After a hearty Chinese hotpot, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening.

The two pairs of men and women finally had to ride their bikes back to their community apartment. But not long after they drove, they encountered a cinema that was still brightly lit late at night. The exterior walls of the theater were covered with huge posters of Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", "Mummy 2", "Suicide Squad 2" and other popular Hollywood blockbusters during this period.

There is also a long queue that extends to the street.

Today is December 19th.

Saturday.

The Orthodox Christmas, which was widely celebrated in the former Soviet Union, was on January 7. However, under the strong operation of the Westeros system, the Ukrainian cinema market and Hollywood blockbusters were basically synchronized with North America.

Seeing the queues lined up on the street, Sergei suddenly remembered and said to others: "Hey, if I remember correctly, "Suicide Squad 2" was released yesterday?"

Before the others could answer, Mary behind her had already patted her boyfriend on the shoulder: "Continue, don't stop, we can't spend money today."

The other couple immediately laughed jokingly again.

Sergei had no choice but to look at Alexander and the other two who had no intention of parking, so he could only continue.

Alexander noticed Sergei's expectant look as a movie fan and said, "There are many people on weekends. We have to go to the resort early tomorrow. If it is late, we must queue up in the ski resort. I will watch the movie tomorrow night."

Sergei thought about it, so he had to give up.

Alexander's girlfriend Ye Lina couldn't help but feel angry: "The cinemas are full of Hollywood movies, so we will never see videos produced by our own country."

Alexander retorted: "Why didn't there? We also watched a romantic film last month, which was invested by Rifny Media. Don't you think it's good?"

"I mean, a science fiction blockbuster like "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth."

Sergei said next to him: "Even without Hollywood, it will be difficult for us to make such a movie. "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" is only a production budget of 120 million US dollars. Even if someone can take it out, it is impossible for Ukraine to invest in making movies."

Everyone laughed again.

The four of them happened to ride a bicycle and turn a corner and enter a relatively secluded path.

Mary saw that there were no other pedestrians around. The road was far away before a barely illuminated street light was lit. She couldn't help but say, "It's so dark here, there are not many street lights, and it's only one side light. It's so stingy."

"It's tight to use electricity," Sergey, who had taken the power plant last year, inevitably paid attention to it. He responded to his girlfriend: "Rivney now has too many factories, and has introduced excess power from the surrounding states. He has been building power plants. There is still a shortage of electricity. I heard that the power from the nuclear power plant in the north is no longer transported to Kiev, and it is all transferred here. For this reason, officials from both places have had trouble with the president."

Alexander listened with relish and said, "Is there not enough electricity in Kiev?"

"It's not that it's not enough, it's not ready," Sergei said. "The Rovno nuclear power plant will not send electricity to Kiev, so Kiev can only rebuild power plants and power grids to make up for the shortage. How can the authorities have the money to do these things now?"

Mary followed and asked, "Did the president intervene?"

"I've intervened, but the electricity still remains with us, because we offer high prices and low transmission losses, which can increase the revenue of the Rovno nuclear power plant by 20%," Sergei unconsciously put himself in the Rovno people's pride: "Anyway, there are definitely more blocks in Kiev that cannot light up the lights now than here."

After Sergei finished speaking, Alexander and Mary were also inexplicably more proud.

Rifny is also very good at competing for power with the capital.

Ye Lina remained silent for a moment and said, "Actually, I occasionally think that if the Soviet Union was still there, it would definitely be better than it is now."

No one is a young man who doesn’t understand anything. He has received higher education. With his personal experience over the years, after hearing Ye Lina suddenly say this, she fell into deep thought for a while.

After a brief silence, Alexander suddenly cursed: "It's all the blame for the Bichin of Gor."

Sergei felt Alexander's gritting teeth, paused and said, "At that time, the Soviet Union's political and economic system could not continue, and reform was inevitable."

Mary said weakly: "I don't understand why it is like this?"

“Because what we need is reform,” Yelina said: “It’s not a revolution.”

Sergei nodded and said, "Revolutionary reforms will only lead to everything being destroyed, so we can only start over."

Alexander followed suit: "And I don't think our system can no longer last, otherwise, why could the Soviet Union be as strong as it used to be? The problem is still the economy, haha, just like the campaign slogan of US President Clinton. You should know that the Soviet Union's economic difficulties were far less serious than the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s. It was just a cycle of economic downturn similar to the West. The West has experienced so many economic cycles and can recover. As long as the method is right, we will definitely get out of the predicament. However, the idiot Gotts completely blamed the economic difficulties on the system, chose to completely overthrow everything and destroy everything."

Ye Lina didn't want to say some of her observations, but she said: "Yes, I don't know if you have discovered that Rifny, where we are, has developed in recent years, with the model attributes of planned economy. Everything has strict planning, and it is not the same as the Western free economy."

"This is indeed a ridiculous and magical point," Alexander said. "Simon Westeros, the richest in Western society, used the planned economy model to create a prosperous city on the ruins of the former Soviet Union in just a few years."

Mary could only remain silent as she listened to her lover's and friends' thinking.

The next day is Sunday.

The discussions on the way home last night were just episodes after all, and life has to continue.

The four of them got up early and had breakfast just as it was dawn. They took a bus to the resort 30 kilometers away from Rifny. It only seemed that the crowded four people were crowded with two seats. You can imagine how lively the resort was on Sundays.

This is not without reason.

Because it is winter, overseas tourists have significantly reduced, and the resort has strong discounts for local tourists. In order to facilitate round trips, the shuttle bus on that day will last from 6 o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock in the evening, and the hotel accommodation prices of the resort will also be discounted.

Of course, for the four Alexander, who are still a low-cost group, it is best not to stay in a hotel with discounts unless necessary.

The shuttle bus that lasts until 10 o'clock in the evening is obviously also considered, with the purpose of allowing some incompetent tourists to enjoy some of the nightlife of the resort without having to stay here.

The four of them took the earliest shuttle bus. They arrived at the hot spring resort, but it was still less than 8 o'clock.

When you get off at the station, you can see various billboards erected on the walls of the surrounding stations, showing various recent activities here.

Skiing is the most popular one.

The four of them stopped patiently to watch. In addition to skiing, there are also stage plays, ballets, circuses and other performances as usual, usually in the afternoon and at night.

However, if you finally come here once, of course you can't waste it indoors.

There is also an Amber Craft Exhibition.

At the request of the two girls, the four decided to leave and take a look. Rovno Prefecture is a famous amber production area. Some stores in the city also have amber for sale, but most of them are still exported. This time I went to see the amber craft exhibition and could only join in the fun.

After a brief determination of the schedule, the four of them rushed to the ski resort.

I came very early and entered smoothly.

The ticket is 300 per ticket, including renting ski props, the total expense is 400 hryvnia.

This is the price after the discount.

However, for the four young people, the same thing is that they only play two or three times a year. Today, they have prepared half a month's salary as their budget.

The episode is that Marie deliberately used Ye Lina's suggestion yesterday, paying the bill in cash instead of swiping the card.

Sure enough, I feel very distressed.

After all, I understand that even if they are more than comparable now, they are just ordinary people at the bottom, at least in this city.

This was not the case at the beginning.

None of the four came from the lowest-class family.

Ye Lina can clearly remember when she was a child. In almost every winter, her family could travel to the real ski resort in the Carpathian Mountains. Every week, compared to the top ski resorts among the mountains and ridges, there were just a bunch of artificially built gentle slopes.

However, even these gentle slopes now they also need to be careful to come and play.

Of course, not everyone here is like this.

The Rovno State is not short of rich people.

Not to mention the powerful and wealthy people who have made a fortune quickly in recent years, there is another group in Rovno Prefecture, which is also very rich, that is, the private army corps affiliated to the Westeros system and the family group with very good benefits.

This matter is no secret in Rivney, or if you pay a little attention to these things, you may know it if you pay a little attention to them.

After all, in 1994, Ukrainian private troops descended from the sky and stopped a massacre in Africa, which is well known to the world.

Then, this group of people returned to Ukraine and established a private army that had a very long, ordinary and difficult to remember. They continued to serve the Westeros system and were active in many parts of the world.

However, enjoying the high benefits of others actually means a reciprocal obligation.

Going to the battlefield will kill people.

Even though the United States and the Soviet Union had a long confrontation during the Cold War, most of the millions of Soviet troops had never been on the battlefield from service to retirement. The Westeros system private army in Ukraine, even ordinary people, could often hear some casualties circulating.

During lunch, Alexander joked with his girlfriend, saying that when they really couldn't make it, he went to join the private army and found an opportunity to fight for tens of thousands of dollars for Ye Lina and their future baby as support.

Just rolled back.

Alexander, 24 years old this year, not only has no service experience, but has also missed the best age to be a soldier. In addition, he has a slight myopia, so he is impossible to be hired. Therefore, he should take advantage of the fact that he has not returned all the things he learned in college to the teacher, take the civil service exam as soon as possible or always pay attention to changing to a job with a more generous professional treatment. No matter how bad it is, he should climb up in the Nokia factory.

It was a great day anyway.

It was not until the sunset sank into the horizon that the four of them left the ski resort and came to the core area of ​​the resort again. After dinner, they ran to the last planned Amber Crafts Exhibition.

The location is in the resort conference center that just completed this year.

Tickets are 30 hryvn.

Xiaogui.

It is obviously impossible to afford amber, so the money can only be filled with your eyes and it is inevitable that you will feel it is not worth it. Especially Mary, who has changed the cash payment model, almost said forget it.

However, when we came, we still bought tickets and entered the venue.

Then I felt that the trip was worth it.

First of all, the exquisite coated paper printed manual accompanied by the ticket is still worth collecting even if it is obviously suspected of advertising.

Then there are booths inside the conference center, which are full of amber crafts, amber jewelry, amber sculptures, etc., which are feasting the eyes.

Unfortunately, none of them can afford it.

Before she knew it, she walked to an amber jewelry stall. Ye Lina was attracted by a heart-shaped blood amber pendant and stopped for a long time. Unfortunately, the female teller at the booth just kept a polite smile. She clearly saw her intention and did not intend to invite Ye Lina to try it on.

As her boyfriend, Alexander hesitated several times and did not help him.
To be continued...