Xu Yun has only one emotion about this country: it is definitely a paradise for the rich and a trash can for the poor.
"Brother, so many people have always said that China has a huge gap between rich and poor. I really thought that China has the largest gap between rich and poor in the world." Lin Ge shook his head: "No matter how big the gap between rich and poor in China is, it is still not as big as that in Colombia."
The gap between the rich and the poor is huge, less than ten kilometers apart, it’s a world of difference.”
"Colombia's social structure is the legendary gourd-shaped social structure." Xu Yundao.
"What is a gourd-shaped social structure?" Lin Ge was stunned for a moment, completely confused.
Xu Yun's words not only aroused Lin Ge's curiosity, but even Baldwin and Natasha couldn't help but look at him, wondering what kind of social structure his so-called gourd-shaped structure was.
"The gourd-shaped social structure has three levels. These three levels are completely separated. There is no intersection between them and there is no transitional layer in the middle." Xu Yundao said: "Although the gap between the rich and the poor in China is quite large.
, but there is a transitional layer, which is the vast majority of ordinary people, but in Colombia, there is no such transitional layer."
Lin Ge thinks this is unrealistic: "It can't be possible? There must be people who can mix from the bottom society to the upper class. How come there is no transitional layer?"
"Of course, there are definitely people who have risen from the bottom of society to the upper class, but the situation in Colombia is that once someone can climb from the bottom of the chamber of commerce to the position of the upper class, he will immediately sever all ties with the lower class of society.
Communication and contact are completely cut off, completely." Xu Yundao.
Baldwin was stunned for a moment. He was born and raised in Columbia, but he had never had such a profound social understanding. Only when Xu Yun said this today did he realize that this was indeed the case.
To put it simply, if the population of Colombia is 10,000, there are only 100 people in the real upper class. These people in the upper class elite are very few. They live very luxuriously. Some of these people
There are well-educated people and there are big drug lords who are "drug tyrants".
Then there are 1,900 middle class people. One job and one house are the standard features of the middle class. They are the so-called well-off level in China.
Followed by the poor class of 8,000 people! All of these people live in slums, yes, all of them! Eighty percent of the people in the country live in slums, living a daily life of survival.
In worrying days, if you can afford a meal of rice today, you may be hungry tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
The difference is so big it's staggering.
"Baldwin, you said that you live so luxuriously every day, but when you see those poor people, don't you have the idea of 'let me help them'?" Lin Ge glanced at Baldwin.
Baldwin was silent, not at all, not at all.
Unless these people can work for him and become useful people in his drug empire, he will give them a luxurious life.
Here, the rich live a life worthy of royalty.
The accommodations are all in quite grand villas, with the third and fourth floors being normal, and the interiors are all quite luxurious. There are fountains and gardens, and there are huge lawns and courtyards where you can play football! And there will definitely be a lot of them.
A luxury car, a personal bodyguard, a full-time driver, a servant at home, a gardener to mow the lawn, his own handyman, and his own personal chef... in short, everything is provided.
In fact, the place where Baldwin is located was just a desolate ruins many years ago, but because of drugs, unscrupulous guys like him rose up. Then they took a fancy to this place and began to build villas here, and then
It attracted many people who wanted to make money to build hotels and entertainment venues here. Within a few years, this place actually became a gathering place for rich people in Colombia who have a lot of money.
"There is absolutely no communication between them. Although he grew up in the poor class, he will not look back again." Xu Yundao: "This country is like this."
"Then the middle class here must be living a good life. Close to 20% of the country's middle class are." Lin Ge said: "These people can make the country develop on the right track."
Xu Yun shook his head: "Colombia's middle class is different from ours in China. Our Chinese middle class are at least at the level of small bosses who live a good life, but here as long as there is a job that can make money, it is considered middle class. Maybe middle class
The upper-class homes don’t even have all the appliances, so if they have a TV, they can be considered middle-class.”
"Even if you have a TV?" Lin Ge almost dropped his jaw in surprise: "Are those 80% of people poor people who can't even afford a meal?"
"Yes." After Xu Yun finished speaking, he looked at Baldwin and said: "Mr. Baldwin, you should know more about the lives of the poor in your country than I do, right? What I said is all what I have heard, and it may be a bit exaggerated, but... it cannot be
What we deny is that the poor really have nothing to eat.”
Baldwin did not deny it. He nodded and said, "Yes, this is true for the poor. They can only survive by going to some markets to pick up rotten vegetable leaves for three meals a day."
Lin Ge was speechless.
"You have all seen those shabby shacks on the street just now. Let alone TVs and electric lights." Baldwin said: "After every storm, there will be people in rags and their children walking around picking up items on the street.
You can take the rotten branches that were broken by the storm and make a fire to boil water, and boil the rotten vegetable leaves picked up from the market for your children to eat."
"Okay, really okay, your country is really deformed to the point where I am speechless." Lin Ge shook his head in amazement: "It's worse than I imagined. The people who caused this result must be you criminals.
People, if it weren’t for you, society wouldn’t be so deformed, right?”
Baldwin didn’t take it seriously: “What does this have to do with us? It’s been like this here for hundreds of years! The chaos is because of the incompetence of managers, which has nothing to do with us. If I don’t do what I’m doing now, I’ll end up with
Just like those who pick up rotten vegetable leaves, I want to change my own destiny. Is this wrong?"
"You can't use criminal means to change your destiny." Xu Yundao said: "This is not a reason."
"Then tell me, what other methods can I use? I am a child who grew up in a slum. From the first day I remember things, I knew that if I wanted to make money, I would help the gangs deal drugs, otherwise I would have to go hungry.
"My belly." Baldwin said: "I have not received any higher education, and those who have received higher education will never look at me twice! If I want to become like them, is there any other way to go?"
Xu Yun shook his head.
Indeed not.
"I remember I saw a lot of people saying something on the Internet." Lin Ge said: "There is a revolutionary poet who said that when society forces you to the point of desperation, don't forget that there is still a way behind you, and that is crime.
, remember this is not shameful...is this true?"
When Baldwin heard this, he felt it was very reasonable and nodded.
Xu Yun smiled: "The revolutionary poet you mentioned is called Mayakovsky, but I'm not sure whether he ever said this, but I feel that even if he said this,
It doesn’t mean that simply, right? Even if there is such a sentence, it must have been taken out of context.”
"I think so. This is not reliable. This is encouraging people to commit crimes." Lin Ge said: "Baldwin, although I don't know if you have heard of this sentence, but you did do this.
Can you please stop denying it?"
"Yes, I don't deny it." Baldwin said: "I am indeed at my wits end. If I want to be at the top of this social structure, this is the only way I can go. I don't have any other choice!"
Xu Yun asked: "Do you have to be the top person for your life to be meaningful?"
Baldwin nodded: "Otherwise? Otherwise, what's the point of living in this society? To be a poor man who doesn't have enough to eat? To be a miserable waste waiting to die every day! No! I, Baldwin, have told myself since I was a child that no matter what I do,
Whether I have capital or not, whether I have nothing or not, I will do whatever it takes to become a rich person!"