Chapter 1916 A Different Cemetery
The old friend Yang Yuanshan wanted to pay homage to was his brother who flew to the United States with him. They shared the same sorrow, but their experiences after arriving in the United States were completely different.
It is said that due to some reasons, this brother who shared the same hardships stayed in the United States for less than 10 years before running away to Africa and never came back in this life. Even the delivery of letters stopped 10 years ago.
Yang Yuanshan didn't know what difficulties his old brother had encountered, but if it hadn't been for this old brother, he didn't know whether Yang Yuanshan would have survived to the United States. Therefore, to Yang Yuanshan, this old friend was like a lifesaver.
Until a few days ago, the private detective Yang Yuanshan had been asking for information came to tell him that he had found his friend. Unfortunately, his friend had passed away for many years. Although his descendants were still there, they were not living as they wished. This made Yang Yuanshan Very confused.
His character is a typical one of repaying revenge and repaying kindness, let alone a life-saving grace. But Yang Yuanshan has no idea how to help the descendants of his savior. He can't just give money directly, right? That is not helping, but harming the other party!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is reasonable to take the whole family to worship at the grave of an old friend.
Yang Cheng and the others left dozens of group photos in front of the mosque, and then they were about to return to the hotel. They just received a call that the private detective grandpa was looking for had arrived, and he was now rushing back to meet his family.
On the way back to the hotel, Yang Cheng asked, "How was it? Are you disillusioned?"
Luo Yue leaned against Lin Jian on the street, "It's okay, what do you mean by that? When we pay for our fantasies, we are not always rational. If we came here specially to travel, we would definitely come back disappointed.
In fact, just now on the plane, I imagined walking hand in hand into Rick's Cafe with a *** courtyard style building, ordering a mojito cocktail, taking a few sips, and taking a mouthful of sweet... Mint fragrance. "
Yang Cheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "So that's it. I was wondering why you drank two mojitos on the plane~"
Luo Yue patted him, "Don't you think that scene is truly romantic? The courtyard surrounded by *** arches exudes a strong exotic feel, and the waiters in white uniforms and red round hats We shuttled between the exquisite bar, dining tables, railings, brass chandeliers and roulette tables. The pianist sat next to the Pleyel antique piano produced in the 1930s, playing the must-have song "As Time Goes By" ” sounded smoothly from his skillfully beating fingertips.
Wow~ It makes me drunk just thinking about it~”
Yang Cheng smiled and added for her,
"The line that has long been regarded as the bible of romance should come to your mind: There are so many cities in the world and there are so many bars in the city, but she just walked into my house."
Luo Yue laughed so hard, "Yes, yes, that's what I really thought~"
Yang Cheng shook his head and sighed, what a pity, what a great black and white movie!
Think about it, when you sit in the cafe in the movie and recreate those romantic plots, everything is so poetic.
But unfortunately, the truth is - Rick's Cafe in the movie is not in Morocco. When Hollywood was filming "Casablanca", all the Moroccan parts of the movie were shot at Warner Bros.'s Los Angeles studio. Rick in the film The cafes are all built artificially, and some of them were filmed in Brazil, across the Atlantic Ocean from Casablanca.
The current Rick's Cafe was opened in 2004 by a shrewd British businessman in Casablanca based on the prototype of the cafe in the movie.
Although this cafe is just a high-end imitation, it does not prevent people from all over the world from traveling thousands of miles to come here with their fantasies about the romantic stories in the movie.
Just like what Luo Yue said about those who came to Casablanca because of the movie, their emotions indeed surpassed their reason.
Including Yang Cheng himself had a wonderful imagination before landing, but when he saw the real Casablanca, he knew that fairy tales were all lies. Casablanca may be the least worth visiting place in Morocco.
Casablanca is indeed a city with nothing to see: everything looks like a layer of dust, leaving an indelible impression of filth; traffic rules do not seem to apply here, and people and cars move around according to their own wishes. People walk freely on the road; thick smoke billows from the grilled fish stalls on the street. Most people seem to have their struggle for life written on their faces.
I have to say that there is a saying that is true - movies give you fantasy, and fantasy takes you on the road.
After returning to the hotel, Yang Cheng saw Yang Yuanshan find a private detective. This guy was also a ruthless person. After taking Yang Yuanshan's order, he didn't take over any other business for nearly 8 years. Even if Yang Yuanshan's remuneration was high enough, You won't let him be so cruel to you, right?
"Let's go, everyone is here~" Yang Yuanshan gave the order.
The private detective sat in the front car and led the way. The destination was the seaside, which sounded good. Facing the sea and with spring flowers blooming, it was definitely a geomantic treasure.
And when they arrived at the cemetery, they found that standing here, they could see the Grand Mosque in the distance. Under the empty sky, the waves were beating passionately on the rocks. On the other side of the cemetery, locals were playing football and surfing enthusiastically. Let the cemetery not have any sad color under the hot sunshine.
But this cemetery is too messy, no better than mass graves. Those who don’t know better think that those buried here are poor people who have no money to buy a cemetery.
But this is not the case. Morocco, as an Arab country, advocates "high maintenance and low burial".
What is "high maintenance, poor burial"? Someone once used the funeral of Saudi King Abdullah to analyze the funeral customs in the Arab world. , Abdullah is "the head of the world's largest oil-producing country" and "one of the most influential people in the world."
However, such a rich man with huge wealth did not have any luxury after death, but chose to keep everything simple - a few feet of shroud and a brief religious ceremony ended his funeral.
This kind of burial custom of "high maintenance and low burial" is the same in Arab countries. No matter rich or poor, everything is simple. Of course, among many Arab countries, only Egypt is special. Just look at the pyramids.
Although it was impossible to determine whether the dead buried in front of the sea were poor or rich, the simplicity and randomness of the cemetery was really surprising. Especially Yang Yuanshan, his eyes turned red instantly. In his opinion, his savior died like this. The place was simply an insult to him.
Besides, my old friend is not a prostitute, so there is no need to follow Arab customs.
The funniest thing is that just when the family was preparing to pay their respects solemnly, in addition to various entertainment activities at the beach, such as surfing, playing football, running, etc., there were also several children playing a game like hide-and-seek in the cemetery.
There was no way, Yang Cheng had to ask the tour guide to help take the child away, otherwise the sad atmosphere would be destroyed~
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