"Everyone knows better than me what this place is for, so I won't go into details, but every place has its own rules. Photography and video are absolutely not allowed here, so Mr. Cheng, please put your camera away. "Dong Qiangqiang threatened earnestly, "Otherwise it will be confiscated by the security guards and I won't be able to come back."
Mr. Cheng laughed dryly and carefully put his camera back into his bag.
"Second, if you meet a woman you don't know and come over to strike up a conversation, no matter how sweet the other person's smile is, don't accept anything handed to you, let alone eat it. Third, let's all just stroll around and expand our knowledge. , but some things are secular and indecent, so don’t ask for a price, let alone experience it for yourself. In a word, ‘Enter the village quietly, and don’t let anyone shoot you’. Do you all understand?” Dong Qiangqiang’s words are actually specifically for Niu Tongsheng and He Mei Yifei said that he had already noticed that these two people were not thinking about good things. He had no habit of interfering with others. But this place was really special. If they really had a problem, he really couldn't bear the responsibility. "In addition, here Dragons and snakes are mixed together, so everyone should try to move together and not be too scattered. If there are no problems, let's set off now..."
"You're too long-winded..." Before Dong Qiangqiang finished speaking, Sister Zhao had already opened the car door and jumped out impatiently. While Dong Qiangqiang was stunned, everyone had already jumped out of the car after her. Dong Qiangqiang sighed helplessly and was the last one to get out of the car.
As soon as Dong Qiangqiang jumped out of the car, he immediately felt a sea breeze with a strong fishy smell blowing into his face, followed by the sound of waves lapping at the coast from behind. He turned around and checked his direction, only to realize that in the distance was the dock of Hamburg Port.
Although it was night, the lights in the direction of the port were still bright. The lights turned into patches of halo in the sea fog. The huge metal cranes in the port and the large ships moored in the port all looked faint, like giant robots wearing invisibility cloaks. The whistles that sounded from time to time seemed like It is the battle horn they send out to remind passing ships to be careful of the murderous intentions hidden in this seemingly peaceful harbor.
"Hey, buddy, what are you doing?" Mei Yifei, who was running at the front of the crowd, turned around and shouted loudly, "Why are you looking for a girl if you don't go ahead? Come over quickly and take a look at what's ahead? Don't look back. Wrong way."
"It's true, have you seen that sign?" Dong Qiangqiang pointed to the neon lights placed between two buildings a hundred meters in front, "The German on it is the name of the street, Reeperbahn. . St. Pauli is a large area, and this street is recognized as the entrance to the red light district." Dong Qiangqiang quickened his pace as he spoke, and after ten seconds he was at the forefront of the crowd.
Everyone followed his footsteps and slowly walked into the street. Everyone looked curiously at the seemingly mysterious street but couldn't tell what was mysterious about it. They couldn't help but look at each other in amazement.
"You just said this place is called Reeperbahn Street?" Mei Yifei asked Dong Qiangqiang while looking around, "Why does it sound so funny? Why isn't it just called 'Encounter Street' or 'Red Light Street'? That's so obvious. ah."
"This is very close to the Port of Hamburg. It is said that a long time ago, sailors got off the ship and went straight here to have fun. Because it is a port, there are many shops related to cables in the street. The work of sailors is very dangerous. High, and cables are an important item to ensure their safety when going to sea. Therefore, many shops will hang cables outside, which means that sailors will go to sea in peace. The current translation is "Go to sea happily and come home safely", so it is called Cable Street. ." Dong Qiangqiang explained, "It is said that at that time, this was the landmark of Hamburg, just like the Statue of Liberty is to New York and the Eiffel Tower is to Paris."
Hamburg's landmark building is actually the historic city hall, and St. Pauli is at best a business district with capitalist characteristics. Dong Qiangqiang's first words were quite serious, but the second words were pure nonsense, but no one in the group of people in front of him seemed to check the authenticity of his words. After all, everyone was a drunkard and had no intention of drinking.
"Then it's not there now?" Mr. Cheng interjected, "I see there are a lot of people on this street now. In many German cities I've been to, everything is dark at night, even the commercial streets, and There are a lot more people here than the last time I went to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, etc.”
"Mr. Cheng, you can do it..." A chubby boy next to Mei Yifei said with a bad smile, "I really didn't realize how strong you are... Oh no, you are so knowledgeable."
"Today is different from the past," Dong Qiangqiang recalled the news about Hamburg he had read in the newspaper. "I heard that the current managers don't like people to use this place as their business card."
Everyone walked into the street while chatting, and the "landscape" on both sides of the street gradually became richer.
Dong Qiangqiang had to admit that Mr. Cheng was right. There were indeed a lot of people on the street. It was not an exaggeration to describe them as crowded and non-stop. He even suspected that the number of people on this street now was larger than what he had seen in the downtown area of Hanover during the day. There are many people.
"Hey, buddy, what's written on this little blackboard?" Niu Tongsheng pointed to a blackboard by the road surrounded by small lanterns and asked Dong Qiangqiang, "Why is there an elephant painted on it?"
"Oh, you mean this?" Dong Qiangqiang glanced at the blackboard and knew the answer to the other party's question. He stayed in Duanmu's rented house for the past two days, so last night he directed Duanmu to help him check a lot of information about St. Pauli. "This is the most famous nightclub with the longest history in this street. It is said that it existed after World War II. ”
"Is there a Table Dance here?" Niu Tongsheng approached Dong Qiangqiang and asked in a low voice while others were not paying attention, "Is it expensive? Is it limited time?"
"Well, let me see." Dong Qiangqiang deliberately said loudly, "Tickets are 20 marks, and beer is 12 marks. Well, it's not cheap." Dong Qiangqiang reported the price to him truthfully, but did not tell him "give it to the dancers" The reward coupons are 4 marks each, and you can also book a table to enjoy the solo dance." I just hope that he can quit for the sake of money.
"Everything is expensive in decadent capitalism..." Niu Tongsheng muttered, while reluctantly looking through the transparent glass window, as if trying to find something that would make him decide to buy a ticket.
Dong Qiangqiang guessed that Niu Tongsheng might be too expensive. He raised his head with a smirk and saw two people four or five meters away from his left front, who were tugging and tugging. He only heard a tall foreign man persuade in blunt Chinese: "Both men and women can do it. Go in and watch, men buy tickets and women don’t.”
Dong Qiangqiang sighed in his heart: I didn’t expect that even those in the red light district would work so hard to attract customers.
As soon as he thought of this, he saw the person in front of the foreign man suddenly turned around and greeted everyone: "Everyone, come here and watch. No tickets are required here."
Only then did Dong Qiangqiang see that the person shouting was the "knowledgeable" Mr. Cheng. He was so surprised that he almost choked and couldn't breathe.
The crowd gathered around like cats that smelled the fishy smell.
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