Chapter 52: Zipper
When he met Colonel Bruno Abel Garcia, it was very surprising that Qin Zhiyuan also met Bastian, who had not been seen for a long time. Look, what does it mean to not see each other for a day, Qin Zhiyuan and Bastian have just not seen each other for a week, and it feels like half a lifetime.
Bastian still had a bandage on his chest, but he couldn't wait to get to work, and with his rank rising from major to colonel, it seemed that the gold had benefited many.
Bastian was very happy to see Qin Zhiyuan, not only personally helped Qin Zhiyuan make a cup of coffee, but also chatted happily with Qin Zhiyuan.
Qin Zhiyuan was also very happy to see Bastian, there were too many people in the office, and the conversation was not enough to be enjoyable, Qin Zhiyuan saw that the time was almost noon, so he invited Bastian and Bruno to dinner, and everyone chatted while eating, so as to deepen their relationship.
The "Summer Midnight" restaurant, a fine dining restaurant in the heart of Amiens, has been included in the Michelin Red Guide, and if Michelin starts to use star ratings to indicate the excellence of the restaurant in another ten years, it will at least be rated second-class.
In the corner of the restaurant, Qin Zhiyuan chatted and laughed with Bastian and Bruno, and there was a violin quartet accompaniment next to him, with an elegant environment and a good atmosphere.
"Batty, you don't know, the Englishman was standing in front of me and haughtily said to me, 'Looks like you don't need our help,' uh...... Oh my God, I almost punched him in the face and made him cry and call Mommy. Qin Zhiyuan exaggerated his expression to describe the British lieutenant colonel, this is the tradition of the French, eating food, scolding the British, and beating the Germans.
"Hahaha...... I'm not there, and if I'm here, I'll give him some color. "Strictly speaking, Qin Zhiyuan saved Bastian's life. For the jokes Qin Zhiyuan said, even if they weren't so funny, Bastian would cooperate.
"Huh...... British, they really don't like it. "Bruno is a man of few words, he is cautious and does not express his opinion easily.
This made Qin Zhiyuan regret it a little, he should have brought Grace over, these two stuffy gourds may have a common language together. It's a pity that Qin Zhiyuan brought Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui, these two tasteless ones are now asking the restaurant waiter for chopsticks.
Unfortunately, before the arrival of laborers in France, there were no Chinese settled in France at all, and there were no Chinese tourists. Looking for chopsticks in a restaurant in Amiens, Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui are destined to be impossible.
This is not difficult for Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui, the two of them found a decorative bamboo, and used the saber they carried with them to cut it into two pairs of chopsticks in three or two clicks. But then they were dumbfounded in the face of the steak brought by the waiter, how can this thing be eaten, there is still blood in it, no wonder the smell of foreign devils is so strong, Ru Mao drinks blood! Then the two of them discussed with the waiter if they could replace the grilled steak with stewed steak......
"Is this your habit?" Bastian used two fingers to make a gesture of chopsticks.
"Yes, we left the knives and forks in the kitchen while you were still in the stage of knives and forks." As long as there is a chance, Qin Zhiyuan is also willing to show his superiority.
"Haha, you also saw that you can't eat steak with two sticks." Bastian didn't mind this superiority, each in his own way.
"When we cook, we cut the steak into small pieces in the kitchen, fry it, stir-fry it and then stew it, so we don't have to use a knife on the table." Qin Zhiyuan is not very proficient in cooking, and he describes the method of making braised pork ribs.
"Uh...... Sounds delicious. "Bastian is also a foodie, and he also knows how to toss the ingredients more times the better, just listening to it makes his eyes a little straight.
"I'll make it for you when I have the chance, it tastes really good, full of the warmth of an oriental family." Qin Zhiyuan is not wrong about this, compared with Western families, Eastern families are indeed more humane.
"Oriental Character." Bruno ate quickly, and while Qin Zhiyuan and Bastian were still talking nonsense, he had already put down the utensils, "So, Qin, you also have special requirements for your clothing." ”
"A little." Qin Zhiyuan put down the tableware, then wiped his mouth with a napkin, and beckoned to Gao Hongshi, who immediately trotted over and handed over the document bag he was carrying.
Qin Zhiyuan took out a few pieces of paper with a drawn pattern and handed them to Bruno, explaining while Bruno flipped through them: "A jacket-style top on the upper body, a cargo pants-style pants on the bottom, shoes that are easy to put on and take off, and then add a detachable backpack that can carry various tools, that's basically it." ”
"It's a very good picture." Bruno looked up at Qin Zhiyuan, and then praised.
Qin Zhiyuan smiled and waited for Bruno to continue his evaluation. As an agent, drawing a picture or something is a basic skill, Bruno has not seen the military map drawn by Qin Zhiyuan, if he has seen it, he must think that there is a senior military staff officer in the sixth regiment.
"The style of the costume is very good, it looks very smart, it must be very energetic to wear, I want to make a custom set. Jacket style? It's a weird look, and I think I prefer the traditional hunting outfit style now. Are there any requirements for fabrics? If it is cotton, there is a lot of inventory now, and it is not difficult to produce, and if you work overtime, it can be completed in about three days. The backpack is a bit troublesome, and the military backpack that is issued now is not easy to use? That's the latest model that was just distributed last year. There was no style of buttons, and I thought you were going to have your legion engraved on them. Bruno went from beginning to end, giving his opinion.
"Buttons? Why use buttons? I want to use a zipper, it's easier and more convenient. "Qin Zhiyuan has been tired of buttoning his clothes in the past few days, although the copper buttons look very beautiful, but they are indeed very inconvenient.
"Zipper? Why use that? Expensive and inconvenient. Regarding Qin Zhiyuan's request to use zippers, Bruno didn't quite understand.
"Wouldn't it? Is it expensive? Qin Zhiyuan really doesn't know the history of zippers, saying that unless they are preparing to cross, no one will pay attention to the history of such a common item as zippers.
"It's not a problem that it's expensive, it's not easy to use. I remember that the logistics department had a few samples sent by the Americans for trial, and I read the trial report, and the conclusion was that it was inconvenient to open and close, and the teeth were not firmly occluded, and they often burst open in use. "As a civilian military officer, Bruno does have a lot of access to this kind of report.
"This thing must be patented." Hearing Bruno's evaluation of the zipper, Qin Zhiyuan was a little happy.
The popularity of the zipper from another time and space is enough to show the practicality and promotion value of the zipper itself. Nowadays, people don't rate it well, and that's because the design of the product itself is not perfect enough. Because the market acceptance was not high, the demand was not large, so industrial production was not started, so the price was high.
Thinking of the popularity of zippers, Qin Zhiyuan was keenly aware that there was a lot of profit to be made here.