Upstarts and poor settlers

"I'm jealous of you, not because of your location advantage, not because of your resource endowment, and not because of your port opening privilege, but because you are young."

Shanghai knew in his heart that the old man was probably digging into a dead end, so he didn't poke it out, and just listened calmly from the sidelines.

"You can be unrestrained, you can make mistakes, you can be an explorer's paradise, and you can be an oriental Paris, New York, and London, because you have never been defined," Nanjing pointed to the surrounding high-rise buildings, "Before you were born, where were you? Such a modern architecture? For us, you were what we were missing from the beginning, and what we dreamed of at that time, this is modernity.”

Shanghai frowned, "How do you say that, I look like a local tyrant with no culture and background. Pay attention to the elderly. I also have an ancient town, Yu Garden, and Town God's Temple. I can also be very classic."

"I said you represent modernization, and I didn't mean to accuse you of being uneducated." Seeing a street park in front of him, Nanjing walked slowly, picked a bench to sit down, and waved to Shanghai, "Your love, I Really flattered, don't interrupt me, I'm not eccentric, it's all from the heart."

"However, I still want to reject you, both out of my inferiority complex and my conceit." Nanjing pointed to Shanghai, "You are young, outstanding and rich, and even your household registration is worth ten thousand times more than mine. In the words of young people, there is no doubt that you are tall, rich and handsome. What's more frightening is that you still have endless potential."

Pointing to himself again, "If you don't look at the old soul, just look at the appearance is ordinary. For example, everyone knows that the beauty of West Lake is the best in the world, but how many people know about Xuanwu Lake? Hangzhou is also an ancient city, but he can compare with I can follow in your footsteps, but I can't. My original sin determines that I can't go too far. The current development trend has also confirmed this. I was, I am, and I will be a forgotten Chinese in the future. Uncle Nian, do you think you and I are compatible?"

Shanghai raised eyebrows, "If you don't have the second half of the sentence, then I will feel that you are prevaricating me. Believe me, your beauty is still okay, compared to the disgraced Beijing (smog) and Xi'an where the hairline is worrying." (Greening), you are doing pretty well.”

"Thank you," Nanjing said with a dry smile, "I just said half of my argument, and now I'm going to talk about the other half. It's about my ego."

"That's right, you are the leader of the Yangtze River Delta. According to the meaning of the country, the entire delta will revolve around you, just like the moon revolves around the earth, and the earth revolves around the sun. I am no exception, but...not what I want .So I am not active, I am not active, so I am behind and I am broken, I admit it, but I just don’t want to really integrate, just like why I rejected you. I am in Nanjing, whether it is Jinling Jiangning Yingtian or Jianye, Never was, and will never be anyone's accessory, see what I mean?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an embarrassing silence.The two sat on the bench shoulder to shoulder, and occasionally their knees touched slightly. This distance was no longer considered a safe distance, but there was an invisible gap between the two of them for no reason.

"Actually, your two points express the same point of view—you don't believe that we can have an equal emotional relationship," Shanghai hit the nail on the head, "I repeat, integration does not mean that you are all integrated into me, eliminating Your existence means that everyone is more closely united to improve the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the development of the entire region, so that they can gain a place in the international competition, just like the Tokyo circle and the London circle, do you understand?"

Nanjing is silent, "Perhaps, probably my spirit and fighting spirit have been flattened by history. I don't think there is anything to strive for. I join you and participate in you only because of the arrangement of the country and the province. I am the capital of the province, even if I don't take the lead. If you set an example, you can't lose the chain, it's actually that simple."

"Okay, then don't mention the matter of integration, why do you think that if you are with me, you will become my vassal? Could it be that our relationship will affect the relationship between cities? You and I are so far apart, and there is no me Possibility of annexing you, right?" Shanghai still had a bit of aggression, "Besides, you have refused my right again and again, so I have the right to pursue you persistently, right?"

Nanjing didn't look at him, "Human beings come together to share risks and reproduce. As a city, you and I, especially a city of our status and magnitude, as long as the country is still alive, it will be immortal. We What's the point of being together?"

"Think of me as a person." Shanghai rolled his shoulders and looked directly at him, "We don't discuss politics and economics, we just be ourselves. Whether you treat me as a Shanghai student or Ah Shen, just treat me You and I are an individual with flesh and blood and feelings. As for sharing risks... foreign enemies have always come from land, you are my barrier, come from sea, and I am your pass. We share weal and woe, right? ?”

"I am your barrier, and you are my pass?" Nanjing savored it carefully, and smiled, "When the army and district were still there, I was a fortress for all of you. Unfortunately, now it is the Nanjing army, District is gone."

Shanghai is also silent. In recent years, there have been many heart-wrenching things in Nanjing. First, the application for the free trade zone has repeatedly suffered setbacks.Jiangsu is a large open economy province, a large foreign trade province, and a developed province in the east. Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, Fujian, Liaoning, Zhejiang, and Hainan are all coastal provinces that have successfully declared. Not to mention, even Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and Shaanxi Mainland provinces have also obtained qualifications one after another. How can Jiangsu, which is very dependent on foreign capital, be in a hurry?Second, the application for the World Cultural Heritage of Ming City Wall was cut in the queue.For some well-known reasons, Quanzhou Zaitong (the application has failed) and Zhejiang Liangzhu jumped in front of the Ming City Wall, so that the application for the Ming City Wall was repeatedly postponed, and finally took the bus in 2020.Third, the military region was abolished.After being replaced by the Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing only retained the headquarters, while the army organs were relocated to Fuzhou, and Nanjing's military and political status was further weakened.

Nanjing's expression was unavoidably gloomy, and finally he laughed at himself, "So you see, in a few years, I'm afraid I won't be able to be a middle-aged greasy uncle, you know, I've grown a lot of gray hair recently, and the decree The lines are also deep, you are either still young, or the old tree is sprouting new shoots, I am afraid that only I... am really old."

"It's not that bad. I think the past few years have been better than those from the 80s to the early 2000s. Didn't the Jiangbei New District be granted to you before?"

Nanjing got up and stretched his waist, "Even if it's back to the light, I still have to be a full ghost. I won't stay in Shanghai tonight. Anyway, it's not far from Hongqiao Station. I'll go back first and want to eat belly noodles tomorrow morning."