The first day of the New Year is a sunny day, which is a good sign. (It is basically difficult to encounter a sunny sky in Los Angeles. Some people say that Southern California has sunny days in 350 days a year. This can be said to be true to a certain extent.)

Early in the morning, the three drove to Pasadena, a city located in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles.

Because there are many tourists in the float parade, the highway exit of Pasadena was closed and they had to drive forward. They got off from another exit a few kilometers away and took a few roads to reach the main venue of the cruise. Many tourists had gathered on both sides of the avenue, waiting for the start of the float parade.

He threw the two beauties on the edge of the main road to take a seat. He drove around and finally found a parking lot with space.

"How many?"

“$40 a.m..”

Xiao Yifei stared at the old Mo who was guarding the parking lot.

"What? When did parking fees become so expensive?"

As a result, Lao Mo became impatient:

"You're not stopping, but you're stuck in the back."

Xiao Yifei glanced at the rearview mirror, Damn it, it was only less than a minute, and there were 4 or 5 cars behind him. Fortunately, no one did. Xiao Yifei ticked the steering wheel and found another parking lot. As a result, this guy also costs $40, which is twice as expensive as usual. It turns out that everyone would raise the price. Xiao Yifei was too lazy to find other parking lots, so he could only get this knife.

When they returned to the main road, the two beauties were already impatient:

"Why did it take so long?"

Xiao Yifei told about the story of being slaughtered.

"That's of course. Do you know how many people are watching this float parade?"

Xiao Yifei knew that Americans also like to watch the fun. Even the lit tractor parade in Calistoga can attract thousands of tourists, and locals also have tens of thousands of people watching along the way. Since this rose car parade is one of the three major celebrations in the United States and is located in Los Angeles, which has a population of tens of millions. The number of viewers must be quite large.

"There were millions of people on the scene, and the audiences who watched TV broadcasts, at least hundreds of millions of people. That's amazing."

Xiao Yifei despises them in his heart, and the number of viewers broadcasting in China exceeds this number every day. If he encounters a large-scale event like the Spring Festival Gala, the number of viewers is more than one billion. However, Pasadena, with a population of less than 150,000, suddenly so many tourists flocked to him, and almost everyone was driving in the car, so the parking space would be very nervous.

According to the supply and demand theory of capitalist market economy, there is definitely a shortage of supply at this time. If Xiao Yifei is the case, the price of parking lots will also increase.

"It seems that there are not many people?" Wang Nan said, looking at the tourists on both sides of the street.

"Our location is not near the rostrum, there are too many people there. My classmate told me that she said the location is good and there are not many people."

Xiao Yifei glanced at the surrounding environment. It was between the starting point and the rostrum. There were tourists standing around the house, basically divided into three rows, with the first row sitting on the ground or on the curb. The second row was probably nearby residents, one by one sitting on chairs. The people behind could only stand and watch. There was a parking lot not far away, and there were many towed RVs inside. The owners simply brought the chairs to the roof of the RVs. They were leisurely drinking beer while waiting for the parade to begin.

"So many people really watch this thing?" Xiao Yifei was a little suspicious.

"How come there is no Rose Bowl Parade and Rose Bowl Competition are the two most important things in the New Year in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, we don't have tickets, otherwise we can go to the Rose Bowl to have a look."

"Forget it, I'm not interested in the kind of rugby game that lasts less than two minutes."

Wang Nan echoed:

"That's right, I don't like it either, but Shirley often pulls me to see."

"How long will this parade take?"

"It's about 3 hours. What's wrong?"

3 hours? If you have to stand for 3 hours, then Xiao Yifei doesn’t want to suffer this.

"Where can I find a seat? If I stand for so long, it would be difficult."

Wang Nan also nodded in agreement with Xiao Yifei's concern.

"If there is, there is, it costs money."

"There are scalpers?"

Xiao Yifei said Chinese in Chinese, "Scalper" by Xiao Yifei, Wang Nan explained to the inexplicable Shirley what it means to be a scalper.

"Anyway, there are many people here who came to take the spot last night."

Xiao Yifei thought: Fortunately, this is California, if this is New York, if you dare to sleep outside, you will be popsicles the next day.

"Some of the positions are what you want to see. Some are the scalpers you mentioned. But they occupy a good location near the subjective ceremonial platform, which is definitely not here."

"What are you waiting for? Let's go and have a look."

The three of them walked to the subjective ceremonial platform, and there were indeed more people here, and the streets were densely filled with dense sides. In a short while, Xiao Yifei came over and took the initiative to sell their positions. After some negotiations, the three of them had a better position to watch the parade.

This rose car parade has been around for more than 100 years. It is said that it was because immigrants here launched an activity to show off like the fellow Easterners. After so many years of development, rose car parade has finally become. Think about the cities in the east, it is now snowing heavily, and even cars are buried in snow. In Los Angeles, it is sunny every day, just wear a thick coat.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, several police motorcycles lined up in herringbone shapes, pulling the police sirens and driving by, announcing that the rose car parade had officially begun. The first square array to come was the band, and the square array was led by a small float, and the red and yellow roses formed several huge texts. In 2010, it was better (acutabovethereest).

The white pants, red tops, tall cylindrical caps, and beautiful feathers at the top. The stroll band composed of high school students played majestic music, walked neatly, and slowly passed through. The colorful flag guards interspersed among the musicians danced the colorful flag guns in their hands. The people around stood up and cheered, and Xiao Yifei also picked up the camera and kept clicking.

Then the band was a cavalry team and a carriage team, and some people were sitting in the carriage to recruit the audience.

Soon, a float slowly drove up. There were 7 dignified and beautiful Rose Misses. There were 6 rose princesses wearing red one-shoulder dresses in two rows in front of them, and one of them seemed to be Chinese or Asian. On the last tall throne was the rose queen wearing white dresses. These seventeen or eighteen-year-old Rose Misses were selected from high school girls in Pasadena, and their bright smiles bloomed on their youthful faces. Xiao Yifei adjusted the focus and gave them a close-up to them, focusing on the Asian face.

In this way, the cavalry team, the strolling band, and the flower workshop were driven in. This parade was much more formal than the self-entertainment parade in Calistoga. The knights and horses were carefully selected, and the bands were trained and selected for a long time. There were not only winners of the internal competition in California, but also winners of the interstate competition. The floats were even more huge and exquisite. Under the colorful and beautiful roses, they won the applause and screams of the audience on both sides.

A burst of music with Chinese characteristics sounded, and a float slowly drove over. Xiao Yifei and Wang Nanqing couldn't help but stand up and waved to the float because it was a float from China.

In the front of the float are 4 magnificent war horses, dragging a two-wheeled chariot, and on both sides are 6 Terracotta Warriors in combat postures. The middle section of the float is a pavilion with Chinese characteristics. Several artists play the pipa, and several beauties in palace costumes dance to the music. The emperor and queen on the throne waved to the audience frequently. The back section of the float is the famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda and two cute pandas. Dozens of beauties wear pink palace costumes on both sides of the float, dancing while slowly advancing with the float.

The commentator told everyone that this is a float launched by Pheasant and Sanqintai, "Dancing with the Terracotta Warriors". This float with Chinese characteristics also won cheers from foreigners on both sides.

Xiao Yifei's camera followed the Terracotta Warriors until they left. After passing some cavalry teams, some bands, some floats, and soon another Chinese-style float came.

The float was organized by WW China Airlines. The theme of the float is Nazha. A huge dragon with fangs and claws is located in the lower front of the float. Behind is a tall Nazha, holding a silver spear, staring at the dragon.

When we arrived at the second half of the tour, a Chinese float came again. This is the "city makes life better" float in the World Expo that the Magic City promotes. In front is the Expo mascot "Brother Big Ya", oh no. It is Haibao. The main body in the middle is the World Expo China Pavilion, and finally the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in the Magic City. The Kung Fu movie star Da Nose sitting on the float is waving his arms hard and interacting with the audience on both sides.

Xiao Yifei felt that the float was really not very good, but the float was wearing goldfish-like clothes on both sides, butterfly wings, and the little actors on the feet were quite beautiful, with beautiful movements, really like dancing butterflies. Xiao Yifei's shots were basically stuck on these little actors.

After passing a few more floats, a roar came from the sky, and several fighter planes flew overhead. The height was too low and the speed was too fast, and it looked like it was a thunderbird's painted painting.

The result of the float evaluation was announced. There were only 41 floats, and 24 won the prize. Among them, China Airlines won the International Award, Pheasant and Sanqin won the Director Award, and the largest award was won by the "Miss of the Mountain Top" of Rainbird Company.

Xiao Yifei thought about it and couldn't remember what this float looked like. Wang Nan and Shirley could only shake their heads when it came to this question, and they forgot about it.

The long float parade finally ended, and the tourists dispersed in groups of three or three. Xiao Yifei and his team arrived at the static display area not far away according to the guidance of the old Chinese man who had just sold them seats. All the exhibition cars will be statically displayed here for three days for tourists to visit. There is also a performance area next to it, so that these floats can be promoted.

Xiao Yifei and the others finally found the "Missitude of the Mountain Top" that won the grand prize. It turned out that the theme of this float was to express the life of a mountain gorilla family. It was just some mountains, trees, then a few gorillas and little gorillas, and some butterflies, birds, etc. Xiao Yifei named the float here "King Kong".

"Can this win a grand prize?"

In response to Xiao Yifei's contempt, Shirley and Wang Nan walked around the float a few times and nodded in agreement.

"It's probably because it's big."

Shirley's sarcasm made Xiao Yifei and Wang Nan laugh.

"I think it's not as good as that puppy skiing."

The puppy skiing that Wang Nan mentioned was a float, which used a snow machine to make a few meters long ski trail. The person standing on the snow track puts a pair of snowboards on it, and then another puppy will stand on the board and slide down from the top of the snow track. Then the person at the bottom of the snow track will send the ski to the top with a leash, and another puppy will slide down again.

This float that obviously advertised at a ski resort has attracted applause and laughter from tourists around him when passing by. It is indeed very popular.

After lunch, the three of them did not go home immediately, but continued to drive east to Pasadena's neighbor Acadia, which is the ernaivillage mentioned by many media later. In fact, this title is a bit exaggerated, and another nickname is more suitable, that is, the Chinese Beverly Hills.

More and more Chinese people are buying houses in Arcadia, Rolandgang and other places. The main force in buying houses here are those rich new immigrants. With the arrival of another wave of immigration, the proportion of Chinese people in these places has become increasingly higher and has become the largest race in these cities, squeezing the original white people out of these areas.

When Xiao Yifei and the others came here, of course they were not looking at the mistress or the house, they were looking at the Los Angeles County Botanical Garden.

You have to be very careful when driving near the botanical garden, because a peacock may appear on the road at any time. If you are not careful and press them, it is illegal, because Acadia's law stipulates that peacocks have priority on all roads. Moreover, if the residents here encounter peacocks who run to the yard to find food and play, they cannot drive them away, otherwise they will be punished. No wonder Acadia is also called Peacock City, and there are peacocks on its city emblem.

Unfortunately, the time of coming is wrong. If it is spring, you can see flowers blooming in the garden. If it is summer, you can enjoy the rare coolness surrounded by green trees. If it is autumn, you can enjoy various colorful plants and fruits. In this winter, the beautiful tail feathers of the male peacock are not beautiful at all. The plants are also in the winter, with only some evergreen plants but many leaves have fallen.
Chapter completed!