Chapter 389 This is the real cyberpunk
Tian Gang’s reminder is not unreasonable.
At least when Xu Qingshan got off the plane, he felt that the characteristics of India were written directly in his eyes.
"Don't look around here, just walk forward openly and look forward. It's safer in our venue."
Tian Gang reminded without looking sideways. .
The relationship between China and India cannot be said to be very good. At least a large group of people like them do not have exclusive special channels when getting off the plane, and they still need to be mixed with a large number of tourists or Indians.
Fortunately, there is no need to worry too much about being accompanied by the special service. However, the Indians in the airport will look at them from time to time, wondering which country these obviously East Asians came from.
Basically speaking, those who can stay inside the airport are already considered to be a person with relatively high cultural quality in India.
Xu Qingshan could feel some eyes locked on him. The kind of exploration in his eyes was very strong and had many different meanings. What's more terrifying is that this kind of eyes did not come from the opposite sex. , but from a group of big and thick men.
In fact, Xu Qingshan was also very eye-catching when he went out with a large group of professors in China.
After all, academic visiting groups like this are generally successful professors, not to mention that universities like Beijing University and Huaqing University are even more capable professors with status and status. .
In the academic circles around the world, if they want to achieve such a status, most people need to rely on themselves to endure it, even if their grades are not bad.
So when Xu Qingshan came out with them, he was a young and handsome guy with a handsome appearance comparable to a top male star standing among a group of old men.
He is not so eye-catching, who is so eye-catching?
The crane stands out in the flock is a thorough expression of the control group's experiment, not to mention that Xu Qingshan is still at the forefront of this group of people.
If some girls who like to watch fairy tales see this, they can turn "My Abstinence and Supreme Master" a thousand times when they go back.
Xu Qingshan nodded, calmed down and followed Tian Gang forward calmly.
The domestic visiting delegation did not have a direct flight to Hydebala. Although it was a special plane, the route applied for was also flying directly from Beijing to New Delhi. After arriving in New Delhi, it would then transfer to Hydebala.
As for transferring special cars, the personnel used were arranged by the Chinese Ambassador. He stayed here for a little longer and had seen more social chaos. He knew that the three of them could not trust them.
Not to mention China, even when other countries come to attend the International Mathematician Conference held in India, security issues will be put first.
Of course, not all countries can arrange itineraries for this group of mathematicians like China, and more of them come to participate in the school or individual units.
At this time they will spend money to hire various bodyguards.
Xu Qingshan and his team landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport, and the sensory impact and cultural collision caused by them were quite large.
Indira Gandhi International Airport is one of the "facades" of India, with a modern and artistic appearance design.
When Xu Qingshan and his team walked out of the terminal with the special service, they could see the most eye-catching "Buddha Hand" sculpture at the entrance of the terminal not far away. ——Ten huge palms are arranged in elegant postures, symbolizing the fusion of Indian traditional culture and modern design.
Moreover, although the airport has complete internal facilities, after walking out of the terminal, Xu Qingshan immediately felt the external environment in a strong contrast with the bright and beautiful interior of the airport.
"India is more humid and hotter than my hometown."
In addition to the airport, accompanied by the special service, Xu Qingshan complained to Tian Gang beside him, who was following the special bus. .
"I just had an air conditioner blowing in the airport and it didn't feel anything. As soon as I left the airport, the stuffy feeling after the rain in summer made people feel that my throat and nose were blocked."
< br>Xu Qingshan said with some disgust.
"And I don't know what's near their airport. I feel that the air is mixed with not only the smell of soil, but also all kinds of strange odors."
Tian Gang, however, was taking the old god from his pocket. A mask came out and put it on his face.
"So before I came, I told you to prepare all kinds of things. Seeing that you complain so much, you will know that you have not done your homework well and you have not brought a mask, right? Here, I will give you one. ”
After getting on the dedicated bus, the air condition has improved significantly.
Xu Qingshan and the others also met the Chinese ambassador waiting for them in the car, Lu Fengjun.
Lu Fengjun looks about 40 years old and has been in India for three years.
He did not enter the airport to welcome Xu Qingshan and the others, mainly because the Chinese Embassy is not easy to do in this place. Many normal applications and requirements on the surface of officials were not willing to pass.
When waiting outside the airport is not very safe, it is better to stay in the car and wait with peace of mind. "Sorry, I didn't pick you up when you landed." Lu Fengjun had a gentle smile, and his eyes remained on Xu Qingshan.
But he only stayed for a few seconds and continued to chat with Tian Gang and the others who led the team.
This time, many people came to participate in the International Mathematician Conference. Lu Fengjun needed to take two or three trips, and this trip was the most prestigious in China.
Beijing University, Huaqing, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Three special buses are needed to stuff people.
"This form looks a bit like a tour guide leading a team, but the situation in India is a bit special, so please forgive me."
Lu Fengjun made a joke calmly. Everyone had already put their suitcases in their arms, but they just smiled kindly, then sat in their seats, leaving professors from three colleges and Lu Fengjun to have a simple chat. Let's go ahead and schedule.
Xu Qingshan sat by the window, and the position next to him was left for Tian Gang.
Professor Peng Shige, who also wants to give a report at the International Conference of Mathematicians, is not in the same car, and he has nothing to communicate with.
Looking at the airport passage outside the car window, he found that the traffic at this international airport in India was not ordinary chaos.
This hasn't left the airport terminal yet.
The taxi driver who picked up the plane and the vendors who came out of nowhere would come forward to solicit business. The way out of the terminal was about a few hundred meters away, and it turned into another material. The road surface looks turbid, gray-yellow and dirty.
Xu Qingshan took out his cell phone and chatted with Jiang Huanxi and Tong Tong.
Tell them that they had successfully landed, and also complained about the situation at the Indian airport for a while.
I don’t know how long it took, but the big guys over there communicated, and the car started slowly. "The International Conference of Mathematicians is held the day after tomorrow. Ambassador Lu said that the conditions in Hyderabad are not very good. Let us take a day off in the city of New Delhi, take a break, and set off to Hyderabad tomorrow."
Tian Gang sat down, said a few simple words, and then he picked up his cell phone and notified the matter in the group.
Technology is progressing rapidly, and the old man must keep up. Now many teachers from Jingda like to build notification groups and chat groups on QQ.
The bus speed is not fast, and it is even worse than when traffic jams in Beijing.
Because when the car left the airport, it didn't go far, and it started to shuttle around the island and the congested traffic, and India's unique urban landscape could be seen along the way.
But these urban landscapes do not make people feel physically and mentally happy at all. Sometimes when the car is driving straight, it suddenly needs to turn around, and they can see a dilapidated temple standing suddenly in the middle of the road.
Sometimes they suddenly stopped and waited for a long time while driving, and they could only watch the herd of cattle in the middle of the road in the car to walk freely.
Of course, when Xu Qingshan leaned against the window, he saw some children with dark skin, ragged clothes standing on the side of the road, staring blankly at the three buses.
Although New Delhi is also the capital of a country.
But it doesn't seem to look very good.
Is India very poor?
Xu Qingshan remembers that he has read some statistics, but it seems that this is not the case.
It's just that deeply rooted caste system seems to have pushed India's gap between the rich and the poor to a more extreme existence.
When the bus slowly drove into the city of New Delhi, Xu Qingshan truly saw the scene of a painting being torn apart with his own eyes, which was nakedly revealing the world of wealth and poverty.
The urban area of New Delhi is well built.
Even in Xu Qingshan's opinion, it is no worse than those CBDs in Beijing.
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On both sides of the road are modern skyscrapers towering into the clouds. The glass curtain wall reflects dazzling light in the sun, as if it is a symbol of wealth and power. In those buildings, there are offices of multinational companies and luxurious In hotels and high-end apartments, people enjoy air conditioning, high-speed Internet and exquisite dining. The pace of life is efficient and orderly. They shuttle through the bright and beautiful places, with confidence and calmness on their faces.
On the other side, there is a completely different world.
The low and dilapidated shanty towns spread along the road, and the houses made of ragged iron and wooden boards were crooked together, and the roofs were filled with garbage and debris.
In the narrow alley, sewage flowed over and exuded a pungent stench. The children played barefoot in the mud, wearing shabby clothes, but smiling on their faces, as if they were unaware of the hardships of life.
Adults either squatted at the door, revealing helplessness and confusion in their eyes, or set up simple stalls on the street selling some cheap goods, and are rushing to make a living.
Occasionally, you can see a few skinny dogs rummaging through the garbage dump for food, blending with everything around them, all of which look so depressed.
This strong contrast makes people shocked, as if two completely different worlds were pieced together, but they had to coexist on this land. The bus was like a shuttle. The ghost between the two worlds, the scholars on the car witnessed the complexity and contradictions of the city of New Delhi, and the gap between the rich and the poor is infinitely amplified here.
"What? The first time I saw you?"
Tian Gang saw Xu Qingshan shaking his head left and right, looking at the world outside the car, and asked with a smile. "Well, it's indeed the first time I've seen you." Xu Qingshan nodded and replied.
"Although I sometimes go to the shanty towns in the city to see it, no matter how dirty and messy it is, there is a limit."
"I have also been to Canada and the United States before. , there is no need to say much about the level of urban construction there. Although the scale is not very large, many towns look the same as small villages, but the overall cleanliness is still up to standard. ”
"But only in India, only in New Delhi, I have seen such a thing for the first time." Xu Qingshan murmured.
This scene is actually very visually impactful.
"I don't shock India's wealth, nor India's poverty, but I'm a little strange, why do they put together such a big gap between the rich and the poor."
"Because That is the brain circuit of the Indian San, which is different from ours.”
Tian Gang said happily.
"Let me explain."
"I have also come to India to attend several academic conferences before, and once I mentioned this while chatting with an Indian scholar. That's what I told me."
"In a place like India that is born to completely determine their own class, the rich people of high castes can do so much that they sometimes No fun."
"But if they live with the civilians, they will look at the poor people like ants from the noble and brand new modern building every day, and they will have a sense of sensation. pride and conquest of life.”
"This is also a way for their sense of happiness." Xu Qingshan nodded. "It may be difficult to find a country as abstract as India in the world."
During the conversation.
The bus has stopped steadily.
Lu Fengjun sent them to a mid-to-high-end luxury hotel in the city near the Chinese Embassy. It’s not that the Chinese Embassy lacks enough funds and cannot arrange a better hotel. In fact, the expenses this time will be borne by the state. .
But because this hotel is also considered to be the high-end hotel with the highest security factor. At least the hotel's management and security system are all Chinese. As for the identity background, they are basically Qingqing. It's white.
In special times, this place will also be one of the refuges of Chinese expatriates.
Xu Qingshan and the others were arranged to have a room for each person. When they opened the curtains, they could see the shanty town not far away and the gorgeous tall buildings on the other side. There were also various signs full of technological sense on the tall buildings. It seems that it is a local technology company.
This is the real cyberpunk.
Xu Qingshan shook his head.
Sometimes it is good to go abroad while ensuring safety, and it can also be regarded as seeing the diversity of species.
He didn't go out.
The eyes at the airport made him feel uncomfortable, and it was hard for him to imagine what would happen if he went out on the street.
Even if he could borrow two special agents from the embassy to accompany him, he didn't think the two special agents could stop a large group of three. He simply rested in the room and kept his energy in order to survive. Prepare for the two-day report.
But before Xu Qingshan could finish washing, his door was knocked.
When I opened the door, I found that it was Lu Fengjun who had never been in contact with him. "Ambassador Lu?" Xu Qingshan looked at Lu Fengjun with confusion, wondering what the ambassador was asking for him to do.
"Professor Xu."
Lu Fengjun felt a little embarrassed, but the etiquette was there, and he still looked quite arrogant.
"I have a ruthless request, a private request."
(The end of this chapter)