After several hours of flight, the plane successfully arrived at Christmas Island after stopping by the Cocos Islands.

Although the existing airport on Christmas Island is not big, with only one tower and a simple terminal building, there is only one runway, and there are a lot of weeds growing on the side, it is also considered an international airport and can withstand the maximum landing of the Boeing 747. However, so far, the number of passengers in this airport has not reached 3,000 in a year. It can be said that on average, only a few people enter and exit from here every day. In fact, there are often no planes landing and takeoff for many days. Due to the small population, the airport does not have fixed commercial flights, and charter flights have become the norm.

Walking out of the cabin door and stepping onto the land of Christmas Island, a refreshing sea breeze brings a wonderful freshness to Chen Kangjie.

From the airport, you can see the endless blue sea at a distance. If you look at the right, the green is rolling and undulating in the distance, and it is very beautiful and quiet.

When you leave the airport, there is no check. There is no taxi at the airport gate like other big cities. There is no motorcycle here. If you don’t prepare a vehicle in advance, you can only walk into the town. After all, there is not as many people as a slightly larger village in China. Relying on those operating methods, you can’t make a living. So far, 60% of the residents on the island are employees of Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Co., Ltd. The others are either relatives of these people, or a small number of them make a living by fishing in the sea.

This time, Chen Kangjie came to Christmas Island. In addition to inspecting the situation on the island, he wanted to contact the people of Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Co., Ltd. and do their work in advance so as not to cause some unnecessary rebound after the island purchase plan was proposed.

There is only one street on the island, located in the northeast of the island. It is not narrow, and it is fourteen or five meters wide. It can be used to use cars. Unfortunately, there are few cars on the island. After Chen Kangjie and his friends arrived here on foot, they only saw four cars, two Buick off-road vehicles parked on the side of the road, and two trucks drove past them. They really transported apatite to the port, and then transported them to Australia after getting a boat.

The tallest houses on both sides of the street are only three floors, most of which don’t look brand new, and some even have iron houses, which reflects that the island’s economy is still in a relatively backward state. There is no way to think of it when it comes to big cities like Perth or Sydney. There is only a five-story "building" on the east side of the street, which is close to the sea, with neat and atmospheric decoration. Satellite antennas and TV reception equipment are also installed on the roof.

"If you don't think it's wrong, it should be the location of Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Co., Ltd.." Chen Kangjie covered the glaring afterglow with his left hand, pointed at the building with his right hand and said to Xiong Ziqiang and others.

"It looks like it is the tallest building on the island. If there is only one company on the island, there is no doubt about it." Xiong Ziqiang and Chen Kangjie turned into the same direction and said with their eyes.

"Let's go, let's find a place to stay and have a good meal." It's getting late now, and it's not suitable to wander the streets before you settle down.

The island has a small population and the people walking on the streets are sparse. Chen Kangjie and his group of people walking together seem quite eye-catching.

Although it is not big, the living facilities are quite complete. There is a small hospital, school, shops, hotels and restaurants, and there is even a small church. In addition to providing services to local residents, these facilities also include tourists visiting this beautiful island from time to time. Tourists usually choose to stay for a few days before taking a boat or taking a chartered flight on the way.

"Old and Secret, do you want to stay in a hotel?" Chen Kangjie and his friends walked to the entrance of a small building with two-story cement walls. There was a Chinese sign hanging on the door. Fulai Hotel was also equipped with an English mark below. Maybe they saw that Chen Kangjie and the others were mostly Chinese. The tall and thin boss walked out and talked to them in Cantonese and asked them if they wanted to stay in a hotel. Basically, places who speak Cantonese like to call male adult guests "Old and Secret" (boss).

Most of the residents on Christmas Island are Chinese, and these Chinese basically speak Cantonese. Therefore, although this language is not an official language, it is very popular on the island.

"Yes, we want to stay in a hotel. How can you stay in a hotel?" Chen Kangjie gave a positive answer in fluent Cantonese and asked him if he could live in so many of them here. Seeing that the building is not high, Chen Kangjie was worried that he would not be able to live in these people here.

Chen Kangjie often goes to Hong Kong and deals with so many Hong Kong people and is called friends. In many cases, the chat between them is conducted in Cantonese. He is already very talented in language, so there is no problem in this regard.

When I heard Chen Kangjie answering in Cantonese, the smile on the boss's face became even brighter, "No problem, I can live there, everyone, please come in, please come in."

The boss was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt and sparse hair. Perhaps because of his long-term presence in the Indian Ocean, his skin was a little oily and the wrinkles on his forehead were already quite shallow. He introduced Chen Kangjie and the others to a main hall with a ceiling fan. This place should be the front desk of the hotel, but it also looked like his living room, because Chen Kangjie and the others saw the bar and dining table at the same time.

He called Chen Kangjie and the others to sit down, and the boss found a middle-aged woman to serve them tea.

"I'm here to travel to the middle school,,,,,,." The boss seemed very friendly and did not take Chen Kangjie and the others to the room immediately. Instead, he sat with them at the dining table and started chatting, asking them if they were here to travel or what they were doing.

"Haha, I'm just a traveler. I heard that the lecture is very beautiful, so let's take a walk," Chen Kangjie took a sip of tea with a slightly bitter taste, smiled and answered with affirmative answer, and told the other party that he heard that it was beautiful, so let's take a walk.

"You are the one who saves people. On Christmas Island, there are few Chinese people from other places who come here to save them," the boss asked curiously.

This is true that there are very few Chinese tourists on this island. The tourists are basically Westerners. Even if there are few Hong Kong tourists here, there will not be so many people. From the reality, the country is not rich at present. If you travel overseas, it is not a cheap option for ordinary families, even for those who have already started to get rich. Moreover, Christmas Island is so remote and not a particularly famous resort.

"Do you speak Mandarin?" Chen Kangjie did not answer, but asked back first.

"I didn't know before,,, I went back to my hometown a few times,,, now I know a little," the boss was stunned for a moment, and then stammered.

"We are from Qianzhou. We just went to Australia for a trip. People there said that this place is not bad, so we come and take a walk. I see that you are almost fifty years old, where is your hometown?" Chen Kangjie continued to chat with the boss in Mandarin.

The boss didn't send them to the room and wanted to chat with him. Chen Kangjie happened to hope to use this opportunity to learn about the local situation.

"Oh, so that's it,,,haha, I'm over fifty years old, my hometown is from the South China Sea,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

"Wow, I look very young. The South China Sea is developing well now. The country's reform and opening up is at the forefront of the country, and the people are prosperous very quickly." Chen Kangjie has been to the South China Sea, but that is already 2,05 years later.

"Yes, there are factories and newly built roads everywhere."

"Then your whole family is here." Chen Kangjie continued to ask

"Yes, my wife and children are here, the one who poured tea just now is my wife."

"Oh, that's pretty good. If that's the case, you should be considered Australian citizens." Chen Kangjie thought that since the other party had been here for decades, he should have Australian nationality anyway.

"Hey, don't mention it. We have no status in China and have not obtained nationality in Australia. We just have the right to live and have no right to vote. After applying several times, they have found many reasons to refuse. At most, it would be considered a green card." The boss said dejectedly.

Although he can live permanently in China with a green card and enjoy basically the same welfare and job opportunities as the citizens, he is still different from his nationality and has no right to vote because the holder of the green card is still drawn within the category of foreigners and has a slightly lower status.

"Are the residents on the island like this?" Chen Kangjie felt puzzled.

"It's not all like this. There are more than 200 white Western people on the island. Most of them have obtained Australian nationality. So in recent years, the number of white people has gradually decreased. Instead, there are more Malays. Our place is like a piece of abandoned land. The government doesn't care much. The investment here is pitifully small, and there are not so many tourists." When talking about the situation on the island, the store owner seemed to have endless things to say and complain a lot.

This situation is not a good thing for local Chinese, but for Chen Kangjie, it is not a bad thing. If these people are Australian citizens, it will be a big problem. Since only a few white people are real Australian citizens, it will be much easier to deal with. At least Chen Kangjie's island buying behavior is easier to convince residents to accept, as long as they can provide them with greater benefits.

"What about your child? Have you gone to Australia to work?" Chen Kangjie cared about his family.

"Our local Chinese have not received a high level of education. Basically, they graduated from high school and went to Australia. They were not very generous. My son was in Phosphate Mining Co., Ltd., and the child was quite promising. He worked as a worker foreman and had two or three thousand Australian dollars a month." Chinese people have this habit. If their children have something to be proud of, they like to show off in front of outsiders.
Chapter completed!