Chapter 3 Beijing time

I have come and gone between Shanghai and Beijing countless times. One time I went back to Shanghai from Beijing to watch the Shanghai station of the National Rally, but the games started at eight or nine in the morning, so I worked hard on the bed. After two days of thinking about whether to get up or not, I decided to go to sleep, because there is a rally every year.So I slept for two days and went back to Beijing. The first time I went to Beijing was because of some matters before the publication of this book. At this time, I felt that everything in Beijing was not good, the sky was full of wind and sand, and the buildings were rustic.I think I was staying in a hotel of the Chinese Writers Association, and it was going to close after eleven o'clock. Fortunately, the scenery in Beijing couldn't keep me from wandering around until midnight, so I hid in it early and watched TV for a week before returning home. , I think everything in Shanghai is good, at least not a dumpling is bigger than a steamed bun.

In fact, I have always felt that people in a city do not have any real characteristics. For example, there are many generous people in Shanghai, and many stingy people in Beijing. The so-called Shanghai has only beautiful cities but no culture. It is probably Beijingers. I figured it out, because people can tell whether a city is beautiful or not at a glance, and whether there is such a thing as culture can’t be known after one trip, so first, some people who may have never even been to Shanghai wrote a few articles The article said that Shanghai has no culture, and then you said that Shanghai has no culture, and he said that Shanghai has no culture, so all foreigners think that Shanghai has no culture.This is also the reason why Beijing makes many people feel cultured.This is not to speak well of the Shanghainese, because it is true that many Shanghainese will give people the idea of ​​beating them up if they look at them or say a word to them, but Shanghai is indeed very innocent when it comes to whether they have culture.

The reason why Beijing gives people a cultured feeling is because Beijingers love to brag. When taking a taxi in Beijing, it feels like the driver is not the driver driving the car in front of you, but someone who walks on the street all day looking for someone to brag about. Art is largely It was a bragging, so the two hit it off, giving people the impression that Beijing is full of artist habits.And those who have really achieved something in Beijing, when they approached them, they were all foreigners.However, being broken in Beijing also has its advantages. For example, in Shanghai, I never worry about not being able to buy things at two o’clock in the middle of the night, but if I don’t have a car or plan to go long distance in Beijing, it’s better to prepare enough food during the day.Or when it’s time for dinner, many military vehicles will suddenly appear, yelling at the sirens, and the vehicles in front pull over and speed along the street. Anyway, I have never seen such a rush to eat in other cities, but fortunately, Beijing The road on the road is extremely bumpy, which means that the faster you go, the more you will suffer, and the road on the far side of those cars is exactly the road that the big cars usually take, so it is the most bumpy, which also makes people who are also in a hurry to eat but have no right to People who break the rules while eating look very comfortable.

However, the roads in Beijing are indeed a wonder in the world. When I read Taiwanese magazines, I often see Taipei people complaining about the roads in Taipei. In fact, this still shows that Taiwanese people have too little experience. If you come to the capital and drive once, you will definitely feel like Taipei when you go back. The roads are as flat as an F1 track.But Taiwanese people are still very objective in looking at the problem, because all the complainers pointed out that although many roads are bad, it cannot be ruled out that some of them are good.Although most of those good roads are concentrated near the city hall.

The most bumpy road in Beijing is the second ring road.This road symbolizes the development of new China, just two words - bumpy.The second ring feels like a sub-station of the Paris-Moscow cross-country race.However, there have been some flat roads in Beijing recently, but on those flat roads, there is often an unbelievable big hole, so when I saw Ferrari in Beijing, there were only three words that popped up in my mind-to kill him. So I don't think this is like a road built in a cultured city. On the other hand, in Shanghai, the roads are much flatter, but once the roads are built, people will be amazed.Although Shanghai has always claimed to be highly efficient, I have seen a bridge that took half a year to repair, and what is incomprehensible is that the bridge is so small that it only took two months to build it.

From where I live in Shanghai to where my parents are, I pass a national road. This national road is undergoing major repairs every year, and every time the road is repaired, several people usually die.But the road was never smooth.These are not people who criticize the road construction, they are very hardworking, and they are always sweating profusely every time I see them.Just don't know what they are doing. But I have never seen a road in Shanghai that is not supported by off-road vehicles, and it is a traffic artery. That's why I've been thinking about getting an off-road vehicle in Beijing.

It may be easy to back up in a place with culture. Note ①: As of the time of writing this article, the Second Ring Road has been rebuilt and has become the most flat ring road in Beijing. Note ②: Unfortunately, the third ring road has finally become what the second ring road was before. (Author press.)