Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 381 The foreigner’s exclamation

With the 08 Olympic Games coming soon, more and more foreigners are coming to China.

Cole Marjorie and his family took a flight from London, England, to the capital of China early. They planned to visit ancient and mysterious China before the 08 Olympic Games.

In the impression of Cole Marjorie's family, China is a country with a large population, vast land and abundant resources, and an extremely long history.

In Marco Polo's "Oriental Experiences", China was once an extremely rich and powerful oriental country, and its level of wealth even exceeded the limit that Westerners could imagine at that time.

By the 19th century, China had become a country that could be trampled on by Western powers.

However, French King Napoleon once said: "China is a sleeping lion. When it wakes up, the whole world will tremble!!!"

Now, China has done it. Since the reform and opening up, China has stood on top of the world and become the world's largest economy in just thirty years!

Cole Marjorie is very curious about how China did it, and also very curious about Chinese culture and history.

When the plane landed at the Capital Airport, Cole Marjorie's family was shocked.

The modern large-scale airport that comes into view looks like a phoenix spreading its wings, and the inside looks like a huge white tennis racket. It is high-end and classy. The airport was packed with people and extremely busy.

Compared with the airport in the Chinese capital, London Airport feels so far behind!

After getting their luggage, Cole Marjorie and his family looked at the signs and found that they could leave the airport through subway, airport bus, airport express and other means of transportation. The transportation was very convenient.

Cole Marjorie's family discussed it and decided to take the subway to the capital city.

However, when they were about to buy subway tickets, they suddenly felt at a loss.

Because they couldn't find the conductor...

But I saw many people walking straight to the subway entrance gates, then taking out their smartphones and scanning them, and the gates opened.

What's going on here?

Why did the turnstile open?

Cole Marjorie’s family didn’t understand it and thought it was strange…

Soon, a subway employee seemed to see the dilemma of Cole Marjorie's family.

"Hello, do you need help? I'm a subway staff member."

During the Olympics, a large number of foreign tourists poured into China, and the subway department specially recruited many employees who were fluent in English.

At this time, the staff's fluent English immediately made Cole Marjorie's family feel more friendly.

"Hello, we don't know where to buy subway tickets? We searched for a long time and couldn't find the conductor..." Cole Marjorie asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry sir, we don't have a conductor here, but we have an automatic ticket vending machine. You can use cash to buy subway tickets!" After saying that, the staff said they could take them to the automatic ticket vending machine.

Cole Marjorie's family would like to express their gratitude. Of course, there are automatic ticket vending machines in the UK, but the number is relatively small, and manual ticketing is still the mainstream. In the subconscious of Cole Marjorie's family, China is not as developed as Britain, and selling tickets still relies on labor.

In fact, China is much more advanced.

This is a bit of a slap in the face.

Soon, Cole Marjorie and his party arrived at the ticket vending machine. Their family had passed by here before, but they didn't pay much attention to this place.

While waiting in line, Cole Marjorie glanced at the screen and found that the text inside was in both Chinese and English, which made him relieved.

Later, during his observation, he found that some people used cash to buy tickets, but many people also took out their smartphones and scanned the screen to buy subway tickets!

As a developed country, Cole Marjorie was instantly confused.

There is no mobile payment or QR code payment in the UK, and he has no idea why.

Of course, he could probably tell that scanning the payment page with his smartphone was a new payment method, and he would ask the subway staff what that was all about later.

Soon it was Cole Marjorie's turn to buy a ticket. According to the instructions of the automatic ticket vending machine, Cole Marjorie quickly bought the subway ticket.

The subway ticket is a coin-shaped magnetic card. He saw how other people used this subway ticket at the subway entrance gate.

Cole Marjorie bought the ticket, then walked to the staff, thanked him again, and then asked his doubts.

"It's strange, why can some people buy subway tickets without using cash, just taking out their mobile phones and scanning the payment page?" Hearing this, the subway staff couldn't help but laugh, feeling full of pride in their hearts, thinking to themselves , the UK is too backward, it doesn’t even have mobile payment...

He then explained: "That is a mobile payment method. You can pay by scanning the QR code on the page with your mobile phone. In our country, mobile payment methods have become very popular. We now go out, including eating out, taking a taxi, Cash is basically no longer required for shopping, medical treatment, etc. It’s extremely convenient! For example, I haven’t used cash for more than half a year!”

As soon as the words fell, Cole Marjorie's family were all stunned and felt incredible.

oh! God! ! Is China already so developed? !

They no longer use cash!

Cole Marjorie's original sense of superiority as a member of the British Empire seemed to disappear instantly at this moment, and instead she felt a little inferior.

"By the way, sir, I see that some people can pass through the gate at the subway entrance without buying a ticket. Why is that?" Cole Marjorie asked again.

Hearing this, the subway staff explained with a smile: "Because they have downloaded the Capital Metro app software on their mobile phones. When they enter the subway, they scan the Capital Metro app, and when they get out of the subway, they scan the Capital Metro app again, and the system will automatically Money is deducted from the phone.”

"Oh~ I see, you guys are so advanced here!" Cole Marjorie sighed.

Just buying a ticket today gave me a lot of shock.

China is really a magical country!

After a while, Cole Marjorie took her family through the subway entrance gate and followed the signs to the waiting area to wait for the bus.

While waiting for the bus, Cole Marjorie and the others kept looking around, exclaiming from time to time.

Soon, the subway they were waiting for arrived.

The "bullet"-shaped subway train is streamlined and more than 120 meters long, with a single car body about meters long.

The interior decoration style of the train is simple, fashionable and generous, focusing on fashion and modernity.

Compared with the old London Underground, Cole Marjorie even feels a little ashamed.

In less than two minutes, the train started to leave.

The subway train has almost no bumps and vibrations, but it travels very fast.

……

More than an hour later, Cole Marjorie and his party finally arrived at the hotel they had booked.

After checking in and putting away their luggage, the Cole Marjorie family couldn't wait to go out and play.

The city is full of high-rise buildings, bustling traffic, bustling lights, and a very high degree of modernization. It also has the quaint alleys of the old capital, where there are countless ancient customs. The life in the market has a unique flavor, such as sugar blowers, diabolo players, etc. …

And Chinese delicacies are a feast for Cole Marjorie’s family...

Just the day before the Olympics, Cole Marjorie received a call from his British friend Paul Martin.

"Cole Marjorie, how is China? I have purchased a ticket and am going to China to watch the Olympic Games tomorrow!" Paul Martin asked.

"Wow, China is amazing! You can't imagine how good it is here and how many surprises and shocks it will bring you!" Cole Marjorie said excitedly. He has been to a lot in the past few days since he came to China. In this place, I have experienced a lot of Chinese culture. However, the more I learn about it, the more I feel that Chinese culture is vast and profound, and even every Chinese delicacy has an unusual history. During this period, he also learned to use mobile payment and learned to use the Meituan app to order takeout.

Cole Marjorie feels that China is a very rich and powerful country, not backward and poor as the Western media says.

Moreover, China is a very safe country. People don’t have to worry about personal safety when they go out to play at night.

Comparing it to Europe and the United States, it is simply a world of difference.

Cole Marjorie even had the idea of ​​​​immigrating to China.

Paul Martin heard this and smiled indifferently: "In 1984, I went to China on a business trip. China is so backward that even the capital of China doesn't even have a decent high-rise building..."

There was a trace of disdain in Paul Martin's tone. At that time, London, England, was already full of high-rise buildings.

When Cole Marjorie heard this, his face was full of astonishment. He looked out through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel. At this time, the lights were on, and dozens of exquisitely designed and towering skyscrapers were brightly lit and filled with light. It was simply beautiful. …

(End of this chapter)