Today is the Chinese New Year, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The land of China has long been immersed in the strong flavor of the New Year, and in Europe, which is thousands of miles away, except for some places where Chinese gather, this atmosphere can be felt, everything seems to be the same as usual in other regions.

For Westerners, Christmas has been over for more than a month, and it seems that we are back on track for a long time. The whole of London is as lively as ever.

During the morning rush hour, there are a large number of people on the bus or the subway. The London Underground, in particular, is simply crowded.

A few of them were clearly not ordinary office workers, but looked like officials from the City of London. That's right, they are Woodward, the head of the London Underground project, and Tang Guofu, including the London City Council, and several others.

Tang Guofu is a British Chinese, working in the City of London, although the level is not very high, but the seniority is relatively old, and he has more than 20 years of experience in government departments.

The group walked into the London Underground station.

Seeing so many people, it was simply crowded, Woodward and the others thought in their hearts, fortunately, they began to completely replace the old subway, if it is still those old subways, it is estimated that it will be embarrassing, especially during peak hours like this.

Soon after, a subway locomotive came and stopped next to the platform, and many people crowded into the subway, but if you look closely, you will find that there are still a small number of people who did not squeeze on the train, I don't know if it was because they were not in a hurry or because of other reasons.

This is a dark red old subway, which looks relatively old and old, and it is estimated that it has been in use here for more than ten or twenty years.

Woodward was attentive, and he found that there were very few people who could have squeezed into this subway, but they were not in a hurry to squeeze in, as if waiting for the arrival of the next subway.

He stopped, wanting to see what was going on, and whispered to the people next to him about the discovery, and the others nodded lightly and began to pay attention.

A few minutes later, another subway locomotive came by, it was also an old subway locomotive, and you could feel its old from the outside, without having to climb inside the subway locomotive to feel it.

However, there are still a large number of people crowded on this subway, probably because they are in a hurry to go to work, they have no choice, but there are still a small number of people who do not squeeze on this subway, Woodward and others think that they can squeeze on, but they just don't get on this subway.

That's where it gets interesting.

What's going on here?

Tang Guofu was also observing this phenomenon, and after careful observation, he had some guesses in his heart, so he said softly: "Mr. Woodward, this small number of people may not be in a hurry, they are simply waiting for the arrival of those new subways that we have put into use." ”

These new subways, designed and developed by Jiuzhou Metro, are all manufactured by Siemens Rolling Vehicles in Europe, and more than 20 such subways have been put into use.

Siemens' factory is still producing very fast, producing several such subways before Christmas, and more than a dozen in January, and this month, that is, February, the production and manufacturing volume is estimated to reach more than 20 trains.

More than 20 trains have been put into operation on the London Underground line, and accordingly, the City of London has replaced the oldest 20 trains and is ready to be eliminated.

Seeing Tang Guofu's speculation, Woodward thought that this was possible, so he said: "Let's wait here, if they are really waiting for the arrival of the new subway, it will be too surprising, and it also shows that the new subway is very popular among these citizens who travel by subway." ”

It's very easy to verify if this is the case, just wait here patiently for a few minutes.

After about two or three minutes, another subway train came by, it stopped steadily next to the platform, and as soon as the door opened, many people rushed to this subway, with no doubt exceptions, including the last time the subway came over, those who could have squeezed up but did not squeeze.

Why is this so?

Because this subway is a brand new subway, its appearance is stylish and beautiful, and it is in stark contrast to the old subways just now.

The guess was confirmed, and Woodward's mouth opened slightly in surprise, and he thought to himself, God, it's really like this, they didn't squeeze the previous two subway locomotives before, but they were actually waiting for the arrival of this new subway.

After reacting, Woodward waved loudly, "Gentlemen, let's go up too." ”

Several people from Woodward, including Tang Guofu, also crowded into the subway locomotive with the crowd, and soon after getting on the train, the doors closed and the subway started.

It still starts smoothly, runs quietly, and has minimal vibration and shaking. Woodward and the others nodded gently, this is not the first time they have taken the subway of Jiuzhou Metro Company, but every time it feels so good, and this time is no exception.

Nodding approvingly, Woodward began to talk to a young man next to him. He noticed that the young man had obviously not gotten on the subway the last time it came, and he could have squeezed on the last subway.

"Hello, Woodward. ”

The young man frowned slightly, and after making sure that the middle-aged man in front of him wanted to chat with him, he said, "I'm Jack McCarthy, you can call me Jack." ”

"Hello Jack, I'm the person in charge of the London Underground project, and I'd like to ask you why you chose to ride this new Underground train. ”

Jack McCarthy was stunned for a moment, not expecting Woodward to be the person in charge of the London Underground project, and after reacting, he said happily: "Oh, Mr. Woodward is so glad to know you, really very happy." Why do I want to take this new subway, it's undoubtedly great, isn't it, it's the best and most comfortable subway I've ever ridden, and you can see how beautiful it is designed, how stylish it is......"

It seems that the young Jack McCarthy is a talker, and he said a lot in one breath, and he did not hesitate to praise the new subway train.

Then he said, "Mr. Woodward, you have done a good thing by replacing all these damn old tubes in London, all of them will be replaced with new tubes, and now I am thrilled to think about it, and we will be able to travel on this new tube at any time without having to wait." God, it's like a dream. ”

Woodward laughed.

Tang Guofu next to him also smiled happily.

I didn't expect the new subway to be so popular, and some people even waited for the new subway to come and only chose to take the new subway.

Especially feeling the praise of young people, Woodward thought to himself, it seems that we have really done a very right thing, and choosing the products of Jiuzhou Metro Company is also the wisest thing to do.

It's just that the number of new tubes is still a little less, and there are only more than 20 trains, which is only one-tenth of the total number of London undergrounds, no, I want to call Siemens Vehicles and urge them to speed up the production process and produce more new tubes to deliver to us.

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Westgate Vehicle Group, European plant.

A few months ago, it was a little deserted, because there was a slight lack of orders, and since three or four months ago, it has gradually become busy, especially last month, when more than a dozen of these new subways were produced in one go.

Grudy actually received a phone call from Woodward from London, in which Woodward expressed two meanings, the first is that he will come to the factory in the near future to inspect the factory, and the second is to urge Siemens Vehicles to speed up the production and scale of the new subway required for the London Underground project.

Woodward will be visiting the factory for one purpose, to expand its production and produce larger quantities of the new subway they need.

Grudy also seemed to be feeling some pressure.

He thought to himself that maybe he would have to slow down the production of other models of the subway and put more people and production resources on the production of the new tube for the London Underground project.

At least 20 or so of these new subways will be produced this month, and from next month, the number of such new subways is estimated to remain at more than 30 per month.

The number of more than 30 trains per month, Grudy thought to himself, a total of 280 subways, nearly 30 have been produced and manufactured, and there are more than 250 trains left, and it will take 8 or 9 months to complete the production of all the subways needed for the entire London Underground project.

How comfortable and proud it should be to complete this super big order!

Thousands of miles away in China.

Because it is the traditional Chinese New Year, it is completely different from the West, especially without the busyness of the European factories of Siemens Vehicle Group, and the vast land of China is completely immersed in the auspicious and festive Spring Festival.

In the past few days, Tang Fei has been staying in Qingjiang City, enjoying this Spring Festival with his family.

From today onwards, Tang Fei's house will be even more lively, with an endless stream of relatives and friends who come to visit the New Year, completely crowding the entire living room.

It's really poor in the downtown and no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.

Tang Fei didn't know many relatives very well, but seeing that his parents were very happy, and they were happy to entertain these relatives, Tang Fei didn't bother to care about these, and during the Spring Festival, it was a good thing that the family was lively.

Everything was entertained by his parents, Tang Fei just stayed in the living room for a while, showed his face among the relatives, and then chatted casually with everyone before leaving the house alone.

Although the distance was not far, Tang Fei still chose to drive, put his things in the trunk of his Humvee, and then drove away from the residential complex where his home was located.

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Today's three watches, the first one is sent!