Volume 5: Chaotic Clouds Flying Over Still Calmly Chapter 19 Under the Neon Lights
Lu Weimin returned to the Western Restaurant with emotion. He felt that Xu Xiaochun might be a little emotional, but he should still look at his own adjustment this time, which made Lu Weimin admire Xu Xiaochun's mind and demeanor very much.
When he returned to the restaurant, He Keng and his friends had already finished their meal. Lu Weimin apologized to He Keng and also told him about his former boss, who was both a teacher and a friend. He Keng also praised Lu Weimin's former boss very much, thinking that the other party would definitely have a chance after he had such a demeanor.
The entertainment life in Fengzhou is quite poor at night. For a new area that has just been established for more than a year, even the basic infrastructure has not been completed, so naturally there is no way to consider other cultural and entertainment facilities. In addition to a cinema, there are video halls, billiards halls or bookstores distributed in the streets and alleys. However, this is more of an entertainment method for young people with a shabby bag. More ordinary people usually watch TV at home or make an appointment with friends to play cards and chess to enjoy.
Before the establishment of the region, Fengzhou had not had a large number of foreign population. Even if there were some, they were just some foreigners who came to do business, or rural people working on construction sites. The number was not large and there were fewer requirements for entertainment.
With the establishment of Fengzhou area, the prefectural committee office and the local government agencies were quickly established. In addition, the office buildings of these party and government agencies were quickly built from scratch to dormitory areas, which immediately turned the entire Fengzhou urban area into a huge construction site. The cadres transferred from Liyang and various counties to enter the local government agencies also brought their children to Fengzhou. In addition, the preparation team for the relocation of the Northern Machinery Factory and Changfeng Machinery Factory since last year also officially entered Fengzhou, setting off a frenzy of building a new Fengzhou, which also brought a large influx of population.
In addition, in order to stimulate the urbanization process of Fengzhou and promote the construction of central cities in Fengzhou, the Fengzhou region has made some progress in the reform of the non-household registration system that the Fengzhou region has fought for from the province. The province has also initially agreed to consider giving Fengzhou region some power and household registration indicators so that Fengzhou can consider moderately loosening urban household registration based on local actual conditions, which has also stimulated the influx of many foreign populations.
The entry of a large number of foreign population has also led to the transformation of some places in Fengzhou urban area that were originally mainly catering and accommodation to a comprehensive service body integrating catering, entertainment and accommodation. For example, Fengzhou Hotel changed and expanded the hotel last year in response to the trend. Not only was Jinlan Garden built on the sixth floor, but also renovated a nearby secondary building that was originally an employee dormitory, turning it into the now popular Karaok and its KTV private rooms as part of the entertainment facilities of Fengzhou Hotel.
After Lu Weimin arranged the room for He Keng and the other three, the front desk waiter was very attentive to ask the guests if they had any arrangements for the evening and recommended entertainment at the hotel. If you are staying in the hotel, you can get a certain discount.
Lu Weimin thought about the long night of He Keng and the other two, and there was no place to go, so it would be better to sing and drink on KTV. It was also considered a time to resolve the problem, and he had something to talk to He Keng, so he agreed.
The area of this auxiliary building is not small, and it costs a lot of money to decorate. Starting from the stairs, the thick carpets are laid all the way into the corridor. The girls in groups of three or three in the lobby on the first floor are wearing heavy makeup, leather skirts, stockings, high heels, and dark-painted eyeshadows and lipsticks, almost become the standard dress for these girls. Sometimes, a girl took out the pager in her pocket and looked at it, headed straight to the bar, and picked up the phone and might be a slander.
Occasionally, there are one or two women wearing slightly elegant clothes. The small lapel suits and white shirts are often wrapped around the body, and the round buttocks and slender thighs are outlined. They either have a red knee-length short cheongsam, and the side slits are almost at the base of the legs. The traces of underwear can be seen under the flesh-colored stockings or even music.
Lu Weimin knew that these women who were obviously more beautiful than those girls were all the heads of nightclubs. Generally speaking, they took on the responsibility of introducing girls with drinks and singing to guests. From time to time, they could come to sing a song and drink a glass of wine or say a dirty joke to liven up the atmosphere, but they generally would not come and sing with wine and singing. Of course, if there are special guests, the boss will greet them or if you have the ability to make these women willing to come to the stage to accompany you, that's another matter.
"I really didn't expect that Fengzhou is not slow to keep up with the pace of the times. I remember that it was only last year that Changzhou's relatively large KTV private rooms began to appear. Now even Fengzhou has KTVs of this level that look good."
He Keng was obviously not interested in drinking and singing these outfits. He had seen too much abroad and in Beijing and had already passed the age of interest in these things. He just didn't expect that the economic development of remote areas such as Fengzhou could not keep up, but the development speed in these aspects seemed to be unwilling to be the last one, and even even exceeded that.
"The more cultural and entertainment life is, the faster I learn about this imported entertainment method, because they are eager to be in line with the outside world in fashion, but they often change their flavors without realizing it, making it a major feature of the place." Lu Weimin scanned a large group of Yingying Yanyan coming and going in and out of the sofa and bar in the lobby, and also teased with a smile, "It seems that Gui Jianguo has made great progress with the times. Before I went to Shuangfeng last year, I only heard that the sixth floor would be rebuilt, so there was Jinlan Garden. Unexpectedly, the auxiliary building here was also changed to a different world."
Lu Weimin and his four-member group immediately attracted attention when they appeared in the lobby of the vice building, especially the two foreigners had obvious characteristics, which attracted a lot of attention, including the lobby manager of the entertainment department at the bar.
Lu Weimin found that he seemed to have become unfamiliar with Fengzhou Hotel. Although he did not come here often when he worked in the prefectural committee, it was a work requirement after all, and sometimes he had to come. In addition to Gui Jianguo, as the director of the Fengzhou Municipal Government Office and the manager of the Fengzhou Hotel, he also knew two deputy managers and the director of the catering department and the accommodation department. However, the entertainment collection represented by this deputy building obviously had little to do with the original Fengzhou Hotel. At least Lu Weimin had never seen this man with a flattering smile.
When Lu Weimin heard that he only needed to open a KTV private room but did not need a drink girl, the man's face looked a little bad. Fortunately, Lu Weimin said that he needed to get a bottle of red wine to make the man's face become vivid.
He Keng originally told his two entourages that he could go back and rest first. However, the two entourages were very dedicated. Although he knew that his boss was very influential in China, they still expressed their intention to follow the boss to prevent accidents.
He Keng didn't insist. He also knew the working habits of his two bodyguards. Even in China, they never relaxed their vigilance. Fortunately, these two people only knew some simple daily terms in Chinese, and they didn't expect to have much impact on their conversations with Lu Weimin.
The waiter brought a bottle of human head horse xo. Lu Weimin did not like drinking this kind of foreign wine, and he did not ask the other party to send such foreign wine that was obviously to kill him as a sucker, but the other party had already sent it, which made it difficult for him to let the other party replace it. Moreover, the entertainment venues of this era are basically monopolized by foreign wine. Of course, domestic brands such as the Great Wall are also constantly infiltrating, but the Chinese people's habit of advocating foreign countries seems to be difficult to change fundamentally in a short period of time.
"Young Master, is it just like you Mr. Gui who is managing your entertainment collection in this way?" Although Lu Weimin did not intend to let the other party replace the bottle of human head horse, he always felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but stab the other party.
"What Mr. Gui? There is no Mr. Gui here." The young master rolled his eyelids, as if he felt that Lu Weimin had a bit of punching, but when he saw that there were two foreigners in the room, he said politely.
"Isn't the boss of Fengzhou Hotel Gui Jianguo? Is your Yindu Entertainment General Collection not from Fengzhou Hotel?" Lu Weimin asked in surprise.
"Our Yindu Entertainment General Collection is the entertainment department of the hotel, but we are the ** accounting, and there is no boss named Gui in Fengzhou Hotel." After the waiter said that, he went out.
"For the people, it seems that we didn't order two drinks to accompany the people, so it's very unhappy for us. Why, the boss has also changed people?" He Keng was not surprised by this kind of scene. Originally, this kind of place is a place where people look down on people. If you can't bring him the most direct and richest benefits, he will naturally be unhappy, and small places like Fengzhou will be even more so.
"Who knows? This Fengzhou hotel is a property under the Fengzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. It turned out that the boss was a deputy director of the Fengzhou Municipal Government Office. Later, the deputy director seemed to become the deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee Office, but I remember that it seemed that he was still the boss here. He changed people so soon?" Lu Weimin really felt that he seemed a little too closed. Half a year has really made himself a country bumpkin.
"Come on, are you afraid that you can't afford this bottle of XO?" He Keng signaled that the strong lady was a long time ago~~-updated first release~~ has already opened the wine to pour Lu Weimin and He Keng, "Don't worry, it's not your turn to treat you, you should save two for yourself or your Shuangfeng County."
The girl's lips were a little white, and she stood in the small room next to the bar without moving. Another girl wearing a short cheongsam beside her gritted her teeth and said, "Manager Huang, let me go. Can Xiaolian go and greet the guests who just arrived for me?"
"It's not that I said ok or not, but the customer said ok or not." The man surnamed Huang said with a gloomy face and expressionlessly: "Fan Lian, you have been transferred from the catering department to our entertainment department for a while. How did you arrange work with others with your attitude? Do you not plan to continue? But I know that you borrowed 8,000 yuan in advance at the hotel and only got 3,000 yuan back, and it's still 5,000 yuan. What are you going to pay it back? You know that our entertainment department is doing the performance, and I didn't ask you to sing, dance and drink, right? But you have to go and socialize with the guests, say a few words, persuade two glasses of wine, and let them consume more, so your commission can also be more, right?"
"You have worked in the catering department for more than a year and only paid more than a thousand yuan. How long has it been to our entertainment department? Just one month, this is more than a thousand yuan? What else should I do? No one has done you? It's all voluntary. It doesn't matter if you don't drink, dance or sing, but you have to say a few words, right? The guest ordered your name, you don't go, the guests don't spend it, and we can't do business, right?" The man surnamed Huang calmed down a little, and said patiently: "What are you worried about? Isn't it just to say a few words. At worst, you can just drink a glass of wine. Can you still eat you?" (To be continued)