Chapter 889: The Emperor is Back
Two weeks before the new year, Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi crossed the Indian Ocean to Cape Town, the sunny legislative capital of South Africa. Before the plane landed, Hong Tao had roughly recognized its original appearance, and the airport was actually built a few kilometers north of his royal estate. It's just that Cape Town is not the same as it was hundreds of years ago, with residential areas, high-rise buildings and roads everywhere you look, except for Table Mountain.
"Oh, father-in-law, you really look young like this. "Naturally, it was Thomas who came to pick up the airport, and now Thomas is full of vigor in one sentence.
Light-colored linen pants, a big beauty beach top, three buttons open on the chest, deliberately revealing a piece of yellow chest hair, and a pair of sunglasses on his head.
"Pay attention to your wording, my daughter is not married yet! Hello Jiang, it's a pleasure to meet you here. Thomas was unhappy when he saw Hong Tao, and even more embarrassed when he heard the title of father-in-law. That is, with Jiang Zhuyi following on the side, Thomas had to squeeze out a smile.
"You are healed and forgot the pain, I can state in advance that I am not responsible for explaining your personal problems to your family. Originally, Thomas's dress made Hong Tao a little suspicious, a standard playboy look, and then he saw a blonde woman in the distance who kept looking here, and immediately began to wonder what made him so energetic.
"That's Dan, a friend of mine, and you'll stay at her house first. It's really troublesome, how did I get mixed up with a wanted criminal...... Sorry, I'm not talking about you, ma'am. Thomas ignored Hong Tao's warning, reached out to take Jiang Zhuyi's travel bag, but ignored the two large boxes that Hong Tao was dragging and strode away.
Heavy taste, when Hong Tao met Dan at close range, he had another layer of evaluation of his father-in-law. Dan's age is estimated to be a few years old with Thomas, but he is dressed very young, and his makeup is also very thick, and he looks like a big girl from a distance. But don't get close, although the furrow on her face is not as deep as that of Mrs. Zhang, she is not at a disadvantage in terms of quantity, and the standard mature woman is so ripe that she can't be more ripe.
Cape Town is a lot bigger than Perth, nearly 20 kilometres from the airport to the bottom of Signal Hill, with small South American-style neighbourhoods, Victorian-style churches and modern shopping streets. In general, the closer you are to the port, the more prosperous the streets and the more regular the buildings are.
There is also a kind of small house that is relatively short and has different building materials, which is very similar to the private construction in China, and a large area is gathered together. Thomas solemnly warned Hong Tao that he could not come to such a place day or night, whether it was one person or two people. As long as he fouls once, he refuses to provide any more help, but he can buy two tickets for Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi, and get out of here.
Why be so cautious? Not just because it's a ghetto, it's because it's a black neighborhood. The people who live here not only hate whites and motley people, but also fight with each other because of ethnic issues, and the law and order can only be said to be very poor, and the local police dare not go deeper.
Dan was also clearly highly educated, and her English was purer than Thomas's, and she was constantly called true to Thomas. After all, a woman is a woman, careful and patient, much softer than Thomas's style of killing and burying.
In order to let Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi understand the law and order situation in Cape Town, she gave the two guests a lesson on current situation plus history and humanities while driving.
The overall security in South Africa is not good, and it is even worse than that of more developed South American countries. But comparatively speaking, Cape Town has the best law and order situation in South Africa, mainly because of its tolerance for foreigners. But after all, apartheid has only been over for more than a decade, and many problems have only been downplayed and have not been completely changed.
In South Africa, whites are a first-class class who not only have a lot of wealth in their hands, but also political resources. After the sixties, Asians, primarily East Asian immigrants, rose rapidly in South Africa, only below whites, or in many ways on an equal footing with whites.
Indians have a lower status, but they are much more numerous than Asians. The lowest are still blacks, who lack education and are lazy, and most of the blacks in the city are engaged in manual labor and service industries, which is considered to be the least income group.
As the saying goes, there is only lower, there is no lowest, and among blacks there is still a subdivision. Local blacks are relatively well-off, with families and jobs, and they can live with low incomes. The worst thing is those black illegal immigrants, because South Africa has been ruled by blacks in recent years, so more and more blacks have poured into South Africa, which has caused more contradictions, not only between blacks and whites, but also between blacks.
The privately built houses that Hong Tao saw were the residential areas of the black people on the ground floor, and although the houses in the Indian-origin neighborhood were not large, they were regular houses, which could be clearly distinguished from the appearance. It is easier to find houses for Chinese and white people, whether they are townhouses or detached houses, as long as there are walls and barbed wire protection.
Hong Tao has been to many countries, and there are not many cities in Europe where the installation of security windows on the windows is similar to that of prisons, and he has only seen it in Italy. It is also not common in North America, and some countries in South America do have it. But it's rare to turn an entire house into a barbed wire fence, and it's the first time that the whole city has this virtue.
It would be a mistake to think that only high walls and barbed wire fences are South African dwellings. Dan's home is at the foot of Signal Hill, not far from the port, surrounded by greenery and quiet, in the affluent area of Cape Town, similar to the mid-levels of Hong Kong.
It is a single-family house with a garage, and it does not seem to have any powerful facilities other than low walls and iron fences. But as soon as he entered the courtyard, Hong Tao found a lot of small equipment, including on the courtyard walls, roofs, and windows.
Dan said that this is an infrared security device, which is connected to the security center, and as long as it is touched, a phone call from the security center will come to inquire about the situation. If the call goes unanswered or the person answering is wrong, within minutes a heavily armed security guard will arrive to ensure the safety of the occupants.
This kind of equipment is not only available in wealthy areas, but also in some ordinary houses, but it is just a difference in grade. Of course, the more secure the service, the more money you have to pay, and it is also a big expense.
Originally, Hong Tao was not happy to live in someone else's house, which was inconvenient, but let Thomas and Dan be so frightened, and felt that staying in a hotel was a bit unreliable. The most important thing is that he and Jiang Zhuyi have special identities, and it is better to have fewer non-public appearances.
"Do I have an eyebrow?" In fact, where to live is secondary, Hong Tao does not plan to vacation here, if you want to have a good meal and have a good time, you have the opportunity to come by yourself later, and spending money to find a tour guide is much better than Thomas who has a nose that is not a nose and a face that is not a face. Taking advantage of Dan and Jiang Zhuyi's efforts to go upstairs to pack their luggage, Hong Tao began to ask about business.
"The materials have been sent out, and we are still waiting for news. Thomas spread his hands, indicating that there was no good news to say.
"You came here a few days in advance, it's for the sake of picking up girls, look at my efficiency, your son who hasn't come back for half his life, I'll get it for you in less than a month, why is the gap between people and people so big?" Hong Tao was very dissatisfied with Thomas's work attitude, 10,000 years is too long to seize the day, if you slowly find yourself and use him to help.
"It's not Hong Kong or China, it's useless to be anxious, and I'm not the king of Lesotho! Dan's ex-husband works in the police department, and her son is a member of parliament in Cape Town. Thomas didn't want to admit any of Hong Tao's accusations, and there were a lot of reasons, each of which sounded quite reasonable.
"Then did you sleep with her?" Hong Tao blinked his little eyes, filtered out all the useless information, and grasped the topic.
"Vulgar! Why did you bring Jiang here, is it also to find someone for convenience?" It seems that Hong Tao's theme is accurate, Thomas does not answer positively, but begins to ask rhetorically.