(Mr. Chen Xing, please go to the Bazhou Tourism Bureau before 10 am to 7 pm on Friday to handle admission tickets and pass procedures. I wish you a happy trip)
The local work efficiency is very fast.
In mainland China, if you contact a local mini program on the Internet like this, the reply the next day is considered faster than others. Chen Xing only applied this afternoon and was approved in the evening, which really surprised Chen Xing.
"Bazhou?" Chen Xing read the text message three times.
This Bazhou is not the Bazhou in Sichuan Province, but an abbreviation of Bayingol, which belongs to the superior urban area of Qiang County.
As expected, the county does not have the authority to deal with the Loulan ruins.
Chen Xing's slightly depressed mood dissipated when he saw this news. After eating takeaway at the hotel, he lay on the bed and used the navigation to search the distance from him to Bazhou.
"Fuck!!"
Chen Xing said this subconsciously.
It’s an eight-hour ride!
It's farther than Chen Xing's ride from the airport today.
Well, this is Xijiang, just get used to it.
Wasn't it the same in Kanas back then? The territory of Western Xinjiang was really too vast.
Even so, eight hours' journey between the two places is ridiculous enough.
Compared with this, the working hours from ten to seven seem normal. After all, it was already past eight o'clock, the sunshine outside the window was still bright, and the sun had not set. If we follow the working hours of the mainland, then the work and rest of people in Xijiang may be messed up.
Chen Xing went to say thank you to Tongque.
I originally thought that I would no longer be able to see the ruins of Loulan this time, but I didn’t expect that things would take a turn for the worse, and it turned out that there were many friends and many paths.
The video Chen Xing sent out this time may be the reason why his face appeared on the cover, and the number of views increased very quickly in the early stage.
It is true that some fans are not interested in travel or photography, but they like Chen Xing's literary and artistic attributes. For example, he studied abroad at the Art Institute in Paris, and some of his works were collected by the French Art Association.
Most of these people are not too old and they follow Chen Xing as an idol.
Seeing Chen Xing's face directly on the cover, they clicked in immediately. The speed was so fast that even Chen Xing himself couldn't grab the first thousand plays.
In Chen Xing’s post bar, he is commonly known as (Xingfen)
Wang Tingyu, a high school student living in Dunhuang, is a star fan. When she saw Chen Xing’s new video, she clicked on it with two eyes. She kept looking at Chen Xing’s face. Even when Chen Xing was eating, she thought he was handsome.
As for what he said, let’s wait until he finishes licking the screen first.
But she suddenly heard a familiar word.
Mogao Grottoes?
Is Chen Xing coming to Dunhuang?
I don’t know when Chen Xing will come. Will I have a chance to meet him then?
Wang Tingyu used to chase Xiaoxianrou, but her mentality was not good enough. She couldn't bear to lose her fans after being scolded for a few times. Chen Xing was a treasure she discovered some time ago. He was young and handsome, with an indescribable temperament about him.
Maybe it’s the temperament of an artist, Wang Tingyu thought.
Chasing Chen Xing is different from chasing idols launched by capital. First of all, they are not from the entertainment industry. There are rarely any public opinions that require their intervention. People who are in the entertainment industry usually do not cross the circle to point Chen Xing. The name of the star.
This makes their fan circles extremely harmonious.
Except for the occasional arguments with a group of men who follow Chen Xing in the post forum, everything was fine. This made her academic performance rise several places.
After all, I'm free.
How about staring at the station every day during this period?
Chen Xing would definitely not choose to fly when coming from Bazhou. After the train arrives at the previous station, he must take a bus to enter Dunhuang, so he is right to keep an eye on the station, and he can also call a few more in Dunhuang. The friends stared together.
Wang Tingyu clenched her fists excitedly—this time she had to go to Chen Xing’s WeChat account!
This matter is not a secret. Many people in the fan group who have taken photos with him say so, and they also say that as long as they muster up the courage to ask Chen Xing on WeChat, they will not refuse.
…………
Of course Chen Xing would not understand the thoughts of fans from afar.
Not to mention blocking him at the landing point, there are probably people who are looking for him on the streets of Qiangxian County at this time and want to try their luck. The more than one million on the Bip website now does not represent Chen Xing's entire fame in the country.
Go to bed and take the bus to Bazhou the next day.
Chen Xing was already prepared to suffer from motion sickness for a few hours, but when he arrived at the station, he found that the cars here were all new, with closed windows and fresh air conditioning. He didn't feel much vibration even while driving on the highway.
He listened to the music in his headphones and soon fell into a half-asleep state.
In fact, I just slept, but I slept very lightly.
When I woke up, Bazhou was not far away.
Bazhou is a Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture. When Chen Xing watched performances in Qiang County, he felt that many of them were wearing Mongolian costumes, at least with elements of Mongolian costumes. When he arrived in Bazhou, this style was even more obvious. .
When Chen Xing got off the car, he saw a yurt-style building, but when he got closer, he found that it was made of modern building materials. It was just painted with a layer of paint that looked like cloth on the outside. This made people think it was a huge building when viewed from a distance. yurt.
Apart from that, this is a very green city.
When Chen Xing took a ride to the municipal government building, at least one side of the street he passed was planted with a large number of street trees. Large cranes could be seen on all sides of the city. New buildings were probably being built. The architecture gave Chen Xing the look of a fourth- or fifth-tier city. Feel.
Is real estate still so popular now, with so many houses being built?
"Master, are you building a house here?" Chen Xing asked the driver.
"Well, when it comes to building a house, you saw that we have a lot of construction sites, right?"
"Yes, there are cranes everywhere and there are fences for construction work."
"This is because the development boss ran away, leaving behind only bad construction sites or unfinished buildings. The officials couldn't find anyone to take over the projects, so they had no choice but to leave them alone. Haha, at least I have one I haven’t seen these big cranes move in years.”
"..."
By the way, cranes are also very expensive.
Chen Xing doesn't pay much attention to cars, but he also knows that the price of a construction vehicle can buy several sports cars.
The office buildings in Bazhou are all built together. Compared with the office buildings in other fourth-tier cities, they are not grand at all. They just look very serious and regular. The six-story house is not too high. There is a huge national emblem.
There is a square below, paved with marble tiles, very flat, and there are a few young people wearing roller skates playing here.
There is also a square directly opposite.
Quite lively.
It seems that this is also the center of the city.
Chen Xing entered from the building with the national emblem, asked the lady in professional attire at the front desk, and went to the building on the right. There were office contents on each floor at the entrance of the corridor. Chen Xing took a look and went up to the third floor. building.
Tourism and Culture-Relics Processing Office.
It's office hours now, the dark wooden door is wide open, and there are three people inside.
Chen Xing knocked on the door, attracted attention and said, "I am Chen Xing. I made an appointment on the software yesterday."
One of them quickly stood up, shook hands with Chen Xing, and said, "You are so sweet, we all know you. Congratulations on winning the photography award. You have brought glory to the country."
"Just good luck..."
Others also pushed away their chairs and stood up, smiling and saying: "We are all your fans, but we really didn't expect to see you in person. I was the one who processed your application yesterday, and our entire office came to see it. ”
"I'm just an ordinary photographer, thank you for your likes."
Chen Xing shook hands one by one.
In fact, shaking hands is relatively formal in domestic social interactions, and Chen Xing would not do this under normal circumstances. But everyone came in front of him, so Chen Xing felt like he was being neglected if he didn't shake hands with them.
When encountering this situation in Paris, Chen Xing would give each of them a hug without saying a word.
Here Chen Xing is afraid that he will not be able to get out of this building.
A few people chatted for a while before getting down to business. Chen Xing stood next to them, watching others click on an approval form that looked like it was about to be printed out, and said, "Go through the process, name."
"Chen Xing."
"ID number."
Chen Xing started to report his ID number, his current place of residence, his academic qualifications, etc. It looked very strict.
I have filled out more than ten items, which basically includes all of Chen Xing’s current information.
Then start printing.
This person said:
"Sorry, this is the process. After we stamp it, you have to take this form to the main building, which is the building next to us with the national emblem. You go to the first office on the right on the fourth floor. When you enter, you say apply. Just go to the Loulan ruins. There has been a military exercise there recently, and ordinary application methods cannot be passed. This is the only way to make it more troublesome."
"It's okay. Are you afraid of running if you want to see the beautiful scenery?"
"Haha." The man laughed twice.
They were used to seeing Loulan, and sometimes they had to accompany the scientific expedition team, so they really had no interest in this place. They only wanted to go south to see what Jiangnan is like.
Chen Xing took this stamped approval form to the main building.
After that, I went to another place and paid the ticket, and then I was allowed to enter the Loulan ruins.
But he couldn't go now. Chen Xing had to return to Qiang County, where two guides were waiting. Chen Xing didn't hesitate and immediately went to the station to prepare to return.
He has been here for several days. If he continues to play, when will he have time to go to Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes? He also wanted to go to Yanjing before the National Day to watch various performances during the National Day, so he could not delay any longer.
It was already dark when we returned to Qiang County.
Chen Xing yawned and returned to the hotel where he had stayed before. When he saw it was Chen Xing at the front desk, he smiled when he checked in and said, "What's wrong, handsome guy? Didn't you find the car?"
"Don't mention it. Your county and the city are too far away. I'm just going back and forth. I'll go out in the morning and it's already here when I get back."
"Hey, Xijiang, that's it. Please get your room card."
It's still the same room I stayed in yesterday.
When Chen Xing woke up in the morning, he looked at the time.
It's only seven o'clock.
He originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but soon he patted the bed and said to himself: "Forget it, go to bed early and get up early."
Since it's still early, we can go out and have breakfast.
He had made an appointment with the guide yesterday to meet under the hotel at nine o'clock in the morning. Another sleep would not delay anything, but there would be no time to eat. He didn't want to have to eat bread and milk for another day.
Now that we are in China, if we eat less of this foreign breakfast, we will have more time to eat it later.
Chen Xing returned to the hotel before nine o'clock, checked the camera, took two more batteries, a power bank, and the drone he brought from home. Yesterday, during the review at his Bazhou office, I also took the opportunity to obtain a drone flight permit for the Loulan ruins.
In fact, it is not legally allowed to fly a drone anywhere in the country, and you must obtain a flight permit.
But in cities and some unimportant places, if you fly, you will fly, and no one will manage it.
Not so in scenic spots.
Especially this kind of ruins-type scenic spots are not open to outsiders. Do you still want to fly drones here? If you are caught sneaking there, they will probably send you to stay for two days, so you will remember it.
As the appointed time approached, a dark yellow Ford stopped outside the hotel.
When they saw Chen Xing, they waved and said hello.
"Hey!"
Chen Xing went over and asked, "Hello, are you a guide?"
"Yes, hello, my name is Lu Jiarang, and this is my brother Lu Feng. We will drive you to the Loulan ruins in a moment. Have you brought all your information?"
"I brought it."
"Okay, there are several checkpoints along the way from here. It's really hard for you to have no information, so get on the bus."
Lu Feng didn't talk much. Basically, Lu Jiarang was chatting with Chen Xing.
Chen Xing thought their car was very handsome. It looked very streamlined from the outside. Chen Xing also liked the interior, so he asked, "What is your car? It looks very beautiful."
"Well, we don't know the name yet. We just know that Ford sent it to Lop Nur for testing. I heard it's very hardcore. It's a car specially designed to run in no-man's land. Isn't it cool? I think so too."
He touched the decoration on the driver's seat, shook his head and said, "Oh, I don't know how much it costs. I probably can't afford this car."
The cheapest ones now are urban scooters. Manufacturers may also know that these vehicles are for working-class families, and the prices are getting cheaper and cheaper. But off-road vehicles have always been expensive, and people who buy such vehicles have a need for off-road travel.
In other words, these people don’t have to work every day and have money.
So the price is expensive.
As we talked, we reached the first checkpoint on the side of the highway. It looked like the private toll booths set up by farmers on the road in the past. It was very simple, but it also had a small room that could be sheltered from the wind and rain, and ordinary people could stay in it.
When he saw the car approaching, he walked out, checked the temporary pass that Chen Xing had applied for, and then moved away the stake blocking the road.
Chen Xing and the Lu family asked to get in the car, and Chen Xing said: "He is so troublesome, why don't you get an electric one?"
Lu Feng, who was driving, said:
"It's not easy to get electricity here. Besides, apart from the army's cars, he doesn't encounter many tourist cars in a month. Why would he find it troublesome? When I get old, I will find a job like this and bring a power bank with me every day." Just play with your phone for a day.”
Lu Jiarang said: "This is all you can do."
"Then he earns less? He doesn't do anything every day. How many times have we come here, and every time we come, they have to check our identities."
He was somewhat dissatisfied with the old man's devotion to duty.
But yes, as a tourist, it was normal for Chen Xing to check his identity for the first time, but the two guides also spent half a day confirming whether it was them, which was very time-consuming.
Continuing on the road, we soon encountered the real level.
There are soldiers on duty, checking admission information, checking tickets, electric gates, and then cars clearing the way.
It made Chen Xing a little nervous.
(End of chapter)
