the country is so ruthless to foreigners, Xu Wangqiu feels very happy.

Coming out of the ticket window, Xu Wangqiu distributed the tickets to everyone. When he saw Pierre Cardin digging out his wallet, he waved his hand and said, "You are a guest from afar, and I invite you today." If I go to Paris one day, you can invite me to visit the Louvre. ”

Pierre Cardin heard Xu Wangqiu say this, and put his wallet away: "When you come to France in the future, you must inform me, and I will take you to Paris for a good visit when the time comes." ”

Xu Wangqiu and his entourage passed through the Duanmen Gate from the south gate of the Forbidden City and entered this majestic and magnificent building complex. As soon as they entered, they felt a majestic aura like a natural formation, and a vicissitudes of life came to their faces.

After entering the Forbidden City, the Taihe Hall is in front of you. This is the most majestic hall in the entire Forbidden City, and it is also the most beautiful building. Under the eaves, there are dense buckets, and the indoor and outdoor beams are decorated with Hexi paintings. The upper part of the door and window is inlaid with a rhombic pattern, the lower part is embossed with a cloud dragon pattern, and the joints are equipped with gilded copper leaves engraved with dragon patterns. The gold bricks in the hall are paved with the ground, the throne is set up in the bright room, and the two sides of the throne are arranged with 6 huge pillars with a diameter of one meter and pasted with gold cloud dragon pattern, and the gold leaf pasted adopts two colors of depth and light, so that the pattern is prominent and distinct.

Standing in front of the main hall, Xu Wangqiu introduced the history of the Taihe Hall to Pierre Cardin: "The Taihe Hall is commonly known as the Jinluan Palace, which was built in the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty and is called the Fengtian Palace. In the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it was changed to Taihe Palace. Since it was built, it has been burned down many times, and it has been rebuilt many times, and what we see today is the shape of the Qing Dynasty Kangxi 34 years after the reconstruction......"

Pierre Cardin was shocked by the Taihe Temple, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful." ”

Pierre Cardin's translator was extremely shocked when he saw Xu Wangqiu's various allusions and knowledge at his fingertips, and said beside Su Bai: "Is this Xu Wangqiu really a college student? He knows too much, as if he knows everything?"

Su Bai's eyes flowed, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "You haven't seen Wangqiu's really powerful place!"

Xu Wangqiu not only talked to Pierre Cardin, but also told Su Bai the story of the Forbidden City: "In 1959, Pu Yi was freed, and one day he visited the Forbidden City with his friends. In one room, he saw a picture of Emperor Guangxu hanging on the wall. Pu Yi repeatedly confirmed that this photo was not Emperor Guangxu at all. So, Pu Yi called the staff and told them that the photo was hung up incorrectly. The staff called an expert, and Pu Yi said, comrade, your photo is wrong, this is not Emperor Guangxu, but Prince Alcohol Zaifeng. The expert looked carefully at the paintings on the wall and said confidently, That's right, this is the photo of Emperor Guangxu, who are you, why are you talking nonsense here. Pu Yi said, although I don't know Emperor Guangxu, but I still know the photos of my father Zaifeng. ”

Su Bai laughed after hearing it, and thought this story was interesting: "Wangqiu, this is not something you made up blindly, right?"

With Xu Wangqiu, everyone learned a lot of knowledge that they didn't know before, and the whole visit became extremely interesting.

When I came out of the Forbidden City, it was already evening. Xu Wangqiu and the others were all a little hungry and ready to find a place to eat.

Xu Wangqiu felt that with Pierre Cardin there, he definitely couldn't go to a bad restaurant, which seemed that the Chinese people were too unenthusiastic; but he only had a few dollars left on him, and a good restaurant would definitely not be able to go, but it was a bit of a headache. Xu Wangqiu was about to ask Su Bai if there were any restaurants with good conditions but relatively affordable prices. Unexpectedly, Pierre Cardin spoke: "Just now you invited me to visit the Forbidden City, and I invited you to dinner in the evening." You come with me to the Friendship Hotel, which has a good Russian restaurant. ”

Xu Wangqiu shook his head with a smile and said, "The Friendship Hotel is a hotel for foreigners, and we can't get in." ”

Pierre Cardin smiled: "Yes, I see Chinese coming in and out of the hotel. ”

Xu Wangqiu was stunned when he heard this, in this era, foreigners must go to designated hotels and restaurants for food and accommodation when they go to China, one is to facilitate management, and the other is that China lacks foreign exchange, and it is convenient to demarcate a special area for foreigners. Because of this, foreign-related hotels generally do not allow Chinese to enter. He looked at the translator and asked, "Comrade translator, can we enter the Friendship Hotel now?"

The translator was chatting with Su Bai, and when he heard this, he nodded: "It turns out that it won't work, but since September, if there are acquaintances inside, you can go in, but you have to register every time, and if you come 3 times in a row, you will be criticized." ”

Xu Wangqiu thought to himself that he would invite him today, and I would invite him back another day, so he said: "Okay, I'll bother you today, I'll invite you to taste the food of Beiping another day." French cuisine is famous in the world, but Chinese cuisine is in no way inferior to French cuisine. ”

Xu Wangqiu and his entourage followed Pierre Cardin to the Friendship Hotel on Zhongguancun South Street. As the earliest institution to receive foreign guests, the Friendship Hotel's Western food, especially Russian food, has a long history. The chefs here have the best experience in running state banquets.

After taking a seat in the restaurant, the waiter brought the menu. Su Bai and they had never eaten Western food, so they didn't know how to order it, so Xu Wangqiu helped them order it. In this era, it is more difficult to eat meat, eating meat is the thing that everyone desires the most, Xu Wangqiu did not order things such as snails and caviar, but ordered meat, steak and chicken, and some other dishes.

After ordering the food, Xu Wangqiu first apologized to Pierre Cardin, saying that his friend had never eaten Western food, please don't be surprised, and then told Su Bai about Western food etiquette and how to use knives and forks.

After the dishes came up, Pierre Cardin saw Xu Wangqiu's very skilled knives and forks, and demonstrated them to Su Bai, and was more sure of his judgment, Xu Wangqiu definitely came from an extraordinary background, and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Xu, you should have lived abroad, right?"

Xu Wangqiu was stunned when he heard this, thinking to himself why he could ask such a question? Immediately realized that the other party was because he knew Western food etiquette, and laughed: "No, no, I will definitely go abroad to see if I have the opportunity in the future." ”

Pierre Cardin nodded slightly, thinking that since he had never studied abroad, he must be the son of a high-ranking official, otherwise how could he know French fashion, and how could he understand Western food etiquette, Song Huaigui said that relations in China are very important, I have to have a good relationship with this young man, if there are any problems in the future, I can ask him for help.

After making up his mind, Pierre Cardin said with a smile on his face: "When you come to France, you must come to me." When the time comes, I'll drive you around Paris myself. ”

Xu Wangqiu chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll definitely look for you then." ”

Pierre Cardin saw that Xu Wangqiu's tone was very casual, he didn't take this matter to heart at all, and nodded secretly in his heart, going to France and visiting Paris is not worth mentioning in his eyes, this calmness and calmness have really seen the world!

Xu Wangqiu had planned to exchange some foreign exchange with Pierre Cardin in case of emergency. In this day and age, foreign exchange is a good thing, and there are many rare goods that can be bought from friendship stores or overseas Chinese stores. The state is particularly strict in foreign exchange control, and people who go abroad can only exchange 40 US dollars in foreign exchange. In the future, he took movies abroad for screening, and it was very inconvenient for him to have no foreign exchange on him.

However, Xu Wangqiu finally gave up this idea, and exchanging foreign exchange with Pierre Cardin would make the other party look down on him. Rather than that, it's better to leave it for later. When his plans really unfold, maybe Pierre Cardin can help.

After dinner, Xu Wangqiu and Pierre Cardin chatted for a while, and made an appointment to go to the Great Wall together tomorrow.

After coming out of the Friendship Hotel, Su Bai asked Xu Wangqiu curiously: "Is that Pierre Cardin really a tailor?"

Liu Lin and the others also looked at Xu Wangqiu curiously, they heard Pierre Cardin's translator say that Pierre Cardin was a French tailor, but they felt that he was not like a tailor, and it was very different from the tailor they imagined.

Xu Wangqiu didn't know how to explain the concept of clothing design, so he could only say: "It's indeed a French tailor, but not an ordinary tailor, a tailor who has become a capitalist, has a garment factory, and has his clothing stores all over the world." The clothes he designed are relatively famous, cheap for hundreds of yuan, expensive for thousands of yuan, or even tens of thousands of yuan. ”

Su Bai and the others were shocked by these words, a piece of clothing is tens of thousands of yuan, what kind of clothes is this? Is it made of gold or silver? Liu Lin couldn't help but say: My mother, a piece of clothing is tens of thousands of yuan. No wonder Marx said that capitalists are vampires, this is too dark, it is really naked exploitation, it is better to be socialist!"

In the next two days, Xu Wangqiu and his team took Pierre Cardin to visit the Ming Tombs, the Great Wall and other places of interest. Fascinated by China's long-standing culture and splendid art, Pierre Cardin was amazed by China's history and culture from the bottom of his heart. Pierre Cardin also admired Xu Wangqiu's knowledge, this young man is really well-informed, literature, art, music, everything can be discussed, not general, he is more sure of Xu Wangqiu's judgment of the family.

During his tour of the Great Wall, Pierre Cardin asked his top concern: "How do you think Chinese consumers can accept Pierre Cardin?"

Xu Wangqiu remembered that Pierre Cardin was the first brand to organize fashion shows in China, and it was through these activities that it created a high-end image in the hearts of Chinese, and said: "Now that China has no concept of fashion, if you want to open up the situation, you must let everyone understand fashion and understand that dressing beautiful is beautiful." I think the best way is to hold a fashion show in China, which can not only convey the fashion concept to the Chinese people, but also increase the popularity of the Pierre Cardin brand in the hearts of the Chinese people. You do a few more fashion shows, and then everyone knows that there is an international brand, Pierre Cardin, and the situation will naturally open up. ”

Pierre Cardin's eyes lit up, this Xu Wangqiu is really powerful! But he was still a little worried: "Will the Chinese government allow me to hold a fashion show?"

Xu Wangqiu said with great certainty: "China is opening up, and it will become more and more open." Fashion shows are new in China, and you may have some trouble at first, but as long as you keep going, you will definitely be able to do it. ”

Pierre Cardin hit the snake with the stick and immediately asked, "If I go to China next year for a fashion show, can you help me?"

If he can help, Xu Wangqiu will definitely help, but he really can't help with this matter, and shook his head with a smile: "I'm just an ordinary student, and I don't know anyone from the relevant departments, how can I help? Seriously, if you really go to China to hold a fashion exhibition, you have to give us tickets, and we can enjoy the costume show from France. ”

Pierre Cardin was not disappointed, he and Xu Wangqiu Pingshui had only known each other for a few days, why did people help him so much, and said with a smile: "That's for sure, you are my friends, and I will definitely invite you when the time comes." ”