Chapter 128: Buckingham Palace
Chapter 128 Buckingham Palace
"There are still a few days left, and we still have a chance," Zeng Yi said, "I personally believe that things are man-made, and I will not give up until the last moment, and I will not give up until the last moment." ”
Li Shunlong and Wang Xumin looked at Zeng Yi and didn't say anything, they didn't go to the booth these days, so they were not qualified to say Zeng Yi, but they all felt that Zeng Yi was just singing high-pitched, and the exhibition ended up looking at the results, not saying beautiful words, and coming up with beautiful results.
Yan Rong frowned slightly, his opinion of Zeng Yi was even worse, who wouldn't say this kind of thing, the key is to come up with a solution.
Kang Delai nodded and said: "Comrade Xiao Zeng can treat his work with this attitude, which is correct, although the current situation is not optimistic, we still have to be full of confidence, or with full enthusiasm, to devote ourselves to the work." ”
Kant came to say this obviously without confidence, even he didn't believe it, and the current situation was not only not optimistic, it was simply terrible.
After saying this, Kant announced the adjournment of the meeting: "Let's do it today, everyone should rest early and nourish their spirits in order to work better." ”
On the eleventh day of the exhibition, the five members of the Nanyun team went into battle collectively, but when the exhibition was suspended, they still had nothing, and on the bus back to the hotel, the ridicule from other counties was even worse, except for Zeng Yi, the faces of the other four people were blue.
Kant came and got out of the car, and without eating dinner, he went straight back to the house to sleep, with a very low and heavy expression on his face.
On the morning of the twelfth day, Zeng Yi went out with the medical box, and when he arrived at the exhibition site, he asked Kant for leave, "Minister Kang, I have something to do and need to leave for half a day." ”
Kant looked in a bad mood, waved his hand, and said, "Go, remember to come back on time." ”
"Xiao Yan I also want to borrow it together, her English is good," Zeng Yi said again.
Kant sighed and said, "Go ahead, you two go out together, I'll keep watch here." ”
Yan Rong's face was cold, and sure enough, she could only talk about it, and the day before yesterday she said that she would hold on until the last moment, and it was only one day, and she was about to escape, she said: "I have work to do, Director Zeng will go by himself." ”
Zeng Yi said: "I went out today for the project, and I need an assistant." ”
Kant came and said: "Everyone has come all the way here to work, since Xiao Zeng needs help, Xiao Yan, don't shirk it, go with Director Xiao Zeng." ”
Although Yan Rong was unhappy in her heart, Zeng Yi was under the guise of work, and she couldn't refuse, her division of labor this time was to cooperate with the work of several other people, and she packed up her things and followed Zeng Yi out of the exhibition hall.
"Where the hell are you going?" Yan Rong was so angry in his heart that he didn't even bother to say the three words of Director Zeng.
"You'll know when you arrive" Zeng Yi stretched out his hand to stop the car, and waited for Yan Rong to sit in before he said: "Go to Buckingham Palace"
Yan Rong almost got out of the car with the door of the car, saying that he was going to run errands, but he went to Buckingham Palace again, isn't this going to play? Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the Queen of England, and it will be open for two months a year, providing some rooms for the public to visit, but it is not open now, and Kant came here a few days ago, and took a lot of photos of the changing of the guard of the royal doorman outside the palace.
"Go to Buckingham Palace now, will you have a chance to see the Queen?" Zeng Yi asked.
The British taxi driver, no different from China, is more talkative, he said: "The queen is sick, the media says that she now lives in Windsor Castle in the suburbs, you go to Buckingham Palace, you will definitely not see it." ”
"Will the queen be able to attend the royal parade in a few days?" Zeng Yi asked again.
The driver was interested, and said, "I bet five hundred pounds, and bet that the queen will not be there." ”
Yan Rong was almost dizzy, listening to Zeng Yi chatting with the driver, he was extremely fluent, there was no communication barrier, his English level could fully cope with communication, but he used his good English to pull himself out. Yan Rong sat there with a cold face, simply ignored Zeng Yi, and when he arrived at the place, as long as Zeng Yi was going to play, he would turn around and leave immediately, what was there to see about Buckingham Palace, he had been here many times.
Recently, the hottest topic in the UK is whether the Queen can attend the annual royal military parade. Since the Queen of England ascended the throne, every year on her birthday, there will be a grand royal military parade, except for one year in the middle that was not held because of the workers' strike, all the other years, held as scheduled.
The current Queen of England is very long-lived, next year is the 60th anniversary of the accession to the throne, the whole British are looking forward to this important day, but the Queen is sick, some time ago there was a very important award ceremony, but because the Queen was sick and could not preside over and was canceled, so now they are speculating whether this year's royal parade will be held as scheduled.
Not only the British are guessing, but the people of other countries are also guessing, Zeng Yi read the newspaper yesterday, and now many bookmakers have opened a handicap for this matter, betting that the odds of this year's military parade can be held are 1 to 3.5, and the odds of betting that the Queen of England can hold the 60th anniversary celebration of her accession to the throne next year are actually 1 to 31.
The higher the odds, the lower the probability of the event, which shows that the British people are also very bad at their queen's physical condition, and they think that even if the queen can survive this year, she will never survive next year.
When the car arrived at the square in front of Buckingham Palace, the British flag could be seen flying on Buckingham Palace from a distance, proving that the Queen was not in the palace at this time, and if she was in the palace, the royal flag would be hanging above the palace.
When he got out of the car, Zeng Yi said to the taxi driver: "I suggest you go back and buy another 500 pounds, so that the queen can attend this year's military parade." ”
The driver shrugged, "Wai? Dude, do you have any inside scoop? ”
Zeng Yi shook his head with a smile, "I don't have any inside information, but if you do what I say, you will definitely make a profit." ”
The driver's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is this a prophecy?" Are you a wizard from China? ”
Zeng Yi didn't explain, pushed the door and got out of the car, handed over his medical box to Yan Rong's hand, and said: "From now on, you are my assistant, you don't need to speak, you just need to stand aside with the box." ”
After speaking, Zeng Yi walked towards Buckingham Palace with his hands behind his back and steady steps.
Yan Rong looked at Zeng Yi's back, eager to itch at the root of her teeth, she really wanted to drop Zeng Yi's broken wooden box and come out to play, do you even want to find an assistant to help you carry the box, your pedigree as the deputy director of the Health Bureau is inevitably too big
Carrying it, and found that the box was still a little heavy, Yan Rong cursed Zeng Yi to death in his heart, this person is not only hateful, but also has no gentlemanly demeanor, and even let a beautiful girl like him carry such a heavy box.
Seeing Zeng Yi pass through the statue on the square, and go directly to the south gate of Buckingham Palace, Yan Rong's face showed a smile that was ready to see the excitement, this director of the Tubaozi in the countryside, do you think Buckingham Palace is the health bureau of your Nanyun County, is it that everyone can enter casually?
That door would not have opened without an invitation from the royal family. Even within two months of opening to the public, tickets to visit Buckingham Palace are hard to come by, and if you don't make a reservation in advance, you'll have to wait in long lines for hours at the box office.
At the entrance of the South Gate, there stood the royal doorman, wearing a red shirt, black pants, and a strange furry hat on his head.
Seeing Zeng Yi coming over, the doorman stepped forward and stopped Zeng Yi. Yan Rong, who was following behind, showed a wicked smile, this dirt bun is out of trouble
Zeng Yi took out an invitation letter from his jacket pocket and said, "I am a doctor from China, and I have made an appointment, and the lady in the back is my assistant." ”
After checking Zeng Yi's pass, the doorman took a step back and made way for the palace, and the iron-barred gate of the palace opened.
Seeing Zeng Yi swaggering in, Yan Rong was dumbfounded, how could this dirt bun have an invitation from the British royal family
Zeng Yi turned around and said, "Go faster"
Yan Rong let out an "ah", and hurriedly lowered his head and quickly followed, but he couldn't figure it out in his heart, shouldn't it, 99.9% of the British people would never have heard of Nanyun, the gate of the British Palace, how could it be opened for the deputy director of the Nanyun Health Bureau
Walking to the gate of the palace, an old British man wearing a dark blue butler suit walked out, bent down to salute, and said, "It's Dr. Zeng Yi from China, right?" ”
Zeng Yi just bowed slightly, "Yes"
The old butler immediately led the way and led Zeng Yi into the palace.
The height of the royal palace is very high, people walk into it, it will appear a little small, the marble pillars that can be seen everywhere support the structure of the entire palace, the floor of the corridor is covered with red carpets, there are many old-fashioned mahogany sofas placed on both sides, and the huge picture frames hanging on the wall are all the excellent works of famous painters of the past dynasties, and the content of the paintings is mostly the portraits of the kings of the British royal family.
The whole palace was decorated with gold and magnificence, and Zeng Yi's favorite was the giant chandelier hanging from the vaulted dome, on which at least a hundred candles were inserted.
Walking here, there is a feeling of traveling through time, which can make people feel the glory and wealth of this once "empire on which the sun never sets".
Today, the British royal family is no longer what it used to be, and although the Queen is still nominally the supreme commander of 16 countries, it is actually difficult for them to even be their own masters.
Take the Buckingham Palace in front of you, as the Queen's own residence, it is open for tourists to visit, some people say that it is because the Queen of England has too many ancient castles and ancient cultural relics, and the annual cost of repair and maintenance is too high, so it has to rely on tourism income to make up for the maintenance costs. But some people say that it is because the British government asked the Queen of England to reduce the annual income received from the government, and the Queen did not agree, so the government opened Buckingham Palace.
Today's Queen of England has become a spiritual symbol, a cultural specimen, and no longer has anything to do with politics, but her existence is still crucial to Britain, and she guarantees the stability of Britain to a certain extent.
In the UK, you can see people opposing the government and spitting on politicians, but you rarely see anyone opposing the Queen. Politicians can not be liked, or even voted out of power by voters, but the existence of the Queen of England proves to the world the existence and continuation of a country.
The old butler led Zeng Yi into a reception hall, where there was a blonde girl who stepped forward and stretched out her hand: "Hello, I am a staff member of the royal family, responsible for the queen's health issues, my name is Kailin." ”
Zeng Yi shook his hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”
"Please sit" Kai Lin stretched out her hand and invited Zeng Yi to sit on a mahogany sofa, "We have received your letter, first of all, thank you for your concern for the Queen's health, and in addition, we want to test your medical qualifications." ”
"No problem" Zeng Yi smiled and took out a badge from his jacket pocket, "This badge, can it prove my qualifications?" ”
Kai Lin's eyes lit up, took it and carefully verified the authenticity of the badge, then handed the badge back to Zeng Yi, and said, "Doctor Zeng, if you pass, I will arrange for you to diagnose the queen immediately." ”
Zeng Yi's badge is not simple, it is an academic organization called the world's top medical talent salon, issued to the identity certificate of its members, this organization brings together the world's top medical talents, it is difficult to enter this organization, it is said that so far, this kind of badge has only been issued about 130 yuan. Every member of this organization is a top figure in the medical field, and many of them have been featured in Time magazine in the United States.
Zeng Yi is not a member of this organization, and this badge was won by him by betting with a foreigner to cure his illness. The day before yesterday, he saw a report in the newspaper that the Queen of England was ill, so he sent an email to the office of Buckingham Palace according to the email address written in the newspaper, and Mao recommended himself.
The Queen of England seems to have a transcendent status, but to put it bluntly, she is actually just a well-known celebrity, a bit like a Hollywood star, she is sick, it is not as complicated as many people think, and like ordinary people, she has to go to a doctor by herself, and the British government will not be responsible for finding a doctor, nor will it reimburse medical expenses.
Because of his serious illness this time, Buckingham Palace has sent invitations to many famous doctors and authoritative medical institutions around the world, and of course, there are also many doctors who have recommended themselves, and Zeng Yi is just one of them. Although the Queen of England has little power, she is a public figure with great influence, and if she can cure her illness, this doctor will definitely become famous in one fell swoop, so many doctors flock to her.
This exhibition was not going well, Zeng Yi wanted to come here to try, if the doctor who cured the Queen's disease came from Nanyun, then Nanyun's fame would definitely start.
Yan Rong behind her was a little surprised, she didn't expect Zeng Yi to come to see the Queen of England, but she looked down on Zeng Yi a little bit, and if someone else changed, she might not have the courage to dare to come here to try.
The two sat in the room drinking tea, waiting for the staff's arrangement, at this time the old housekeeper knocked on the door again and walked in, followed by a yellow-skinned and black-eyed person, about thirty-six or seventeen years old, the most obvious thing is that the other party's hand also carried a wooden box, although it is very different from the style of Zeng Yixing's medical box, but it can still be seen at a glance that the other party is also a Chinese medicine doctor, and it is very traditional.
Zeng Yi said in his heart that it was interesting, he actually met his peers here today.
The other party saw the medical box that Yan Rong was holding in his hand, and his eyes also showed a look of surprise, and then he walked over.