Chapter 33: The Great Impact of Different Worldviews (800 Words to Buy Candy)
Jia Lei said hello to Utars at nine o'clock, and went out in Pete's car.
"Boss, what's our itinerary for today?" asked Pete.
"Shopping!" Mr. Jia said.
"Oh my God, I heard you right, boss, you workaholic are going shopping, is the sun rising in the west today?" said Pete in shock.
"Actually, it's not bad to go shopping, boss, you can take a good rest and buy some clothes or something, and it's best to lead us to have a big meal together." Burr proposed.
"Compared with having a big meal, I want to be able to take a long vacation like Mobei and them. Daddy Farr rubbed his temples and said that he had been working overtime lately to go through various formalities.
"Don't think about beautiful things, even I, the boss, don't have time to take a vacation, do you employees still want to take a vacation? Especially your father Farr, I hope you can help Mobei and them get the passports of Western countries as soon as possible." Otherwise, it would be like this time, my boss himself went abroad, but their group of bodyguards were left behind because they didn't have passports. This is too embarrassing!" Jia Lei complained.
"We are not as messy as in the Soviet Union, you can get a visa by paying some money with an ID card, especially if your decision to go to the corrupt country is too sudden, and you haven't even got your own visa. Father Farr said worriedly.
"What? You said I don't have a visa? Could it be that I'm a smuggler now?" Jia Lei looked at Father Farr in shock.
"No, Mr. Utars helped you apply for a visa on arrival, and the time limit is one month. This is enough time for us to get a visa for the corrupt country. Pete said.
"It's good that you know this kind of thing, and I hope it doesn't happen again next time! Jia Lei said.
"But boss, I think I should warn you! We are just your financial team, not personal assistants, and your salary is paid to us by Citibank, so you probably have no right to deduct our salary! It stands to reason that these things are outside our share. Farr reminded Jia Lei.
"You have a point! It seems that I should set up a private advisory group for myself......" Jia Lei said, rubbing his temples.
"Actually, I don't have any problem with giving you private overtime, after all, you have privately paid us a lot of bonuses, which is twice my salary. Pete said nonchalantly.
"Then what do you think of my boss?" Jia Lei asked suddenly.
"Very good! Pete immediately complimented him.
"Don't be a sycophant, I'm serious! It's better to be raw than cooked, and if you and Daddy Farr think I'm a good boss, I'd like you to be my personal assistant. Jia Lei said seriously.
"This ......," Father Farr hesitated.
"Daddy Farr, if you have any opinions, just say it!" Jia Lei asked.
"You are indeed a good boss, and I am willing to serve you in private, but I have been working at Citibank for decades, and I am a little reluctant to quit. And I'm going to retire in half a year, and if I quit now, I won't get a special pension. Daddy Farr said.
"There is no conflict between these two positions, both work for me alone, you are still my financial advisor for half a year, and you can also work part-time as my personal lawyer, you can take two salaries as an extra part-time job. It's okay to wait until you retire before officially joining!" Jia Lei thought for a while and said.
"Oh, then I'll be fine, as long as you don't think I'm old, I'm willing to continue to work for you. Father Farr nodded.
"Pete, what about your opinion?" asked Jia Lei.
"I also want to get two salaries...... That's a great thing to think about!" Pete said happily, whistling.
"That's good, but two salaries aren't so easy to get! In the future, you'll work twice as long, and I'll take care of all the big and small things around you." I'm afraid you won't have it again in the future, and a break is a month's leisure!" Jia Lei reminded Pete.
"Will I be promoted if I do a good job?" asked Pete.
"Of course you will, after all, you are now the assistant to the president! If you do well, you can directly become a manager in the investment department below in the future, after all, the investment department below us has already begun to prepare. Jia Lei said.
"I can do anything if I can get promoted! I'm not afraid of getting tired!" Pete said.
"Alright, let's go! Minastak Mine Chiefs are still waiting for us. Jia Lei said.
"Wait, boss, didn't you just say you were going shopping today, why are you suddenly going to see the Minastak mine manager and his group of customers?" asked Pete in surprise.
"Hey......。 Pete, you've been with me for so long, when did you see me actually go shopping? We're not here to play, we're here to work!" Jia Lei looked at Pete and said.
"Oh my God, Jia Lei, are you the devil? Shopping is such a sacred thing, do you want to turn it into work?" Pete said madly.
"Don't forget, you just received two salaries! In the future, you will not only go shopping and work, but also eat. We have a tradition in China that we like to talk about work and sign contracts at the dinner table, I'm afraid you have to practice your drinking......" Jia Lei said meaningfully.
"Don't ...... I'm going to be exhausted! I'm going to regret it now, and I'm going to be tired of working two jobs at the same time. Pete said in a state of collapse.
"Okay, don't complain! When you go to the mall today, you can pick up whatever you want, under £20,000, and I'll pay for it! Jia Lei said.
"We don't! We just do one job, we don't have a reward. Boer shook his head and refused.
"Yes, everyone was frightened by the last robbery, and this is my surprise fee for everyone. Jia Lei said.
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The car drove all the way to the door of the hotel where the Minastak mine was staying, and Jia Lei went down to say hello to them and took them shopping together.
Jia Lei took the group to Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Museum in the morning, and the group looked like ordinary foreign tourists.
"I have arranged this afternoon for you to take you on a tour of what the city is like in London and why I would recommend it as the best place for immigrants. Jia Lei said.
Their afternoon itinerary was different from that of ordinary tourists, and Jia Lei successively asked the Minastak mine manager and his group to visit the University of London, Imperial College London, the University of Greenwich and so on.
"The Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Academy of Art, and the Royal Dance School are the most well-known art halls in the world, if your children like art, they can come here to study, and if they are in politics, they can consider the London School of Economics and Political Science, if they are doing business, they can go to the London Business School, and if the children in the family are particularly smart, I recommend going to Imperial College. Jia Lei said.
"We all know about these universities and we are interested in them, but they are just too difficult to get into!" said Mrs. Tatiana, who is most concerned about the education of her children.
"It's okay, I can arrange for your children to go to a private college for tutoring first!" Jia Lei said.
Fortunately, in addition to these royal colleges next to London, there are also famous public universities such as the University of the Arts London and the University of Westminster.
"I took you to visit the university, the financial street and the industrial area today, is there anything else you want to visit?" Jia Lei asked.
"I want to go to the supermarket!" said Mrs. Tatiana suddenly.
"What's there to see in the supermarket? If you want to buy something, you can go directly to the department store, where the stuff is better. Pete asked, puzzled.
"I don't want to buy anything, I just want to look at the supermarket!" Lady Tatiana insisted.
"That's it, in order not to delay everyone's trip, I'll send a bodyguard to accompany you to the supermarket later, do you think it's okay?" Jia Lei asked.
"Yes!" said Lady Tatiana, nodding.
"I want to go to the supermarket too!" said Miss Fera suddenly.
"Yes, you can be a companion for Lady Tatiana!" Jia Lei nodded and said.
"I've heard that there are hundreds of liquor in the supermarket...... Nikita said.
"Why do you men have to go to the supermarket, why are you Soviets so weird?" asked Pete, puzzled.
"Well—— it's not strange to us, we just have never seen a supermarket before, and the newspaper says that Yeltsin cried with emotion when he saw the supermarket in country M! Since then, the Soviets have heard the name supermarket, and it is said that there is no limit to buying things from it and there is no need to queue up to buy things from it! We want to see it......" Mr. Boris said.
Jia Lei didn't expect that even Mr. Boris, who has always been very calm and assertive, actually wanted to go to the supermarket to have a look.
"If everyone wants to go, then let's go together!" Jia Lei nodded and said.
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Although Jia Lei didn't understand why the Soviets were so obsessed with ordinary supermarkets, he brought this group of people to the largest supermarket in London in line with the belief that the customer is God.
When Mrs. Tatiana and the others came to the door of the supermarket, they were a little uneasy to see the huge shelves and the dense crowd inside, and they wanted to go in and have a look, but they seemed a little scared.
"You don't have to be afraid, this supermarket is just like a department store, anyone can go in, even if they don't buy anything after entering!" Jia Lei said with a smile, and then he took the lead in walking into the supermarket.
Mrs. Tatiana saw Jia Lei walk in so easily, and they all followed up!
Rows and rows of shelves in supermarkets are neatly stocked with everything you need for food and household goods, and there are more than a dozen types of products in each category. A group of Soviets who watched were dazzled!
Nikita and Minastak even picked up some commodities and asked Jia Lei very carefully about the price, origin and sales.
Everything in the supermarket surprised and sighed to the director of the Minastak mine and others, and the things and situations in it were impossible for them to see in the Soviet Union.
The variety and quantity of goods in an ordinary supermarket in a corrupt city are beyond the imagination of these Soviets who have just gone abroad.
They saw that Londoners could wander around the supermarket at will, tossing their goods into the cart and throwing it out again if they didn't like it, and no one paid attention to it or cared about it, as if what they were holding in their hands didn't matter at all.
"Is there no one to care about here? In our Soviet Union, there is a constant shortage of materials, canned food is a scarce food, and if we want to buy a few cans, we have to queue up for a long time in advance, and this is why sometimes we can't buy them! How can they just throw such a good thing on the ground?" asked the mine manager of Minasdack, pointing excitedly to the mountain of canned luncheon meat piled on the ground.
"There is no shortage of canned food here, and in fact, there are so many products in the supermarket that they tend to end up being thrown away because they are expired. Pete explained.
"If you can't finish eating and throw it away, how can this be? This is meat!" said the Minastak mine manager with tears in his eyes.
"Don't do that, a lot of people are watching us! Let's go somewhere else first. Jia Lei hurriedly said,
A big man crying over a pile of cans has already aroused the curiosity of other supermarket visitors.
"Okay! It's time for us to change places, we came out secretly, and we can't be too eye-catching. Nikita said in frustration.
So Jia Lei took them to the supermarket, and the group of Soviets were surprised to find that the supermarket was not only rich in goods, but also very attractive in display style.
What's even stranger is that there are almost no clerks inside, and these supermarkets just have everything within people's reach, that is, there is no fear of theft or theft. They also met the salesmen in the supermarket who were in charge of replenishment, they were completely different from the salesmen in the Soviet stores who always rolled their eyes and shouted at customers.
"Everything here is so beautiful, it's like a utopia in a book, everyone can live freely without worrying about food and clothing, never worrying about no bread to eat and no wine to drink! You don't have to queue up to buy anything, as long as you have money, you can buy even cars...... "Nikita said with emotion holding seven or eight bottles of wine.
"I like it here, I'm going to stay......" Miss Fia said suddenly.
"It's time for us to stay, and I hope that my sons and grandchildren will be able to live this carefree life in the future. Mrs. Tatiana also said excitedly.
"We have pursued XXISM all our lives, isn't it just to let all the people have food to eat and clothes to wear? But I didn't expect that the Western countries, which we have always regarded as a cancer, have already done it, and the public ownership system that we have always been proud of has made the people of our country unable to even eat their stomachs......," said the Minasdack mine director, wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Are these Soviets mentally ill? They weren't so excited when they saw the gorgeous Buckingham Palace and the majestic British Museum just now, why did they all cry when they saw an ordinary supermarket?" asked Pete in a low voice.
"Probably because I can't ask for it...... Anyway, I've never seen a supermarket in the Soviet Union, and you have to grab everything there! And you have to have a ticket, but in the end you often can't buy goods. Jia Lei speculated.
It's a pity that Jia Lei didn't know that the Soviets, who were accustomed to seeing all kinds of tall and brilliant buildings, were accustomed to these attractions in the corrupt country, but the supermarket was indeed a particularly shocking thing for them.
Yeltsin, who visited country M that year, was also greatly touched by this scene when he saw the supermarket for the first time. Even though Yeltsin belonged to the privileged elite in the Soviet Union, he was not as good as the ordinary citizens of country M in terms of quality of life and material abundance.
Later, because of the huge contrast between the lives of the Soviet people and the people of other countries, Yeltsin hid in shame in the car and collapsed and cried!
This incident happened three years ago, when Yeltsin was dismissed from office by the Soviet government because of his disagreement with his governing philosophy, and he took the opportunity to go out for a walk! This incident also became one of the fuses for Yeltsin's determination to overthrow the Soviet Union.
Although this one-day trip to London is full of slots and embarrassments, but in terms of results, it is particularly beneficial to Jia Lei, after visiting the supermarket, all the Soviets unanimously expressed the hope that Jia Lei will help them complete the immigration procedures as soon as possible and go abroad immediately.
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"In the future, if anyone thinks that the fees for our immigrants are too expensive or hesitant, you can let them take them to the supermarket in the corrupt country! As long as they walk around the supermarket here, it will be more useful than anything good ...... us," Jia Lei reluctantly passed on this order.
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Jia Lei took a group of people to walk around for a day exhausted, and only returned to Mayfair District in the car at dusk.
"I'm really tired today, not only my people are tired, but my heart is even more tired! I want to go back now, lie on the big bed in the bedroom and rest for a while. Jia Lei spread out on the back seat and said.
"Boss, I'm afraid your wish won't come true!" Pete said helplessly.
"What's wrong again?" Jia Leisheng asked lovelessly.
"The man in the car in front of you seems to be waiting for you!" said Pete, pointing to a Rolls-Royce parked outside the gate of Uttars' house.
"What kind of immortal are you?" asked Jia Lei as he struggled to get up.
"Huh...... What a funny little nephew to talk about!I'm not a god, I'm the son of Utars!," Ubatu said with a smile.
"Why don't you wait for me in the house?" Jia Lei asked curiously, it stands to reason that this is Ubatu's home.
"I came to you because I heard that Utars wanted to give you this house as an inheritance...... Ubatu said. I want to talk about "Rebirth 1990: The Invisible Rich" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~