Although Zhao Yi is not very old, he is no longer the ignorant boy he was before. He also knows the seriousness of many things and cannot act recklessly based on his willfulness.
With nearly 40 years of experience in his two lives combined, and the few years of experience in this life, his state of mind has long been different. If you ignore his young face, maturity and stability, this adjective will instantly fit his current temperament. .
Although what Zhao Yi said is very serious, since both Zhou Jinjue and Zhou Jinyu went abroad for the first time, and there is no online self-media, the domestic people know nothing about the United States. In their perception, the United States is developed. synonymous with.
Apart from a developed economy and a powerful military, I don't know much about other specific details. I think that when I arrive in the United States, I will go to paradise. As long as I dare to fight hard, I will definitely make a breakthrough.
This is why so many people later come to the United States to make a living, regardless of life or death, even if their wives and children are separated. It's just that some people are better off and show off when they return to China in a decent manner.
Most people are not doing well and can only talk about their "happy" life in the United States over the phone. In fact, many of them can't even afford a ticket to return to their country, or simply feel ashamed to go back.
After all, they were determined to come to the United States in the first place, but now they are not doing well and are afraid of being ridiculed when they go back.
Many people in China have been deceived by these "happy" overseas phone calls, thinking that the United States is like this and everything is perfect, so more people rush to the United States, even if they try to sneak into the United States.
Survivor bias is not only reflected in later generations of the Internet, but also exists in this era. Which successful people can actually get ahead in China if they work hard.
After all, they have both IQ and EQ, and they are very diligent. Even if they do not come to the United States later, they may still be able to become rich in the early stages of domestic reform and opening up.
Destiny is always so strange. I think that my current achievements are inseparable from the "correct" decision made at the beginning. But who can understand that maybe without this "correct" decision, the future may be even greater.
"During the time you are traveling in the United States, try not to travel alone. Even if you travel alone, do not go to places with few people, especially at night." Zhao Yi looked at the expressions of the two people and warned them again.
"You are too nervous, so many bad things shouldn't happen." Zhou Jinyu said with a smile.
Looking at their expressions, Zhao Yi was even more worried, but just talking about these things would not have much effect. After all, many people would not listen to other people's advice until they saw the Yellow River and hit the wall themselves.
In addition, when they came to the United States for the first time, their memories of the United States still remained in the fragments of words they had acquired at home. It was the United States they imagined in their minds.
Only by experiencing it personally for a period of time can we have a more correct understanding of the current situation in the United States. Otherwise, it is no different from a blind man feeling an elephant.
Now that this is the case, Zhao Yi will not say more, because it is useless to say more, but he later told the security personnel not to let them act alone. The security personnel had guns on them. Before coming to the United States, they had applied for a license through special channels. Gun license.
In addition, they have been strictly trained, and there should be no unpredictable things happening when they encounter ordinary robberies and gangsters.
On the day they arrived in the United States, Zhao Yi originally arranged for everyone to get back the jet lag, but since it was a chartered flight, everyone had already had a good rest on the plane. In addition, it was daytime, and the date was equivalent to a few hours in the country.
So the two of them said that they don't need to be jet-lagged and can go out and have fun now. It's July 26th and there are still two days before the opening ceremony in Los Angeles. It would be a good time to take advantage of this time to go shopping around Los Angeles.
Since they said so, Zhao Yi no longer insisted, so after everyone had a simple lunch, they planned to go out for a stroll. To be honest, Zhao Yi didn't know very well what places to play nearby, so he asked the trading company Arrange for an employee to come over and act as a temporary tour guide.
Not long after, the temporary tour guide arranged by the trading company came over. She was a Chinese-American, a clean girl, without the messy tattoos Zhao Yi saw in his previous life, and her Mandarin was very standard.
Zhao Yi is actually not very clear about the specific situation in the United States. Whether this Chinese-American girl was specially recruited by the trading company according to certain requirements, or whether Chinese-Americans are like this and have not contracted many bad habits unique to the United States.
These thoughts just flashed through Zhao Yi's mind. He greeted the temporary tour guide with a smile, and then introduced Zhou Jinjue and Zhou Jinyu to her.
"We all came to Los Angeles for the first time. The purpose is to participate in the Olympic Games. Before the Olympic Games starts, we plan to travel first. Does Miss Lin have any recommendations?" Zhao Yi asked.
"It's already afternoon. It's not suitable to go to places with long distances and large areas to visit, so I suggest visiting the Paul Getty Museum today." Miss Lin said.
As soon as Zhao heard what she said, he immediately retrieved the information about this museum. This museum was founded by an oil tycoon. Its current venue is at the "Getty Villa", which is not far from where they live.
Later, because the "Getty Villa" could not accommodate the growing collection, the Paul Getty Museum decided to establish a new venue, the "Getty Center", located in the Santa Monica Mountains west of Los Angeles. Construction of the new venue began in 1989.
It's just that Zhao Yiyi doesn't know these things clearly, and there is no need to understand them so clearly. Everyone has no objection when they hear Miss Lin's words. After all, they are "local snakes", and they are always right to listen to "local snakes".
After everyone cleaned up, they followed Miss Lin to the "Getty Villa". On the way, Miss Lin introduced the detailed information of the Paul Getty Museum to everyone.
Obviously she had done a lot of work before coming here. Unless she had been a tour guide before, she would not have been able to understand it in such detail, and she could even tell the anecdotes clearly.
When they arrived at the destination, everyone got off the car and walked forward. The entire villa was built on the mountain. From here, you can see the whole view of Los Angeles. This alone is worth traveling.
Following Miss Lin into the villa, she introduced: "This villa is built to imitate the papyrus villa. Papyrus is made of papyrus, a plant found along the Nile River.
Paper made from papyrus is very brittle and cannot be compared with ancient Chinese paper, but it was also the only writing medium in ancient Europe that was easy to carry and produced in large quantities.
During the excavation of Heraklem's large villa, more than a thousand pieces of papyrus were discovered, and later people called the villa the Papyrus Villa.
The area of this villa is one of the largest villas excavated in the entire ancient Mediterranean region.
Some people think that this may be the original villa of the ancient Roman emperor Augustus or his relatives. Some people simply say that this is the villa of the father-in-law of Augustus, the first emperor of the ancient Roman Empire.
Although there is no conclusive conclusion, the villa was famous in the ancient Mediterranean area, so Getty found someone to "move" it there. "
After hearing Miss Lin's explanation, Zhao Yi discovered that "paying tribute" to predecessors is a common "hobby" all over the world. People from any part of the world are willing to imitate and learn from ancient culture as long as they have the conditions.
Therefore, it is not surprising that large-scale antique buildings were built in the mainland in later generations.
“This villa is not only built after the Papyrus Villa, but also has an ancient Greek open-air villa built next to it. In the summer, there will be performances of ancient Greek tragedies and dramas here.
In ancient Greece, such tragic and comic performances were formal or entertaining parts of religious celebrations.
It's the end of July and there's no telling if we'll be able to see a performance of an ancient Greek drama. "Miss Lin said with a smile.
Chinese people watch Western dramas just like Westerners watch Chinese dramas. They only have a superficial taste. After all, neither of them understands the core of the culture and cannot understand the deep cultural genes inside it, unless they are specialized in research.
Since Zhao Yi originally wanted to compile a book for Tianwen University's undergraduate level, he also had knowledge about culture and art, so he was not particularly bored. Zhou Jinyu and Zhou Jinjue, on the other hand, had gone abroad and were curious about exotic customs, so they were also It won't be boring.
Following Miss Lin, we continued to visit this completely Western-style building. There was nothing much to say about the external Western-style garden, so after a cursory appreciation, we went indoors.
There are many artworks of artistic value in the room, so everyone can't help but slow down. The first thing they come to is the exhibition hall that collects sculptures. If you are a person without artistic accomplishment, seeing these stone sculptures will leave a "lifelike" impression. , other understandings are also clear.
So you can see Zhou Jinyu and Zhou Jinjue constantly "transforming" among the sculptures in the exhibition hall, and then they were amazed, but they didn't see anything else.
Although Zhou Jinyu and Zhou Jinjue come from scholarly families, they have read a few more books than the average family since they were young, and their vision is not much higher than others, especially this kind of art, and it is Western art. In this regard knowledge is even more lacking.
But Zhao Yi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. As the saying goes, a ridge appears from the side and a peak appears from the side. Everyone, no matter what their origin, can appreciate works of art from different angles, and those so-called artistic accomplishments only combine some Appreciation knowledge is just systematized.
It does not mean that people without appreciation knowledge will not be able to see some clues from artworks. After all, art is inherently pleasing to the eye. It is not necessary to understand the causes and consequences of the work in order to truly understand it. The artistic connotation of the work.
After visiting the sculpture exhibition hall, everyone then visited the painting hall. There are many works by famous or unknown painters. To be honest, the paintings are much more appreciable than the sculptures, and ordinary people can also enjoy them.
Only everyone went to the antique exhibition hall again. Due to their limited artistic level, many things were incomprehensible. They could only judge them in terms of exquisiteness and sophistication, and then read relevant introductions, so they didn't spend much time.
Then they went to see if there were any related drama performances. To be honest, they had no experience of watching dramas live, so they were quite curious. (End of chapter)