The connotation is actually illusory. It is also the interior. Artificial leather is not high-end enough, so what about real leather?
The same leather, pigskin and sheepskin are definitely not the same price, but what about deerskin and crocodile skin?
It's definitely not the same price.
How to measure whether the price is a good deal at this time?
Is it simply impossible to measure——
Therefore, in southern Africa, the only real high-end car is the Lord, and the others are arty, only stylish and without charm.
All drivers in Johannesburg are very talkative. After Kurci and Petrovich got on the bus, the driver started talking non-stop.
"Johannesburg is a good place. It has the most developed biotechnology in southern Africa. Do you know the Johannesburg School of Biotechnology? This school is a sacred place in Johannesburg - it also has a museum donated by Lord Locke and the largest collection of books in southern Africa.
The most Ziwei library." The taxi driver kept talking. It was obvious that he was proud of this city.
"We work for the same eight hours, and some people's income is a hundred or a thousand times more than yours. Don't you have any complaints?" Kurci fanned the flames. He has tried this method repeatedly in Europe.
Too bad this is in southern Africa.
"Complaints - maybe there are, but they are not accurate -" the taxi driver is not easy to fool, and has a very firm mind.
"——Why are you complaining? The boss of our company needs to get through the relationship with the city government and the vehicle management office to obtain a business license and purchase qualified cars. The investment cost is millions, and the annual profit is
It's only a few hundred thousand rand, isn't this normal?" The taxi driver didn't complain much.
This is also what Kurci cannot understand the most.
It is said that taxi drivers are in the exploited class and can only earn one yuan after earning ten yuan. They must be very resentful.
This is not the case.
Simply looking at the distribution standard, it is indeed ten to one.
But the taxi drivers don't seem angry. They have their own logic. If they expect a better life, then they should work hard, not the labor movement.
"Why is it normal? If you earn ten dollars, nine dollars belongs to your boss, and you can only get one dollar. This is so unfair -" Kurci had ideals and started working immediately after arriving in Johannesburg.
It's impossible not to work. Ziweicheng has given Kurtchi such a powerful shock that if he doesn't keep himself busy, Kurtchi will doubt whether his work is meaningful.
Johannesburg was a big shock to Kurci.
After arriving in Ziwei City, Kurci's confidence was really shaken for the first time. Even in his concept, Ziwei City was the most ideal living situation, and it couldn't be better than this.
Ziwei City——
Between Ziwei City and Johannesburg are the Johannesburg Medical College and Ziwei Public School.
It has been more than 30 years since Ziwei Public School was founded. The school has made an astonishing leap from nothing to now being the number one middle school in southern Africa - and even the world.
The "No. 1 Middle School" of Ziwei Public School was canonized by The Times.
About twenty years ago, "The Times" began to publish numerous reports on Ziwei Public School, directly pushing Ziwei Public School to the throne of "No. 1 Middle School".
This may not be worthy of the name, but the conditions of Ziwei Public School are not bad, and the teaching level is also obvious to all. From 1934 to 19381, Ziwei Public School created a record of all graduates being admitted to the top ten universities in the world. This is
Nothing like Harvard or Cambridge can do it.
As famous as Ziwei Public School is Johannesburg Medical College.
During World War I, the Johannesburg Medical College became famous by arranging all students, faculty and staff to the front line to provide medical support. Since then, the Johannesburg Medical College has become the first choice for battlefield rescue.
After the outbreak of World War II, just like the previous world war, Johannesburg Medical College also sent all its students to the front lines to improve their medical skills in actual combat, and successfully won the praise of Kurtz.
"Stop the car. I'm going to the Johannesburg Medical College to send a bouquet of flowers to Mr. Abu's statue." Kurtz still respected Abu.
As the inventor of penicillin, Abu saved millions of lives during the two world wars. Even if Kurchi was dissatisfied with the southern African federal government, he could not ignore Abu's contribution.
"Are you sure?" Petrovich pressed.
Kurci didn't realize there was any problem with this yet and was determined.
Then go and send flowers.
Abu's statue is located in the garden in front of the Administration Building in Johannesburg. This represents Abu's contribution to Johannesburg. Even Roque cannot replace Abu's influence on the Johannesburg Medical College.
When Kurtz came to the Johannesburg Administration College, Abu's statue was surrounded by flowers. Kurtz could not reach Abu's statue at all.
"Was this prepared in advance?" Kurtci was confused.
In a capitalist society, how can someone be so loved by ordinary people?
Kurci's first reaction was that he was faking it, but this didn't make sense because Petrovich had been with Kurci all the time.
"It's really not true. People here respect Professor Abu from the bottom of their hearts." Petrovich was really wronged. If he had so much energy, he wouldn't need Kurci's help at all.
Kurtci's mood was extremely complicated, and he was silent for a long time after laying the wreath.
Southern Africa's respect for intellectuals far exceeds Kurci's expectations.
When he was about to leave the Johannesburg Medical College, Kurci noticed that several staff members from Brad's office were already waiting beside Kurci's taxi.
"Hey, hey, hey, I didn't do anything, I just laid a bouquet of flowers on the statue of Professor Abu. Doesn't this also violate the laws of southern Africa?" Kurchi dealt with these things with ease.
As long as it is at the official level, Kurchi is at ease.
The key is those gray areas where black and white are indistinguishable. A scholar meets a soldier when he is right, and he cannot explain what is right. Therefore, Kurti is not afraid of Brad's office, but what he is most afraid of is the unemployed vagrants in southern Africa.
"Ah, there is no Mr. Kurtz. Our mission is to escort him to the hotel safely. There is nothing else." The special agent leader who led the team was smiling, as if he didn't know that Brad's office had a sinister reputation.
This is also normal.
Brad's office is also divided into internal affairs and field services.
Not to mention the internal affairs people, their work content is not much different from that of the household registration police.
The work in the field was very heavy. Comintern staff like Kurci were monitored by Bullard's office as soon as they arrived in southern Africa, and the details would certainly not be made public.
"I understand, thank you for your hard work -" Kurti was very smart, and he got involved in a few words: "-but you don't have to worry, I'm just playing, I don't have any work tasks."
Kurci did not tell the truth and could not tell the truth, otherwise he would be arrested by Bullard's office.
"It's best this way -" The special agent team leader who led the team was not in a hurry. As long as Kurchi left southern Africa honestly, Bullard's office would not take strong measures against Kurchi.
That night, Kurchi stayed at the miners' home in Ziwei City.
The miner's home was a hotel. It looked ordinary on the outside, but it had complete facilities, including a telephone, heating, and television. This surprised Kurci even more.
When television first appeared a few years ago, only wealthy people in Europe would buy it.
In southern Africa, an ordinary hotel already has a TV as an accessory facility, which really surprised Kurci.
"Don't be surprised. The federal government of Southern Africa promotes Pretoria as the cultural center and Los Angeles as the economic center. In fact, Ziwei City is the real economic and cultural center of Southern Africa."
Petrovich was not surprised at all, everything had become routine.
Let’s not talk about culture first.
In terms of economy, Ziweicheng's per capita GDP last year was 15,000 rand, while Los Angeles's was only 14,900 rand, so there is no doubt that it is an economic center.
Ziwei City is a city built on gold mines. Ziwei Public School, Johannesburg Medical College, and the not-so-reputable but extremely powerful West Rand School for Miners' Children, let alone the uncultured ones, in education.
In terms of tourism, Ziwei City is definitely second to none in southern Africa.
There is a class in the West Rand School for Miners' Children called the Hope Class. All students in this class can directly enter the University of Nyasaland without passing examinations.
This alone is enough to attract countless rich men in southern Africa to send their children to schools for the children of miners in the West Rand.
"Tomorrow I will find an ordinary miner's family. I want to determine the living conditions of the workers in the West Rand mining area." Kurci is pragmatic. He still firmly believes that the glory of Ziwei City is based on the rich people such as Rock.
It has nothing to do with ordinary workers.
"No problem, as you wish -" Petrovich did his duty, seeing is better than seeing. The real situation in the Rand mining area had to be seen by Kurci himself.
Then take a look.
The next day, Petrovich arranged for Kurci to visit an ordinary miner's family in the Far West Rand gold mines.
Kurci seemed to have doubts about Petrovich's trust, and temporarily decided to randomly select a mining family, so he went to the Stewart farm next to the Crocodile River.
The Stewart farm is not large, about 120 acres, but a farm of this size is extremely rare in the Transvaal.
"Farms around the Transvaal are currently on the market, averaging 10,000 rand per acre, but if you buy them at this price, you will never be able to sell them." Petrovich knows the prices of farms in the Transvaal.
Ten thousand rand!
The price made Kurci's heart tremble.
After the outbreak of World War II, only southern Africa in the world still implemented the gold standard, with one gram of gold exchanged for one rand.
Calculated this way, Stewart's farm is worth approximately 1,200 kilograms of gold.
1200kg——
Equal to 1.2 tons.
Approximately equivalent to one ten thousandth of France’s gold reserves.
Simply speaking, many people may have no idea about 1.2 tons of gold.
But compared with France's gold reserves, a concrete concept immediately emerged.
"The price is already so high, why not sell it?" Kurtci was puzzled.
The conditions of the farms on the outskirts of the Transvaal may not be that good. At the very least, the road traffic conditions are not very good, and there is not even a cement road——
cement road!
Curchi suddenly realized that he seemed to be getting more and more accustomed to southern African standards.
The cement roads in European countries, let alone rural farms, are not completely connected even between major cities.
This is understandable, and southern Africa is not out of reach.
Thinking like this, my mood just got better and not long after, I was hit hard again.
John Stewart, the owner of Stewart Farm, made preparations early when he learned that Kurtz was going to visit his farm.
There is no concrete road on the farm, but there is a pickup truck.
And there was more than one. When Kurtz was about to go to Stewart's farm, Stewart and his three sons drove four pickup trucks to pick up Kurtz and his party.
"You actually have four pickup trucks on one farm?" Kurtci thought it was unlikely, but he didn't feel surprised.
In fact, the Transvaal has surprised Kurchi too much in the past few days, so even if Kurchi encounters aliens attacking the earth now, I'm afraid he won't be too surprised.
"No, I only have one pickup truck on my farm, and these are all borrowed from my neighbors -" Stewart explained in detail, he is indeed very down-to-earth: "-but when it comes to construction machinery, there are other trucks on my farm.
There are three tractors, two motorcycles, and one car, but they are often not used and can only be parked in the garage to collect dust."
this--
An ordinary farm has three tractors, one pickup truck and one car, and two motorcycles——
Is this really an ordinary farm?
If in doubt, put it aside.
Kurci and Petrovich got into the car directly. The southern African farmers may not be very enlightened, but they are still very enthusiastic towards their guests.
"The economic situation has been bad in the past few years. Farm operations have been very difficult. Agricultural products cannot be sold at high prices. They have to pay more and more taxes. Farmers' lives are very difficult -" Stewart kept complaining to Kurci in the car.
.
Tough, there are so many agricultural machinery!
Do you have any special understanding of hardship?
"Master Luo is definitely a good person. He has formulated a price protection system for agricultural products, which has given us a minimum bottom line for our income. Unfortunately, the scriptures are all good ones, and the monk Tilted the Head was upset. Mr. Luo's will was not fully implemented.
If you ask me to say that those cruel officials should be killed, they are all bastards--" Stewart cursed, and Kurtci listened for a long time before confirming that the "Lord Luo" that Stewart mentioned was Roque.
All sutras are good—
This is normal. When Rock's will reaches the grassroots level, it is impossible to implement it to the letter, and there will always be some deviations.
Or it's over-interpretation.
Or there is a misunderstanding.
"Haven't you ever thought about changing?" Kurtci entered working mode.
Only with grievances can Kurqi have room to work.
Otherwise, what else could Kurci do if everyone is harmonious from top to bottom?
Stewart looked at Kurti with a surprised look, picked up the walkie-talkie, and chattered in Chinese for a while.
Kurchi doesn't speak Chinese.
But from Stewart's eyes, it seemed that the situation was not good.
Unfortunately, shortly after Kurci arrived at Stewart's farm, staff from Brad's office followed him.
Only then did Coolidge learn that Stewart could receive a reward of R10,000 for reporting a foreign spy.
