Chapter 31: Crowding
On the day of Li Anping's wedding.
When Olivia and Bartók walked out of the room, the entire Tenkyo was already enveloped in a festive atmosphere.
The entire interior of the hotel was wrapped in a layer of red, and even the lobby of the hotel was hung with Li Anping's head.
Everyone's face was filled with an excited smile, which Olivia had never seen in the Mondo continent.
In the Mondo Continent, even if the king gets married, or even amnesty, it is impossible for ordinary people to really feel joy and excitement about the wedding itself.
Walking in the lobby, Bartók looked at the crowd gathered in the distance and wondered, "What are they looking at?" ”
"I don't know." Olivia looked at the huge screen in front of the crowd and said, "I guess it's TV news or something." ”
"Let's go up and have a look."
Olivia followed behind, shaking her head helplessly, since Bartók came to Earth, it seemed like he had returned to his childhood, and he was curious about this place.
But Olivia thought about it, and after she got here, she hadn't also made a huge change. Thinking that she would return to the 'backward' and 'primitive' continent of Mondo in a few days, Olivia's heart was filled with a sense of loss.
While thinking about this, the two of them had already squeezed into the crowd and saw what was being broadcast on the TV screen.
It was a couple of hosts talking while live-streaming the content of today's wedding.
"Today's arrangement at the main gate of the Imperial City is personally commanded by Tian Xiaojun, an internationally renowned national artist. The white peony symbolizes wealth, and the blue rose symbolizes the romance of love and rain, echoing today's festive day. ”
"You can see it. The first procession has already set off from the main entrance of the palace, and they are the chanters from the Codex Country......"
"Eh, Teacher Wen, we know that His Majesty Xià uses the marriage ceremony of Great Xia this time, but I don't know which dynasty's ceremony it is?"
"Oh, the ceremony selected by His Majesty this year is still based on the ceremony at the beginning of this dynasty......"
See what's on the TV. Olivia had the feeling that she had become completely accustomed to watching TV in her room for the past two days, and at least four of the ten channels were talking about weddings.
From the dress of the four princesses. Wedding dresses, dresses, and then to wedding customs, ceremonies. Banquet. There were also various invited guests, performances, activities, and interviews with classmates, friends, and relatives of the four princesses, and even she, who had only been on Earth from the Domon continent for a few days, felt very familiar with this wedding.
This is simply unthinkable on the continent of Mondo. No matter which king wants to be happy with the people, and then wants the whole world to celebrate. It is also impossible for civilians to report on their weddings in detail.
Olivia watched it for a while, and then lost her patience, for performances, parades, and other events, with representatives from all over the world, would start at six o'clock this morning and continue until ten o'clock in the evening, and at the end of the wedding, she was not interested in standing here and watching TV for hours before the wedding officially began.
So Olivia patted Bartók twice and asked him to go with him.
Starting tonight, they will go to the auditorium of the palace to participate in the official wedding ceremony, and until then they will be able to move freely.
But as soon as they walked to the gate, before they crossed the hotel's folding door, the two were frightened by the scene outside the door.
"Why so many people!" Bartlock looked at the dense crowd outside the door in disbelief, their clothes and faces were all printed with the national flag of Great Xia, and some people even simply printed Li Anping's face on their faces, chests, and backs.
The doorman on the side said: "I'm sorry sir, today's route for His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the princess to visit the city is through the entrance of our hotel.
However, it is also a very rare opportunity, at 3:12 p.m., His Majesty Xià will pass by the gate of our hotel, and the two of them will each witness the true face of His Majesty Xià and the four princesses. ”
Olivia nodded, not saying anything. Of course, she knew that Li Anping and the princesses would pass by the entrance of the hotel on their route to the city, but she never expected that there would be many people gathered here in front of her.
You must know that on the usual Tianjing Street, because of the popularity of the folding gate, you can't even see half a figure, and the contrast between the scene in front of you and the deserted streets of Tianjing you have seen in the past two days is really too great.
Although I have long heard in the news about this wedding in Tianjing, it is expected that more than 8 million visitors from all over the world will pass through the Guò Folding Gate on the same day. But no matter how huge the numbers are, they are obviously not as shocking as the facts that are seen in front of them.
Shaking his head, Olivia was a little difficult to understand the earthlings' admiration for Li Anping, so he could only start the gateway with Bartók and go to the shopping mall, today they plan to go to the mall to bring some gifts for their relatives and friends in the Mondo continent.
I saw the two of them walking towards the gateway, thinking about the address they were going to, and there was no extra movement, when they stepped into the gateway, the blue light flashed all over their bodies, and they had disappeared at the door of the hotel.
But after walking around the mall a few times, they had to give up their plans to buy gifts today.
Not only were the streets of the parade full, but Olivia and Bartók walked through several malls in a row, and almost every piece was full. Li Anping's wedding guide zhì people from all over the world rushed to Tianjing today.
Whether it's buying clothes, eating, or even going to the toilet, there are long queues. Looking at the crowd in front of her, dressed in various clothes throughout the year and with different skin tones, Olivia simply felt that all the people in the world had come to Tianjing today.
This is naturally impossible, and most people on the planet still stay far away and take time to watch live broadcasts and so on. Of course, on the West Continent, because of the time difference, if you want to watch it, you can only stay up late to watch the live broadcast.
However, in the past few days, because of the surge in crowds, many brick-and-mortar stores have indeed made a lot of money. Especially in the food industry, after all, not everyone comes to Kyoto to buy things, but eating and drinking are necessary. In particular, some businesses take the opportunity to provide online live streaming services, which makes it easier to attract customers.
The great increase in passenger flow is still the police in the Fold-in Center and Tianjing, especially the Turn-in Center had to temporarily open a hundred spare Fold-in halls to ease the pressure slightly.
Looking at the crowded crowd in front of them, Olivia and Bartók were a little helpless. None of them want to wait in line for half a day to buy anything. In the end, I decided to go back to the hotel to watch the TV and surf the Internet, and then get ready for the wedding ceremony that started in the evening. (To be continued......)