San Diego, California, where the vast, warm sandy beaches are perfect for vacations, and today it's a magnet for Alice and her friends. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info As early as the early morning departure, Sissi was still struggling with which bikini to choose, and now at two o'clock in the afternoon, she was already wearing the one Alice had chosen, and she was lazily lying on the beach chair and not wanting to move.

There are only two ways for young people to spend summer, escaping the heat and enjoying the middle of summer. San Diego is world-famous for its beaches, and SeaWorld Orlando and Harbor Village are also great places to visit, with Alice looking around in sunglasses in the sun, not to mention the men and women who are tanning their skin, and gliders passing by in the sky.

"I can't even remember the last time I was in San Diego. Sissi said, "Alice, when was the last time you sunbathed on the beach?"

"It dates back to the time of the dinosaurs. Alice pursed her lips and smiled: "And Sissi, can you imagine, we are only twenty kilometers from the Mexican border now. It's not even twenty kilometers, so close, it's Tijuana, Mexico!"

"Hmm...... Why don't we go to Tijuana too?" Sissi lifted the bridge of her sunglasses and said, "Many citizens who live on the border will go to Tijuana for a weekend trip, or why don't we go and join in the fun tomorrow morning?"

College summer vacation road trip, this is Alice's suggestion after coming to find Sissi, without saying a word. As for the basic preparations, both of them did wear passports, but when it came to crossing the border to travel to Mexico, Alice was inevitably a little hesitant.

"You know that Tijuana's environment is pretty ordinary, right? We can eat pure Mexican food in San Diego, so do we need to go around that filthy city? ”

As a Californian, Alice certainly grew up with a deep understanding of nearby Mexico. Tijuana's proximity to the United States is one of the fastest-growing cities in Mexico, and the beautiful waterfront scenery and excellent service facilities have attracted a large number of American tourists to the city for sightseeing and shopping, and the tourism industry has indeed grown greatly.

But it's a Mexican city, after all. A short distance south of San Diego, you can visit the beginning of the 3,000-kilometer-long border, known as the "First Boundary Monument on the Mexico-US Border". The border between the two countries is separated by a tall and sturdy metal railing from the Mexican side, and the Mexican side is a few dozen meters deep into the sea.

Along the border, on one side is the world's only superpower and on the other is a developing country, and the difference is so great and the contrast is absolutely striking. San Diego is lined with tall buildings and swaying trees on one side, Tijuana is cluttered with buildings on the other, and not a single inch of grass grows on the water-scarce land, and the busy footsteps of people tell the world that it is still trying to develop.

As an ordinary person, it is no problem to come to Tijuana occasionally to experience the exotic atmosphere, especially for many middle- and lower-class middle-class people, it is not uncommon to pretend to be forced in Lao Mo's territory, after all, they are often bullied by their bosses in the company. But after standing at the height of Alice, the problem must be more profound.

Sissi also thought about it, and then said, "Tijuana has a lot of processing plants for American companies, right? Do we have an industry there?"

"Not really, but it's already in the plan. Alice said: "Spencer called a few days ago and said that due to the problem of labor costs, he is considering opening an umbrella pharmaceutical factory in Mexico, so Tijuana is a very good place. ”

"And what do you think?"

Ask Alice what she thinks, and that's kind of a question for her. For her, investing in Mexico is the same as investing in South Korea and Taiwan – she doesn't want to give money to these people if they don't have to.

So until now, she has never extended her tentacles to these three regions.

Many Mexicans have entered the United States in a variety of ways, and they can be found everywhere in Southern California, New Mexico, and Texas. These people did contribute a lot to the stability of prices, taking over most of the work of cashiers and dishwashers, but they also undoubtedly brought a lot of uneasiness.

It doesn't take a recent investigation for Alice to know that at least fifty percent of those Mexicans in the southern United States can be related to gangs, and at least fifty percent of these gangs, large and small, can be related to drugs. Although from the perspective of a capitalist, she should be willing to invest in the construction of factories in Mexico to reduce costs, but considering her personal thoughts, she is really unwilling to "send money" to these people.

"I'm thinking about this......"

Taking a sip of the juice from Sissi's hand, Alice said: "The labor cost in foreign countries is indeed very low, but if we entrepreneurs do this, what will the domestic career structure become?"

Sissi, now a top student in business administration at Harvard, is her specialty: "Domestic factories are closing, blue-collar workers are unemployed, and the country's economic system is becoming more knowledge-based?"

"That's right, after a long time, universities may even cancel skill-based majors and transform them all into design majors. At that point, for example, we will have to hire engineers from abroad, while natives will have to work as designers. ”

Engineers and designers certainly have areas where their responsibilities overlap, but being two different words is enough for Alice to express her thoughts.

Sissi chuckled.

"What's wrong?"

"Giggle...... Don't you think it's funny that we, a Frenchman, a Chinese, are thinking about the jobs of 'traditional whites'?"

Alice was stunned for a moment, then laughed too.

But isn't it, when my grandparents came to the United States, they followed the tide of migrant workers, but they missed the Chinese Exclusion Act period, and it was because Chinese laborers robbed the jobs of native Americans. In addition, Mr. Lawrence took his daughter to live in the United States, first working Wall Street, and now running DreamWorks, isn't it also robbing the natives of jobs?

Although the promotion effect is definitely greater~

"Makes sense, makes sense. Rural areas of the United States, especially those states in the Central Great Plains, are basically Republican, such as Oklahoma, where Christianity is prevalent and religious groups are everywhere, and "Carrie the Witch" and "The Exorcist" were filmed for them. Remember the famous painting, "American Gothic", these people don't care about the importance of economic globalization, as the actual victims...... Hmmm......"

The topic of conversation at the moment made Alice fully explore her mind. Why did Donald Trump become president, why did the Brexit referendum pass in the United Kingdom? It's all because of the class that the topic touches. This group of people usually looks inconspicuous, but in the field of democratic politics where numbers are paramount, they will really stab the knife at a critical moment!

After thinking about it, Alice immediately informed Sissi of both future prospects. Of course, she will not be stupid to talk about Trump as a person, but the public opinion when she is running for president, and the European referendum also put forward hypotheses, without directly referring to Cameron's name.

"So you want to avoid this phenomenon economically?" Sissi used her brains: "Cisco has not yet established a factory in Taiwan, and the production is still in China, but Intel and Microsoft are different, and you can't let them recoup their investment." Umbrella here, the main pharmaceutical factories are still in European countries, and there is nothing built in Mexico and East Asia, which can indeed save many people's jobs, but the labor cost cannot go down. ”

Alice raised her hand and waved her hand, disdainfully, "So I really dislike Cook's approach." He is good enough to make money, with $200 billion in cash reserves! But he doesn't have a huge comprehensive consortium like me, and he doesn't plan to develop any real money-burning black technology, just stuffing more than 70 Olympic swimming pools is useless!"

Sissi pressed down her sunglasses and looked deeply at Alice, "Honey, who is Cook?"

"Uh......" Alice's expression froze for a moment: "Oh, a master's student who just graduated from Duke University two years ago is working hard at IBM." I met him once, and he was a good man. ”

"Not some secret little lover of yours?"

"Poof...... Where did you come from?"

"Don't get excited, you have the juice on your belly, do you want me to lick it for you?"

"Well...... It's not fun to play this kind of game in broad daylight, so let's go back to our room tonight, what, why don't we go to Tijuana tomorrow to play?"

Alice kept her face stiff so as not to show it, but she was really weak-hearted. What does Sissi know? Do you know? Don't you know? Alice, it's not good to be suspicious, but it will make you exposed, calm and calm!

Now that the itinerary for tomorrow has been set, Sissi's attention has really been diverted, and Alice is relieved at the same time, but also has some small expectations, after all, she has never been to Mexico, so it is better to visit.

Moreover, Brudy is also leading people to annihilate the gangs and fight drug dealers at this time, according to his posture of plundering 300 prisoners in his first attack, the safety of the two girls can still be guaranteed. What's more, Tijuana on the western coast is not the battlefield-like El Paso of Afghanistan, and there are so many citizens who travel on weekends as shields, and it won't be their turn to be kidnapped, right?

"Then I'll make a reservation for tomorrow's lunch, a Mexican beef burrito with rum and ice, and work at a cabin tavern?"

There really is no doubt about safety, and considering the problem of submarines and "merchandise" transportation, Brudy really started from Tihua and marched all the way east towards El Paso. So, since he had been in Tijuana for a while, wouldn't it be easy to inquire about a tavern with a safe environment and good quality and low price?

"Yes, but let's think about what we're going to have for dinner tonight. Sissi helped the sunglasses back into place: "I just took a course of intoxication last week, and it's time to work up my appetite. ”