Chapter 26: Leisurely daily life during the plague (Part 1)
Half a month later, the newly opened "Golden Lotus" luxury hotel in Bodhgaya, the holy Buddhist land in Bihar, India
——After defeating the T virus with the extraordinary immunity developed by the Ganges River water, in view of the poor situation of patients and poor sanitation in Vicha Village, Chandler returned from another world out of worries about secondary infection. As soon as Mr. Lal Shukla got slightly better, he forced himself to flee his hometown in a hurry and rushed to the nearby tourist resort Bodhgaya. He found the most luxurious hotel to stay in, preparing to avoid the high incidence of the "new type of influenza" here. .
Wang Qiu and the other three of them also moved here. On the one hand, it was for close observation, just in case. On the other hand, it was equivalent to self-isolation, and it was not convenient to return home for the time being - although a global zombie crisis would not occur. , but an "Indian Flu" caused by a weakened version of the T virus is still sweeping the world violently, causing most of the world, including China, to be in turmoil...
Under such circumstances, relevant parties believe that it is better for Wang Qiu and the others to stay abroad for a few more days.
At this moment, the torrential rain that had been raging all night finally released all its energy on the eve of sunrise. A short pause allowed this fertile land nourished by the Ganges to enjoy a brief moment of tranquility. Immediately afterwards, the first light of dawn was like a sharp sword that instantly cut through the night sky, piercing the originally dark purple-black sky and earth, making the roofs of thousands of houses shine in the morning light.
In a luxurious suite on the top floor of the hotel, Wang Qiu, who was lying on a large carved bed, was also bathed in the morning light and slowly woke up.
"... Heh... It's so dazzling... It turns out it's already dawn..." A slightly hoarse moan came slowly from the depths of his throat. Next, with a hint of residual tiredness, Wang Qiu finally yawned and opened his dry eyelids.
In an instant, a bright light shot directly into his field of vision, causing him to shed tears involuntarily. He had to quickly tilt his head to avoid the dazzling sunlight, but his originally chaotic consciousness also quickly changed. Come to your senses.
The next moment, he noticed the mature female body next to him with skin as white as jade and a faintly intoxicating fragrance.
——After experiencing the entertainment activities last night, Marikawa Shizuka was lazily curled up in a comfortable bed. Her delicate and convex naked body was only covered with a very thin sheet, outlining her exquisite and beautiful curves. Her blond hair, shining like the sun, was spread naturally and without any pretense... She seemed to have sensed the movement on Wang Qiu's side. She, who was still sleeping soundly, murmured a few times and moved slightly. As a result, she only had The sheets also slipped off, revealing two balls of snow-white and greasy agar, exuding a rich and sweet smell. The two smooth and delicate slender jade legs are also stretched out without any cover, allowing the most private secret garden at the base of the thigh to suddenly appear in spring, which is simply tempting to commit crime.
The bright morning light that filtered in through the window made her naked and beautiful body look like a dream. The fair skin, delicate facial features, and smooth golden hair all reflect hazy colorful spots under the refreshing morning sun.
This is really...a visual enjoyment that can only be enjoyed by the legendary "winner in life"! As soon as he got up in the morning, he saw such a beautiful scenery. Even though he had admired it many times before, Wang Qiu couldn't help but swallowed. He felt a little dizzy, and his chest was pounding. He wanted to rush forward immediately. Use this, press and rub it He can be hugged, touched, pushed down, and his good friend can be touched, hugged, rubbed, and licked, letting out the hot desires in his heart... until a fatigue that seems to come from the bone marrow comes from his body. , which made Wang Qiu temporarily stop his action.
Then, he remembered that because he was extremely bored, he seemed to have used too much of the authentic Tianzhu oil last night, and actually did it four times in a row... He has a body that has been strengthened many times and is comparable to Captain America. My body is already a bit overwhelmed
"...Uh...it's better to be a little more restrained! You can't die on a woman's belly like someone I saw before!"
He sighed, murmured in a low voice, turned around and got out of bed, then put on his clothes with the gentlest movements, and tiptoed out of the room, lest he wake up the beautiful blonde who was still lying in bed and having a good dream. ……
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Walking out of the bedroom of the luxurious suite, there is a luxuriously decorated living room outside, which is full of luxury and luxury, just like a British aristocratic manor in the Victorian style - golden cashmere carpets are spread under the feet, and exquisite landscape paintings are hung on the walls. Refreshing mint-flavored incense floated in the air, the tables and chairs were exquisitely hollowed out and carved, and all kinds of copper and silverware were polished to a shine, as if everything was filled with a sense of luxury.
Wang Qiu sat directly next to the teak dining table covered with white tablecloth, pulled a rope at his hand, and a bell sounded outside the door. After a while, a group of hotel servants in neat uniforms filed in, and together they served Wang Qiu, the distinguished guest, to enjoy breakfast.
The entire dining process was as follows: First, a servant came forward, placed a large silver-plated plate in front of him, and tied a napkin for him;
Then a servant holding a large tray with one hand came over and poured black tea, lemon and honey from the silver pot in front of him into the cup in front of him.
Then the second servant holding a large tray with one hand came over and put a small bowl of green mung bean curry on his plate;
Then the third servant holding a large tray with one hand came over and put a cup of white hot milk and a small dish of sugar cubes on his plate;
Then a fourth servant holding a big tray with one hand came over and put a bowl of yellow chicken curry on his plate;
Then the fifth servant holding a large tray with one hand came over and placed a small straw basket with mini-sized Indian parathas in it;
Then a sixth servant, holding a large tray with one hand, came over and put the knife and fork on it at his special request (Indians generally eat with their hands).
Finally, the seventh servant came over holding a large tray with one hand and placed a white porcelain plate with a sizzling hot fried egg inside.
After all the food was served, the eight servants returned to the door, stood in a row, and bowed to Wang Qiu. If Wang Qiu hadn't signaled them to go down, they would have watched respectfully until Wang Qiu finished eating, and were ready to comply with any of Wang Qiu's orders.
During the whole process, eight servants were surrounding Wang Qiu, and everyone was so polite, every move was so meticulous and orderly, and all the cutlery and cutlery were polished... It's like a princely and aristocratic pomp.
Of course, since it is a pomp like a prince's and aristocrat's, it is natural to pay a price like that of a prince's and noble's - Wang Qiu has to pay 50,000 rupees every day to stay in this luxurious suite, which is equivalent to 5,000 RMB... On average for middle-class white-collar workers In India, where the monthly salary is only 20,000 rupees, the luxury at this price is enough to make most people look up to it. But Wang Qiu doesn't have to worry about this little money, it can be reimbursed anyway.
However, although the enjoyment and decoration here are like a palace, as long as you turn around and open the curtains, you can see a row of dark, low-rise bungalows spreading to the sky. Like many developing countries with great disparity between rich and poor, this place is located in the Buddhist holy land. The luxury hotel has the same internal and external aspects. Oh, there are splendid chandeliers, carpets and high-end furniture inside, as well as central air-conditioning providing 24-hour air-conditioning. A courteous and smart doorman is always waiting to help you carry your luggage and press the elevator, but the smell is overwhelming as soon as you step out. dirt roads and hordes of dirty homeless people.
In addition, this high-end hotel has more Indian characteristics. What impressed Wang Qiu the most was the astonishing number of service staff. The number of waiters, maids, doormen, etc. was at least two or three times that of hotels of the same level in China. . But at the same time, these guys are also surprisingly "lazy": many small things that only one employee can do in China, such as serving tea, water, wiping tables, etc., in hotels in India, three to five people have to work together! One of them is only responsible for serving tea, another is only responsible for pouring water, and the third is only responsible for wiping the table, and there is also a little foreman next to him who gives orders!
The division of labor is so rigid and trivial that it puts the Japanese, who are world-famous in this regard, to shame - in their minds, many jobs seem to be insurmountable: if you are an egg fryer, you cannot be responsible for delivering things, even if No matter how idle you are and no matter how busy the person passing things is, you will not just hand the dirty pot to the dishwasher. Therefore, Indians often need to mobilize a large number of people to do a very simple thing, and there must be one of them who starts the order like a foreman, otherwise everyone will not know what to do. The most exaggerated example is that when Wang Qiu wanted to send a fax to China, he had to have a foreman in the hall collect it on his behalf and then pass it on to an assistant, who then passed it on to the doorman who sent the fax. Even if the doorman is standing next to Wang Qiu, he will not accept the original fax from Wang Qiu. Instead, he will call the foreman over and repeat the above process!
At the beginning, Wang Qiu thought this was some stupid way to ensure employment, just like the state-owned enterprises in the late Soviet Union where "you pretend to have paid wages (rubles under the rationing system can't buy anything)" , we pretended to have done the work" is the same situation, it just feels very embarrassing. But then, when chatting with Mr. Chandra Shukla about this matter, he learned that the reason why high-end hotels in India need so many service staff is not because the boss wants to show off and waste money to hire more service staff. People, but because of an obscure concept found nowhere else: caste!
In India, all servants must be very strictly distinguished by their "type of work" according to their surnames, and the rules cannot be violated. For example, in India, rich people's mansions and high-end hotels that cater to the rich generally employ the best Brahmin caste chefs, because the rich themselves are often Brahmin or Kshatriya high castes, and can only eat food cooked by Brahmin. food. But the Brahmin chef is also a noble person and can cook, but he cannot do the "lowly" work of serving people, such as serving dishes, so people from lower castes have to be used as waiters. But even low-caste Indians are generally unwilling to do more menial tasks such as cleaning toilets, so they have to find untouchables to do this. Since each type of work requires a dedicated person, who cannot be interchanged at any time, and employees cannot be allowed to hold multiple positions or take over the job when necessary, the result is a huge waste of human resources...
This is relatively light. In ancient times, servants in India had a more detailed division of labor, including dedicated housekeepers, dog walkers, those who were responsible for shouting and driving away prey during hunting, those who ironed clothes, those who emptied toilets, those who carried sedan chairs, those who were responsible for Those who carry obese owners up the stairs, those who wash their feet, those who manage gardens, those who drive mosquitoes away from their owners, those who are responsible for feeding pets, etc., and each "type of work" has a special name, which can be said to be a complete category. What's even more terrible is that the name of this type of work is often the surname of a Sudra or Vaishya, which means that each type of work is hereditary and cannot interfere with each other. If a rich person wants to have someone take care of everything in his life and strictly comply with the "rules", he must hire an extremely exaggerated group of people. As a result, there was a very particular wealthy Indian Brahmin who even came up with the idea of requiring 600 servants to serve his family of six!
But from another perspective, this is really a breathtaking royal and aristocratic style. After all, from the East to the West, the upper class is associated with luxury, and the so-called luxury is equivalent to waste - drinking and drinking, singing and dancing feasts, BMWs and cars, wasting money is a kind of luxury, yes, but letting hundreds of people serve you A person who wastes human resources unscrupulously is also a higher-end luxury!
The same is true even in ancient China. "A Dream of Red Mansions" describes the grandeur of a certain family. It always says that there are hundreds of people cheering as soon as they go out, instead of describing how exquisite the family's sedan chair is and how expensive the horses pulling the cart are... In comparison, those banking giants on Wall Street in the United States, who earn hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars a year but only have a few maids in their villas, would become small households by this standard. !
It is also for the same reason that high-caste rich people in India don’t like to immigrate to foreign countries. Many Chinese people find it a bit strange. In China, many people want to immigrate and change their nationality as soon as they get rich, especially in the entertainment industry. It was so exaggerated that it even led to the embarrassing incident of almost no Chinese actors in the film "The Founding of the People's Republic of China". But why do so few of India’s top rich immigrate abroad? It is because in their opinion, only in India can they enjoy all kinds of exaggerated privileges that comply with the "rules" and have so many people serve them meticulously.
All in all, by extremely wasting human resources and using a lot of people to serve one distinguished guest, the service provided by this high-end Indian hotel is indeed impeccable in terms of software, but the hardware aspect has to be limited by the general environment—— The electricity is okay. The hotel has its own large diesel generator, which can maintain 24-hour power supply even if the power grid frequently collapses. The tap water is also so-so. The hotel has its own filtering and cleaning device. Although the water provided to the guest rooms is still not drinkable, it is at least okay for bathing and gargling. However, the hotel's wireless network service is not good. Each room only has one wifi IP, 60 hours of free time are allocated a week, and the network speed is very slow and intermittent. Even in the most luxurious suites. In today's era of "digital survival", this problem is really critical. Therefore, after using his tablet computer for a long time and still unable to connect to the website, Wang Qiu had no choice but to leave the suite with many servants and go to the coffee shop downstairs to use the free Internet - the signal there was finally relatively good. Smoother. When he finally connected to the Internet in the coffee shop, he saw to his surprise that various websites were full of breaking news about the current global "Indian Flu"...