002 Free to travel back and forth
"It doesn't matter if I cross over, anyway, in the real world I'm just an orphan with nothing, and my girlfriend is going to marry someone else. But just crossing over so suddenly, and crossing into the most chaotic Shanghai beach, this is the fast pace that will make me die. β
For Du Sheng, who loves to watch film and television dramas of that period, he still knows some historical background to some extent. Shanghai Tang during the Republic of China was not as peaceful as it is now.
The Kuomintang Party, gangsters, concessions, chambers of commerce, intelligence organizations, secret services, underground parties and other forces criss-crossed.
Human life is the least valuable thing.
"Anyway, you'll have to give me a little time to prepare. At the very least, I'll have to buy a few cheap watches on a certain treasure, or exchange a few oceans for a few oceans to take with me. β
Du Sheng walked aimlessly and muttered to himself.
He has also read the online novel in which the protagonist travels to the Republic of China, and a watch of dozens of dollars is almost the standard for the protagonists, and they can be exchanged for dozens of oceans as soon as they pass, and they successfully survived in that era.
"If only I could go back to the real world and re-cross in a different position."
As soon as Du Sheng's whispering fell, he was shocked to find that the old streets were gone, the pedestrians in short shirts were gone, and the hawkers had disappeared without a trace.
A few dirty clothes lay on the messy bed, his three-year-old ASUS laptop sits on a wood-colored desk, and an ashtray made of cans next to the computer is full of cigarette butts.
"It's ...... Grunt...... Am I really back? β
Du Sheng's eyes widened in disbelief, and he swallowed hard as he looked at the familiar bachelor apartment in front of him.
The faint smell of smoke and smelly socks in the small room made him feel so familiar.
After a long pause, he greedily inhaled the smell of the room that made him feel grounded, and then he ran over and sat down on his bed, touching the desk and the single sofa.
"Could it be that I am dreaming about that memory of traveling to the Republic of China? No, no, the memories of that time are so real, it can't be a dream! By the way, the cigarette vendor said that the most popular cigarette was Laodao brand cigarettes, and HSBC was on Huangpu Tan Road. β
Although he was very sure that the previous wonderful journey was not a dream, but a real thing. But for the sake of safety, Du Sheng picked up the mobile phone on the desk as soon as possible and began to Baidu.
Du Sheng swore that he had never known that HSBC was on Huangputan Road.
"Sure enough!"
After a quick online search, Du Sheng was even more convinced that the crossing had really happened.
"But why did I travel to the Republic of China? Is it really because I loved film and television dramas at that time, or stayed up all night watching TV series? β
Du Sheng frowned and thought about it for a long time but didn't come up with a reason, since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't bother to think about it, no matter what, now he has returned to the real world safely.
"I don't know if this crossing is an accidental event or a continuous event, and I don't know if it will suddenly get me over again one day. Today is lucky, crossing the past just on the street, if the next time directly to the Huangpu River, it will be sad. β
As soon as Du Sheng finished talking to himself, a strange and unusually sure voice suddenly appeared in his head: "You can go back and forth once a day, the first crossing has been fixed, and the next time you will return to the place you left before." β
"Who? Who's talking! β
Du Sheng was frightened by the sudden sound in his head, as if he had a spring under his buttocks, and immediately bounced up from the sofa, and quickly searched for the source of the sound in the room in horror.
"Who are you? Come out! Don't hide, I see you! β
Du Sheng's eyes widened and he didn't let go of every corner of the room, in fact, the living room and bedroom of the bachelor apartment he lived in were connected, and he could see the room at a glance.
"Could it be that I was implanted with black technology by aliens? Or is it the legendary system that has arrived? After shouting a few times, the owner of the voice did not appear again, and Du Sheng slowly calmed down and pondered after making sure that there was no danger for the time being.
For the next two or three hours, he tried all means, but he still didn't get the mysterious voice to reappear. It seemed that the voice that suddenly appeared just now didn't exist at all, and it was completely like a hallucination of his own making.
"I can go back and forth once a day, doesn't this mean that I can return to the Republic of China tomorrow, and if I encounter danger, I can wear it back immediately?"
Thinking of this, Du Sheng's eyes slowly lit up.
"If that's the case, then I'm not going to send it? Just like the time-traveling novel YY on the starting point novel online, can I take the medicines, watches and other essential artifacts in this world to exchange for silver dollars, gold bars and antiques in that era? Hey! β
Du Sheng has always been an ambitious person, but he has never found the right opportunity to put his ambitions into practical action.
When he applied for a foreign Chinese university, he went to the civil service examination after graduation and became a diplomat. It is precisely because of such an ambition that he studied hard and enriched himself desperately during college.
It's a pity that when he took the civil service exam after graduation, even if he was among the best in the written test and his professional skills were extremely solid, he was still brushed off in the second round of interviews.
And the guy who graduated from the same class as him, with his appearance, professional skills, and written test scores lagging behind him a lot, successfully passed the civil service examination, and was later directly assigned to the diplomatic department.
The biggest difference between Du Sheng and the boy is that he is an orphan with nothing; The other party's family is wealthy, and his grandfather is an old leader who has retired from a position at the department level.
"Didn't your mother always think that I was poor, I had no family background and no hukou, hmph, when I drove a million-dollar luxury car, wore hundreds of thousands of dresses, and appeared at your wedding with a beautiful and excellent beauty on the left and right sides of the hand, I don't know what your mother and your fiancΓ© will look like!"
With the ability to travel back and forth between the Republic of China and the real world, when a glittering golden door was opening towards him, Du Sheng's first thought was to attend his ex-girlfriend's wedding at the end of the year, how to make her and her whole family regret it!
First love hurts the most deadly!
"Looks like I'm going to have to prepare a little bit first. It is not yet known what year of the Republic of China is the year of the Republic of China, and the location is Shanghai. There is money to go to, but it is difficult to move an inch without money. The first thing to prepare is the common currency of that world, and of course, the necessary artifact watch must also be prepared. β
"I'm fluent in English and French, and I'm pretty good at Japanese, so I'm positioned as a foreign student who has just returned from abroad. In this way, the identity will not be easily revealed. By the way, I also had to buy an outfit, which was all the rage in those days with suits, shirts, ties and leather shoes. Rest of the matter, wait until the time has passed, and then improvise. β
After the general direction was set, Du Sheng went downstairs to eat something casually, and spent the afternoon in his room to check the relevant information of Shanghai Tang during the Ming Dynasty.