Return to Singapore 1995

Who? Li Xiaofan looked back and saw that it was Tang Jiaming, Brother Ming!

Next to Tang Jiaming was a gorgeous young woman with jewels, who gently held his arm.

The two of them came out of Paragon with large and small bags. The bags in their hands were full of GUCCI, Chanel and other famous brand clothes. It looked like they had just gone shopping.

He stood up and responded: "Brother Ming! What a coincidence, you come to visit Orchard Road too!"

"Well! Come on, Affan, let me introduce to you. This is my wife Irene! Irene, let me introduce to you. This handsome guy is the Affan who I told you about in advance, the handsome guy from mainland China!"

After hearing this, Aileen showed a warm smile to Li Xiaofan: "Oh, you are Afan. I have long admired your name. Thank you for saving my father-in-law!"

It sounds like Erin's Chinese is pretty good too.

"You're welcome, you should!"

"Afan, you are so interested today. We went shopping on Orchard Road with your friends!" Brother Ming looked at the two girls next to Li Xiaofan and said with a smile.

"Haha, these two are my friends from mainland China. We made an appointment to go shopping on Orchard Road tonight and watch a movie together!"

"Oh, what kind of movie is so attractive?" Brother Ming asked curiously.

"Have you seen Zhang Ailing's "Red Rose and White Rose"?"

"I haven't watched a movie for a long time!" Brother Ming shook his head.

"A Ming, it shows that you are already old. You are always talking about business and business all day long, and you are nowhere to be seen! It is rare for you to go shopping with me! How about we also go to the movies tonight? This Red and White Rose movie is my favorite You know, I like the male protagonist Zhao Wenxuan very much!" Irene said angrily.

Back then, Zhao Wenxuan was known as the killer of young women! Fascinating countless middle-aged women.

Tang Jiaming switched to Hokkien to communicate with Irene: "Irene, how about another day? There are still a few guests from Kalimantan, Indonesia waiting for me in the hotel to discuss things!"

"Are you going to drink again tonight?"

"I can't help it. Who is our client? It's rare to come to Singapore. Besides, my father is not in good health and it's not convenient to come out. I have to entertain and entertain them!"

"Well, remember to come back early tonight and drink less..."

"I know!"

After the couple had a brief private exchange in Hokkien, Tang Jiaming said to Li Xiaofan in Chinese:

"Afan, after watching the movie, do you want to come over and have some wine and supper together? I have a few foreign guests with me..."

"No, thank you, Brother Ming. After watching the movie, we have to go home early and rest! I have to catch a flight back to China early tomorrow morning!"

"Oh, yes, you will return to China tomorrow. I wish you a smooth journey. I will pick you up when you come back!"

"Okay, thank you brother Ming, sister-in-law, 88!"

"Well, 88, I wish you a happy weekend!"

After Tang Jiaming and his wife walked away, Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen said curiously:

"Li Xiaofan, who was that mustache just now?"

"A Singaporean friend of mine!"

"This couple looked very rich just now, Li Xiaofan, how come you still have such rich friends in Singapore!" Liu Mengchen gossiped.

“I’ve never heard of the old saying: rely on your brothers at home and rely on friends outside. To live in Singapore today, you have to find ways to make more local friends…”

"But I feel that those Singaporean colleagues are polite and polite on the surface, but they seem to be difficult to get close to..." Guo Hanyue said.

"Yes, yes, I always feel that those from the mainland are inferior to their locals. There is an invisible discrimination!"

While the two girls were chattering, Li Xiaofan was thinking and reviewing what he had thought and seen today.

When he went to visit Forest Mansion in the afternoon, he remembered that in his hometown in the late 1990s, an electronic IT market called Yigao Digital appeared, which was very popular. The business format was very similar to the current Forest Mansion. I also thought of the home appliance chain between Gome and Suning...

When he was browsing the Kinokuniya Bookstore in Bugis Square, he thought of the online bookstore Dangdang.com and the divorce farce in which the former founder snatched the official seal...

Among the next few major Internet business giants, Alibaba and JD.com are the ones that have developed the best, but that will have to wait until the Internet becomes popular in 1998, and it is still too far away now...

While he was deep in thought, Liu Mengchen urged: "Hey, Li Xiaofan, what are you doing? It's already 8:40, and the movie is about to start!"

"Oh, let's go then!"

The movie show Li Xiaofan bought was at nine o'clock in the evening.

After entering Hall 2 of Lido Cinema, it was the first time for Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen that they had seen such an exquisite small hall cinema. At that time, many large cinemas in China still had two floors with large hardwood chairs.

The two of them held the popcorn and ice coke set that Li Xiaofan bought for them and sighed:

"Wow, the chairs in this theater are so comfortable!"

“The environment inside is so elegant and it’s really worth the money!”

After the three of them found their seats, Liu Mengchen said, "Li Xiaofan, since you performed so well today, I'll reward you by letting you sit between us and enjoy the feeling of being hugged from one side to the other!"

"Haha, this benefit is okay!" Li Xiaofan laughed.

"Mengchen, you girl didn't ask for my opinion, what if I don't like it?" Guo Hanyue said angrily.

Liu Mengchen smiled and said: "Sister Yue, if you are not happy, then I will sit in the middle and Li Xiaofan will sit next to me!"

"Damn girl!" Guo Hanyue glared at her and waved to Li Xiaofan: "Come on, Xiaofan, sit next to me!"

"Hey, a mouthful of Xiaofan, Xiaofan! It's so affectionate!"

All of a sudden, Li Xiaofan became a hot "hot commodity"!

Li Xiaofan couldn't stand the loud voices of these two girls, so he whispered: "Shh... be quiet, this is Singapore, don't make too much noise in the cinema!"

Li Xiaofan recalled that when they first arrived in Singapore, compared with local Singaporeans, they had several typical characteristics: First, people from mainland China were very loud in public places, while local Singaporeans spoke relatively softly. Second, they don’t know that they should always stand on the right side when riding the escalator. Third, mainland boys like to put a key ring on their belt and hang a bunch of jingling keys. Fourth, mainland boys like to wear the kind of light trousers brought from China, the kind that float when the wind blows...

Therefore, it was easy to identify visitors from mainland China on the streets of Singapore at that time. These characteristics were obvious.

After the movie started, the two girls gradually lost their voices and were immersed in the story and pictures.

In the opening scene of "Red Roses and White Roses", the male and female protagonists are wearing thick windbreakers walking on the streets of old Shanghai in the bleak autumn wind. The golden sycamore leaves have fallen to the ground, and the artistic conception of late autumn is rushing towards them.

"I suddenly felt homesick and missed the autumn in China..." Guo Hanyue sighed softly.

"Tomorrow I can either pack you into my suitcase and take you back home together!" Li Xiaofan teased softly.

"Haha, if possible, I really want to go back to China with you! There are no four seasons in Singapore. Sometimes it feels so boring and not romantic at all!"

When the two of them whispered, "Shh... be quiet, this is a Singapore cinema, please don't make too much noise!" Liu Mengchen imitated Li Xiaofan's words and said to them.

It seemed that Li Xiaofan and Guo Hanyue were whispering and leaving her alone, which aroused Liu Mengchen's dissatisfaction.