In 1959, Castro led the Cuban Revolution to victory, and all wealth was nationalized, so all the rich fled Cuba, leaving only real estate that could not be taken with them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThese once gorgeous bungalows and the classic cars that still run wild on the streets of Cuba are the best proof of this.

On the streets of Havana, you'll feel like you're in a classic car museum. Cuba's city streets are known as the "Museum of American Classic Cars" because you can casually see a variety of American cars from the 30s to the 50s of the last century, such as Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler or Osmobile, which can only be seen in museums.

The classic cars here are not for collection, but for old cars that are actually in service. Most of them were imported from the United States during the Batista period in the fifties and sixties of the last century, and then due to the economic blockade of the United States, there were almost no new models introduced in Cuba, and in 1959 the government promulgated a law restricting the import of automobiles, which made the replacement of Cuban cars extremely slow.

Zhou You didn't have much interest in old houses, but he was quite fond of these classic cars, especially those Beetles produced in the fifties, which was full of nostalgia.

The Old City of Havana, a living fossil of history, is not attractive for travel, but it is loved by almost everyone. The old houses, which had existed for hundreds of years, were particularly fond of several women, and they went around for two days before they went to Varadero with Zhou You.

Located 140 kilometers east of Havana, Varadero is also the closest place to the United States, and this narrow peninsula is only open to tourists, so it is the most Cuban place in all of Cuba, but it is also the most like paradise in Cuba.

Twenty kilometres of white sand beaches, pale blue waters and a colourful underwater world make it the largest seaside resort in the entire Caribbean. The blue sky and white clouds, the clear blue water, the gentle white sand, the white veil that slips between the fingers and the gentle breeze that blows away the tropical sun, make any leisure vacationer's sleep sweeter.

Traveling around a group of nearly fifty people, they directly chartered a resort area in Varadero and enjoyed the leisure of the most beautiful beach in the Caribbean on an uninhabited beach.

At this time, Zhou You did not have the frame of the world's richest man at all, nor did he have the rage of a hero, but became a gentle dad. Every day, he accompanies a group of two-year-olds to pile sand on the beach, play beach motorcycles, take them to play windsurfing, and pedal boats.

A group of children also like to travel, because they are almost obedient to them, and any requirements can be directly met to them.

But after a few days, they all turned into little black people, and if they hadn't applied a thick layer of sunscreen, they would have had to tan off a layer of skin.

Zhou You's hair hasn't grown out yet, and his bald head is tanned and shiny, and now he has a little bit of the appearance of his previous life.

After a week in Varadero, he returned to Havana on his own, returning to his hotel. At this time, the hotel had been completely taken over by the Cuban security forces, and even the bodyguards brought by Zhou You were strictly inspected.

Of course, Zhou You himself did not receive this kind of treatment, and in any case, his identity was not the same as these bodyguards.

Castro was the most assassinated leader, having been assassinated 634 times in his lifetime, all of which he dodged. There is no leader in this world who has been assassinated more times than he has. Therefore, he can understand this kind of caution, so he arranged for his wives to travel to other places and will come back tomorrow.

"Mr. Zhou, the commander-in-chief will arrive at the hotel at half past five, and the starting point for dinner will begin, and you will have an hour and a half to talk. Yesterday I had you sent you the topics for the meeting, and I hope that this meeting will be pleasant and relaxed. ”

The one who spoke was a colonel from the security forces, about fifty years old, without the majesty of an average soldier, with a round face that looked very kind. But the fact that he can become Castro's henchman shows that his ability is far more than just his appearance, and Zhou You does not dare to underestimate this colonel who looks like a smiling tiger.

"Yes, yesterday I got the main topics of the talks, and I also asked people to make a Q&A proposal based on these topics, and my meeting with His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief today will not go beyond this scope."

When Sánchez heard Zhou You's answer, he immediately handed a printed copy of the document to Colonel Smiling Tiger.

In a meeting with a leader, it is not possible to answer as you like, under normal circumstances, the other party will first prepare a list of the main topics of the meeting, and the conversation will not go beyond this range, it is not important how you want to answer here, the important thing is that the attitude and tendency shown do not contradict the mainstream values of the other party.

He took a few minutes, took a cursory look at the bill, and said, "I have no opinion on most of the answers, but I hope Mr. Zhou can be a little more conservative in this regard." ”

Zhou You looked around, and he pointed to a question about the evaluation of the leaders of both sides of the Colombian civil war. "Any questions?"

He frowned and said: "Uribe's tough style after coming to power has caused him a lot of criticism in Latin America. Although the struggle between the two sides of the civil war has eased because of Mr. Zhou's development plan, I personally do not think that Uribe deserves Mr. Zhou's praise. ”

Zhou You smiled and said: "This has nothing to do with Cuba's national conditions, and it is also my true opinion, so on this point, I insist." ”

"Well, I also defend your right to speak freely." He shrugged his shoulders, looked at his watch again, and said, "There is still half an hour left, Mr. Zhou can take a little rest, and I will come back to disturb Mr. Zhou later." ”

After sending the colonel away, Zhou You returned to his room, motioned for Sanchez to turn on the jammer, and then said to Rhodes: "What do you think this is called ......?"

Sanchez reminded in a low voice: "Dias. ”

Zhou You nodded and asked, "Do you think Dias's suggestion is his own opinion or is he really on the side of Cuba?" ”

Rhodes said with a smile: "No matter what position you are in, don't you refuse?" If we want to maintain neutrality between the two sides of the Colombian civil war, we must not change it according to his wishes, otherwise, if this news is broadcast, it will have a fatal impact on our balance in Colombia, and it will affect your personal relationship with Uribe. ”

Zhou You nodded, stretched and said, "Okay, it's too hot, I'll take a shower first." ”

Zhou You stayed in the same room as a few days ago, and the assistants also helped him change the bed linen in the hotel. Flushed a shower. Zhou You changed his clothes and returned to the living room to sit down. Sanchez and Rhodes had already prepared the topic of another meeting, and revisited it with Zhou You to make a deeper impression on Zhou You.

At half past five, Castro, dressed in military uniform and bearded, stepped out of the car and waited for Zhou You, who was at the door of the hotel, to greet him, holding his dry and thin hands with both hands.

Castro was tall, only a little shorter than Zhou You, and although he was nearly eighty years old, he was in good spirits. At the time of Zhou You's rebirth, although he had resigned as a leader for health reasons, he was still alive and well.

As an official meeting, the Cuban side also had a complete set of procedures, traveling around shaking hands with Castro and taking pictures, and then introducing the people of the two sides.

The Spanish of the tour is good, and there is no need to arrange interpreters, and the meeting between the two sides will not be biased due to the translation.

The meeting took place in the small living room of the hotel, and there were three people on the tour, while Castro brought five of his subordinates, including his brother Raul Castro, the minister of commerce, and General Shao Huang, who was of Chinese descent.

Since all resources in Cuba belong to the state, there is no such thing as attracting investment in Cuba, and foreign capital cannot invest in Cuba's industrial sector at all, and only in the commercial sector can there be some small-scale investment.

Therefore, Zhou You did not prepare any information about this at all at first. However, Castro began by talking about the large investment that Zhou Tour's business in Colombia had sparked, and he praised Zhou You's large-scale commercial exports to drive Colombia's economic development, as well as the sale of a series of Cuban minerals and various resources.

Although Cuba is small, it has nickel reserves of about 6.6 million tons, accounting for 40 percent of the world's total reserves. manganese reserves of about 7 million tons; Chromium reserves are also abundant; With about 3.5 billion tons of iron ore reserves, it is one of the largest reserves in the world, accounting for about 5% of the world's reserves.

In terms of oil, Cuba has declared 20 billion barrels of proven recoverable oil reserves, mainly in the exclusive economic zone of Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. But according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Cuba's offshore oil reserves are about 5 billion barrels, with a maximum of 9 billion barrels. But for a small country, this reserve is also quite a lot. It's just that Cuba's own extraction technology is not strong, so most of the oil is not extracted.

At present, the sale of minerals is not worrying, and the crude oil is not likely to be exploited by foreign capital, and the main thing that Castro wants to talk to Zhou You about is the sale of fishery, sea salt, and precious timber such as rosewood, sandalwood and Cuban pine.

For these, of course, Zhou You agreed to it, the profit of fishing and sea salt is not high, but the price is stable, but the profit is a little less. But the price of mahogany and sandalwood will rise in the next few years, so why not lose money in this business and gain the favor of Cubans!

In the second topic, he talked about some of the details of the development of Colombia, and Castro carefully inquired about some of the new technologies used in the process of mineral development, and it is obvious that he has also done his homework and knows very well about the current mineral development in Colombia.

In this regard, Zhou You and he are not experts, but they just exchanged some information about the efficiency and effectiveness improvement brought by technological development, and the topic entered the third stage.

Castro asked Zhou in detail why he had proposed him to act as a mediator in the Colombian civil war, a mediator he had served several times but not very well.

Zhou You also analyzed with him the new situation brought by tens of billions of dollars of investment to Colombia, and now that both sides of the civil war are focusing most of their energy on economic development and maintaining law and order, the impact of the civil war will seriously hinder economic development, so the time is more ripe than ever.

Castro's rational analysis of Uribe was also endorsed by Castro, which made Zhou You feel more and more that the decision to make him slightly biased towards the side of the guerrillas was the personal opinion of Colonel Dias.

The last stage was the personal exchange of ideas between the two parties, and Castro asked Zhou You in detail about the detailed experience from the beginning of the business to the development of today. He only praised Zhou You's business vision, but he was extremely curious about his personal ability.

But it was not very warm, and Zhou You also gave him a performance of his own "Chinese kung fu". When the steel pipes with the thickness of the arm were vigorously broken by Zhou You, everyone at the scene had a deep memory of Zhou You's personal ability.

During the meal, the conversation became much more relaxed, and Castro congratulated the travelling Atletico Madrid on winning the La Liga and Champions League titles. He is a fan himself and loves to watch La Liga games, even to the various players of Atletico Madrid.

La Liga has little influence in Asia, not only as good as the Premier League, but also as in the declining Serie A. But in the Americas, La Liga is more popular than the Premier League, and Zhou You believes that this is mainly because La Liga has too many American players.

In terms of spectacle, the confrontation in the Premier League is Zhou You's favorite, but in terms of rankings, La Liga has won more first places than the Premier League. On the one hand, this is because Real Madrid and Barcelona have better international records, and on the other hand, La Liga has won more votes in FIFA and UEFA.

At dinner, the conversation focused on football, and Castro invited Zhou You to build a football school in Cuba to help Cuban players get out.

Zhou You also agreed to this request, a football school investment is not large, but it can get Castro's friendship, it doesn't matter how it is calculated, it is all cost-effective.

It wasn't until Castro left that he gave Zhou You a clear answer. "After you get in touch with both sides of the Colombian civil war, I will personally call them and try to facilitate peace talks. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude for your contribution to peace among the peoples of the Americas. Mr. Zhou, just for this matter, you are also a good friend that I recognize. ”

After receiving this compliment, Zhou You's heart also swelled with a sense of pride, because the other party is not an ordinary person, but an idol of almost everyone in Latin America!

So far, Zhou's trip to Cuba has yielded a satisfactory result.

Departing from Cuba, the yacht crossed the strait between Cuba and Mexico, first to the Cayman Islands, where it spent two days on the sparsely populated island of Little Cayman, then to Jamaica, and then from Jamaica to Colombia, his base in South America.

However, before he could go ashore, he received bad news that someone had leaked his talks with Castro to the Western media, and even made it clear the main purpose of their conversations.

This time, Zhou You completely sat on wax.