"Thank you, uncle, for your love." Several little girls nearby followed suit and bowed in salute.

Zhang Yanming felt a little embarrassed and waved his hand to the driver to drive: "Goodbye little sister, you are the best."

Several little girls smiled and waved at Zhang Yanming, very happy.

The driver gestured his thumb to Zhang Yanming, drove forward along the street, and turned around when he reached the front: "Are you planning to live there or not?"

"Just stay there, I'm too tired, take a rest."

"Okay. Where are you coming from?"

"America, a friend is getting married and I'm going to attend the wedding."

"In our country?"

"No, it's the people over there."

"Nice, you have made friends all over the world, you are a successful person at first sight."

"Not really." Zhang Yanming shook his head.

After a few words, the kung fu car arrived at the entrance of the Jingcheng Hotel. Zhang Yanming took out his wallet and was stunned. All the money was given to those little red scarves: "What, master, can I use a rice knife? I only have a few RMB on me." , I just gave it all away.”

"Just for what you said just now, this trip is free. Come on, please."

"That's not possible. You are here to earn money and support your family."

Zhang Yanming took out a two-meter knife and put it on the console and got out of the car. This was the smallest value of his knife.

The driver got out of the car and ran over to help take out the suitcase.

"I'll ask you for money." The driver took out the money from his pocket. Zhang Yanming took a ten-dollar bill and waved his hand: "Okay, thank you, go and do the work quickly."

The job of taxi driver was definitely considered a high-income group before 1996. It was a bit harder, but everyone made a fortune. It was considered a group that got rich early.

Since the taxi reform in 1996, this group of people has fallen out of the high-income group. Their hard work has doubled and their income has dropped. By this time in 1998, another reform has completely stopped the taxi industry.

A "Sister" who has been driving a taxi in Beijing for more than ten years once told this story to describe taxi drivers after the taxi reform in 1996:

The son of a certain village chief had a restaurant business license, but he was afraid of running the business alone, risking the risk of losing money, so he approached Li Si and said, "I will provide the license, you will contribute the capital, and we will run the business together."

Li Si invested 100,000 yuan, and they have been running the restaurant together for 8 years. The restaurant has grown from a sparsely populated restaurant to a busy one. Some people are willing to spend 800,000 yuan to buy the restaurant, which shows how prosperous the restaurant is.

One day, the son of the village chief came to Li Si and said: "The 100,000 you paid originally bought tables, chairs, stools, stoves and cutlery. Now they are worn out. I will give you 5,000 yuan to leave. The business license is mine, and the restaurant is mine.

If you are willing to do it, give me another 35,000 yuan, collect 40,000 yuan as a deposit, and work for me."

Li Si said: "Aren't you treacherous? Where is the justice of heaven?!"

The village chief's son said: "My father is the village chief, and that's what I do. You can sue wherever you like. I have people in the government and the court, and the suing will be in vain!"

Li had spent forty-eight years in restaurants. Apart from restaurant management, he had no other skills and no other skills to make a living. He had no choice but to borrow money here and there and collect a deposit of 40,000 yuan to work for the village chief's son.

Suppose the term "restaurant" is replaced by "taxi company", "this is a true portrayal of the taxi industry."

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"Okay, I won't be polite to you, thank you. Here is my business card. Please take it. If you need anything in the capital, just call me and I will be on call." The driver handed Zhang Yanming a business card.

Zhang Yanming nodded and took the business card, looked at it, put it in his pocket, and dragged his suitcase into the hotel.

"Welcome." The doorman helped Zhang Yanming open the door.

Zhang Yanming nodded and handed over the two-meter knife as a habit. He waited until the other party received the knife in surprise before he realized that this is China. I have gotten used to it these days.

"Sir, please come this way." The doorman felt that he was respected and smiled very enthusiastically.

In fact, this is a matter of national conditions and customs. Everything in China is clearly priced, and the calculation system for wages and benefits is completely different from that of Amilika, so there is no such thing as tipping.

Having said that, the service standards and quality content are not up to that level at all. Tips are simply learned from watching movies and TV shows, but never consider why others are qualified to tip, and why the guests are willing to tip.

It seems that we like to learn everything from the outside, but it seems that we only learn superficially, only learn the benefits, and turn a blind eye to the rest.

Just like when oil prices and international crude oil rise, we rise in response and follow at a certain speed. Then when the price drops, we never see him follow.

When we enjoy benefits, we call it integrating with international standards. When we need to pay, we talk about the national conditions with you. It's all like this.

"Can you pay with rice knives, or provide exchange services? I just came back from Amilika and I don't have any RMB with me."

"Sure, sir, we have exchange service, but it can only be exchanged according to the bank interest rate." The doorman said in a low voice.

At this time, the black market exchange rate is much higher than the national exchange rate. The bank exchange rate is 8.26 cents, while the black market exchange rate is more than 11 yuan. In this era, there are too many people who want to go abroad, and they are all trying to exchange rice knives.

The craze for going abroad is actually mainly concentrated in the capital cities of Shencheng and Yangcheng. The country invested heavily in the development of these places regardless of the cost, which opened the eyes of the people, and then people from these places began to find ways to go abroad.

No nostalgia. The moon in foreign countries is big and round, and the tap water in foreign countries is sweet. I feel like I will become a master when I go out.

Another hotspot for going abroad is Zhijiang, which is exactly the opposite of Jingshenyang. This place, which will be the richest in the future, is now too poor to survive. People have been fleeing the country since the 1980s. If you don’t flee, you will have no way to survive.

They also had no money, so they had to find smugglers to cross the border. They didn't dare to go to big places like Amélica. Instead, they went to small European countries like Holland and Italy. They had no money to pay for the boat and were owed money, so they went to work slowly. Return slowly.

This may be the earliest mortgage loan in China.

Then, in order to survive, pay off debts, and earn money for their families, these people burst out with incredible power and successively occupied supermarkets, restaurants, and leather goods and clothing businesses in these countries.

A few years later, the products began to be sold back to China and became high-end luxury goods. In fact, the concept of international brand luxury goods is the most successful marketing case of Zhijiang people in China.

Check-in at Beijing hotels must be distinguished between domestic guests and foreign guests.

Zhang Yanming thought for a while and asked: "Should I be considered a domestic guest or a foreign guest?"

The receptionist smiled and said: "Sir, you are from that country whose passport you hold."

Zhang Yanming nodded: "Is it okay to use an ID card? I am Chinese, and I should use this in my own country." He put his passport aside, took out his ID card and handed it over.
Chapter completed!