Technological Hegemony

Although fireworks are really only a small project for a giant company like Xingchen Technology, Luo Jia devoted himself to this small project with great enthusiasm.

Perhaps it was because Luo Jia left too deep a memory in his childhood. He stubbornly believed that fireworks should be set off every year and festival, which is an integral part of the festival.

After hanging up the phone with Zhang Dongning, Luo Jia called An Ran again, he and Senior Sister Qi Mengzhou will hold a wedding in the Spring Festival.

Everyone is a brother, marriage is such an important matter, An Ran didn't invite Luo Jia, it is really outrageous.

But Luo Jia still accepted the arrangement and gave him a big gift.

"There's no such thing as a wedding." An Ran explained with a smile, "It's just that at the time of New Year's Eve, Mengzhou's family members are invited to have a meal together. I don't like those ritual things very much. The ceremony is actually all the same.”

"It sounds good, I think you are afraid of trouble." Luo Jia muttered, and told An Ran about the plan to make fireworks.

An Ran was very happy and said, "It should add some atmosphere to the Chinese New Year. Our hometown is getting more and more deserted during the Chinese New Year. It would be great if we could hold a fireworks show for everyone from all over the world to watch. Family activity."

"By the way, did you go to Hiraha Sakura?"

Luo Jia was taken aback, "Why are you looking for her?"

An Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You invited her from Nihong, and now that everyone is going home for the New Year, she stays alone at school, won't your conscience be uneasy?"

Luo Jia didn't feel disturbed. There are many foreign professors in Xingchen University. They will gather together during the Chinese New Year. Hiraba Sakura shouldn't be too lonely.

However, Luo Jia still agreed to An Ran, and took Hiraha Ying out together for a long journey, it would be nice to have someone as a companion.

 …

The car stopped outside the Xingchen Battleship Community, Luo Jia lowered the window and called Hiraba Sakura's name.

It may be due to the rich family since childhood, coupled with the habit of neon lights, Hiraba Sakura is actually quite good at dressing up.

She wore a beige cashmere short coat and a cute velvet hat today, but her lower body is a short skirt and black stockings, plus a pair of thick-soled sneakers that can raise her height somewhat. The purple eyeshadow looks a bit charming .

This is obviously a Japanese style, Chinese girls don't wear short skirts in winter.

Luo Jia was curious, seeing Hiraba Sakura struggling, put the suitcase in the back seat, opened the front door, bowed to Luo Jia, got in the car, and put on the seat belt.

"It seems that the netizens are not lying. The neon girls are quite independent." Luo Jia let go of the handbrake, nagging.

"Yeah, we will go on a long-distance trip abroad by ourselves, carry luggage by ourselves, and even go to a love hotel with our boyfriend, and we have to pay AA system. After all, boys are more difficult for such things." Hiraha Sakura said, While smiling at Luo Jia.

"I almost believed it. An Ran said that you used to blush when talking to boys, and your voice was like a mosquito." Luo Jia shrugged, "Returning to the Lover's Hotel, I guess it's the plot you saw from the pornographic paintings."

Ping Yuying blushed, "Well, all the girls have seen it, but no one admits it. In fact, I don't always blush. It will be much better after I get familiar with it."

Luo Jia didn't answer, and concentrated on driving.

Now when Hiraba Sakura is with herself, she is indeed not as reserved as before, bowing and greetings are more out of politeness.

Suddenly, Luo Jia thought of Ye Wuchen for some reason.

She is also a person who can travel alone. Nie Xiaodou said that her best friend will never find a boyfriend or get married in her life. At first Luo Jia thought she was a nympho and didn't want to get married, just want to have fun.

But after getting in touch with him a lot, he found that his judgment was wrong, and he felt that the reason why Ye Wuchen always walked alone was that he didn't want to cause trouble for others.

Or hurt others or something, anyway, she is a very weird girl.

Looking back, I have met some girls in my life. They are as beautiful as flowers, and their quality is one in a thousand. Unfortunately, for some reason, Luo Jia is still a widow in the end. Maybe this is the legend, doomed from the womb The situation of being alone.

There were not many cars on the road during the Spring Festival, and they left Shanghai soon. However, since the expressway is free, everyone wants to take advantage of it, so the speed of the car on the expressway is even slower.

"Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. It should be a day for family gatherings. Why did Luo Jiajun travel far away?" Ping Yuying asked curiously.

When she received a call from Luo Jia, Luo Jia only asked casually if she wanted to go to Hunan with him, Ping Yuying didn't ask anything, and agreed directly, and now she suddenly felt very suspicious.

"My mother took a whole family to go skiing in the three eastern provinces. Winter vacation travel is also a regular program of the family. I will send them to the airport first, and then I will pick you up. I can talk about business in Hunan. Besides, my parents have gone on a trip. , I’m the only one at home, so it’s not interesting.” Luo Jia said.

"I really envy Luo Jiajun for having a big family, our house is not so lively." Ping Yuying said.

Along the way, Hiraba Sakura worked very hard, trying to maintain the scene as much as possible.

Luo Jia remembered his so-called date in high school. At that time, he was like a fool, looking for topics around girls, sticking his hot face to her cold ass.

Now the situation is reversed, when Luo Jia is silent, Hiraha Sakura will try her best to make him happy, which feels quite useful.

 …

The 1,000-kilometer journey took a full twelve hours, and it was already dark when we arrived in Liuyang.

Ping Yuying held on all the way and talked with Luo Jia for twelve hours, afraid that he would be bored driving by himself.

At noon, the two of them only ate some instant noodles in the rest area. At this moment, Hiraha Sakura couldn't hold it anymore, her eyes became a little blurred, but she still tried her best to support her lovely image.

For neon girls, the image is very important, more important than the image, is a cute image.

They asked for two rooms at a local five-star hotel called Yintian, and after a quick dinner, they went back to their rooms to take a shower and rest.

When they woke up the next day, they arrived at the Liuyang Fireworks Headquarters.

"Yeah, this is where the fireworks are made!"

Hiraba Sakura excitedly pointed at the company's huge plaque, with a smile on her face.

If you have read Keigo Higashino’s detective novel [Maliciousness], you will understand that in Neon, pyrotechnic masters are a highly respected profession, and pyrotechnics are also a kind of existence that makes them crazy.

From April to November every year, it is called the fireworks season. Various fireworks shows are staged in turn, and neon boys and girls like to make love and kiss under the splendid fireworks, which is considered very romantic.

The current Luo Jia is really famous. He just called the local people and told them that he wanted to come to Liuyang Fireworks to have a look, but the result shocked all walks of life in the local area.

After getting out of the car, Luo Jia and Heping Yu Ying were surrounded by countless people, and passing through the seemingly mighty main entrance, what Luo Jia saw was a gradually dilapidated factory and the tradition of increasingly ordering.

An old worker in the factory told Luo Jia that once upon a time, on the banks of the Liuyang River, at the head of Juzizhou, every festival, brilliant fireworks would form a waterfall of light like a Milky Way in the dark night, and they would be set off non-stop all night long.

Any child who has ever seen the grand occasion of the Fireworks Festival will leave an indelible memory in their hearts.

It's a pity that due to the pollution control, the children now can't see it anymore.

The old worker asked Luo Jia puzzled, "You said that the environmental pollution is really because of fireworks?"

Luo Jia couldn't answer. It is certain that fireworks have pollution, but it is by no means the culprit, and it is by no means that if fireworks are banned, the pollution will disappear.

In any case, Luo Jia is determined to create a kind of fireworks that completely eliminates pollution, so that the days when fireworks can be seen will come back again.

The factory operator told Luo Jia that the main competitor of Huaxia Fireworks is Neon.

Neon allows the production of 32-inch or even 48-inch super-large fireworks shells, but domestic production and export are only allowed to produce and export fireworks shells smaller than or equal to 6 inches. From the perspective of diameter and weight, China's policy restricts the development of the fireworks industry.

Although fireworks are not a high-tech industry, they are definitely a highly experienced industry. Only craftsmen who have studied in the industry for decades can make the most perfect fireworks.

In Neon, a pyrotechnic master is highly respected by the society and receives a high salary, while in my country, a pyrotechnic master is just an ordinary worker in the factory, and his salary is barely enough to support his family.

Luo Jia felt that maybe the current society is really harsh on artisans. The craftsmanship that has been passed down for thousands of years should not be treated like this.

Two days later, the fifth day of the first lunar month.

Luo Jia and Ping Yuying returned to Shanghai. At the same time, there were more than 500 local best pyrotechnic masters in Liuyang, all the way north by train.

That's it.

During the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Luo Jia will light different fireworks on the bank of the Huangpu River.