The most famous model airplane shop in Huhai is "Yifeng Technology Model Aircraft Material Store", which is a time-honored brand.

The store was built in 1952 under the original name of "Wing Wind Model Aircraft Material Line", and in 1959 it merged with Majestic to give it its current name.

This model airplane shop is very famous in Shanghai, and even in the whole country.

In the eighties and nineties, politics was the glorious era of this model airplane shop, which accompanied many people in the beautiful moments of childhood and adolescence, and even influenced many adults who loved model airplanes.

On April 6, 2011, the Wing Wind model shop, which had been in business for more than 60 years, announced its closure, and many old model aircraft fans were reluctant to rush to the store to buy another model, just to save the last invoice with the word Wing Wind, because Wing Wind has too many memories and reveries of their youth.

Although Song Yuanchao is not a fan of model airplanes, he also knows the existence of this shop, in his previous life, he would pass by this shop on his way to work, and often saw that the store was crowded with enthusiasts who came to buy model airplanes, and once he was curious, he also went in to take a look.

In addition to the model airplanes, there are also ship models, among which the aircraft models include catapult, traction gliding, helicopter, elastic band power, thin plastic wings, etc.; There are sails, submarines, gunboats, torpedo boats, etc., and he is dazzled by all kinds of things.

Rise, Song Yuanchao also paid for a model of the enterprise aircraft carrier at that time, and spent three days at home to assemble it all, the finished aircraft carrier is particularly beautiful, placed at home has become a conspicuous decoration, this model Song Yuanchao kept for a long time, until many years later, it is still there.

Driving the car, Song Yuanchao took Zhang Hao to Yifeng, parked the car nearby, and the two walked to the door of the store.

"Brother, look! How beautiful this plane is! Zhang Hao excitedly pointed to the glass window outside the store and shouted, looking in the direction of his finger, only to see a silver-gray painted propeller fighter in the glass window, and a picture card on the side wrote the description of this fighter.

This is a well-known P47 fighter, the P47 fighter is the most advanced propeller fighter in the United States during World War II, which played a huge role on the battlefield and belongs to the pinnacle of propeller fighters.

The model in the window is completely scaled down to the real prototype, with a beautiful livery and a bright red nose.

Not to mention Zhang Hao, even Song Yuanchao was attracted by it for a while, this P47 model aircraft occupies the entire window, about one meter long, plus a wingspan of nearly one and a half meters, it is a large aircraft in the model aircraft. And more importantly, this is a small internal combustion engine, can be refueled model aircraft can fly like a real airplane, plus radio control remote control, can do the same as a real fighter in the sky to do many tricks flying maneuvers.

"It's beautiful!" Song Yuanchao said with emotion, at this time, Zhang Hao couldn't hold it anymore, took Song Yuanchao's hand and ran towards the store, and when he arrived at the store, there were many customers in the store, all of whom were choosing suitable or favorite model aircraft, or chatting with the salesman in the store.

"Brother, come and see!" When he entered the store, when he saw all kinds of model airplanes and ship models on the walls and behind the counters, Zhang Hao couldn't help himself.

"Be careful, be careful not to bump into people, and take your time." Song Yuanchao said with a smile.

Zhang Hao stopped and lay on the counter to look at it with great interest, his eyes lit up. Song Yuanchao accompanied him to watch, and he was also feeling the feeling of being here.

"Comrade, are you taking your children to see model airplanes?" Just when Zhang Hao was looking at it, a man in his thirties wearing glasses and polite asked Song Yuanchao with a smile.

"Oh, it's not my child, it's my brother, my uncle's cousin." Song Yuanchao replied with a smile.

"Oh, I see." The comrade smiled and nodded, then looked at Zhang Hao, who was still staring at the model aircraft behind the counter, and asked Song Yuanchao, "What grade is your cousin?" It's your first time here, right? ”

"He's going to junior high school right away, and I've secretly come over to see it before, and I took him here today. By the way, are you ......? Song Yuanchao replied casually, and at the same time asked the other party curiously, how did this person know that they were coming for the first time?

The comrade immediately laughed: "The children who come for the first time are like this, if it is a child who has already started, they will generally look at the type of aircraft model they need, but your cousin is different, as soon as he comes in, he looks everywhere, and the love in his eyes cannot be concealed, and there is no targeted goal for the selection of model aircraft, which is usually the performance of newcomers." ”

"By the way, my surname is Xie, Xie Ke, thank you for your Xie, overcome Ke, I am a tutor in the Children's Palace." Xie Ke stretched out his hand to Song Yuanchao.

"It turned out to be Teacher Xie, hello, my name is Song Yuanchao, a student of Beijing Normal University." Song Yuanchao returned his hand and Teacher Xie stretched out his hand to shake hands, and when he learned that Song Yuanchao was a student of Beijing Normal University, Xie Ke flashed a little surprise.

And just like that, the two talked.

Xie Ke is two years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, a few years older than Song Yuanchao, he used to be a teacher in an elementary school, and he was transferred from the school to the Children's Palace as a tutor the year before last.

Sheikh is very proficient in model airplanes, because he has been a fan of model airplanes since he was a child, and he has not given up his hobby after becoming a teacher, and is now in charge of the model airplane interest class in the Children's Palace, mainly teaching children some knowledge of model airplanes and conducting model airplane competitions.

Because of his hobbies and work, Sheikh is a regular customer of Wing Wind, according to him, he often came to Wing Wind when he was a teenager, and he is very familiar with the store and is a good friend of the manager here.

Unexpectedly, he met a professional teacher here, and Song Yuanchao immediately asked him about the knowledge of model aircraft. Xie Ke enthusiastically explained some knowledge about model aircraft to Song Yuanchao, and suggested that children like Zhang Hao should learn some ideas on how to deepen and improve from scratch.

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Chatting and chatting, Song Yuanchao and Xie Ke chatted very speculatively, and the topic gradually mentioned the beautiful P47 model in the window at the door, and curiously asked about the price of this model aircraft.

When it came to this, Xie Ke smiled and told Song Yuanchao that in fact, this model was designed and produced by him for half a year, and after the production was completed, several test flights were carried out, and the results of the test flights were very good.

For this reason, this model aircraft is not for sale, so he can't answer the price question asked by Song Yuanchao.

After a long time, it turned out to be like this, no wonder this model aircraft is different from ordinary model aircraft.

Song Yuanchao suddenly realized, and at the same time was amazed by Xie Ke's professionalism, and asked Xie Ke more curiously how much it cost Xie Ke to make this model airplane.

Xie Ke thought about it and told Song Yuanchao that he didn't calculate the specific amount of money, because from the initial design and preliminary production to the continuous adjustment and final formation later, it took him more than half a year, and at the same time invested a lot of money.

Roughly calculated, I'm afraid it cost nearly a thousand yuan, maybe more. When he learned of this result, Rao is Song Yuanchao was shocked that he was not short of money, a model aircraft actually cost so much money, which Song Yuanchao did not expect at all, you must know that today's nearly 1,000 yuan is equal to more than 100,000 yuan in terms of purchasing power, and it is incredible that so much money is invested in a model aircraft. What's more, it's not just about money, Sheikh has spent so much time and investment, and these are even more immeasurable.

"It's a lot of money, but don't you think it's worth it to have a perfect work born in your own hands?" Sheikh seems to have a good family, and he doesn't care much about money, but more about his work. He told Song Yuanchao that he would take this model airplane to participate in the national model airplane competition in May, and if he could get a good ranking in the competition, let alone nearly 1,000 yuan, he would be satisfied with even more money.

In addition, Sheikh also hopes that one day he can represent the country and bring his elaborate model airplanes to participate in the World Model Airplane Competition, so as to win glory for the country.

Song Yuanchao greatly admired Xie Ke's ambition, this is a professional and pure person, and he is also a person worthy of respect.

Suddenly, Song Yuanchao felt that Xie Ke was a very suitable teacher for Zhang Hao, didn't Zhang Hao like model airplanes? If there is a good teacher with it, isn't it better than pondering it yourself? Immediately, Song Yuanchao put forward the idea of whether he could let Zhang Hao study with him, to which Xie Ke readily agreed, he left Song Yuanchao a phone number and the address of the office of the Children's Palace, and asked Zhang Hao to go to the Children's Palace to find him after the New Year.

Putting away the contact information, Song Yuanchao thanked Xie Ke again, Xie Ke smiled and said no thanks, it is a good thing that children like model airplanes, and he also likes to teach children, because this is also the main reason why he will be a teacher in the Children's Palace, compared to the teacher work in ordinary primary schools, he prefers his current job, because this is what he loves.

Immediately, Song Yuanchao called Zhang Hao over, asked Zhang Hao to salute Xie Ke in front of him, and told Zhang Hao that this Teacher Xie is a teacher in the Children's Palace, and he is also a model aircraft master, and the fighter plane he saw outside just now is the work of Teacher Xie.

Touching Zhang Hao's head, it can be seen that Xie Ke likes the smart and lively Zhang Hao very much, and then asked Zhang Hao about his knowledge and understanding of model aircraft. After a general understanding, Xie Ke gave Song Yuanchao and Zhang Hao a few suggestions, according to his suggestion today Song Yuanchao first helped Zhang Hao buy the most basic catapult aircraft model kit, according to Xie Ke, this is a minimum entry model kit, so that children can understand the basic structure of the model aircraft in their own assembly, cultivate his hobbies, and learn some principle knowledge from it.

According to Xie Ke's recommendation, Song Yuanchao directly paid for a set of model kits, and bought some other necessary auxiliary materials, such as knives, elastics, cotton paper, cloth oil, instant adhesive and other accessories, filled with a large carton, and after all the purchases were completed, Song Yuanchao shook hands with Xie Ke and said goodbye, and made an appointment to let Zhang Hao go to the Children's Palace to find him after the year.