Chapter 490: The beautiful country

After the two exchanged, Wei Xingsi asked, "What time are you going to fly to Phoenix tomorrow?"
　　 Xu Qiu took out his phone, checked the ticket information, and replied: "The departure time is 8:35 in the morning, and the landing is about 10:15. The flight time... is one hour and forty minutes."
Wei Xingsi let out a "huh", then took out a one-dollar bill from the wallet and handed it to Xu Qiu: "You can book a taxi tomorrow morning at the hotel front desk. Otherwise, if you ask for a taxi, you may not be able to get it. It may delay your trip."
　　 "Okay." Xu Qiu went to the front desk to book a taxi at 6:30 and gave a tip of a dollar to a white lady at the front desk.
　　 In fact, most hotels in Pretty Country cooperate with specific taxi companies. Commissions are available for the front desk to call taxis, so it is usually okay not to tip them.
　　 However, if guests are willing to tip, the hotel front desk will most likely tend to do things better.
　　 After booking the car, Xu Qiu made an appointment with Han Jiaying and Wu Feifei to get up at six tomorrow morning and leave for the airport at six thirty on time.
　　 On the next trip, Wei Xingsi will go to the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, for an exchange visit. The object of the visit is Bazan, a major player in the field of organic conjugated polymer materials.
　　Bazan's research group is not only doing organic photovoltaics, but also researching photodetectors, organic field effect transistors and so on.
　　 Santa Barbara is only about 150 kilometers away from Los Angeles. Whether it is by bus or train, it is more convenient. Even Wei Xingsi can rent a car and drive by himself. He has a beautiful national green card and driver's license.
　　 People who live in the beautiful country all the year round, including some foreign students, usually buy cars here, because the public transportation in the beautiful country is relatively backward, taxis are too expensive, and they basically rely on their own vehicles to travel.
For example, Xu Qiu’s deskmate Wu Xi in high school went to Michigan College of Magic Jiaotong University for the college entrance examination. The School of Secrets of Jiaotong University is equivalent to the joint training of two universities. Specifically, freshman and sophomore enrolled at Magic Jiaotong University, etc. In his junior and senior year, he was studying at the University of Michigan in a beautiful country.
　　 Wu Xi picked up a car as soon as she arrived in the beautiful country, and posted it to the circle of friends.
　　 Later, when a cold wave broke out in the beautiful country, Xu Qiu once again saw a picture of a snow-filled car from Wu Xi in the circle of friends, and added a complaint: "The car has been frozen to death."
　　 Wei Xingsi is going to UCSB, Xu Qiu and the three of them are going to Phoenix to attend the MRS meeting.
　　 Although Arizona, where Phoenix is ​​located, and California, where Los Angeles is located, are two adjacent states, the distance between the two cities is still relatively long, about 600 kilometers.
　　 If it is domestic, 600 kilometers, which is almost half the distance from the capital to the magic city, if you take the high-speed rail, you can get there in as little as four or five hours.
　　 However, the railway construction in the beautiful country is not perfect, and the usual means of travel for cross-state travel is self-driving or plane. Xu Qiu and the others obviously cannot drive by themselves and can only choose to take an airplane.
　　 At night, everyone slept earlier, turning off the lights around ten o'clock and going to bed.
　　 Although he went to bed earlier, Xu Qiu woke up many times intermittently, and then at 5 o'clock the next morning, he couldn't fall asleep again.
　　 It’s the first time to go abroad, jet lag, it’s hard to get used to it for a while.
　　 Since he couldn't sleep, Xu Qiu simply didn't sleep anymore. He didn't turn on the light, and got out of bed lightly, intending to wash briefly.
　　 Although there was no major movement, Wei Xingsi woke up.
　　 Wei Xingsi's state seems to be okay, perhaps because he often goes abroad and is used to jet lag.
　　 The two washed one after another, intending to solve the breakfast problem.
　　 Beautiful country here is not like China in the morning. There are no early bun shops around, and the restaurants downstairs are not open.
　　 It is said that there are also breakfast stalls selling hot dogs and rolls, but it is difficult to find them, and you may have to cross several blocks. In China, basically every residential building has several early breakfast shops.
　　 Fortunately, Xu Qiu came here prepared. He soaked a bowl of instant noodles and helped Wei Xingsi also soak a bowl.
　　 Soon, the aroma of instant noodles filled the room.
　　 Three minutes later, the two transferred the soaked instant noodles to the coffee table and started eating.
　　 Wei Xingsi picked up a fork of noodles, took a bite, and said:
　　 "Participating in the MRS meeting this time is mainly to bring you over to gain insights. Since you plan to take the path of scientific research, you must learn more about this circle."
　　 "Actually, if you just talk about the research results in the field of organic photovoltaics, other reporters are likely to be less than yours. Therefore, you don't need to listen to too many reports. Pick the important ones. It sounds like a dozen games.
try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){}　　 Wei Xingsi smiled and continued; "After all, it’s hard to come to the beautiful country. You can also pick a day and go shopping around Phoenix. Going around, there are still a lot of attractions over there."
　　 "Oh, okay." Xu Qiu didn't expect Wei Xingsi to be so "magnanimous". Originally, he deliberately ran out to play, but now that Wei Xingsi took the initiative to click it, he didn't know how to respond.
　　 That’s good, after that they can fish openly, instead of sneaking in the water.
　　 After eating the instant noodles, I have to dispose of the garbage.
　　The requirements for garbage disposal in the beautiful country are not as perverted as in the neon country. Just like in China, the normal dry and wet separation is done. The instant noodle soup is flushed away in the toilet and the instant noodle shells are thrown into the trash can.
　　 The time has come to a quarter past five, Xu Qiu tried to send a message to Han Jiaying, and found that they had also woke up early.
　　 At this time, they were washing, and they also made the same choice as Xu Qiu, eating instant noodles and drinking eight-treasure porridge.
　　 "Leave at 6:30, don't be late." Xu Qiu instructed the school girl, and then went to the hotel front desk to confirm the status of the previously reserved taxi.
　　 Xu Qiu found that the front desk had changed people. He was a white brother, but the other party had already received news from his colleague.
　　 After Xu Qiu asked, the little white brother gave a positive answer: "The taxi will arrive at the hotel entrance by half past six."
　　 To tell the truth, Xu Qiu was a little blind to Crooked Nuts. If the front desk hadn't changed gender this time, he probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
　　 returned to the hotel again, Xu Qiu lay down and rested for a while.
　　 At around 6:20, Xu Qiu and the three gathered to say goodbye to Wei Xingsi.
　　 Xu Qiu discovered that both Wu Feifei and Han Jiaying had simply put on makeup, but they could still see obvious dark circles. I wonder if they did not rest well last night, and there was an in-depth exchange between women?
　　 The three of them pulled their luggage and walked out of the hotel door. At this time, it was already light outside, and the reserved taxi stopped at the door of the hotel.
　　 The driver is a black brother.
　　 This little black brother didn't say much. Seeing Xu Qiu and the others tightly guarding the luggage, they did not take the initiative to help carry the luggage. He may be a down-to-earth black brother.
　　 had no words all the way, and arrived at the airport very smoothly.
　　 This time it is a short-distance route within a beautiful country. The ticket price is relatively cheap. The price including tax is only 60 US dollars, and the tax rate is about 30%.
　　 But when I arrived at the airport, Xu Qiu realized that although the air ticket is cheaper, it actually has a routine
　　There is a charge for checked baggage, and it is very expensive!
　　 For example, one piece of luggage is USD 25, and two pieces of luggage are charged USD 60.
　　Moreover, airlines have restrictions on the size and weight of each piece of luggage.
　　 Including a single piece of luggage, the weight shall not exceed 50 pounds. Overweight and oversize require additional fees.
　　 If two pieces of ordinary baggage are checked in, the cost of the baggage check alone will be able to catch up with the ticket price.
　　 Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world. The price that should be paid will always be paid. The only difference is that the form of payment is different.
　　 For example, most flights are unsatisfactory. At the same time, there are some people who bought tickets and changed their bookings temporarily or did not board the plane at all. Therefore, whether it is domestic or foreign, air tickets are usually oversold and overissued.
　　 If you buy early, you may encounter cheap air tickets. If you buy late, the price of air tickets is usually more expensive.
　　If someone buys a cheap ticket first, and someone else is willing to pay the excess price to buy an overissued ticket, it may happen that the number of passengers is more than the number of seats at the time of boarding...
　　 There are reports that in this situation, airlines in the beautiful country will even directly "please" passengers who have purchased cheap air tickets and have already boarded the plane.
　　 Capital is like this, rich is the uncle, no money...
　　Except for the extra 25 dollars per person paid for checked luggage, the other aspects of the process are not much different from the domestic flight process.
　　 After boarding the plane, the three people found their seats and sat down.
　　 The plane this time is a small plane, which is smaller than the plane Xu Qiu took in China before.
　　 In the economy class, there is an aisle in the middle, with two seats on each side, and a row of four seats.
　　To take this kind of airplane, it actually feels like taking a bus.
　　 But, you get what you pay for.
take off……
　　 After running smoothly, the aunts and stewardess pushed the car out to work.
　　 I don’t know if it’s an example, or whether the beautiful country generally likes "older" flight attendants, or whether the salary of beautiful country flight attendants is not high, and there is no white lady from beautiful country.
try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){}　　 On two voyages, Xu Qiu met the beautiful flight attendants in the country, the average age is 30+, and some flight attendants seem to be 40+ Up...
　　 There is no in-flight meal on the plane, only one drink is provided. There are relatively few types, only juice, cola, and coffee.
　　Because the total flight time is relatively short, the plane climbed up, and it didn't take long for it to enter the stable flight stage before it began to descend and was ready to land.
　　 Finally, early in the morning, Xu Qiu and the three arrived at Phoenix Airport.
　　 Just after getting off the plane, a hot breath came over the surface.
　　Han Jiaying put one hand on the top of her head to shade, and put the other hand in front of her pair of Ds: "Hoo-so hot~"
　　 Xu Qiu turned on the portable WIFI, refreshed the mobile phone network and positioning, and glanced at the weather forecast: "The highest temperature in Phoenix today...38 degrees Celsius!"
　　 Han Jiaying was surprised: "It's so exaggerated. Fortunately, I brought sunscreen and a sunscreen umbrella, but they were all in the suitcase."
Xu Qiu gave an "um" and responded, "Go to the hotel and take them out. It's still in the morning, and it's only 30 degrees Celsius. It is estimated that it will be the hottest until one or two noon. We will try our best to stay at that time later. Duan goes out."
　　 He was also a little surprised. When I checked the information about Phoenix on the Internet, I only knew that this place was full of deserts and the climate was relatively hot, but I didn’t expect it to be so exaggerated. Now it’s April. If it’s summer, I won’t be too hot...
　　 Now the weather has caught up with the hottest days of the magic city.
　　 The three people went to the baggage carousel to pick up their luggage and left the Phoenix airport, preparing to go to the Hilton Hotel next to the MRS Convention and Exhibition Center. They once again faced the problem of taxiing.
　　 Xu Qiu originally planned to return to the airport service desk for help.
　　 At this time, he suddenly saw a special taxi pick-up spot similar to the domestic one next to the airport, and walked over with Han Jiaying and Wu Feifei.
　　 Then, they found that there is a line for taxis here, which is similar to the special taxi pick-up point at domestic airports, but there are not many people in line.
　　 Also, the people in line seem to be tourists.
　　 Xu Qiu guessed that the Los Angeles airport had similar passages before, but Wei Xingsi did not choose to take a taxi from there for some reason, but instead called for a taxi by himself.
　　 However, considering that it would be too troublesome to go back to the airport to ask for help, Xu Qiu discussed with Han Jiaying and Wu Feifei and chose to line up directly here to wait for the bus.
　　 Not long after, a yellow taxi stopped in front of Xu Qiu's trio. The driver was again a black brother.
　　 The taxi drivers I met three times were all black brothers. Xu Qiu didn't know if it was an exception, or if the taxi industry in a beautiful country was monopolized by the black brother.
　　 After declining the brother’s request to carry luggage, Xu Qiu got into the car and sat in the co-pilot. Han Jiaying and Wu Feifei sat in the back row.
　　Before getting on the bus, Xu Qiu kept an eye on it and asked Han Jiaying to navigate the map and record their trajectory~EbookFREE.me~ Black brother: "Where are you going?"
　　 Xu Qiu: "MRS Convention and Exhibition Center, located at 2ndSt..."
　　 Black brother: "OK, OK."
　　 This black boy is more talkative, and he chats with Xu Qiu all the way. The driving style is the same as that of the black boy I met for the first time. He is more wild, with one hand on the window of the car.
After learning that Xu Qiu and the others were here for a meeting, and they had to stay for several days, the black brother enthusiastically handed Xu Qiu a business card and said; "If you need a car later, you can call directly. I."
　　 Xu Qiu casually put the business card in his pocket: "OK, OK..."
　　 There are no high-rise buildings along the way. There are not many cars on the road. There are occasional small pits on the road. Some of the indicator lines on the road have faded. It feels like driving in a domestic town.
However, when the taxi arrived near the MRS Convention and Exhibition Center, it began to become a lot more prosperous. It is completely different from the rural customs along the way. There are high-rise buildings everywhere, and hotels of various world-renowned brands gather around the MRS. Exhibition Center.
　　 Finally, the taxi stopped in front of the Hilton hotel they had booked.
　　 Xu Qiu glanced at the front of the watch. The tax-included fare was US$42.2. After doing a mental calculation, he took a US$100 from his wallet and said to the little black brother,
I’ll pay you US$50.

　　 The black brother was stunned. He was probably calculating the tip ratio in his heart. After a full ten seconds, he smiled and said, "OK, OK."
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