Chapter 453 Weigu Island. Chinese. Moving the capital
Eastern Indonesian waters, Wei Gu Island.
Sunshine, waves, and beaches.
Listening to the seagulls chirping above and the salty smell of the sea in the nose, Luo Jia relaxed all over and her pores relaxed comfortably, enjoying a moment of leisure and tranquility.
Whether he went to Korea before or accompanied his parents to Malay for the Spring Festival, Luo Jia was always in a hurry, dragging her 20-inch aluminum alloy suitcase, busy and had no time to enjoy the scenery outside the window.
As a believer in the theory of cost, Luo Jia feels that this is probably the price that needs to be paid to achieve the goal.
Just like you want to lose weight, but after carefully reading the composition and description of all the foods, you will be sad to find that all the foods that can make you healthier are all foul-eating.
Health comes at a price. No one can eat butter cakes and sing songs. They are healthy and slim at the same time. No one can.
Luo Jia turned over on the bench by the beach, let herself lie on her side, then picked up the mango juice on the table and took a few lazy sips.
There is a group of girls on vacation here in the distance, with long golden and chestnut hair, slender thighs, stunning chests, thin and soft waists, and white skin.
They should be of Slavic descent and have dealt with the Wen brothers a lot. Luo Jia is now accustomed to observing strangers from an anthropological perspective. Although they are suspected of racial discrimination, there are indeed huge differences between different races.
For example, the entire African continent did not invent any kind of text in the long time before the arrival of the colonists.
This is a unique phenomenon among all races on Earth. The dwarf blacks and American Indians in the South Asian subcontinent are all bullied and miserably. However, even so, the Indians invented hieroglyphs and languages, not to mention the mysterious Inca civilization and Aztec civilization.
Anyway, when you live in this complex world, you can not say some things, but you must understand in your heart what are facts and what are the so-called "facts" that have been modified by political correctness.
Luo Jia took back his sight. He was used to living alone. Having a girlfriend means taking time. Luo Jia has tried it. Even if she obeys a girl like Ping Yuying, she still needs to accompany her 11.6 hours a week.
The cost of companionship is a vocabulary invented by Luo Jia himself, which means how much time a man has to invest in his girlfriend to make his girlfriend feel that he is not neglected, and thus will not produce spiritual power called resentment.
Luo Jia even designed a mathematical model for this, including data such as personality traits, education level, and independence into the model, and then he can calculate the time, energy, money, etc. that needs to be spent on his girlfriend every week.
The result is obvious that Ping Yuying is already the most obedient and satisfying girl who still needs to take 1.6 hours a week to accompany her, take her to have dinner, watch movies, etc.
Assuming that if Ye Wuchen had a more personality, the cost of companionship would be no less than 17 hours a week, so in the end, Luo Jia concluded that long live single.
At this time, Xu Chunbiao came to Luo Jia and whispered to him: "The special envoy of the Indonesian president has arrived."
Luo Jia nodded, stood up from the beach chair, and walked towards the hotel behind her.
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Luo Jia changed into formal clothes and came to the banquet hall. It happened that the presidential envoy had already put down his luggage and was chatting with Lu Junlin in a mess.
The special envoy is Zhou Rui, who is about thirties. He is an Indonesian Chinese. His family runs mines and shipping. He is quite famous in the local area. He lives in Bandung, a famous Chinese-spanned city in central Java.
"Ji Bu asks the President to ask me to take him to say hello to you." Zhou Rui smiled and said in very skillful Chinese: "Mr. President has important things to do and cannot come in person. He deeply regrets this."
Just polite words, Luo Jia smiled and greeted each other. The three of them sat down at a round table, and then ordered the waiter to serve the dishes.
They had Western food today, and the menu had been drafted by the executive chef. There were five dishes of the starter and the dessert after the meal. Because the main dish was lobster, Luo Jia ordered a bottle of white wine. The Marga Baiting produced in 2002 was more than 2,000 US dollars.
"I wonder what it feels like to live overseas as a Chinese? Is it still going well with locals?" Luo Jia asked curiously. He did not go straight to the point and talked about business, but first talked with Zhou Rui.
Zhou Rui smiled, "To be honest, we rarely get along with the locals. Everyone lives in a completely different world. As for Chinese, it depends on their bloodline. If they are mixed-race Chinese, traditional Chinese communities like Bandung, Semarang, and Sishui will not accept them. The only choice for mixed-race Chinese is to go to Jakarta. The capital area is not as distinct as traditional Chinese cities, and it is relatively tolerant."
Nani?
Isn’t this the legendary segregation?
Luo Jia touched her chin with her hand and asked even more curiously: "What kind of existence is the Chinese community, isolated from the small world outside the locals?"
"It's basically true." Zhou Rui nodded and said, "Take the Chinese community in Bandung where I live as an example, there are at least two servants in the family, and these two servants are usually husband and wife. The male servant is responsible for the garden, water and electricity, and the maid is responsible for cleaning and cooking."
"Even among Chinese people with poorer financial conditions, they will also hire servants, but these servants usually work part-time and serve several families at the same time."
"The cost of hiring a servant is not high. The monthly salary of an indigenous couple is enough for 2,000 yuan. In addition, there are a small number of bankrupt or poor Chinese who will engage in the job of a servant, but the cost is expensive. If you hire a Chinese maid, you will need to pay 6,000 yuan per month. A very small number of wealthy families in the community can afford to hire a Chinese maid."
Lu Junlin frowned slightly and said, "According to what you say, the local Chinese in Indonesia are quite rich. After all, they are the least useful to be maids and earn 6,000 yuan a month."
Zhou Rui smiled and said, "It's basically true, but you two must understand that my father is already 73 years old this year and still works ten hours a day, four days a month. He will live in a mining area with extremely poor conditions and manage the family's mine. If the local natives are willing to endure hardship like Chinese, they believe they will not be poor. However, this prerequisite does not exist. As long as the locals have dinner today, they will not consider the issue of hunger tomorrow morning."
"It is indeed difficult to integrate different ethnic cultures." Luo Jia shrugged, "In the past, I heard that in Africa, Chinese people were so tired of the local black uncles, and were too lazy to pay attention to them. After they went to Africa one by one, they all became nationalists when they came back. I didn't expect that Indonesia was in this situation."
Zhou Rui said: "I have never been to Africa, but in Bandung, the Chinese community has its own clothing store, and imported clothing from Guangzhou. Chinese people with a little bit of identity generally do not wear locally made clothing."
"Every Chinese family has a car and can't take the local bus system. I remember when I was in junior high school, I went to the suburbs and couldn't get a taxi, so I wanted to take the bus. But I happened to be met by my uncle who was in the community in the grain and oil business. He specifically asked the driver to take me home and refused to take the bus."
"You may not believe it. In Bandung, locals are not allowed to enter our own supermarkets and shops. Unless they are maids from Chinese families, the security guards at the door will be put in."
I'll go!
Is there such an operation?
A sense of déjà vu that locals and dogs are not allowed to enter, and Luo Jia and Lu Junlin were simply stupid and speechless.
Seeing Luo Jia and Lu Junlin surprised, Zhou Rui took a sip of mineral water and said in a rational voice: "This is probably the so-called conflict of civilizations. Looking at the world, it is not an isolated case. A white North American person will not live in a black community, otherwise the same is true."
That's right...
Luo Jia nodded slightly. North America is a pure immigrant country, known as a beacon of freedom and civilization. If even they cannot achieve racial integration, how can they blame the Chinese Indonesians?
The painful experience that happened in South Africa told us the fact that different is different, and the circle is different, so don’t be compatible.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Luo Jia and the presidential envoy Zhou Rui had a great time chatting.
The sponsor group behind this president is the Chinese community, and Zhou Rui is the representative of the Chinese community. After he withdrew the dessert, he said: "Mr. Luo, Mr. Lu, you should know that Indonesia has decided to move the capital."
Luo Jia smiled slightly and nodded slightly, indicating that he knew about this.
The Greater Jakarta region, composed of Jakarta and surrounding cities, has a permanent population of more than 30 million. It is the second largest urban agglomeration in the world, second only to Tokyo.
The population density of Jakarta has reached an astonishing 15,000 people per square kilometer. What is this?
The congestion and pollution in the capital of China have been severely criticized for a long time. However, the population density of the capital is only 1,300 people per square kilometer, less than one-tenth of that in Jakarta. It can be seen that it is almost the same for the capital of Indonesia to be called the first gate.
What’s even more terrible is that Jakarta is near the sea, and it was originally a large swamp, and the land continued to settle every year. If you don’t find a way quickly and let it continue to develop, half of the city will sink into the sea in the future.
"I don't believe that a professional politician will be wholehearted and seek benefits for the people." Luo Jia thought for a moment and said lightly: "The move to the capital has been called for almost thirty years, and several presidents have not been able to accomplish it. If this matter can be completed within the term of Jibiao's term, it will definitely be famous in history. With the benefits brought by such a major project as moving the capital, Jibiao's president will definitely gain both fame and fortune."
"Secondly, the opposition has been having a lot of fun recently. The president can use the name of the relocation of the capital to adjust the organization and will continue to disobey himself in Jakarta, allowing them to stay away from the center of rights, slowly rot, and eventually be forgotten by the world. The brand-new city built on Kalimantan will become a stage for performances by Jibutu and his allies."
"It's not so much about moving the capital, but rather a struggle and change of power. I don't know what I'm right, Mr. Zhou Rui?"
Luo Jia smiled and looked at Zhou Rui.
Zhou Rui was silent at first, then nodded slightly, admitting Luo Jia's judgment.
Luo Jia let out a long sigh, her eyes suddenly became sharp and said, "I understand. Xingchen Technology will do its best to help President Ji Butuo and complete the plan to move the capital. The Chinese community you represent is the president's financial backer. I believe you will also take action?"
Chapter completed!