Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and has more than fifty islands, large and small. The entire city is half on land and half on the sea, just like a garden built on the sea.
In addition to the beautiful natural scenery, another major feature of Auckland is its convenient transportation.
Within half an hour's drive you can be anywhere. Whether it's taking a boat to an island, hiking through the rainforest, picnicking at a volcano, or going surfing in the ocean.
Soon, Jiang Chen took Liu Yao and got off the car at the seaside pier.
He found this building called Old Fisherman's Pier online in the local Chinese community in New Zealand. The boss is a British guy named John, and his attitude towards tourists is very friendly. It is precisely because of this that his business is very prosperous, and many people come to his dock to rent boats and go out to sea.
According to netizens who have been here, the boss who runs this pier once served in the Australian Navy and is a good diver.
The equipment in the pier is also very complete, and the rental of various diving equipment is not very expensive.
Holding Liu Yao's hand, Jiang Chen walked to the office at the dock and asked about boat rental and diving.
The red-nosed British guy was very happy to see Jiang Chen asking about diving, and happily sold him various diving suits in his collection. And carefully explained to him the things that need to be paid attention to when diving.
"Be sure to pay attention to the depth when diving. For beginners, I recommend no more than 6 meters."
"Six meters, what does that mean?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.
"In the shallow sea area, you can see beautiful scenery at only 6 meters shallow. So if you are going to dive, I don't recommend you rent a yacht to go far away. In deeper waters, you may dive dozens of meters. I can’t see anything yet, and there is still the danger of encountering a shark.” Although he said something very dangerous. But John's tone was funny.
"Shark, shark?" Liu Yao trembled. Looking at Jiang Chen in fear, "Let's not dive anymore."
Although her English was average, Liu Yao still recognized the word shark.
Seeing the scared expression on the tourist's face, John smiled innocently and gestured with his hands.
"In fact, there is no need to worry too much. Most sharks do not attack people. Ten times more people are killed by coconuts than attacked by sharks every year. The only ones that may attack people are tiger sharks and the like. . In some places, divers will be organized to feed sharks.”
Jiang Chen was not very afraid of sharks.
After all, he has even "faced" the terrifying Deathclaw, so why would he be afraid of something like a shark that only relies on its teeth
"This is the first time I've seen a businessman persuade his customers not to rent his own yacht." Looking at John's serious look. Jiang Chen helplessly spread his hands and said.
"I have to be responsible for the safety of tourists." John shrugged, "Only when life safety can be guaranteed can we enjoy the charm of the sea."
"It seems that you have a good understanding of the charm of the sea." Jiang Chen smiled.
"I love diving." John smiled, and a pair of white teeth appeared in his unruly beard.
"But I still want to rent a yacht and a set of diving equipment. I will worry about safety myself." Jiang Chen shook his head and said.
John also wanted to persuade Jiang Chen, but at this moment a discordant voice came from behind Jiang Chen.
"Can the person in front hurry up? If you can't afford the rent, why don't you just stand there grinding?" A man wearing sunglasses said. urged impatiently. Next to him stood a woman in cool clothes, holding his arm affectionately at the moment.
To be honest, Dai Zhengming is simply fed up with those compatriots who come to New Zealand to travel. Every December, New Zealand's clean, free air is cast over by a haze. There will also be more garbage on the streets and alleys. This situation will only be relieved in late January, because by that time, his compatriots will also go home to celebrate the New Year.
No need to doubt. Although he also wears yellow skin, he undoubtedly has a white and shining heart. Worked at Microsoft for several years. With outstanding performance, he finally got a job opportunity to immigrate overseas. Although personally he prefers Australia. But New Zealand, which is right next door, is also a good choice.
Like a monkey scurrying up to the treetops, he breathed the air of the free world hungrily and looked down at his fellow humans who looked up at him with envy. Arrogance often breeds from the admiration of others, and prejudice is infinitely amplified in arrogance.
He has perfectly assumed the role of "local" and even hates the Chinese who come to New Zealand even more than the locals who hate outsiders.
It seems that all the behaviors of Chinese people are so lacking in quality and so annoying.
Because he was speaking in Mandarin, John couldn't understand what the man said. He just thought that Jiang Chen had met a fellow villager, so he shrugged and gave the time to them.
Can't afford to rent? I
Jiang Chen's expression was a little strange, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Liu Yao, on the other hand, covered her mouth slightly, suppressing a smile and turned her face sideways, glancing at the man wearing sunglasses.
Seeing Liu Yao's face, Dai Zhengming held his breath for a moment.
Damn, what a pretty girl.
Although he has seen many beauties, this was the first time he saw one of this level. Especially "that look back with a smile", it almost froze his little heart.
Of course, perhaps because of the light-absorbing effect of the sunglasses, he failed to read the mocking meaning in Liu Yao's eyes.
"Zhengming, they may not speak English, why don't you help them." The girl holding his arm blinked her big bright eyes and shook his arm coquettishly.
Judging from her appearance, she should be considered to be above average. Judging from her age, she should be in college. She should be an international student studying at university in Auckland? The man was in his thirties, not too old, but certainly not as young as Jiang Chen.
"That's right." Dai Zhengming sighed and walked closer to Jiang Chen.
Although I look down on that country bumpkin, I still have to maintain my grace in front of beautiful women.
"My name is Dai Zhengming."
"My name is Jiang Jianguo." He was originally going to give his name, but seeing the expression on Dai Zhengming's face that seemed to have something to say, Jiang Chen temporarily changed his words and gave his father's name.
Liu Yao held back her laughter. He just gave the naughty Jiang Chen a charming look.
"In New Zealand, occupying public resources for a long time is a very immoral thing. I don't know if anyone taught you this when you were in China. But when you go abroad, it is better to show more respect to your motherland. "
"Rather than occupying 'public resources'. I'd rather call it consulting business, not to mention it's less than three minutes—" Looking at his serious look, Jiang Chen couldn't help but laugh as he "argued."
Dai Zhengming interrupted Jiang Chen politely and spoke in an educational tone.
"But there are still people queuing up behind you, right? Let me give you a very common example, which is something I have deeply felt over the years of living in New Zealand. I once saw a Chinese man in the St-Heliers cafe. The aunt took her grandson to order, and they occupied the cashier counter for a long time, and then finally ordered a mocha and sandwich and a children's meal."
Uh, does this count as referring to Sang and Huai
Jiang Chen glanced behind him specifically. There don't seem to be many people queuing here except them
"Is there any problem with this?" Jiang Chen asked confused.
"It's quality." Dai Zhengming looked seriously into Jiang Chen's eyes and said seriously.
"You mean that aunt and her child took up the queuing time of everyone behind?" Jiang Chen asked with a strange expression.
Damn it, you remember such a small thing and feel it deeply? You are really great too.
"That's right. If you want to order food, please think about what you want to order before queuing up. Otherwise, don't occupy the cashier's seat, which will cause trouble for other people who are preparing to order food."
"Okay, I admit that it is very unqualified to occupy the toilet without doing anything." Jiang Chen spread his hands.
"And you are doing such a thing now." Dai Zhengming made a serious face, "And pay attention to the words you use. You represent the image of the country behind you. Please don't use the word shi on your lips. Use it with strangers. Insulting words, if this were in America you could face prosecution."
The expression on Jiang Chen's face was indescribably weird.
Unfortunately, he actually knows a crooked nut who talks about sex every day. (Roberts, who was far away in Los Angeles, sneezed. He woke up the sleeping Hollywood girl next to him.)
Seeing Jiang Chen didn't speak, Dai Zhengming thought that he was too embarrassed to say anything, so he continued.
"Even if you have a little money, please don't take those unqualified behaviors out of the country."
"Correction, I don't have a small amount of money." Jiang Chen corrected with a little embarrassment.
"Then you have to pay more attention to your quality. Otherwise, people will think that you have neither money nor taste." A flash of contempt flashed in his eyes, and Dai Zhengming educated him.
After saying this, he turned to Liu Yao in a gentlemanly manner and took out his business card from his arms.
"Beautiful dy, this is my business card. I have a bungalow in Auckland city. I now work at Microsoft's Auckland branch as the chief engineer of information technology for the New Zealand division. I am relatively familiar with the generation around me. If you are interested, You can come to me at the address on the business card and I will be happy to show you the beauty of New Zealand.”
After speaking, Dai Zhengming didn't care what Liu Yao's reaction was, and only left her with a smile that he thought was more "charming" and a fairly "handsome" back.
After bypassing Jiang Chen, he spoke with a British accent that was more standard than the British, said a few words to John, and then swiped his card.
Seeing him walking towards the yacht with great dignity, and the girl holding his hand with admiration, the expression on Jiang Chen's face was indescribably weird.
"Husband~ you have been underestimated." Liu Yao walked up to Jiang Chen with a smile, took his arm and said coquettishly.
"It seems, yes." Jiang Chen said helplessly.
"Do you need me to cooperate with you in slapping you in the face?" Liu Yaoming's eyes flickered, her red lips curved, and she said straightforwardly.
"Forget it, didn't he tell you everything? Don't embarrass the country in front of Wai Guoren." Jiang Chen teased.
Liu Yao burst into laughter and pursed her lips.
"I didn't expect you prefer cold humor." Liu Yao threw the business card into the trash can and said with a smile.
"No, I'm serious." Even so. But there was no serious expression on Jiang Chen's face.
Think about it carefully, that fake public intellectual named Dai. It seemed that he had jumped into his queue without a trace. However, Jiang Chen was not as interested in fussing as he was, and he was still humble enough to give in for just a few minutes.
"What were you talking about just now?" John didn't mind that Jiang Chen left him alone just now. But he asked curiously.
"Nothing, just some common sense."
"It is true that when you meet a fellow countryman in a foreign place, you have to chat for a while. But if you are in Auckland, you should have a lot of opportunities to meet your fellow countrymen." John said with a smile.
"Really? Speaking of which, what do you think of the Chinese in Auckland?" After swiping his card, Jiang Chen signed the invoice and asked casually.
"The food you cook is delicious. I like Chinese food very much, but it's a bit expensive." John smiled.
"Is there nothing else?"
"Nothing more." John shrugged.
With Jiang Chen's repeated insistence. John no longer tried to persuade him, but just told him to pay attention to safety and enter the water accompanied by the captain.
Yacht rentals are not cheap. The cheapest rental here costs more than 2,000 New Zealand dollars for a day, which is equivalent to more than 8,000 yuan. It is more economical to rent by the hour, but except for small boats, yachts equipped with living space generally do not provide short-term rental.
In view of the rare opportunity, renting a small boat to go out to sea was not enough, so Jiang Chen, who was rich and willful, just picked one that was more than ten meters long. A medium-sized catamaran with a living room in the rear cabin, and I happily paid the rent of NZD 8,000 a day.
"Speaking of which, when New Zealanders come to rent a boat, do they just swipe their card and get on the boat without saying anything?" Jiang Chen asked casually after signing the rental agreement.
He was stunned for a moment. John didn't know why Jiang Chen asked this question. He shook his head and said, "Unless he is a regular customer who is familiar with this aspect. New customers don't know the type and price of the ship, so they have to ask anyway."
"That's right." Jiang Chen smiled.
Stand on the planks nailed to the boat pegs. Su Wen asked Dai Zhengming curiously.
"What did you say to that woman just now? I think you gave her something."
"Nothing, just a business card. It's outside. It's a habit to hand out business cards to show politeness." Dai Zhengming lied a little embarrassedly.
At this moment, Jiang Chen and Liu Yao walked towards them.
Seeing that the beautiful woman was still holding Jiang Chen's hand sweetly, Dai Zhengming's brows jumped, but he didn't make any further reaction.
When passing by Dai Zhengming, Jiang Chen suddenly stopped as if he remembered something.
"By the way, I heard that there is a custom of returning business cards abroad, so I'll give you a business card too." Jiang Chen took out the business card, but deliberately hesitated for a moment, and then handed it to his female companion, haha He smiled and said, "I don't go abroad very often. I don't learn as much about Western culture as you do, so I just learned from you and done well."
Dai Zhengming frowned subconsciously when he saw Jiang Chen handing a business card to his girlfriend Su Wen. However, thinking that she seemed to have ignored him just now and handed the business card to the beautiful woman next to him, she swallowed back the accusations that came to her mouth.
"Wenwen, please accept it for me."
"oh oh."
Jiang Chen thrust the business card into the little girl's hand, smiled mischievously, and then continued to walk forward with Liu Yao without looking back.
"It's done, let's go now?"
The white captain who was tinkering with equipment in the small speedboat nearby raised his head and grinned at Dai Zhengming.
"Well, let's go now. Wenwen, let's get on the boat, shall we, Wenwen?" Seeing Su Wen didn't respond, Dai Zhengming frowned slightly and turned around.
Su Wen was holding the gold-gilded business card, her eyes widened, and she was completely sluggish.
"What's wrong?" Dai Zhengming asked confused.
Su Wen raised her head as if she had come to her senses and looked at her boyfriend excitedly.
"Yes, it's Jiang Chen!"
"Jiang Chen? Which Jiang—" Dai Zhengming was stunned for a moment.
Jiang Chen? That chairman of Futureman Technology? But isn't his name Jiang Jianguo
After grabbing the business card from his girlfriend's hand, Dai Zhengming's eyes widened in disbelief, then he raised his head and looked not far away.
I saw the man who claimed to be "not a little rich", standing on the luxurious catamaran yacht, smiling at him.
However, that hearty smile was so dazzling in Dai Zhengming's eyes.
It's like a strong sense of ridicule.
When he thought that he had just lectured him as a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, a sense of shame filled his heart. His face was swollen to the color of pig liver, and he really wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
Especially when he saw the female ticket next to him looking enviously at the luxury yacht, his expression became as ugly as if he had eaten a fly.
"Are you going to get on the boat or not? Can I start the timer?"
The captain who was leaning against the speedboat couldn't help but yawned and complained when he saw that the two of them had been silent for a long time.
Hearing the captain complaining to him, Dai Zhengming immediately came to his senses, sheepishly said sorry to the white-skinned captain with a low eyebrow, and then quietly pulled his envious female ticket onto the speedboat.
Standing on the deck of the yacht, Jiang Chen looked at the wharf gradually going away with a smile.
"You really have a bad taste. But that man's face is really disgusting. It's really refreshing to see him deflated." Liu Yao held his arm and said with a smile.
"I just smiled at him, but I guess he would have made up his own mind to laugh at me, which saved me from wasting my expression." Jiang Chen innocently spread his hands and said teasingly.
Putting this little episode behind him, Jiang Chen cast his sights into the distance.
Looking at the fine waves where the sea and the sky meet in the distance, feeling the sea breeze blowing on my face, I always feel that the impetuousness in my heart at this moment has quietly calmed down.
Just as he was dazed for a moment, the EP indicator light on his arm flickered imperceptibly.
It seemed to indicate that something unusual was going to happen.
ps: (This chapter is close to 5,000. Co-authoring the previous chapter can be regarded as a small explosion. The big explosion above the fifth update can only wait until next month when I am on vacation. I am really sorry that I have always guaranteed two updates. Academic studies Alexander tt)
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