On the charter flight to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, in addition to Lin Zheng, there were many celebrities from the domestic telecommunications industry, and several bosses from the "Huge China" came, and there was even a director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

This is the first time that the Republic's large-scale complete set of telecommunications equipment has been exported to Africa. The country attaches great importance to this and has sent capable forces to help Liberia build its own wireless communication network to become a benchmark project for the Republic's telecommunications industry in Africa, and to make a good start for the Republic's telecommunications companies to enter Africa.

On the plane, Lao Ren looked at the airport outside the porthole and said in a daze: "I know Liberia is very poor, but this is too poor, right?"

"What's wrong?" Lin Zheng, who was sitting next to Lao Ren, asked with a smile, looking out the window, and then was stunned.

"Although I didn't expect Liberia's airport to be reliable, it's too shabby. Look, look, feel that the airport is flat on the grass." Lao Ren pointed to the airport below and said to Lin Zheng with a laugh and cry: "Before coming, the superior leader told us that we should be mentally prepared for the situation in Africa. At that time, I felt that there was no need for this. No matter how poor Liberia is, Monrovia is the capital. No matter how difficult the conditions are, it should be similar to the level in the early 1980s in China? But now, I think I still overestimate the living standards of African people."

Lao Ren's words expressed everyone's voice.

Everyone knows that Liberia is very poor. Because of the wars for many years, Liberia's economy has been paralyzed. But as Lao Ren said, Monrovia is also the capital of Liberia. As the storefront of a country, this airport should be built well, right? But what do you see through the porthole of the plane? Not to mention how many years the airport runway has not been repaired. The bumpy pits are like pockmarked faces. Let's talk about the entire airport, which are all small bungalows. The highest building is two floors.

However, Director Sun from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, who came with everyone on the plane, smiled and said, "Don't look at the airport being a little shabby, but this airport was built by our aid team back then. Without the help of our aid team, the conditions in Liberia would be even harder than now. What you see is not this hardened airport runway, but a soil field runway."

"No?" Everyone was amazed.

"Director Sun, how do you know so much?" Lin Zheng looked at Director Sun in surprise and suddenly woke up: "You didn't participate in the work of aiding African friends back then, did you?"

As soon as Lin Zheng's words fell, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Director Sun.

"Hehe... I worked in Africa for a while when I was young." Director Sun admitted with a smile.

Everyone looked at Director Sun's eyes and felt respect.

Although the Republic's Aid to Africa Working Group happened more than 20 years ago, everyone's generation still remembers the media's introduction to the difficult environment faced by those comrades working in Africa. There is a shortage of doctors and medicine, diseases are rampant, and daily necessities are extremely scarce... Unexpectedly, Director Sun actually participated in the Aid to Africa Working Group back then, and he is really not a good person.

"Director Sun, was the situation in Africa really as difficult as it was introduced in the media?" Lin Zheng asked Director Sun with admiration: "Tell us something."

It was really unimaginable how the comrades who helped Africa survived under such difficult conditions.

"Yes, yes, Director Sun, tell us about the situation in Africa when you aid Africa."

"Yes, Director Sun, let us talk about it and let us learn and learn..."

While the plane had not yet fallen, everyone followed suit. Of course, there was also a small meaning of flattering Director Sun. For every comrade who had participated in the Aid to Africa operation, the work experience of aiding Africa back then was the itchy thing in their hearts.

Sure enough, Director Sun's face burst into laughter, waved his hand hard, and said, "Don't talk about learning. If you want to learn, we will learn from you... Well, I don't know about other working groups at that time, but the situation facing our working group was much more serious than what the media said. At that time, our working group was not only short of medical treatment and medicine, but also extremely scarce of various daily necessities, and even drinking water was a problem. You don't know that it was stipulated that one person had only 1.5 liters of water a day..."

"Hiss..." There are only 1.5 liters of water a day? Everyone was surprised: This is Africa, what can 1.5 liters of drinking water a day do?

"These water is not all drinking water, but all water, including drinking and washing. Just this, there is no guarantee that there are so many every day..."

Listening to Director Sun's talk, everyone was shocked. Although they knew that the conditions were very difficult at that time, they really didn't expect that it would be so difficult.

"By the way, I have forgotten to tell you something. Although everyone is rich, if it is not necessary, don't buy things at the airport." Director Sun suddenly patted his head, changed the topic and told everyone.

"Why?" Director Sun's words surprised everyone. Although everyone did not plan to go to the airport to buy things, many people were preparing to buy something from the airport shop on their way back and bring it to their family and friends. Why didn't Director Sun recommend everyone to buy it?

"I don't know the situation in Liberia, but when I went on a business trip to Ethiopia last year... Well, the airport in Ethiopia is the largest transit airport in Africa... But this largest transit airport in Africa is not even half of the airport in Mr. Lin and the Langya City. By the way, that airport was also built by us Chinese. The various facilities in the airport are seriously insufficient. There are actually simple toilets in the toilet, and you have to queue up to use the toilet."

"I'll go!" Everyone was amazed!

The largest transit airport in Africa, there is still a queue for going to the toilet? How difficult is the conditions? It’s really a bit more knowledgeable.

"At that time, I had to wait for 5 hours to transfer at the airport, so I went to the airport duty-free shop and saw someone selling our Chinese cigarettes." Speaking of this, Director Sun smiled proudly: "Guess, how much does this Chinese cigarette cost?"

"It's almost the same as $10?"

"It's only $20 to die of death."

"$20?" Director Sun curled his lips disdainfully: "Tell you. I still cater to you."

A hard China worth $48? A group of old smokers on the plane looked at each other: It's really... I'll fuck you!

With this mental preparation, everyone is mentally prepared for Director Sun's next words...

"At that time, I bought a bottle of mineral water at the airport, and this bottle of water costs $2." Speaking of this, Director Sun gritted his teeth and said, "Last time I bought a bottle of water at the Hong Kong Airport. It was only $1, and that made me feel expensive."

“…”

This time everyone was not even feeling sad: Although they knew that water was a relatively scarce material in Africa, they dared to sell a bottle of mineral water for $2...

Just like Director Sun said, although everyone is not short of money, not to mention that a bottle of water costs $2, even if it is sold at $20, it is not impossible to afford it. But this is not something that everyone can accept: Damn, even if things at the airport are expensive, it cannot be as expensive as this, right?

"Oh, by the way, or what happened last time at Ethiopia Airport, everyone knows that Ethiopia is a country dominated by black people. When checking out, the big black girl at the cashier saw that I was Chinese, and actually asked me to buy her a chocolate." Even though a year has passed, Director Sun still had an incredible expression when he talked about this. Of course, this was deliberately exaggerated.

Sure enough, what Director Sun said aroused everyone's extreme curiosity: "Why?"

"Yes, why?"

"Because you must not guess what," Director Sun kept it a little bit. With everyone's eyes looking expectant, he continued with satisfaction: "She said she was very tired, Chinese people are very good, she loved Chinese people, so she asked me to buy her a chocolate..."

"Puff..." Before Director Sun finished speaking, Lin Zheng, who was drinking water, was unable to defend himself, and a sip of water immediately sprayed out and coughed twice. Lin Zheng looked at Director Sun with a strange look and said, "No? Director Sun, you are so charming. You actually make an African girl fall in love with you at first sight?"

Not only Lin Zheng, but everyone also looked at Director Sun with ambiguous eyes: Yes. Director Sun, you are also in your 50s. There are even exotic beauties who are embracing each other. I really don’t realize that your sword is not old...

"What, you guys don't have a single positive person," Director Sun said with a laugh and cry: "I asked her why she only asked the Chinese people for her, why don't you want the white people who checked out in front? Did any Chinese buy it for you before?"

What Director Sun said was so legendary. Even Lao Ren, who had always been steady, looked gossipy and asked: "What did she say? Director Sun, did you buy it for him in the end?"

"How is that possible? At that time, I thought it was because she thought it was easy for Chinese people to ask for money. I told the cashier that for Chinese people, chocolate can only be bought for their girlfriends and wives. I am not familiar with you and cannot buy it for you. Later, when I got on the plane and talked to my colleagues who went out with me, I realized that these airport staff have this problem. As long as you see you are Chinese, they will pester you for money and ask you to buy things for him, but they never pester white people."

"Why?"

"Yes, Director, why do they only ask us Chinese, not Americans, but Europeans?"

This made everyone extremely curious, not that it was rare for everyone to be surprised. Speaking of these people on the plane, even if they don’t go abroad frequently, they have to go out two or three times a year. For example, Lin Zheng, they have to spend almost half of the time abroad in a year. They can get to them all economically developed countries like the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. But they have never encountered this situation, and everyone’s interest is coming: It’s rare.

"There is still why, of course it's because white people don't get used to it," Director Sun snorted and said, "Everyone knows that we Chinese are more friendly. If someone says pitifully that they are very hungry and asks you to spend one or two yuan to buy something for him, we won't refuse, right? Just treat it as sending the beggar."

Everyone nodded frequently. Although Director Sun's words were a bit ugly, the reason was that the words were rough. Not to mention that for the rich bosses on the plane, even for ordinary people who could travel abroad, if they really met someone who asked you for one or two dollars in a low voice, everyone would give it to you. One is that we Chinese are really friendly, and when they see this situation, they will never bear it. The other is that they are unwilling to lose face in front of their friends. When everyone goes out, they are all a bunch of people. Who would be willing to give their relatives and friends a stingy impression for this or two dollars? Anyway, these or two dollars can't be poor.

"After a long time, these people will know that they can get something from the Chinese. Since they can get it, why don't you? To put it bluntly, they are lazy and have thick-skinned."

"It's such a long experience." Lin Zheng shook his head with a wry smile. He thought to himself how many years he had experienced going abroad, but he really didn't know that this was the case in Africa.

"Dear leaders, please check the seat belt, the plane is about to land." The beautiful flight attendant came over and reminded everyone with a sweet smile.

"By the way," Director Sun, who was checking his seat belt, suddenly remembered something and solemnly reminded: "Although Liberia has ceased in name, there is still a firefighting conflict. Guns are very common among the people. Everyone should try to stay in the hotel and not go out. Even if they want to go out, they must report to the organization and ask the security personnel to go out with you. Another thing is that I should remind everyone after arriving at the hotel. Now let me tell you and let everyone be mentally prepared."

Everyone nodded repeatedly when they heard this.

Since we are investing in Liberia, we have certainly understood the situation in Liberia. This country started fighting a civil war from the end of 1989 and continued until August 1996. Although the two parties who delivered the goods nominally stopped fighting, sporadic firefighting and conflicts have never stopped, and guns are even more rampant. Drugs and flesh transactions are commonplace. In addition, AIDS in this country has a "popularity rate" of up to 55%. Everyone is very flirty and expensive, so there is no need to put themselves in danger for a temporary pleasure.

However, Lin Zheng's eyes fell on a welcome team at the end of the airport runway: the one below is the official Liberian people, right? (To be continued)
Chapter completed!