Chapter 439: Walking with Fans
It takes more than 20 hours to drive from Yanjing to Wuyou County in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, a journey of more than 1,800 kilometers. Even if you drive for a day and a night, you may not be able to arrive, and Xiao Yao has to take fans with you to travel in multiple cars, so it is inevitable to do some coordination work in the middle and accommodate each other, and the speed will definitely not be comparable to a car, so Xiao Yao will arrange the time more relaxed, and he will be ready to spend three and a half days on the road alone, which can be regarded as planning a self-driving trip for himself by the way.
The road from Yanjing to Aba Prefecture is long, and Xiao Yao also plans to travel by car, of course, he will not take two big trucks on the road together. Xiao Yaoren set off from Yanjing, but the materials he purchased did not depart from Yanjing, but from Guangyuan, a relatively famous city closest to the destination on the way. At present, all the purchased materials have been stored in the warehouse of a logistics company on the outskirts of Guangyuan City, and after Xiao Yao arrives, they will be loaded and left together.
For three and a half days, Xiao Yao planned to rest overnight in Taiyuan, Xi'an and Guangyuan, and the assembly points agreed with fans to join halfway were also these three cities. Such a long-distance and long-term self-driving trip is also dangerous, so when Xiao Yao chooses the people who are traveling with him, the little fans who are still studying in their teens are definitely not in his consideration, and the choices are basically "old drivers" who have worked and have some experience in self-driving travel, and the age is basically between 25 and 35 years old.
This time, Xiao Yao selected a total of more than 20 fans to go with him, and it was too troublesome to contact them one by one at that time, so Xiao Yao selected the fans who traveled with him, in order to facilitate the contact and communication between fans who met at the same assembly point, he also forwarded the basic information and contact information of fans at several assembly points to each other, so that the fans could contact offline by themselves, and a person who led the team was selected to be responsible for contact and communication. In this way, it will be much more efficient.
The journey from Yanjing is the farthest, and Xiao Yao has the least fans who choose to set off from Yanjing with him, with only three in total. Because there are few people, these three are contacted by Xiao Yao himself one by one. Although they also forwarded basic information and contact information to each other, they only let them have a general understanding of each other, and did not ask them to select a team leader.
These three are all "veteran drivers" who have leisure and money, self-driving tours and social experience. Judging from the plan given by Xiao Yao, this time there is obviously no commercial nature in this matter, and there will be no professional team with a corporate background to help Xiao Yao behind it. Although Xiao Yao is a star, he is also a young man who is only twenty years old, and the agent next to him is not very old, so he should not have much experience in this kind of long-distance road trip. After they obtained each other's information and contact information, they also made a special appointment to meet in advance, wanting to discuss how to better help Xiao Yao.
Considering Xiao Yao's itinerary and purpose this time, in addition to preparing all the emergency supplies and tools that may be used, the three of them also decided to drive only one car, each of them had a car. In this way, once Xiao Yao or the driver of any car in the next two days is too tired or unwell, at least someone can help drive and take turns to rest. If there is an unexpected incident, some of them can have the energy to help find a way to solve it.
When meeting at the agreed departure time and place, the three experienced "old drivers" saw Xiao Yao's car, and first let go of half of their hearts and increased their confidence in this trip.
In their minds, even if a young star like Xiao Yao, who became famous at a young age, avoided the media and organized this event in an unusually low-key manner, it was indispensable that he would have some juvenile temperament. Even if the car is not a cool supercar, it should be the kind of sports car that can soar on the highway, but I didn't expect Xiao Yao to drive an off-road vehicle that is the best in terms of performance, safety, and comfort, but the appearance is relatively ordinary.
What's even more special is that the car that Xiao Yao drove was exactly the same as the brand and model chosen by the three "old drivers", which also shortened the distance between Xiao Yao and the three of them all of a sudden.
After the six people met, they greeted each other and got to know each other, and Xiao Yao was ready to set off immediately after meeting the request for a group photo of the three. Before leaving, the three "old drivers" also proposed to send one of Xiao Yao's drivers to help him drive and let him rest on the road. Xiao Yao knew that they were kind, seeing that he was too young, he was worried about accidents on the road, but for the request to help drive, Xiao Yao still refused with a smile, but agreed to let one of them get into his car and sit in the passenger seat to help him pay attention to the road conditions. Anyway, the space in the car is large enough, and Fang Yi and Pei Minyi will not be crowded when they sit in the back row.
Sitting in Xiao Yao's car also means that there is an opportunity to have close contact with Xiao Yao for a long time, not only the two "old drivers" who didn't drive their own cars want to go, but the "old driver" who drove the car is also very generous and generously said that he can give his car to these two guys who have only known each other for a few days to drive, and he wants to go to Xiao Yao's car. In the end, the three of them still guessed whether they won or lost, and decided the lucky one who got on Xiao Yao's car.
The road was smooth and there were no accidents. Xiao Yao's mental state has always been very good, he didn't take turns driving with the fans next to him or Fang Yi and Pei Minyi in the middle, he held the steering wheel by himself from beginning to end, and drove the whole process alone.
Xiao Yao doesn't have a star frame, and since everyone has let people sit in the car, he naturally won't ignore them. Although they didn't let the fans drive, Xiao Yao and the others didn't snub the fans in the co-pilot, and chatted with them almost all the way. And the reason why it is "them" instead of "him" is also because although Xiao Yao did not rotate to drive, the three "old drivers" did a rotation. While stopping and resting in the rest area, Xiao Yao's co-pilot position was replaced, and the three of them took turns to sit in Xiao Yao's car for a while.
Xiao Yao has a lot of things in his head, he has been to many places, and his eloquence is also very good, as long as he wants to talk, he can basically talk to anyone. Therefore, these three "old drivers" not only felt the approachable and easy attitude of Xiao Yao, a big star, but also felt the mixture of this demonic knowledge. It's no wonder that many celebrities who have been in contact with Xiao Yao will say that they will unconsciously ignore his age after getting along with him for a long time, and these three can be regarded as experiencing it firsthand.
Xiao Yao has no plans to drive at night, the first day of the trip is from Yanjing to Taiyuan, and it takes more than six hours on the road, plus the time to rest and eat lunch in the rest area, it will take almost a day.
When we arrived in Taiyuan, night began to fall, and it was time for dinner. Everyone also entered Taiyuan City as planned to find a place to stay and have dinner. At this time, the three "old drivers" also felt Xiao Yao's casual side. When having lunch in the rest area, due to the constraints, the three of them didn't have much feeling about Xiao Yao eating in a popular restaurant, but after entering Taiyuan City, Xiao Yao found a place to stay was just a three-star hotel that looked clean and tidy, and the place to eat was only a popular restaurant next to the hotel that looked more distinctive, which made the three of them a little unexpected.
Taiyuan is an ancient historical capital with a history of more than 4,700 years and a history of more than 2,500 years. Even at night, there are plenty of places to visit and play. Even after driving for a day, Xiao Yao, who came to Taiyuan for the first time, didn't want to miss this opportunity to experience this historical and cultural city, so after dinner, Xiao Yao did not immediately return to the hotel room to rest, but planned to take a stroll in Taiyuan.
Hearing that Xiao Yao wanted to visit Taiyuan at night, Fang Yiyi, Pei Minyi and the three "old drivers" naturally wanted to follow along. One of the "old drivers" who had been to Taiyuan before volunteered to be a tour guide for everyone, and the other "old driver" reminded Xiao Yao, saying that he should contact the fans who will gather tomorrow to see if there are any Taiyuan locals and are free now, it is better to find a local to come out and take everyone to play.
Taiyuan was originally a gathering point in Xiao Yao's plan, but Xiao Yao couldn't determine the time of arrival, and he didn't go on the road at night, so he set the meeting time for tomorrow morning. At this time, there must be fans who participated in this event in Taiyuan, but Xiao Yao did not take the advice of the "old driver", and asked fans to come out to be his tour guide at night.
Speaking of Shanxi, Xiao Yao was most impressed by the three things of aged vinegar, Fenjiu and Jin merchants. Chen vinegar has been tasted when I ate just now, Fenjiu is produced in Xinghua Village, Fenyang City, Shanxi, not Taiyuan, and this kind of wine can now be bought all over the country and even overseas, and it does not necessarily have to be drunk in Taiyuan, and Jin Shang refers to a group in ancient times, similar to the existence of a culture, which is not embodied in specific places or buildings, so Xiao Yao does not have any special destination, and the "old driver" acts as a tour guide.
The "old driver" who acted as a tour guide still knew Taiyuan well, and through a conversation on the road during the day, he had a good grasp of Xiao Yao's interest, so he did not take Xiao Yao to see the ancient city wall of Taiyuan that was restored in modern times, but considered Xiao Yao's identity and took him to experience a unique local culture.
At the first stop, the "old driver" took Xiao Yao and others to listen to a "Taiyuan gong and drum". "Taiyuan Gong and Drum" is a kind of local traditional gong and drum music popular in Taiyuan and Jinzhong, which is included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage. Xiao Yao is a singer-songwriter, and he must be interested in music, and several of his songs have opera elements similar to Peking Opera, so he should also be interested in traditional Chinese opera. Although Fang still and Pei Minyi were a little ignorant, Xiao Yao saw it with relish.
The biggest feature of "Taiyuan Gongs and Drums" is that the two teams set up a position to fight against each other, which is usually seen on festive days. Now that the Spring Festival has passed, and it is evening, the "old driver" can find a place to perform gong and drum art, which is enough to show that he is still very familiar with and understands Taiyuan.
At the second stop, the tour guide "old driver" still took everyone to see the performance. The performance I went to see this time also belongs to the national intangible cultural heritage of China, called "Wind and Fire Meteor". "Wind and Fire Meteor" is a traditional folk fire performance art that integrates acrobatics and martial arts, and the "old driver" tour guide takes everyone to see this, which also takes into account Xiao Yao's background in martial arts since elementary school.
"Wind and Fire Meteor" is to tie an iron cage to each end of a rope, and put a burning charcoal fire inside, the performer makes the iron cage at both ends of the rope rotate in the air through the movement of both hands, and forms various patterns with the trajectory of the red charcoal fire swinging in the air, plus the sparks generated by the charcoal fire in the process of movement, making this performance visually very impactful, much more beautiful than simply beating gongs and drums. Not only did Xiao Yao watch it with relish, but the two girls, Fang Yi and Pei Minyi, also kept cheering and screaming.
When watching "Wind and Fire Meteor", Xiao Yao couldn't help but think of a traditional folk activity called "Iron Flower" that he had watched on TV in his previous life. The event was also very spectacular, and the spectacular spectacle of sparks flying was no better than that of the "Wind and Fire Meteor". The history of this traditional activity is thousands of years, and there must be one in this world, and Xiao Yao is also secretly determined to find an opportunity to see it with his own eyes.
After watching the two performances, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening. Considering that we will have to get up early tomorrow and drive away, we did not continue to wander around Taiyuan and returned to the hotel to rest.
At eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, next to the agreed highway toll station, Xiao Yao and the fans of the assembly point in Taiyuan successfully converged. At the assembly point in Taiyuan, Xiao Yao's fans were a total of seven people, divided into three cars with a combination of two, two, three, the number of Xiao Yao and his party increased from six to thirteen, and the cars also changed from two to five, initially forming the scale of a fleet.
Everyone was on time and no one was late or absent. Everyone got to know each other, and after Xiao Yao and the new members took a group photo, they began to get in the car and set off. However, in the process of greetings, the fans who joined Taiyuan at this point heard Fang still say that the three fans took turns to sit in Xiao Yao's co-pilot seat and walk with Xiao Yao yesterday, and they all said that they wanted to sit in the co-pilot seat next to Xiao Yao.
Through yesterday's one-day trip, the three "old drivers" who came out of Yanjing were completely relieved of Xiao Yao, and they were not embarrassed to continue to occupy the co-pilot position next to Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao doesn't really need the old driver to sit aside to help him pay attention to the road conditions, they are all fans, and anyone who sits on him can accept it, but when everyone has vacant seats in the car, he doesn't want to squeeze three people into the back seat, and he doesn't want Fang Yi and Pei Minyi to take the fan's car.
In this way, there is only one vacant seat on Xiao Yao's car, but there are seven fans over there, and there are no more than three fans in total yesterday, and there is a rotation on the road after two breaks, and there will be no six breaks on the road today, so there must be people who can't take their turns, and in the end, everyone has to take the method of drawing lots to decide who will take Xiao Yao's car.
Yesterday, the three veteran drivers who came out of Yanjing were all men around 30 years old, and the new fans in Taiyuan were five men and two women, and the first one to get on Xiao Yao's car happened to be a female fan.
"Xiao Yao, I just heard that Brother Liu say that you arrived in Taiyuan at dinner time yesterday, and you went to Taiyuan City to play in the evening?" After getting on the road, the female fan sitting next to Xiao Yao asked Xiao Yao.
"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded.
"Since you are going to play in Taiyuan, why didn't you inform me last night? My family is local to Taiyuan, it is very convenient to come out to find you, and I am very familiar with Taiyuan!" The female fan complained, "And the information I gave you this time said that I am a tour guide." If you call me, I promise to take you to have a good time in Taiyuan!"
"Taiyuan is so big, where can we finish walking in one night? We went to Wuyou County this time, just passing through Taiyuan, and by the way, we simply walked around Taiyuan. Anyway, I didn't come specifically for tourism, and it was already night at that time, so I didn't want to disturb your rest, so I didn't have the embarrassment to call you out. Xiao Yao said, "When I come to Taiyuan for a tour, I will ask you to be my tour guide, okay?"
"That's it!" the female fan said, "Not only for tourism, but even if you come to Taiyuan for performances, filming, or activities, you have to inform me, and if you have free time before and after, I will take you to play." ”
When they met just now, this female fan also listened to the three Yanjing veteran drivers briefly talk about their experiences yesterday, coupled with Xiao Yao's consistent image and the contact with Xiao Yao himself just now, this female fan who is already a little familiar with her personality no longer regards Xiao Yao as a big star with a sense of distance.
"Okay, it's a deal!" Xiao Yao said with a smile.