Eight hundred and tenth chapter South Africa (two)
Chapter 810 South Africa (2)
The flight from *** to South Africa has to pass through the entire Indian Ocean. Since Zhuang Rui's private jet is not yet a top-notch one, when it passed through the Maldives, it landed at the Maldives airport to refuel.
When the plane passed through the clouds, Zhuang Rui looked out the window and saw a blue sky. The boundless sea shone with charming brilliance under the sunlight.
In the blue water, there are scattered green islands. The green periphery is surrounded by a circle of snow-white beaches. Outside the beach is another circle of faint blue, and outside the light blue, it looks like
It's a deep blue like a gem.
Such a beautiful scenery made several people on the plane stunned. The two flight attendants, regardless of whether their boss was on the plane, crowded in the window and looked at it, exclaiming from time to time.
"The climate here is better..."
Taking advantage of the refueling break, Zhuang Rui opened the cabin door and went down to take a breath. The moist sea breeze blew on his body, which was very comfortable. Moreover, compared with the biting cold wind in Japan, the average temperature here in all four seasons is above 28°, and the climate is
pleasant.
With the improvement of domestic living standards in recent years, many young people like to travel to the Maldives when they get married. When Zhuang Ruina knew how to take wedding photos, he had considered the Maldives, but he was busy at that time, so he chose Hainan.
"Haha, Mr. Zhuang, the Maldives is a paradise for tourists. This is our first time here..."
"Yes, the sky is so blue and the sea is so beautiful..."
Several people in the cabin got off the plane, and the two stewardesses, Tianya and Liuli, had intoxicated expressions on their faces, and started chattering. It was obvious that the charm of the Maldives was irresistible to all young girls.
Zhuang Rui couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. The thing that stewardesses probably see the most and are the most disgusted with is the blue sky. Why haven't they heard of the blue sky before? This is purely psychological.
"Let's do this. In the future, the crew will add a benefit. You can take your family members to travel once a year. You can make your own arrangements. If you want to take this flight, you and your family must discuss it. If you want to live in a world with two people, how much will it cost?
I will reimburse you..."
Zhuang Rui treats his employees very generously. Among other things, the treatment at Dingguang Museum is one of the best in *** City, no worse than the staff at the Palace Museum.
Some time ago, Wu Zhao approached Zhuang Rui and revealed that after graduating with his doctorate, he wanted to work in Zhuang Rui's museum. Zhuang Rui immediately agreed. He is not short of money now, but what he lacks is collections and professional talents.
"real?"
"Wow, long live the boss!"
"Mr. Zhuang, thank you very much..."
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, the two flight attendants almost jumped up with joy. Even the steady He Shuang and Ding Hao also looked happy. Although with their income, traveling abroad is not a problem at all, but who wouldn't?
Like it?
"Okay, fill up the gas and get ready to go..."
Zhuang Rui touched his nose. It seemed like being shouted "Long Live" would not end well in the end, right?
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After the plane left the beautiful and pleasant Maldives, after another seven or eight hours of flight, it finally landed at the Johannesburg Airport in South Africa.
The temperature in Johannesburg is much higher than that in Japan, about 20°C. Sitting in the car, almost all the people he saw were black people. Only then did Zhuang Rui realize that he had arrived in Africa.
Since the Dutch launched a colonial war against South Africa starting in the 16th century, until the British took over South Africa in the 19th century, this resource-rich country was always in a colonial state.
Therefore, although more than 80% of the population of South Africa is black, and black people are now in power, the lifeblood of this country has always been in the hands of white people, such as gold mines, diamond mines and those rare energy minerals.
The owners are basically all white people, while black people can only use cheap labor to work for the capitalists.
Take Johannesburg, where Zhuang Rui is now, for example. The concept of racial discrimination is still very serious. For example, Soweto, 25 kilometers southwest of the city, is the segregated area with the largest concentration of black people in South Africa. Tragedies that shocked the world once occurred.
Before arriving, Zhuang Rui also gained some knowledge about South Africa. He knew that Johannesburg is the largest city and economic center in South Africa and the largest gold-producing center in the world. It is known as the "City of Gold".
One day in 1886, a white man named George Harrison was walking on a farm north of what is now Johannesburg. He tripped over a stone outcropping. It was a gold nugget. This triggered a swarm of gold diggers from all over the world.
Then, a gold rush craze started.
However, this brother Harrison is an adventurer. Although he obtained the "Gold Mine Discoverer Ownership Certificate" that can enjoy tax-free treatment, Harrison himself was so poor that he had all his eggs and did not have the funds needed to develop the gold mine.
Selling the ownership to others at a low price can be regarded as the most unlucky gold mine owner in history.
After more than 100 years, Johannesburg has become the largest gold-producing city in the world. Gold mines have driven the development of Johannesburg, making it the most economically prosperous city in South Africa. There are rows of tall buildings of different shapes and modern highways extending in all directions.
The network covers the entire city.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, one of the world's top ten financial markets, is located in a prosperous area of the city, with extremely active trading and elegant modern shopping malls everywhere.
When Zhuang Rui arrived here, it was already nightfall, the whole city was brightly lit, and the neon lights on the buildings were shining brightly, adding to the atmosphere of a modern metropolis.
The diamond trade, another specialty of South Africa, is also logically arranged in Johannesburg. In addition to gold merchants, the most people who come here every year are diamond merchants from all over the world.
Zhuang Rui was waiting for He Shuang to complete the parking procedures and leave the airport with them. At the exit of the airport, a black man was waiting there holding a sign with two Chinese characters for "Zhuang Rui" on it.
"Brother, do you know Chinese?"
Zhuang Rui saw that the two words on the sign were written vigorously and powerfully, and they actually had the flavor of calligraphy. He couldn't help but joke with the person who picked him up at the airport. South Africa used to be a British colony, and language was not a problem for Zhuang Rui.
However, the black man's reply made Zhuang Rui smile bitterly, because he said that the "painting" he was holding was painted on a fax paper given to him by the hotel, and it took him three full hours to draw it.
"Okay, everyone, get in the car..."
Zhuang Rui waved to the people behind him. This was a business car, just big enough to accommodate people like him. The people in Hong Kong were very considerate.
"Brother Zhuang, I heard that gold coins and diamonds are cheap here. After we finish our work during the day tomorrow, let's go out for a walk in the evening?" Before arriving, Peng Fei promised his wife that he would bring a big diamond back to her.
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"Okay, we're going too..."
Women have always been irresistible to shiny things. After hearing Peng Fei's words, the two beautiful stewardesses also shouted happily. Even He Shuang and Ding Hao sitting in the back were a little tempted. South African diamonds, those are...
world-famous.
"Forget it, you have to go shopping during the day when I'm done. Remember, you're not allowed to go out at night..."
Zhuang Rui, who was still joking with a few people, suddenly turned serious. Are you kidding me? Going out shopping in Johannesburg at night is just asking for death.
You know, although Johannesburg is a city of wealth, it is also a city of terror with the highest crime rate in the world. Someone once calculated that in this city, on average, a robbery or murder case occurs every few minutes.
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Because the unemployment rate in South Africa is as high as 40%, the vast majority of the unemployed are blacks who lack skills and have low education. The deterioration of public security has made robberies common and created an atmosphere of racial conflict.
This forces the middle and upper classes or the large capital companies representing South Africa to move to the northern suburbs, and urban functions continue to move to the suburbs.
In addition, risk-averse foreign capital is also migrating outward, causing restaurants, clubs, nightclubs, etc. in the city to close one after another, turning this golden capital, which is bustling and noisy during the day, into an abandoned city at night.
It seemed extremely deserted.
Although the lights were flashing outside the car window, Zhuang Rui and others could see that there were very few people walking on the road, and there were only small groups of black people whistling at passing cars on the street.
Qin's Jewelry originally had an office in Johannesburg. Although there was only one person, it was still a stronghold. However, the unlucky office director was stabbed when he went out to pick up girls at night. He recovered from his injuries.
I never dared to stay here again and would rather work than return to Hong Kong.
Now Qin's Jewelry has no staff in Johannesburg. The hotels Zhuang Rui lives in are all easily accessible from Hong Kong, but this is not a problem in today's world of advanced communications.
After hearing Zhuang Rui's explanation, everyone in the car was speechless. The two flight attendants were so frightened that their faces turned pale. When they turned their eyes to the brightly lit car outside, there was already deep fear in their eyes.
In fact, Zhuang Rui had no intention of letting the two girls come during this trip to South Africa. It was just that they felt a little embarrassed to not work and only take money, so they insisted on coming.
The atmosphere inside the car became a little depressing. After about half an hour, the car stopped at the entrance of a hotel near Sarnton Square.
"Oops, there's a thief!"
No one noticed that there was a small figure hiding in the shadow of the flowerbed filled with tropical plants opposite the hotel door.
When Tianya, who was walking at the end, got off the car, the figure rushed towards Tianya quickly.
