Chapter 885 [This is Pyongyang] (Part 2)
The road from this airport to Pyongyang is very deserted and there are few vehicles. Zhang Yang thought it was far away from the center of Pyongyang, but when they entered the city of Pyongyang, the situation was still the same. While driving, Lee Byung-min introduced them to some iconic buildings and attractions, such as Datong River and thematic tower. What is the National Library. When Lee Byung-min introduced to his guests, he showed a kind of pride from his heart. This sense of national pride is very common among the people of North Korea. Only they know what they are proud of.
The first impression Pyongyang left on Zhang Yang was that it was dark. The whole city was dark. Zhang Yang thought it was a power outage. After asking, he realized that the country's energy was very tight. Everything was in the plan and it was still in the stage of profit-making economy. When passing through Pyongyang Railway Station, he finally saw some lights. Zhao Tiancai muttered: "It's so dark, it's like going to a small mountain village"[]
When he said this, Li Bingmin's expression seemed a little awkward. Wu Dezhi quietly pulled Li Bingmin and reminded him not to talk nonsense. On this land, the nation has a strong sense of self-esteem, and often the words you inadvertently may touch their sensitive nerves.
`Li Bingmin took them to the Goryeo Hotel. The wine was a five-star foreign-related foreign-related restaurant. When he entered the hotel lobby, he finally found some traces of the society. The lobby was well decorated, with a dome of lights and gray-white marble polished floors. There were many Chinese elements in the lobby. What surprised Zhang Yang and others the most was that there was an escalator here.
Originally, Zhang Yang thought Li Bingmin would help them arrange check-in procedures. But Li Bingmin only brought them to the service desk and disappeared. The following sentence means they were asked to pay the bills themselves. Wu Dezhi quietly told Zhang Yang that the North Koreans are very angry. You might as well kill them if you ask them to arrange accommodation for you. Since Zhang Yang does not need to force others, it is already rare for Li Bingmin to spend gasoline to pick them up from the airport. They are not rich at all, so they can't force them to slap them in the face. Zhang Yao never does anything difficult to force others, so he asked Wu Dezhi to go through the check-in procedures.
Although North Korea is poor, its consumption level is not low at all. The deposit for occupancy is 15,000 yuan, and Wu Dezhi asked for a three-person suite for 2,000 yuan per night. This is all RMB. The currency bound to the RMB exchange rate of their country is 15:1. However, it will reach an astonishing 400:1 on the black market. The salary of ordinary North Koreans is only 2,000 yuan per month. If you get the black market, it will be 5,600 yuan. So Zhang Yao official compared his salary with the North Koreans and came to a conclusion, "One country will choose any person to come over and be a millionaire."
The three of them came to the room and put their luggage in place. They only planned to take a night off here and plan their operations in North Korea.
Although Li Bingmin did not pay for their accommodation, as a landlord, he still offered to invite them to dinner and Zhang Yang came to this guy's financial situation. He wanted to refuse. However, Li Bingmin was very persistent in treating the guests and saw that they were very kind. Zhang Yang could only reluctantly agree.
After a short rest, they arrived at the meal arranged by Lee Bingmin. Zhang Yang thought that Lee Bingmin would arrange for a meal at the Grand Hotel in Goryeo, but he didn't expect that the place he arranged was the nearby Begonia Restaurant. The consumption here was relatively cheaper than the Goriyao wine. In fact, the consumption here was also very high in Pyongyang. Lee Bingmin took them to a private room on the third floor. The private room was rectangular, and the dining tables placed inside were also rectangular, more like a small conference room for meetings in China. The dishes were already on the table, and there were seven or eight dishes. If it were just Lee Bingmin plus the three of them, it would be considered a good horse. But Lee Bingmin came to accompany the guests, and on average, there were one dish for each person.
The dishes are mainly seafood, and they are of some quality. Because they know that Zhang Yang is Zhou Xingguo's younger brother, Lee Bingmin was particularly polite to him. He leaned into his ear and said softly: "In order to welcome everyone, I specially invited a beautiful woman to sing!"
At first, Zhang Daguanren thought he had heard it wrong. This is North Korea? Because of their backwardness and closure, they actually have a three-way accompaniment?
But as the door opened, three beautiful North Korean girls came in. Only then did Zhang Daren believe that he didn't hear it wrong.
From the outfit, you can see that two of them were the waiter of the meal, Zhen Zheng, who attracted Zhang Yang's attention. The one in the middle, who was about twenty years old. She was fashionable in dressing, her short hair was very refreshing, and her temperament was quite elegant. It turned out that she was indeed different from those two girls. This was Li Jinshun, deputy manager of the Begonia Restaurant. She studied in China for three years and spoke fluent Mandarin.
Li Bingmin quietly told Zhang Yang that any home who can work here has a certain background, most of whom are the children of cadres.
Li Jinshun was arranged to sit next to Zhang Yang, and Zhang Daguanrenming came here. When he arrived, he simply accompanied him to eat and drink. He had to master the ruler, otherwise it would definitely arouse his disgust. Besides, Zhang Daguanren does not have that state of mind at the moment.
On the way to the restaurant, Wu Dezhi specifically explained them. The most common things in North Korea are spies, especially places where foreign guests often appear, such as the Goryeo Hotel and the Begonia Flower Restaurant. Spy is more common. They use various opportunities to collect various intelligence. Be careful when speaking here.
So Zhang Yang was very considerate, and in addition to drinking, Li Bingmin prepared a lot of wine, and the beer was all Datong River. The white wine was vodka from Russia.
The North Koreans are not very vague when drinking. They pick up the wine glass and pour it hard. The three accompanying staff invited by Bingmin are definitely doing their best. They drink with Zhang Yang with the glass. These people know some Chinese and know the rules of drinking in Chinese. As soon as the wine glass is held, they immediately say, "Do it!"
The pronunciation of this word is easy, but it is not easy to pour a glass of vodka into your stomach. The North Korean people probably want to use their generousness and hospitality to give Zhang Yang a deep impression on Zhang Yang, his friends from Qiangyao neighbors. This is also written by Li Bingmin in advance. He must let the guests drink well. On this point, the people of the two countries have a common understanding. If they don’t drink, they can’t call it drinking well. So they took turns to toasting and took turns to join the battle to depart, but insisted not to drink because he lost one of his right arm. In addition, the scars on his face were scarred, and others always felt that he was not easy to get close to him when they saw him. So many people took the initiative to ask him to drink.
Zhao Tiancai only drinks beer.
So the opponent's firepower was concentrated on Zhang Daguanren. Their first round of bombing obviously did not have the expected effect. Seeing Zhang Daguanren holding vodka and chatting and laughing, several North Koreans could see that this person was a huge number.
Zhang Daren would not take them seriously. Seeing that the few people were showing their timidity, his counterattack began.
In fact, Li Bingmin is not only afraid of Zhang Yang's counterattack, he also feels sorry for the money of this wine. A bottle of vodka is not cheap, and the price is 85,000 yuan. After a while, five bottles of wine will be seen. Seeing Zhang Yang's condition, it is no problem to have five bottles. Li Bingmin felt distressed. 85,000 yuan, plus the price of vegetables, this meal is simply a sky-high price. Zhang Yang knew that Li Bingmin was feeling distressed from the fact that the frequency of Li Bingmin raised his glass was getting lower and lower. The three accompanying staff were so drunk that they were so flushed and said too much. They often spoke in Korean and Chinese.
Li Jinshun came to Zhang Yang with a small wine glass and took the initiative to toe him and drank a glass. He smiled sweetly and said, "Where is Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Yang said: "Pinghai!"
Li Jinshun's eyes lit up and said, "Pinghai, I'll go!, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I haven't seen you before!" This was a bit more teasing.
Li Jinshun's pretty face turned red: "It's hard to meet Pinghai so Yao. But I have a good impression of Pinghai, and the economy is developing very well. In China, Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Ms. Li is welcome to take the time to visit Pinghai. I will definitely do my best to be a landlord." Li Jinshun nodded, and Li Bingmin suggested that his family should not just drink and have some entertainment. In fact, he felt sorry for the money for alcohol. Zhang Yang's evaluation of him was petty. Including the three drinking ladies, they had only ordered eight dishes. Now the dishes are almost done. If they were in China, they would definitely continue to order dishes. But Bingmin had no intention of ordering dishes, and he was willing to continue to take vodka. Yaotongjiang beer was ordered a lot. You can drink too much beer and you can drink too much. If you drink too much, your stomach will be bloated. Besides, Datongjiang is cheap.
In other words, Zhang Yang is in a bad mood now. If he wasn't concerned about Nightingale's affairs, he would have to play tricks.
In Lee Bingmin's mention, Lee Jinshun stood up and picked up the Mike and presented it to the guests. Her singing was only average. However, her speech was clear and her pronunciation was very standard.
Lee Bingmin said with the intention of drinking: "Tomorrow morning, I will arrange for you to visit the leader's statue and present flowers to the leader!" When he said this, his face had a deep sense of honor.
Zhang Daguanren knew that he had gone to the Leaders Square before he came to North Korea. Giving flowers to their leaders was a must-take procedure for almost all people coming to North Korea. Zhang Daguanren said to himself: "What are you doing for me to get pomelo? Why should I offer flowers to him?"
However, seeing Wu Dezhi wink him quietly, Zhang Yang also said something against him. After all, this is someone else's territory, and it is a custom. Li Bingmin is also pregnant. They like things, thinking that the guests are happy, thinking that their arrangements are very thoughtful for the guests.
Chapter completed!