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Wang Yang's family of four followed the embassy's instructions and arrived at the gathering point. After arriving, they learned through the introduction of the staff that Turkey had closed the visa processing channel for all Chinese nationals - which is why the airport kept reporting that Chinese nationals The ticket cannot be issued.

If you can't pass the visa review, of course you can't issue the ticket.

This kind of operation simply amazed Wang Yang. He had never thought that in peacetime, a country would use such despicable means to detain citizens of another country in disguise.

Of course, the official explanation given by Turkey is that it is a temporary control measure due to large-scale tax evasion by Chinese businessmen. After the audits of several key personnel and companies are completed, visa processing will return to normal, but this so-called " How many days does "audit" take?

Nobody knows.

Perhaps time is not measured in days, but in months or years.

So, during this period of time, can the Chinese people in Istanbul have no other choice but to sit back and wait for death?

Wang Yang raised questions to the embassy staff, who replied:

"I understand how you feel. In fact, we are extremely angry about this behavior."

"However, the reasons proposed by the other party are formal and legal - even if it is unreasonable from the perspective of international law, within the other party's territory, as long as they do not act excessively, we can only cooperate temporarily."

"But don't worry, we have contacted relevant places and departments to ensure everyone's basic life."

"Those who still have a place to live here can go back to their place temporarily. If there are no more, some of them will be left in the embassy and we will make some empty rooms; the other part will stay in the hotel arranged by us. The cost will be paid by you personally in advance, and we will pay for it later. Reimbursement from the embassy.”

Hearing this, someone in the crowd said dissatisfiedly:

"Aren't you giving money to these idiots again? I won't do it! Anyway, the weather is not cold yet, I would rather build a floor in the embassy compound!"

The embassy staff looked at the man with a wry smile, and then comforted him:

"Of course we understand your feelings, but it's not necessary to do this."

"Don't worry, this is only a temporary measure. It was also because the incident happened suddenly that we were caught off guard."

"But after sorting out the issues, we guarantee that we will let them spit out every cent of the benefits they have obtained."

"Is it so hard?"

Wang Yang couldn't help but interjected and asked.

"It's not about being tough or not, but doing things must be fair and reasonable. What they do is a provocation to the existing rules, since they themselves ignore the rules."

At this point, the staff suddenly stopped, as if he realized that he should not make such remarks in front of the public because of his status, but even if he only said half of the words, others had already guessed what he meant.

If someone crosses the line of rules first, then we don’t have to tell them the rules.

But how to solve this problem is still unknown.

After completing the information transfer and personnel separation, Wang Yang took his family back to their residence. The family looked at each other for half a minute before finally accepting this absurd fact.

"Looking at the bright side, at least we still have one month until our house expires. Within this month, no matter what problems we have, the country should be able to solve them."

"But the luggage we just packed has to be unpacked again."

Wang Yang's youngest son said in a sweet voice. He was dragging his own small suitcase with one hand, which contained all his most important toys. He spent a lot of effort to pack these toys. .

"It's okay, just clean it up."

"You don't have to take them all out. When you want to play with a toy, just take one out and put it back after you're done playing with it. It's just a good time for you to learn how to put things away - isn't your mother always teaching you to put away your own things? ?”

The younger son nodded seriously, while the older son had already pulled off the sheets on the sofa and sat on it.

He was only less than 8 years old, and the whole day's tossing made him exhausted.

"Would you like to stock up on some food first?"

The wife approached Wang Yang and asked softly.

Wang Yang frowned and replied:

"You have to stock up! After all, this is not a country. If something goes wrong, the embassy won't have that many resources to call on. It's better to be self-reliant!"

As he spoke, Wang Yang put down the large and small bags in his hands. After explaining a few words to his two sons, he took his wife and went downstairs.

At the same time, tens of thousands of Chinese people, like Wang Yang, immediately chose to stock up on food after receiving news of the visa problem.

They may not know the logic behind this incident, but the instinctive reaction engraved in their genes still allowed them to make the right choice.

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Perhaps, in China, hoarding food is a bit ridiculous or even stupid, because in China in this era, the potential crisis of food and food has long disappeared, but here, in Turkey, it is not at all One thing.

Over the next two weeks, the situation worsened day by day.

After Wang Yang's first weekend back from China, Chinese people in Turkey suddenly discovered that all their credit cards and bank cards had been frozen, and online transfers could not be executed. If they wanted to spend money, they had to bring their cards to the airport. Go to your local bank to pick it up.

The official explanation given by Turkey is to prevent those major tax evaders from laundering money. But the question is, is such extreme means necessary to prevent money laundering?

Obviously, they have other purposes.

A week later, Turkish officials began to report on a large scale the "evil deeds" of Chinese businessmen in Turkey. Those so-called evil deeds were half true and half false, all implying that Chinese businessmen were plundering Turkey's national interests. Damage to civilian property.

Such propaganda was extremely inflammatory, and soon Turkey's domestic attitude toward the Chinese began to reverse.

If the local people still had a certain favorable impression of the Chinese people because of the changes that Chinese investment and technology had brought to local lives, then after this publicity, the status of the Chinese people has completely fallen to the bottom.

People began to boycott Chinese products. A large number of electronic products, vehicles, and even construction machinery were damaged. Local people refused to provide services to Chinese people. Many restaurants were not open to Chinese people, and even some supermarkets began to implement discriminatory policies.

As long as Chinese people enter the supermarket, the price will automatically increase by 40%. The reason is that it is a prepaid fee to protect their personal safety.

Soon, shopping turned into a dangerous and difficult job. Wang Yang was grateful for his foresight, but at the same time, he was worried about the situation of other compatriots.

It is absolutely impossible for the embassy to take care of the number of people approaching 100,000.

When formal negotiations will start has become a question on everyone's mind.

They eagerly waited for the Chinese official to provide a solution, but only waited for disappointing results.

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After all, the time was still too short. Within two weeks, the situation deteriorated faster than anyone imagined.

There is definitely someone behind this, but the question is, even if you know this, what can you do?

In the third week, riots broke out completely. A large number of Chinese shops were smashed and several people were injured in the riots. The official issued the most severe notice, requiring all Chinese people to stay in their residences, close their doors and windows, and avoid going out as much as possible.

After hearing the news, Wang Yang looked worriedly at the black smoke rising in the distance outside the window. He didn't know if someone else was injured on the street over there.

How long will it take? How to ensure the safety of these Chinese people?

He wanted to call the embassy again to find out the specific situation, but just as he took out his cell phone, he suddenly put it down.

Maybe, we can wait a little longer.

At the same time, the second round of communication between Chinese officials and Turkey is underway.

In the conference room, the Turkish officials still maintained a businesslike and perfunctory attitude, but they did not know that this meeting was an ultimatum for them.