A Leaf on The Wind: Black Bike

It was an amazing and unforgettable experience!

The result was that I rode my new black bike back to school.

Attention! rode through Shanghai

The new bike Giant Hunter 1

Part 1 Arrival

Mickey and I decided to buy our new bicycles in this "5.1" festival.However what we want were not the real new but the illicit ones.

What is "illicit"? It means that these bikes were sold and bought in black market, illegal in dealing. Frankly speaking, most of these bikes were stolen.

The black market of bicycles is located near the Shanghai railway station.When we arrived ,the clock stroke two. To our surprise ,gray sky reveal its sunny smile at the right time. Fortunately, a short time later,Mickey following,I plunged into a small alley,where looked like a ruin. Just when we stepped into the alley(or ruin), someone call us:

"what do you want"

"bikes"
"which type?"
"Giant,sports,upload"
"go ahead and there will be someone waiting for you......"
So,we go ahead into the ruin.

Part 2 Bargaining

We knew what will happened,just as the movie showed:some old men and women came up(without any bicycles around them).They looked into us firstly.Because we were both dressed like students(we are students actually),the very trust us.After some nonsense,then the bargaining began.

To began with,they all wanted to cheat us with a ceiling price.But thanks to my good friend -Liang,i knew the price in reality.we quarreled an quarreled,finally came to agreement in advance.The style was Giant hunter-1 and the price would be RMB250.

The last step was dealing.If you have seen a movie about black market,you will know that they only the agents,what we want also appeared at the end.The old women told us to walk into another barrener street.

"Go until you passed the traffic lights there"She pointed distant place with her wrinkled hand.

Part 3 Dealing

OK, we continued going,as they said,passed the traffic lights.Yes, a middle-aged man came.The bike he rode was what i had just booked,black bike,Giant hunter1 .He led me to a hidden place to made the deal.

Within 30 seconds, the deal ends.RMB250 gone,and the black bike became mine.

After dealing,the man leaved as soon as possible,I also would if I was him.

Mickey completed his trade in 20mins.He bought a Giant Oyea1.0,looked more newer than mine.

Mickey's OYEA1.0 looks more newer!

Part 4 Returning

The last task we faced with was returning back to SJTU.It is 26Km from railway station back to our school!

NO CHOICE,but riding back through The town of Shanghai!From the center to the south......

wordless,please see the map(red line is the route)