Rebirth of India: Superior

"Yeah, why didn't I figure it out earlier!" Mukesh said with sudden enlightenment.

In Shakru's opinion, Mukesh was really confused for a while and didn't think clearly about the nature of the team. Otherwise, with a successful businessman like him, it would be easy to manage this small team as long as he used half of his skills in managing the Reliance Group. Now it seems that Mukesh has figured it out, so Shakru didn't say anything anymore. After all, this Indian team was managed by Mukesh and was a way for him to compete with his brother. He didn't know much about cricket, so it was better to say less. In addition, it happened that Benon asked him to go out and play, so he said goodbye to Mukesh.

This time, Benon invited Shakru to go to a place that surprised him. It turned out to be Hong Kong, but he repeatedly assured that he found a fun place here, so he invited Shakru to come. It happened that Shakru hadn't been out for a long time, so he flew over.

When they arrived in Hong Kong, Benon was the one who picked them up at the airport. During the meal, Shakru finally figured out that the fun places Benon was talking about were Lan Kwai Fong and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. This disappointed Shakru a little, so he said unhappily, "I thought you were talking about some new place. The Jockey Club is everywhere, even in Japan. Lan Kwai Fong is even more common, isn't it just a drinking street?"

Benon didn't answer but asked, "You said these two places are not surprising, then let me ask you, have you been to both of them?"

Shakru was speechless and said, "Uh, that's not the case."

Benon said proudly, "That's it, you haven't been here, so how do you know this place? Isn't it fun here? According to what you always said to me before, you have no right to speak without investigation. You have no right to speak, so just follow me to open your eyes. Anyway, you have come here, you can't fly back now, right? "

Shakru shrugged helplessly and said, "Okay, then I will follow you to open your eyes and see what is unique about Lan Kwai Fong and the Jockey Club."

Beynon said happily, "Hey, that's right, it's about the same time now, I will take you to Lan Kwai Fong after we finish drinking."

Lan Kwai Fong is a short, narrow, L-shaped and cobblestone street between Wyndham Street and D'Aguilar Street in Central. The street is full of Western restaurants and bars. It is very famous.

Lan Kwai Fong Bar Street originated in the early 1970s, when the Hong Kong government began to carry out urban reconstruction in the Central and Western District, opening up roads and attracting the inflow of commercial funds. At that time, an Italian businessman opened an Italian clothing store and restaurant here.

Some "yuppies" who work in Central. After get off work, they wanted to find a place to chat. This restaurant became their gathering place for happy hours. Later, some movies were filmed here. Lan Kwai Fong gradually became a tasteful leisure place. There are bars, discos, and restaurants everywhere. It is full of modern and fashionable European atmosphere, and it has also spread to the areas of Ronghua Lane and D'Aguilar Street across the street. It has formed a unique neighborhood.

The style of the bars in Lan Kwai Fong is quite fashionable. The decoration is unique. It is not luxurious. The furnishings are simple. Wooden tables, high-legged round stools or high-legged chairs. They are roughly made and solid; various beers and other alcoholic drinks and glasses are displayed on the wine cabinets, without many decorations. Many bars are set up on the street, and some simply put wooden beer barrels in front of the store, which looks like decoration and also serves as a dining table. The lights in the bar are dim.

Most of them are small, with only a few dozen seats, but they have big signs, and almost all of them are in English. There are also a few Japanese restaurants, and even French cosmetics stores and cigar shops. Ronghuali is a food street, with various restaurants serving Japanese "teppanyaki", Indian curry, Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine.

After dinner, this time is when Lan Kwai Fong is the most noisy and lively, and the bars are full of people, most of whom are foreigners. Those foreigners are venting their emotions wantonly and crazily, happy, sad, crazy, or hysterical... Shakru couldn't help but be shocked. Here... is it still Hong Kong? Oh, I saw a few yellow-skinned Chinese, it seems so. I can't help but sigh that the bar street in New Delhi is much gentler than here!

Benon dragged Shakru away from several staggering drunks, saying, "The most interesting store here is called cLub1997. Do you know why I like it?"

Shakru shook his head and replied, "How can I guess that? Is it because the wine in that store is very delicious?"

Benon whispered mysteriously, "No, it's because of the boss lady there."

Shakru was immediately angry, thinking how could I forget the nature of this playboy, so he said unhappily, "So you are here to pick up girls? Then take me with you to do it What?"

Benon glared: "Who said I'm here to pick up girls? Oh, you'll know in a minute, this lady boss is really interesting."

After a while, several people walked to this "c1ub1997". Shakru just pushed the door and entered. The illusory feeling of the flickering light and shadow inside instantly enveloped him. The bar was almost full. On the small stage, a red-haired European and American female singer with heavy makeup was sitting on a chair and singing with her eyes closed. The erratic and low tone matched with the band's electric guitar sound effects, which made the bar more hazy and lazy.

Beinon walked directly to the bar, sat on a tall bar chair, and shouted to the bartender who was shaking the flask: "Axi, where is the little wolf?" The handsome bartender with a cold face She stopped her hand, looked up and saw him, nodded with a smile, pointed to the back and said: "She went to get the wine and will be out soon. Mr. Beynon, you are here to support me again!"

Beynon replied casually: "Of course I want to come." Then he casually pulled Shakru who was sitting on the bar chair next to him and introduced: "This is my friend, Mr. Pandit." Then he pointed at the bartender and said: "The sweetheart of the owner of this bar is Yu Sheng. The best bartender in Hong Kong, bar none."

You Sheng obviously loved hearing this sentence the most, and shouted with a smile: "Mr. Beynon, you have the most discernment!" He stretched out his hand to shake Shakru's hand, and said enthusiastically: "This is my first time here, and I will come here often in the future." Come and sit down! I’ll make you a drink that’s unique to you!”

ps: I sincerely recommend a book. This time it is not a friendly recommendation. It is an apocalyptic novel "Death Hell of the Apocalypse" that I am reading these days. It is a rare apocalyptic novel in a realistic style, especially the beginning. American blockbuster feel.

What's also strange to me is that none of the books I like seem to have particularly good results. Basically, they are all ordered from a few hundred to around a thousand. Has my taste deviated so far from the public?

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