La Défense business district is the premier central business district of the Paris metropolitan area, as well as the largest and most concentrated business district in Europe. Located in the Hautes-Seine department west of Paris, Nanterre on the west bank of the Seine.

As the most well-established business district in Europe, La Défense is a symbol of France's economic prosperity, with the largest number of skyscrapers in the Paris metropolitan area. At the same time, it is also the economic center and commercial center of the whole France, and most of the headquarters of French banks and large companies are located here, so it is also known as the Wall Street of France.

The two vans followed the A1 road to the Stade de France, and instead of heading towards the city, they continued westward, crossing the Seine and then south along the D7 road.

"Director Xu, Director Wang, this is the biggest stadium in France, and in the final of last year's World Cup, the French team won the championship against Brazil. From here to the south, there is the center of Paris, but it is all old, urban areas, and development is not allowed, so the French government has specially developed a business district in the Nauil area, just like our Puhai New District in Puhai. ”

"Xiao Chen, you should also be on a business trip for the first time, right? Why do you know Paris well? ”

"When I was in college, I spent a year in the UK, and my girlfriend was studying in Paris, so I've been here a lot and I'm familiar with the big layout."

Director Xu laughed and said, "Then we come here this time, and we have to count on you to shop." ”

"No problem, La Défense, where we are going to live, is actually very close to the city, especially with the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées, which is a road, so you won't get lost."

Han Sujie has arranged a four-star hotel in cooperation with Total, which is located less than a kilometer from Total's headquarters, on the banks of the Seine, opposite Neuilly, one of the most exclusive residential areas in Paris.

Except for Minister Xue, who stayed in a suite, the two directors lived in a single room, and the remaining six people were arranged in three double rooms. This set of standards is strictly in accordance with PetroChina's business trip standards, but Chen Mo also knows that since this negotiation with Total is the initiative of PetroChina, as the acquirer, these expenses have been finalized by Han Sujie and Total, and Total will bear this part of the cost.

In other words, in the two days they lived here, according to Chen Mo's standard, they also had a subsidy of 300 euros. Although half of the income of the translation department will be handed over after returning home, the 150 euros for two days is not a small amount of money.

The colleague in the same room as Chen Mo is Sun Nanfei from the Legal Department, he is nearly forty years old this year, according to his age, Chen Mo didn't think he had ever called him an uncle. He seems to be a nerd with a kind personality, because his research direction is the laws and regulations of African countries, so although he has many opportunities to travel, most of them are to various backward regions in Africa, and it is the first time to come to France.

However, due to the long occupation of Africa by European countries, their legal systems have also evolved from civil law and common law systems. Therefore, although Sun Nanfei is not very good at spoken English and French, he should be stronger than Chen Mo in terms of proficiency in writing.

At this time, it was already past lunch time, and although the manager of the external relations department of Total was assigned a reception task and ordered the hotel to prepare lunch, he could not wait to leave without the hospitality of the Chinese, and arranged everything properly. It's time for the weekend break, and we have to wait until tomorrow to talk about big things.

Chen Mo had already eaten lunch, but he still accompanied Han Sujie and Meng Jiarong to the restaurant with them, but each of them just asked for a cup of coffee and watched the few of them gobble down the steak in front of them.

With the presence of leaders, whether they want to or not, they must always make a certain gesture. Don't say that state-owned enterprises, government departments, or private enterprises should do enough.

After eating and drinking, Minister Xue said with satisfaction: "Xiao Chen, you will definitely help your colleagues bring some famous brands back when you come over, right?" Today is Sunday, just a half-day off for you, you know Paris a little better, and you take a few colleagues out for a walk. But don't be too late, we have a meeting in the evening to arrange tomorrow's work. ”

"Minister Xue, do you want to go out with us? There are still a lot of attractions in Paris, and there are many places worth visiting. I'm going to be busy tomorrow, and I'm going to leave the day after tomorrow, so I'm afraid I don't have much time. ”

"No, I've been here in Paris once last month, and I don't need to buy anything this time. I have already made an appointment with Director Han's family, and I will visit her house in the evening. You work hard with Xiao Meng and take everyone to shop more. ”

Hearing Minister Xue say this, Chen Mo was no longer polite, after all, the leader's itinerary was not something that a small soldier like him could interfere with, and it was best to obey the arrangement.

Coming out of the hotel, the group did not take a car, and the distance from here to the central business district of La Défense was only one stop, and everyone walked past. To really go to the city, you need to go to the central area to take a car.

Although the La Défense business district is a new town of Paris, and most of them are high-rise buildings, it has a lot less historical heritage than the historic city of Paris. But one thing that is well worth visiting here is the separation of people and vehicles, which is unique in the world.

At the outset of the construction of the La Défense district, the traffic system was completely separated from the pedestrian and vehicular flows, without interfering with each other, with commercial and residential buildings connected by a huge plaza on the ground floor and a network of roads, trains, parking lots and metro stations underground. In terms of overall planning, the design of street space composed of pavement levels, pools, trees, green spaces, paving, sketches, sculptures, squares, etc. is emphasized.

So, in the central area, there is not a single car, and the whole area is like a planned big square, where people can roam freely without worrying about cars coming and going.

However, although there are some shops here, they are mainly aimed at the white-collar class who work here in Paris, the prices are not too low, and the variety is not as complete as that of the Champs-Élysées.

Chen Mo and the others came over to carry the task of shopping, and everyone had a written list, although they had a few hours, the shopping was not too sufficient. So everyone just took a cursory look and took the subway into the city.

From west to east, after getting off at Place Charles de Gaulle, the Arc de Triomphe, on both sides of the Champs-Élysées, including the neighborhoods, is one of the most elite shopping areas in Paris. This point is not even comparable to the ninth arrondissement of the Spring Department Store and Lafayette Department Store.

Chen Mo has no interest in shopping, but it is Li Shan's biggest hobby, so he has already visited Li Shan many times for the shopping map here. According to the list in everyone's hand, after they visited LV, Chanel, Gucci and other luxury brand stores together, they broke it down to zero and went to the team to purchase.

Chen Mo's shopping task is not heavy, but he has a more important task, which is to write a travelogue for Cao Yu's travel website. In his travelogue in Paris, Chen Mo is going to make a set of shopping maps, combining the price information, store addresses, store services and locations of some famous brand stores, and specially making a special travelogue.

He also had no choice but to do it, after all, he was not here to travel, only half a day to meet, for Paris, it was impossible to finish the tour. However, he and Li Shan have taken a lot of photos in Paris before, and they also know the situation here, so it is not too difficult to complete the task.

From LV at the entrance of George V Street, to Hermes, to BMW, Chen Mo focused his attention on the vicinity of the embassy in China. Not only did he take a lot of photos outside, but he also went in and got a contact sheet in the hall. This one has the embassy's phone number on it, and it's going to be put online when you go back.

Chinese people who come to Paris for tourism generally do not know the address and telephone number of the embassy, and it can be convenient for everyone to put it on the Internet. Whatever difficulties you encounter in Paris, you can seek help from the embassy, but many people don't seem to know about it.

Once when Chen Mo and Li Shan were playing in the Bois de Boulogne, they met several domestic tourists, who were ridiculous because they were seduced by the forest, and one of them had their wallets and passports stolen.

From its humble beginnings as a small village 2,000 years ago, Paris has become the central city of Europe. Hundreds of nationalities have left a deep imprint here, although the brilliant humanistic atmosphere of Paris has long been inherited, but at the same time, many ethnic contradictions have been left behind.

If nothing else, just law and order, not only is there more chaos than civil strife, but it is also a famous place of chaos in Europe. The Arabs, North Africans, Latins, Asians, including people from other provinces, make no less than 500,000 yuan of money by going out of the way, and in some chaotic communities, they should not go out alone at night, otherwise they will be robbed.

Although in some tourist areas and shopping areas, there are fewer robbers, but petty theft is definitely dozens of times more than in China. And the French government can't do anything about it, counting on them to solve the case, it doesn't have to be easy to find a needle in a haystack.

These people also panicked at the time, it didn't matter if they didn't have a wallet, but without a passport, it was difficult to even go back. However, Chen Mo sent them to the embassy, only to know that it was not much serious. With the help of the embassy and a replacement temporary passport, all the problems can be solved.

After taking pictures of the main stores in the entire eighth district, Chen Mo took a car to the ninth district, and in several department stores, he also took a lot of photos, and finally used up the four rolls of film he had prepared, and Chen Mo bought four more rolls, and then stopped.

Chen Mo remembered the evening meeting and did not dare to delay it for too long. I took a few photos of the night scene, bought a big burger for dinner, weighed a few catties of French grapes, and took the subway to rush back.

However, it turns out that although the words of the leader cannot be ignored, they should not be taken too seriously. Chen Mo returned to the hotel before nine o'clock, but the shopping team was half an hour later than him, and as for the big leader, Minister Xue, it was not until half past eleven that he returned to the hotel drunk.

Seeing that everyone was there, Minister Xue was obviously very satisfied, said a few words casually, arranged tomorrow's work, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.