Chapter 197 Imperial Foot Bath
“It’s hard work, Mr. Chen, it took ten hours to fly!”
“Oh, we still have to take a bus for several hours! Uncle Zhang, what about the Magic City? That’s right!”
“Don’t mention it, everything is expensive! It feels like it’s not the same currency as other cities.”
“Hahaha!”
The two walked to the parking lot together. Uncle Zhang was driving a Volkswagen. After placing the luggage, the car slowly drove out of the airport and headed towards the destination.
“Aren’t you taking me to the bus station?” Chen Xi felt that the direction was wrong.
"Your dad asked you to stay in Shanghai for one night before going back. First go to the company and then go to the hotel."
"What's going on in the company?"
"We have a new office, let me take you to have a look."
Uncle Zhang said as he drove.
Tianshan Road, in front of a small building.
"Holy crap, no, how did you create such a broken place." Chen Xi looked at the old office building in front of him and opened his mouth.
“It’s not the place Sanshu Qi is looking for. He probably swallowed the money...” Uncle Zhang waved his hand angrily. This is a new office in this district, and he was transferred here to manage it. .
"My third uncle must have lost money in Australia again... I thought the family was in trouble!" Chen Xi curled his lips. His third uncle was proficient in eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling.
His third uncle taught him how to smoke and drink, and he was not a doer at all. However, his father doted on this younger brother, and even treated his third uncle better than him, which made him feel very unbalanced.
"Cheer up, Mr. Chen is here."
As soon as he walked into the office, Chen Xi saw several young employees chatting and fishing. One of them even Play Solitaire.
After they heard the vice president’s voice, they immediately stood up and greeted Chen Xi.
It seems that Uncle Zhang is very dissatisfied with Third Uncle's actions and wants to take Chen Xi to see the actual situation of this office in person so that he can truthfully report the problems here to Chen's father.
"Didn't we have guests coming to see the machine this afternoon? Why are you guys so busy?"
"The guests came, and when they saw that our environment was average, they said they were thinking about it..."
Meeting To Uncle Zhang's question, one of the young guys answered.
"Hurry up and get to work!"
Uncle Zhang shouted in displeasure, and the young men instantly turned into obedient babies and began to do the work at hand and make phone calls again. I typed on the keyboard again, not sure if I was really busy or just pretending.
"Ahem~ I'll help you respond to your situation when the time comes." Chen Xi coughed and whispered.
"Ha, thank you very much, Mr. Chen. Your third uncle, hey~" Uncle Zhang shook his head. He really couldn't understand why the chairman would appoint an unlearned person to take charge of this. Important work.
"My third uncle is like that. He eats, drinks, whores and gambles. My father wants him to do something to change. As the saying goes, it is easy to change the country, but it is hard to change the nature, and the mud cannot support the wall..." Chen Xi He scolded his third uncle, and then comforted his uncle Zhang.
Uncle Zhang’s name is Zhang Shijie. He also graduated from a university. Although he is not a technical person, he is serious and responsible in his work. He joined the company right after graduation and has been working there until now. He was promoted very quickly. Yes.
"I'm going down to buy a pack of cigarettes!" Chen Xi knew that Uncle Zhang didn't smoke, so he said hello and went downstairs.
"Boss, come and pack the soft gold sand."
"Here~"
Chen Xi took out a fifty-dollar bill and handed it over, and asked for a lighter.
“Cigarettes are still cheaper in China and easier to smoke!” Chen Xi took a deep breath and squinted his eyes as he looked at a typing and copying shop next to the shop.
The equipment in this typing and copying shop is old, with only a few worn-out printers and cutting plotters, and no other high-value advanced machines.
"Damn, I've been running for a few streets and I can't figure it out. What a crappy advertising store."
"Forget it, let's find a bigger store!" Two girls dressed in professional attire walked from the small store He walked out, complaining constantly.
After hearing this, the boss muttered dissatisfiedly: "Silly man! If I had money, I wouldn't buy more machines! It looks like he just graduated." As he said that, he lit a cigarette and stood at the door Watching the girls leaving.
"What do you need?" A figure flashed beside him. The boss saw this and asked, but he did not expect that the other party handed him a cigarette.
"How long has your store been open?" Chen Xi looked at the man in front of him with a smile, his hair as messy as a chicken coop.
"Five years, what, colleagues?"
"No, I sell machines upstairs."
"Oh, I also use your equipment."
< br>At first, the boss had a cold attitude towards Chen Xi, even with a hint of hostility, mistaking him for a competitor. However, after hearing Chen Xi's explanation, the boss's face gradually softened, and his tense expression slowly relaxed.
“How much money can your store make in a month?”
"Not much, not much money. I don't want to buy new machines. If there is nothing else, I will go in first." The boss was obviously a little impatient. He threw the finished cigarette butt on the ground, then turned and walked into the store.
Chen Xi looked into the store. There were only two people in the store and the equipment was limited. So, he touched his chin and began to formulate a plan.
"No way, Uncle Zhang! Just arrange for me to stay here?"
Looking at a somewhat shabby hotel in front of him, Chen Xi opened his mouth.
"Your dad insisted on this arrangement, don't blame me! He said he wanted you to know how to save." Zhang Shijie shrugged, took his luggage and walked to the lobby.
"It's so good for him to live alone. If he lets me live here, I'll go!" Chen Xi curled his lips.
"I have a dinner tonight, do you want to go with us?"
"Don't worry about me, I will go back by car tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll go first then . ”
Zhang Shijie looked at the time and looked a little anxious. He probably had something important to do.
Chen Xi waved to him indifferently, and then looked at the room. It was still clean, but the decoration was a bit old. "So many little cards!" After Zhang Shijie left, Chen Xi picked up a bottle of mineral water on the table.
Under the mineral water is a stack of colorful cards, all with pictures of beautiful women printed on them, but at first glance they look like they were copied from the Internet.
According to the current market situation in China, even if you go to Shanghai, a very beautiful one would cost less than a few bucks. For the price of one in Tu'ao, you can probably find several here.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk~” Chen Xi put the cards back to their original places. Most of the women in China now dress up in non-mainstream styles. The clothes they wore to do this looked very old in his eyes. It's unsophisticated, so naturally he has no interest.
"TNND." I tossed and turned in bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep. I slept for several hours on the plane, and now I am naturally not sleepy.
He walked to the table and picked up a bottle of mineral water. He looked at the colorful cards and shook his head again.
Put on your coat and open the door.
Ten minutes later, in front of a foot bath shop not far from the hotel, he looked at the lobby and signboard of this foot bath shop. It should be a high-end place.
As soon as he approached the foot bath shop, the doorman at the door bowed respectfully to greet him and shouted enthusiastically: "Welcome, hello, boss!"
It was already past ten o'clock, but there were still a lot of customers in the foot bath shop. Most of them were middle-aged and drunk men, who were all smiling and going in and out together.
"Sir, what project are you going to do?"
"Let me introduce you."
Chen Xi took off his shoes and lay down on the sofa. The waiter had already brought the fruit plate. , asked.
“We have the imperial foot bath of 1888, the tenderness of 1188, and the lotus of 888...”
"Here comes 1888."
"Mr. Haole, do you need to apply for a card?"
"No."
The waiter heard that Chen Xi ordered the last Gui, he immediately smiled and his service attitude was much more respectful.
In his opinion, Chen Xi is a rich second generation from Shanghai, and he must have come here to be cool.
He quickly picked up the intercom and informed the interior of the distinguished guest's needs.
Chen Xi ate a piece of fruit and took a sip of tea from the table. He held the remote control and turned on the evening news channel.
"Last month, two coal mine accidents in Shanxi Province have been fully investigated. This accident caused..."
The announcer in the news was talking seriously.
"Good evening, boss!" After a while, someone knocked on the box door, and a row of young and beautiful girls walked in, leaving Chen Xi stunned.
"Is this a foot bath or a KTV?"
"Hehe, boss, of course this is a foot bath shop." One of the sweet-looking girls who looked very young and deliberately dressed up to be mature covered her mouth and smiled. .
"Please choose the boss, boss." The waiter standing aside said respectfully, and pointed to the number plate on each girl.
Let me go, this foot bath shop does the same thing as KTV selecting girls.
"Whatever, just the number 88!" Chen Xi casually pointed at a tall girl in the middle. These girls are all beautiful. Anyway, he just wanted to give a massage, so he picked one. The numbers are auspicious.
"Boss, you are really discerning. No. 88 is our best at this."
"Well, that's it." Chen Xi waved his hand, feeling a little uncomfortable with so many women surrounding him.
"Boss, please choose one more."
"Huh? Two more."
"That's natural. As an emperor, how come there can only be one? Where is the concubine?" the waiter said with a smile.
"Then let's take this No. 77!" Chen Xi's face was full of black lines, and he pointed at one of them who looked relatively innocent. Having a pedicure and treating two women is really speechless.
Originally, he thought 1888 was a bit of a scam, but now it seems that with the services of two technicians, it is still worth the money.
The private room was not small. Chen Xi took the clothes the other party handed him and put them on. Then he lay back down like an old man and continued to watch the news.
The news said that on December 15, 2006, the twenty-fifth day of the tenth lunar month, Blue Star experienced a rare and extremely large magnetic storm.
The impact of this magnetic storm was widely recorded and reported by space weather monitoring agencies around the world.
According to a report released by the National Space Weather Monitoring and Warning Center on the 15th, this extremely large magnetic storm hit Blue Star in the early morning of the 15th.
This large-scale magnetic storm event has a significant impact on artificial satellites and communication and navigation systems on Earth.
Researchers at the Space Weather Laboratory of the National Satellite Meteorological Center revealed the source of this magnetic storm.
He pointed out that at 10:40 on the 13th, the sun erupted with an X3.4 magnitude flare, accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME). After these ejected materials reached Blue Star, they triggered a huge magnetic storm in the early morning of the 15th.
However, things did not end there. At 6:15 on the 15th, the sun once again erupted with an X1.5 magnitude flare, also accompanied by a CME.
The effects of magnetic storms are not limited to space.
Researchers explained that large magnetic storms have the ability to change the attitude of artificial earth satellites, thus affecting the detection direction of remote sensors on the satellites.
In addition, it can cause interference to positioning, navigation and shortwave communications, although mobile phone communications are generally not affected.
The additional current generated by a large magnetic storm may even have a certain impact on the power system.
What’s more interesting is that large magnetic storms can also make released pigeons get lost, because they fly according to magnetic field lines, and magnetic storms can change the direction of magnetic field lines.
"Boss, I see that you are a cultured person. I don't understand this kind of news at all." Technician No. 88 praised Chen Xi with a charming look. She didn't care about culture. She just thought Chen Xi was handsome and generous.
"Haha, how could I understand~ This news is like a science fiction movie." Chen Xi laughed and put his feet in the hot water.
(End of this chapter)