Chapter 478: Encounter in Taiwan

Bangjie Village.

Sixty Meter Avenue.

It is already after the beginning of winter. If we were in the Northeast, we would probably be shivering with cold.

But in Bobai, the weather is a bit unpredictable. Sometimes you may still be wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts, sometimes the weather is cooler and you need to wear long sleeves, and sometimes the cold weather comes early and you may need to wear a coat.

In short, no matter what the weather is like in Bobai at this time, it is not strange.

The weather this year is relatively normal. It is the "clear and crisp autumn" weather, not too hot or too cold, just right for wearing a long-sleeved shirt.

The weather was cool, and the leaves of the ginkgo trees planted on both sides and in the middle of the 60-meter avenue had changed from green to 'golden leaves'. These 'golden leaves' not only hung on the branches, but many also fell to the ground. The whole scene looked truly beautiful.

At this time of year every year, countless people come here to enjoy the beautiful scenery and take photos.

(Reference picture)

Aguanliu has been engaged in the photography industry for more than ten years and is a famous photographer in Shuangwang Town.

Ten years ago, Aguanliu's photography business was not very good.

After all, his main market is rural areas, not cities, and rural people are not very keen on something as expensive as taking photos.

Moreover, children in the 1980s are different from children in later generations. Children in later generations have been constantly photographed since birth to record their growth process. They have long been accustomed to taking photos, and even know how to pose for photos at a very young age.

But the rural children in the 1980s had no idea what photography was. When they saw the photographer taking pictures of them with a camera, many children would be scared and cry loudly and would refuse to have their pictures taken.

Aguanliu encountered this situation many times, but it never ended up being resolved.

Of course, there are still some rural people whose conditions are slightly better and who are aware of taking photos to commemorate the occasion.

In the first few years, Aguan Liusi took photos for people just to make ends meet and did not make much money.

However, this situation changed after the rise of the Naye Deng family.

After the Deng family became rich, more and more people were willing to take photos. Naturally, Aguanliu's business became better and better. Basically, there were a lot of businesses opening every day, which made him a lot of money.

However, what surprises Aguanliu even more is yet to come. With the completion of the 60-meter avenue and the planting of ginkgo trees, every year when the leaves of the ginkgo trees turn golden, it will welcome wave after wave of tourists.

Aguanliu seized this opportunity keenly. Every day he didn't go anywhere else. He just stood on this 60-meter avenue to take pictures for people. His business was really good.

“Crack!”

After taking photos of several guests, Aguanliu said with a smile, "You can come over and get the photos tomorrow!"

The guests thanked him and continued to enjoy the beautiful scenery with others.

And Aguanliu started taking pictures for the next customer.

Aguanliu has taken so many similar photos in the past few years that he has gained sufficient experience. He knows very well which angles will produce the best-looking photos, so he can take photos very quickly.

While Aguanliu was busy taking pictures for the guests, Deng Shirong, who had just finished his dinner, also started taking a walk along the Sixty-meter Avenue. He had spent so much energy and traveled to so many places to search for ginkgo trees, and had spent several years covering them up before he finally planted all of them. It was for the sake of this beautiful scenery that he naturally wanted to appreciate it more.

Deng Shirong was not the only one who came out for a walk after dinner. Many clansmen, medical staff and their families also liked to do so. Even villagers from other nearby villages and people from other towns came here to take a walk and enjoy the scenery.

The clan members and other people who knew Deng Shirong all came forward to greet him.

Deng Shirong responded one by one, and unknowingly walked to the place where Aguanliu and his gang were taking pictures.

Ah Guan Liu had just finished taking a photo for a customer, and when he saw Deng Shirong, he immediately smiled and greeted him, "Uncle Jiu, come out for a walk!"

Deng Shirong hummed, then asked with a smile, "How's business today?"

Ah Guan Liu smiled and said, "Not bad."

Seeing that he had other guests waiting, Deng Shirong chatted with them for a while and then said, "Then you go ahead and do your work. I'll just take a walk."

A Guan Liu responded, "Okay."

At this time, the sun was setting, and the ginkgo leaves presented a very beautiful sight under the setting sun. Deng Shirong had a hunch that in the near future, this 60-meter avenue would become famous all over the world and become one of the most desirable check-in destinations in the minds of people across the country.

"Nine ancestors."

Just when Deng Shirong was distracted, someone greeted him again.

Deng Shirong looked in the direction of the voice and couldn't help but smile: "Abao, when are you and Xiaofeng going to have the wedding banquet?"

Deng Sibao looked at Zhang Xiaofeng beside him and said with a chuckle, "Nine Ancestors, we plan to hold a wedding banquet next year, but the specific time has not been decided yet!"

The young nurse Zhang Xiaofeng's face was full of smiles at this time. After graduating from the medical school, she did not choose to work in the county hospital but went to work in the rural hospital because she wanted to take advantage of the situation here and see if she could find a suitable partner and marry into the Naye Deng family, which was famous throughout the county.

After her unremitting efforts, she has finally found the person she wants.

Although the wedding date has not been set yet, they have already met their parents and are already a true engaged couple.

Just after saying two words, someone greeted him, "Uncle Jiu."

Deng Shirong nodded to Deng Sibao and the others, and continued chatting with others.

It was not until the sky gradually darkened that people who came to the Sixty-Meter Avenue for a walk and to enjoy the scenery left one by one.

As Deng Shirong walked back, he was also considering installing landscape lights on the 60-meter avenue. The sunset scenery is certainly beautiful, but the night view created by the landscape lights is equally beautiful.

I haven’t installed landscape lights for such a long time. Firstly, there is no need to install landscape lights for the time being. Secondly, I want to wait a little longer and let landscape lights develop for a few more years, so as to avoid having to update them after a few years, which would be troublesome.

However, we have already started to build a film and television city. The movie "Opium War" will be filmed here next year, so it is necessary to install the landscape lights. By then, the crew members can also see the scenery here and improve the reputation of this place, so as not to leave people with the impression that it is a useless mountain remote place.

In addition to this 60-meter avenue, landscape lights will also be installed on both sides of the river where the villa complex is located to enhance the night view of the villa complex.

Many landscapes may not seem very beautiful during the day, but as long as the landscape lights are turned on, they will look completely different when viewed at night, and will be incredibly beautiful.

…

The next day.

After breakfast, Deng Shirong rode his motorcycle to stroll around Guangzhou Street which was being built in the film and television city.

Today, Guangzhou Street has been almost completed, with only some finishing work left before it can be completed. The construction is still going at a very fast pace.

In the past, Hengdian took only five months to create the Guangzhou Street attraction in a barren land. In comparison, Naye Film and Television City at least has a large reservoir, so there is no need to dig rivers or lakes, which saves a lot of trouble.

It is not surprising that the Guangzhou street attractions were created in the same amount of time.

I have to say that the Nanning Architectural Design Institute is very powerful. In such a short time, they designed and restored the Guangzhou Street of 150 years ago. When Deng Shirong was in it, he really felt like he was back in the Guangzhou Street of the Qing Dynasty.

After visiting Guangzhou Street, Deng Shirong went back and called Director Xie directly.

After greeting each other, Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Director Xie, Guangzhou Street has been almost completed. Whenever you are free, you can come and visit to see if there is anything else that needs to be added."

Director Xie was surprised and asked, "What? Guangzhou Street was built so quickly?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "It's basically built, and only some finishing work is left."

Director Xie was shocked and said, "What a fast construction speed! I have almost finished the preparations here. I will take the leading actors to have a look in a few days, so that they can get familiar with the shooting location in advance."

Deng Shirong said, "Okay, when you get to Nanning, call Mr. Huang directly and he will arrange a car to take you there."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Deng."

"You're welcome. I won't disturb you from work. Bye!"

"Well, bye!"

…

A few days later.

The construction of Guangzhou Street has been officially completed, and Director Xie also brought a group of leading actors to come here in advance to familiarize themselves with the scene.

Seeing the appearance of Guangzhou Street, Director Xie nodded repeatedly with satisfaction. It was really no different from the Guangzhou Street he imagined, and it completely met the filming requirements. He praised it highly and said, "Mr. Deng, the construction speed of your film and television city is really amazing, and it deeply restores the scene of Guangzhou Street in the past. It's really amazing."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "As long as Director Xie is satisfied."

The other leading actors of the film were also filled with emotion. This time they followed the director to this remote place in the mountains. They did not expect that this place would bring them a little shock.

First of all, there was the scenery of the 60-meter avenue. When they passed by there before, they felt really eye-opening. They didn’t expect that there would be such beautiful scenery in this remote mountain area. And the row of villas next to it that stretched as far as the eye could see completely refreshed their understanding of the countryside.

The second is the Guangzhou Street in front of them. They have heard from the director that it has only been about five months from the start of construction to now. It is quite impressive to create such a Guangzhou Street in such a short time.

After walking around Guangzhou Street, the group saw many workers building buildings not far away.

Director Xie asked, "Mr. Deng, what kind of scenic spot is being built over there?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "What is being built over there is Hong Kong Street. Now that we have Guangzhou Street, of course Hong Kong Street cannot be absent."

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Director Xie nodded and said, "Well, it is indeed necessary to build Hong Kong Street first. The Hong Kong Street scene is more popular than Guangzhou Street."

"Once Hong Kong Street is built, our film and television city will prepare to build scenic spots from various dynasties in my country. Once all the scenic spots we have planned are built, most movies or TV series in the future will not need to go anywhere else, and can directly come to our film and television city to shoot."

"I will pass this news to all the directors in the industry and ask them to come to the film and television city to shoot if they need it."

…

Time flies.

Winter vacation is here again.

In the luxury house in Wuyue Plaza, Deng Shirong once again picked up the report cards of his grandchildren.

There is no need to say much about my granddaughter's report card. As a genius student who taught herself all the junior high school courses, Xiaodong'er's final score was infinitely close to full marks, and she was more than 20 points ahead of the second place, which can be said to be a cliff-like lead.

Don't underestimate these twenty points. The higher you go, the harder it is to get good grades. For the top few, the gap is basically within five points. If the gap can be more than ten points, that's a big deal, let alone a gap of more than twenty points.

As for Dongzi's performance, it can only be said that it is as stable as ever.

Anyway, Deng Shirong had already let him go. Since he really had no talent for studying, there was no need to force him to study. Anyway, he had his parents taking care of him in the first half of his life and his children supporting him in the second half, so he could be said to have a worry-free life.

After reading the report card, Deng Shirong looked at his granddaughter and said with a smile: "Xiao Dong'er, where do you want to go for fun during this winter vacation?"

Xiao Dong'er said, "Grandpa, how about we go to Taiwan to have a look?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Okay, wherever you want to go, Grandpa will take you there."

Dongzi said: "Grandpa, I want to go too."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Well, let's go together."

…

The next day.

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren then set off for Taiwan.

For well-known reasons, from the liberation until 1987, the two places were completely opposed to each other and had no communication.

However, between 1987 and 1994, the situation underwent new changes, and I will not go into details.

Since 1995, relations between the two places have become more normalized.

Therefore, Deng Shirong does not have to worry about taking his grandchildren to travel to Taiwan, as it is not much different from traveling to other provinces in China.

Taiwan shares the same ancestry, culture and ethnicity with the mainland. We are all descendants of Yan and Huang, speak the same language and have the same customs and habits. The ancestors of most of Taiwan's residents migrated here from other provinces.

Of course, some people moved voluntarily, while others were forcibly moved.

After the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren arrived in Taiwan, Xiaodong'er and Dongzi were immediately shocked by the prosperity of Taiwan.

Xiao Dong'er looked at the tall buildings in Taiwan and said, "Grandpa, Taiwan is so prosperous. It feels no worse than Hong Kong!"

Deng Shirong said: "Taiwan and Hong Kong are both one of the four Asian tigers. Originally, Taiwan was not much worse than Hong Kong. In terms of economic output, Hong Kong is not as good as Taiwan. Now the economic output of Taiwan alone accounts for more than one-third of the mainland, which is really impressive."

Xiao Dong'er's eyes widened, and she said in disbelief, "The economic output of Taiwan alone accounts for more than one-third of that of mainland China? Is it that amazing?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Yes, Taiwan's economy is so strong now."

In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Hong Kong and Taiwan were synonymous with wealthy people. Any ordinary Hong Konger or Taiwanese would be considered a wealthy person once they arrived in mainland China. The economic gap between the two places was really outrageous.

However, this huge gap will narrow rapidly with the development of the mainland.

In the future, the economic output of the top developed provinces in the mainland will surpass that of Hong Kong and Taiwan one by one.

Of course, if we talk about per capita, neither Hong Kong nor Taiwan can compare with the mainland. However, this comparison is meaningless. How many people are there in Hong Kong and Taiwan? How many people are there in the mainland? If the per capita population of the mainland could exceed that of Hong Kong and Taiwan, then the total economic output would have surpassed that of the United States and ranked first in the world.

Taiwan is surrounded by the sea and has beautiful mountains and rivers, green forests and fields everywhere. With plenty of sunshine and spring-like weather all year round, it has been known as the "Beautiful Treasure Island" since ancient times. There are many natural and cultural landscapes for tourism.

The most famous ones are undoubtedly the Eight Scenic Spots of Taiwan.

The Eight Scenic Spots of Taiwan are different in each period. The Eight Scenic Spots of Taiwan in this era are Penghu Fishing Fires, Anping Sunset, Shuangtan Autumn Moon, Datun Spring Scenery, Qingshui Cliff, Alishan Sea of ​​Clouds, Luko Gorge, and Yushan Snow.

Because these eight scenic spots are not in the same city, it would take a lot of time to visit them one by one, so Deng Shirong and his two grandchildren chose two or three scenic spots that were relatively close to each other among the eight scenic spots, and planned to return to their hometown to celebrate the New Year after visiting them.

As for the remaining attractions, it’s not too late to visit them when you have time later.

When visiting beautiful places, there is one thing that is indispensable: delicious food.

Taiwan's food culture is dominated by Taiwanese cuisine, which integrates the food styles from all over China. Taiwanese cuisine has deep roots in Fujian cuisine (Southern Fujian cuisine, Fuzhou cuisine), Guangdong Chaoshan Chaozhou cuisine, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. It is also influenced by Hakka cuisine, Guangzhou cuisine and Japanese cuisine.

A week later, Deng Shirong and his two grandchildren came to a restaurant in Taoyuan County to taste the local specialty, casserole fish head.

While enjoying the food, he happened to see a table of guests having a blind date next to him. Deng Shirong couldn't help but perk up and started eating the food with relish.

There were five people at the blind date table, including the male and female protagonists and their mothers, as well as a matchmaker aunt in her fifties.

When the matchmaker introduced the two parties, the name of the male protagonist of the blind date instantly caught Deng Shirong's attention, because not only did this male protagonist have the same surname as them, Deng, but his name also contained the same generation as their Ye Deng family.

Deng Changzuo, this is the name of the male protagonist.

Deng Shirong could be sure that the other party was not from the Naye Deng clan. Although he did not remember all the names of the more than 3,000 members of the Naye Deng clan, he was familiar with most of them and could tell at a glance whether they were from the clan.

The Deng Changzuo in front of him looked very unfamiliar and could not possibly be a member of the Naye Deng clan.

Deng Shirong guessed that this young man was either a relative of the Naye Deng family or from the ancestral home of the Shangjing Deng family.

"Thirteenth sister, Chang Zuo is a top student who graduated from National Cheng Kung University. He is an extremely outstanding young man."

Just as Deng Shirong was secretly guessing where Deng Changzuo was from, the matchmaker continued to introduce him to the woman, "Moreover, Changzuo's grandfather was once a general of the Party and the country, and his family runs a company. The conditions are very good. You must seize the opportunity and don't miss it!"

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PS: Occupational diseases are really terrible. My waist and neck have been in so much pain these past two days...

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