Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 278 Waldorf Astoria Courtyard Hotel

"Boss, it seems that the sky in Beidu is lower than ours?"

Among the moving Audi car, except Miao Ying who had stayed in Beidu for quite some time, the other two girls were also visiting this city for the first time. As the car entered the city, they all leaned against the window and looked out.

Hearing Yun Lan's question, Zhou Wang took a look and said casually: "The sky in the north is generally lower than that in the south. This has something to do with longitude and latitude, temperature, air pressure, cloud cover, etc...."

"Wow, Boss, you know so much!"

Yun Lan's face immediately showed admiration.

But Zhou Wang was not upset. After all, the three girls sitting in the back seat could only produce one high school diploma and one technical secondary school diploma. It was really not a great sense of accomplishment to pretend to be educated in front of them...

"Read more books and you will know these things too."

Zhou Wang replied, then lowered the windows a little and began to look at the scenery along the way.

As far as he could remember, this was his first time visiting a super first-tier city, so Zhou Wang still had great expectations for it.

Starting from the South Fifth Ring Road, besides the expected high-rise buildings everywhere, the biggest feeling I had when I looked around was that there were so many parks in the northern capital...

Yinluchi Park, Citizen Park, Jiugong City Forest Park... We had only walked a short distance when the car had passed three parks.

After walking for a while, we saw two parks on both sides of the road, the World Flower Park on the left and Wangxing Lake Park on the right.

"The original plan proposed by Beidu was to create a 'city of a thousand parks'. This was also related to the previous cleanup of some illegal land construction. It can both reasonably utilize land resources and meet the leisure needs of citizens, killing two birds with one stone..."

The driver heard Zhou Wang's question as if he was talking to himself and continued with a smile.

Zhou Wang glanced sideways and could only sigh that he was indeed a driver from a good family. Every word he said seemed so sophisticated. Or maybe this was the average quality of people in Beidu?
After all, it is in the Imperial City...

Soon, the car passed the famous Temple of Heaven Park, and from here, it indicated that the group had entered the most core area of ​​Beidu.

Passing through Ciqimen and Chongwenmen along the way, Zhou Wang's greatest feeling was that the road planning of the northern capital was really impeccable. Almost all the roads he saw, whether big or small, were square and extremely flat.

To put it another way, in this city, as long as you can distinguish the basic directions of east, west, east and west, it will be difficult to get lost.

Just when Zhou Wang was praising Beidu’s transportation facilities in his heart... there was a traffic jam.

On Chongwenmennei Street, near Dongdan, Audi cars were stuck in the endless flow of traffic, unable to move.

In the past, Zhou Wang didn’t understand why some cities needed license plate restrictions, but now he understood... Even with license plate restrictions, the traffic is so congested, if there were no restrictions, it would probably be difficult to move around.

Fortunately, it was his first time in this city, so even the traffic jam seemed quite special. Zhou Wang was not impatient, but just watched the people coming and going on the street. He even took out his cell phone and took a picture.

However, he did not post on WeChat Moments, because he did not tell the senior sister in advance that he was coming to Beidu, and he wanted to give her a surprise.

……

After another forty minutes of stopping and starting, the vehicle passed Wangfujing, turned into Jinyu Hutong, and then drove into a small road.

As the car slowed down, Zhou Wang knew that they had reached their destination. He looked up and saw the entrance of the hotel where they were about to stay.

"Waldorf Astoria Courtyard Hotel Beidu".

This hotel, which is rated "five-star" and positions itself as "six-star luxury", belongs to the famous multinational hotel management company Hilton Group. The hotel has also been selected for the 2024 Best Hotels China Hotel list.

As the name suggests, the feature of this hotel is the integration of the history and culture of Beidu. Some of the suites in the hotel are hutong courtyards that fully retain the characteristics of Beidu. They are very suitable for "outsiders" like Zhou Wang, who can directly experience the purest characteristics of Beidu.

The hotel was naturally decided by Ding. After Zhou Wanglai told her about it before coming, she didn't think about anything else. With Ding Yi's intelligence, she didn't need to worry about these things.

As Zhou Wang expected, Ding Yi did not abruptly ask Zhou Wang to live directly in her house. Zhou Wang would obviously feel more comfortable with this arrangement.

After Zhou Wang and the others were taken to the lobby, they were immediately greeted by a waiter at the door.

"Mr. Zhou, Miss has already booked a room for you. Just tell me your name and go and settle down first. Miss will come to see you when she's done."

After several people got off the car, the driver smiled and said something to Zhou Wang, then drove away in the Audi.

After Zhou Wang gave his name, the waiter led them to the VIP reception room in the lobby to check in. Then a young man with a decent smile walked over quickly and greeted Zhou Wang respectfully:

"Hello, Mr. Zhou. I am your personal butler during your stay at the Waldorf Astoria Courtyard Hotel. You can call me Xiao Dai or Dave. Of course, you have the right to change the butler at any time. If you need, I can show you the list..."

"No, it's just you."

Zhou Wang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled.

When he stayed in five-star hotels before, the private butlers serving him were all women, but I swear to God, that was not Zhou Wang's intention. He is a very casual person and is not picky about gender.

"Thank you for your trust. Mr. Zhou, and the others, please come this way. I will take you to the room."

Next, under the guidance of Xiao Dai, Zhou Wang led the three girls through the underground corridor of the hotel and came to the west courtyard of the hotel.

The surrounding environment is a standard design of hutong + courtyard, which has the flavor of old Beijing.

"There are two courtyard houses like this in our hotel, namely the East Courtyard and the West Courtyard. Although the East Courtyard is a courtyard, it actually has four rooms. The West Courtyard where you are staying, Mr. Zhou, is the only complete courtyard villa in our hotel, covering an area of ​​1050 square meters..."

"how much is it?"

Zhou Wang asked.

Xiao Dai was slightly startled, then he answered while opening the door: "The normal booking price is about 14, and the presidential suite in our main building is priced at about 7 today..."

Xiao Dai's implication was very clear, this courtyard villa was the real "king of buildings" of the Waldorf Courtyard Hotel.

Zhou Wang nodded slightly. The main reason he asked about the price was that he wanted to know how much favor he owed Ding Yi so that he could repay him later.

Xiao Dai pushed open the door and entered the yard. The environment was not much different from the courtyard house that Zhou Wang had imagined, except for a red-painted attic in standard Chinese style.

But when you push open the door of the central hall and enter the master bedroom, the unique modern luxury atmosphere begins to hit you.

Zhou Wang found it difficult to comment for a moment, but on second thought, there was nothing wrong with it. He could feel the atmosphere of Northern Capital in the yard and enjoy luxury alone in the room. It was considered that all aspects were taken into consideration.

"You guys go pick your own room too."

After Xiao Dai confirmed that Zhou Wang had nothing to do for the time being and left, Zhou Wang turned to the three girls and said.

Including the upper and lower floors of the main building, this courtyard villa has four rooms in total, which is completely sufficient for living.

It's just that Miao Ying left first, while Yun Rou and Yun Lan stayed in the room. They consciously began to help Zhou Wang tidy up the room. By the way, they took out the clothes in the suitcase and hung them up for Zhou Wang.

While Yunlan was helping Zhou Wang check and make his bed, Yunrou went to the bathroom to help Zhou Wang flush the toilet.

There was indeed no time to take a good bath during the past two days in Baicheng, and Zhou Wang did not refuse their kindness.

This brings us to another thing about the master bedroom that made Zhou Wang very satisfied... the classical bathtub, whose overall shape resembles a giant bowl.

Just enough to accommodate three people.

Of course, Zhou Wang was just using this to describe how big the bathtub was, and it had nothing to do with anything else.

With the attentive service of Yunrou and Yunlan, Zhou Wang first had a full body SPA on the big bed, and finally soaked in the bathtub, enjoying the massage of four little hands. After a while, he became drowsy.

Zhou Wang fell asleep in the bathtub. After an unknown amount of time, when he opened his eyes, Yun Rou and Yun Lan were gone.

Zhou Wang was a little confused. Normally, even if he fell asleep, Yun Rou and Yun Lan would most likely stay here to guard him. After all, he fell asleep in the bathtub, and they would definitely not dare to leave rashly.

At this time, Zhou Wang heard some subtle noises coming from the compartment outside, like the sound of turning pages of a book. He looked through the half-open hollow wooden door and saw an infinitely beautiful figure sitting on a wooden chair across the door, looking down and reading something.

Zhou Wang understood and stood up from the bathtub with a "splash". The girl who heard the noise did not turn her head abruptly, but just paused what she was doing.

Zhou Wang changed into a bathrobe, came to the outer room, and asked with a smile: "When did you arrive?"

"It's been a while."

Ding Yi put down the book in his hand and looked up at Zhou Wang.

The moment they looked at each other, they were both startled at the same time, and a very similar strange feeling arose in their hearts at the same time.

In Zhou Wang's sight, Ding Yi was still as beautiful as ever, with bright facial features blended with a bit of mixed-race genes, purity and charm coexisting, and skin so white that it seemed to be glowing, so that she did not need too much makeup to exude a breathtaking charm.

Her long, smooth hair with a slight curve was let down, one side of it was fixed with a simple hairpin, and the other side was braided into a small braid that fell into the long hair, adding some girlish cuteness and agility to Ding Yi's virtuous temperament.

Zhou Wang was not sure for a moment whether this seemingly simple hairstyle was carefully designed to achieve such an effect, or whether it was because of Ding Yi's natural beauty that made her hairstyle so eye-catching.

But these were not the main reasons why Zhou Wang was stunned. After all, he was already very familiar with Ding Yi's "divine face". What really surprised him was the change in Ding Yi's temperament...

Although she was wearing a relatively casual long skirt and blouse, there was a sense of "distance" between Ding Yi's eyebrows.

When Ding Yi was on campus, although she was stunningly beautiful, her classmates also had the impression that she was very friendly, graceful, and loved to laugh and make fun of others.

But at this moment, Ding Yi suddenly showed some of the "tall and far" qualities that are unique to aristocratic ladies.

If Zhou Wang hadn't been familiar with her before, he might have been a little restrained when seeing a girl like this.

In Ding Yi's eyes, Zhou Wang had also undergone tremendous changes.

It was clear that the last time they met was only two months ago, but at that time he was just a young boy who had just begun to show his potential. Now his temperament had become more profound and steady, and he had completely become two different people from the Zhou Wang in her memory.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Zhou Wang finally spoke with a smile, breaking the strange silence:

"Why didn't you wake me up? Why did you just sit there and wait?"

"I've been quite busy lately. In addition to attending classes, I've also interned at a legal firm in Beidu. After that, I'll have to work at a newspaper, TV station, and Youth League Committee... In short, the next year will be very busy, so it's quite nice for me to sit in your luxury suite and read a book. It's a rare quiet time."

Ding Yi came back to his senses and answered with a smile.

“Why do you need to go to so many units?”

Zhou Wang was surprised and inexplicably emotional.

In the past, it was impossible for him not to know that Ding Yi had started an internship, but now, it was not until they met again that he heard about the other party's recent situation.

Many things are different after all.

"Because my parents' opinions are different from my choice, this is a compromise. I have to try both before I can convince them..."

Ding Yi smiled, glanced at Zhou Wang's sturdy chest vaguely exposed in his bathrobe, and pursed his lips and said, "Are you going to keep talking to me dressed like this? I'm not your two assistants, so you should be more cautious, right?"

Zhou Wang could only smile awkwardly. Of course, it was definitely not because of his "disheveled" appearance, but because when Ding Yi came, he didn't know whether Yun Rou and Yun Lan were "disheveled"...

"wait for me."

Zhou Wang coughed lightly and said something, then went to the cloakroom to change his clothes.

When he came out, Ding Yi was walking around the room with his hands behind his back, commenting: "This kind of courtyard house that was built later still lacks a little feeling. I'll take you to my grandma's house tomorrow and you'll know the difference..."

"Okay."

Zhou Wang smiled and replied, "Will your parents be here?"

"They all work in other provinces. My dad won't be transferred back until the beginning of the year...Are you afraid of seeing them?"

Ding Yi said this and glanced at Zhou Wang.

"Of course not, I just want to prepare some gifts..."

Zhou Wang laughed it off, not caring whether his words could fool Ding Yi or not.

Ding Yi didn't insist on asking, but smiled and said, "We're having Quanjude for dinner?"

"I heard that it doesn't suit the taste of us southerners, but since we are in the northern capital, we must try it..."

Zhou Wang nodded in response. He was about to ask about Jiang Mo when his cell phone suddenly vibrated.

Coincidentally, Ding Yi's cell phone rang at the same time.

The two looked at each other with amusement, then Ding Yi took the initiative to walk out, while Zhou Wang answered the phone in the room.

"Hey, Sister Ran, what's wrong?"

The person who called Zhou Wang was Lin Ran. Zhou Wang just thought that Lin Ran was asking him to shoot the next short video, so he asked casually.

"Mr. Zhou, I want to confirm with you, are you and Xia Xiwei... that kind of relationship?"

Lin Ran probably didn't know how to ask the question properly, so after a slight hesitation, he just asked directly.

"What do you mean?"

Zhou Wang frowned slightly. Mainly because of Lin Ran's identity, such an abrupt question would inevitably make Zhou Wang a little unhappy.

"Mr. Zhou, please don't misunderstand me... Well, why don't you check out the hot searches online first? Five minutes ago, Xia Xiwei updated her Weibo with a status. Although she deleted it quickly, someone has already taken a screenshot. The content in it is related to you."

Noticing that Zhou Wang's tone was a little impatient, Lin Ran quickly explained.

……

At the same time, in the corridor outside, when Ding Yi heard the content of the phone call, his slight smile froze.

"Please repeat what you said she did."

After hearing the person on the phone repeat it, Ding Yi's expression had become calm.

"I understand, thank you."

Ding Yi hung up the phone, but did not put down the phone. Instead, he found another number in the address book and dialed it.

When the call was connected, Ding Yi was smiling again:
"Hello, Aunt Lin, it's me, Yi Yi. I want to ask you if Brother Cheng Yu is still working at the Guang Media Headquarters... Oh, he got promoted again, so I'd like to congratulate him. Um, could you give me his phone number... Okay, thank you Aunt Lin, I'll come to see you again this weekend."

　I will try to write another chapter in the middle of the night, and you can read it tomorrow.

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