In the past two years, Shanghai's hotel industry has entered a climax period of development.

However, high-end hotels are not so easy to build, first you have to buy a plot of land on the Bund Avenue, where every inch of land is expensive, or buy a building and tear it down and rebuild it, either way, which is very expensive.

In order to obtain a piece of land that is sufficient to build a luxury hotel, the investment in the land alone is hundreds of thousands of yuan.

And then since it is to build a luxury hotel, then the building must not be cheap, you have to ask a famous architect to design, and then carry out the construction, if it is only the main project of the building, in fact, the price is nothing, the real expensive is the interior decoration.

What is a luxury hotel in the 19th century?

Referring to the Bund Hotel, the handle of the door, the handrail of the staircase is gilded, the faucets in the room are all made of silver, some of the VIP rooms are still made of gold, the crystal chandelier hanging in the hall is worth hundreds of thousands, the rooms inside the hotel to the corridor, are laid with Persian blankets, the floor of the hall is smooth as a mirror of marble, furniture and seats are all made of sandalwood and other precious wood.

Tableware is made of silver, gold, aluminum (aluminum is very expensive nowadays), and traditional Chinese ivory, jade, etc.

Just a set of tableware is a luxury craft that will stagger the middle class.

Without millions of dollars, it is impossible to build a luxury hotel that can compete with the Bund Hotel.

In the second half of 1863, the 'World Hotel', jointly invested by more than 20 enterprises and foreign firms, officially purchased a former foreign commercial building in the core area of the Bund Avenue, and then quickly demolished the two-storey brick and wood building, which was actually quite new, and prepared to build a four-story luxury hotel. The investment is expected to be as high as 4 million yen.

If the World Hotel is completed and opened, it will be one of the two most luxurious hotels in Shanghai, even in the whole of China and the Far East, together with the Bund Hotel.

In addition to these two typical luxury hotels, both of which are jointly invested by many shareholders, there are also a number of mid-to-high-end hotels in Shanghai. After all, Shanghai is a prosperous commercial and industrial port, and there are a lot of tourists, especially those with money, and two luxury hotels can not meet the demand.

Among the more famous foreign-funded hotels, there are Licha Hotel and Central Hotel.

Then there are others, such as the three-story brick and wood structure Nansu Hotel, which was built by the Li family, a wealthy businessman from Jiangsu Province, and a number of wealthy businessmen in Shanghai, as well as some hotels invested by families and enterprises, but although the scale is acceptable, although it is much worse than the Bund Hotel. It can't even compare to the Licha and the Central Hotel.

Especially in the Central Hotel, although the building facilities can only be regarded as middle and high-level, the location of the people is good, it is in the core location of the Bund Avenue, that is, the original British Concession area, and the geographical location is much better than the newly built World Hotel. This piece of land alone is incomparable to other hotels.

The development of Shanghai's hotel industry is only the rapid development of Shanghai in recent years. It's just a microcosm of the fusion of East and West.

In addition, there are many things that ordinary people can't see, such as not many people know about it now. The royal family already had a royal dance troupe that specialized in Western-style dance.

When watching the girls on the stage dancing and dancing in Miaoman's dance, although Lin Zhe is a layman who doesn't understand art or dance, it is also very pleasing to the eye.

It's much better than Peking Opera, and many times Lin Zhe doesn't like some so-called traditional culture, such as babbling Peking Opera, he just can't stand it. Especially when he saw that he was a big man, he had to pretend to be a young girl, he just didn't like it.

And the key point is that these male actors have basically lost the life that normal people should have, if anyone says that they went to be Hua Dan because they like acting, Lin Zhe will dare to throw him a big mouth. Most of these Hua Dan are boys from poor families, desperate and sold to the troupe, and then raised as girls since childhood, so that when they grow up, these male actors not only play women in the play, but also play women outside the play, if you don't understand, please watch Farewell My Concubine.

The reason why this kind of drama was so popular during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China was that it was admired by those who liked male style.

Chinese people always like to treat some messy and obviously bad things as treasures, mahjong for gambling, and dramas that encourage the wind of Longyang.

However, Lin Zhe didn't like it, but he wouldn't forcibly interfere with anything, he didn't like to watch it, so there had never been any drama performances such as Peking Opera in the palace.

However, there will also be some art groups in the huge ruling body, mainly the music and dance team under the Ministry of Education, but this music and dance team is very serious, mainly used for major national ceremonial occasions such as sacrifices, and the performance method is also strictly in accordance with the ancient rites, which can be seen from the musical instruments used, they use ancient musical instruments such as chimes, and it is often a large battle with hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of people participating in the battle.

Then there is the Royal Dance Troupe within the royal family, which is a fusion of tradition and modernity, and the instruments used in the performance range from traditional instruments such as the guzheng and erhu to Western instruments such as the piano. The dance is mainly traditional dance, and this is the first time to try modern dance with Western traces.

Compared with the modern dances performed by the dance troupe, Lin Zhe actually prefers the traditional dances with the style of the Ming Dynasty that the dance troupe performed in the past few times.

Whether it is traditional dance or modern dance, the reason why Lin Zhe likes the performance of the Royal Dance Troupe has a great relationship with the fact that this dance troupe is all composed of young beauties.

As a Lin Zhe who is physically and mentally normal and has a normal attitude towards beauty affairs, he naturally doesn't like to watch a group of big men sing dramas there, but likes to watch a group of beautiful women writhing their bodies.

When the Royal Dance Troupe performed, Qi Lin was also paying attention to Lin Zhe!

At the end of the performance, Qi Lin, as a choreographer, walked in front of Lin Zhe to meet him. After a few verbal praises according to the charter, there was also a reward, not only for her, but also for the members of the other dance troupes.

After saying this routinely, Lin Zhe turned his head to look at the few people next to him who were far away, and immediately lowered his voice slightly and said, "I heard that you are not only good at choreography. And also very good at dancing? ”

When Qi Lin heard this question, which obviously lowered his voice, he couldn't help but feel his heartbeat speed up slightly, and he immediately nodded!

"Oh, I'm going to have a look in two days!" When Lin Zhe spoke, he was already taking a slight step, ready to walk towards the door: "Someone will pick you up then!" ”

Before Qi Lin could reply, he saw that Lin Zhe had already gotten up and left, only to see that he first stepped forward to the queen mother's side, and the first few concubines who followed to watch the dance also followed behind. Some of the ladies of the military aristocracy who were invited to watch the performance did not dare to chase them out, so they could only watch the royal family leave first.

Is he going to let himself dance solo for him?

Although Qi Lin was planning to seduce Lin Zhe from the beginning, she was a little apprehensive when it really came to an end, to put it bluntly, she was still a young girl, compared with other women, she saw what she liked and went for it, although the way of fighting was not very good-looking.

And she and those who passed the draft and dreamed of entering the palace to become concubines and change themselves. Those ordinary girls who change their family's lives and live a prosperous and prosperous life are different. As the daughter of a Taoist official, she does not lack those material comforts, what she lacks now is a man who can enter her eyes.

It's just that after reaching this step, she can't help but worry, if she really succeeds in entering the palace, then what awaits her?

It is said that once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea. Before entering the palace, she was a proud, free-spirited woman who fought for whatever she liked.

But if you enter the palace, will you still be able to live like before?

Reason told her. That's impossible.

And there is another thing that she didn't consider before, or she didn't want to think about, Lin Zhe has a lot of women, and now there are nine concubines, if she adds it herself, won't she have to compete with the other ten women for favor and love at that time?

Qi Lin, who was staying in place, hesitated and was scared at this moment.

Perhaps, it was time for me to leave Jingshi, I shouldn't have come in the first place!

Qi Lin was like a star chaser, she didn't care about anything and chased Lin Zhe to Nanjing, but when she was really about to get close to him, she hesitated.

She doesn't know it herself, she just pursues the process, and once she is about to reach her destination, then the process of letting her enjoy it end, and the end that awaits her is unpredictable, even terrifying.

She's scared!

As a woman who dared to chase Lin Zhe to Nanjing alone, she couldn't compare with ordinary women, so when she had the idea of retreating, she was like a butterfly, flapping her wings and leaving.

On the third day, Lin Zhe was ready to let someone invite her into the palace, the ostensible reason was to appreciate her dance, but the real reason was self-evident, the man's idea was very simple, he just wanted to go to her!

But it was reported that yesterday Qi Lin had resigned from her position as a choreographer consultant to the Royal Dance Company and returned to Shanghai alone, at this time, I am afraid she is already in Shanghai.

Hearing this news, Lin Zhe couldn't help frowning slightly, this situation was different from what he expected!

Since she wants to leave, there must be a reason, nothing more than fear of the future or something, and she and she are not a dead and alive relationship of love, nothing more than two men and women looking at each other, chatting about the relationship, this is placed in the future life, it is estimated that it is the men and women who look at the right eye in the bar, after the two drink a glass of wine, the girl can go to the hotel with you, and you can also walk with your feet.

Now that she's gone, shouldn't I send someone to bring her in again?

Sometimes in the relationship between men and women, coercion can destroy the original taste, but sometimes you have to admit that coercive relationships also have the charm of addiction.

Lin Zhe smiled at the window, teasing himself and running away, how can there be such a good thing in this world!

Immediately afterwards, he called the accompanying secretary outside the office and whispered two words.

When the accompanying secretary listened, although his face remained calm, but his heart was tumbling, what is the matter, he is a dignified accompanying secretary, and this is at least a provincial political envoy, and now His Majesty actually let himself pimp, and said that even if she didn't want to come, she would send it over.

It's not kidnapping!

When the accompanying secretary, who had become a pimp and a kidnapper, went out with a bitter face, Lin Zhe looked out the window again and muttered: Since it has begun, then you have to continue, and give up halfway - not good! (To be continued.) )