A hundred years ago, Shanghai and Hainan were divided up by Western powers and the Japanese, who divided Shanghai and Hainan into pieces in the form of concessions. The entry of these foreign forces has prospered the small fishing village of Shanghai, but it has also branded the Chinese people with humiliation. But the so-called concession in Shanghai is different from Xiangjiang and the gambling city of Haojiang. This is not an agreement signed by the previous government in the name of the country to lease Shanghai to those countries. Instead, businessmen from various countries rented it from landlords in Shanghai. It is also known as a foreign residence where Chinese and foreigners live together.
Among the four major concessions, the French Concession had the best location. The environment is also the best. A hundred years later, things and people here have changed. However, in recent years, more and more foreigners have gathered here, and it has become a bit like a foreign settlement in those days.
Changle Road is located in the center of Shanghai and Hainan, and it is also the place with the most preserved old buildings in Shanghai and Hainan.
At midnight, this street shows its true charm, with various types of bars and exquisite supper shops.
This is the best hot mutton restaurant in Shanghai. It is said that the mutton here will never take more than an hour from the live sheep to the customer's entrance. There is also a 24-hour Hupai Noodle House with only ten tables, but the seats are never vacant all year round. There is a chicken shop with only three tables in the attic of the small alley. It only sells ten chickens every day. It opens at midnight and closes when it is sold out. The chickens here are very expensive. If you eat a chicken here, you can eat it outside. Ten, but still packed every day.
In addition to authentic Shanghainese cuisine, you can also eat the most authentic cuisine from various countries on this street. Birds of a feather flock together, and sometimes restaurants are the same.
Most of the shops here are open at night, mostly for night owls who come out at night. Gradually, a unique social circle has been formed here. People in need will come here at night to enter a bar of their own, where they always You will meet like-minded people.
"Drink, let's keep drinking."
"There's a bar here. Go inside and check it out."
Several drunk young people came to the door of the bar arm in arm.
Just as a few people were about to enter the bar, a huge fat man stood in front of them.
"Get out of the way." One of the three drunkards stepped forward and pushed the fat man.
The fat man refused to dodge, and the young man pushed him. The fat man didn't move at all, and the fat on his body didn't even tremble. The drunk man even took several steps back to the road.
The three young men were a little more awake at this time. They looked up and saw a small neon sign next to the door of the single-bay shop, which read "Happy Night". They all sobered up immediately, and they supported each other and left quickly.
Night of Joy This is a very special bar. This is a bar that only Jianghu people can enter.
A young man in his twenties, wearing casual clothes, with his hands in his pockets, walked leisurely to the door of the Yanhuan Night store. Behind him were three people, a man and two women.
"Master, this is right here."
A middle-aged man in a crisp suit behind the boy said
"Afu, knock on the door."
"It's Master."
Ah Fu came to the door of the store and gently patted the shoulder of the fat man at the door. The fat man couldn't bear it and knelt down on one knee.
The fat man was not annoyed after being beaten. Instead, he stood up with a flattering smile and made a gesture of invitation. Welcome a few people into the store.
Although the storefront of Yanhuan Night is small, there is another world in the store. A small band is singing some jazz music that I have never heard on the stage in the middle of the bar. The floor is covered with hard wooden floors, which seem to be slightly elastic when you step on them.
The mixed-race girl behind the young man jumped on the floor twice and came forward and said to the young man, "Master, this floor is a mahogany floor, and there are springs under the floor."
"Why are there springs under the floorboards?" asked another older woman.
"It is said that the best dance hall in Shanghai a hundred years ago was called Paramount. The dance floor there was like this. The springs were laid under the floor to make the dance steps more graceful. Master, all the building materials and decorations here are not simple, they are all old-fashioned object."
The young man who had always been careless seemed to be interested. "Really? All of them?"
"Yes, Master, look at the wall lamps there, they are made of colored glaze, and look at the crystal red wine glasses on the bar. They are old French crystal glasses from a hundred years ago. The patterns on the walls of the cups are etched with acid. Flower craftsmanship, although these cups are not priceless, but there are so many here, I think the same type of cups all over the world should be here, this is not simple. "
At this time, a woman wearing a cheongsam came forward and led several people to a box on the second floor. There were already three Europeans sitting in the box. These three were all acquaintances, Heinze Feng from the German Feng family. Margaret Capet of the Capet family in France and Henry Russell of the Russell household in England. Henry was one of the two teenage boys on the train, and by this time he had grown into a burly young man. .
The woman in cheongsam was about to leave when Ah Fu stopped her. Ah Fu handed the woman a photo and a gold brick.
"Qin, you're here, long time no see."
At this time, Qin Dao was very different from what he was a few years ago. The sword-like sharpness in his youth had completely dissipated. His whole person was like a gust of wind and a touch of fragrance. Everyone had the same feeling. He originally shone like a diamond. Now it has become a pebble in the stream. The rough stone needs to be polished to become a dazzling gemstone. When this gemstone condenses all the light, it will be truly scary, because no one knows when the light will come out.
Heinze Feng gave Qin Dao a big hug.
"Where have you been all these years?"
"Walked around the world."
"Your cousin has not been found yet."
"No."
"We have searched all over Europa, and I can guarantee that she is definitely not in Europa."
Qin Dao glanced at the bottles of national wine on the table, smiled slightly and said
"I still like drinking this."
"Of course. Come and have a drink with us."
After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere in the box became much more lively.
Henry Russell suddenly asked, "Is there any important matter for calling us to Shanghai this time?" The young man had a serious look on his face. It was obvious that young people had average self-cultivation skills and asked what everyone wanted to ask at an inappropriate time. The problem.
At this time, everyone stopped drinking and looked at Qin Dao.
"You Europas are no longer able to survive."
This sentence made the atmosphere in the box quieter.
Qin Dao looked at Henry Russell and said, "You have basically lost control of your country. The crisis of division and the bursting of the Internet bubble a few years ago have left you internally fragmented. Those members of the upper and lower parliaments are now like a group of puppets. , I’m afraid you can only run exhausted now, and I can only mourn for you.”
Now Qin Dao's tone of voice was as calm as water, but every word was like a knife, stabbing the proud Henry Russell deeply.
Qin Dao looked at Heince again.
Heinze coughed and braced himself and said, "Five years ago, you told me that there would be a war within Europa. I still didn't believe it. I laughed at you secretly. I didn't expect that it would all come true the next year. A war. Let a Western European Yugoslavia fall apart."
"The war in Western Europe caused the currency of Yugoslavia to collapse, which put great pressure on the currency value of your Europa dollar and had a huge impact on the exchange rate of the Europa dollar. By the time you reacted, the war had escalated and the whole world You are not sure what will happen in the future, which has also caused the market to no longer trust your currency, reducing the credibility and stability of your currency in the market. This battle has broken the spine of your Europa."
"Twenty percent, we only lost 20%."
Qin Dao looked at Heinze as if he were a fool, "This 20% is almost all I invested. One trillion Lianzhong coins went to North America. You originally had a chance to make up for this debt, but three years ago they launched the Middle East War You still did nothing. The war maniac in the Middle East exchanged the Lianzhong coins in his hand for Europa coins. You must know what a good start this is. You had a chance to take back the leadership, even if you can't hurt them, But when you put
When the whole of East Asia strives to get over it, it can at least compete with them for twenty more years, and you will watch them destroy a country. Those people even used a small can to wash clothes as an excuse, and this battle sucked half of your spinal cord. How long can your Germany last? "
"ten years."
"In ten years you will lose control of the entire country of Germany, right?"
"yes."
"Well, I know you should have tried your best. If you Europas could work together, the United States would not exist."
"Qin, I feel very sorry for you. The funds you promised me back then cannot be returned to you now."
"You can keep that money for now. I have already expected your failure. You can just struggle."
Qin Dao looked at Margaret Capet again, and Margaret Capet suddenly felt that the hairs all over her body were getting stronger.
"You did a good job." Qin Dao smiled at Margaret Cape.
"Why did they do a good job?" Henry Russell was obviously a little unhappy.
"They are great. A friend of mine told me that there has always been a force of chaos throughout France. This chaos can create chaos, chaos can create death, and it can also bring life. No one can completely master France."
Margaret Capet said, "Master Qin, you haven't said yet why you called us to Shanghai."
"This time they consciously want to attack China. I called you here because I don't want you to get involved too deeply."
Margaret Capet added, "Okay, then why did you call us to this bar."
"This is a place where Jianghu people exchange information. I just gave them Huiling's photo. I heard that as long as the boss here takes the money, there is no one he can't find. But that's not the main thing. Today there will be There’s a big show.”
"What a big show"
"Someone wants to take advantage of this place. The carnival night is about to begin."
