Chapter 1451: Really Distressed

After a hearty meal of Chinese hot pot, it was past 10 o'clock in the night.

The two pairs of men and women finally wanted to ride back to their apartment in the community, but just after driving for a long time, they came across a movie theater that was still brightly lit late at night. 2", "Suicide Squad 2" and other huge Hollywood blockbuster posters.

In addition, there are long queues that extend all the way to the street.

Today is December 19th.

Saturday.

Orthodox Christmas, which is generally celebrated in the former Soviet Union, falls on January 7. However, under the strong operation of the Westeros system, the Ukrainian theater market and Hollywood blockbusters are basically synchronized with those in North America.

Seeing the line on the street, Sergey suddenly remembered, and said to others: "Hey, if I remember correctly, "Suicide Squad 2" was released yesterday?"

Before the others could answer, Mary behind her had already patted her boyfriend on the shoulder: "Go on, don't stop, we can't spend any more money today."

The other pair laughed mockingly again.

Sergey had no choice but to continue, looking at the two Alexanders who had no intention of stopping.

Alexander noticed Sergey's expectant look as a movie fan, and said, "There are many people on weekends, we have to go to the resort early tomorrow, and we will definitely queue up at the ski resort when it is late, and we will watch the movie tomorrow night."

Sergey thought about it too, so he had to give up.

Alexander's girlfriend, Yelena, couldn't help being a little angry: "The movie theaters are full of Hollywood movies. We will never see movies produced in our own country."

Alexander retorted: "Why not? We watched a romance movie last month, which was invested and shot by Rivney Media. Don't you think it's good?"

"I mean, a sci-fi blockbuster like Space Clash."

Sergey next to him said: "Even without Hollywood, it would be difficult for us to make such a movie. The production budget of "Clash of Heaven and Earth" is only 120 million US dollars. Even if someone in Ukraine can get it, it is impossible to invest in making a movie."

Everyone laughed again.

The four of them just turned a corner by bicycle and entered a relatively secluded path.

Mary saw that there were no other pedestrians around, and it took a long time for a barely illuminated street lamp to turn on this section of the road, so she couldn't help but said: "It's really dark here, there are not many street lamps, and only one side is on, it's too stingy .”

"Electricity is tight." Sergey, who also took the power plant test last year, was inevitably concerned about this, and responded to his girlfriend: "There are too many factories in Rivni now, and the excess power from surrounding states has been imported, and power generation has been under construction. The electricity is still in short supply, and I heard that the electricity from the northern nuclear power plant is no longer sent to Kiev, and all of it is transferred here, so officials from both places have complained to the president.”

Alexander listened with relish, and asked, "Is there not enough electricity in Kiev?"

"It's not enough, it's because I'm unprepared," Sergey said. "The Rivneu nuclear power plant will no longer send electricity to Kiev. Kiev can only rebuild the power plant and power grid to make up for the shortage. How can the authorities have the money to do these things now?"

Mary followed up and asked, "Did the president intervene?"

"I have intervened, but the power is still with us, because we have a high price and low transmission loss, which can increase the revenue of the Rovne Nuclear Power Plant by 20%," Sergey substituting himself into the Rovne people unconsciously. He is proud: "Anyway, there must be more blocks in Kiev that cannot be lit now than here."

After Sergey finished speaking, Alexander and Mary were inexplicably more honored.

Livni can compete with the capital for electricity, which is also very powerful.

On the contrary, Yelena remained silent, and said after a while: "Actually, I sometimes think that if the Soviet Union is still there, it must be better than it is now."

Everyone is not a stunned young man who doesn't understand, and has received higher education, plus these years of personal experience, hearing Yelena say this suddenly, he fell into deep thought for a while.

After a brief silence, Alexander suddenly cursed: "It's all the fault of Ge Shi's bitch."

Feeling Alexander's gnashing of teeth, Sergey paused and said, "The political and economic system of the Soviet Union at that time could no longer continue, and reform was inevitable."

Mary said weakly: "I don't understand, why is it like this?"

"Because what we need is reform," Yelena said, "not revolution."

Sergey nodded and said: "Revolutionary reforms will only lead to the destruction of everything, so we can only start from scratch."

Alexander followed suit: "Besides, I actually don't think our system is unsustainable. Otherwise, how could the Soviet Union be as strong as it once was? The problem is the economy, huh, just like the campaign slogan of US President Clinton. You know, when the Soviet Union The economic predicament in China is far less serious than the Great Depression in the 1930s in the United States. It is just an economic downturn cycle similar to that of the West. The West has experienced so many economic cycles and can recover. As long as the method is appropriate, we will definitely be able to get out of the predicament. However, That idiot Gorson completely blamed the system for the economic difficulties, and chose to overthrow everything and destroy everything."

Yelena didn't want to talk about some of her observations, but she still said: "Yeah, I don't know if you have noticed that Rivni, where we are located, has obviously developed in recent years with the attributes of a planned economy model, and everything has strict regulations. Planning is not at all what Western liberal economies do.”

"This is indeed a ridiculous and magical point," Alexander said: "Simon Westeros, the richest person in Western society, used the planned economy model to build a prosperous building on the ruins of the former Soviet Union in just a few years.

Huacheng. "

Listening to the speculations of her lover and friends, Mary could only remain silent.

The next day is Sunday.

Those discussions on the way home last night were just episodes after all, and life must go on.

The four of them got up early, had breakfast at dawn, and took the bus to the resort 30 kilometers away from Rivni. Just looking at the crowding of four people squeezed into two seats, one can imagine that the resort is very crowded on Sundays. How lively.

This is not without reason.

Because it is winter, overseas tourists are greatly reduced, and the resort has very strong discounts for local tourists. In order to facilitate the round trip, only the shuttle bus on the day will last from six o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock in the evening. The price of hotel accommodation in the resort There will also be discounts.

Of course, for the four Alexanders who still belong to the low-consumption group, it is best not to stay in a discounted hotel unless necessary.

The shuttle bus that lasted until 10 o'clock in the middle of the night obviously took this into consideration. The purpose was to allow some incapable tourists to enjoy part of the nightlife in the resort without staying overnight.

The four of them didn't take the earliest bus, and they arrived at the hot spring resort, and the time was still less than eight o'clock.

Everyone got off the train at the station, and when they looked up, they could see various billboards erected on the surrounding walls of the station, showing various recent activities here.

Skiing is one of the most popular.

The four of them patiently stopped to watch. In addition to skiing, there are also regular stage plays, ballet, circus and other performances here, usually in the afternoon and night.

However, it's hard to come here once, so of course it can't be wasted indoors.

There is also an amber craft exhibition.

At the request of the two girls, the four decided to leave to take a look. Rivne Oblast is a famous amber producing area. Some shops in the urban area will also sell amber, but most of them are exported. This time they went to see the amber craft exhibition It can only be to join in the fun.

After briefly confirming the schedule, the four of them hurried to the ski resort.

Came early and got in smoothly.

Tickets are 300, including the rental of ski props, the total cost is 400 hryvnia.

This is still the discounted price.

However, for the four young people, it’s still the same sentence, they can only play two or three times a year at most, and today they have prepared half a month’s salary as a budget.

The episode is that Mary deliberately used Yelena's suggestion yesterday to pay the bill in cash instead of credit card.

It really hurts.

After all, I understand that even if they are more than inferior now, they are only ordinary people at the bottom, at least in this city.

It wasn't like that at first.

None of the four came from the lowest family background.

Yelena can clearly remember that when she was a child, almost every winter, the family could go to the real ski resorts in the Carpathians for a week at a time. It's just a gentle slope.

However, even with these gentle slopes, they now need to plan carefully in order to come and play once.

Of course, this is definitely not the case for everyone here.

There is no shortage of wealthy people in the Rivne region.

Not to mention the rich and powerful who have made fortunes rapidly in recent years, there is another group in Rivno State who is also very rich, that is the private army corps belonging to the Westeros system, and their benefits are quite good family group.

This matter is not a secret in Rivni, or the whole of Ukraine, even outside of Ukraine, who pays a little attention to these things, probably knows about it.

After all, in 1994, the Ukrainian private army fell from the sky and prevented a massacre in Africa, which is well known to all the world.

Then, this group of people returned to Ukraine and formed a private army with a long, common and hard-to-remember name, which continued to serve the Westeros system and was active in many parts of the world.

However, enjoying the high benefits of being superior to others actually means reciprocal obligations.

Going to the battlefield is to die.

During the Cold War, even if the United States and the Soviet Union had been confronted for a long time, most of the millions of Soviet troops had never been on the battlefield from serving to retiring, and the private army of the Westeros system in Ukraine, even ordinary people like them, could often Heard some casualties that spread out.

During lunch, Alexander joked with his girlfriend, saying that he would join this private army when they couldn't make it any longer, and look for opportunities to risk their lives in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars for Yelena and their future baby as child support.

Only to be stared back at.

The 24-year-old Alexander not only has no service experience, but has already missed the best age to be a soldier. Coupled with his slight myopia, it is impossible to be hired. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of not returning all the things you learned in college, take the civil service exam as soon as possible, or always pay attention to changing to a job with a professional counterpart and more lucrative salary. .

It was a fun day anyway.

The four of them left the ski resort until the sun sank into the horizon, came to the core area of ​​the resort again, had dinner, and ran to the planned last stop of the amber craft exhibition.

The location is in the resort conference center that was just completed this year.

Tickets are 30 hryvnia.

Xiaogui.

Amber is obviously unaffordable, so the money can only be a feast for the eyes, and it is inevitable that it is not worth it, especially Mary, who has switched to the cash payment mode, almost said to forget it.

But it's all here, after all

Still buy tickets.

Then it feels worthwhile.

First of all, the exquisite coated paper printed brochure that comes with the ticket, even if it is obviously suspected of advertising, it is still worth collecting.

Then there are a variety of amber handicrafts, amber jewelry, amber sculptures, etc. in the booths of the conference center, which is a feast for the eyes.

Too bad I can't afford one.

Walking to an amber jewelry booth unknowingly, Yelena was attracted by a heart-shaped blood amber pendant, and stopped for a while, but the female teller at the booth just kept a polite smile, clearly seeing her intentions, and she didn't even think about it at all. He didn't intend to invite Yelena to try it on.

As a boyfriend, Alexander hesitated several times, but in the end he didn't help.

What can I try, but I still can't afford it.

Moreover, if they bump into each other, the few of them will not even think about leaving today. The key is that they can't afford to sell themselves.

Reluctant to give up, she left the booth, and Yelena stayed by the side for a while, as if getting closer to the blood amber would give her more thoughts.

After dawdling like this for a while, when he was about to leave dejectedly, he heard a crisp girl's voice next to him: "Wow, what a beautiful pendant, it's still in the shape of a heart. I want this."

Then came the female teller's respectful and almost humble voice: "Okay, miss, do you want to try it first?"

"I'm wearing a turtleneck sweater, just wrap it up and try it again when you go back."

The female teller again respectfully agreed: "Yes."

The four of Alexander looked over together, and it turned out that a young girl was surrounded by a group of men and women. Although the girl was only wearing an ordinary light pink turtleneck sweater and washed jeans in the venue room, the domineering demeanor was unknown whether it was innate or later. Or let the people around her feel that she is the center of the group.

Not to mention appearance.

Just a glance from the side, even a woman like Yelena can't help but feel a little bit moved.

Yelena and the others could also vaguely hear that there was another group of women with very special identities in Livni.

The women of Simon Westeros.

However, although the identity of a super rich woman will only arouse the envy of most people, the girl next to her will not remind them of this at all. The eldest lady who is heartbroken at the first glance.