Diary of the life of a working wizard

Britain is the original suzerainty of Agia. Although the British army withdrew from the territory of Agia more than 20 years ago, the British still have a very special status in this country after many years of rule. In addition, the British They are also very powerful internationally, so in hotels run by the British, locals generally don't dare to make trouble, and the safety of people and property is guaranteed.

Of course, outside of the hotel, it’s hard to say. So after Fang Zibai made arrangements for Su Zhiyan and Xia Yunjie, he specifically told them not to go out at night, especially not to the old city. The street lights there are sparse, there are many dark blind spots, and the crowds are complicated. Many poor people are concentrated there. With Xia Yunjie's body, Fang Zibai really couldn't trust him to take Mr. Su around, especially at night.

During the day, urban areas are generally relatively safe.

Perhaps because Fang Zibai talked too much about Agia's instability, Su Zhiyan was inevitably afraid, so Su Zhiyan wanted a suite with a guest room instead of two rooms next to each other.

Because she was tired from the journey, Su Zhiyan went to bed early after dinner, while Xia Yunjie sat on the window sill and looked at the starry sky outside but couldn't sleep.

On the one hand, it was because this little fatigue was nothing to him, and on the other hand, it was also because he had not seen such a deep, star-studded night sky for a long time.

Sitting there and looking at the night sky, Xia Yunjie couldn't help but think that although Africa is poor and backward, they still have blue sky and white clouds, and they can still see such a deep night sky full of stars, but in many places in China, we can no longer see blue sky and white clouds. .

After a dreamless night, when Xia Yunjie finished his daily homework and pushed out the door, he saw Su Zhiyan wearing denim shorts and a loose white bat shirt, holding her snow-white slender legs, sitting in front of the window sill of the living room and looking not far away. The sea is in a daze.

The golden morning sun fell on her body, making her look a little lonely.

In fact, it is not easy to be a strong woman! Xia Yunjie looked at the beautiful figure who looked a little lonely, sighed secretly, and then said hello to Su Zhiyan: "Good morning, Mr. Su."

"Haha, I was so sleepy last night that I woke up again only a few hours after falling asleep. I don't know how many days it will take to reverse the jet lag." Seeing Xia Yunjie come out, Su Zhiyan smoothed her hair and smiled at him. .

Xia Yunjie smiled and then said: "Mr. Su, do you want to have breakfast now? Should you go to the restaurant to eat it or have it delivered to the room?"

After saying the words, Xia Yunjie found that he looked more and more like a professional private bodyguard.

"Let's go to the restaurant to eat, and take a look at the environment here." Su Zhiyan stretched lazily, then stood up and said.

Su Zhiyan's waist is very thin and white. When she stretched her waist, she inadvertently exposed a section of snow-white skin. It was so white that it was dazzling in the sun. Xia Yunjie, who saw the lazy and charming side of Su Zhiyan for the first time, couldn't help but be slightly stunned. For a moment.

The breakfast provided by the hotel is a Western breakfast, including bread, cheese, bacon, etc. There are very few black people eating in the restaurant, basically foreigners.

Su Zhiyan had lived in the United States and had already adapted to Western food, but Xia Yunjie was a little uncomfortable and didn't eat as much as Su Zhiyan.

After breakfast, around nine o'clock, Fang Zibai and the black driver Amu came to pick up Su Zhiyan and Xia Yunjie.

Weida Company's current main project in Remalan City is to build a trade city in the new urban area. In addition to this trade city, there are also a few small projects here and there, but the amount of funds is not large.

Su Zhiyan personally rushed to Algeria this time. In addition to inspecting the local engineering and construction conditions, her biggest purpose was actually to inspect the feasibility of investing in local mineral development.

In addition to oil and natural gas, Algeria is also rich in other mineral resources, especially iron ore and manganese ore. There are one billion tons of iron ore and nearly 100 million tons of manganese ore that have been proven. With the rapid economic development in China, mineral products are increasingly dependent on imports.

Africa is rich in mineral resources and has low development costs. It is a piece of meat in the eyes of many people. Everyone wants to take a bite, and Su Zhiyan is no exception.

The buildings here are actually not much different from those in China, except that there are many more dark faces. When those black people worked, they kept moving their mouths and doing things slowly, but they were more active in eating than anything else. There are also many Chinese workers, but all of them are as tanned as loaches.

People who come to Africa to work, whether they are white or yellow, are almost always men due to environmental restrictions. Therefore, there is a popular saying in Africa: "If you have been in Africa for a long time, you will see sows with double eyelids." ." Not to mention that a beautiful boss suddenly came to the construction site.

Under the sun, the two beautiful white legs exposed under the denim shorts, and the tall peaks under the thin bat shirt, simply made the Chinese people on the construction site shine with their eyes. If it weren't for Su Zhiyan's special status, these guys who looked at sows with double eyelids would have dared to whistle at Su Zhiyan.

The African sun is very hot and the environment on the construction site is poor. Xia Yunjie thought that Su Zhiyan, a beautiful boss with delicate skin and tender flesh, had been inspecting the construction site for a day and would stop for a while the next day. Unexpectedly, in the next few days, Su Zhiyan would be working or working at the construction site almost every day, which made Xia Yunjie pay attention to her. This beautiful boss who came from a wealthy family looked at her with a lot of new eyes.

Except for Fang Zibai and Eminem picking him up on the first day, starting from the second day, at Su Zhiyan's insistence, Fang Zibai had no choice but to leave the scarred Volkswagen off-road vehicle to her, and Xia Yunjie would pick her up every day. .

However, when leaving the car, Fang Zibai, a rough old man, acted like an old woman to his mother-in-law. He repeatedly told Xia Yunjie and Su Zhiyan many times that they must not drive around at night. It was best to tell them in advance if they were going out of the city during the day. With a sound, a few more people were sent to follow.

Su Zhiyan is obviously a very independent and adventurous woman. At first, Su Zhiyan listened to Fang Zibai's instructions honestly, staying at the construction site during the day and going back to the hotel at night. But after a few days, when things at the construction site were almost understood and handled, Su Zhiyan was not willing to stay in the hotel, and began to ask Xia Yunjie to drive her out alone in the car to learn about the folk customs of Remalan City.

Su Zhiyan was relatively cautious at first and only wandered around the downtown area near the hotel. However, she gradually became familiar with the environment where black people were everywhere and nothing unexpected happened. She gradually relaxed her guard and began to slowly relax. The hotel is located near the streets and alleys of the entire city.

Xia Yunjie didn't care. Anyway, no matter whether the security in Africa was good or bad, there was no danger to him.

On this day, Su Zhiyan took Xia Yunjie to drive out again, and this time it was no longer limited to Remalan City, but Badong Town, a small town on the outskirts of Remalan City.

Badong Town is about 40 kilometers away from Remalan City. It is the most famous game market near Remalan City. The entire market sells game, including wild pangolins, crocodiles, large lizards, and even sika deer, zebras, monkeys, and more. Ivory is also sold. Although governments in various African countries are calling for an end to the killing of elephants, the sale of ivory is unrestricted and the price is very cheap. However, it is not easy to transport the ivory back. As long as it leaves Africa, in accordance with international conventions, airport customs in various countries impose no restrictions on transporting ivory (including its products) under 200 grams; anything between 200 and 500 grams will be confiscated and destroyed on the spot; anything above 500 grams will be subject to a huge fine.

Su Zhiyan was not interested in game or ivory, she just wanted to experience it. The most important thing is that she heard that there are iron ore mines in Badong Town. There have been a lot of things happening at the construction sites in Remalan City recently, and Fang Zibai is relatively busy, so Su Zhiyan wants to go and have a look first to learn more.

Driving out of Remalan City, the barren and primitive atmosphere was everywhere outside the car window. The vaguely seen houses along the way were basically made of thatch and mud.

I also saw two mining factories on the way, but the scale was relatively small and the mining methods were rough and backward. Moreover, one of the mine owners was from Zhejiang.

Abroad, the Chinese are relatively united and friendly. When the mine owner saw the arrival of Su Zhiyan and Xia Yunjie, he received them very warmly and was very surprised that a beautiful boss like Su Zhiyan and a handsome personal bodyguard like Xia Yunjie dared to drive around in a car. surprised.

From the mine owner's side, Su Zhiyan had a general understanding of the mining situation here. I didn’t know if I didn’t ask, but I found out after asking. In fact, many good mineral lands in Africa are in the hands of Western colonists, mainly the British. Although Algeria later became more educated, it also wanted to protect the property rights of these Western colonists. Otherwise, Britain and other Western powers would disagree. The core of their peacekeeping forces is actually to protect their overseas asset ownership.

Now that the Chinese come here, they can basically develop only small mines, and to open these mines, not only do they have to pay high personal income taxes, but they also need to pay high shareholder taxes to local chiefs, because local residents and politicians believe that investment The foreigners are plundering their resources, so they must tax heavily, and in fact this is indeed the case. As a result, African minerals appear to be cheap, but in fact the profits are not as high as imagined. But the boss in Zhejiang told Su Zhiyan a secret, that is, in the face of such high taxes, if you want to reduce costs, you must pay bribes. Bribery is rampant here much more than in China, and a very strange phenomenon is that black people do not hate it. Give and take bribes, because those who can pay bribes with blood are foreign gold diggers and Western colonists. Taking bribes can enable their black tribes to gain a lot of wealth after gaining power.

After leaving the Zhejiang boss's mine, Su Zhiyan's mood was obviously much lower than when she first came out. She comes from a wealthy family with strong financial resources. From the very beginning, it can be seen that she has set her sights on the vast market in Africa. She has great ambitions and has a much higher vision than the Zhejiang boss. She will not limit herself to small fights. Just a little fuss. But the reality didn't seem as simple and optimistic as she imagined.

However, Su Zhiyan quickly recovered from her depressed mood. She pointed at the densely built area not far away and said, "Look, that should be Badong Town. Let's go over there and have a look."