Chapter 1756 The Best Hotel in Vorkuta
Xiao Peng was completely stunned after getting off the car: "Gregory, are you sure this is the best hotel in Vorkuta? I heard that the best hotel here is the 'Vorkuta Hotel', right?"
Gregory said to Xiao Peng, "This is indeed the best hotel in Vorkuta. Of course, you can also stay in my apartment. I can give you a special rate. How about 1,000 rubles per person per day?"
Xiao Peng simply stopped talking.
Just now, Gregory parked his "assembled car" outside his apartment and drove Xiao Peng and his friends to a so-called "luxury hotel". However, Xiao Peng was a little confused when he saw it. What kind of luxury hotel is this?
This is clearly the Gulag prison office building! Although the building's exterior is dilapidated, Xiao Peng can still see Soviet-era propaganda slogans on the wall!
Vorkuta is a city where time seems to have stood still: 30 years after the Soviet Union's collapse, traces of the era can be seen everywhere: slogans on the walls; houses built in the Soviet era; large-scale Soviet posters and statues...
Anyway, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, no new buildings have been added here. Instead, many areas have been abandoned.
Coming here, I feel like the Soviet Union hasn't collapsed yet, it's just run down...
Xiao Peng looked at the apartment building in front of him and thought about Gregory's apartment. He decisively chose to live here first.
Xiao Peng really didn't dare to live in Gregory's apartment.
Since the buildings here are all built on permafrost, the ground softens in the summer, making them prone to problems. This puts a high test on the quality of the buildings. Gregory's villa is clearly a shoddy construction; from the outside, it looks like it's wavy.
Gregory looked at Xiao Peng staring at the slogans on the wall and asked with a smile: "Xiao, when do you think these slogans on the wall were written?"
Xiao Peng shook his head: "It must be before the collapse of the Soviet Union, right?"
Gregory said, "It's true that it was before the collapse of the Soviet Union, but this slogan existed before 1953."
"Which year?" Kasim beside him exclaimed.
Gregory said, "In 1953, when Stahu died, a riot broke out in Vorkuta. Have you played Call of Duty: Black Ops? The 'Vorkuta Riot' mentioned in Chapter 2 of the game is right here. This is where the riot took place. Many of the 66 people who died were shot here."
"Hiss..." Xiao Peng took a breath after hearing this.
Gregory laughed. "How long ago was that? You're not scared, are you? I'm not kidding you, this is the best hotel here. Anyone who knows the place will choose to stay here."
Xiao Peng looked at the building and asked, "Are you sure someone lives here?"
He looked at the building and it didn't look like anyone had ever lived there. Many of the windows were broken, the exterior walls were battered and dilapidated, and the paint on the door had peeled off, making it unrecognizable.
"Definitely, absolutely." Gregory said, "Don't just look at the shabby exterior of the house. We Russians aren't the type to focus on superficiality. We value substance. Kashin, am I right?"
Kasin nodded: "I'm willing to listen to this!"
Gregory then walked to the front door and rang a doorbell.
When Xiao Peng saw the doorbell, he almost stumbled and fell to the ground: Xiao Peng remembered that he had only seen this kind of doorbell when he was in elementary school, the kind with a red dot on the black bell.
Looking at the doorbell and the surrounding Soviet-era posters and slogans, he had a strange feeling when he arrived in Vorkuta: either he had traveled back to the former Soviet Union or he had arrived in the apocalyptic era like in the movie "Resident Evil".
"Gregory, what do you want?"
Not long after Gregory rang the doorbell, a voice came from behind them. Xiao Peng and the other two turned around to look at the person who came. The guy was probably about 20 years old, wearing a big cotton hat and a military coat - the green one.
You know what, this guy looks pretty stylish in this 'rustic' military coat. The last time Xiao Peng saw someone wearing this coat so stylishly was Andy Lau...
Gregory pointed at Xiao Peng and the other man and said, "Nikida, I have two high-quality clients here!"
The young man named Nikida frowned slightly after looking at Xiao Peng and his companions' car: "Gregory, are you crazy? This is the Internal Security's car!"
Gregory asked, "Nikida, can the Internal Guard find a Daxia person to join the Internal Guard?"
Nikida looked at Xiao Peng and asked, "Not a Nenets?"
Xiao Peng frowned and said, "Do I still need to show you my passport?"
Nikida looked at Xiao Peng and said, "How come you have the Internal Security's car?"
Kashin pointed to the sticker on the car window and said, "Rented. The Noyabrsk police seized the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Internal Guard's car, so we rented it."
Nikida went over to look at the note that Zhenya had given them on the car window. It stated that the car was seized and leased by the Noyabrsk police, and it was also stamped with the official seal of the Noyabrsk Ministry of Internal Affairs' confiscated car parking lot.
Nikida whistled. "Well done to the Knossos Internal Affairs Department! A while ago, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Internal Guard and a bunch of guys from Moscow came over here and showed off their power. We all wanted to beat them up, haha. It's a good thing someone's taking care of them. Buddies, just because you dared to rent this car out for fun, I'll buy you a couple of drinks later."
Kasin said, "Brother, don't you think it's too cold? Is this a place to talk while standing?"
After hearing this, Nikida said, "Okay, everyone get in the car, let's go!"
"Get in the car?" Kasim was stunned after hearing this.
Nikida pointed at the building in front of them and said, "You didn't think we were here, did you? I'll get in the car and show you the way."
Kasim glanced at Xiao Peng, and Xiao Peng nodded to him.
Four people got on the bus. The first thing Nikida did after getting on the bus was to look at the carriage, which was full of boxes of various sizes.
"What are these?" asked Nikida.
Xiao Peng casually pulled over a box and said, "These are all the random things I bought along the way and the food I prepared."
Nikida said, "I just saw a machine gun on your car outside?"
Xiao Peng said helplessly: "Do you think they rented the car and left the bullets and other things for us?"
Nikida was relieved after hearing this. He had asked these questions out of caution. Now relieved, he directed Kasim to drive in a certain direction.
But the distance wasn't far. After walking a block, Nikida said, "Just turn right and you'll be there!"
Kasim frowned slightly: "Dude, there are no buildings here!"
Nikida laughed. "What building do you need? Our hotel is underground!"
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