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Chapter 86 Shopping

The plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. After the inspection team got off the plane, the counselors of the Chinese Embassy in Paris, France greeted them.

The delegation was then arranged to be in a hotel near George V Street in the Eighth District, not far from here is the Chinese Embassy in France.

The first impression of the visiting team members is that it is expensive. Since it is not a peak tourist season, the daily house price here is only $11, but $11 is also expensive every day!

Counselor Liu of the embassy smiled and said, "This place is cheap, the environment is pretty good!"

He said to Commander Gong and Deputy Commander Song: "Everyone have a break today. At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, the French Minister of Industry will meet with the delegation, and then they will arrange for everyone to conduct a visit."

Commander Gong and Deputy Commander Song nodded in understanding, and asked them to meet with them without getting off the plane. The French sent a minister to meet everyone, which was very considerate, and the reception specifications were slightly higher.

Commander Gong, Deputy Commander Song and others felt good. Commander Gong ordered everyone: "Everyone holds a meeting at 2 o'clock in the afternoon! Those who want to go out can only go out after applying for approval! That, Comrade Kobayashi, please take care of everyone!"

Lin Qiang was stunned for a moment. When he saw Captain Gong looking at him kindly, he grinned and smiled bitterly.

The inspection team only had a translator. The group went out and looked at him. When the leaders saw that Lin Johnson was speaking well in foreign language, they of course thought of him.

Lin Qiangsheng thought to himself, isn’t he taking it upon himself?

It's almost 1 o'clock now, and everyone quickly allocated the room. In order to save money, three or four people were basically crowded in one room. Two people were sleeping on the bed, and two people could sleep on the ground. This way, it was still affordable to share the room fee.

The fat French proprietress looked at a group of Chinese people rushing into the guest room with contempt, shook her head, and shouted and scolded a lot of swear words.

As soon as Lin Qiang-sen washed up, someone came to knock on the door. The family members of the group came in. Everyone was energetic and suggested going out for a walk.

Among them, a family member from the industrial department followed him and Xu Hongmei smiled and said, "Big girl, let's go out for a walk together! Call your child, you see, we don't know how to speak foreign languages ​​either!"

"That's it! Go out for a walk! If you need a meeting, we families will move freely. Anyway, we stay there!" The others also followed suit.

This time, there were seven or eight families who came with the group, most of whom went abroad for public expenses. The round trip expenses were reimbursed. I don’t know whether the expenses they had been paid outside or not. The first time they were abroad, everyone was inevitably extremely excited. At the same time, they didn’t want to waste the opportunity to go abroad. They seized the time to walk more and take a look, and they were very anxious!

Xu Hongmei looked at everyone and was not easy to refuse. She said to Lin Johnson: "How about your son, do you go out with everyone?"

Lin Johnson nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! If you come to Paris, France, and don't go to the Eiffel Tower, will you come in vain? Let's go!"

Seeing that the young man was so happy, the family members immediately became happy and went back to dress up.

Xu Hongmei and Lin Xiangrong looked at each other, and Lin Xiangrong said to his wife: "Or why don't you go too! It's not easy to get out, don't waste time. I'll have a meeting in the afternoon, it's very boring to stay here."

Xu Hongmei thought for a moment, nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay! Then I'll go out for a walk, and I don't know what this foreign country looks like!"

After a while, the family gathered in the corridor. Many compatriots from China from this hotel also came out to look at them.

Commander Gong and Deputy Commander Song also rushed over, followed by Gong Ya and Deputy Commander Song's wife.

Commander Gong said a few words to Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin promised that he would not lose everyone. Commander Gong nodded in embarrassment and instructed: "Deputy Commander Song's lover can speak English! You take care of each other and find a telephone booth on the street to call the embassy. This is the number! This is the coin!"

Deputy Commander Song's wife was about 50 years old. She smiled and waved her hands repeatedly and said, "I can do it. I have forgotten it for a long time. I have returned it to the teacher!"

Everyone smiled, of course, they couldn't bother her to take care of everyone, because they were at that level.

Lin Johnson took the phone number, pushed the coin back, and said with a smile: "Captain Gong, I have the coin!"

Commander Gong nodded, turned to look at his granddaughter, and Gong Ya also walked to Lin Johnson's side.

"Take me one! I want to go out too!" Gong Ya said with a smile.

Lin Johnson nodded and said, "Welcome! Don't worry, everything is wrapped around me and I can't lose you!"

After everyone was ready, they set off with the inspection team.

Walking on the road, looking at the exotic buildings on both sides, everyone felt very strange and carefully looked at what they saw and heard on the street. When they met a foreigner, they hurriedly hid and talked about their beauty and ugliness. Of course, their old-fashioned outfits also ushered in the gaze of many foreigners.

As he walked, Lin Johnson said to everyone: "Let's take the bus to Ottoman Street, where there are several famous department stores in the world such as Spring Department Store. If you want to buy electrical appliances, go and have a look! It is also very close to the Paris Opera House."

"Okay! Young man, just do it! Anyway, it's our first time abroad, as long as we don't lose everyone!" a middle-aged aunt said with a smile.

Lin Johnson also smiled, and he led everyone to the nearby bus station. It is said that taxis in Paris are very expensive, so just take the bus.

"Everyone has prepared change, cash, coins, and 1 franc bus fare." Lin Johnson said.

Everyone took out the prepared change and waited on the platform in a daze.

The bus came, and the driver watched a group of Asians dressed in strange clothes get on the bus. Lin Johnson walked at the end, smiled and greeted the driver, and asked for the way.

Although Lin Johnson greeted him in French and asked for directions in English, the driver still enthusiastically told him the distance in French.

Lin Qiangsheng nodded with a smile, guessed and confused, probably knowing how many stops to arrive.

After a 10-minute drive, I arrived at Ottoman Street.

When he got here, Lin Johnson breathed a sigh of relief and just took everyone to a crowded place.

From December to mid-February every year, the discount season for Galeries Lafayette Department Store is so many people come here to travel and shop.

Lin Johnson greeted everyone and told everyone to be careful not to get separated.

The luxurious decoration of the palace, the giant carved gold carved dome of Byzantine style, and the shadows of people coming and going, shopping here has become a real enjoyment.

After entering this world-class department store, the family members were immediately shocked by the luxurious and high-end atmosphere here.

Everyone feels like it’s no different from the local bun!

This luxurious decoration, high-end, atmospheric and high-end products, is scattered in the oversized hall. The enthusiastic smiles of sales staff and the customers' spending a lot of money! They all feel surprised and shocked!

It turns out that stores can do this! Compared with the department stores in China, they are simply shabby warehouses!

The family members dared not look at the cosmetics and women's clothing in the main building. Although they were very envious, they wanted to save every penny to buy household appliances. Therefore, everyone looked at it for a few seconds and went upstairs to find the electrical appliance sales area.

In the electrical appliance area, Lin Johnson spent nearly US$3,000 to buy a Leica M4 camera, which brought a good lens. He also bought four or five rolls of Kodak film. The family members were looking at other household appliances, comparing the prices, discussing when to buy it, and then take it back directly.

Lin Qiangsheng walked to his mother, Gong Ya was with Xu Hongmei, and the two were chatting quietly with their arms in their arms.

"Johnson, what did you buy?" Xu Hongmei asked in surprise when she saw the camera in her son's hand.

Lin Johnson smiled and said, "I have wanted to buy a Leica camera for a long time!"

Xu Hongmei said in surprise: "It's available at home! Why do you still buy it? Wasting money! How much did you spend?"

Gong Ya smiled secretly next to her, and her little fingers shaved her round face.

Lin Johnson said: "It looks like $3,000."

Xu Hongmei immediately said anxiously: "It's so expensive! Can you give it up?"

Lin Johnson shook his head and said firmly: "I can't return it! I bought it myself, this is what I want! How can I return it?!"

Xu Hongmei was about to say something again, suddenly the place where the TV was sold suddenly became noisy, and the sound of Chinese people talking loudly came.
Chapter completed!
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