The food here is served much faster than in other Western restaurants that claim to be authentic.

The four people stopped talking and concentrated on their movements, only occasionally exchanging words in a low voice.

The environment has a huge impact on people's thinking and behavior. In such a restaurant that is generally quiet, everyone will consciously try not to make any noise.

After dinner, Zhang Yanming called the waiter to pay the bill. The foreign couple next to him also finished their meal and stood up, enthusiastically heading to sit in the cafe outside.

"Hi Fran, my name is Smith, Gabrielle Smith, this is Angelina, we're from America, nice to meet you, you guys."

"Hello Smith, hello Angelina, my name is Zhang Yanming, you can call me Zhang, this is Li Wulan, you can call her Lan. She doesn't understand English."

The four of them shook hands and got to know each other formally. They found a random seat and sat down. Smith waved for coffee and dessert.

"Are you from Shanghai? Zhu Li and I graduated from university and traveled here, but we found it difficult to communicate. I thought everyone here could speak English."

"No, no, we are also here for a trip, so we can have some company. Smith, how long do you and Angelina plan to stay here?"

"Only God knows this question. We have just graduated and have no plans to work immediately. We want to see around."

A story suddenly popped up in Zhang Yanming's mind. It is said that a person from Amilika came to Shanghai for tourism. For convenience, he bought a house in Shanghai and stayed in Shanghai for three years. Then he sold the house and returned to China for a penny. I made a lot of money without spending any money.

Among them, he had countless romantic encounters and had a small number of so-called noble women in vain.

People from Amilika traveling to China are like us going to North Korea. Ordinary people used to be able to play and buy as much as they wanted. This is the benefit of a strong economy.

In 1996, the exchange rate between Chinese dollars and rice knives was 8.314 to 1, and prices were much lower than over there. Any ordinary worker over there would be rich.

"Do you live here too?"

"Yes, you too? Oh, we really have Yuanfan."

The two exchanged room numbers again. There was a phone in the room, making it easy to contact them.

Zhang Yanming introduced Shanghai to Smith and Angelina according to what he remembered, and then introduced the capital and some of the more famous cities in China. They are all places with ancient humanities, and foreigners are more interested in this.

"China is a large country with a long history. Hundreds and thousands of years of architecture and various inheritances are spread across every corner of the country. If you want to go and see them all, you may need to live here for five years or more. ten years."

Smith and Angelina showed expressions of wonder in unison, and then excitedly discussed traffic and safety issues with Zhang Yanming.

“The transportation between cities is very convenient, including buses, trains, and planes. I suggest you take more trains so you can enjoy the scenery along the way, or you can buy a car and drive yourself.

You don’t have to worry about safety at all. China is definitely the safest country in the world. No matter it is day or night, no matter which city you are in, you don’t have to worry about this issue. You can go out and play as you like.

No matter where you are, if you have anything to do, you can go to the police station, er, Pulis, Pulis Orpheus, er, Rockall Pulis, police station. They will provide you with all kinds of help at any time.

You can buy a traffic atlas, there should be an English version. Just go to Xinhua Bookstore."

At first glance, Smith was a very optimistic person who always showed his heart on his face. He turned around and talked to Angelina for a while. He spoke too fast and Zhang Yanming couldn’t hear him clearly. You can’t listen hard even if you listen hard. To be polite, he turned his head and spoke to Li Wulan.

"They are from Amilika. They just graduated from college and came to China to travel. They want to see some ancient historical things. I am introducing them to them."

"You can travel so far and travel to foreign countries just after graduation? Their people are really rich."

"Well, for us, their income is quite high, and they can get loans. People there don't save money, so they can spend whatever they have. If they don't have money to spend, they can borrow it from the bank at will. After spending it, they can borrow money from the bank. Return slowly."

"Then let the bank borrow it? What if you can't pay it back? If you still spend it if you don't have the money, isn't this a waste of money?"

Zhang Yanming smiled and shook his head, remembering what happened in his dream.

In a few years, various credit card and small loans will not be everywhere in China. People will start to take out various loans before graduating from college. Every day, there will be all kinds of news on the Internet about people who cannot pay back the money.

We have been learning from the outside world from work to private life, but I don’t know why, we always learn good things but not bad ones, and only learn well.

The most critical issue is profit. In order to make money, most Chinese people can throw away their conscience and dignity to feed the dogs at any time.

It is those who have the right to speak.

"We want to walk more and look around. Zhang, do you have any suggestions?"

Smith and Angelina discussed it and spoke to Zhang Yanming with joy, the thick white hairs on his arms dancing like seaweed as his arms swayed.

"If this is the case, I suggest you buy a house here. This will save a lot of money on hotel stays, and you can come back to rest at any time. You can also find a job here to supplement your funds.

It's easy for you Americans to find jobs here, and the salary is enough for you to travel."

"Havus? Why La?"

"No, no, Appalment, apartments, you know our place is different from yours, there is less land and more people, and currently, we are still a little behind, people are not rich, and real estate has just emerged."

"Appalment? Cool. Can foreigners buy it?"

"Okay, there are apartment buildings here in Shanghai specially built for your foreign friends. We call them export houses."

Before 1995, real estate in Shanghai was mainly for export. They were built and sold to foreigners. Of course, locals could also buy them, but they were a bit more expensive than ordinary houses.

In 1995, affected by the Qiongdao real estate incident, the average residential area in the city center had dropped to more than 2,000 to 3,000 square meters. However, there were very few houses. As in this period across the country, there was no place to buy with money.

The large number of houses built for export have become the targets of wealthy people. Generally, the price is 1,200 to 1,500 yuan per square meter, which is close to 10,000 yuan.

In fact, at this time in 1996, foreign-sold housing was already in a rather embarrassing situation. The transaction volume had been declining year after year, and a large number of existing houses were accumulated. Although domestically-sold housing was affected by the impact of Qiongdao, the price was at the bottom, but the demand and purchase volume continued to rise. .

Until 1998, there was a slight increase, but it was of no use. Later, in 2001, the country simply canceled export sales.
Chapter completed!