Golden Age 8 Cheers
Han Le knew what Qiao Yiyu meant to him, if he really didn't want to see Su Pei, he just had to go downstairs and wait, but Han Le didn't do it, but followed Qiao Yiyu to watch the process of Su Pei's awakening - so as to imagine the process of his own awakening.
In fact, there is no mystery in this, the heartbeat and breathing gradually increase, the body temperature gradually recovers, and the consciousness gradually awakens...... Although they had been staring at it, the moment Su Pei opened his eyes, Han Le instinctively dodged this gaze.
Su Pei's reaction was much faster and more rational than when Han Le woke up, and after just a few seconds, he realized the question he needed to care about the most: "I-sleep-how many years?" β
Han Le knew that this question was more Qiao Yiyu, but he couldn't help blurting out the answer: "It's 2048." He wanted to see Su Pei's reaction.
"2048......" Su Pei's eyes lost his mind for a moment, but it was not the surprise that Han Le imagined, "35 years...... So short? β
When the hibernation Su wakes up, the human brain will be inflexible, slow to react, speechless, and mobile to a large extent because it has just begun to resume work...... The two didn't say anything to Qiao Yiyu, intending to let him gradually accept this fact first.
But Su Pei's recovery speed was far faster than they imagined, and after more than ten minutes, although his speech was still seriously slurred, he still insisted on asking the two: "Why are you waking up now?" β
Of course, Qiao Yiyu would not say that she was worried that Han Le's spirit was on the verge of collapse, so she woke him up and gave him a companion, but for her, this reason is not difficult to find: "Test whether the dormancy process is normal." β
Su Pei nodded and did not speak again.
Su Pei did not show the shock of Han Le's sudden changes in his surroundings, as if all this was taken for granted in his eyes. Half an hour after waking up, he learned to use Qiao Yiyu's mobile phone to surf the Internet, looking up some familiar information from 35 years ago, these are all things that Han Le used to do, but the purpose of the two is completely different - Han Le is looking at the old news and sad, while Su Pei is looking at the photos of several strangers and laughing - this emotion Han Le obviously can't understand: "What's so funny?" β
"Of course it's funny!" Su Pei turned his head, pointed to one of the photos of the old man, was a little struggling, and said to Han Le word by word, "This old man, this old man who is now paralyzed in bed after a stroke, drooling all day long, just a month ago, just 35 years ago, swore to me on the phone that I would have a miserable life for the rest of my life...... Yes, I offended him, he is very rich, and he can eat both white and black, but what is the use! Look at him now! You have to be served by someone to eat, drink, and Lazar, and maybe you have to wear diapers! β
Su Pei patted his chest hard and made a thumping sound: "But I'm still alive, alive well, able to stand, run, walk, jump and talk, what about him?" One foot stepped into the ghost gate, and he hung half-dead with a breath...... Are you saying I'm high? Should I be happy? β
After saying this, it was not easy for Su Pei now, but he still insisted on finishing it, and even danced in the end.
Han Le was speechless, he originally wanted to express his contempt for Su Pei's villain, but he found that he couldn'tβhis first emotion was even envyβhow rare it would be to be a person if he could have a reason to be happy, as for the rest, it was secondary.
But what Su Pei gained from the Internet was not only good news, the stocks of several oil companies he bought online had all collapsed, which was all the cash he had saved 35 years ago, almost more than 1 million, if calculated according to the current market value, it was only more than 2,000.
"How is that possible?" Su Pei was a little puzzled, "Even if oil production doubles a few times, it won't fall so badly......"
"It's not just a matter of doubling it several times," Qiao Yiyu interjected, "it's a matter of all the oceans on earth turning into oil." β
Han Le immediately heard the point of this metaphor: "Has the nuclear fusion technology succeeded? β
"It's not a success," Ms. Qiao said, "but there's a lot of hope...... Five years ago, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) announced that it had made a phased breakthrough, and both China and the United States took the lead in establishing demonstration power stations in China, and several ITER participants have followed suit. In recent years, there have been a lot of news about the reform of the power sector in China, and everyone feels that it is not far from success, in the past five years, China and the United States have been committed to the development and fusion power generation supporting industries, and all related stock prices are soaring all the way...... "In fact, Qiao Yiyu and Han Le have most of the money they have earned in recent years.
Su Pei is still instinctively skeptical about this issue, and he still wants to believe that this fluctuation is just a short-term conceptual behavior, just like the Internet concept stocks in the 90s: "Will this be another hype gimmick...... I always heard about the oil crisis, the oil crisis, and said that nuclear fusion would have to go a few hundred years......."
"Two years ago, China's first demonstration power station began to generate electricity, but it was not connected to the grid," Qiao Yiyu said, shaking his head, "Now there are more than 13 nuclear fusion power stations under construction in China, and more than 30 are planned. β
"People are always caught off guard by new technology," maybe it's the interest in the topic, maybe it's the schadenfreude caused by seeing Su Pei's bad luck, in short, Han Le has a little spirit, "Although I don't dare to believe it now...... But it's already a fact, if it weren't for the irreplaceable role of oil in the chemical industry, maybe your stock would be worthless by now. β
But Su Pei didn't show the disappointment that Han Le imagined, he just shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, now I have figured it out, money is a bastard, you can't live longer without it, and you won't starve to death without it." β
Having said that, when it comes to eating, Su Pei, who is now penniless, still has to follow the two, and when he goes downstairs, Su Pei looks around at the "new house" where he has stayed for 35 years, and he still remembers that when he moved in, there was a lot of smell of new residents in the air, but now, the only thing he can smell is the decay of time - it is a slightly damp smell of mold.
Not only the building, but even the people who lived in it seemed to be tainted by this feeling, and when they went downstairs, they met several groups of young people who looked about the same age as them, both men and women, but both men and women, they were not the same as the young people of this age, no one spoke, their eyes were cold, and even the walking steps seemed to be a little stiff.
"Do you know who I see them thinking?" When he got into the car, Su Pei told the two of them his doubts.
Han Le shook his head, but Qiao Yiyu was thoughtful.
"It's you," Su Pei said to Han Le, pointing to the few people who had just come out, "You look at their eyes and expressions, as if what happened in the whole world has nothing to do with them." β
"People don't know us," Han Le shook his head, he obviously didn't feel Su Pei's so-called "abnormality", and of course he wouldn't think it was abnormal, "If you take the initiative to greet them, they will definitely respond to you." β
"How about we make a bet," Su Pei said unfavorably, but his interest remained undiminished, "We greet them, and they won't react within 5 seconds." β
Han Le felt that Su Pei's statement was obviously too exaggerated, but he was still unwilling to admit defeat, so he just said, "What are you betting on?" β
"Just bet on my living expenses this month," Su Pei shook his head, "If I lose, I will lose those thousands of yuan, and you will lose, regardless of my food money during this time...... I wasn't going to have to get a job this month. β
With Han Le's current net worth, he naturally didn't care about this month's food money, and after nodding his head in agreement, he opened the car window and greeted those peers: "Let me ask, do you know someone named Su Pei?" β
The people who were asked by Han Le were two men, they were all stunned by Han Le's question, when Han Le asked, Su Pei stretched out a finger to represent the timer, but until Su Pei stretched out his five fingers, Han Le hurriedly repeated the question again, and the other party had no intention of answering, and it took about more than ten seconds before one of them replied: "I don't know." β
After the car started, Su Pei patted Han Le on the shoulder: "I'll be messing with you this month." β
For Su Pei's self-familiarity, especially on the premise of knowing that Han Le knew that he had deceived him, he could still pretend that nothing had happened, as if nothing was a joke, Han Le was like the two passers-by who were questioned just now, he was a little overwhelmed, and he could only subconsciously remain silent.
For a while, the atmosphere in the carriage became a little awkward, and it wasn't until the car stopped on a snack street that Qiao Yiyu asked, "What do you want to eat?" β
Both of them don't have a big appetite, but Su Pei wanted to drink some beer, so he found a small store and went in to order, compared to 35 years ago, the hotel in this era is much more comfortable in terms of senses, and there is no unique clutter of small and medium-sized restaurants in Han Le's impression.
Although it was a meal, there were not many people in the store, when the three of them went in, the boss and his wife were staring at their mobile phones to watch the news, and after the three of them ordered, the husband was urged by his wife to go into the kitchen to be busy, this scene was rarely seen 35 years ago, because judging from the age of the boss, at least it was also Han Le's post-10s who had just been born at that time.
When he mentioned the collapse of oil stocks, the proprietress still had palpitations: "At that time, many people jumped off the building, and the most popular joke on the Internet during that time was 'My body, together with the stocks, turned into garbage and fell freely', fortunately, we never touched this thing, regardless of whether it rose or fell......"
Su Pei smiled stiffly, it is impossible to say that one million is really not distressed, if this kind of thing happened 35 years ago, he might really have the idea of jumping off the building, but time is a very strange thing, obviously it was yesterday in the senses, but knowing the time of the interval, it seems that everything has become unimportant.
After a while, he asked Han Le again: "You have so much money now?" Where are you going to put it? β
Han Le is a person who has no interest: "Just let the bank go." β
"Aren't you afraid that the bank will go bankrupt?" Su Pei teased, "I thought at that time, maybe this government can't last so long, maybe my eyes will be turned upside down......"
"I've never felt that way." Han Le admits that he has always been a conservative on political issues, because he feels that he has no say in this issue at all, if someone asks him for advice on these national affairs, he may only say "It's okay now", in this sense, he should be regarded as a five cents, but five cents or other titles, the meaning of this era is not the same as in the past, the voice of the people is turned upside down, but the government is still there, there are old problems to continue and solve, There are also new problems that arise. It's just that there is one thing that Han Le thinks is right, that is, a kitchen knife will definitely not be able to shoot missiles, and in this sense, he feels that it is unlikely that something will cause the banks to fail.
In Han Le's time, it seemed that everyone had to know economics, investment, and the future economic situation...... In Han Le's opinion, this is abnormal in itself.
"You're cheap," Su Pei commented unceremoniously, "If you were penniless now, I'm afraid you wouldn't say that." β
"Who knows?" Han Le was not angry, and he had no intention of retorting, "But I am rich now." β
"What's the difference between having money and not having money like this?" Su Pei said, "It's the same no matter how you live, it's enough for you to have a computer at home, you can access the Internet, and you can eat and drink." β
"It's enough," Han Le was not ashamed, "Then you say, if it's you, what else do you want?" β
"That's too much," Su Pei was different from Han Le, he had seen the life of rich people, "As long as you like it, you can play whatever you want." Racing, yachts, airplanes, women......" glanced at Qiao Yiyu, and continued when he saw that there was no reaction, "In short, you haven't tried it, how dare you conclude that you don't like those." β
This logic Han Le has seen on many occasions, if it was Xie Yongqing who asked, maybe he would have said the previous paragraph seriously, but in the face of Su Pei, he still subconsciously didn't want to talk to him at length, just said: "What about other than these?" Anything else to enjoy? β
"What do you want to play?" Su Pei sensed something from Han Le's tone.
"I don't know," Han Le shook his head, "I've only had money since yesterday." Han Le admits that his current mentality is indeed different from before hibernation, or strictly speaking, before he got sick, and he hopes that his life can be exciting, not the same as before, more like an inextricable cycle of death.
"Having money is enough," Su Pei said these topics very naturally, and even the proprietress didn't change her face several times, "Whether it's vulgar or elegant, having money means that you have better conditions." 10 billion, more than enough to buy an island. β
But Han Le was not interested in buying the island, and when he thought of the island, he subconsciously thought of Robinson, and besides, he couldn't swim yet. For him, it is more secure to stay in a big city.
It stands to reason that Han Le and Su Pei should be the kind of people who have nothing to say, the only little communication they had before was playing games, or Su Pei endured playing with other purposes, but it is undeniable that they said a lot at this meal, and the most important thing for people to speak is not the object of the conversation, but whether the speaker himself is willing to speak.
As a hibernator , Han Le has something to say about this era, if there is no Su Pei, these words can only rot in his stomach and digest them by himself, but now he can pour it to his heart's content, because Su Pei is an "ancient" like him, and the psychology of hibernators can only be experienced by hibernators.
Eating more than 400 yuan for a meal, even if it is converted into inflation, this is a lot. At the checkout, Han Le still subconsciously wanted to find banknotes, but quickly reacted that in this era, credit cards are used. Qiao Yiyu wanted to send the two of them back, but Han Le and Su Pei both refused-"Go to the hotel!" β
There is an old saying, and it is true, that when a man is rich, he becomes bad. The so-called five-star hotel Han Le has been fortunate to see it in movies and television before, although the consumption of going in for a night is not too amazing for Han Le, but Han Le has never thought of that possibility, for him, spending thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars to stay in a hotel for a night, what is the difference between staying at home? It's more comfortable at home.
On the way to the hotel, Han Le's thought still existed, but when he thought that he would lie down and hibernate again in a month, and his current money was already hot, such an idea became unimportant.
Qiao Yiyu sent them to the door of the hotel, said goodbye and left, Han Le and Su Pei walked into the hall, and saw the realistic forest atmosphere created by the surrounding LCD walls, and when they swiped the card at the front desk, there was a sense of unreality like a dream.
When he came to the so-called presidential suite, Han Le looked around like a dirt bun, the jacuzzi in the bathroom, and the temperature control of the room...... There were free drinks in the refrigerator, but Su Pei was not satisfied, but asked the hotel to recommend a few famous wines and chose a bottle to send over.
There is also a professional sommelier who will help them decant the wine, and the sommelier will introduce the origin and characteristics of the wine in due course...... Han Le didn't understand, but it didn't prevent him from listening with relish, and after the taster left, Han Le opened the floor-to-ceiling window, took a sip of the city lights at his feet, and the taste in his mouth was not as perfect or fragrant as the taster said, but Su Pei on the side was lying on the chair and began to enjoy it seriously, and when he opened his eyes, Han Le raised his glass and touched him: "Cheers!"