Chapter 114 Say one thing and do another
Dubai is not a country, but an emirate in the UAE. It can be understood as a province or a city. Many people think that Dubai is the capital of the United Arab Emirates, but this is not the case, the capital of the United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi.
Dubai is not actually the richest in the United Arab Emirates, because the oil reserves are very low. Or to put it another way, 90% of the UAE's oil is in Abu Dhabi. It's just that the sheikh of Dubai has a very strategic vision, vigorously developing the service industry, and building Dubai into a tourist city for the rich to enjoy, although Abu Dhabi is richer than Dubai, but now people only need to mention Dubai, the first word that comes to mind is: 'trench'.
It makes sense to say that there is a 'trench' here, and the welfare in Dubai is quite good, but only for Dubaiese. A Dubai native who does nothing for a month can receive AED 7,000 or more a month. Get married and send 70,000 dirhams, send a house, give birth to a child, the government is responsible for the tuition fees, and if you study abroad, you will also be paid, and you will work a little bit and 60,000 dirhams a month to make a foundation.
So here, the life of the locals is called a comfortable, every day is to buy, buy, buy, Dubai's policy is to let crooked nuts invest in the construction of Dubai, raising the locals.
Since Dubai says 'trench', there must be a 'trench', right? The Dubai Horse Racing World Cup is known as the most expensive race in the world. As long as you are eligible to compete here, Dubai will cover the cost of accommodation and food for each participant upon arrival in Dubai. Horses, trainers and jockeys can enjoy a one-week free stay at the seven-star Burj Al Arab Hotel. The name of the Burj Al Arab is apt, as it is built on an artificial island in the sea, and it does look like a ship's sail from a distance.
Of course, Wahab will not go to live in the free room, people live in the Royal Presidential Suite, a room of 780 square meters, or a duplex structure, all the rooms of the Burj Al Arab Hotel are duplex structure, very atmospheric. Xiao Peng and the others don't have that treatment, but the arrangement is not bad, a duplex suite of more than 400 square meters, it is a proper presidential suite in any hotel, but it is just a high-end suite here.
"Mengzi, what are you thinking?" Xiao Peng put away his luggage and saw Yang Meng standing by the floor-to-ceiling window looking at the scenery of the Persian Gulf motionless, like a stone sculpture.
Yang Meng heard Xiao Peng's answer and sighed: "Xiao Peng, how do I feel like a dream now, we were still hungry and full at this time last year, and it has been less than a year, and we are going abroad and staying in such a luxury hotel." I seem to have taken advantage of you. β
Xiao Peng laughed out loud: "Haha, the sun came out of the west today? Do you still know that you took advantage of me? God, Yang Meng's conscience suddenly discovered, is this the world going to be destroyed?"
Yang Meng's eyes widened: "Rub, I always knew that it was okay, I just didn't say it, it doesn't mean that I didn't count it in my heart, right?"
Xiao Peng patted Yang Meng on the shoulder: "Of course I know, I never look at what others say, I only look at what others do." The two of us have grown up together since childhood, and we have been together for so many years, so why do we talk so much about good things? We lack everything in China, that is, there is no shortage of people who can only talk about good things but do not do personal things. For example, Zhu Xi and Li Shen are all of this virtue. β
"Uh, who are they?" Yang Meng's eyes widened.
Xiao Peng was speechless, it was so tiring to talk to such an illiterate. So he explained: "Have you heard of the phrase 'preserve the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires'? This is what Zhu Xi said!"
Yang Meng nodded, this sentence is too famous, how could he not have heard it?
Xiao Peng continued: "Just this Zhu Xi, he made his daughter-in-law's belly bigger. Then tell others to 'save the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires'. β
"Poof. Yang Meng just took out a bottle of drink from the refrigerator and sprayed it directly.
Xiao Peng was very satisfied with this expression, and said with a smile: "And that Li Shen, even more fierce." When we were in school, we all learned the poems of the peasants, right? Who knows that Chinese food is hard work'. β
Yang Meng nodded: "Nonsense, how many people in our country don't know this poem?"
Li Shen is the author of this poem. Do you know why this poem is so famous, but Li Shen is unknown?" Xiao Peng continued. Yang Meng shook his head.
Xiao Peng said: "In fact, there is a second half of this poem, which is called 'Plant a grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand seeds in autumn.'" There is no idle land in the four seas, and the peasants are still starving to death.' In fact, the latter poem is better written and has more profound meaning, but it is easy to make the official family have uncomfortable associations, so when it was selected as a textbook at that time, this poem was emasculated in half. This idiom comes from a poem written by Liu Yuxi, the name of the poem is called "Gift to Li Sikong Prostitute", and Li Sikong here is Li Shen. It was because Liu Yuxi participated in the drinking party at Li Shen's house, and the one who played there was called Hi, and the one who played with one of Li Shen's prostitutes was still unfinished. When leaving, Li Shen directly gave the prostitute to Liu Yuxi, and Liu Yuxi was happy and grateful, and wrote this poem. Liu Yuxi said that Li Shen has long been 'commonplace' to this kind of fragrant scene. β
Hearing this, Yang Meng said: "According to what you said, aren't all the 'flies and tigers' who have been beaten in our country this virtue? β
Xiao Peng nodded and said: "So, you should never look at what others say, we grew up together, who doesn't know who, what do you do when you say so many nice things? No matter how good it is, it's better to see it with your own eyes? Let's go down to see the horses and have fun in a while! Staying here in the hotel is simply a tyrannical thing." β
"Okay. Yang Meng threw his things into the room, "I'm ready!"
Xiao Peng: "γγγγγγ He called Wahab and said he was going out to play. Wahab directly asked Murdei to be a tour guide for the two, well, this is also for fear that the two will get lost.
When Murtadi came, the three of them went to the hotel's racecourse first. The Sail Hotel has a dedicated raceroom, and since the doping incident, the two horses are now being kept to the limit. Most of the security that Wahab brought this time was to protect the two horses.
After making sure that there were no accidents between the two horses, Xiao Peng and Murtaiti went to the parking lot together and got into a Range Rover. Murtadi explained: "This car was bought by the last time the prince came here while playing sand washing. β
In the entire Arab region, the most popular folk fun sport is probably this sand washing. Isn't there a lot of desert in the whole Middle East? It's very pleasant to drive a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle to rush down the sand dunes from top to bottom, rushing to other sand dunes, and then sliding between the sand peaks and valleys. In Dubai, this is a popular leisure sport, and to play this sport, you need to be prepared for two things: first, find the right sand dunes, which is good to say, the Middle East is full of deserts. Second, find a car that is not afraid of tossing and is not distressed if it breaksγγγγγγ
"How is it? Do you want to go sand bashing?" asked Murtadi.
Xiao Peng shook his head: "I don't like the feeling of being covered in sand. β
Murdei smiled, "We're used to it! After speaking, he handed Xiao Peng two small licenses: "You and Yang Meng's." β
"What is it?" Xiao Peng took a look and was happy: "Is this a 'drinking license'?"
Murtaidi nodded: "In Dubai, tourists can drink alcohol in licensed restaurants, hotels and bars in hotels, but not in public, and you also need a license to buy alcohol, you need this certificate to buy alcohol." β
Xiao Peng translated Murtadi's words to Yang Meng, and Yang Meng whistled: "This Wahab has finally done his work, I thought he was going to let the two of us hold it until after the Horse Racing World Cup." Hurry up and buy some wine and go back in a moment. I'm like taking a shower in a beer right now. β
Xiao Peng smiled: "This idea seems to be good, go back and have a chance to try it." β
You can buy wine and drink it! This is good news for two men who have been holding back for more than two months, so Xiao Peng and Yang Meng are in a good mood. It's a pity that the two of them are happy, but some people are unhappy: not far from the hotel, their Range Rover actually broke down!?
"A Toyota that can't be driven, a Land Rover that can't be repaired. Yang Meng complained and got out of the car directly to open the engine cover. He used to work in an auto repair shop, and he can fix minor problems. I saw that after checking for a while, he closed the engine cover again, and waved his hand at Xiao Peng: "This one who lacks heart and eyes bought Indian goods." There's a problem with the gearbox, and it can't be repaired, so let someone tow it. β
Xiao Peng told Murtaidi what he said, Murtaidi nodded, and went to call for help, Xiao Peng turned his head to look at Yang Meng: ", Mengzi, don't say this here, there are more Indians in Dubai than in Dubai, and more than half of the population here are Indians! Half of the top ten richest people in Dubai are Indians." In Dubai, Indians mix much better than Chinese. Isn't it a fuss that you're talking badly about India here?"
Yang Meng said with disdain: "Rub, can't you tell the truth? The British people say that 'Land Rover is a brand that players and players' wives will sell', and as a result, they have become the king of the road in China. When Indians bought this car brand, they swore that although they had acquired the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, they would not consider establishing Jaguar and Land Rover production plants in India, for fear of affecting the international reputation and image of these two British car brands. In other words, the Indians themselves are not optimistic about their level of production. Later, it was discovered that the Chinese rich people's worship of Land Rover is increasing day by day, which itself is going to go bankrupt, and the Chinese tyrant has become the world's top brand, and the Indians have to sell and sell, and they want to be famous, and the Indians see this situation, and directly establish a Land Rover factory in India, why? Fools know how low India's labor costs are, and exporting Land Rover from India to China will save freight? Every year, 80% of India's Land Rover is sold to China. The rest came somewhere else. This Indian production level is really no one, the plane built has nothing to fall, the car has nothing to break down, since India has produced its own Land Rover, China 315 will be on the list every year, just because of the broken quality of Indian goods. I didn't expect that it was not enough for them to pit the Chinese, and they came to pit Dubai?"
Xiao Peng looked around: "I don't think it's very likely that they want to pit Dubai." Look here, it's all Japanese cars, I just looked at it, at least half of them are Toyotas. β
Yang Meng was puzzled: "Doesn't it be said on the Internet that Dubai is full of luxury cars? Do rich people throw luxury cars everywhere? Police cars are also supercars, and luxury cars are used as rentals, how can it be that this is not the case at all?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "There are luxury cars for rent, they are all rented in the hotel, serving the tenants, and almost all the rentals running on the road are Toyota." And the supercar police car you are talking about is a face-saving project, and it is specially placed at the entrance of various tourist attractions for people to take pictures! So it's still the same sentence, what is said is never the same as the truth. β
"I'm a, I really want to suck the big mouths of those unscrupulous media now!