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After several hours of flying, the plane arrived at Christmas Island after a stopover in the Cocos Islands.

Although the existing airport on Christmas Island is not big, there is only one tower and a simple terminal, only one runway, and a lot of weeds grow on the side, but it is also an international airport, and can withstand the landing of Boeing 747 at most, but so far, the airport has less than 3,000 passengers a year, it can be said that there are only a few people in and out of here on average every day, in fact, there are often no planes landing and taking off for many days, because the population is too small, this airport has no fixed commercial flights, charter flights have become the norm。

Walking out of the cabin door and stepping on the land of Christmas Island, a refreshing sea breeze blew, bringing Chen Kangjie a wonderful freshness in the Indian Ocean.

When you come out of the airport, you can see the endless blue sea in the distance, and if you look to your right, you can see the green and undulating in the distance.

Out of the airport, there is no inspection, at the airport gate, there are not taxis like other big cities, there are not even motorcycles here, if there is no vehicle prepared in advance, then you can only walk into the town, after all, there is not a slightly larger village in the country with a large population, relying on those operating methods, there is no way to make a living, so far, 60% of the island's residents are employees of the Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Co., Ltd., the others are not relatives of these people, or a small number of fish in the sea for a living.

This time, Chen Kangjie came to Christmas Island, in addition to inspecting the situation on the island, he wanted to get in touch with the people of Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Co., Ltd. and do their work in advance, so as not to cause some unnecessary backlash after the island purchase plan was proposed.

There is only one street on the island, located in the northeast of the island, not narrow, enough to be 14 or 5 meters wide, you can use cars, but unfortunately there are very few cars on the island, Chen Kangjie and they arrived here on foot, only saw four cars, two Buick off-road vehicles parked on the side of the road, two trucks drove in front of them, really to the port to transport apatite, and after a boat, then to Australia.

The houses on both sides of the street are only three storeys highest, most of them don't look very new, and some of them are even tin houses, which can reflect that the island's economy is still in a relatively backward state, and big cities like Perth or Sydney, there is no way to think, only in the easternmost part of the street, that is, by the sea, there is a five-storey "building", neat and tidy decoration, and satellite antennas and television reception equipment are installed on the roof.

"If the miscalculation is correct, it should be the location of the Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Co., Ltd.," Chen Kangjie said to Xiong Ziqiang with his left hand to cover the still glaring afterglow and point to the building with his right hand.

"It looks like it's the tallest building on the island, and if there's only one company on the island, there's no doubt about it," Xiong Ziqiang and Chen Kangjie said in the same direction, glaring into the same eye.

"Let's go, let's find a place to stay and have a good meal", now that it is getting late, it is not suitable to wander the streets before we have settled down.

The population on the island is small, and the streets are sparsely populated, and Chen Kangjie and his group walk together, which is quite eye-catching.

It's not a big place, but it's a small hospital, schools, shops, hotels and restaurants, and even a small chapel, which not only serves the local residents, but also because of the occasional tourists who visit this beautiful island, who usually choose to stay for a few days before leaving by boat or charter flight.

"Old, I want to live in the hotel. Chen Kangjie They walked to the door of a small building with a two-story cement wall, and there was a Chinese sign hanging on the door, Fulai Hotel, with English marks underneath, maybe seeing Chen Kangjie Most of them are Chinese, and the tall and thin boss who came out talked to them directly in Cantonese, asking them if they wanted to stay in the hotel, basically Cantonese-speaking places like to call male adult guests "old fine" (boss).

Most of the inhabitants of Christmas Island are Chinese, and these Chinese basically speak Cantonese, so this language, although not an official language, is very popular on the island.

"Yes, we want to stay in the hotel, how can you live in many of us. Chen Kangjie replied in the affirmative in fluent Cantonese, and asked him if he could live so many of them here, seeing that the building here was not high, Chen Kangjie was worried that there would be no place for them.

Chan often travels to Hong Kong and interacts with so many Hong Kong people, and in many cases chats between them in Cantonese, and he has a great talent for languages, so there is no problem in this regard.

Hearing that Chen Kangjie answered in Cantonese, the smile on the boss's face became even brighter, "No question, you can stay, everyone, please come in, please come in."

The boss was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, his head was sparse, perhaps because he had been in the Indian Ocean for a long time, his skin was a little yellow, and the wrinkles on his forehead were not shallow, he led Chen Kangjie and them into a hall with a ceiling fan, which looked like the front desk of the hotel, but it looked like the living room of his house, because Chen Kangjie and they saw the bar and the dining table at the same time.

Chen Kangjie and the others were beckoned to sit down, and the boss found a middle-aged woman to serve them tea.

"Tie to the middle of the tourism system,,,,,,。 The boss seemed very kind, and did not immediately take Chen Kangjie and them to the room, but sat down at the dinner table with them first, and asked them if they were here for tourism or what they were here for.

"Hehe, it's just a tour, it's very beautiful to listen to the lecture, so go around", Chen Kangjie took a sip of slightly bitter tea, replied with a smile in the affirmative, and told the other party that he heard that this place was very beautiful, so he came to take a look.

"You are a border man, and on Christmas Island, there are very few Chinese from other places," the boss asked curiously.

This is also the case, this island, there will be very few Chinese tourists to come, the tourists are basically Westerners, even if there are a few Hong Kong tourists come here, it will not be so many people, from the reality of the situation, the country is not rich at present, to travel overseas, not to mention for ordinary families, even for those who have begun to get rich, it is not a cheap option, not to mention that Christmas Island is so remote, and it is not a particularly famous resort.

"Do you speak Chinese? Chen Kangjie did not answer, but asked rhetorically first.

",,,I haven't been back to my hometown a few times before,,, but now I do," the boss was stunned for a moment, and then stammered.

"We are from Qianzhou, just went to Australia for a tour, I heard the people over there say, this place is not bad, just come around, I see that your old man is almost fifty, where is your hometown." Chen Kangjie continued to chat with the boss in Chinese.

The boss didn't send them to the room, but wanted to chat with him, and Chen Kangjie happened to want to take this opportunity to learn about the local situation.

"Oh, that's the case,,,, hehe, I'm over fifty, and my hometown is from the South China Sea,,,, but we've been here for decades", the other party was very happy to hear Chen Kangjie estimate his age to be younger.

"Wow, it looks very young, the South China Sea is doing well now, the forefront of the country's reform and opening up, and the people are getting rich very quickly", Chen Kangjie has been to this place in the South China Sea, but that is two thousand and five years later.

"yes, there are factories and newly built roads everywhere."

"Then your whole family is here. Chen Kangjie continued to ask

"Yes, my wife and children are here, and the one who poured tea just now is my wife."

"Oh, that's good, in that case, you should be Australian citizens. Chen Kangjie thought that since the other party has been here for decades, he should also have Australian nationality.

"Hey, don't mention it, we don't have a status in China now, and we haven't obtained nationality in Australia, but we have the right to live and vote, and we have applied for it several times, but they have found many reasons to refuse, at most, it can be regarded as a green card. ", the boss said dejectedly.

Although obtaining a green card allows one to live permanently in the country and enjoy basically the same benefits and job opportunities as a national, he is still different from his nationality and does not have the right to vote, because the holder of the green card himself is still drawn in the category of foreigners, and his status is slightly lower.

"Is that true of all the inhabitants of the island? Chen Kangjie felt puzzled.

"It's not always like that, there are more than 200 white Westerners on the island, and most of them have obtained Australian citizenship, so the number of whites has gradually decreased in recent years, but there are more Malays, and we are like an abandoned land here, the government doesn't care much, there is very little investment here, and there are not so many tourists,,,,,。 When it comes to the situation on the island, the shopkeeper seems to have endless words to say and complains a lot.

The emergence of this situation is not a good thing for the local Chinese, but for Chen Kangjie, it is not a bad thing, if these people are Australian citizens, it will be a big trouble, since only a few white people are real citizens of Australia, it is relatively much easier to do, at least Chen Kangjie's purchase of the island, it is easier to persuade the residents to accept, as long as it can provide them with greater benefits.

"What about your child, did you go to work in Australia? Chen Kangjie cared about his family.

"The education process of our local Chinese is not very high, basically graduated from high school, to Australia, not very open, my son is in the phosphate mining Co., Ltd., the child is quite promising, as a foreman, two or three thousand Australian dollars a month", the Chinese have such a habit, if their children have something to be proud of, they like to show off in front of outsiders.

"That's really good, white-collar workers, the old gentleman's surname. Others want to show off, of course Chen Kangjie has to cooperate, this is the etiquette.