Text Chapter 1086 Havana Experience

'There are people in the DPRK and China who are easy to do,' and this is the case everywhere. Garcia was already looking for someone to help, and Sun Pengcheng also called to handle this matter in China. This kind of foreign trade is not a simple way for Xiao Peng to pay Dana directly, there must be complicated procedures, don't look at the small quantity, it is also foreign trade, isn't it?

Anyway, it's much more convenient in Cuba now. Before the 2012 reform, Cuba did not allow private individuals to have mobile phones.

Xiao Peng originally planned to set up an office for the fishing industry here, so that it would be easier to buy cigars from here. As a result, Xiao Peng almost vomited blood after knowing the process: If you want to open a private company or office in Cuba, the process and requirements are very complicated----- and you need to be authorized by the national parliament! Therefore, most companies in Cuba are joint ventures by the government, and there are few sole proprietorships. It is even more troublesome to handle a foreign-related office, which must have five years of trade activities with Cuba, and the trade volume can only be applied for under the premise that the Cuban government is recognized!

So now Cuba is a country with unlimited potential, but few people come here to invest and are waiting and watching. A very important reason is a variety of conditions, not to mention that there are a lot of restrictions and requirements for setting up an office here, just a restriction of "returning the turnover of the first year in the second year" can drag down countless small and medium-sized enterprises!

It's better for Garcia to do it slowly on his own.

Garcia took Xiao Peng and they went to Havana to play, Xiao Peng really wanted to take a classic car, but thinking about the four-cylinder engine, Xiao Peng still decided that it was better to take Garcia's Haval.

Sitting on Garcia's Haval, Xiao Peng could feel the envious eyes of passers-by.

It's a very interesting thing, when Xiao Peng walked down the street with a cigar in his mouth, the Cubans looked at him with a mocking look. It may be that they do not understand how cheap things in their lives, like pickles in the lives of the Chinese people, have become treasures in the eyes of foreigners? Even because the Chinese people only recognize Cohiba, this brand of cigar is not easy to buy in Cuba now。。。。。 But when they saw Garcia's Haval, there was out-and-out envy in their eyes------ how much they wanted to have this car!

Xiao Peng asked for a while and found out that Cuba's original cars and motorcycles were state-owned, although in 2012 the small truck began to reform, allowing private buyers to buy cars and motorcycles, but in the past six or seven years, the whole country has sold no more than 100 cars to private individuals, and as for motorcycles, there are only two pitiful ones。。。。。。

It's not that the Cuban people don't want to buy it, they really can't afford it!

A Haval H5 can be sold for $300,000 here, so how many people can afford it?

The first thing Xiao Peng did when he returned to Havana was to exchange red pesos, and he didn't have money in his pocket, so he bought a set of clothes: he couldn't wear a suit anymore, and the rate of turning back when he walked into the street was too high------- but people always looked at him like they were looking at a stupid X.

So Xiao Peng used the price of buying 'superme' and bought a set of 'picket' to wear on his body------ there was a pickle-only store in Havana! The price was similar to that in China, but the unit of denomination changed from RMB to US dollars。。。。。。

In this way, Xiao Peng walked on the street and had a higher rate of turning back, I really didn't expect the triangle logo of Peak to be so eye-catching here. That's all kinds of beauties throwing flattering eyes. For Xiao Peng, the only good thing about this dress is that it changes Dana's opinion of him------ 'I can't see you're so strong.' ’

There is no way to do this in Cuba, where the perennial economic blockade has led to a shortage of supplies. Xiao Peng went to those big stores to take a look, there was really nothing to do, and there were really not many locals to choose from. Most of the clothes of the people here are made in China, and they are all of the grade of the stalls. Like the pickle that Chinese people are accustomed to, here it is close to the existence of luxury.

But as Dana said, the Cuban people are really much happier than they imagined.

Although there are not many materials, the people here do not worry about food and clothing, and they can be dissatisfied with rations, free housing, free education, and free medical care.

There are not many people here to choose from, but I don't see anyone hungry, and when I walk out on the street, 1/4 of the people are fat and fat, and the rest of the men and women are in a body that can participate in bodybuilding competitions, which is not a sign of hunger.

Of course, this also has to do with the Cuban love of sugar.

In the past, Cuba was the sugar pot of the world, and the sugar cane in the whole of Europe was supplied by Cuba, and later Europe began to produce sugar beet, which seriously affected the Cuban economy.

This has led to the Cuban people's sweet tooth having reached a point of obsession. There's sugar in everything you eat here: sugar in fruit salads, sprinkled with sugar on lobster meat, not to mention their famous guava pastry: a crispy pastry with guava on the inside and plenty of sugar on top, and even Cuba's 'national dish' roast pork, which is covered in sugar.

It's definitely a paradise for those with a sweet tooth------ but it's clear that Xiao Peng is not one of them.

The accommodation arranged for Xiao Peng was at the Grand Hotel Havana. In fact, Xiao Peng wants to live in the 'Two Worlds Hotel' and experience the place where Hemingway lived back then. It was here that he wrote "For Whom the Bell Tolls". As a result, Garcia told him that now in that hotel, room 511, where Hemingway lived back then, had been converted into a museum for people to visit. Xiao Peng lost interest in an instant.

Poor Hemingway, like all famous people are fiddled with when they die, he continued to serve the living.

Garcia and Dana invited Xiao Peng and Sun Pengcheng to drink, but Xiao Peng declined, after all, they were old classmates. I don't want to join in the fun. He called Yang Meng and asked him about the ship, and Yang Meng told him that everything was okay and reassured him. When the Super Cage arrives in Cuba in a few days, he will arrive in Havana with the Super Cage.

Since there was nothing to do, Xiao Peng came to the streets of Havana by himself and saw the scenery of Havana by himself.

Xiao Peng walked down the street with a bowl of fried bananas in his hand, and when he arrived in Cuba, there were three things that all Cubans could not live without: cassava, pork, and bananas. Especially this fried banana, they can have no meat at home, but they must not have bananas, cut the green banana into pieces and throw it into oil and fry it until golden brown, and then flatten it and sprinkle a little salt to eat, whether it is at home or on the street, the smell -----of this fried banana everywhere is not black or blown, the taste is really good.

Cuba is still very lively at night, since everyone has nothing to do, and there are only a few TV stations, so people still prefer to go out on the streets. Cuba is definitely the safest country in the whole of South America, and the streets are bustling at night. Dancing, playing the piano and singing, and countless children playing in the streets.

The only drawback is that someone often mysteriously grabs Xiao Peng along the way: "Dude, do you want cigars? Cohiba, Romeo and Juliet!

Looking at their appearance, Xiao Peng always remembered that someone stopped her mysteriously when she was a child: "Dude, do you want a saucer?"

These people are cigars, and in the Cohiba franchise store in Cuba, the cheap Cohiba is about 15 dollars a piece, which is in line with international trends and international standards. But if you buy it on the street, it will only cost you $2 a piece. Of course, there are also problems with street shopping, first of all, the authenticity cannot be guaranteed, and secondly, the purchase receipt cannot be issued. When you board a flight from Cuba, you must have a proper receipt, otherwise you will have to confiscate your cigars.

According to Cuban law, this counterfeit cigar damages the image of Cuban cigars, so if a black marketeer is found to be making counterfeit prices, he will be sentenced immediately. But when Xiao Peng arrived here, he found that there were too many people doing this here. Walking down the street, at least dozens of people asked Xiao Peng the same thing.

It feels like all Cubans are selling cigars, and as soon as you see that you're not Cuban, someone must have gone over and asked if you need a cigar. This is the simplest and most versatile way for all Cubans to make money.

In addition to asking Xiao Peng if he needed cigars, there were also those who rode tricycles and asked him if he needed a ride. Starting with five dollars (red pesos), as long as Xiao Peng shook his head, they themselves lowered the price to two dollars and refused another dollar, but Xiao Peng just wanted to enjoy the night view of Havana, so he directly refused.

I feel that all Cubans want to make money from foreigners, especially people like Xiao Peng, who are not Cubans at first glance, it is definitely fragrant. Xiao Peng wandered around for two hours, and at least forty or fifty people accosted Xiao Peng, except for the cigar seller and the rickshaw puller, and there were also women.

Well, if someone asks Xiao Peng, what is the style of dressing a Cuban woman? Xiao Peng can only describe it in one word: Lu! That is as much as she can show。。。。。。

The women spoke more directly:

'Sir, do you like Cuba? I think you have one less girlfriend'

'Sir, I know a good place with good wine and beautiful women that will definitely make you happy'

'Sir, we can find a place to have some fun'。。。。。。

Well, this is definitely Yang Meng's paradise.

This is also a characteristic of Cuba, where criminal activities such as selling YIN are severely cracked down, but Cuba is also known as the "XING Garden of American Men", and it is counting on these invincible women to attract tourists to earn foreign exchange. So sometimes you have to turn a blind eye.

They have taken an unheard-of approach to solving these problems: most of the entertainment venues here such as nightclubs are state-run!

Could it be that these soliciting girls are also regular employees of state-owned enterprises? This Nima is a bit scary, right?

Anyway, he was idle and bored, Xiao Peng thought about it and went directly to Havana's most famous seawall avenue to have a look.

If you don't come to Havana and don't see the seawall?