The location of Guangfu Road is not in the center of downtown Shanghai, but on the edge of a light railway loop around the center of Shanghai - Guangfu Road Railway Station is the center of the whole area, this railway station is also the largest railway station in the whole Shanghai Prefecture (there are countless light rail railway stations in the whole Shanghai Prefecture), the light rail ring line and the road to Yingtianfu, Hangzhou, Nantong (via Chongming Island), as well as Jiangyin County (via Taicang County, Changshu County), Xingang District (Luchao Port), Shanghai International Airport and the intercity light rail of Huzhou County, under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, both intersect here. Pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info ◇↓ top ◇ ↓ point ◇ ↓ small ◇ ↓ said,

All of these intercity light rail lines are also relatively prosperous, and most of the 56 million Shanghai residents live there rather than crowded in the metropolitan area, which is probably why the metropolitan area does not seem crowded. Of course, most of these Shanghai residents do not live in low-cost terraced houses provided by the government, but prefer to buy a plot of land and build a small two- or three-story house on their own, which is several times more expensive than living in a terraced house, but is also within the reach of the working class...... As for buying dozens of houses to invest in, well, it seems that there are, and the state also encourages residents to buy excess real estate, and there is neither a purchase restriction order nor a progressive high property tax. But who is going to buy a house and invest in a country with a declining population year after year?

In addition, all subways in the Shanghai metropolitan area also pass through the Guangfu Road Railway Station, so this is the most densely populated area in the entire Shanghai Prefecture. Guangfu Road Railway Station is also a multi-storey railway station, with several underground floors being subway stations, one floor on the ground is the Ring Line Light Rail, and several floors above ground are intercity light rail stations. I'm afraid there are more than a million people pouring in and out of here every day – that's that. Because the light rail trains in and out of the Shanghai metropolitan area will go around the ring line. There are a number of stations where passengers can be diverted. Not all of them get on and off at Guangfu Road Station. However, the flow of more than one million people is enough for the surrounding area to become an incomparably prosperous commercial center.

"Big sister goodbye!"

"Goodbye, kids!"

When he arrived at Guangfu Road Station, Ye Yiren said goodbye to the little boy - the little guy was going to transfer to another subway in this labyrinthine station to go to a private elementary school, I really don't know why the little guy's parents didn't worry about him getting lost?

After condemning a pair of irresponsible parents in his heart, Ye Yiren walked around the railway station building - the railway station building is also a shopping mall, with large and small shops lined up, most of which are small shops and small supermarkets that provide food and drink, all of which serve passengers who come and go. It's different from people in another time and space who are used to eating while walking. There are very few people like this here, everyone eats in the store and then rushes away – maybe it's because it's not easy to discard food and drink packaging and plastic cups. The garbage cans that can be seen everywhere on the streets of another time and space have become very scarce here, and I don't know if it's because I'm afraid of being stolen or because no one is picking it up, Ye Yiren guesses that it's mostly the latter, this city of 56 million people seems to give her the impression that the labor force is a little insufficient, so many people don't know where they went? No one even swept the road, so it had to be kept clean by good living habits.

Actually, Shanghai Mansion and other Daming metropolises. A hundred years ago, it used to be a dirty garbage can, but later it was a new life movement led by Jiang Zhiqing, the prefect of Shanghai who was a member of the Socialist Party. It gradually became clean, and then after decades of slow development, it became such a good living habit.

However, there are many bad habits of the Chinese people in this time and space. Among them, the most unaccustomed thing for Miss Ye is that men marry young wives and the industry is rampant...... Not to mention the former, the latter is flooded to the point that pornographic magazines and comics are sold in every convenience supermarket! In addition, there are many audio-visual shops that rent and sell pornographic CDs! Of course, all these magazines, comics, and CDs are genuine, and there seems to be no piracy and fakes in China in this time and space, and naturally there is no big Taobao......

After strolling around the Guangfu Road Railway Station for a while, Ye Yiren chose an exit casually, who knew that after leaving the station, he actually crashed into a red light district, and on both sides of the street were Fengyue places with posters that were not suitable for children. It's now past eight o'clock in the morning, and it's time for these all-night Fengyue establishments to close their business, and there are a lot of bright colors of the East and West with heavy makeup and light makeup coming out of the various "custom shops" on the street, and it is estimated that they are all women who have lost their footing. There were also some elderly men who were yawning and left with them...... Apparently they are all legendary prostitutes! A few of them also cast a somewhat obscene gaze on Ye Yiren, perhaps as a stumbling woman - in fact, in this time and space, it is difficult for people to distinguish a stumbling woman from an ordinary woman from their clothing, because all adult women will only go out when they wear makeup and dress themselves up beautifully, and the stumbling women who get off work will not walk on the street in very angry clothes.

'It's really a crooked upper beam and a crooked lower beam!' This is all the fault of the big pervert Zhu Jishi...... Ye Yiren cursed a few words in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head and accelerated his pace to escape from this place of right and wrong.

There is a long "custom street" is a nightclub street, which is full of bars, dance halls, KTV, some restaurants that are open all night, and there are two stages dedicated to performing "women's sumo". Most of the doors are closed now, and it's not the early morning when these places are open. Ye Yiren also noticed that there are many bars, dance halls, KTVs and restaurants here that hang signs that say "Closed" - in fact, there are also many storefronts on the "Customs Street" just now that have signs that say "Closed". It seems that in this time and space, women who have lost their footing also have weekends...... And the profession they are engaged in is also legal, they have a license issued by the government, pay taxes according to the law, and have their own trade unions, and at the same time they have to have regular physical examinations to prevent them from getting venereal diseases or something, as for AIDS, there has not been a rumor of the Black African Empire in this time and space.

After walking out of the nightclub street, it is Guangfu North Road, which is lined with department stores, all the department stores are closed, and there are few pedestrians on the street. Ye Yiren looked at the mini ipad he brought from another time and space and looked at the time. It was just past 9:30.

Ye Yiren's mini iPad is not available on the Internet at the moment. The standards of IT in this plane are not exactly the same as in another. The programming language is also not English, but a specialized programming alphabet language. Naturally, there is no Apple company, and the software used on mobile phones and computers is something that Ye Yiren doesn't understand, so she doesn't dare to download it and install it on her precious iPad. So this iPad, which is likely to be unique, has become Ye Yiren's watch and photo album...... It also stores photos of her family, ex-boyfriend Zhu Jishi, and herself, which is indeed an invaluable thing. But I don't know why, the USB port of this iPad is exactly the same as the standard USB port of this era, and the output current standard of the charger can also charge the iPad in another time and space.

"It looks like it's early, no, it's because the department store here is opening too late!" Ye Yiren muttered in a low voice. The commerce of Greater Shanghai in this time and space is also more depressed than in another time and space...... Just look at the opening hours of these big department stores. It opens at 11:00 a.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. at the latest, no later than 9:00 a.m. The maximum number of hours of business hours is 10 hours a day, which is more than two hours less than the 12-hour department store business hours in another time and space! Business doesn't seem to be much better.

"There is no way, I can only settle for a while, I always have to find a job...... Ye Yiren thought in his heart, and slowly walked around on Guangfu North Road. She didn't come out to play today, but saw the recruitment information on the Internet, so she went to a large department store called Jardine Matheson Department Store on Guangfu Road to apply. It's not a good job, it's just an ordinary salesperson. Sell cosmetics or something, and the basic salary is 1,000 yuan per month. The commission is 2% of turnover. However, considering the price level of this time and space, it is enough to spend - after spending a few days in Shanghai in this time and space, Ye Yiren already has a general understanding of the economy and prices here. If the Chinese yuan is equated with the renminbi in another time and space, among the four major expenses of clothing, food, housing and transportation, only the price of clothes is relatively close to that of China in another time and space, about half of the price. Food prices are surprisingly cheap! Most food products are only one-fifth to one-sixth of the price of another time and space, and by the way, baby milk powder is only a fraction of that of another time and space. Housing is more than 90% cheaper. The cost of public transport is also low. As for other industrial products, such as electronic products, automobiles, etc., it seems that they are about two-thirds cheaper than those of another time and space, and daily chemical products are only one-fifth of those of another time and space. In general, the living standards of the people of Greater China in this time and space are higher than those in another time and space, but the pace of life is a little slow, a bit like Europe in another time and space.

In addition, the economic growth of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire Great China Empire is far less than that of China in another time and space, and the forecast of economic experts in the newspaper is between 0.5% and 1% - in Ye Yiren's view, the economy here can only be described as stagnant, and the views of economists who look at this time and space are very pessimistic, as if the economy of Greater China has not found any driving force for rapid growth.

The main reason for the economic stagnation is that the population growth of the countries of Greater China has been stagnant for more than 40 years, and it has been declining year after year! Due to many reasons such as urbanization and the continuous improvement of women's education level and economic status, the total fertility rate of women in the countries of Greater China fell below the warning line of 2.1 as early as 55 years ago to maintain the replacement of generations!

Around 1985, it fell all the way to within 1.3, which caused great panic, and then under the stimulus of a series of government policies to encourage childbirth, it only rebounded in recent years, but it has always hovered around 1.5. The population has been declining for a long time, and the rate of decline is very fast!

A country with a declining population and an increasingly aging population structure will naturally not have any miracle of high economic growth. If Ye Yiren traveled to 30 or 40 years ago, she would definitely find a vibrant young Shanghai, the streets at that time were much more lively than now, and now, Ye Yiren has only seen an old Shanghai that has passed away...... (To be continued.) )