Golden Age 5 Reminiscence
After all, Han Le should have not eaten for 35 years, but he felt that he didn't feel hungry at all, walking on the familiar and unfamiliar street of Shenhai, Han Le felt like a walking corpse - although this era looked very good, and there was not even a smell of dust and gasoline on the side of the road, most of the people here seemed to be like Zhang Yuan, warm and friendly, and the cold demon in his memory was simply very different, Even the actresses on the billboards on the side of the road look more visually comfortable than the A-list stars in Han Le's impression, and their smiles look more natural and bright, but Han Le has never been able to get the slightest comfort from the sights he sees, because the most important fact has always been there and always reminded him - he does not belong to this era, whether it is the past or the future.
Qiao Yiyu had already told him that waking him up was only a temporary measure, and the fundamental problem that caused him to hibernate had not been solved - 35 years, which may sound like a long time, but medicine still had not advanced to the point where it could solve the problem, not to mention the entire immune system, and even most of the cancers that Han Le was familiar with, and there was still no good solution in this era. In other words, if he wants to live in this era, he still has to rely on Qiao Yiyu to live.
"Han Le," when Han Le was dangling alone on the street, Qiao Yiyu's voice came from behind, he turned his head and saw Qiao Yiyu driving a small car similar to a golf recreational car, waving to him in the driver's seat, Han Le walked over and looked left and right hesitantly, "No traffic police...... Let's get in the car. ”
"Have you eaten?" After driving, Qiao Yiyu asked.
"No," Han Le shook his head, "I don't want to eat it." ”
"It's okay," Qiao Yiyu said, her tone was much more sophisticated than Han Le's impression, "Let's go to the restaurant together, maybe you will have an appetite when you look at it." ”
Han Le didn't object, anyway, he didn't know what to do now.
The car is electric, the speed is not slow, the acceleration of the start is softer than many cars that Han Le has sat in, these Han Le did not feel strange, after all, electric cars were also available more than 30 years ago, but the strangest thing about him is that the traffic lights at the intersection are not the same as he remembers, the digital countdown on the side is not in order, sometimes it will jump, and sometimes it will suddenly add a few numbers, but this situation does not cause confusion, and the vehicle starts tacitly when the red light turns red.
"Oh, that's traffic management software, every car has to be installed," Qiao Yiyu pointed to the LCD map next to the dashboard and said, "It's all controlled by the traffic department's software system, and the remaining time is generally determined according to the road conditions, if there are not many pedestrians, the green light time will be longer." ”
Han Le sighed, looked at the few cars that looked similar to Qiao Yiyu near outside the window, their tails were all bare, and there was no visually familiar exhaust pipe, and suddenly thought: "There are no cars that burn gasoline?" ”
"It's basically not seen in big cities," Qiao Yiyu said, "because now you have to pay a carbon tax on burning gasoline, and gasoline is expensive, and only some large transport vehicles are still in use, but there are fewer and fewer of them. ”
While speaking, Qiao Yiyu gave out a free hand and pointed to the door of a shop on the side of the road, Han Le saw a young couple getting out of the car, the woman pulled out a plug from the side of the door, and found a small kiosk about the size of a telephone booth on the side of the road. Looking closer, almost every car in this row of parking spaces has a long stretch of wire on this small kiosk, and it is not difficult to guess that this should be a charging station.
"Nowadays, most private cars are mainly based on electricity, and these charging stations that rely on people are rare anymore, and many places have been changed to self-service."
"What about the electricity bill?"
"Each car corresponds to the identity of the owner, and at the end of the month, you will receive an electricity bill from the government," Qiao Yiyu said, then looked at Han Le and smiled, "It's much cheaper than gasoline." ”
"How much does this car cost?"
"It's not expensive, more than 300,000."
"More than 300,000 is not expensive?" Han Le couldn't believe it, more than 300,000 even 35 years ago, you could buy a better car, 300,000 cars are definitely much better than the sense of space you sit in now - in Han Le's opinion, this electric car is more like an upgraded version of an electric bicycle.
"Inflation," Qiao Yiyu reminded, "This year's per capita annual income in Shenhai is also more than 700,000, less than half a year's income." ”
"What else can you buy for 100 yuan?" Han Le probably imagined it, he thought that if it was an analogy, the value of this car might be about the same as the QQ car 35 years ago, that is, the price of goods had increased tenfold?
"Then it can't be just inflation," Qiao Yiyu smiled a little brightly, this smile touched Han Le's eyes, "100 yuan can still buy a lot of things, and now KFC's burgers are more than 20 yuan a piece." ”
That is also doubled, Han Le said silently in his heart, and then converted 700,000 into it, which is equivalent to 350,000 in the past - but in his memory, Shenhai's per capita annual income is only tens of thousands, which is equivalent to one-tenth of this number. That's how GDP is calculated...... Han Le took out his mobile phone, clumsily called up the calculator program according to the method he had just learned to use it in the afternoon, and calculated it, with an average growth rate of six percent - this number did not seem too excessive.
Then Han Le recalled the numbers he saw at the bank ATM in the afternoon, if he remembered correctly, the balance on the CCB card was as many as ten digits - even if it was reduced by half according to inflation and one zero according to the level of development, it was equivalent to hundreds of millions of yuan 35 years ago, which is hundreds of millions of dollars - the word billion in Han Le's impression simply has a sacred flavor in it.
"Actually, it's nothing," Qiao Yiyu stopped in front of a restaurant with the car, and then went to plug in the socket after parking, explaining as he walked, "According to the housing prices in Shenhai that year, all your houses were sold, and it was almost enough to reach 10 million." In addition, the real estate market in Shenhai has been rising in recent years, oh, 7 years ago, your other house was expropriated by the government, and the subsidy amount at that time was tens of millions. I put that money into the stock market and it was a ...... for five or six years. You know, I'm coming from the future, and it's not too hard for me. ”
Maybe it's because Qiao Yiyu takes care of Han Le, the restaurant he chose is Hot Pot City, when the waiter came up to ask them to order just now, Qiao Yiyu was understating tens of millions of dollars, Han Le was so surprised that he didn't have the heart to pay attention to it, and after Qiao Yiyu's words were over, he suddenly reacted that the dish had already been served on the table, and Qiao Yiyu on the opposite side had already begun to eat shabu-shabu.
"But you make that money after all, why ......"
"After all, I invested it with your money, it's nothing, you don't need to feel embarrassed," Qiao Yiyu handed him a glass of beer and touched it with the orange juice in his hand to stop Han Le's attempt to apologize, "Don't take me too seriously...... Well, it's too mysterious. Actually, I've tried to do business many times before, but it didn't work out well. Remember the bubble tea shop we opened in the subway station? ”
Han Le nodded, of course he remembered that to him, it was like it had happened yesterday.
"Later, the business was not good, and three or four stores were opened opposite to compete...... "What Qiao Yiyu said was not happy, but she did say it with a smile, "In the end, not only did I not make money, but I didn't even get back much of the more than 200,000 yuan." ”
"Won't it?" Although he knew that this was a fact, Han Le couldn't help but say that according to his thoughts, Qiao Yiyu was just standing there selling mineral water, so he could sell the rent money back.
"Is it normal for beautiful women to be economical," Qiao Yiyu said, "I was no longer in the store after that." ”
It's no wonder.
"In addition to the money on your card, I have some money myself," Qiao Yiyu said, and then smiled again, "Don't worry, I'm not as high-minded as you think, I have more money here than yours." ”
"Your identity solved?" Referring to another bank card, Han Le reacted.
"Yes, half a year after your hibernation, I went to Myanmar, where I got my identity and came back as an immigrant, and now I am an official Chinese citizen." Qiao Yiyu said, took out a third-generation ID card and showed it in front of Han Le, "By the way, speaking of which, you'd better not deal with the public security department, your current identity is a retired old man at home, if you continue to hibernate, I will deal with this problem for you." ”
Since the issue of money is mentioned, Han Le has to think of Zhou Hai, as well as Zhu Yuxiang, Qiao Yiyu knows a little about Zhou Hai's situation, because she later went to work in his company for more than a year, Han Le hibernate for five years Zhou Hai married a little star, and then the two were able to meet almost once a year, but after five or six years, Qiao Yiyu took the initiative to cut off contact - if he continued to see Qiao Yiyu's face that was not moved by time, there would definitely be hidden dangers. Now Zhou Hai is also in his 70s, and his sons are older than Han Le. As for Zhu Yuxiang, Qiao Yiyu has never contacted him since he went to Myanmar, this person is so annoying, Qiao Yiyu has no time to hide from him.
"Your family is in good condition, I have come to look for you a few times in the middle, and I have applied to the police station for disappearance, but I forged a lot of your foreign letters, and I also simulated your voice to talk to them, which confuses the past......" When he said this paragraph, Qiao Yiyu smiled even more happily, but the content behind it was not so happy, "Your grandmother died very early, and the uncle died six years ago, I sent 300,000 yuan in your name, and the two aunts are still there...... By the way, I have a picture here, you can take a look. ”
As he spoke, Qiao Yiyu took out his mobile phone, and Han Le saw that in the photo, he was standing in front of a statue with the United Nations logo on Qiao Yiyu's shoulder, Han Le knew very well that he had never been to that kind of place in his life, let alone with Qiao Yiyu.
"Did you PS it?" Han Le asked Qiao Yiyu if she also mentioned forging her letters and messages just now.
"No, he is Han Yuan's son, you are your nephew, I met occasionally when I was traveling in Antarctica, he works there, how is it, does he look like you?"
What's more, Han Le looked at the person in the photo carefully, it was carved out of a mold like himself, even if Han Le went to give birth to a son, he might not be able to have such a similarity.
"Han Yuan still wants to get close to you about this," Qiao Yiyu sighed when he said this, "Your uncle's health has not been good since then, and he has not been very happy after graduation." ”
Han Le didn't know what to say, according to reason, they should all be regarded as his relatives, but Han Le didn't feel at all when he heard this, it was like listening to an ordinary story - in fact, Han Le felt that he was right, 35 years of information was compressed into an hour to say, this is an ordinary story.
After drinking two sips of beer, maybe it was because Qiao Yiyu ate very fragrantly, Han Le also began to have some appetite, the way of eating in the hot pot has not changed much, that is, the things are thrown in and shabu, the bottom of the pot is very fragrant, and there are some pieces of mutton in the soup base, which makes Han Le, who likes to eat, have a great appetite.
"I haven't had anything to do in the last month, and I will stay in Shenhai." When it was almost time to eat, Qiao Yiyu put down his chopsticks and said to Han Le.
Han Le understood what she meant: "Okay, I should come to travel for more than a month." ”
Qiao Yiyu said apologetically: "If you feel that you want to stay for a while longer, I can adjust it, you are not a prisoner, and this is not a release." ”
"I don't blame you, it's all my own choice," although Qiao Yiyu in front of him looked exactly the same as before he hibernated, but between the words, Han Le still noticed the insignificant traces brought by more than 30 years, but fortunately, the trust established between them at the beginning has always existed, "If it weren't for you, I would have died in the hospital more than 30 years ago, and now I may not even be able to find my ashes." And he now has the opportunity to sit here and eat lamb and enjoy what it feels like to become a billionaire overnight. Many people dream of him for this kind of experience, and of course Han Le will not blame Qiao Yiyu for his emotional discomfort.
The dinner money was paid by Han Le, so he also enjoyed the feeling of a rich man spending money, and the waiter who went to help Han Le swipe the card obviously noticed the detail of the balance on the card, and his expression was a lot more respectful when he handed it back - Han Le was still a little unable to adapt to the sudden change of this role, but he had to admit that his vanity was very useful.
"What do people do at night?" When he came out, he saw some empty streets, and Han Le asked, Shenhai should be the most prosperous and busy during this time period in his memory.
"It's not as high-end as you think," Qiao Yiyu smiled bitterly, "Almost all of them are online at home." ”
Han Le was not surprised by this answer, but when he walked around the street and saw that the people in the car were staring at the computers in their hands, he still felt a little lost - he had hoped that maybe the life of people in this world would be more exciting.
"Internet access is not necessarily not exciting," Qiao Yiyu said on the way back, "at least you should like computer games more in this era." ”
Speaking of this, Han Le became a little interested, but then he was still depressed: "Forget it, it's only a month, so don't play, I'm afraid I won't want to leave when the time comes." "Han Le played WAR3 in high school for three years and WOW in college for four years, and he knows how time-consuming a good playroom can be - before hibernation, Han Le felt that he had a lot of time to squander in his life, but crawling over before the ghost door of the hospital closed before, and what he saw and heard in the day today, made him change his mind.
Qiao Yiyu originally wanted to accompany Han Le more, but Han Le refused, he planned to be quiet by himself and plan what he could do for more than a month. After returning home, he opened the computer that Qiao Yiyu left for him, which contained all the information in his previous computer and Xie Yongqing's computer - the hard disk of this computer is 320T, and the volume is equivalent to a thousand times the content of their two computers combined.
Han Le has used the computer once before, in addition to the performance is more excellent, there is not much difference in the way of use, the only important change is, in the center of the top of the computer screen, there is a dark hole, Han Le thought it was a camera at first, but soon knew that the camera is only the simplest function - it can also be used as an input device, as long as the user allows, this camera can accurately capture people's eye movements, used to move on the screen instead of the mouse, It's the most advanced feature it can do, so it's not perfect, and most people are still just used to using their fingers to control it - that is, scribble through the air.
As an old antique 35 years ago, Han Le is undoubtedly not very suitable for this way of control, because choosing to use the hand to operate in the air will inevitably produce large body movements, but the mouse is not completely eliminated in this era, but many young people don't like it very much - just like Han Le's era, many young people prefer touch screens, so Han Le still has a choice.
Xie Yongqing's computer did not leave too much unexpected content for Han Le, except for some diaries and life feelings he wrote in college, Xie Yongqing would not have imagined when he wrote a suicide note, the first time Han Le sat down to read these things would be 35 years after his death - if he knew that this kind of thing would happen, maybe he would try his best to let Qiao Yiyu hibernate him......
Looking at it, Han Le forgot his original purpose of surfing the Internet, and fell into the memory of Xie Yongqing's death, he searched for information related to Xie Yongqing on the Internet, most of which were related to the bird flu incident - and many of them were used to play this incident, talking about education issues and the like...... But no matter what the report is, it appeared more than ten years ago at the latest, and it can be said that the name Xie Yongqing has been gradually forgotten by time along with his corpse.
This made Han Le feel a little sad, in fact, it was not only Xie Yongqing who was forgotten, all the content that Han Le cared about in that era, including games, stars, and news...... If you don't deliberately search, it is almost difficult to find information related to it in the online world in front of you, Baidu's icon is still the icon in the impression, but the results that come out, and the world corresponding to these results, are no longer the world in Han Le's impression.
In the melancholy, Han Le went out and wanted to come out for a walk to relax his heavy mood, but he didn't expect to meet Zhang Yuan, who had chatted for a while during the day, at the elevator entrance, he was holding a computer with a depressed face, trying to find a little leaked WIFI signal in the corridor - the landlord hadn't come back at this time, how could he live.
"Zhang Yuan," Han Le went over to greet him, and after seeing what he was doing, he had another thought, "Why don't you take me out for a walk, what do you rich people usually do?" ”
Zhang Yuan glanced at him expressionlessly, thinking that Han Le was joking - his behavior in the afternoon was very much like some kind of prank, but when Han Le walked into the elevator and beckoned to him with his bank card, Zhang Yuan had an impulse and followed in.