Chapter 2050: Zhang Lan's North Korean Experiences (I)

Zhang Lan gave Kim Xiaosan a lot of face, and did not choose the poorest and most backward places in North Korea to "investigate," but chose South Pyongan Province, where North Korea is relatively economically developed.

Geographically, South Pyongan Province is located in the northwestern center of North Korea, surrounding the capital city of Pyongyang and bordering West Korea Bay to the west. With an area of 14,000 square kilometers, about one-tenth of the country's area, most of the area is fertile plains, rich in water resources, and is also North Korea's most important food production base.

To put it bluntly, don't look at North Korea, which now starves to death every year, but the current situation is actually supported by South Pyongan Province, and if it were not supported by South Pyongan Province, what is the current situation in North Korea, whether the Kim family can still maintain its rule in North Korea, and whether these privileged strata of North Korea can continue to sit in their seats in peace, no one dares to imagine...... For people who are crazy and red-eyed with hunger, everything else is false and fake except for filling their stomachs.

Not only that, South Pyongan Province also has very rich mineral resources, coal, iron, gold, bauxite and other mineral resources reserves occupy 40 to 80 of the country, of which anthracite reserves account for 70-80 of the country's total reserves. At the same time, South Pyongan Province is also a well-known light and heavy industry base in North Korea, as well as industrial and mining enterprises, including mining, machine building, metallurgy, chemicals, building materials, food processing, and textiles.

It can be said that for the political and high-level officials of North Korea, South Pyongan Province is the face and lining that they are most proud of, since Zhang Lan wants to go to South Pyongan Province to have a look, it is to take care of their face, Jin Xiaosan agreed without hesitation, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Okay, there is no problem at all." ”

Even if Zhang Lan asked to go to Pingchengqi, which is only one river away from the Yalu River, I'm afraid they would have to think about it.

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Unlike those tour groups that come to North Korea for tours, Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi did not take a tour bus specially organized by the North Korean government, but chose to take their own RV.

The RV is based on the chassis of a large bus produced by Alice Group, and is more than 13 meters long, which is longer than the luxury air-conditioned bus that North Korea paid a lot of money for, and it has all kinds of daily necessities, including a living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, and even a garage where you can park a sports car! In terms of luxury, it is not inferior to a Winnebag campervan, which is really a real motorhome, a super luxury motorhome on the road.

It was true that after the car entered Pyeongseong, the capital of South Pyongan Province, Zhang Lan's brows were furrowed all the time, and he never let go, although he knew some North Korea's situation before, and even watched some North Korean videos through satellites before coming, but when he was in this transition, Zhang Lan was surprised to find that he was still shocked by the country.

What shocked Zhang Lan was not the people of this country, but the poverty of this country.

Zhang Lan could not imagine that in this era, there would be a country as poor as North Korea.

As far as the eye can see, most of the buildings in Pyongseong were built in the 50s, because during the Korean War, the whole of Korea became a scorched earth, when almost all the buildings in North Korea were blown up by American bombs, and now everything Zhang Lan can see is in the Korean War after the end of that year, the most lovely people in the Republic helped them resume construction.

At that time, our volunteers helped North Korea build some buildings, after the 60s, their economy has not been very prosperous, there is no financial and material resources to build their country, even if they can pull out a little bit from between their teeth, this little limited national strength, by the old man Kim and the fat man Kim concentrated on the construction of Pyongyang, so the Pyeongseong that Zhang Lan saw in front of him is still the same as 50 years ago, the cityscape of the whole city has not changed for decades, but all the buildings are old and dilapidated.

As far as the eye can see, it can be clearly seen that the streets of Pingcheng appear to be very old, the old streets appear to be very wide, there are no traffic lights at the intersections, and the traffic police use batons to direct traffic at the main intersections. Moreover, there are very few vehicles on the street, even if a car occasionally passes by, it is a very old model, coupled with the old buildings on both sides, so that Zhang Lan actually has the illusion that he is in the sixties and seventies of the last century. …,

"Huh? Why are there so many female traffic police? After looking at the car for a while, Zhang Lan asked the "guide" temporarily appointed by the North Korean government with some surprise.

In China, although there are also female traffic police, but really on the road to direct traffic, more than eighty percent are male traffic police, at this point, Zhang Lan feels that the country is still more humane, but Zhang Lan saw the North Korean traffic police, many are female police, at least so far have not found male traffic police, but although some are not humane enough, but these female traffic police in blue police uniforms look quite spiritual.

"Hehe......" The "guide" who accompanied Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi obviously had a lot of work experience, and quickly answered Zhang Lan's question, "This is a major feature of our North Korea, in terms of job opportunities, we attach great importance to gender equality, and have been committed to making more people have job opportunities." ”

Zhang Lan nodded noncommittally, not believing the words of this "guide" from the North Korean Security Service: equality between men and women? This thing has never been realized since ancient times, and it is said that the inequality between men and women in North Korea is the worst...... Otherwise, why are there so many female policemen directing traffic along the way, but not a single male traffic policeman is in sight? Could it be that the weather is not very colorful, so the female traffic police are on duty, and the male traffic police will be replaced when the weather is hot? It's ridiculous.

There are few bicycles on the road, most of them are walking, but although these pedestrians look very clean, the texture of their clothes is very ordinary, most of them are made of chemical fiber, and the color tone is mainly blue and the yellow of military uniforms.

I saw the luxury bus that Zhang Lan was riding...... In the eyes of ordinary North Koreans, it is actually impossible to distinguish the difference between this luxury A-class touring car and those ordinary luxury tour buses, and if there is any difference, it is probably that the windows of this foreigner tour bus are really missing...... These North Koreans, who were either on foot or occasionally riding a bicycle or two, looked at this "luxury bus" and all cast a deep envy at Zhang Lan.

"Is that so?". Zhang Lan nodded, and suddenly said, "I heard that North Koreans are generally very clean, and the government stipulates that they are not allowed to wear clothes with patches on the street, so no matter how poor a person is, he must have a set of decent clothes to wear out, so we can see that although the clothes worn by people on the street are of average materials, but there are no patches, they are still upright, Mr. Li, is it true?" ”。

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Probably didn't expect Zhang Lan to be so polite, so faceless to say this, the "guide" of the National Security Bureau who accompanied Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi was suddenly embarrassed: if it was an ordinary foreign tourist, of course he had at least dozens of ways to "persuade" them to accept his point of view, but the problem was that the two people in the car couldn't be treated in this way, not only could they not be treated like this, but they even had to be careful and cautious, and they must not make these two unhappy...... You must not make them unhappy, otherwise it will be your mistake, and you must remember that this accompanying mission is a very serious political task! Until now, this "guide" Li still remembers what he solemnly told himself after being called by General Secretary Jin and Vice Chairman Zhang before leaving.

As for the four words "political task," this "guide" Li really knows too well the weight of these four words; no matter what the matter is, as long as the word "political task" is involved, it means that if one is not careful, the slightest mistake may be thrown into a prison cell for "labor reform" because of "political mistakes."

Fortunately, just when "Guide" Li was thinking hard about how to answer Zhang Lan's question without damaging the country's face, Zhang Lan took the initiative to wave his hand and signaled to "Guide" Li Needless to say.

Seeing that Zhang Lan didn't let herself answer the question that she was not telling the truth, and it was not true if she didn't tell the truth, Guide Li was immediately relieved!

Well, now this master doesn't have to answer this dilemma by himself, which means that he is not in danger of making political mistakes. Thinking that Zhang Lan helped him solve the political crisis in front of him, Li "guide" looked at Zhang Lan with a trace of gratitude. …,

The reason why this "Li Guide" is not allowed to answer this question is naturally because Zhang Lan actually knew the answer for a long time, and to put it bluntly, he did not give the North Koreans a little face, so to speak, the country of North Korea is a country with the greatest contrast between appearance and reality.

If you are a tourist and go on a short tour of North Korea with an organized group, everything you see is beautiful. Where the tourist route passes, the collective farms in the countryside live in buildings; Next, the hotel where you stay, the waiter will serve you carefully and enthusiastically; When you visit their designated schools, you will also see children with innocent smiles on their faces, and if you are visiting Pyongyang, you will be amazed by the neat cityscape and beautiful and characteristic scenery of Pyongyang.

In short, if you experience the North Korean style on the tourist route designated by the North Korean government, you will feel that the North Korean people are living happily ever after, and although their situation is indeed a little more difficult now, they are really a thriving socialist country.

But when you really go inside it, you will be surprised to find that the reality you see is far from what is on the surface.

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ps: Ahem, I borrowed it every day and came again~~~ This time it only takes about an hour

The secretary's reaction was naturally seen by the fourth lady, and she didn't want to explain anything to this guy, but she didn't want this guy to spoil her own business, so she had to hand over a slightly calm look to Zhang Chengze's secretary, signaling him not to worry, asking this sentence by himself, naturally there was a reason for him to ask this sentence by himself.

I hope so, although the trust in the fourth lady that has been established for a long time has made the secretary's heart relax a little, but the secretary is still a little uneasy in his heart, especially when he sees his boss's face that suddenly fell after hearing this sentence, he is even more scared...... Others don't know, as a secretary, can he not know what kind of temperament the boss he serves, don't look at the boss who looks polite and kind, but as the leader's side, the secretary knows too well what kind of cold-blooded and ruthless Zhang Chengze is.

"That's what I think," the fourth lady said to herself as if she hadn't seen the change in Zhang Chengze's face, "Although this business delegation sent by the Republic this time has the intention of supporting Jin Xiaosan's child, but in the end, it is not you who have the final say in this country?" How they are willing to toss, let them toss, no matter how they end up tossing, the final harvest is not all you? ”

Ahh Zhang Chengze, who was still angry just now, slapped his thigh excitedly after hearing this!

How did he forget such a key point, yes, just like the fourth lady said, no matter how Jin Xiaosan's little fart child tosses, the current North Korea has the final say, now let Jin Xiaosan's own little nephew happy and happy, he is nothing more than shrinking his tail and being honest for a few days, but when the Chinese are gone, North Korea still has the final say? At that time, it's not up to you to decide what to do?

Well, as long as the interests of the Chinese in North Korea are guaranteed, I believe they will not particularly care about these bullshit things, right? A lot of words are counted, for the sake of insurance, it is a big deal to give more to the Chinese, it is estimated that as long as the Chinese have reaped enough benefits, they will definitely not say anything about what they have done at that time.

The secretary breathed a sigh of relief!

The fourth lady is the fourth lady, no matter what happens to the boss, as long as the fourth lady comes out, there is no injustice...... Speaking of which, taking advantage of this opportunity, we can also get a lot of benefits for our family, right? Although the iron ore grade of the iron ore controlled by our family is not as good as the iron ore of the Moshan Iron Mine, and the mining conditions are not as good as the Maoshan Iron Mine, but it is really a high-grade large iron mine, if you can catch the Chinese ride, can your family still make a lot of money?

Jang Song-taek's secretary was able to master an iron mine at home? This sounds a bit mysterious, if their family is really so awesome, do they still need to be Zhang Chengze's secretary. …,

Of course, this is not the case, in the officialdom, many of the current bigwigs started by being secretaries to the bigwigs at that time, and the secretaries of the bigwigs now, too, are very likely to become bigwigs in the future. Zhang Chengze's secretary, his family background is not simple, he is not an ordinary North Korean citizen, his father is one of Zhang Songze's most important allies, and he is deeply relied on by Zhang Songze...... Can a person who has been a secretary to the regent achieve something simple in the future? As long as Jang Song-taek does not fall in the future, and this guy himself does not make any serious mistakes, this guy's future is just around the corner.

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"Mr. Jin, if we can, we would like to go down and have a look, hoping to understand the real situation in your country." When Zhang Lan and Jin Xiaosan met and exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Lan said the above words to Jin Xiaosan very unceremoniously.

Jin Xiaosan's face suddenly became embarrassed when he heard this.

The current North Korea is almost the same as the Republic, it is a country that loves face very much, don't look at the life of the high-level politicians in North Korea is very happy, but what kind of life the current North Korean people are living, Jin Xiaosan knows very well, to tell the truth, he really does not want Zhang Lan to go down to see the real situation in North Korea, the real state of people's livelihood.

But the problem is that Jin Xiaosan is now asking Zhang Lan and the Alice Group, and even whether he can really take charge of North Korea's authority, a large part of the factors are tied to the Alice Group, and strictly speaking, the Alice Group's requirements are not too much, people are here to invest, if they don't even know what the actual situation of North Korea is now, do people dare to invest so blindly?

It is true to say so, but if the Chinese see the scene of the North Korean people not having enough to eat, where will their face go?

After thinking about it, Jin Xiaosan was still a little undecided, he wanted to refuse, and he was worried about the serious consequences that might be caused; Agree? Then North Korea will have no face or any lining.

In fact, when the days of the republic were also not good, the republic also liked to slap a swollen face and become fat, and the more tightly they lived in their own family, the more they wished that others would only see their good places and keep their bad places secret. However, in recent years, with the development of the economy and the expansion of vision, although this situation still exists, it is far less serious than it was at the beginning.

Of course, Zhang Lan knew why Jin Xiaosan was hesitating, and immediately explained to Jin Xiaosan with a smile, "Hehe, please rest assured General Secretary Jin, during our visit and investigation, you can send a guide to go with us." ”

Jin Xiaosan was overjoyed!

What the so-called guide is, of course, Jin Xiaosan knows it very well, since they agree that they can send a "guide" to travel with them, there is no problem.

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