104, don't envy brother

Wang Bo pulled Tian Xin through the waiting hall of the crowded Chengbei Passenger Transport Center, through a small alley at the back door, and went directly to a bus departure station near the North Railway Station.

"Why are you so familiar? I've been to Chengshi two or three times, and I never knew there was an alley behind the North Station. Tian Xin looked at Wang Bo all the way, and asked in great surprise.

"Didn't I just tell you that my classmate told me!" Wang Bo once again offered the banner of "classmate", "Yo, look, there is a handsome pot in front, more handsome than Andy Lau!" Wang Bo didn't want to dwell too much on this issue that he could only lie about, so he said that he began to divert Tian Xin's attention.

"I don't like handsome guys!" Tian Xin said, but subconsciously glanced in the direction of Wang Bo's finger, and didn't see the handsome guy who was more handsome than Andy Lau, and was a little disappointed, "Where is the handsome guy you are talking about?"

"Haha......" Wang Bo laughed, "You duplicitous woman!"

Tian Xin knew that she had been deceived, so she also offered her "magic skill of pulling people" and gently grabbed Wang Bo's arm. Wang Bo cooperated with a "scream", muttering a whispered "murder of her husband", of course, once again succeeded in exchange for another "eagle grasping skill" from Tian Xin.

Soon after the bus started, Tian Xin began to pay attention to the scenery along the way, and at the same time introduced Wang Bo all the way, what is Renmin North Road, Wanfu Bridge is about to arrive, and the front is Xiyulong Street, and he became a tour guide in front of him.

Frankly speaking, although he is an authentic Shu person, Wang Bo does not know much more about the provincial capital than Tian Xin. His hometown lives in the four directions of fifty or sixty kilometers away from Chengshi, and he went to college in Shuangqing, which is three hundred kilometers away from Shu Province, and has been working in Shuangqing after graduating from university. He is most familiar with these two stations, plus a Liuguiqiao Bus Terminal in the east of the city. As for other places, except for Chunxi Road, which the people of Chengshi are proud of, and the US Consulate and German Consulate for visas, the other places are basically black, and it is impossible to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest.

Wang Bo, who was sitting on a double-decker bus, was also looking at Chengdu City in 1999 with an inquiring gaze. There are not too many high-rise buildings, there are no tower cranes one after another, the streets are running everywhere double-decker buses that will be eliminated in a few years, and cyclists are still riding bicycles, which have not been dominated by later battery cars. The air is still fresh, there is not much dust on the road, and the citizens are leisurely and lazy, wandering in an intoxicating atmosphere of the city, which is worthy of a city that "you don't want to leave".

"Well, in the previous life, I didn't have the money to buy a house in the provincial capital of my hometown, so I had no choice but to live in Shuangqing and work hard; Wang Bo looked at the scenery along the way, while thinking secretly in his heart.

When the car arrived at Zongfu Road, Wang Bo and Tian Xin got out of the car.

Wang Bo didn't know what year McDonald's and KFC moved into Chengshi, and he had no idea which district Chengshi was in. But judging by common sense, with the vision and level of the two giants of McDonald's and KFC, it must not be opened, and it will be the core area of the city such as the city center and pedestrian street. The core area of Chengshi is undoubtedly Chunxi Road, and Wang Bo plans to go directly to Chunxi Road to investigate.

In fact, McDonald's only entered the city in 1999, that is, this year, and the first one was the head office store at the north exit of Chunxi Road. KFC entered the city four years earlier than McDonald's, and coincidentally, the original choice was also the main restaurant at the north exit of Chunxi Road. Wang Bo was also crooked, and when he got off the car on Zongfu Road, he saw the eye-catching signboards of these two giants.

"Bo'er, look, McDonald's and KFC are in front! Your classmate seems to be really familiar with Chengshi, so he didn't lie to you. But he is studying in the four directions, how can he be so familiar with Chengshi?" After getting off the bus, Tian Xin looked around, and immediately found "Uncle M" Peugeot and "KFC White-bearded Old Man" not far in front, and suddenly burst into excitement.

"He has an old man, surnamed Bi, who lives in Chengshi. Every winter and summer vacation, he would go to his grandfather's house for vacation, and stayed for more than ten years.

"Oh, I see. He also knows about the decoration company and the building materials market?" Tian Xin asked with concern.

"He doesn't know, his grandfather knows! Alas, in short, when you get to Chengshi, you will listen to me, you don't have to turn (wrong)!" Wang Bo said to Tian Xin, and walked towards McDonald's.

Probably because of the summer vacation, although it has not yet arrived, McDonald's is already crowded with people, and most of them are young people and children. Wang Bo asked Tian Xin to find two vacant seats to occupy, and he went to line up to order.

While queuing, Wang Bo looked around with two eyes like a camera, carefully observing the decoration style of McDonald's restaurant and the details of the various decorations in the store, and remembering them one by one.

Since he only came to McDonald's to learn from experience, he was not used to eating foreign fast food, so he only symbolically bought two pairs of chicken wings.

When he came to the place where Tian Xin occupied his position, Wang Bo handed Tian Xin a pair of chicken wings. "Sister Xin, what do you think of Madonna's decoration?"

"It felt very clean, upscale, and ...... And it's very foreign!" Tian Xin looked around excitedly like a curious baby, she had only been to KFC once before to eat a burger, and that was two years ago, McDonald's was the first time she came.

"Well, Sister Xin, you're right. High-end, atmospheric, high-end! But this is too general, can you tell us more about how it is different from other Chinese restaurants? How do you feel?"

"Different, feelings?" Tian Xin looked embarrassed, she only felt that this place was very different, very novel, and different from those restaurants and restaurants in China, but it was really a little difficult for her to come out immediately. "It's just very good! It feels very high-end! It's different from the others!" Tian Xin couldn't say something deeper, and began to "coquettish" in front of Wang Bo.

Tian Xin's words made Wang Bo understand that the question he had just asked was a blind question. But the purpose of bringing Tian Xin out is not to expect her to give him any constructive ideas, but mainly to be a companion, by the way, let her have a long understanding and accelerate her growth. So Wang Bo spoke:

"Sister Xin, then I'll tell you, you listen, you listen and see if I'm right.

"First of all, it's clean and tidy. This impression is most obvious, and you should feel it by now. You see, no matter how many customers there are in the restaurant, the restaurant is very clean, whether it is the floor or the tables, it is difficult to see any garbage.

"Secondly, the environment inside McDonald's makes people feel very relaxed, warm, not oppressive at all, just like home. Do you feel more relaxed when you come in? But if you go to other Chinese restaurants, such as the Jinqiao Hotel in Sifang, can you still have this relaxed, home-like feeling? Definitely not! You will only feel high-end, so high-end that it makes you unable to move an inch, and makes you cringe, restrained, and uncomfortable. As for some other low-grade Chinese restaurants, there is a miasma of black smoke, with oil and confetti and phlegm all over the floor. Relaxed and casual, like home, this is its second characteristic.

"So the question is, how does McDonald's create such a relaxed, warm, casual and 'high-end' feeling?

"First, in terms of the color of decoration, McDonald's is dominated by red, yellow and white. These three colors are all very warm and warm tones, and they will not make people feel oppressed.

"Second, the table and chairs are placed. Are the tables and chairs in the Chinese restaurant neatly arranged, horizontal and vertical? Sitting in it, do you feel like you are in a meeting? Or do you smell of lining up for exercises? But what about McDonald's? It also has a relatively regular area, but there are not many, and they are generally very casually arranged. There are those by the window, there are those against the wall, there are singles, there are also doubles, there are those who like tranquility, and there are those who like to be lively, single sitting, two-seater, couple seat, family photo, all of them can find their favorite position here, of course, provided that they are not crowded. In some small corners, McDonald's designers also cleverly adapted measures to local conditions and made ingenious use of them.

"Third, the use of walls. Here, can you see all kinds of cartoons, paradise-like pictures, are there random colorful flags on the walls, why do designers do this? In essence, it is to create a casual, unrestrained atmosphere of paradise. And some of our Chinese restaurants and snack bars either don't care at all, or care too much, and care so much that people feel that a fart is polluting the environment!

"Fourth, all kinds of prompts. McDonald's prompt says, 'Please take good care of your belongings.' Some Chinese restaurants, 'Please keep your valuables safe, you will not be responsible for losing them!' What do you think is good? Which one makes you sound more comfortable?

"Fifth, whether you're coming in or leaving, McDonald's has very little special greeter standing at the door and bowing and nodding at you, saying something like 'welcome to visit,' or 'welcome back again.'" What you see is just a uniform uniform, energetic employees busy and doing their own things. Isn't this atmosphere very susceptible to infection?

"Finally, one more point, the restroom. Even in the bathroom, McDonald's can make people feel warm and relaxed. I just took the time to go into Madonna's toilet and there was a joke about 'having a good time' on the wall. Of course, my laughter was relatively high, so I didn't laugh. But for some people who have a low laugh, it is likely that they will laugh or even laugh out loud......"

Wang Bo talked eloquently in front of Tian Xin, analyzing and summarizing the decoration style and characteristics of McDonald's one by one, while speaking, he took out a notebook to write and draw, and formed words of what he saw and thought. When he finished speaking and finished writing in the notebook, he looked up at Tian Xin opposite, but saw her stunned and looking at him with a complicated expression.

"Hey, stupid, are you asleep?" Wang Bo shook his hand in front of Tian Xin's eyes.

But Tian Xin didn't slap his hand away as usual, but just muttered: "Isn't it that you top students are particularly good at brains, aren't you? I am several years older than you, and I have much more knowledge and social experience than you, and today is the first time to enter McDonald's like you, why can't I see or think of what you just said? Xiaobo, now I realize that in front of you, I am like a fool. After finishing speaking, Tian Xin smiled wryly, looking a little lonely.

"Hehe, envy, isn't it? Don't envy brother, brother is just a legend!" Wang Bo smiled "hehe", said a popular phrase in later generations, and then said, "Actually, it's not! The vast majority of China's top students are equivalent to nerds, the type of stupid people who read and read, how can they compare with me, a person who is 'unprecedented, and no one after him'? Brother is not boasting, my brother can fight these nerds for a lifetime with one idea!"

"Cut! Say you're fat and you'll start to gasp!" Tian Xin was speechless, he wanted to say a few serious words to this guy, but he hadn't been serious for two minutes, and he became indecent again, which made Tian Xin completely lose his serious mood.

"Alas, why is no one always believing the truth?" Wang Bo shook his head and sighed helplessly.

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