Chapter 11: The First National Congress

  In the eyes of others, the destined-to-have-no-connection Princess Lin Xue'er and Li San Sheng got on a car together, even the driver was sizing them up with an unusual gaze from the rearview mirror.

  Li Sansheng could only bitterly smile, guessing the driver was also thinking that a crisp white cabbage had been ruined by a pig's head, but in his heart he was also regretting that the pig wasn't his own, and as for the grapes being sour, well, that's just what people say when they can't get any.

  "Where are the two going?" Lin Xue'er was dressed up very beautifully today, and if she were in ancient times, she would probably be a young lady from a wealthy family. The driver also couldn't help but keep glancing at Lin Xue'er.

  "Xī Dà Jiē Guò Huì Yī Hào" Lin Xue'er said lightly, and glanced at Li San Sheng with the corner of her eye, who had gotten on the car without saying a word. She wondered if she had really hurt this ordinary boy's self-esteem.

  The school is located on Baima Ridge, which is the highest point in Xi'an. Standing on Baima Ridge, you can see the night view of Xi'an City. At this time, the neon lights are just starting to come on, and under the neon lights, the city is like a beast in the dark night, if you're not careful, it will swallow you up.

  Looking at the night view of the whole city, gazing southwest, Li Sansheng thought about his past experiences in Qinling College and felt that it was not easy to be young and arrogant. At that time, he met a group of brothers who would probably stay with him for the rest of his life.

  In Qinling College was also one of the happiest days from childhood to adulthood, although there were also confusion, disappointment and pain.

  Those people from Qinling College, where are they now? In the past, a big group of us lived freely and luxuriously with wine and meat, what a glorious scene. Now everyone is struggling to climb towards their own life goals.

  The prince went to Fudan University in Shanghai, Heizi and Lao Meng went to Beijing, and Xinxin that demon, and Lin Xueer by her side almost also went to the beautiful Wuhan University, don't know how many more flowers will be trampled.

  The big girl who is tougher than herself, I don't know where she is wandering now, probably living a carefree life in an unknown city at this moment.

  Dada and the frog, two living treasures, went to Zhejiang together, who knows what achievements they will have in the future. Only that one person who has always liked himself, Yangyan, as long as he dares to lower his head, the next day he dares to marry his own gentle appearance and strong heart, Yu'er.

  Thinking of them, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Li Sansheng's mouth. What are you doing now?

  National Congress No. 1, Li Sansheng sighed and had to go to this place again, a famous nightclub in Xi'an, but also the safest nightclub in Xi'an. Why? Because next door is the location of the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau. Who dares to be reckless here? That's got to test whether you have the guts and skills. However, what Li Sansheng knew was most important was that no one dared to touch the power behind National Congress No. 1.

  When he walked to Dongdajie, Li Sansheng saw again the most sensational scene of the year, a demolition.

  Xi'an must upgrade its top business district to become an international metropolis, and as the first commercial street in Xi'an, Dongda Street naturally became the city's gateway. However, the current state of Dongda Street cannot live up to this reputation, so the city has taken necessary actions to renovate and upgrade it.

  This inevitably touched the interests of many people, where there are benefits, there will be disputes, and the warring parties are often our government and ordinary people. China's demolition is rarely smooth, most of them are noisy and bloody in the end, and Xi'an can't be an exception. From afar, Li Sansheng has already seen those words written on the huge banner, which is nothing but the dark side behind interests.

  Why do these things exist, it's just that some people want to make a story out of them, this is our real society, everywhere is full of human cunning, everywhere is full of benefit disputes, and everywhere is full of intrigue, wanting to stay out of it is even more difficult.

  What makes a city outstanding is how to accurately position this city, which route this city takes, whether it blindly pursues GDP or truly leaves a real city for future generations, just like our ancestors left us.

  After passing through Dongdajie, there is the iconic Bell Tower of Xi'an. The greatest pride of this city is its unique cultural heritage. As the capital of thirteen dynasties, including Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang, this city has witnessed the beginning of Chinese civilization and its peak periods. However, after experiencing the initial blind pursuit of urban development and destruction of its legacy like many other cities, Xi'an finally came to a realization and found its own positioning. Therefore, people now see that today's Xi'an is restoring itself to the prosperous era of Han and Tang dynasties.

  The area centered on the Bell Tower is Xi'an's Bell Tower business district, which is also a well-known large business district in China. Unlike other cities' business districts with single functions and categories, it is a comprehensive business district. Li San Sheng has specially studied the commercial circle structure of many domestic first-tier and second-tier cities.

  Like Shanghai's Nanjing Road business circle, Beijing Wangfujing business circle, Chongqing Jiefangbei business circle, these business circles are top-notch in the country, and Xi'an Bell Tower business circle can be compared with them.

  Bell Tower business district is a diamond-level business district. As the gathering place of Xi'an's politics, culture and economy, the transportation network is well-connected, with a strong commercial atmosphere, especially in the clothing and catering industries, which cater to the widest range of consumers. The four major streets have their own unique characteristics.

  Xi'an's characteristic pedestrian street - East Avenue, known as the "Civilized Street", is 2000 meters long and has over 500 shops. Locals jokingly call it "If China has it, you can find it on East Avenue". Nowadays, East Avenue has become the first choice for shopping in Xi'an, with a daily foot traffic of 500,000 people, reaching up to 800,000 during holidays.

  From the largest shopping mall in Northwest China, Xi'an Xingzheng Yuan Plaza, to the ancient city's commercial famous store Kaiyuan Shopping Mall, Parkson Shopping Center, Carbon Street seafood wholesale market, and the street of Shuyuanmen with its fragrant books, to all kinds of specialty stores for clothing, food, electronics and more lining both sides of the road, as well as workers calling out " 补 衣 服" (clothing repair) and other various businesses gathering here, over ten thousand types of goods are sold in this area, forming Xi'an's characteristic pedestrian street.

  Xi'an's "Wall Street" - South Avenue, in the 1980s, with the completion of the expansion and renovation project of South Avenue, it rapidly developed into a commercial street. A large number of national-level flagship enterprises once decorated this 1000-meter stretch with splendor. In the mid-1990s, South Avenue finally opened its transformation, and almost all financial institutions were concentrated on this 1-kilometer street. The entry of banks, insurance companies, securities companies, trust investment companies and other financial institutions made South Avenue the area with the highest concentration of finance industry in Xi'an. Today, South Avenue has initially formed the embryonic form of Xi'an's "Wall Street".

  Xi Da Jie, a 2088-meter-long street, adopts the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty, with a commercial building area of 700,000 square meters. There are nine scenic plazas on both sides of the road, perfectly combining the charm of the prosperous Tang Dynasty architecture with modern commerce. On September 8, 2007, Xi'an's Xi Da Jie was named "China's Famous Commercial Street" by the China Pedestrian Shopping Street Working Committee. Relying on its overall ancient architectural hardware, Xi Da Jie highlights its commercial tourism positioning. Large-scale commercial and trade areas, ethnic flavor food, and specialty shopping districts have been built: Baisheng, Zhonghuan large shopping malls, Gulou, Qingzhen Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Hui People's Street specialty snacks and shopping, etc., attracting tourists and creating a lively atmosphere for the entire street.

  The telecommunications industry, large home appliances chain street - North Street, North Street, can be called Xi'an South-North traffic a "dragon pulse", its north gate to the Bell Tower short hundreds of meters just created and accumulated thick commercial atmosphere, large home appliances chain giant Gome, Suning, Xunjie, Dixintong, Huazhong Telecommunications and other mobile phone specialty stores make North Street business characteristics particularly prominent.

  The Zhonglou business district is based on four commercial streets with distinct characteristics in the southeast, northwest, and other directions. It takes large department stores as the leader, shopping centers as the core, specialty stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, and discount stores as the backbone. With "large, special, famous, old, and fine" as its business features, it builds the most characteristic and radiant commercial hub in the northwest region.

  Li San Sheng had carefully studied the future development direction of Xi'an during his idle time at Qinling College, and from the layout of the Bell Tower business district, it can be seen that Xi'an's ambition is magnificent.

  Especially when the State Council positioned Xi'an as an international metropolis, it is well-known that China's urban development lacks detailed and practical planning, being overly ambitious and superficial. There are dozens of cities that want to become international metropolises, including first-tier, second-tier, and third-tier cities. It's unclear whether these rulers truly have the capability to achieve this.

  So far, only Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an are internationally-oriented metropolises defined by national policy. Li Sansheng spent three years in Xi'an and clearly saw the changes in this city, and also knew the ambition deep in its bones, which was suppressed after several hundred years.

  The driver turned his head and said to Li Sansheng, who was squinting with unknown sleepiness, and Lin Xueer, who was frowning.

  Lin Xue'er shook her head and said faintly to Li San Sheng, "We're here."

  Li Sansheng opened his eyes and looked at the delicate and charming face of Lin Xueer in front of him, suddenly having an urge to kiss her, without knowing where this impulse came from, he took a deep breath and suppressed it.

  Li Sansheng got off the car and saw Lin Xueer chatting with two young people who looked like they had indulged in excessive desires and hurt their bodies. Li Sansheng estimated that these were the main characters of tonight, and also the ones who would make things difficult for him later, but he didn't know if they had what it took.

  "Who is this?" Li Sansheng asked with a frown, looking at his companion with some displeasure, as Lin Xue'er got off the car.

  Since the first time he met Lin Xue'er, Chen Dengke had already shifted his attention to this daughter of his father's friend, thinking that being close to her would give him an advantage, and he started making moves on her. However, he didn't expect that Lin Xue'er was not like the other girls he had pursued before, she was unmoved, and instead, she found him annoying.

  But Chen Dengke, who knew well about pursuing women's routines, would naturally not retreat in such a sorry state. As long as there was an opportunity, there would be hope; without opportunities, he would create them.

  "My friend" Lin Xue'er looked at Li Sansheng, who was still calm and composed like a cunning old fox, and couldn't help but wonder if Li Sansheng was being cowardly or just pretending to be fearless, and said with a stiff upper lip.

  Chen Dengke gave his two companions a meaningful look, the meaning of which was already very clear. Even if Lin Xueer didn't want Li Sansheng to offend these local snakes in Xi'an for her sake, she couldn't stop Chen Dengke and the others from teaching Li Sansheng a lesson.

  Li Sansheng couldn't help but feel that these children, who had never experienced real setbacks, were far inferior to their parents in terms of endurance. They were sharp and arrogant everywhere, flying high and mighty, but ultimately they would only understand these principles after paying some necessary costs.

  But others have the capital to soar, even if they fall and get back up, they are still much higher than those who struggle to climb. Unlike small people without background or experience, if they don't want to be crushed, they must think of all the escape routes when doing everything, because they are afraid of falling and never being able to get back up again.

  The children of poor families never have as many chances to make mistakes as the children of rich families.

  "Lao Liu, have you seen this old cloth shoe? I haven't seen it before. I just don't know if the security guard at the door will let us in." Lin Xue'er was standing right next to him. Kids of this age always liked to show off more in front of girls, and they would even more ruthlessly suppress any man they considered a rival.

  It's just that Chen Dengke's approach is laughable in front of Li Sansheng, who has seen big waves and truly arrogant masters. Compared to the young masters from Qinling College with real backgrounds, the young man in front of him is really too tender.

  When Lin Xue'er heard Chen Dengke's words, she frowned and the scene she least wanted to see happened. She was afraid that Chen Dengke and others would openly and nakedly attack Li Sansheng, which would destroy the self-confidence and self-esteem of this ordinary poor family child from the very beginning, and she was the one who pushed the waves in the whole thing.

  However, Chen Dengke was still okay and didn't say anything too explicit. He also knew that if he said something too absolute, Lin Xue'er would be disgusted with him, thinking that his own little trick was good enough.

  The cars parked in front of the National Assembly Building were either high-end vehicles or had impressive license plates. Li Sansheng happened to glance over and saw a familiar license plate while Chen Dengke was talking, his eyes thoughtful as he pondered something.

  Lin Xue'er, who had been watching Li San Sheng's absent-minded expression, confirmed that he was already at his wit's end after being tormented by those guys. Thinking that all of this was her own doing, Lin Xue'er mustered up the courage to comfort this boy who originally had no relation to her and took Li San Sheng's hand. This scene was witnessed by Chen Deng Ke, whose eyes grew even more sinister.

  It's not that Chen Dengke didn't know how to endure, but it also depends on who the person is. After sizing up Li Sansheng from head to toe, Chen Dengke no longer considered Li Sansheng as his opponent, because he felt that the two people were not opponents of the same level at all. Even if Lin Xue'er agreed, her family behind her would not agree.

  Li Sansheng didn't expect to be suddenly pulled by Lin Xueer's hand, Lin Xueer's hand was very soft and smooth, feeling like it had no bones, just like sheep fat jade, especially comfortable. Curiously turning his head, he saw Lin Xueer's self-reproaching and ashamed eyes, and in an instant, he already understood what Lin Xueer was thinking in her heart. He gave Lin Xueer a reassuring look, but it made Lin Xueer feel that she was still being comforted by him.

  Li Sansheng smiled helplessly and gave up.

  As soon as Li Sansheng saw that license plate, he had a premonition that something would definitely happen tonight. If nothing happened, then the license plate wouldn't be here.