I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Soon, as Serabel and his party entered the hotel, the security measures for the vacuum superconducting maglev train launch conference finally began to take shape.

We saw that before we even reached the venue entrance, all kinds of identity verification and security checks had already been carried out in the hotel lobby, and large groups of guests were queuing in front of the security gates.

"Let's... just go over there."

Ooka Hongye took Serabelle and randomly picked a team that seemed to have relatively fewer people and headed over.

But just as they reached the end of the line, the person in front of them turned around. It was a beautiful woman from Osaka.

"Ara, isn't this Ping-chan's friend?"

Chapter 807 Mrs. Suzuki: Sister, you can’t do this.

After all, this is a press conference for the country's development of world-leading high-tech, and it is also linked to the upcoming world-class sports event WSG. These two buffs have made today's press conference an exclusive gathering for Japan's top dignitaries.

From super tycoons to prominent families, and then to the families of high-ranking officials in the political and police circles.

It can be said that the quality of the party was extremely high and the number of people attending was quite large.

So when Serabelle and the others passed through security and arrived at the inner venue, the venue was already bustling with people... Well, it might not be appropriate to use this word to describe an upper-class party.

But to make a simple analogy, if at this moment someone had a grenade hidden in his crotch, passed the security check, arrived at the entrance of the venue, pulled the ring of the grenade, and threw it inside at any angle he liked, then the five-star wanted notice that would pop up above his head in an instant would be enough to get him shot a hundred or eighty times.

That's about it.

"Hmm~ There are so many big names attending the press conference today, including a new automotive giant, a leading dim sum company, and..."

Ooka Momiji still had one hand on Serabelle's arm, and they showed no sign of restraining their intimacy even inside the venue. At this moment, they were looking left and right, observing the scale of tonight's press conference.

Serabelle wasn't very interested in these things, she just turned her head to look at the beautiful Osaka woman who came in with them on the other side.

"Jinghua...Aunt, where are Heiji and the others? Didn't they come with us?"

"no."

Hattori Shizuka smiled and shook her head.

"I was originally here to represent them. Ping-chan called me a few days ago and said that the weather was too hot and he didn't want to travel so far, so he asked me to help attend. As for his father, his workload has increased recently. I heard that he has been so busy that he doesn't come home once a week."

"very scary……"

Serabelle's brows jumped.

To be honest, there aren't many things that he could describe like this, but isn't it a bit too much to work a crappy job that means you can't go home once a week...and it seems that the average annual income in Japan is only four to five million yen.

Even if the position of Metropolitan Superintendent is high and the income is high, then that would count as 20 million yen a year for you?

That's only 100,000 pounds.

You have to know that in the last century, the top British civil servants, cabinet secretaries, made about this amount a year. Moreover, they had all kinds of welfare benefits, and did not need to work overtime. They could even take a break and watch cricket in the afternoon.

So this is the atmosphere in the Japanese workplace? Fortunately, I didn’t listen to Inspector Megure’s nonsense about passing the exam to work at the Metropolitan Police Department…

Thinking back to her firm refusal to answer at that time, Serabelle couldn't help but feel relieved from the bottom of her heart.

It is impossible to go to work. It is impossible for me to go to work in this life.

"But does Sera-kun know what the specific arrangements for the opening ceremony are?"

Hattori Shizuka frowned slightly and nodded her mouth with a hint of confusion.

"Ping-chan only told me that he was coming here to attend the press conference today. But before you came, when I was queuing outside, I heard someone nearby say that there seemed to be some kind of test ride event after today, and that there would be a physical examination before the test ride. Is that going to be held today as well?"

“I remember this as if…”

Serabelle was about to speak when a waiter from the hotel came up from behind, turned to them and bowed politely.

"Hello, sir. Could you please change the place where we can continue our conversation? We will be serving the dishes soon..."

"Oh, I know."

Serabelle said as she turned her head to look at the entrance of the venue behind her.

They saw a long line of food trucks outside the main entrance of the venue where they had entered earlier, filled with all kinds of freshly baked delicacies.

"I'm really sorry to bother you."

The waiter bowed again.

With the introduction of food, the atmosphere in the venue became even more lively.

The adults were holding wine glasses and toasting each other, creating an atmosphere of an upper-class dance party.

Children naturally eat whatever they want. It can be said that the only purpose of the food displayed in the venue is to be used for viewing and to be eaten by children.

Because adults have to be polite, they usually come over after they have eaten their fill at home.

It is not always the case that at a banquet, the big shots all hold a pork elbow in their hands, chewing it until their mouths are full of oil while still maintaining their elegance...

Can’t do it (shakes finger).

Serabelle never worried about whether she should sit at the adults' table or the children's table. She just took her plate and walked around the dining car, picking up some food she liked.

When he finished picking up the food and turned around, he saw three little kids standing next to the food cart he had passed before, each holding a plate, looking as if they were ready to have a big meal.

And next to her was Miss Sonoko, who had a helpless look on her face and had completely turned into a nanny.

"Hey, you guys, be a little more moderate. Although the food here is free, don't overeat. Do you understand?"

"I understand~"*3

She was answered by the children's voices.

But looking at the movements of these three little ones' hands, you can tell that they don't understand a thing.

Fortunately, Serabelle was not the type who liked children, and everyone who knew him knew how naughty these three kids were, so he did not plan to join in the fun and went straight back to Ooka Momiji in the center of the venue.

At this time, Suzuki Tomoko had just walked around the venue and said hello to everyone she knew.

The three parties gathered together. Suzuki Tomoko glanced at her daughter who was still being restrained by three naughty kids in the distance, and she smiled at the Kyoto girl.

"But it really surprised me. I didn't expect that the eldest daughter of the Ooka family would have such a relationship with Sera-kun. I have never heard of it before."

“It’s normal that you haven’t heard of it.”

Ooka Momiji stood beside the young man. Although her tone was still gentle and her words were very polite, her aura had unknowingly become the same as when she participated in the Satsuki Cup in Kyoto.

"After all, it has never been made public before, and this time I am here for the purpose of making it public."

"Is it just an open relationship, or... an open engagement?"

Suzuki Tomoko's smile is meaningful.

Ooka Momiji is indeed very powerful, so powerful that even someone as eloquent as Sonoko is repeatedly defeated by her.

But in the eyes of the older generation like Tomoko Suzuki, it is not good enough.

It’s a simple question, but it accurately captures the essence of Ooka’s red leaves.

Suzuki Tomoko's meaning was very simple. As the eldest daughter of the Ooka family in Kyoto, if Ooka Momiji really wanted to make her engagement public, she should not appear in such an informal manner in a formal occasion.

And if it is just an open relationship, then it is far from the level of "engagement", especially whether the Ooka family will recognize this relationship is another matter.

Tsk, you're really talking about something else...

Unable to help but curse inwardly, Ooka Hongye fell into silence for a while.

At this moment, the lights in the conference hall suddenly began to go out one by one.

Chapter 808 Yuanzi: My father is gone too!

It was not a sign of murder, it was just the lights going out.

At the same time, lights on the stage in front of the venue lit up, and a train animation began to play on the big screen behind the stage.

“Is this about to begin?”

Like many insects, humans can be considered phototactic animals, so when Serabelle saw the lights on the stage come on, she understood.

"It seems so..."

Tomoko Suzuki also looked towards the stage.

All she could say was that the timing was unfortunate. She never expected that the press conference would officially begin just as she finished speaking.

At this point, even she couldn't force the press conference to be postponed for even a few minutes. It was too unreasonable to insist that it start only after she finished her talk.

It seems that this topic will have to be left until next time.

Seeing that Suzuki Tomoko was no longer obsessed with this issue and focused her attention on the press conference, Ooka Momiji, who was standing on the other side of Serabelle, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning their attention to the stage, as most of the lights in the venue went out, two figures appeared where the spotlights were on the stage and became the focus of the audience.

One of them was a young woman wearing a white conductor's uniform. Her exaggerated behavior and tone made her look like a super popular idol.

"... Well, first let me introduce myself. My name is Ishioka Airi, you can just call me Airi. The person next to me is Ms. Shirahato Maiko, the technical director of the newly developed vacuum superconducting maglev train."

As she spoke, she waved to a freckled woman next to her who was dressed more professionally.

"We are here to welcome you on behalf of all the train crew~!"

Bow and greet.

"Well, let's get back to the point. Our country's latest vacuum superconducting maglev train has a maximum speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour and runs between Shibahama Station and Nagoya Station."

"According to the actual test data of our train set, the time required to travel between the two places is only... a short 25 minutes!!"

At this point, Ishioka Airi, who had already completely entered her idol state on the stage, stretched out her hands and made a big two and five gesture to the audience.

The audience also cooperated very well and burst into warm applause mixed with exclamations.

It sounds impressive, but it's just a toy after all...

Serabelle defined it calmly in her mind without any emotion.

It was almost the same as he had speculated before. According to the promotional animation on the big screen behind the stage, this so-called vacuum superconducting maglev train was essentially no different from an ordinary maglev train. It was just that the tunnel it ran through was more special.

It uses a vacuum tunnel, which means that after the train enters the tunnel, both ends of the tunnel will be closed. At the same time, the vacuum equipment in the tunnel starts to work at full capacity to extract as much air as possible from the tunnel to achieve a near-vacuum effect.

This way, no matter how fast the train is traveling, there is no need to worry about air resistance.

However, considering that the cost of building a few kilometers of high-speed rail is hundreds of billions of yen, if it were replaced with a vacuum tunnel, who knows how many times the cost would be.

After all, if you want to make the gimmick of vacuum tunnel come true, you must first make the vacuum tunnel account for a large enough proportion of the length of the entire line, and the total length of the line must also be long enough. Otherwise, it will be as funny as taking a direct flight from Tokyo to Chiba, where you arrive at the destination before you even start.

However, the longer this special tunnel is, the more expensive it will be.

What's more, if you really need long-distance and fast transportation, air transportation would be a more mature and reliable solution.

To sum up, the only aspect in which this so-called vacuum superconducting maglev train can compare with air transport is probably environmental protection.

After all, one uses electricity and the other uses aviation fuel.

Electricity is a renewable energy source, but jet fuel is not.

But this involves the issue of grand narratives that only ordinary people would believe.

Clean energy and the future of mankind are things that ordinary people will pay attention to after watching the news programs. Politicians only care about getting as many political achievements as possible during their term of office to ensure their support rate. It is impossible for them to spend so much money on things that will only be enjoyed by their descendants.

So the Japanese railway department researched and developed this thing, most likely just for... fun.

As expected, the next second, the idol Lu's train attendant's speech on the stage completely exposed this.

"The venue of our press conference today, Shibahama Scenery Hotel, is connected to Shibahama Station by an underground passage, and the Shibahama Stadium, where the opening ceremony of the Tokyo World Games will be held in two days, is directly connected to the station. After the opening of the Tokyo World Games, the Shibahama area will also attract a lot of popularity because it is the starting point of the vacuum superconducting maglev..."

Well, that's true.

Serabelle thought.

On the stage, Ishioka Airi continued to explain: "By then, the people on this train will include the sponsors of the Tokyo World Games who are present today, as well as personnel from various national sports associations... In addition, Mr. Alan Mackenzie, president of the International World Games Association, will also give a speech as a representative for us today~"

As soon as he finished speaking, the picture on the big screen on the stage changed, and a page was picked out from the list of personnel from many national sports associations.

The photo on the details page showed a blond American old man with a serious expression, sixty-three years old. In the resume at the bottom, there was one item that caught Serabelle's attention.

——FBI Director.

Wow! It seems that I have managed to get myself a nice idle job before retirement.

The boy thought.

There is nothing much to say after that. It's just a pre-recorded video. It starts with the formulaic Japanese Mina Sawaguchi saying "You're so anxious!", and then it goes on to a bunch of English blah blah.

The press conference is almost coming to an end here.