Chapter 813： Special "overseas" tourists

Heron Island.

On Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street, a rushing office worker suddenly saw a spectacular scene.

There was a long queue on the long street.

The man first glanced down at his watch.

08:16.

There are still 14 minutes to go to work, and there are still seven or eight minutes to walk, so there is still plenty of time.

He looked at the line in puzzlement and walked a short distance forward, still not seeing the end of the line.

Out of curiosity, the man glanced at the team, then found a young man of his age, wearing big orange pants, and asked, "Brother, what are you doing in the queue?"

"Is it a nucleic acid test?" He looked around, and there were not many people wearing masks.

It's so weird.

"It's not a nucleic acid test..."

The young man in big pants looked at the office worker with a strange look in his eyes.

"This is queuing up to buy smart thermostats."

"Today is the opening day of the Guanghua Mall direct-sale store, don't you know?"

It's okay to say that people from other places don't know, but Guanghua University is Ludao's school!

This time, the directly-operated stores are only opened in first- and second-tier and provincial capital cities.

There are only five cities that have three directly-operated stores in one city: Beijing, Modu, Pengcheng, Yangcheng and... Ludao.

After all, Guanghua University and Lushu Group are both in Ludao, so they will definitely take care of the locals.

And not counting the one on the campus of Guanghua University, otherwise there would be four directly-operated stores, which is regarded as the city with the largest number of directly-operated stores in the country.

As for Hangzhou, Suzhou, Jinling, Rongcheng, Jiangcheng, Qindao and other cities or one or two.

After all, this is only the first batch of directly-operated stores to open, and several more batches will be added in the future.

The three stores in Ludao are located in Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street, SM City Plaza and Wanda Plaza Jimei Store.

"Khan, I only remember that there was a second wave of rush purchases, and I forgot about the direct sales store." The man was sweating profusely.

"Thank you so much."

After thanking, the man quickened his pace and left.

As an office worker, no, to be precise, a social animal.

I am so busy with work that I often work overtime and overtime. Coupled with the pressure of life, I have almost cut off the way of entertainment. Douyin and Weibo may not be opened once every ten days and a half months.

small book booth

About the smart thermostat, I only learned about it by swiping my mobile phone when I was commuting to work.

And now, he had to keep on his way, and he didn't even dare to look back.

Because at this moment, he is not worthy to have it for the time being.

Even if this set is only more than three thousand.

Bruce looked at the young man who hurried away from his side, looked at the other party's dress, he knew that he should be an office worker.

Thinking of some news about China I saw on the Internet, I couldn't help shaking my head.

"The pace of the Chinese people is too fast."

Once I think about it, I can understand it again.

China has become the world's second largest economy in the past three decades, isn't it because of this speed?

It's not just the Chinese who are fast-paced, but the country as well.

It seems that he rarely stops to enjoy life, but runs tirelessly like the bearing of a machine.

Throwing away some of the emotions that suddenly popped up in his mind, Bruce headed to the right to look at the team's approach, and the whole person was desperate.

"Shet! This queue is too desperate!" Bruce was about to cry without tears.

It doesn't open until 12 o'clock, and there are still more than three hours. The crowd in line is exaggerated to this extent.

Incredibly big!

And an uncle in front of Bruce heard the English spit behind him, turned his head and looked again, blond, blue eyes, and three-dimensional facial features, a proper foreigner.

"Hey, little brother, do you understand Chinese?" The uncle was intrigued for a while, maybe it was because the line was too boring.

"Listen to Dedong a little bit." Bruce replied in a non-standard Chinese: "Fix the pot, my Zhong Wen is not Tai Biu accurate."

The uncle gave a thumbs up, "It's okay, it's pretty good, I can understand it."

After all, Chinese is one of the hardest languages ​​in the world to learn.

"Look at you, are you an international student?"

"No, the nest is coming to China for tourism. By the way, can Kangkang be buried in the smart thermostat?"

Of course, this is an excuse that Bruce made up.

In fact, he came for the smart thermostat.

The official price of a set of smart thermostats in Australia is 1,505 Australian dollars (7,218 RMB), but in fact, the scalpers on the Internet are arguing for 3,010 Australian dollars, which doubles the price directly.

But China is different here, as long as 813 Australian dollars (3899 yuan).

He intends to buy three sets, one to wear on his body, and the other two to sell when he returns to China. Why did he do this? It should be restricted by the Chinese customs, not counting the clothes on his body, and the maximum number of smart thermostats he can carry is two sets.

The two sets were sold for almost 28,873 yuan, while his round-trip air ticket this time was 15,000 yuan, the four-night hotel was 2,000 yuan, and the three sets of smart thermostats were 11,697 yuan. The total cost of travel + air tickets + accommodation was 28,697 yuan.

In other words, this time it is a free 5-day and 4-night tour of Ludao + a set of smart thermostats for free.

emmm... the premise is that you can line up.

"Which country are you from?"

"Australia."

"Australia, it's a bit far away, but many of us Hu Jianren went to Australia to work hard. I have a distant cousin in Melbourne. I heard that you are there..."

The uncle's talkativeness prevented Bruce from intervening. In fact, he wanted to say that he was from Sydney.

However, there are indeed a lot of Hu Jianren in Australia.

According to his Chinese teacher, among the 34 provinces in China, only Lingnan Province, Hujian Province and Zhejiang Province have the most people going out to work hard.

Hu Jianren is even more powerful. He likes to hold a group. Every time he gets a firm foothold, he will bring his relatives, friends and even old family.

Fortunately, the uncle finally ended the topic of his cousin and turned back to the smart thermostat.

"Boy, what time did you come to line up?"

"It seems to be here at 6:30." Bruce said with a headache.

He got off the plane at 5 in the morning, and it was almost 5:30 when he checked in at the hotel.

The hotel is on Huandao Road, not far from Zhongshan Road. I wanted to step on it first, and I planned to determine the location of this nearby directly-operated store and then go back to sleep. The time difference was good and then I queued up.

But what he never expected was that someone was lining up at 6 in the morning? ! !

And many more!

Bruce was shocked!

This is too exaggerated, right?

He was so frightened that he hurried back to the hotel to open the proof of accommodation and some materials, put it in his backpack, and then came to line up.

"That's about the same time as me." The uncle also began to feel pain in his eggs, "It's too uncomfortable to stand here."

"No, I have to call someone to bring me a small bench."

Saying that, the uncle glanced at Bruce, "Young man, do you want one too? Anyway, one is a gift, and two are too."

"This……"

Bruce hesitated, "That's causing you trouble."

More than three hours, it is indeed too torment.

Fortunately, half an hour later, the uncle's family sent two small benches, and the two sat down.

As soon as the directly-operated store opened, the team finally moved forward.

When it was time for Bruce to wait in line, it was 12:56.

The clerk looked at Bruce's appearance and said decisively: "If you are not a tourist, please show your relevant work certificate and identity information; if you are a tourist, you need a hotel check-in certificate and a round-trip air ticket in addition to your identity information."

In order to prevent foreigners from coming to China to buy smart thermostats and then reselling them in China, Guanghua has also issued many regulations.

Foreigners who are not working or residing in China must have a round-trip air ticket and proof of hotel stay, and the hotel stay must not be less than three nights.

Coupled with customs restrictions, the benefits earned by reselling are also limited.

Bruce honestly took out the relevant materials from his backpack, paid the fee after passing it, and then walked out of the store with three handbags.

It wasn't until the moment he returned to the hotel room that Bruce came back to his senses.

"I got the smart thermostat?!"

Instantly excited.

Worthy of his queuing from more than six o'clock.

Bruce, who completed the mission ahead of time,, planned to sleep first and then start his trip to Heron Island.

...

That afternoon.

Beijing, Information Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Yang Jun, the director, looked at the data reported by various cultural and tourism offices, but unexpectedly discovered a strange phenomenon.

"Hey, why has the number of inbound tourists increased so much these two days?"

ps: Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket!

(also at night)

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