Nanyang Department Store, the core area of Jinjikou. The entire building is a department store described by Lan Fong Company - as a sovereign colonial company, Lan Fong, headquartered in Pontianak City, Borneo, can be said to have outstanding achievements and Nantian Pillar Stone. This department store in a prime location is also a showcase for Lanfang Company's achievements.
As soon as we walked in, the full-power air conditioner lowered the temperature to the optimal 24°. The air-conditioning curtain at the door hangs down from the door, which makes the back feel chilly.
"Oh~~" Shangluo seemed to have something interesting inside: the first floor of the department store was as dazzling as a temple. It’s just that temples are often colored in sacred golden yellow, while department stores are often colored in warm yellow.
Warm yellow comes from sunlight. There is no intention to shade the sun here, and strong sunlight shines in from the glass dome above. Directly into the center of the hall on the first floor. It was a flower house, with coconut trees, palm trees and other South Sea plants growing in the sultry greenhouse. The greenhouse is spotless, and even through the framed glass, you can see the green leaves swaying in the artificial wind.
The entire atrium is open, and the glass greenhouse is the same height as the entire building. Layers of Nanyang plants create viewing platforms on each floor, allowing each floor to see green scenery. Contracted specialty stores of various specialized departments are layered according to categories, and each layer is connected by escalators. This is not the first department store, but it is one of the first.
Although in Shangluo's "original era", the era of department stores has passed. But at the beginning, department stores were one of the groundbreaking points of the entire consumer era.
Like other department stores, Nanyang Department Store has participated in the great changes in commodity consumption. As never before, department stores offer high-quality merchandise under one roof. The dolls in fashionable clothes and the warm light in the glass showcase form a simulated wonderland. The products that can be purchased are placed on the shelves, allowing everyone to touch and stroke them with their hands and imagine what it feels like to own them.
The first floor sells the most gorgeous furs and folding fans, while the second floor is a silk counter and a place for custom-made clothes. The third floor sells sparkling jewelry and watches, the fourth floor is for ready-made clothing, the fifth floor is for perfumes and other daily necessities, and the sixth floor is for the catering department.
The whole system is also composed of professional and beautiful sales girls. They wear fashionable narrow clothes and small rolled-brimmed hats to provide professional advice to passing customers. This service is still the signature of various department stores, and there are several schools - Shangluo saw this in the newspaper. The Nanyang style represented by Nanyang Department Store is a relatively new style.
A common sight in newspapers is that of sales girls holding a thick catalog to introduce products to customers and using their professional knowledge to recommend them to customers. But here, the products are placed on the shelves as much as possible, where everyone can reach them with their hands. There is no "counter" here, and the salesgirl and customer communicate directly face-to-face.
This is actually more in line with Shangluo’s habits. Because the business models he is familiar with are supermarkets, online shopping and specialty store systems, not such a department store system. Outside of specialty stores, he sometimes just wants to browse casually and doesn't want to receive too professional advice.
"The most powerful thing here is winter." Qi Yuan looked inside, "I wasn't born yet at that time, but my dad remembers that Nanyang Department Store opened in winter. He was still a child at that time, and it was snowing heavily outside, but inside The heating was set to 24°C, and there were lush green Araucaria trees in the greenhouse at the atrium. Well, there was an Araucaria tree in the middle that reached directly to the sixth floor. Later, it was removed because it was not safe and replaced with vines. and metal mesh cages.”
"Oh~~" Shangluo looked up and saw layers of golden escalators and glass corridors extending upward like the kingdom of heaven depicted in a church. Araucaria that high is indeed quite dangerous.
"Lan Fang Pavilion is on the top floor, right? Escalator or elevator?"
"Let's take the elevator. We don't need to buy anything else. Let's go this way for the elevator." Qi Yuan led the way - she spent more time shopping in department stores than the others. Shangluo felt that inviting her here was indeed the right thing to do. .
Several people were sitting on the viewing elevator, and the scenery of the glass greenhouse passed in front of them layer by layer. After the elevator door opens, directly opposite is the sign of Lan Fong Pavilion.
He showed his meal coupon at the front desk, and the waiter at the front desk took them directly to the booth by the window and brought them the menu.
The waiter flipped the menu from back to front and reached the last page of the set menu.
"You can specify staple food, two main dishes, four side dishes, as well as drinks and snacks in these catalogs. Soft drinks can be refilled without time limit. For details of the dishes, you can check the previous catalog."
"Yeah." Shangluo nodded, this was his familiar ordering method.
However, when he looked at the main course, he felt a sense of déjà vu:
Steamed tall crab
Poached Shark's Fin
Eight treasure yellow croaker
Huadiao Steamed East China Sea Abalone
This is a classic high-end dish of Nanyang cuisine: piled directly with luxurious ingredients that can be fished from the sea. There are no complicated names or complicated methods like Nine-turn Large Intestine or Oil-fried Double Crisp, it is just a simple and pure impact of ingredients. Although it doesn't occupy people and people, it can be eaten all over the world with this "geographical advantage".
"Huh?" Lu Liang on the opposite side raised his head first, "Is it so high-end?! Why is it similar to the menu on the Hercules? It seems even more luxurious."
Qi Yuan was stunned: "What have you been doing this month? Why did you suddenly become rich? No, I didn't know how rich you were. You might have been rich from the beginning. .”
"Ah, as expected of you, big brother. I want to eat this, this, and this." Han Xingzhi had already started ordering.
After the dishes were ordered and the menus were put away, several people had an unreal feeling. Is it possible to eat such expensive food for free? Shangluo himself found it strange that when he got the meal ticket, Zhu Xianfen looked light and airy and didn't think he was very powerful.
Suddenly, the jade sign in his hand vibrated. It was a call from Zhu Xianfen.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Shangluo, why didn't you take the meal ticket with you? Your meal ticket is still on the bedside. I just found it when I was making the bed."
"Huh? But I'm already eating."
"Did you pay for it yourself?"
"No, I have a stack of meal coupons in my bag. Oh, it seems different from the ones you gave me before."
"What did you eat?"
"It says special Tianzihao set meal. What did you give me, senior brother?"
"Good guy! What I give you is just an all-you-can-eat meal plan, as long as you have enough to eat. It's just employee benefits. Where do you get this kind of meal plan? That thing costs at least a few yuan per person. If it was so good, I would have gone there by myself. have eaten."
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