The VIP cars in the subway are air-conditioned, while the ordinary cars are crowded and have fans. Of course, the ticket price is only 3 cents, and it has remained unchanged for more than 50 years. Today, there are voices saying that the municipal subsidies are too high and that operators should raise prices appropriately to reduce the municipal deficit. After all, 3 cents fifty years ago is not the same as it is now.
The VIP carriage equipped with air conditioning has much fewer people. After all, the ticket price is 0.3 yuan, which is ten times higher than that of the ordinary carriage.
Of course, not all people who ride in the VIP car are rich. For example, when outsiders come to Donghai for sightseeing, they occasionally take the subway to try it out, and choosing a VIP car is one of the activities to do. There are also working people who occasionally take the subway and may choose to ride in the VIP car.
But those who rely on the subway to commute for a long time, even if they earn 100 or 200 yuan a month, may earn much more than some out-of-town tourists, but they will not come to ride in the VIP car.
Lu Ming was now in the VIP car, and the person sitting beside him timidly was none other than Hanzhu. However, she insisted on wearing a black windbreaker over her gorgeous skirt. The windbreaker was very wide, so even her pointed feet were not exposed. She also wore a big top hat on her head, and a black veil covered her face. However, through the veil, her beautiful eyes were also curiously gazing at the situation in the car.
Lu Ming found it a little funny, but also felt warm in his heart. Everything about Hanzhu belonged to him, and he would never show it to anyone else. Although this kind of thinking was not quite right, it did satisfy all the man's fantasies.
I've been busy moving these days.
The small courtyard of ten acres in Hepu Road was naturally outdated, especially compared with the Shili Villa exclusively owned by Xigong, it was too shabby.
Wolong Manor, which was started when we arrived in Wolong Bay a year ago, was intended for use after my birthday. Looking back now, it was a foresighted decision.
Wolong Villa covers an area of nearly a thousand acres. Because it is a barren land near Wolong Bay, it didn't cost much to buy the land.
Moreover, the plan for Wolong Villa was not so large at the beginning, but as his financial resources grew, the manor became larger and larger.
Wolong Manor is not far from Wolong Restaurant, but it is on the seaside. In addition to the main building complex with a huge dome-shaped snow-white palace as the main body, there is also a dance hall, bowling alley, home gym, 60-seat theater, several swimming pools and a moat surrounding the house. There is even a stable that can accommodate 50 horses. Outdoors, there are more than 10,000 plants, including tropical flowers from all over the world.
From a distance, it is also a landscape building complex together with the Freedom Building, Wolong Restaurant, etc.
There is no doubt that it is also a symbol of the booming development of Wolong Bay and will boost the overall value of Wolong Bay.
In fact, Lu Ming spent almost no money when he purchased the more than a thousand acres of land a year ago, but the overall investment in Wolong Manor exceeded one million, all of which was used for hardware construction and decoration and renovation.
But it can be said that if this manor were to be sold immediately, it would definitely cost more than two million yuan, and only a handful of the richest people could afford it.
In ten or eight years, with the development of Wolong Bay and the increase in land prices, it will be no problem for this manor to soar to four or five million.
Of course, at that stage, there is usually no demand for it.
This kind of manor was not built for the purpose of reselling, and it would not be easy to sell. However, if descendants in the future sold it, the figure would definitely be astronomical.
Overall, apart from a few maids and security guards who stayed behind, the Hepu Road Mansion was already busy with the moving affairs.
Today, Lu Ming was going to pick up Hanzhu.
But before going to the new house, Lu Ming took Hanzhu to the downtown area of Donghai, where they went shopping in the mall and to the amusement park.
As long as I'm around, she'll reluctantly come out to see the new world, but she'll still keep herself tightly covered.
Now we are taking the subway back to Beiguan. Hanzhu has never taken this kind of underground train before, so it is a new experience for her.
The convoy is already waiting outside Beiguan subway station, and will go directly to Wolong Manor when the time comes.
This type of VIP subway car has no handrails, but instead has one seat per person. However, the space is very spacious. Lu Ming, Hanzhu and Heitou are sitting in a three-person row with a small coffee table in front of them. A few steps away, there is a three-person row facing them. Sitting in that row of seats is a middle-aged Western man, who looks at them strangely from time to time.
Suddenly he stood up, walked a few steps, came to the tea table where Lu Ming was sitting, and said to Lu Ming very seriously: "Sir, I hope your black maid gets off at the next stop and can take the ordinary car. She shouldn't be here!"
Lu Ming frowned.
The middle-aged man turned around and said, "Everyone, tell me, am I right?!"
Many people immediately agreed. In fact, only one-third of the seats in the carriage were occupied, and the majority of people agreed.
If Lu Ming went in and out of the house in Beiguan, he would basically be regarded as a disgrace, so Yu Luan was arranged to stay somewhere else.
After all, Yu Luan was sent to him by Xigong, so Lu Ming felt that it would be better for her not to meet Bizhu and Hanzhu.
But I didn't expect that taking the subway with blackheads would cause such trouble.
Thinking back to the TV debate between myself and Cao Ying, the topic involved racial segregation. Some western states today implement strict racial segregation. Some states only segregate blacks, but in a few states, non-Westerners have to ride in separate carriages. And it's not just blacks who are segregated. In such states, Westerners usually make up the absolute majority.
Looking at the slightly fat, bald, typical Western middle-aged man in front of him, Lu Ming smiled: "Judging from your accent, you are not a local? A tourist from outside?" Even in Western languages, there is a Donghai accent. As for Westerners who were born and raised in the East China Sea, the accent of their Central Asian language is also very special.
The fat bald man snorted, "What's wrong with me being from another place?"
Lu Ming nodded: "Then you may not understand the local laws very well." He turned to look at Heitou, "I have the ID I got from the Supreme Prosecutor's Office with me, right? Show it to him, and take a simple statement from him to find out his identity and whereabouts. Then we will look into his words and deeds and see if they violate the misdemeanor provisions of the anti-hate law and whether we should prosecute him."
The black-headed man stood up and took out his ID to show the fat bald man. The bald man's face changed slightly. Looking at the ID, he found that this young man was not only a prosecutor, but also a commissioner of some kind. He had his own commissioner's office and could investigate cases independently.
"I, I was just kidding... I apologize!" The bald man reacted instantly and bowed slightly to the black-headed man, "Miss, I was rude. Please forgive me if I offended you or hurt your feelings."
Lu Ming waved his hand: "Let's just do a simple registration!" Many Westerners are like this. There is no such thing as face or no face. Especially for Westerners who think they are more respectable, if they feel that they may get into big trouble if they violate the rules, they will immediately change their ways.
"Master, everyone outside is bad..." Hanzhu whispered beside Lu Ming.
Lu Ming smiled, "I'll protect my little pearl baby, don't be afraid!"
Well, Hanzhu nodded shyly and happily. If it wasn’t in a public place, she would probably bury her head in Lu Ming’s arms.
Even so, Lu Ming still gently held her smooth and slender hand. Because of the wide sleeves of her windbreaker, Hanzhu did not struggle and lowered her pretty face more shyly.
Lu Ming's heart was moved. The feeling of holding her soft and smooth hand gently was indescribable. He wanted to rub it into his bones, but he couldn't bear to use too much force. He just wanted to hold her hand like this for the rest of his life.
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Taking Hanzhu for a walk in Wolong Manor, Lu Ming was still reluctant to let go of her little hand.
There are more and more servants in Wolong Villa, and there are 50 gardeners who take care of the garden, trees and plants in the manor.
In addition, theaters, swimming pools, dance halls, bowling alleys, stables, etc. all have their own special teams of maids.
The number of guards has also expanded to about a hundred. There are about fifty people on duty at various periphery posts, all of them are Ditra guards wearing tall green turbans. There are about fifty people in total, and about fifty people are internal guards, all of them are female guards, with all kinds of skin colors. They are all those with good qualifications selected by Biju in recent days and sent to Kuroki Saori for training.
After walking around the manor with Hanzhu, it was already evening.
After dinner, Lu Ming took a shower and came to look for Hanzhu again.
Although I felt like a shameless pig, I couldn't help feeling restless in my heart.
The main building is a majestic palace-like structure. You can’t tell how many floors it has from the outside, but inside, it actually has seven floors in total.
However, the first half, the magnificent main hall, has a huge dome that is three stories high.
The back of the palace is a snow-white classical-style building with more than 200 rooms on the fifth, sixth and top floors, which are divided into only eight suites, two suites on the top floor, and three suites each on the fifth and sixth floors. You can imagine how big the suites are and how luxurious the decoration inside is.
The east suite on the top floor is decorated with traditional oriental elements. Decorated with oriental beams, painted pillars, screens and other decorations can be seen everywhere, which is simple yet noble.
This suite is naturally Hanzhu's bedroom.
The plaque outside the suite reads "Eastern Palace" in Chinese characters that no one can understand. It must be Lu Ming's prank.
He had been here before when the house was being decorated. More than a month had passed before, and when he entered the house again, Lu Ming almost got lost. He had long forgotten the layout and purpose of the rooms. A maid led him to the piano room.
As soon as he came in, Lu Ming gestured to the maids not to report. Now that they had arrived in front of the piano room, Lu Ming gestured again, and the maids knelt down and retreated.
Through the open paper window, Lu Ming looked at Hanzhu who was tuning the Yaoqin inside.
Hanzhu should have just finished bathing and was in her own bedroom, so she was dressed casually, in red silk pajamas and red cloth embroidered shoes. Her beautiful figure made Lu Ming swallow his saliva.
Suddenly, Hanzhu seemed to realize something. She turned around and saw Lu Ming's eyes outside the paper window.
She was startled immediately, looked at her clothes, and hid behind the red wooden pillar in panic, whispering, "Master, you didn't even tell me when you came."
Lu Ming laughed, pushed the door open and said, "Be more casual at home!"
In the past, I never went into Hanzhu's dormitory at night. It seemed that she was used to it.
Hanzhu didn't mean that she didn't want to be seen in her pajamas, but she probably thought the clothes were too casual.
Lu Ming added, "Are you tired of wearing formal clothes at home? It doesn't matter."
“Yes…” Hanzhu responded, then flashed out from behind the red pillar, lowered her head to look at her toes, her pretty face full of shyness.
Perhaps, she suddenly realized what was going to happen.
"Hanzhu, let's go to your dormitory and... chat, okay?" Lu Ming's voice trembled slightly when he spoke, and his heart was beating even harder, giving him the evil and exciting feeling of a big bad wolf about to eat a little white rabbit.