Chapter 22: Shanghai Stalls

Shanghai's international buildings are still so beautiful, and the Bund is full of people at night, a prosperous scene. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's only been more than 2 years, and the people here seem to have forgotten the war at the end of 32 years.

The topic of "forbidden dance" has been a hot topic in the newspaper lately, and in the "Declaration", it is common to read about the emptiness and guilt that some students have developed in their hearts after indulging in dance halls.

A few days ago, there was an article in the supplement of "Declaration" that wrote: In the dim light and melodious music, I hugged a woman for the first time. Because it was the first time, the steps were very spicy, but fortunately, I had worked in the room before, so I didn't make any jokes. The music stopped, I staggered back to my seat, and my classmates returned to their seats, all smiling and happy! Back at school, Xin'er is still often in the dance arena. The thin garments gave me a powerful deception.

At the time of the national crisis, college students, who are the pillars of the country, linger in the dance field, hovering between abstinence and indulgence. To this end, the "Declaration" published a commentary article pointing out that modern life has been imitated at the peak in Shanghai, and the life of college students dancing, especially the proof of the harm of imitating modernity. We Chinese not imitate the modern content of others, but the modern appearance of others is biased, which is a matter related to the future of the country, not just a trivial matter of life......

It seems that the most important thing in the whole of China now is to control the pace of these young students on the dance floor, and even officials from the Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau and principals of major schools have stood up and carried the "no dance" signboard high.

The problem that China has to face in 34 years can not be compared with a small "ban on dance" incident?

The Confucianism that the Chinese have passed down from Confucius for thousands of years has only understood the words "moderation" and "comfort".

Even if the country is going to die tomorrow, the master still has to continue today's wind and snow......

Shanghai, in such an intoxicating atmosphere, has become extraordinarily impetuous and extraordinarily fanatical.

A few women in heavy makeup surrounded their drunken guests, and each boarded the rickshaw waiting outside the nightclub, and the laughter of men and women left a string in the air, attracting the sideways of passers-by.

There is wine today, and there is drunkness today, and ...... tomorrow? Fuck ...... tomorrow!!

A group of men dressed as tourists wandered around on the Nanjing Road, all of whom looked very strong, led by a man with a young man, and a yellow-haired and blue-eyed foreigner among the people behind him.

Brother Gongzi, who is full of style and shaking a paper fan in his hand, is naturally Brigade Commander Huang, and today he led the senior officials of the 10th Brigade to Shanghai to open foreign meat.

In the words of Brigadier Huang, this is called a "business visit"! But except for Wang Huanzhi and Fan Jie, the two guys who are still a bit of tourists, the rest of the people have their waists straight, as if others will not be able to look at their soldiers. I didn't even dare to get up to the beautiful cuties.

Huang Haoran spit out the orange peel in his mouth and thought crookedly.

It must be the reason for the group of people behind me that has greatly reduced the attractiveness of my "Fengliu Xiaosheng", it must be so!

Especially Shen Lao Er, who is five big and three thick, keeps his saliva when he sees a beautiful woman, which is really too cheap!

Huang Haoran felt that the Bund in the 21st century was too bright, but it was not as romantic as the Bund in 34, and a few slightly dark corners were the favorite places for couples in Shanghai.

Across the Huangpu River is the later Lujiazui, Huang Haoran habitually searched for the two familiar Shanghai landmarks in his heart, but only the black tidal flats in his eyes.

The "Peace Hotel" at No. 19, Zhongshan East 1st Road, Huangpu District, which is close to the Bund, is where Huang Haoran and his entourage stayed in Shanghai. (In 1934, the Peace Hotel was called the Chinachem Hotel, but the name Peace Hotel was used in the article because of its popularity and readers' sense of involvement.) Author's case)

Walking into the "Peace Hotel" gave Huang Haoran the illusion of returning to the 21st century.

It's still such a location, such an architectural style, but the decoration and furnishings in the hotel remind Huang Haoran that this is Shanghai in the 30s of the last century.

Huang Haoran feels as if he is in a time tunnel, and his imagination is full of imagination in the fusion and interweaving of modern and traditional, trendy and retro.

Foreign celebrities and dignitaries who come to Shanghai like to come to the "Peace Hotel", or they come to listen to the music played by the hotel's first-class jazz band; Or come here to taste Shanghai's first-class Shanghainese cuisine; Or come and stay and experience the "authentic" Shanghai style.

Completed in 1929, the Peace Hotel is a Gothic building of the Chicago School, with a height of 77 meters, and is one of the earliest buildings built on the Bund in Shanghai at that time, with a total cost of 2,483,640 taels of silver. The exterior wall of the hotel is made of granite stone blocks, entered by the revolving hall door, the lobby floor is paved with milky white Italian marble, and the top bronze openwork chandelier is luxurious and elegant, magnificent, showing grace and luxury, with the reputation of "the first floor in the Far East", and it is also one of the most luxurious hotels in the world at that time.

The hotel has hundreds of guest rooms, the most distinctive of which is the "Nine Nations Characteristic Suite", which is designed and decorated according to the architectural styles of nine countries, including China, Britain, the United States, France, Japan, Italy, Germany, India and Spain, which has existed since its opening in 1929, which is unique among Chinese hotels.

These Nine Nations Specialty Suites are more sought-after than other rooms in the hotel, and are often flooded by guests, and the demand exceeds the supply.

Huang Haoran, a small colonel and brigade commander, would not have been able to live in such a special suite. The old man of the Qinggang came forward to book the "Chinese suite" in the Nine Nations Special Suite for Huang Haoran.

This can be regarded as satisfying Huang Hao's wishes for the future, Huang Haoran came to the "Peace Hotel" many times in the 21st century, but he was never able to live in a "special suite", and he has always had some regrets......

These Nine Nations Special Trap has a fatal attraction to Brigade Commander Huang.

The other people who accompanied him also stayed in the luxurious suite of the "Peace Hotel", how much did they cost? Of course, it's the old man bag in Shanghai!

At eight o'clock, the old man and Yu Damei came to the Chinese restaurant of the "Peace Hotel" together, and the old man wanted to invite Huang Haoran to dinner, but he was invited alone......

Huang Haoran gave Fan Jie a few words, and asked the waiter of the hotel to lead him to the restaurant.

The old man he saw was similar to what he thought, he was a very energetic old gentleman, wearing a satin coat and carrying a black civilization staff in his hand.

Who would have thought that such an old gentleman would be an important figure in the Shanghai Youth Gang?

"Sure enough, it's a real person who doesn't show his face!"

Huang Haoran looked at the old man in front of him, he knew that he had to deal with it seriously, if he could get the help of this old man, the "things" he wanted to do in Shanghai would be much easier......

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