Chapter Eighty-Six: Shopping
The plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and after the delegation got off the plane, they were greeted by counselors from the Chinese Embassy in Paris, France.
The delegation was then accommodated in a hotel near Avenue George V in the 8th arrondissement, not far from the Chinese Embassy in France.
The first impression of the members of the delegation was that this hotel was expensive, because it was not a tourist season, the room rate here was only 11 US dollars a day, but 11 US dollars a day was also expensive!
Counselor Liu of the embassy said with a smile: "It's cheap here, and the environment is not bad!" ”
He said to the head of the palace and the deputy head of the group: "Today everyone has a rest, tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the morning, the French Minister of Industry will meet with the delegation, and then they will arrange for everyone to visit the WÈN." ”
Head Gong and Deputy Head Song nodded understandingly, and asked people to meet with them without getting off the plane. The French sent a minister to meet everyone, which can be regarded as a very face-saving thing, and the reception standard is a little higher.
Head Gong and Deputy Head Song and others felt good. The head of the palace instructed everyone: "Let's have a meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon!" Those who want to go out can only go out after applying for approval! That, Comrade Kobayashi, please take care of everyone! ”
Lin Qiangsheng was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the head of the palace looking at him kindly, he grinned and smiled bitterly.
There was only one translator in the inspection team, and the leaders saw that Lin Qiangsheng spoke a good foreign language, and of course they thought of him.
Lin Qiangsheng secretly thought, isn't this self-inflicted!
It's almost 1 o'clock now, and everyone quickly assigns a room. To save money, it's basically three or four people crammed into a room. Two people sleep on the bed, and two people can sleep on the ground. It's affordable to spread the cost of the room in this way.
The fat French proprietress watched a group of Chinese swarm into the guest room with contempt, shook her head, and yelled and cursed a bunch of swear words.
As soon as Lin Qiangsheng washed up, someone knocked on the door. Those who came in were the family members of the group, and everyone was in good spirits and went out for a walk.
One of the family members who came from the industrial department said with a smile to Xu Hongmei: "Big sister, let's go out for a stroll together!" Call your children, you see that we don't know foreign languages! ”
"That's it! Let's get out and about! When the meeting is supposed to be held, our family members will move freely, and we will stay anyway! Others followed suit.
This time, there were seven or eight family members who came with the group, and most of them went abroad at public expense. Reimburse the round-trip travel expenses, and I don't know if the expenses are reimbursed when I get outside. When I went abroad for the first time, everyone was inevitably excited. At the same time, they don't want to waste the opportunity to go abroad, so they seize the time to walk around and see more, and they are very anxious!
Xu Hongmei looked at everyone, it was difficult to refuse, and said to Lin Qiangsheng: "Why don't you son, you go out with everyone?" ”
Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! If you don't come to Paris, France, if you don't go to the Champs, don't you see the Eiffel Tower, won't it be in vain! Let's go! ”
When the family members saw the young man so happy, they immediately became happy and went back to clean up.
Xu Hongmei and Lin Xiangrong looked at each other, and Lin Xiangrong said to his wife: "Why don't you go too!" It's not easy to get out on a trip, so don't waste time. I have a meeting in the afternoon, and it's boring for you to stay here. ”
Xu Hongmei thought for a while, nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay!" Then I'll go out for a walk, and I don't know what this foreign country is like! ”
After a while, the family members gathered in the hallway. There are many compatriots from China in this hotel, and they have also come out to look at them.
Head Gong and Deputy Head Song also rushed over, followed by Gong Ya and Deputy Head Song's wife.
Head Gong and Lin Qiangsheng said a few words, Lin Qiangsheng promised that he would not lose everyone, Head Gong nodded in embarrassment, and instructed: "Deputy Head Song's lover can also speak English!" You take care of each other, and if you have something, you can find a phone booth on the street and call the embassy, this is the number! It's a coin! ”
Deputy Head Song's wife is about 50 years old, she smiled and waved her hand again and again and said, "I will, I forgot about it a long time ago, and I gave it back to the teacher!" ”
Everyone smiled, of course, she couldn't trouble her to take care of everyone, the level of the family was there.
Lin Qiangsheng took the phone number, pushed the coin back, and said with a smile: "Head Gong, I have the coin!" ”
Head Gong nodded, turned his head to look at his granddaughter, and Gong Ya also walked to Lin Qiangsheng's side.
"Take me one! I want to get out too! Gong Ya said with a smile.
Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "Welcome!" Don't worry, a qiē package on me, I can't lose you! ”
After everyone was ready, they set off under the escort of the inspection group.
Walking on the road, looking at the exotic buildings on both sides, everyone felt very strange, and they carefully looked at what they saw and heard on the street. When they met a foreigner, they all hurriedly hid, and they also talked about the beauty and ugliness of others. Of course, their old-fashioned outfits have also attracted the attention of many foreigners.
Lin Qiangsheng said to everyone as he walked: "Let's take the bus to Haussmann Street, where there are several world-famous department stores such as Spring Department Store, if you want to buy electrical appliances, go there and have a look!" It's also close to the Paris Opera. ”
"Good! Just watch it, young man! Anyway, it's our first time abroad, as long as we don't lose everyone! A middle-aged aunt said with a smile.
Lin Qiangsheng also smiled, and he led everyone to the nearby bus stop. It is said that taxis in Paris are expensive, so just take the bus.
"Everyone have change, cash, coins, 1 franc bus fare." Lin Qiangsheng said.
Everyone took out the prepared change and waited on the platform in a daze.
The bus came, and the driver watched a bunch of strangely dressed Asians get on the bus. Lin Qiangsheng walked at the end, greeted the driver with a smile, and asked for directions.
Although Lin Qiangsheng greeted him in French and asked for directions in English, the driver still enthusiastically told him the distance in French.
Lin Qiangsheng smiled and nodded, even guessing, probably knowing that he would arrive in a few stops.
After more than 10 minutes of driving, I arrived at Haussmann Street.
When he got here, Lin Qiangsheng breathed a sigh of relief and took everyone to a crowded place.
Galeries Lafayette is on sale from December to mid-February, so there are many people from all over the world who come here to shop.
Lin Qiangsheng greeted everyone and asked everyone to pay attention not to get separated.
With sumptuous palace decorations, Byzantine giant carved gold domes, and a crowd of people, shopping here is a real pleasure.
When the family members entered this world-class department store, they were immediately shocked by the luxurious and high-end atmosphere here.
One by one, it really feels like a bun, no different!
This luxurious decoration, high-end atmosphere and high-grade goods, a dazzling array of places in the oversized hall. The warm smile of the sales staff and the generous spending of the customers! They were amazed and shocked!
It turns out that the store can be like this! Those department stores in the country have become dilapidated warehouses compared to here!
The cosmetics and women's clothing in the main building are not very daring to be seen by the family members. Although they are very envious, they want to save every penny to buy electrical appliances. Therefore, everyone took a few nostalgic glances, and went upstairs to find the electrical sales area.
In the electrical area, Lin Qiangsheng spent nearly $3,000 to buy a Leica M4 camera with a good lens. He also bought four or five rolls of Kodak film. The family members are looking at other household appliances, comparing prices, discussing when to buy the right one, and taking it home directly when the time comes.
Lin Qiangsheng walked to his mother's side, Gong Ya was accompanying Xu Hongmei, and the two were holding their arms and chatting quietly.
"Johnson & Johnson, what did you buy?" Xu Hongmei saw the camera in her son's hand and asked in surprise.
Lin Qiangsheng said with a smile: "A Leica camera, I have wanted to buy it for a long time!" ”
Xu Hongmei said in surprise: "I have it at home!" How to buy it again? Waste of money! How much did it cost? ”
Gong Ya smiled secretly beside her, her little fingers scraping her round face.
Lin Qiangsheng said: "$3,000." ”
Xu Hongmei immediately said anxiously: "It's so expensive!" Can I get a refund? ”
Lin Qiangsheng shook his head and said resolutely: "I can't retreat!" I bought it myself, it's what I wanted! How can I get back?! ”
Xu Hongmei was about to say more, when suddenly the place where the TV set was sold suddenly became noisy, and the sound of Chinese people talking loudly was heard.