Chapter 55

However, our beautiful Han wore a mask the whole time except when eating noodles.

Otherwise, there would be another star-chasing frenzy on Nanjing Road.

"This is the Peace Hotel!" Han Yajing said excitedly.

"En!" Lin Yi looked at the hotel full of historical sense in front of him and was also quite moved.

Some people say that if an outsider doesn't come to the Bund, they haven't been to Shanghai, and if they don't come to the Peace Hotel, they haven't been to the Bund.

In 1995, Hong Kong film star Chow Yun-fat starred in an action movie "Peace Hotel".

In the movie, the 'Killer King' played by Chow Yun-fat opened a Peace Hotel and used it as a sanctuary.

Anyone who checked into the Peace Hotel, no matter what bad things they had done, as long as they didn't leave, Chow Yun-fat could guarantee their safety.

However, after filming "Peace Hotel", Chow Yun-fat left Hong Kong and went to Hollywood to develop, not returning until 2005.

"Peace Hotel" was Chow Yun-fat's last film before leaving Hong Kong, having special significance.

Of course, the Peace Hotel in the movie is fictional and does not exist in real life.

However, on the distant Shanghai Bund, there is a Peace Hotel. In fact, the real Peace Hotel has an even more legendary color.

The Peace Hotel is located at No. 20 Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, facing the Pudong Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower across the river.

This hotel was once the first modern-style building in the history of modern architecture in Shanghai, known as the "First Tall Building in the Far East", standing on the Bund where the wind and clouds surge for more than 100 years.

The Peace Hotel is divided into two parts, the North Building and the South Building.

The predecessor of the South Building was the Palace Hotel, and the predecessor of the North Building was the Cathay Hotel.

The Palace Hotel has a long history, originally named "Central Hotel".

As early as 1854, not long after Shanghai opened as a port, the British built this 3-story building,

which was the most luxurious Central Hotel in Shanghai at that time. In 1865, the British HSBC Bank established a branch in Shanghai and rented rooms in the Central Hotel for business.

In 1895, the British firm Palace Hotel bought the Central Hotel and renamed it "Palace Hotel", continuing to operate.

By the beginning of the 20th century, the Palace Hotel had been operating for more than half a century and was somewhat dilapidated. The Palace Hotel firm decided to demolish the old building of the Central Hotel and rebuild a new one.

In 1908, the rebuilt Palace Hotel opened for business.

The rebuilt Palace Hotel was designed by foreign engineers and built by the Wang Faji Construction Factory.

Wang Faji Construction Factory was a Dragon Nation company.

The Public Settlement Municipal Council didn't believe that Dragon Nation people could build such a large hotel and delayed issuing the license.

Finally, under the guarantee of the famous construction designer Yang Sisheng, Wang Faji Construction Factory obtained this project.

Facts proved that Dragon Nation people could not only build large hotels but also build large hotels with excellent quality. After 111 years of wind and rain, the Palace Hotel is still safe and sound, standing tall and majestic.

The new building of the Palace Hotel has 6 floors, is a brick-wood mixed structure, with a total height of 30 meters, covering an area of 2125 square meters, and a building area of 11607 square meters. There are 120 rooms inside, each with independent sanitary facilities.

The ground floor is a large restaurant that can accommodate more than 300 people to dine at the same time. The Palace Hotel was the tallest building on the Shanghai Bund at that time, and also the first building to install elevators and a roof garden. It was luxuriously decorated and famous for a time, mainly receiving celebrities from the financial, commercial, and various countries' social circles.

The Palace Hotel has witnessed many modern historical events.

In 1909, China, Britain, the United States, France, and other countries held the International Opium Commission at the Palace Hotel.

In 1911, the Dragon Nation Alliance held a meeting at the Palace Hotel. The famous slogan "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard" was put forward at this meeting.

Many Chinese and foreign celebrities have visited the Palace Hotel.

British playwright Noël Coward wrote his masterpiece "Private Lives" at the Palace Hotel.

In the 1930s, British literary giant George Bernard Shaw and comedy master Charlie Chaplin visited Shanghai, Dragon Nation, and both stayed at the Palace Hotel.

American five-star general Marshall and diplomat John Leighton Stuart both left footprints at the Palace Hotel.

The Cathay Hotel was built a little later and opened for business in 1929. This is a Chicago School Gothic building, 77 meters high, with 12 floors.

The Cathay Hotel was the tallest modern building on the Shanghai Bund at that time, known as the "First Building in the Far East", with a total cost of over 2.48 million taels of silver.

The interior restaurant and lobby of the Cathay Hotel were magnificently decorated, with suites from nine countries including Britain, the United States, India, Germany, France, the United States, Japan, Spain, and China.

In 1956, the Cathay Hotel and the Palace Hotel merged and were renamed "Peace Hotel" to this day.

It can be said that the Peace Hotel is a piece of modern Dragon Nation history.

It needs you to turn the pages of the book and savor the taste carefully.

"I heard there is an old jazz band in the Peace Hotel!"

Han Yajing said.

"Want to go listen?" Lin Yi suggested.

"Can I?" The beautiful Han's eyes lit up and she asked.

"Hehe!" Lin Yi directly pulled her and entered the Peace Hotel.

Speaking of which, if it's a holiday or some special day, the Peace Hotel requires advance reservation,

but if you just go to the bar to listen to old jazz, you don't need to.

The two walked in, and the hotel's decoration style was like a historical scroll slowly unfolding, making people feel awe.

After they followed the waiter's instructions to the bar in the northeast corner of the lobby on the first floor.

A group of white-haired old men were playing melodious music.

However, there weren't many people in the whole bar; basically, those who came here were elderly people who wanted to reminisce about the good old days.

There were almost no young people like Lin Yi and the beautiful Han.

Therefore, the arrival of the two attracted the attention of some formally dressed old men and women.

Fortunately, Lin Yi and the two were just there to listen to music, so they sat quietly at a table on the side.

The melodious music was like giving the ears a SPA, allowing you to completely calm down in this impetuous city.

It seemed that in the music, you could forget all your troubles.

Wandering in the long river of history.

As the song ended, applause immediately rang out.

Lin Yi and Han Yajing also applauded enthusiastically.

(PS: New book, seeking flowers, seeking tips, seeking evaluation tickets, your support is the author's motivation!).