Chapter 1306: The World Reunion (2)
The nanny car is about to arrive at the Pangu Grand View Hotel through the crowded steel torrent and blazing sun, and Cheng Xiaoyu and the girls are turning their heads to look at this series of iconic buildings, in addition to the Pangu Grand View, there are also bird's nests and water cubes.
Designed by architect Li Zuyuan, this dragon boat-shaped complex is located in the dragon vein of the central axis of the capital, connected by three international apartments and a seven-star hotel.
Cheng Xiaoyu remembers that Victor Hugo wrote in Notre Dame de Paris: "In fact, from the beginning of the world until the fifteenth century of the Christian era, including the fifteenth century, the art of architecture has always been the greatest book of mankind, the main means of expression of human beings at different stages of their strength or intellectual development."
As the first people felt that their memories were overburdened, and when the baggage of human memories became so mixed and heavy that it was possible to lose some of them on the way by direct and ephemeral words, people recorded their memories on the ground in the most enduring and manifest way. Each tradition is condensed into a monument. ”
Hugo said that the relationship between architecture and civilization was laid out in a few sentences, and in today's China, tradition breeds symbols, but is submerged by symbols.
For example, this Pangu Grand Temple, in the country where he lives without much faith, is a naked worship of power.
Cheng Xiaoyu remembered that in the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church ruled Europe and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build the church and make it a landmark in the city. From the outside, the Gothic church is like a candlestick of God, burning with mysterious, mournful, and sublime strong emotions like flames, making people look up at the sky and the heavenly kingdom beyond the sky;
Inside, the huge colorful glass paintings on the windows and the towering round arches guide the believers to the place where God is through chiaroscuro, the candles illuminated, the sun penetrates, the light is integrated with the wall, or the faint or flickering light constitutes a mysterious and solemn religious aura.
The magnificence of beauty serves the gods.
Hugo's story from the Episcopal Church reflects Paris and fate. Quasimodo, who was standing in the bell tower of the spire of Notre-Dame, was struggling to ring the bell, looking down and seeing the beauty of Esmeralda and the cruelty.
And Cheng Xiaoyu, who was passing by in the world, walked into different buildings, looked up, saw towering domes and strange-shaped structures, and saw the lonely eyes of each different city.
The nanny car drove directly to the door of the hotel lobby, Pei Xiuzhi patted Cheng Xiaoyu, who didn't know what he was thinking, on the shoulder and shouted, "Brother Xiaoyu, it's ....."
Cheng Xiaoyu suddenly stood up with an "oh", and Pei Xiuzhi, who had an innocent expression and a refreshing demeanor, got out of the car, and a red banner was hung at the door of the hotel, "Welcome Yushen and the idol plan to stay in this hotel".
There were many fans on both sides cheering on the side of the wall formed by dozens of security guards in dark blue uniforms, and when Cheng Xiaoyu stepped out of the car, the sound reached a climax, and the call of "Feather God" echoed in the scorching air.
Cheng Xiaoyu waved his hands to both sides, and before entering the lobby, he turned his head and shouted loudly: "The weather is hot, everyone be careful not to suffer from heat stroke, go back early to rest..... See you at the concert!" Then he ordered the staff accompanying "Shanghe" to stay and persuade the fans to leave, he did not stop at the door too much, and went directly into the hall.
The four girls are all wearing white hot pants, with different T-shirts, Pei Xiuzhi is wearing a blue and white striped sea soul shirt, and Cheng Xiujing is an open-waisted suspender....
Cheng Xiaoyu walked at the end and saw the beautiful bodies of the four girls with their own characteristics, the summer heat wave seemed to have disappeared a little, and these fair skin and sweet aroma brought him the same translucency as ice cream.
Under the guidance of the hotel manager who was in charge of receiving them, the group walked directly to the VIP elevator, the towering golden dome and the dragon pillar stood in the center of the hall, extremely luxurious and extravagant, of course, this style that looks very gorgeous is not Cheng Xiaoyu's favorite style, it is too kitsch, he has always liked this style of gold and jade to show his superiority.
The reason why Pangu Daguan was chosen is only because it is relatively close, and this hotel is only more than 500 meters away from the Bird's Nest.
Cheng Xiaoyu lives in 12 sets of "sky courtyards" that are rare in the world on the top floor, claiming that each set of rental fees costs 100 million yuan a year, and is only rented out but not sold, and only leased to powerful celebrities.
Although Cheng Xiaoyu didn't know the price, he also knew that 100 million was just a publicity gimmick, at least he didn't ask much if he lived here.
Arriving at the top floor of the sky courtyard, the landscape is indeed extraordinary, you can have a bird's eye view of the Olympic Village, including the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube, these splendid landmark buildings are in full view, not to mention, the surrounding carved beams and paintings are antique decorations, making people feel that they are in the heavenly palace, and you can imagine how magnificent the night view will be.
The courtyard is divided into two floors.
The first floor can be used for resting, meeting, dining, and a small indoor swimming pool, and the second floor is dominated by bedrooms and study rooms. The atrium is paved with floating soil to plant magnolia and begonia, which symbolize the "golden and jade hall", and a roof that can be opened and closed to insulate from the elements. In the southeast corner, there is an artificial pond for feeding goldfish and koi. In addition, it is also equipped with a specially customized elevator, and the unparalleled sense of dignity is overwhelming.
This courtyard house in the air is still quite in line with Cheng Xiaoyu's mind, Cheng Xiaoyu under the leadership of the beautiful manager, visited and took a few photos, and then went to the study, and the four girls couldn't help but start taking pictures around, even if they are well-informed, they are also very surprised by such a rare building, this is not a place where money can come.
Xu Qinning arrived in the capital a day ahead of them, and when it was almost five o'clock, Xu Qinning came to Pangu Daguan, and the group had dinner in the air courtyard, and then walked to the Bird's Nest stage under the protection of bodyguards.
At seven o'clock, the blue water cube and the sinking sky reflect each other, and the bird's nest with red light is like a huge spaceship lying in the middle of the pool, which is spectacular.
Walking into this magnificent and huge building, on one side of the venue, the workers are still working intensively, the main structure of the stage has been basically completed, and what needs to be done now is to install various mechanisms and screens.
The five girls, including Cheng Xiaoyu, came to this largest and grandest stadium in China for the first time, and as soon as they came in, they couldn't suppress their excitement and shouted in surprise, fantasizing about what it would be like to be full of people.
Cheng Xiaoyu followed the girls to the stage, looked around at the distant empty stands, and actually had a feeling that human beings were so small.
At this time, Quan Youli could no longer restrain the excitement in his heart, stood in the center of the stage, and shouted loudly with both hands into a horn: "Bird's nest! I'm coming!" A moment later, her long echo appeared inside the empty and slightly lonely bird's nest.
Then Pei Xiuzhi and the others also shouted excitedly, and even Xu Qinning shouted a few times, which made Cheng Xiaoyu very fortunate to know that even if the girl with big breasts screamed loudly, she would have a slight breast/shake.
It is also impossible for the members of the "Idol Project" to be excited, and it can be said that it is a supreme honor to hold a concert in the Bird's Nest, since its completion, only two concerts have been held, one is a charity concert initiated by Li Dalong, and domestic first-line stars, including many international stars, have come to cheer.
Another is two years ago, the singer Zhang Xueyu withdrew from the music concert, and that time only 60,000 tickets were sold, and one-third of the stands were fenced off for decoration.
60,000 seats, in fact, it is okay to hold it in the Workers' Stadium, but the meaning of the Bird's Nest is completely different, so the singer is just to fulfill the last wish before quitting the music scene, he said to reporters with tears at the end of the concert: "No regrets in this life!"
There is only one god of song in China, and there is only one Li Dalong in China.
The two of them represent the crowning achievements of Chinese pop music and film, and the Bird's Nest is undoubtedly the place where they were crowned.
And now it is the third concert of the Bird's Nest, which ushered in the "Idol Project" and Cheng Xiaoyu.
There is no doubt that the "Idol Project" is about to usher in the peak of their lives, and being able to sing in such a venue is a great deal for any artist.
Cheng Xiujing looked at the rows of red seats, she was not emotional at all, she actually moistened her eyes, turned her head to Cheng Xiaoyu and said, "Brother Xiaoyu, thank you! Thank you for bringing us here!"
Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the circular deep blue sky, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "It's also my dream to see you standing here!"
Xu Qinning, who was standing beside him, sighed softly: "If Xiaoxi comes, all this will be perfect!" After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Cheng Xiaoyu and smiled: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't mention this....."
Cheng Xiaoyu shook his head and smiled: "Nothing in this world is perfect, but that doesn't prevent this world from being beautiful!
Xu Qinning took Cheng Xiaoyu's hand, the gaffer just connected the cable, and the matrix-like lights on both sides lit up, illuminating the entire bird's nest in detail, she looked at Cheng Xiaoyu's shining side face under the light and said, "I'm looking forward to your performance here!"
Cheng Xiaoyu held Xu Qinning's warm hand and said with a smile: "There will be other surprises at that time!"
"Then I'll wait!" Xu Qinning thought it was a surprise on the performance, but she didn't know that Cheng Xiaoyu's surprise was that he bought tens of millions of flowers, and specially invited a neon fireworks artist to prepare a grand fireworks after the concert, and he would propose to her in the starry sky and bright streamers.
This is also the reason why Cheng Xiaoyu finally changed the venue of the concert to the Bird's Nest, there are some things he can't give, but he knows that Xu Qinning likes romance, and he will still try his best to create this little preference for Xu Qinning.
Although Xu Qinning did not agree with Cheng Xiaoyu and Xia Shamo's testimony in the United States, her attitude towards Cheng Xiaoyu afterwards was a wordless acquiescence.
For Xu Qinning, Cheng Xiaoyu's approach is certainly not a good man, and it even looks a little bad, but the reality is that the more excellent a man is, the more mating rights he has, and the so-called "men become bad when they are rich" is the nature of men's genes.
The different strategies of men and women towards the opposite sex start from a long, long time ago, about 800,000 years. Men want to have more women, and women want to firmly tie the hearts of their spouses are all laws written in human DNA, thinking that men are using hundreds of years of moral sense (less than a hundred years for Chinese people) against hundreds of thousands of years of natural selection, is this realistic?
The reason why it is said that this is the nature of genes is that men are fighting for a wider range of mating rights, so that their genes can be spread more widely, so that their offspring can be continued, and for women, because they are on the disadvantaged side of their biological and social status, they are seeking to combine with better genes to make their genes more conducive to continuity.
Men instinctively tend to disperse, there are hundreds of millions of "seeds" in one fluid, and women instinctively tend to be single-minded, with only one egg.
Of course, in addition to genetic factors, there are also social and cultural factors, men have always been more tolerant and allowed by the opposite sex to have more, while women are less tolerant and tolerant by the social culture.
As we all know, the archway of chastity has always been prepared for women, and this internalization (internalization refers to turning the external norm into an internal moral requirement for oneself. The reasons for this are complex, one is that men are historically dominant, and they are never glorified, and perhaps ridiculed among men.
The second is that the original medical conditions make it impossible to judge the ownership of the child in the case of the woman's cheating, which is completely unacceptable to the dominant man in society, so it puts forward higher moral requirements for women.
Even in modern society, there have been drastic changes in thinking and cognition, but culture is continuous, and this traditional cultural origin of tolerance for men and strictness for women has had a profound impact, which has made this gender identity deeply engraved into our cultural genes.
Of course, Xu Qinning didn't understand these profound truths before, and they were all told to her by Su Yuxi.
However, these are not the fundamental reasons why Xu Qinning accepted Cheng Xiaoyu's request, but she has seen in too many realistic love stories that falling in love is not because each other has found a perfect person, but because we learn to look at an imperfect person with perfect eyes.
Besides, for her, Cheng Xiaoyu is perfect enough, and she can accept this imperfection.
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Back in the aerial courtyard of Pangu Daguan, Cheng Xiaoyu called Wang Ou and asked him for help. Cheng Xiaoyu also considered holographic projection, but this flaw is too big, and he can only think about it, and it is most appropriate to find someone to play "poison".
For him, the only boys who can be completely trusted are Wang Ou and Chen Haoran, although exposing the "poison" is him, there is only good and no harm for him, but Cheng Xiaoyu feels that it is more fun to hand over this secret to future generations to decipher, so he is determined to protect this now somewhat insignificant secret.
Wang Ou and Chen Haoran will only arrive in the capital tomorrow, as for Xia Shamo, because Cheng Xiaoyu planned to propose to Xu Qinning after the concert, he deliberately chose a day when Xia Shamo couldn't get out, so Xia Shamo would not appear at this concert.
Wang Ou was frightened after hearing Cheng Xiaoyu's request, and stammered: "I said Xiaoyu, there won't be any legal problems, right?"
Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the magnificent night scene of the capital and smiled: "Of course not, he agreed to the poison..... He didn't want to show up himself!"
Wang Ou thought about it and felt that it was wrong, and asked with some suspicion: "I said Xiaoyu, could this be a trap? Is this poison reliable? Make yourself so mysterious! Since you agreed, why didn't you show up, and you want to find someone to pretend to be him? The more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes, you must be cautious!"
Cheng Xiaoyu was silent for a moment and said, "There's nothing wrong with it, because he can't show up at all!"
Wang Ou asked puzzledly, "Why? Could it be that he is on an alien planet?"
Cheng Xiaoyu said lightly: "Because he can't play two roles by himself!"
Wang Ou didn't understand what Cheng Xiaoyu meant, and replied, "What?"
Cheng Xiaoyu let out a "uh" and explained: "Because I am the poison, the poison is me.... I can't play two roles on the stage by myself...."As soon as Cheng Xiaoyu's words fell, I heard a "bang", the sound of a cup or bottle falling on the wooden floor, and then Wang Ou exclaimed loudly with an incredible distantness: "What~~~~???"
(2-in-1 update, strive to update two chapters today)