"Let's not talk about money. I have a question. Why didn't you build bridges or undersea tunnels a few decades ago? There shouldn't be a shortage of technology at that time, nor a shortage of funds, right?" Zhang Hao took the opportunity to ask.
There is a problem here at first glance.
He wanted to hear the other party's explanation first, and then try to persuade the other party to rebuild the tunnel, so as not to spend tens of billions of dollars in unnecessary money.
Chairman Omar heard this and patiently explained:
“There were three main reasons why the bridge was not built in the past. First, the Strait of Gibraltar is a golden waterway, and building a bridge would easily affect navigation efficiency;
Secondly, the geology on both sides of the strait belongs to limestone mountains. In addition, the depth of the strait is generally 500 to 600 meters, and the deepest point is more than 1,100 meters. The ocean currents are chaotic, so it is really not suitable for building a bridge unless it is absolutely necessary."
"If this is the case, then the tunnel should be rebuilt? It is worth spending more money."
Zhang Hao suggested taking advantage of the situation.
"Consul, with such deep water depth, it is also very difficult to build a tunnel. In addition, there is a third reason. There is a huge geological fault at the bottom of the Strait of Gibraltar. Building a tunnel is very risky."
Chairman Omar answered truthfully.
Zhang Hao couldn't help but sigh: "According to what you said, there should be no bridges or undersea tunnels built on the Strait of Gibraltar. You'd better not bother."
"Consul, don't rush to conclusions! The bridge we are building is not a traditional bridge, but a pontoon bridge. Otherwise, the budget of more than 200 billion will not be enough."
Chairman Omar quickly explained.
"So it's a pontoon? Doesn't that also affect navigation?" Zhang Hao frowned.
Omar smiled and waved his hand: "Actually, the impact is not big. Anyway, the frozen strait is impossible to pass, and when the strait thaws, the pontoon bridge will be dismantled at worst. In this way, won't we get the best of both worlds?"
"Is this possible? I remember there is a submarine suspended tunnel. You can focus on it. That one is more efficient and the key cost is not high."
Zhang Hao finally recalled the more detailed content.
"Undersea suspended tunnel? This... let's go back and study it carefully." Omar nodded.
"Okay, if you have news, remember to tell me." Zhang Hao warned.
"OK!"
…
October 7, Liberation Day finally arrived.
The capital is Zhucheng.
The official held a series of celebrations, but the scale was not very large. On the one hand, the consul was not at home; on the other hand, it was also for the sake of strict economy, and because of the cold weather, the people's enthusiasm for participation was not high.
Early in the morning, Yang Huaqing took his little daughter out and arrived at the largest juvenile care center in the city. After nearly a year of preparations, the first batch of juvenile care centers was finally open to the public.
Today is the opening day of the foster care center.
Yang Huaqing's trip has two main purposes. One is to participate in the unveiling ceremony of the foster care center as the first lady; the other is to send her youngest daughter to move into the foster care center.
Child Guoguo is already two years old.
Fully meets the occupancy conditions.
Although the official policy was initially voluntary, the couple still signed up.
The reason why the two did this was in response to the official socialized parenting plan.
In any case, this was what Zhang Hao first proposed, and he wanted to set an example and take the lead.
In addition, Guoguo's stay in the foster care center is also of great symbolic significance. Although Zhang Hao is reluctant to part with it, he can only try his best to persuade his family for the sake of the overall situation.
Fortunately, Yang Huaqing was quite reasonable, and with her help, the whole family finally reached a consensus.
Fan Zhenxiang from the Executive Yuan arrived earlier. When he saw the First Lady arriving, he greeted her with a smile.
"Xiao Yang, I'm just waiting for you."
There is a big age gap between the two, and they are very familiar with each other, so they call each other very casually.
Yang Huaqing held her little daughter in her arms and said apologetically: "Dean Fan, I'm sorry, I didn't expect that the child's grandma and grandma packed a lot of things, and they couldn't bring anything less, so it wasted a little time."
"It's okay, it's okay." Fan Zhenxiang waved his hand, then approached Guo Guo and teased softly: "Guo Guo, do you still remember grandpa?"
"Hey... daddy..."
The child Guoguo looked very excited.
Yang Huaqing quickly corrected him: "Guoguo, this is grandpa, please call me grandpa."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..."
Fan Zhenxiang was immediately relieved: "Guo Guo is really good."
The reporters on the side took the opportunity to snap a lot of photos, but Yang Huaqing did not stop them. Before that, she and her husband had agreed to publish their daughter's photos to cooperate with publicity.
Anyway, Guoguo is still young, so she doesn’t have any concerns about this yet. We’ll talk about it when she grows up.
Immediately afterwards, Fan Zhenxiang introduced the person in charge of the foster care center to Yang Huaqing: "Xiao Yang, this is Dean Shen Xiaobei of the foster care center. Even though she is very young, she is an authority on child care."
"Dean Shen, hello, our Guoguo will be entrusted to you from now on."
Yang Huaqing quickly said hello.
"Madam, please rest assured that our nursing center has complete facilities and a complete management team. The entire center has more than 200 nannies and nannies, and more than 600 preschool teachers..."
Shen Xiaobei said a lot.
It was about her daughter. Yang Huaqing patiently listened to all the introductions and asked a key question:
"Dean Shen, how many babies does one nanny of yours have to be responsible for?"
"It is currently in the trial operation stage, and each nanny is only responsible for three to five babies on average."
"Then what happens next?"
"There will be no more than twelve people at most. After all, babies are not like children of other ages and need round-the-clock care. They cannot live without people and cannot be careless."
Shen Xiaobei replied.
Yang Huaqing nodded slightly, and then proposed that she wanted to visit the nursery. She would also attend the unveiling ceremony later, and she had to settle her daughter first.
Shen Xiaobei immediately led everyone to the nursery. Yang Huaqing nodded repeatedly while visiting. It was obvious that the officials were paying attention.
The entire foster care center does not look depressing at all and fully considers the physical and mental health of minors.
Of course, this is the capital and represents the official facade, so there will definitely be special care.
If it is extended to other remote areas in the future, it will definitely be greatly discounted, but as long as it can ensure enough food, it is worth promoting vigorously.
Standing in front of the door of the nursery, Shen Xiaobei stretched out her hands: "Madam, can you give Guoguo to me?"
Yang Huaqing nodded and handed her daughter into the other person's arms.
When Guoguo saw the strange aunt, her smile immediately disappeared, she pouted and was about to cry.
Shen Xiaobei was indeed very capable. She hugged Guoguo and teased her a few times, and soon she made the little guy giggle.
When Yang Huaqing saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Xiaobei carried Guoguo into the nursery and settled the little one in a short time.
Yang Huaqing took the opportunity to ask: "Dean Shen, we have brought a lot of things here, which Guoguo can use on a daily basis. Where can I send them to you later?"
"This is simple. After the opening ceremony is over, I will personally take people to receive it."
Shen Xiaobei replied with a smile.
This is the daughter of the consul's family, and it cannot be valued too highly.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you!"
"It's not troublesome at all!" Shen Xiaobei glanced at her watch and then reminded: "Madam, it's almost time. Let's go to the door quickly? The unveiling ceremony is about to begin."
"Okay, don't keep Dean Fan and the others waiting."
Yang Huaqing glanced at her little daughter, then turned and left the nursery.
At nine o'clock, the unveiling ceremony officially began.
At the beginning of the ceremony, Dean Fan, Yang Huaqing and Shen Xiaobei spoke in turn. Dean Fan spoke for half an hour, Shen Xiaobei also had a quarter of an hour, and only Yang Huaqing spoke for less than five minutes.
After the speech, the next step was the unveiling ceremony. At the invitation of Shen Xiaobei, Yang Huaqing and Dean Fan pulled down the red cloth covering the plaque.
"Pa bang bang..."
There was warm applause.
At the same time, the sound of taking pictures kept ringing.
After the unveiling ceremony, a dozen buses drove into the foster care center, and the buses were filled with children who had signed up in advance and their parents.
After a while of excitement, Fan Zhenxiang did not leave in a hurry, but looked for an opportunity to chat with Yang Huaqing.
"Xiao Yang, Guo Guo is so cute, I suddenly had a bold idea. I wonder if you would like Guo Guo to be the spokesperson for socialized parenting?"
"this……"
Yang Huaqing subconsciously wanted to refuse.
She doesn't want her daughter to live in the spotlight, which is not good for Guoguo's growth.
Fan Zhenxiang hurriedly advised: "Don't worry, it will be three years at most. After three years, you won't need to do this.
After all, socialized parenting is a new thing, and it was proposed by Lao Zhang himself. If Guoguo comes forward, everyone's concerns can be dispelled to a large extent."
"Dean Fan, I want to discuss this with our Lao Zhang. As long as he doesn't object, I have no objection." Yang Huaqing still maintained a cautious attitude.
"This is what it should be. If you agree, remember to give me a call. I will immediately strike while the iron is hot and arrange for the people below to promote it."
Fan Zhenxiang smiled and nodded.
…
As soon as Dean Fan left, Yang Huaqing followed her to the nursery. She was a little worried about her daughter.
Fortunately, the nanny was very helpful, and Guoguo didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Plus, she had a lot of new playmates, and she could hear the little one's laughter at the door.
"Dean Shen, Guoguo didn't cry just now, did she?"
"Not long after you left, madam, you cried for a little while, but you stopped soon. Guoguo is still very well-behaved."
"It's okay."
Shen Xiaobei smiled, then pointed to a QR code on the wall next to her and introduced: "Madam, you can scan the code to download our monitoring app, so that you can see Guoguo around the clock."
"Really? Can it be harvested overseas?"
Yang Huaqing immediately took out his mobile phone.
"As long as there is an internet connection, it can be done anywhere."
"That's great. I'll ask our boss Zhang to download it later. To be honest, he is just a daughter slave. Whenever possible, he will video chat with Guoguo."
Shen Xiaobei smiled and joked: "My daughter is a little cotton-padded jacket. Of course I can't bear to be a father. But having said that, the Archon's overseas inspection did take too long. I guess he will think about it more and more later."
"You are right. If I had known this was the case, I would rather he not be the consul."
Yang Huaqing said half truth and half falsehood.
"Please be patient. Besides, the consul has been out for more than a year. I believe he will be back soon."
Shen Xiaobei quickly comforted her.
"Oh, I hope so!" Yang Huaqing sighed again, and then changed the topic: "By the way, Dean Shen, I may have to go out in a while and meet up with our old Zhang. Guoguo, please.
You should pay more attention."
This was something she and her husband had already discussed.
When her husband was injured before, she had thought about it. If her husband hadn't been seriously injured and she was worried about Guoguo, she would have been by her husband's side now.
"Don't worry, we will do our best to take good care of Guoguo. When you and the consul come back, we will ensure that you will see a well-fed little chubby boy."
These days, no matter adults or children, everyone wants to gain weight. Being fat is a sign of health.
"Thank you. If you have the opportunity in the future, you are welcome to come to the consul's residence as a guest."
"No, no, no, this is what I should do."
Shen Xiaobei suddenly smiled.
It is definitely a great thing for her to be a guest in the consul's mansion.
Next, Yang Huaqing stayed in the nursery until about five o'clock in the afternoon, and then reluctantly left the minor care center.
During her lunch break, she also had a video call with her husband, which lasted for two hours.
When we returned to the consul's residence, it was just six o'clock.
Today is Liberation Day and school is on holiday. Zhang Guoji, Zhang Guoxuan and Guan Tong didn’t go anywhere. When they saw their mother coming back, they immediately stepped forward and expressed concern:
"Mom, how is Guoguo?"
As early as last month, the brothers knew that their baby sister was going to a foster care center.
Although they both objected strongly, their arms could not twist their thighs.
If they weren't afraid of exposing their identities, the three of them would have gone with them today.
Yang Huaqing forced a smile: "Don't worry, the conditions in the foster care center are very good. Your sister is very adaptable to being there, so don't worry."
After saying that, I took out my mobile phone, and I haven’t even had time to turn off the surveillance video on it!
The three of them immediately looked at the surveillance video. Guoguo was sleeping soundly, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mom, Guan Tong and I have discussed it. After dinner, we will go to the foster care center to stay with Guoguo. It is the first time that Guoguo spends the night outside, so we are worried."
Zhang Guoxuan said impatiently.
Zhang Guoji quickly raised his hand: "And me."
Yang Huaqing thought for a moment and didn't stop her. She was also a little worried about her daughter: "You three can go, but you must abide by the rules. Don't mess around. If you have anything, just call me."
The foster care center allows parents to stay overnight, but only for the first week after moving in. This is also to help the children adapt to the new environment faster.
"knew."
The three of them nodded seriously.
"Well, where is your grandma? Is she in the kitchen?"
Yang Huaqing asked immediately.
Guan Tong nodded: "Grandma is making egg porridge for Guoguo. She will also go to see Guoguo later."
"Your grandma is going too? Okay, let's set off together as a family later!" Yang Huaqing said simply.