In Whale Harbor, Yu Zhiqian came to the location designated by the system and looked around, looking for the figure of the person prompted by the system.
"Hello!"
A strong male voice sounded, and an old man with gray hair on his temples puffed out his straight chest and patted Yu Zhiqian's shoulder.
"total……"
"No, I'm not that anymore, just call me old gentleman!"
"Hello, old man, I, I, I am so excited. I have admired you since I was a child. You are my idol."
Yu Zhiqian still couldn't restrain his inner excitement. He grabbed the old man's hand with trembling hands. His eyes suddenly burst into tears. He didn't expect that he could actually see this person.
"You are Xiaoyu, right?"
"Yes, I am Xiaoyu, you, you, have you eaten?"
Yu Zhiqian suddenly choked out such a sentence, as if he was at a loss as a child. Any Chinese would be like this when they saw this gentleman.
"Well, take me around!"
After the old gentleman finished speaking, he frowned and looked around, then looked at Yu Zhiqian: "Which year is this?"
“2019!”
"Is it still so dilapidated in 2019?" the old man said dissatisfiedly. It is true that Whale Harbor is too dilapidated.
"This is not China, this is Africa. I have already contacted the plane and will take you back to China right away!"
"Okay, let's go and have a look!"
After the old man heard that he could go back, a smile suddenly appeared on his originally calm face.
Yu Zhiqian took out his mobile phone and dialed Li Yang's number. Originally, he had no plans to go to the 70-year ceremony, but now it seems that he will definitely go. He asked the old man to take a look and let him know that in these years, We lived up to his expectations.
"What's this?"
After watching Yu Zhiqian hang up the phone, the old man looked at the mobile phone in Yu Zhiqian's hand very curiously.
"This is the phone!" After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he handed the phone over. The old man took it in his hand and looked at it. He didn't understand it and looked at Yu Zhiqian with some curiosity.
"Old man, this is a product of the future. You can use this to contact relatives and friends in other places anywhere on the earth, and you can also make video calls. You see, that's it!"
After finishing speaking, Yu Zhiqian dialed Li Yang's video call.
"Mysterious, what important mission is coming?"
Li Yang was very busy during this period, and when he got through, he had a somewhat complaining tone.
“See for yourself!”
"This, this, this..."
Looking at the figure on the screen, Li Yang almost didn't know how to speak.
"You also……"
"It's a mission of mine. I want the old man to see what the country is like now!"
"Okay, I'll get ready right away!"
"No need to prepare, I am just an ordinary old man, busy with whatever I have to do!"
The old man spoke, and no one dared to ignore it. After Yu Zhiqian hung up the communication, the old man looked at Yu Zhiqian's mobile phone curiously: "Well, this mobile phone is good, how much does it cost?"
"Old man, I have more than six thousand!"
"RMB?"
"Yes, of course, old man, the prices now are not comparable to those at your time. The average salary per capita in the country now is seven to eight thousand a month, and mine is quite expensive. Most of them are two thousand or three thousand, and there are others More than a thousand copies!"
When the old man heard this, he nodded slowly: "This price is quite reasonable!"
"Don't worry, old man, you will be even more surprised when you get to China!"
Yu Zhiqian promised swornly.
"okay!"
Soon, Yu Zhiqian hired a Bombardier aircraft and stopped at Whale Harbor Airport. After Yu Zhiqian just said a word, he took the old man on the plane and flew towards the country.
At Hongqiao Airport, after Yu Zhiqian's plane stabilized, a dozen cars were already waiting on the tarmac. The old man changed his clothes and walked down with a hat. When Li Yang saw it, he immediately walked over excitedly. The old man frowned a little. Yu Zhiqian glanced happily: "Why are there so many people?"
"I'm here to pick you up!"
"No, just take me and walk around!"
"Li Yang, did you hear me?"
After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he kept blinking at Li Yang. After Li Yang heard this, he immediately waved his hand to signal everyone to leave and followed the old man: "Old man, I will follow you too. This guy has been abroad all year round and I don't understand him. Domestically, I will follow you and explain it to you!"
"Yeah, that's okay!"
Yu Zhiqian took the old man out of the airport. The old man looked a little stunned at such a big airport, such a clean environment, and the neatly dressed, beautiful and neat crowds: "Is this in China?"
"Yes, it's Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai! It's very close to your hometown!"
"What a big change!"
The old man nodded. Although he couldn't believe it, the people around him spoke Mandarin, there were Chinese signs everywhere, and there were national flags hanging, letting him know that this was indeed China.
"Let's go to the city for a walk. I came to Shanghai often back then!"
The old man suddenly became interested and took the lead to move forward.
After getting into a domestically produced SUV, the old man touched it around and said, "Yes, it's quite comfortable. Is this car our own or made by foreigners?"
"This is our domestic car, this is BYD. This car is now a car that ordinary people drive, costing hundreds of thousands!"
Li Yang can be considered a good person, and everything he prepares is domestically produced, and it is also close to daily life.
"Yes, Not Bad!"
The old man nodded with satisfaction: "Back then, those foreigners laughed at us for calling us the World Exposition, and none of them were independently developed. Later, we decided to develop our own research and development. It seems that we are on the right track!"
After the old man finished speaking, he turned to look out the window. After leaving Hongqiao Airport, he happened to see the high-speed rail station not far away. When the high-speed train entered the station, the old man's eyes were immediately attracted: "What is that?"
"Old man, that's the high-speed rail!"
"High-speed rail?"
"Yes, it's the high-speed railway. Don't you know, old man, that our current high-speed railway can reach a speed of 360 kilometers per hour. It only takes four or five hours to take the high-speed railway from Shanghai to Sijiu City. It's amazing!"
"Well, it's very fast!"
The old man stared at the high-speed train, trying to see something, and finally nodded with satisfaction. He wanted to see how the high-speed train looked like when it ran.
“How many high-speed rail lines do we have?”
"Don't worry, old man, our total mileage of high-speed rail is the first in the world!" After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he gave a thumbs up!
"It's not just that, old man, back then we learned their high-speed rail technology from the Japanese and French. While learning, we developed it ourselves. Now our high-speed rail is the most advanced and fastest in the world, with the longest mileage in the country. Yes, we have also sold high-speed rails abroad, and many countries’ high-speed rails are ours!”
"Really? Not bad, not bad!"
After hearing this, the old man nodded with satisfaction, but still stared at the high-speed train.
"Old man, after we finish watching Magic City, we can take the high-speed rail to Sijiu City. What do you think?"
"good!"
Soon after the vehicle entered the urban area of Magic City, the old man was once again attracted by the buildings outside. The high-rise buildings and all these scenes seemed like scenes in a dream.
The old man stretched his head hard to see clearly. When Yu Zhiqian saw it, he immediately asked Li Yang to slow down the car. The old man looked at the buildings carefully and asked slowly: "Are there many of these buildings?"
"Old man, there are many of them, they are all in the city, and this is not high!"
"Yeah!"
The old man nodded slowly, with a happy smile on his face, just like a child.
Soon, the vehicle entered the outer ring road of the Magic City and had to move forward at the speed of a turtle.
"Old man, there is a traffic jam. There are too many cars now. Basically every household has a car. There are too many cars and the road is not wide enough, so..."
The old man looked at the private cars of various shapes in front, back and left, and nodded: "Yes, there are a lot of cars. In the past, there were only a few cars in Sijiu City. I didn't expect that there are already so many in just a few years. Who would have thought of this when we were building roads in the past!"
After about an hour, the vehicle arrived at the center of Shanghai, near the Bund. Here, the old man finally regained a little bit of his memory.
Yu Zhiqian and Li Yang, one on the left and one on the right, stood beside the old man and led the old man to the Bund. Yu Zhiqian looked around and saw that many people were secretly protecting him.
"Old man, how many days will you be here?"
"The old man only has one week!"
Yu Zhiqian's task lasted a week, and the old man could only do it in a week in modern times.
"So short..."
The old man stood in front of the monument in the Magic City, stared at it for a long time, and finally said slowly: "It's still there!"
"Old man, no matter what happens in the future, these monuments will always be there. We will never forget the martyrs..."
"Well, you can't lose your spirit!"
The old man looked over and saw people everywhere on the Bund, standing in various places to take pictures, with a smile on his face: "You didn't lie to me, it seems that all Chinese people can afford the mobile phones you mentioned!"
"Old man, don't worry, the country has become rich and powerful!"
"Is there a canteen? Take me to see it!"
"Old man, I will take you there!"
Although Yu Zhiqian didn't understand why the old man went to the supermarket, he still took the old man to find several supermarkets and finally came to a large shopping mall.
The old man looked up at the splendid shopping mall, was stunned for a moment, and then said: "When I went to the United States, I saw this kind of shopping mall. I was very shocked at the time. I didn't expect that I could see it in China!"
"Sir, shopping malls like this are popping up all over the country!"
"Yes, I believe it!" The old man looked at the people coming and going and nodded seriously.
In two days, Yu Zhiqian and Li Yang took the old man for a walk around the city center first, and then went to Huai'an to make up for the old man's regret, and finally boarded the high-speed train in Xuzhou to the Forty-Nine City.
ps: The extra story has nothing to do with the main story.
