Hong Ya parked the car at a seaside place on the edge of the city. I saw it was a unique restaurant, and there were many seats under the open air. In front of me was the blue water and the warm
Sunlight.
She quickly finished her order and spoke in English with a very pure British accent. Of course I could understand it: except for the lobster sashimi, the rest of what she ordered were also seafood and two vegetables. Finally she ordered
A bottle of red wine.
The red wine she ordered was Penfolds. I had read the information about this wine because before I came here I considered bringing a gift when I went back. This wine is the most famous brand in Australia and is regarded as the symbol of Australian red wine.
The aristocrat of the Australian wine industry. In fact, this wine is not expensive, equivalent to a few hundred yuan.
I said: "When I go back, I want to bring some wine like this as a gift to my friends."
She smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to. They are available in regular domestic supermarkets, and they are all genuine and the prices are not high."
I shook my head and said: "Actually, the value of the gift is not important, what is important is the heart."
She smiled and asked me: "Then what are you going to buy for Miss Oolin?"
I looked at her and said with a smile: "Please help me make up my mind. You are a woman and you know her so well. You know what she likes best."
She looked at me and smiled, "Didn't you just say that your heart is the most important thing? Since you want to bring her a gift, she will like whatever you give her."
I shook my head and smiled bitterly: "That's true, but it's better to give her something she likes the most? For example, a cashmere coat or something. What do you think?"
She smiled and said, "I see you only brought a small suitcase when you came here. Are you going to buy a big suitcase when you go back? You are really strange, you only bring so few things with you when you go out."
I smiled and said, "I'll check it in when the time comes."
She said: "It was wrinkled after I checked it back. If I were you, just buy some wool scarves for Sister Lin. You don't know the model of clothes she wears, and women don't like others to buy clothes, because we
Every woman has different preferences. Even I never buy clothes for her, let alone you are a man, how do you know what kind of clothes she likes to wear? "
I was convinced, "Okay, your idea is a good one."
I asked her again: "What about other people? For example, other leaders, colleagues, men. What should I give as a gift?"
She said: "Just give works of art to your boss. For ordinary colleagues, this red wine is good, and the price of the gift box is not very high."
I smiled and said, "That's settled then."
She looked at me and smiled, "You are so tired. You have to carry so many things back home after this trip."
I shook my head and said with a smile: "No way, isn't this the case for every Chinese who goes abroad?"
She said: "That's not the case for me. I find it troublesome."
I said, "You are different. You don't need to think about it so much. I can't help it. In official circles, this kind of courtesy is indispensable."
She looked at me and said, "Since you envy me so much, why can't you give up everything like me and go abroad to develop?"
I felt the deep meaning in her words, but I didn't know what to say. I just asked him to sigh and say, "It's easier said than done."
By this time our food had arrived and the red wine had been opened. Hong Ya poured half a glass of red wine into my and her own glasses respectively, then raised her glasses and said to me: "Feng Xiao, thank you for coming to see me."
I shook my head and said, "I'm not here to see you, I'm here to spend this wonderful time with you."
She looked at me, her eyes flowing, "Feng Xiao, you know me, I am easily moved. Can you please stop being like this? Otherwise, I will not let you go."
I hurriedly said: "What I said is true."
She said softly: "I know." Then she touched the wine glass lightly on the rim of my glass. After a crisp sound, we drank together.
Then we started to eat. The seafood tasted really good. Hong Ya told me that seafood is the first choice for Australian food, including king crab, lobster, giant lobster, western rock lobster, oysters, shrimp, abalone,
Scallops, tuna, salmon, sardines and other seafood can be found everywhere.
Go to the seafood supermarket and look at the prices. Judging from Australia's income level, abalone is not expensive at all. For example, abalone costs about 13 Australian dollars per kilogram. If you use a one-to-one income standard comparison, it is cheaper than the market price in our country, because it is the lowest in Australia.
The monthly income is 2,500 Australian dollars, while the average income of office workers is 5,000 Australian dollars.
I sighed and said, "When will our country reach such a standard?"
She shook her head and said, "I think it's basically impossible."
I asked her in surprise: "Why do you say that?"
She smiled but said nothing.
I was even more curious, "What's so bad about this?"
Then she smiled faintly and said: "Domestic officials are doing everything possible to gain benefits for themselves. Most of the businessmen immigrated after making money. You think, how can this make the people rich?"
I was silent for a moment.
Since our country's reform and opening up, a group of people have embarked on the road to wealth, creating a group of people who got rich first. In accordance with the vision of "realizing that some people get rich first, getting rich first drives others to get rich, and ultimately achieving common prosperity", our first
A step has been taken, but now a big problem has arisen.
According to a report by an international survey agency, currently 14% of my country's multi-millionaires have immigrated or are applying for immigration, and nearly half are considering immigrating. Although these rich people account for a relatively low proportion of the entire population, they As a wealthy elite, they control a large amount of social resources.
According to the original decision-making expectations of reform and opening up, those who get rich first will drive those who get rich later, but a considerable part of this group of people have chosen to emigrate overseas. This phenomenon not only deviates from the original policy expectations, but also deviates from
It raises people’s social expectations for the rich.
Since the reform and opening up, great achievements have been made in economic construction and residents' living standards, but they have also paid a heavy price, mainly reflected in the living environment and investment environment they face.
The current wave of wealthy immigrants is largely due to domestic problems such as food, education, medical care, and housing. Among them, making it easier for their children to obtain high-quality education is a common reason why many wealthy people choose to immigrate overseas.
In the hearts of Chinese people, children are the continuation of their lives. Influenced by China's tradition of attaching great importance to education, the expectation of "hoping for their children to become successful" almost exists in families of different classes. However, due to the limitations of China's educational environment and education system, it is difficult to achieve success through one's own efforts.
It is not easy to get admitted to a good university, especially for wealthy families who usually neglect education and management of their children. The road to the college entrance examination does not seem to be easy.
On the contrary, if you can immigrate abroad early and let your children become familiar with the English learning environment as early as possible, you will not have to go through the efforts of "thousands of troops squeezing a single-plank bridge" and can easily get admitted to a foreign university that is better than the famous domestic universities.
For the rich who can bear the cost of this overseas "college entrance examination immigration" method, they are naturally willing to "move three times" for the next generation. At the same time, in search of a sense of security, the rich's need for a sense of security is affected.
There are many pressures from the state and society. China's market economic system is far from perfect, and it is an indisputable fact that administrative power exerts a huge influence on market operations.
On the other hand, the wealthy have a huge career foundation, so they also pay great attention to the investment environment. In recent years, the deterioration of the domestic investment and business environment is another important reason for the wealthy to immigrate overseas.
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, once issued a report assessing four aspects of the investment environment in 87 countries, including my country. These four aspects are: cross-industry investment behavior by foreign enterprises, The process of establishing a subsidiary, the procedure for obtaining industrial land, and the arbitration mechanism for commercial disputes. Our country actually performed poorly in the evaluation results of these four indicators.
The report pointed out that China's foreign-funded enterprises have too many restrictions and their performance in attracting foreign investment is not outstanding. As a result, many enterprises are now worried about the deterioration of China's investment environment.
At the same time, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt claimed that GE was facing the most severe business environment in China in 25 years, accusing the Chinese government of becoming increasingly protectionist and increasingly hostile to foreign multinationals.
"Unfriendly".
In addition, for the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises in China, problems such as difficulty in financing, high financing costs, serious tax burdens, and arbitrary collection of various miscellaneous fees have always plagued the development of enterprises. Moreover, with the introduction of the new "Labor Law", the employment costs of enterprises have also increased.
Increasingly, these factors indicate the rapid deterioration of the domestic investment and business environment.
For now, the problem of wealthy immigrants has seriously affected the development of our country's economy. The rich represent the advanced productive forces of society and possess a large amount of capital and resources in society. Rich immigrants have a significant impact on the country's overall productivity and resources.
Extremely adverse effects; seriously, it can even lead to a national economic recession.
In fact, many of our officials are also part of the rich. They have brought huge wealth abroad through the immigration of their children. Including myself, for various reasons, I have to consider investing funds overseas, because domestic
The environment is indeed too unsafe. This is not a moral issue, but a practical consideration.
We kept talking about such topics during the meal. In fact, I knew in my heart that although we had touched on the emotional issues between the two of us, we had not completely let go.
We haven't seen each other for a long time. After all, there is a certain emotional unfamiliarity and gap between us. But I believe that soon we will become intimate after the blending of our souls and bodies.
Moreover, at this time, my heart was already floating, and I believed that she should be the same as me. I think that such a topic should be brought up by me first, because I am a man.
So I asked her while we were clinking glasses again: "Hongya, what are we doing after dinner?"
She looked at me and smiled, "What do you think?"
I said: "I'm a little tired. Let's take a rest after eating."
But she shook her head and said: "Look, in broad daylight, there are very beautiful scenery everywhere, how can you waste it? No, I want to enjoy it all slowly with you."
I smiled bitterly and said, "That's okay. I'll listen to you."
She looked at me with her charming eyes, "Feng Xiao, actually I want to go and have a rest with you right away. I really want to. But, I want to leave all this until the evening."
In the afternoon, I will go shopping with you, in the evening, I will go to the tram restaurant with you, and then I will go to the beach with you to have a nice breeze. Because..." At this point, she smiled brightly at me, "Because I want to be with you.
Have a romantic day every day!”
At this moment, my soul is already drunk. (To be continued)