In the 1990s, there was no concept of New Year's Eve activities. It wasn't until the birth of Supergirl in 2005 that a TV station took advantage of the trend and held the first New Year's Eve party.

The so-called New Year's Day economy has not yet been hyped and brainwashed by businesses. For most people, New Year's Day is just an ordinary day off. There is no need to brave the cold and crowded crowds to shout and cheer stupidly at the countdown.

But the New Year's Day in 1999 was slightly different, because this year's New Year's Day fell on a Friday, with two consecutive weekends, turning it into a three-day holiday. It was similar to the New Year's Day legal holiday in later generations, and there was no need to adjust the holiday.

Lin Baiyao missed the New Year's Day opening ceremony of the milk tea shop. At Bai Jie's invitation, he took Jiang Hai and Mi Yue by plane to Shanghai on the afternoon of the 30th.

After leaving Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1, Bai Jie picked up everyone in her car and went straight to Pudong Shangri-La Hotel.

In 1998, the city had a population of only 15 million, and had a negative population growth of three points for many years. Although its GDP ranked first, it was not comparable to the size of later generations. There was flying dust, speeding trucks and steel bars everywhere.

Prospects and dreams outlined by cement shelves.

Passing by the Yan'an East Road Elevated Bund off-ramp, Bai Jie introduced: "This is the newly built first bend in Asia. It is called the best viewing spot on the Bund by citizens..."

Through the car window, you can see the gorgeous and bold arc of the ramp, right next to the calm and deep Huangpu River.

It is a pity that this "Asia's No. 1 Bend" was demolished ten years later. Just like so many romantic figures, they are always blown away by the waves of the times.

Crossing the river through the Yan'an Road Tunnel, you can see the newly completed Jin Mao Tower from a distance. As a landmark building of reform, it is majestic and attracts worldwide attention.

However, it will not open to the public until April. It is said that there will only be two to three hundred tourists visiting every day at the beginning, and there will be more than twenty etiquette ladies. Seven or eight of them speak dialects and slang, and they can't understand it at all.

Like the high-end atmosphere later, the ladies took turns providing services in various languages.

“Junior, that’s Jin Mao Tower!”

Mi Yue, who was in the passenger seat, turned around and introduced Lin Baiyao excitedly, saying: "5 billion investment, 420 meters, 88 floors, the tallest building in the country, so spectacular... I would be so happy if I could work here in the future.

ah……"

Lin Baiyao said with a smile: "Don't be so unambitious. There is no happiness in working. It's better to buy a floor here and be a tenant. That is true happiness."

Mi Yue stuck out her tongue and said: "I will never think about it again in this life. I will eat more than I can chew and will be full to death..."

Having said that, the look of longing in her beautiful eyes shows that people's aspirations and desires are always in direct proportion.

Bai Jie thought about it and thought of Lin Baiyao buying a two-story building in Yuezhou. Wouldn't he want to do the same in Shanghai?

Two hundred million...

If the numbers I accidentally heard that day were not a routine, Lin Baiyao indeed has such great strength.

How old is he?

But to hold wealth that others cannot look up to in their lifetime is really destined by fate and cannot be forced.

"It's better to forget about buying a house in Pudong," Bai Jie said with a smile: "There is a saying in the devil's capital, I would rather have a bed in Puxi than a room in Pudong. Look around here, there are still large tracts of farmland and wasteland. I remember 90

At the beginning of the year, the higher-ups proposed the Pudong development strategy, and it is still like this. How many years will it take for development to begin? If you have the money to buy a house, why not invest in it?"

Ordinary people at this time have not yet realized that after the new century, the domestic development speed will be so powerful that Europe and the United States will cry.

However, this is not the fault of ordinary people. Even countless domestic and foreign think tanks and high-end elites have misjudged the situation.

At this point, perhaps only Lin Baiyao understands how magnificent the next twenty years will be!

"That's right! There is gold everywhere in the magic city, and real estate is not the way to go."

Lin Baiyao didn't waste any time trying to convince Bai Jie because it was meaningless.

Through the window, I saw a huge billboard erected by the Bafang Real Estate Development Company passing by on the roadside. It read, "Pudong is a prosperous scene, with prosperous businessmen and numerous luxury buildings, showing off its glamour."

Then there are huge words such as "Donggou Qicun, selling for only 2048-2318 yuan per square meter, down payment of 9,000 yuan".

He smiled and made a down payment of 9,000 yuan, but he still couldn't sell it.

This is not a satirical comedy, but a tragedy of the people at the bottom.

Arrive at the Shangri-La Hotel near Jin Mao Tower. This is the first overseas luxury brand five-star hotel to settle in Pudong. It just opened in August 1998. Currently there is only a lonely Pujiang Tower. The newer and more beautiful Zijin Tower in later generations is still there.

No trace.

But just the nobility, elegance and ubiquitous details of Pujiang Tower have set it apart from other star-rated hotels.

Bai Jie booked Lin Baiyao for a luxury suite with panoramic views of the Bund in the Horizon Club on the 26th floor. It had a spacious space of 80 square meters, a sofa, a tea seat, a TV, an Internet computer, and everything else.

"Mr. Lin, please take a rest first. Later we will go to Guihua House to try Huaiyang cuisine and local cuisine, and then go out to take a look at the night view of the Bund." (Shangri-La's Guihua House restaurant should have only opened in 2006. It's a minor incident.

The timeline is deliberately confusing, trying to naively create the illusion that this is an imaginary map)

Lin Baiyao frowned and said, "Mr. Bai is too polite. Just book an ordinary executive room. This kind of suite is not cheap for one night, right?"

Bai Jie flipped her long hair around her ears, her phoenix eyes and red lips, her amorous feelings flowing out inadvertently, and said: "As Mr. Lin, I am afraid that I will be slow to stay here."

Lin Baiyao smiled and shook his head, saying: "There's no need to be so outspoken. I never care about accommodation. Clean and safe is enough..."

"I know Mr. Lin feels sorry for me. Although my company is in trouble and I don't have much money right now. But if I am short of money again, I still have money to treat you to a few nights at Shangri-La."

When words like the company's difficulties are spoken from the mouth of a beautiful and charming beauty, there is always a look of pity on her, and you will not feel that this is something to be ashamed of, but will develop a protective heart towards the beauty.

Lin Bai said: "Mr. Bai spent a lot of money..."

Bai Jie pursed her lips and smiled softly, pulling Mi Yue and preparing to leave, saying: "You guys have a rest, Mi Yue and I will go downstairs and wait."

Mi Yue struggled and said: "Auntie, I'm tired too, and I need to take a rest..."

Bai Jie glared at her and dragged her away. Through the door, she could still hear Mi Yue yelling that her aunt was partial.

Lin Baiyao took off his coat and went to the bathroom to wash his face. When he came out, he saw Jiang Hai lying on the sofa with his eyes closed and humming happily.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Hai turned over and sat up, pushed down hard, and said: "This sofa is really cool! Boss, how much does it cost per night?"

"I don't know much about it. It's probably more than a thousand yuan."

"More than a thousand yuan? Ordinary people can only stay here for one night with three to four months' salary?"

Jiang Hai was greatly shocked and said: "It's really the wine and meat of Zhumen, and there are people freezing to death on the road..."

Lin Baiyao laughed: "You may be called a rough man, and you can even recite a few lines of poetry, but what you said is right or wrong. In the old days, Wang Xietang Qianyan flew into ordinary people's homes. As long as they work hard, people's wages will not always be

For a few hundred yuan, many people will be able to live in Shangri-La in the near future..."

He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the low and straight city skyline outside. The turbid water poured into the Yangtze River. The sun set in the west and the afterglow shone on the end of the 1990s. The ant-line vehicles gradually formed a long queue, slowly

Take a deep breath, that is the breath of the new era.

After resting for more than half an hour, the two came to the lobby on the first floor. Bai Jie was chatting with Mi Yue. The content was nothing more than Lin Baiyao's various movements during this period. Unfortunately, Mi Yue didn't know much about it either. Bai Jie was so angry that she stretched out her

Bai's finger pointed at her forehead.

Mi Yue was also speechless. She couldn't talk about what happened to Lin Baiyao, and she really didn't know how to fix it, so she had to pout and sulk.

"Mr. Bai, senior sister."

Hearing the sound, Bai Jie quickly stood up and said, "Mr. Lin, are you okay with your rest?"

Lin Baiyao said with a smile: "The dragon is so powerful and the tiger is so fierce, I feel like I can eat a cow."

Bai Jie smiled charmingly and said, "Osmanthus Tower is right next to it. Mr. Lin, go this way."

Entering the private room, we had osmanthus tea first, then assorted platters, Wensi tofu, bird's nests stuffed with bamboo shengs, crucian carp in abalone sauce, wontons with radish and old duck, and the peach gum that understands women's hearts best.

Lin Baiyao didn't take much medicine. He wasn't too interested in these famous dishes with exquisite workmanship.

On the other hand, Mi Yue has a big appetite, her belly is slightly protruding after eating, and she sweeps the floor gracefully, which is quite cute.

Bai Jie asked cautiously: "Mr. Lin, don't you like it?"

Lin Baiyao said with a smile: "I am a dog-meat person who can't get on the table. I hold the bowl and look into the pot, but I can't swallow what's in my mouth. Eat more and don't waste it."

Bai Jie thought about Lin Baiyao's words and became slightly distracted.

After everyone had eaten and drank, we walked to the Bund to watch the night view. Since it was a holiday, there were many tourists, including many foreigners. Perhaps this was the place where most foreigners could be seen in China in 1998.

Bai Jie was enthusiastically explaining various interesting stories that happened on the Huangpu River to Lin Baiyao. Two blond male foreigners ignored the fact that there were male friends around her and shamelessly came over to strike up a conversation.

Bai Jie didn't understand English, but she understood men, so she politely waved her hand in refusal.

The two foreigners still refused to give in. One of them, a tall handsome guy, said in blunt Mandarin: "Have a drink with me and I will teach you how to speak English..."

It can be seen from the stumbling speed of his speech that he probably learned this sentence just to pick up girls.

It's ridiculous to say that before 1998 and even for many years after that, I lacked confidence in a strong national culture, and I didn't know how many girls were cheated just because I had to learn English with foreigners.

Lin Baiyao coughed lightly, and Jiang Hai stopped in front of the two foreigners, glared angrily, and said, "Whoever wants to learn English from you will speak Mandarin on our territory."

Obviously foreigners couldn't understand, but they relied on their status and were not afraid of being beaten. Instead, they were eager to try, raising their hands to push Jiang Hai, shouting: "Kung Fu, Kung Fu..."

The most terrifying thing in the animal world is not the rare animals, but the rare animals knowing that they are protected by the law. Just as people are not scary, the scary thing is the people who know that they have privileges.

Every time Zhengyi slaughters more dogs, the common people stand up when facing foreigners, but many people in their positions still kneel down, thus allowing some people who would not dare to do anything abroad to become arrogant and domineering in China.

Lin Baiyao snorted coldly and said: "Jiang Hai, if he dares to attack, he will fight back. I will take care of him if anything happens."

Bai Jie was startled. She had been living in the magic city for many years and was very aware of the consequences of doing so. It was either unfair or too troublesome and not worth wasting energy.

At this time, Mi Yue stood up, first pulled away from Jiang Hai, and then used extremely fluent English and standard British pronunciation to firmly and unquestionably tell the foreigner that their behavior made people feel uncomfortable, ungentlemanly and lacking in grace, and they would not leave again.

Just call the police.

The two foreigners found that they couldn't speak to each other in their native language, so they turned around and left angrily.

At some point, the tourists gathered around to watch burst into warm applause. Mi Yue bowed reservedly in thanks, her pretty face flushed. The Bund at night was filled with special beauty.

When the crowd dispersed, Lin Baiyao looked at her with admiration and praised: "Sister, I didn't expect you to hide your secrets. Your English is as smooth as if you studied in London..."

Mi Yue suddenly felt Lin Baiyao's exaggeration, and felt like honey in her heart. Her sweet eyes turned into crescent moons, and she said: "I am also proficient in Russian and Japanese, and I plan to learn some French before graduation..."

Lin Baiyao then remembered that Mi Yue had always been the most famous academic at the University of Finance and Economics. People, it is easy to be blinded by a blind eye. Just because of that exchange of love in the water bar, they formed a one-sided view, but ignored other good things.

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