Chapter 11 Equal Wealth and Equal Poverty
Half an hour later, on the armed freight train bound for Cassandra
Messi: "(Sent by [Daly] to entertain foreign guests)... I'm very sorry to let you deign to change to a truck, the dispatch center really can't dispatch. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" -- neither humble nor arrogant
Dent: "(listless)... Never mind. - absent-minded
Yu Qiangsheng: "(Without saying a word)..."--lowered his head, not daring to look at [Messi].
Qian Nawei: "Your Excellency the Minister is serious, there is nothing condescending or uncondescending, didn't Her Royal Highness the Princess and Your Excellency the Minister also take the same train with us? -- A few polite words on behalf of the leader
Messi: "Thank you for your understanding..." - suddenly it darkened outside the window
Dent: "Into the city?"
Messi: "Yes, the train is passing through the walls of Cassandra. β
Twenty seconds later, an armed freight train rolled into the city
Dent: "(looks out the window)... It's a big slum. -- A scene full of depression and ruin
Messi: "The gap between the rich and the poor is a problem that no country can solve. β
Dent: "Who said those small countries with high welfare..."
Messi: "Either it has very rich natural resources (like Brunei), or it makes the country an offshore financial center (like Switzerland) or a tax haven (like the Cayman Islands) and sucks the blood of other countries." However, no matter how abundant natural resources are, there will always be a day when they will be exhausted, and no matter how developed offshore financial centers and tax havens will eventually be cracked down on and recovered, these models are unsustainable. -- Pick up the stubble
Dent: "If you can't do it, it's okay to be poor." β
Messi: "The problem is big, and the "average poverty" will lose the "fairness"..."
Dent: "More work gets more, less work gets less, no work can't be done." β
Messi: "Aren't you very clear?"
Dent: "Yes, I know very well that for the sake of internal stability and sustainable development, economic "fairness" can be sacrificed. β
Messi: "Ridiculous. - Dismissive
Dent: "You think it's ridiculous? It's ridiculous in the real world. β
Messi: "Oh, where are you talking about 'utopia'?"
Dent: "The Caribbean branch of Aegis. β
Messi: "Cuba?"
Dent: "Well, more than half a century ago, the Caribbean branch began to actively plan the legal system, R&D system and education system for sustainable development, took the lead in writing the concept of sustainable development into the constitution, and actively committed to the cause of international sustainable development. It is now the only country in the world that meets the WWF's definition of sustainable development. β
Messi: "But the Cuban economy..."
Dent: "Development is slow, national incomes are low, and people have a lot of difficulties in their daily lives because of decades of economic and military blockades in the United States. However, it is such an island country with scarce materials, with an average life expectancy of 78.3 years, a life expectancy of 78 years, and a literacy rate of 99.90%, which is unique compared with other Latin American countries. β
Messi: "It's not the Aegis Olympics. β
Dent: "You're wrong, in the past few decades, not a single merchant ship has been able to enter and exit from the Caribbean branch (personnel can enter and exit freely), the US military blockade is not a joke, and the Caribbean branch has only received assistance from the "Aegis" with systems and technology. β
Messi: "System?"
Dent: "The Caribbean branch was able to form an internal economic cycle instead of collapsing under the long-term siege of the United States, and laid a stable foundation for the development of the internal economic cycle, relying on the system of scientific socialism. β
Messi: "You want to persuade Paradise Island to join your Aegis like Cuba?"
Dent: "I'm showing you a way out, Paradise Island has a lot of similarities with the Caribbean Branch: at the beginning, the Caribbean Branch Secretary only wanted to carry out a nationalist revolution, and by chance the nationalist revolution was successful, because of the hostility with the United States, he was forced to turn to "Aegis", and later in the "Bay of Pigs Crisis" the Caribbean Branch obtained the 'conditions' (nuclear armament) not to be invaded by the United States by force..."
Messi: "How long have you been preparing this rhetoric?" - interrupted
Dent: "I've been preparing since I became the team leader. "--Tell the truth
Messi: "Sure enough, the draft was already ready. β
Dent: "I'm the team leader of the working group, how can I not do some 'homework' in advance?"
Messi: "It's a pity that you have found the wrong lobbying target, you should tell Her Royal Highness the princess these things." β
Dent: "I told you. β
Messi: "Huh?"
Dent: "Before, on the roof of the car. β
Messi: "(I don't know what medicine is sold in [Dunt] gourd, and I take the initiative to disclose this information to myself)... What is the reaction of Her Royal Highness the Princess?", - decided to test it
Dent: "Her Highness [Daly] 'requests' that I repeat these words to you. β
Messi: "What? Her Royal Highness wants you..."
Dent: "Yes. β
Messi: "I'm just an economy minister. - Uneasy
Dent: "Your Highness [Daly] doesn't seem to think so. β
Messi: "..."βPanic
Dent: "Why are you embarrassed?" - sneered
Messi: "Shut up, coward!" - gaffe
Channawei: "[Messi]?" - puzzled
Dent: "Since you think you are braver than me, you should take action and face the bleak life ahead, after all, this path is your own choice." β
Messi: "Sooner or later, I'll have to pay it back... (Tidy up your appearance) I have to be with you in advance, please take care of yourself. -- Exit the carriage in a dignified manner
The carriage in which Dai Li is located
Messi: "(Enter)... Her Royal Highness the Princess. - Salute
Dali: "It's [Messi]... (making a no-nonsense gesture) Come and sit. - Beckoning [Messi] to sit down
Messi: "..."βsat across from [Dali].
Daly: "..."βstaring
Messi: "..."βcalmly
Daly: "You're pretty calm. β
Messi: "If Her Royal Highness wants to kill me, I will die horizontally and vertically, in that case, why should I make it so ugly?"
Dalie: "Well said, if I hadn't been able to draw strength from fear, I would have been deceived by you. - Poke
Messi: "The only death through the ages is difficult, and ants are still greedy for life, let alone people... When did Her Highness the Princess find out?"
Dai Li: "I knew it from the beginning. β
Messi: "I was appointed Minister of Economy in order to break the economic blockade and embargo of the Illuminati in disguise?"
Dai Li: "Yes, I thought that by breaking the blockade and embargo of the Illuminati, the economy of Paradise Island would gradually improve, but the economic penetration of the Illuminati made me even more troublesome. β