262 The Promised Land (1)
Time went back an hour ago, in the hair salon by the Union Lake, two beautiful blonde women were lying on chairs, enjoying shampooing services.
The two women were always chatting in an unknown language, somewhat similar to Russian, but seemed to use some German words.
The Italian boss of a hair salon started out as a street shop in New York and had been in an international city like New York. He was well-informed. After eavesdropping for a while, he shook his head and said to the hairstylist: "It's probably Finnish."
The hairstylist who was quite interested in the two beauties was from the countryside of Illinois. He didn't understand where Finland was, so he asked: "Is Finland a country? Or is it a Russian city? They look like Russians. A new Russian came from my house. The man works in Boeing. When visiting his neighbors, he also emphasized that he is a doctor. Haha, a doctor who is a junior engineer..."
The salon owner was helpless and could not talk about world geography with ordinary Americans, so he had to say to the hairstylist: "Just think Finland is a country..."
The two blonde women who were washing their hair were naturally Carmen Case and Evelyn, the wife of the Estonian Foreign Minister. They must have spoken in Estonian.
The owner of the salon was right. Estonian and Finnish were somewhat similar, but because Estonia was ruled by Germany and the Soviet Union one after another, he borrowed a lot of words from these two countries.
The two were talking about the shale oil issue that Bai Quinn was more concerned about. The reason why they dared to discuss it blatantly in public places was that there were only a handful of people in Seattle who could understand Estonian. It was impossible to meet in any hair salon.
"The shale oil industry is really not good, otherwise the Germans would have bought shares in Estonia Energy Company last year." Foreign Minister Evelyn refused.
Carmen Keith said, "But what I heard is that the six generator sets of energy companies have, because of the aging of machines, have only half the operating rate this year. Three units have not been turned on. They have to wait for the energy companies or the country to save enough money to replace the old generator set. I am afraid that it will take several years to wait?
The current domestic trend is internationalization and privatization. We can help reduce the pressure on the government. Didn’t the president say that our country must achieve the government’s debt in the new century? In this way, how can we have money to upgrade equipment?
Sister, please help me think of a solution. We don’t require controlling shares. Do you have to do it? It is definitely a state-owned company.
But Xiaobai happened to have some funds, which is quite complicated. Anyway, it is the clean money earned by the stock market, but it is considered overseas funds. If you flow back to the United States, you have to pay taxes. I heard that the capital gains tax will have to be paid 20%, so he used it to invest in some overseas stable industries.
He was attracted by my country's shale oil industry. After all, it was also an internationally leading technology and was more reliable. Otherwise, it would be better to invest in the insurance industry in the UK or the manufacturing industry in Germany.
Or, sister, please help us point us in a direction, so we can know who can solve the problem..."
Evelyn, who is in her thirties, runs advertising companies in Estonia. Her main customers are European and American brands. She doesn't need to worry too much, so she mainly focuses on taking care of her husband. She is usually equivalent to the Foreign Minister's personal secretary, and she is also very clear about some more secret government policies.
In Evelyn's opinion, Carmen Case helped her husband solve the difficult problem of joining the WTO, and he should have thanked her. In addition, Carmen Case is a very hospitable sister.
I couldn't bear to have a good sister in vain, and I didn't want the two sides to have any grudges and affect the relationship. So Evelyn explained in detail: "It's not that my sister doesn't help you. The president has already planned to introduce foreign funds to build the shale oil industry, but this partner has conditions. Otherwise, the German bank had already invested in Estonia Energy Company last year and would not have to mess with telecommunications companies. Who doesn't know that Estonia's largest industry is shale oil.
Not even Deutsche Bank can’t meet the president’s conditions…”
"What are the conditions? How much does it cost?"
"It's not a matter of capital, it's a matter of the time when the partners can bring the latest processing equipment and technology of petrochemical products to the energy company. Just like we are now, we directly burn shale oil to generate electricity, or separate it into fuel oil and asphalt after dry distillation, which is still wasting a lot of useful ingredients in shale oil..."
"I understand. As long as you come with petrochemical technology, you can discuss cooperation?" Carmen Case seemed to have an idea.
Evelyn confirmed: "As long as it is not a Russian-funded company, it is easy to negotiate..."
"Then let's think of a solution!"
"As soon as possible..."
Carmen Keith feels that there is at least hope. According to her understanding in the past six months, the man still has several friends in the oil industry around him, such as Said, who often writes scripts with him, is a prince in Saudi Arabia. His father is said to be a minister, and Kate Herbert Walker, who is in charge of equity investment funds. Her family's business seems to be from the oil processing industry.
Let’s go back to the inquiry and tell the man about the conditions and ask him to find a way to set up a joint venture. If the man pays money and the partner provides technology, wouldn’t it be possible to meet the conditions?
Carmen Case was thinking about which side to work with, but suddenly heard Evelyn say, "Carmen, you want a child. How much money can you make when you become a model? Even if you change careers and become an actor, that's the case. While you are young and recover quickly, you should have a child quickly and tie the QB to death.
My sister knows why you are so concerned about investing in Estonia, but for this career, men always have to hold it in their own hands, and you can always be a spokesperson.
It’s better to have a child quickly, maybe he can become his wife!
Why was Thomas and I together back then? I was still married again. Logically speaking, I couldn't compete with the little girls surrounding him, but in the end I won, and I was not just a little bit more successful...
Of course, Thomas is a scholar. He used to be a university professor and was not very good at taking care of himself. I was both a secretary and a nanny, which made him unable to live without me.
Unfortunately, your QB can't use this trick. He is rich and can hire people to do all these things, so you can only give birth to a baby for him quickly..."
Carmen Case blushed when she heard this. If she had been a few months ago, she would definitely not want to have a baby so early. She had seen too many models after giving birth, and her modeling career would be over. However, if she had a baby with him, she would not suffer any loss even if she could not be a model.
She went to learn acting, but she actually had this consideration, but... she never had a chance...
It’s okay to think about this kind of thing yourself. Once someone says it so bluntly, he still feels a little uncomfortable on his face.
I wanted to refute it, but I don't know what to say.
I was struggling, but I heard a noise outside, and even the music in the store could not be concealed.
The demonstration teams are coming?
No, it's quite far from the hotel where the demonstration occurred, and there is a fjord between them!
The store manager quickly came out to appease the customers and sent someone to check the situation.
No ordinary people know that this is a zero-yuan purchase that has been planned by other gangs for a long time. It is to take advantage of the demonstration and march, and the police took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.
Mainly, Seattle has been peaceful for a long time and has quietly developed in the northwest corner of the United States. It is mainly aviation manufacturing and electronic technology. The per capita income of residents ranks among the top in American cities. Only Dallas, Houston, Portland, and San Diego can compare with Seattle. In addition to rock music energy saving, some people gathered in the crowd every year, ordinary Seattle residents have really seen what a large-scale parade looks like.
However, a hairstylist from Illinois first responded. After coming to Seattle for a long time, why did he even forget the traditional art "zero yuan purchase" of Chicago South City!
Once reminded by a hairstylist, people finally knew what was going on.
Black Friday just passed and the traditional Christmas season was about to enter. It was the time when businesses were busy making money. Who would have thought that something happened at this time?
Some customers didn't care that their hairstyle had not been finished yet, so they quickly left the salon before the troubles came.
After the Foreign Minister's wife understood the situation, she remembered the riots in Los Angeles in 1992. At that time, she had just become the ambassador's wife and came to the United States with infinite longing for the Western lighthouse. However, on American TV, she saw how the American people freely expressed their dissatisfaction.
According to TV reports, the entire Los Angeles are robbed and burned shops, innocent passers-by and drivers treated violently, chaotic cities, gunfire and Koreans on the roof.
When he heard that it was a riot, the Foreign Minister's wife immediately became uneasy and pulled Carmen Case and was about to run away. She quickly returned to the car and drove back to the hotel. When she arrived at the hotel, she was safe.
But Carmen Case thinks that the hair salon is quite safe. Once the door is closed, those who make trouble will want to grab the place if they eat too much. Should they grab the scissors or hair dye cream?
The owner of the hair salon also felt that Carmen Case was justified. The girl was young and did not panic when encountering problems, and her analysis was reasonable.
Tony, close the door quickly!
But the Foreign Minister's wife didn't think so. Instead of betting that she was let go, she might as well try for the opportunity to escape. She said she would leave no matter what, but Carmen Case couldn't resist and had to follow.
The two of them ran to the place where they got off the bus and found out that the driver had just put them at the door of the business district and drove them to another place to park.
Then I found out that I was out in a panic and my bags were still stored in the locker in the hair salon, and my phone was in the bag.
I turned around and ran back to the hair salon, but the door was closed. I pulled the roller shutter door and hid in the small building to form a unified unit.
There was no choice but to find another way out. This time, the Foreign Minister's wife heard Carmen Case's words and left the business district first, found a safe place, and then took a taxi back to the hotel!
So the two of them, whose hair was only half dry, hurried out to the mall, and the stilettos stepped on the ground made a series of sounds.
If you raise your perspective at this time, you will find that unlike the protest group at McDonald's, the team that engages in zero-yuan purchases is very organized, specializing in jewelry stores, electrical appliance stores, and high-end clothing stores. Some people smash doors and windows, some people threaten clerks with guns, and others take things and transport them to the roadside cars. They load one car and drive one car. They would rather take a few more mobile phones than touch a large PS, which shows their professionalism.
So Carmen Keith's judgment was right at the beginning. He would have nothing to do when hiding in a hair salon.
Only a few young people who took advantage of the chaos were running wildly on the road with their PS hosts in their arms.
However, these "opportunists" who were not even confused about their faces frightened the Foreign Minister's wife and Carmen Case so much that they ran to the wrong direction and actually ran towards the demonstration area where McDonald's was burned.
When Bai Quinn and others arrived at the Lianhe Lake business district, the zero-yuan purchase team had already evacuated. Everyone and Anthony met. Just as they were about to disperse to find someone, Bai Quinn's cell phone, which was placed in Lina, rang.
After answering the call, I found that it was Carmen Case. The two of them ran in the wrong direction, so naturally they couldn't even see a taxi. The more people ran, the more people they were running, they realized that they were approaching the demonstration area.
So Carmen Case found a kind passerby, dialed Bai Quinn's cell phone with his memory, and reported the location.
Bai Quinn told the two to stay where they were not moved, and then the group hurried to pick them up.
At this moment, the 81st Brigade of the National Guard was ordered to enter the city to disperse the demonstrators, strictly guarding the ministerial meeting to hold the hotel's riot police first started to counterattack, and used the "big killing weapon" tear gas.
As the smoke spread among the crowd, the protesters confronting the police in the small square began to collapse. The crowd was shaken, and the demonstrators affected by tear gas began to rush out. Seeing that the situation was not good, the demonstrators behind immediately began to evacuate.
At this time, Carmen Keith, who was hiding under the agreed door sign, saw a stream of people rushing out of the demonstration area. In order not to miss Bai Quinn, who came to rescue, the two of them refused to leave the doorway on the side of the road and let the crowd run past them.
Bai Quinn and others, who were about to reach the agreed location, also found something wrong. A large number of people rushed from the opposite side, causing their small group to scatter. Fortunately, there was only a short wave. After rushing over, fewer and fewer people came in front of them.
Everyone was wondering, but they ran into the National Guard vehicles and soldiers. This was the first army to arrive, responsible for blocking the main traffic roads, and they were not allowed to pass regardless of entry or exit.
Bai Quinn thought Carmen and the others would definitely wait for him at the agreed place and would not blindly follow the abortion, so he stepped forward to negotiate with the soldiers.
Ineffective, they were threatened by soldiers with guns. If they dared to break through, they would be arrested.
At this time, Lina stepped forward and pulled Bai Quinn back, reminding him that the main roads were not allowed to be taken and that they could still go around from the side. Many people who came out of the inside and participated in the demonstration were evacuated by those backstreet paths.
At this time, Bai Quinn and others had been targeted by the soldiers of the National Guard, and even separated two people to drive them away.
Bai Quinn and Lina exchanged colors. Lina understood it and stepped forward with other bodyguards to drag the soldiers. Bai Quinn and Hannah retreated first, and then while the soldiers were not paying attention, the two of them flashed into the alley and continued to rush to the agreed place along the street and alley.
Chapter completed!