Chapter 258 Turkey, Australia and the Development of Other Countries
Chapter 258 Turkey, Australia and the Development of Other Countries
Regarding Chen Xi's identity, A Lin said that he was a shareholder of CAIC, and did not mention any other projects he was involved in.
But the people present were not fools. They all understood that he must have other business, so they became even more polite to Chen Xi.
At first, these people talked about some profitable projects in Australia, such as mining, education, medical care, etc. Then the topic gradually turned to other things. Some of them didn't know much about the situation in Country X. They all went there in the 1990s, and only the food and scenery impressed them.
"I've been there many years ago. The thing I remember most vividly is that the streets were full of bicycles, as huge as a war." An Aboriginal looked at least 40 years old.
When he was young, he had been to Shanghai and Huajing. At that time, the infrastructure was backward and there were few taxis. People basically used bicycles and motorcycles as their means of transportation, and cars were only used by the rich.
"I've been to Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong. It's well developed and can be considered a modern metropolis."
"No way, why did I read on the news that it's still developing?"
Those foreigners were talking about it at once, and each of them was sharing their experiences of seeing the scenery of Country X.
From the reform and opening up to the recovery of Hong Kong, the development was rapid, and the time when these foreigners went there was also different.
What they didn't expect was that in just a few years, Country X's construction and economy had achieved amazing results.
The city has a new look, infrastructure construction is constantly improving, and economic development is advancing by leaps and bounds.
In addition, the cultural and tourism resources are also attracting more and more foreign tourists to visit and exchange.
"This is what Modou and Huajing look like now." Chen Xi took out a few photos he had taken earlier from his mobile phone and showed them to everyone.
He wanted these people to re-understand the current situation and find out whether they were interested in developing in Country X so as to help his business.
“So many cars?”
"I think I saw a Ferrari." A sharp-eyed foreigner was shocked when he saw the picture on his phone. What Ferrari? Chen Xi himself didn't even notice it. He just took the picture casually.
"There are quite a lot of tall buildings. How come it has changed so much since I was there?"
"You don't understand this. We have been different since we joined the WTO in 2001. Our economy has grown rapidly and our per capita income is high. The scale of exports and imports has increased several times, and so has our GDP." Alin raised his head proudly. Although he has immigrated now, he has not forgotten his identity.
"If you ask me, India still has a promising future. There are more Indian students studying in Australia! Other international students come to Australia to study with money, but we Indians come here with grades. We are all talented! Our capital, Sindri, is a metropolis that surpasses the Magic City..." An Indian who works in an IT company expressed his opinion. He looked so proud that people who didn't know him would really think that Sindri is better than the Magic City and that India is so developed.
"Come on! I've been to Sindri, it's dirty and messy. Women in your country don't dare to go out on the street at night."
"What do you mean at night? I don't dare to go out on the street, haha."
"Nonsense, I can tell from the looks of it that you two have never been there."
As soon as the Indian finished speaking, he was teased by two foreigners. He was so angry that his face turned red and he quickly started to explain.
Chen Xi thought of the conversations between netizens from various countries on YouTube in his previous life. Indians felt that their capital was extremely developed and had surpassed the first-tier cities.
India is the most populous country in the world and believes that its military is one of the best in the world. It even ranks Russia behind itself and considers itself the second in the world.
Coupled with the propaganda of their own media, they think they are the most amazing, just like the Korean country.
Almost everyone here has been to India, even more than those who have been to Country X. They have also seen what Sindri looks like. Dirty, messy and poor are their biggest impressions of Sindri.
Faced with various explanations from the Indians, they just covered their mouths and nodded. They were all rich people, they would see each other every day, and they didn't want to make the relationship too awkward.
"Anyway, many large companies are now building factories and conducting business."
"Are you talking about Coca-Cola? It seems that they were fined in India a few years ago. They said that pesticides were detected in their drinks and they were asked to hand over the formula."
"That was just an exception."
Hearing someone's question, the Indian blushed and continued to argue.
"Vodafone has just been fined billions of beautiful currencies for tax evasion." A foreigner picked up his iPhone. This has been big news these days.
The Indian guy couldn't say anything more and could only sit down and drink. This news is now known to everyone. Vodafone is one of the largest telecommunications operators in the world and it has suffered a setback in India.
Although Vodafone has been dragging its feet on paying the fine, the Indian authorities will not give them this opportunity and have started to make things difficult for them, causing many large companies to worry whether they will become the next Vodafone.
"Now there are parades on the streets of Melbourne City from time to time. Those people have started to strike again, demanding a pay raise. The company has changed several batches of people, and the new ones are clumsy and need to learn. Oh, life is not easy." Macaulay complained with a frown.
"Yeah, the salary goes up every year, and there are more vacations. These people are really greedy."
"That's right. This is only the case in the two big cities of Mo Village and Xi Village. It's not that serious in other places. They are all country folks and are easy to fool."
"Ha, Xi and I have jointly established an educational institution that can help you train your employees. Come to me and I'll give you a discount!" A Lin raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
After hearing this, several people's eyes lit up. They had known for a long time that A-Lin was engaged in the education industry. It was a good idea to send employees there for training. "We can't train everyone."
"First, fool them, and then let Matthew fool them. With Matthew's intelligence, it will be a piece of cake to deal with a bunch of foreigners."
Chen Xi reminded A Lin quietly, but the latter waved his hand nonchalantly.
"It's all just deception. Are you really bringing your business tricks to Australia?"
"Don't worry, it can be done. If it can't be done, I won't bring it up."
Ah Lin smiled. They were all new employees who didn't know anything. If they taught them some theoretical knowledge and focused on skills training, there wouldn't be any problems.
Soon, Chen Xi heard the news that the bank planned to adjust loan interest rates and provide support to the construction industry.
It is estimated that the original intention of the government was to improve infrastructure, but in Chen Xi's opinion, the beneficiaries are real estate developers.
Unlike Australia, some infrastructure is undertaken by private enterprises, and the X factions in the election are mainly divided into three categories:
Coalition: United XX, Free X&X.
ALP——The Australian Labor Party: Labor
The Australian Greens——Green X
After many policies are formulated, they are often unable to be implemented when other factions take over, and some policies only benefit those who...
For example, the ALP proposed large-scale construction, but when the Australian Greens came to power, they started to focus on environmental protection.
Australia's infrastructure is said to be improving every year with new policies, but there has been no significant improvement so far.
Strikes are also a major reason, as they are responsible for the slowdown in many railway and road construction projects.
The grassroots people actually support ALP more because the slogans they shout are to protect their interests.
ALP’s external slogan is to prevent the benefits from being monopolized by…classes and to advocate sharing of benefits and wealth.
Supporting the construction industry appears to be intended to protect workers' jobs.
But maybe the capitalists... are too good at playing, or maybe they are just..., the result is that these workers are still the same as before.
This policy ultimately benefited foreign developers a lot.
"What are you thinking about? Drink." Oksana beside him leaned close to him enthusiastically and continued to fill his glass with wine.
"Nothing, just a little drunk." Chen Xi said casually, but he did drink quite a lot, as these foreigners were all good at drinking.
He is a moderate drinker, and compared to people who can drink more, he is just a weakling.
"You look quite young, but I didn't expect you to have such a successful career."
"I was lucky and made a little money."
"Come out and play when you have time."
"Okay!"
Oksana took the opportunity to ask him out for a meeting next time, and Chen Xi just agreed casually. These women are also very smart and will not directly ask you how old you are, what job you do, or whether you have a family.
I will just analyze it slowly from the conversation, and most of them want to be lovers, so asking too many questions will disgust the financial sponsor.
As a foreigner from Australia with a poor family background, Oksana has always wanted to find a rich sponsor to support her, and it would be even better if she could get married.
As for appearance and character, they were not even within her consideration. As long as the person had money, that was enough.
You know, Australia has strict protection for women's marriage. After divorce, they will get a lot of property, and she doesn't have to worry about her life in the second half of her life.
However, it would be even better to find a handsome and kind sponsor, and Chen Xi just happened to be one of her targets.
Oksana is very beautiful, but these beautiful women are not treasures in the eyes of wealthy old men.
Especially the foreigners, they are the type of people who get married if things are going well and divorced if things are not going well. Their views on women and marriage are completely different from those of Asians.
As a Ukrainian woman, her status in the country is average, because there are many more women than men in Ukraine.
This situation also made her not feel arrogant towards men, and she would not order men around like Li Yuqing did.
Most of the conversation with Chen Xi tonight was about trying to please and show gentleness, in order to leave a good impression on the other person.
The girl next to Alin is also a good-looking foreign girl. As a playboy, he has already started to have an in-depth study of all the details of the woman's affairs.
Under the influence of alcohol, everyone was no longer like before, and men and women began to get closer.
(End of this chapter)