Chapter 401, the planet is occasionally fragile
Among the many cities in the UK, Wang Taika has a special liking for Edinburgh.
London gives people the feeling of being busy, and the influence of the economic capital always makes people feel that they cannot stop.
Manchester is a rebuilt industrial center, and it always makes people feel that there is a bit of historical heritage. Birmingham used to be a dirty coal city in people's minds, and heavy metal music was initiated in Birmingham. Although the environment is good now, Victorian buildings have been destroyed in World War II, which is meaningless.
Most of the major cities in the UK are in the English style, and Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, so it is also different from the style that is well-known in England.
To some extent, Scotland and England can be regarded as separate entities. This is true in history. If it weren't for the strength of Britain and the bond between the royal family in history, Scotland would have probably left Britain long ago.
Therefore, Britain also has a tradition of fighting between the north and the south.
When people in London talk about Edinburgh, they would say that they are mountain farmers who don’t know much about it. They grow up in the mountains and eat in the mountains, and can only play bagpipes to relieve boredom.
When people in Edinburgh talk about London, they said it was just a nest built by a group of greedy capitalists who were confused by money. They wanted to suck the blood of the whole world. The only thing they didn't drink was the Thames river water, because the water was dirty.
This metaphor is really vivid and vivid, with a hint of immorality, and British humor is indeed quite good.
To this day, about 40% of people in Scotland are willing to leave Britain and become independent. Even the Scottish legal system is not consistent with the common law system in England and is integrated into one. The basis of Scottish law is Roman law, civil law and common law characteristics.
Perhaps this is also the reason why Wang Taika likes Edinburgh. Seeing others’ unlucky, the unethical happiness can never be suppressed.
Wang Taika couldn't help but smile.
"What are you laughing at?" Pei Baicai sat next to Wang Taika, and the two of them sat in the cafe.
Wang Taika pointed to the graffiti on the wall and said, "You see that one."
Pei Baicai looked over and saw the graffiti of "VOTE YES" and asked: "What is the voting choice? What does it mean?"
"YES or NO, it's the referendum on Scottish independence."
Wang Taika explained: "In fact, when it comes to Britain, it often refers to England. The full name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and it has a very complex composition, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is not the concept of provincial state roads, but completely different ethnic personalities, language and thinking patterns. So in order to express their independence, Scots have always liked to call themselves Scots, Welsh people only like to call themselves Welsh, and Northern Ireland naturally only call themselves Irish, and they all try their best to remove the general title of the British."
Pei Baicai really doesn't know about these things. After all, he has so many trainings. Although he has cultural courses, he only learns basic things. He can't learn such things that involve more complex historical relationships. Even South Korean idols can't even understand their own history.
But this is what Pei Baicai likes Wang Taika very much. Wang Taika knows everything, and he will explain it in detail every time. It is not like telling it like a show-off, but like talking about an interesting gossip, explaining it all in detail.
It is because of Wang Taika's personality that Pei Baicai is willing to ask everything. Otherwise, who would be willing to seem to know nothing in front of the person he likes?
"Free tour guide, hehe." Pei Baicai tilted his head and looked at Wang Taika. It was obviously more important to look at him than what Wang Taika said.
Wang Taika was still talking to Pei Baicai: "There are many precious natural resources in Scotland, such as oil, natural gas, etc. The Scots think that the relationship between themselves and England is extremely unequal, because the income from Scotland's oil fields belongs to the British state. The Scots think this is the bad money grabbing behavior of the English. When they first entered the store, did you not see the line on the counter?"
Pei Baicai curled his lips, and did not pretend to understand in front of Wang Taika, and said, "My English is not that good."
Wang Taika said: "It says, please throw the garbage to England and keep Scotland clean. Haha, it can be seen that I feel so disgusted."
Pei Baicai also felt interesting. She had performed abroad before, but she always took a quick look at the local landmarks and left. After walking around, she was so clear that she was not as good as not coming. Except for a few more photos, she felt the same as not coming.
But when I was with Wang Taika, I felt like I was not like a passerby. I could sit here and talk about history, humanities, and art.
Pei Baicai actually didn't have that much interest in these things, but Wang Taika had a lot of experience in traveling around the world, and was well organized, just like telling stories, which was very interesting.
This is the first time Pei Baicai thinks that Wang Taika is so charming. His previous love comes from personality and other things, but this time it is because he admires his knowledge.
But in fact, Wang Taika has nothing to do with knowledge.
For example, this is nothing like the UK, even if Wang Taika doesn’t need to be a question, it’s easy to say anything in China who is normal about news or who likes to talk about politics in group chats.
So Pei Baicai is also a bit unfair. Because of her career, she has been to many places, but she may not have much experience. So when she met Wang Taika, she was trapped by the lake.
In fact, it is not difficult to be admired by an idol. The difficult thing is how can you go out for fun with your idol? This is the big way!
After drinking the coffee, Wang Taika and Pei Baicai came to the street hand in hand.
Prince Street and Royal Mile are the two most famous streets, and there are many tourists here. There are various activities on the street every day, and artists are performing.
They sang with musical instruments in groups of three or three, and some people gathered together in interesting costumes. They could even see someone suddenly confessing to the lady beside them, and everyone started to cheer.
Wang Taika smiled and said, "It turns out that Scots also like to watch the fun."
Pei Baicai looked up and was startled. After seeing it clearly, she smiled: "Look."
Wang Taika was also startled when he looked up. He didn't know who posted a photo of the Queen of England on the window upstairs, so at first glance it was really scary.
Pei Baicai saw the words "NO" in the photo, and thought of Wang Taika's words just now, and realized: "Oh, so this family doesn't want to leave the UK."
"Yes, the Queen is still very popular among Britain and the Commonwealth countries." Wang Taika thought to himself that the Queen is now ninety, right? It is really the last dignity of Britain.
Pei Baicai was not interested in these things, but only noticed because of Wang Taika's just talk. Then her attention changed and saw very small pieces of wood on the table on the other side, and many people were surrounding it.
"Let's go over and take a look." So she pulled Wang Taika over and saw that there were still many words on the wooden block.
Wang Taika explained: "Each of these is the shape of a small house. People who come here can receive a small house for free, handwritten what they think, and leave the small house to the organizers of the event. Then they will give a website and log in to the website every day to see what people from all over the world wrote on the small house."
"It's so interesting, I want one too."
Pei Baicai picked up one and wanted to show it back. Then he suddenly realized that it was not a variety show now, and there was no VJ camera following him, so he immediately stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.
It's a sequelae of idols.
Wang Taika saw Pei Baicai’s embarrassing appearance, but he didn’t expose it. Instead, he picked up one and said, “I’ll write one too.”
The two of them finished writing and placed it on the table.
"This is unfair!" Pei Baicai glanced at Wang Taika's wooden block and protested: "You can understand the Korean I wrote, but I can't understand the Chinese you wrote."
"Then who do you blame? Who made you not good at Chinese?"
Wang Taika didn't care about those things, and put down the small house with the words "I have to eat cabbage". So what if this thing is seen by others? I love eating cabbage, do you care about me?
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Pei Baicai wrote a bunch of books, but Wang Taika saw it. It said: "Time cannot be reversed. I work hard to prevent myself from returning to my past appearance. I hope no one will be hurt because of mine. Thank you every time, because this is the whole of my life."
I was originally hilarious, but because Pei Baicai's words made me laugh a little. I don't know if it was a point of meaning or a simple sigh. Wang Taika could only pretend that he didn't see it.
"Let's go!" Pei Baicai took the initiative to hold Wang Taika's hand, as if he had just put down something, and his steps became much lighter.
"Why did you come so far?" Pei Baicai suddenly asked a question as he walked.
Wang Taika casually said: "Let's get sick regularly."
"Haha." Pei Baicai smiled and said, "Is this your favorite city?"
Wang Taika said: "To be precise, it is the favorite among British cities."
Pei Baicai nodded: "I don't know much about British cities, I only know that the most famous one is London."
Wang Taika sighed: "London has too many emotions, too complex, too much, and it seems like a colorful garbage mountain. Edinburgh is different, it is beautiful. The beauty of quiet, the beauty of alienation, and the beauty of calm."
Pei Baicai showed a faint smile, and her heart seemed to be able to share the same thing at this moment. She said quietly: "Yes, I also think this moment is beautiful. Maybe it's not because of Edinburgh, but because you are by my side."
Wang Taika laughed, proudly as if he was a stupid Scottish groundhog who had just stolen gold coins.
The two men walked hand in hand on the street, the evening breeze stomped on the clouds, the sun began to set, and the wandering moon and dense stars came late.
It seems that the whole world is slowly sinking, leaving only a lonely city to fight against the long night.
Chapter completed!