Chapter 288 A huge sense of disparity
Lin Siqiao also looked over in the direction of the voice.
The Mr. He who was speaking was not only a leading figure in Lin Siqiao's group, but also an expert in Chinese aircraft design and manufacturing.
When I heard him say so firmly, yes! One day, China will have its own civil airliners.
Everyone's heart trembled.
Will there be such a day?
Everyone asked themselves silently in their hearts.
However, no one can give the answer except time.
Ten minutes later, the crew received take-off permission from the tower, and the plane took off with the loud roar of the engine.
Lin Siqiao thought that with such a loud roar, she might have to reach the transfer airport with her eyes open.
It turned out that she was overthinking it. Not long after the plane took off, she fell asleep with the pillow on.
When I woke up, the plane had already landed and was taxiing on the runway.
The next four hours were the hardest.
At this time, China and Turkey had just established diplomatic relations. Not to mention an embassy, even a consulate had not yet been established.
According to existing policies, Lin Siqiao and his group's activities are limited to the terminal building.
Fortunately, there is hot water available inside.
There were so many Chinese faces in the airport all of a sudden, and the passengers who landed couldn't help but take a few glances at them.
At the beginning, everyone was a little uncomfortable, but after seeing it so many times, they became numb.
At around eleven o'clock in the morning, the group finally boarded the plane. Unlike the early morning when nothing could be seen outside.
This time everyone can see some of the situation below through the window.
Before going abroad, everyone had actually prepared themselves mentally, but when looking down at the entire city from a high altitude, the psychological gap was still very frustrating.
This feeling of disappointment reached its peak when the plane was about to land at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
We have never thought that the outside world is so prosperous and the gap between countries is so big.
Even Hua Chunqiu, who had visited the country a few years ago, couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this scene again.
While waiting for the luggage, everyone sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, quietly watching the planes taking off and landing on the runway.
"Look, that plane is so big!"
As soon as a giant aircraft landed on the runway, it attracted everyone's attention.
Many people came to Mr. He to ask for advice. Mr. He took a look and said, "That's the Boeing 747 of the United States."
"Mr. He, is this the newest model of aircraft in the country?" a member of the translation team asked.
It should be. The engine of this plane looks much more advanced than that of 707.
You can also tell from the model.
However, Mr. He's grip on the cane just kept tightening, and he didn't say anything else.
He didn't know how to tell the children that this aircraft was indeed advanced, but it was not the latest model in the country.
It was already available in the early 1960s.
Just then someone else spoke, his tone full of disbelief.
"Did you know that there are planes landing at this airport every minute?"
That is to say, within an hour, there are more than 60 flights taking off and landing here.
At China's Capital Airport, there is only one plane every two to three hours.
Yes, only one.
After listening to this, Hua Chunqiu also sighed and said a few words, "Si Qiao, the country is developing too rapidly."
"The last time I came here, the airport was still under construction and the area around it was all wasteland."
But when she looked down from the plane just now, she realized that there were already tall buildings near the airport and highways were connected in all directions.
Lin Siqiao understood her feelings. To be precise, the airport is actually a microcosm of the country.
Its busyness indirectly shows how prosperous the country's economic development is.
In comparison, China is currently not on the same track as these developed Western countries.
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With mixed feelings, everyone went to the arrival hall on the first floor.
This visit is more about cultural and economic exchanges and does not involve diplomacy.
Therefore, the personnel sent by the country to pick us up at the airport are all ordinary government workers.
However, China's ambassador to France, Mr. Dong Liangze, took time out of his schedule to come here.
"Minister Zhang, Vice Minister Li, Vice Minister Zheng, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
"It's okay, we just got off the plane too."
Everyone held hands tightly, and they were all very excited to meet each other in a foreign country.
"Let's go, everyone get in the car first."
The airport is not a place to talk, it would be more convenient to go to the embassy.
The group got on the bus carrying their luggage.
We had only seen it from the sky before, but now we are actually walking on the streets of the country. There is still more or less shock and astonishment on everyone's face.
As the bus entered the city, its speed dropped significantly.
Everyone was surprised to find that there was a traffic jam.
It's rush hour now, so there will be traffic jams, right?
The traffic jam was not on an ordinary road, but on an overpass.
This is an overpass that spans the entire village.
The scale is staggering.
It is no exaggeration to say that the several bridge experts on Lin Siqiao's bus all leaned against the windows and looked down eagerly.
When I heard the embassy staff say that there are many overpasses like this in the country.
Everyone's hearts, which had finally calmed down, became sour again.
In fact, it’s not that China can’t produce it.
But it’s useless to build this, it can’t be used at all.
Everyone was sighing, except Lin Siqiao who was watching it all calmly.
She had seen the prosperity of later generations and knew that China had built countless overpasses like this one.
Otherwise, it would not have become a world-famous infrastructure maniac.
But even so, during rush hour, the city is still extremely congested with traffic.
Traffic jams are common not only in urban areas but also on highways.
But she couldn't share this joy with others.
While I was thinking, the bus stopped and started, and finally arrived at the Chinese Embassy in France on Avenue V before six o'clock in the evening.
It is only a few hundred meters away from the famous Champs Elysees.
The embassy is a typical Ottoman-style building, about six stories high.
Just now when we were in the car, the embassy staff told me that this property was originally only rented until it was purchased by the state in 1946.
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