Chapter 155: Book Buyers
The prosperity of Hong Kong left a deep impression on Zhu Daolin, who had just arrived.
The Range Rover he and Song Shaojun rode on from south to north, through the Aberdeen Tunnel, and soon entered the Causeway Bay District, which is full of high-rise buildings and busy traffic.
After seeking Zhu Daolin's opinion, Song Shaojun instructed Zhang Bo, who was driving, to go directly to the Chow Tai Fook flagship store on Milton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Uncle Zhang, who is in his 50s, used to be a mainland staff member in Hong Kong, so he is very familiar with Hong Kong's roads, so he drove his car directly to the roadside more than 50 meters away from Chow Tai Fook's flagship store and parked.
Song Shaojun told him not to stay and wait, just go back by himself when the time comes, and then get out of the car with Zhu Daolin, and walk to the brilliant Chow Tai Fook gold store with his wrist.
There are not many customers in the store with bright lights and air-conditioning, and two female clerks with fine skin and tender meat came up to greet them in English, Song Shaojun answered in English and said what he meant, and the female clerk immediately led the two to the boutique area on the second floor.
The dignified and noble floor manager in her thirties quickly greeted her and bowed, followed by a seat, a cup of coffee, and a warm greeting.
Zhu Daolin, who couldn't speak English, had no choice but to pick up a beautifully printed jewelry advertisement, and before he had time to look through it, he was pulled up by the enthusiastic Song Shaojun, accompanied by the female manager, and went to the beautifully decorated counter, and looked at the dazzling diamond rings in the crystal glass cabinet one by one.
Zhu Daolin was very patient, no matter how the female manager introduced him, how picky Song Shaojun was, he didn't complain, Song Shaojun asked his opinion, and he had something to say. And the views are unique, and there are things to say, which makes Song Shaojun, who feels very happy, smile.
After an hour of careful selection, Song Shaojun finally decided on a diamond ring worth 350,000 Hong Kong dollars, Zhu Daolin immediately swiped the card to buy it without saying a word, and the waiter on the side was red-eyed.
Who knew that after Song Shaojun put away the brocade box. He also pointed to the two diamond rings specially left on the side, took out his bank card and handed it to the clerk, and bought the two diamond rings worth 580,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Leaving the gold shop and walking to the street, Song Shaojun explained to the puzzled Zhu Daolin: "You wear that men's style, and that women's style After you go back, you will give it to your mother on my behalf." ”
"The last time I attended the Yuanfu Palace celebration with your mother, I saw that she didn't wear a ring on her hand, and I guess like my mother, she always thinks about her family. But he was reluctant to buy a valuable thing for himself. ”
Zhu Daolin was very moved in his heart, stopped and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you send it to her yourself?" ”
Song Shaojun slapped Zhu Daolin coquettishly, took Zhu Daolin's arm and walked forward: "I haven't enjoyed enough of the unrestrained days, and when I really feel tired one day, I will consider whether to marry you big bastard." ”
Zhu Daolin's heart was slightly sour, but he was reluctant to mention this matter at this time: "Okay, I listen to Concubine Ai, where are you going to go next?" I'm out of the box today. ”
Song Shaojun was amused and giggled: "Don't stinky and beautiful." Do you really think you're the emperor? If you can be the emperor, the eldest sister and I will at least be a Wu Zetian. Hehe! ”
"Don't talk about these boundless, I listen to you today, you rarely come to Hong Kong, I will accompany you wherever you want to go, I am familiar with all the business districts in Hong Kong, and I am willing to accompany you to buy whatever you want."
"Really?" Zhu Daolin asked.
Song Shaojun nodded seriously: "I like shopping." But I won't become a shopaholic, and besides, there is nothing I want to buy here in Hong Kong, and I will be a reward for fulfilling you today. ”
Zhu Daolin thought for a while: "Where is the most famous bookstore in Hong Kong?" I'd like to buy some reference books and science books. ”
"Ah...... Didn't expect you to buy books, okay. We went to the front to take the subway, and wanted to buy reference books and science and technology books, the Joint Bookstore in Central is good, but most of them are traditional Chinese editions published in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there are many English books, but there are not many simplified Chinese editions. ”
Song Shaojun put his arm around Zhu Daolin and walked to the subway station a hundred meters ahead.
"I'm going to buy the traditional version, if it's a simplified version, I can buy it in China, where is the need to move all the way home from Hong Kong?" Zhu Daolin said with a smile.
Song Shaojun has a high level of cultural quality and likes to read, and has a good understanding of the book market in Hong Kong: "The same traditional version, but the Hong Kong version and the Taiwan version are different, the publishing houses in Taiwan still abide by the tradition, from top to bottom, from right to left, and the books published in Hong Kong are horizontal from left to right...... I don't know if you'll get used to it? ”
Hong Kong is a narrow area, and the shops on both sides of the street are basically occupied by all kinds of gold shops, banks and merchants dealing in high-profit goods, and most bookstores with high operating costs and low profits can only choose shops above the second floor, but the famous Joint Bookstore is unique, located in the basement of 9 Queen Victoria Street in Central.
Because it is close to Qingming and it is not a weekend, there are not many customers in the bookstore, and it seems very open and spacious.
In less than ten minutes, Zhu Daolin selected a complete set of traditional Chinese versions of "Cihai" and the Taiwan version of "Xinhua Dictionary", a complete set of "Legal Dictionary", "Chinese Traditional Legal Research" and "Chinese River and Lake Dictionary", as well as others such as "Mechanical Design Manual", "Hardware Manual", "Alloy Smelting Manual", "Casting Process", "Heat Treatment Manual", "Machining Technology Manual", "English-Chinese Aviation Illustrated Dictionary", "Chemical Dictionary", "Chemical Laboratory Manual", "Chemical Process Design Manual" and so on more than 30 sets of traditional industrial books, and soon the shopping cart was full and could not be filled.
Under Song Shaojun's stunned gaze, the excited Zhu Daolin asked the waiter to come to a shopping cart again, pushed it directly to the medical book counter, and continued to take the books he saw from the bookshelf and put them in.
In the end, even the full-color hardcover edition of "Campbell's Orthopaedic Surgery" published in Hong Kong for more than 3,000 Hong Kong dollars was also included, not to mention the complete set of "Zongyi Jinjian" and dozens of basic medical classics such as modern internal medicine, surgery and clinical medicine.
Two hours later, the focused and excited Zhu Daolin finally stopped, and the hungry Song Shaojun and the six grinning waiters each pushed a shopping cart full of books and followed Zhu Daolin, who was holding a dozen kinds of large wall charts in leather tubes, to check out.
It took more than 20 minutes for the two stunned cashiers and the manager on duty to finish the account, and the total amount displayed scared the onlookers: 229,560 Hong Kong dollars!
Zhu Daolin took out his UBS card to pay without distress.
When the bookstore's duty manager learned that Zhu Daolin lived in Deep Water Bay and did not drive out, he immediately transferred the delivery truck without saying a word, instructed the handyman to carry the books packed into ten large cardboard boxes to the delivery truck outside, and finally gave Zhu Daolin a huge globe with a bronze metal pedestal, which was worth 5,600 Hong Kong dollars.
The smiling duty manager explained that this is a specially customized souvenir from the United Kingdom, and there are only 30 in Hong Kong, and their bookstore has only given away two before, and the recipients are all school libraries, and it is the first time to give them to individuals.
Zhu Daolin looked at the ten boxes of books neatly stacked in the corner of the luxurious living room, and suddenly remembered that he should buy a batch of illustrated and easy-to-learn popular science books for the children of Ziyang Academy and the Martial Arts Hall, and wondered if he would go again tomorrow.
If it weren't for Song Shaojun coming over and beating him a few times with a small mouth, Zhu Daolin wouldn't have known that it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, and he hadn't eaten dinner yet.
The two sat at the Western-style dining table outside the open kitchen, eating while watching TV news, Zhu Daolin raised his wine glass embarrassedly and apologized to Song Shaojun, and Song Shaojun accepted it with a smile.
The two had just touched the wine glasses and had not yet drunk them, when the broadcast and news pictures on the TV suddenly made the two stunned: "Enthusiastic citizens of Hong Kong took interesting pictures at the Joint Bookstore in Central this evening, and two handsome men and women from the mainland can be called book-buying ......"
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