After the bus started, the tour guide habitually picked up the microphone next to the driver's seat and said to the guests with a smile:

"Dear friends, hello everyone! According to the tour plan, the second country we visited in the autumn group is the famous pocket country of Luxembourg. In order to hurry, let's go now. Today's lunch is arranged during the trip. ”

"Luxembourg? How far is Luxembourg from Paris? ”

It was still the Shandong man in the tour group, and he had nothing to say to ask the tour guide questions.

It can be seen that this is a man who talks a lot, and he is also a man who is unwilling to be lonely at any time.

"Oh, you ask about distance? Luxembourg is less than 300 kilometers away from the city of Paris. ”

The tour guide simply answered Shandong Dahan's question, and was about to speak, but Shandong Dahan interjected again:

"Xiao Luo, what did you say? Luxembourg is less than three hundred kilometers from Paris? Is this the distance between the two countries? In our country, the distance between one county and another is far more than 300 kilometers! ”

"That's right, the distance between Luxembourg and Paris is indeed less than 300 kilometers."

The tour guide Xiao Luo nodded with a smile at the Shandong big man, and then said:

"In Europe, the distance between one country and another is often unbelievably close. As long as you go to a few more countries, you will quickly understand this aspect. Now, I'm going to introduce you to Luxembourg, okay? ”

After answering the questions of Shandong Dahan, the tour guide turned his face to look around the domestic tourists inquiringly, and saw that no one asked questions, so he continued:

"Luxembourg is located in the northwestern part of Europe, and it is completely surrounded by its three neighbors, namely France, Germany and Belgium. So, Luxembourg is a landlocked country. At the same time, it is also the only remaining Grand Duchy on the European continent.

The capital of Luxembourg is Luxembourg City.

What is the land area of Luxembourg? More than 2,580 square kilometers.

What is the population of the country? About 530,000. ”

"Hey, Xiao Luo, you said that Luxembourg is only more than 2,000 square kilometers? The population is only 530,000? That's not as big as one of our county towns in China! ”

It was still the Shandong man, after listening to the tour guide's introduction here, he immediately sighed loudly.

"Ho-ho, don't underestimate Luxembourg. It is an industrial country, and steel, finance, radio and television, are the three pillars of the country's economy.

Do you know? What is its GDP per capita? Its per capita GDP has reached $113,500, ranking first among all countries in the world!

Because of its small territory, small population and beautiful environment, Luxembourg is also known as the "pocket kingdom" and "the country of a thousand castles". ”

After answering the emotion of Shandong Dahan, the tour guide Xiao Luo paused for a while, and then said to Shandong Dahan:

"Oh, by the way, before we visited the Seine, didn't you say that the entrance fees for attractions in France are not cheaper than in the country?

Now, while everyone is in the car, let me compare it with you.

Let's put it this way, if we look at it from a static point of view, if we compare the purchasing power of the renminbi with that of the euro, in fact, the purchasing power of the two is basically the same.

Why?

Friends have come to France from China, and today is the third day.

I believe that you also have a preliminary understanding of the prices in Paris:

three euros for a bottle of beer;

Seventy or eighty euros for a spring and autumn shirt;

A regular meal in a restaurant costs only ten or twenty euros.

If compared with the price of beer in China, is a bottle of beer only three yuan?

What about the spring and autumn shirt, is it only about 70 or 80 yuan?

When you go to a restaurant for a meal, is about 20 yuan enough?

Moreover, what I'm talking about is denominated in RMB! ”

After the tour guide finished speaking, he deliberately put down the microphone and looked at the guests in the car with inquiring eyes.

"Oh——! In our country, the most ordinary beer costs five or six yuan for a bottle. As for the Spring and Autumn shirts, there are 100, 200, or even 300 or 500 yuan each! When you go to a restaurant to eat, you generally don't have 30 or 40 yuan, and you can't go out at all. ”

Shandong Dahan, who was sitting in the second row of seats on the bus, said a word to the tour guide.

"Oh, you're talking about retail prices, I'm talking about supermarket prices."

The tour guide smiled at the Shandong Dahan, and then said to all the guests in the car:

"I'm not done yet. Let's think about it again, what is the current salary of ordinary employees in our country? Three, four thousand, four, five thousand dollars, right?

Okay, so why should I tell everyone about the salary?

Now let me tell you that the current basic salary of ordinary employees in Western European countries is three or four thousand, four thousand, four or five thousand euros.

That is to say, whether it is Chinese or Western Europeans, if everyone does not leave their own country, under this premise, the purchasing power of China's yuan and the euro is actually basically equal;

The wages of ordinary employees in China are basically the same as those of ordinary employees in Western Europe.

Think about it, whether it is a euro or a yuan, you can earn 3,000 yuan a month, and then, it costs 3 yuan to buy a bottle of beer, and 100 yuan to buy a piece of clothing, and the proportion of money spent is exactly the same as the proportion of total salary! So, is the purchasing power of the euro and the renminbi basically equal in their home countries? ”

After the tour guide Xiao Luo made the above comparison with the members of the Golden Autumn Group, she saw that many people were nodding frequently, so she spat lightly, and finally concluded:

"So, this morning, I told everyone that in France, whether it is the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, the Eiffel Tower, or a boat trip on the Seine today, it is a few euros or a dozen euros. And what if in our country? How much is a ticket to visit the Forbidden City? How much is a ticket to see the Terracotta Warriors once? How much is a ferry ticket for a cruise on the Huangpu River? In this way, under the premise that the purchasing power of the RMB and the euro is the same, are the tourist tickets in France much cheaper than in our country? ”

"Yes, Xiao Luo is right, in such a comparison, the ticket prices of tourist attractions in France are indeed much cheaper than those in our country!"

Among the members of the Golden Autumn Troupe, some agreed with the tour guide's statement.

"Hmm, Xiao Luo, I heard you just now, in Western European countries, the salary of ordinary employees is only three or four thousand yuan, or four or five thousand yuan?"

Shandong Dahan did not agree with the guide's conclusion, but asked the tour guide with obvious suspicion.

"That's right, the wages of ordinary employees in Western European countries are currently at this level."

The tour guide replied in the affirmative.

"Oh, if you're telling the truth, in this way, the tourist tickets for Western European attractions are indeed much lower than in our country!"

It was only at this time that Shandong Dahan nodded in agreement with Xiao Luo's conclusion.

After listening to Xiao Luo's introduction and comparison, the vast majority of the tourists on the bus, except for a few people, fell into a kind of contemplation of comparing domestic prices with Western European prices.

In an instant, there was no one in the entire minibus.

In a quiet atmosphere, people can clearly hear the sound of "huh, huh".

It was the rhythm of the wheels of the minibus, which rubbed against the ground when it was rolling quickly on the asphalt road.