502 Political Strongman

Chatting all the way, the bus has already driven into the downtown area of Caracas, Chu Hongyang stood up and said to everyone: "Leaders, now we have entered Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, we have booked a five-star hotel for everyone that can overlook the whole city, the hotel is not far in front, and the car only needs to drive for another fifteen minutes......

As soon as he said this, he had to stop, because he saw a large crowd of marchers on the road ahead, and those people were waving colorful flags, slogans, and so on, and blocking the road tightly. ＂＂

"Uh...... I mean, if all goes well, we should be ...... soon However, it seems that something is wrong. Chu Hongyang began to stumble.

"What's wrong?" The factory directors all stood up and poked their heads out to look out. I have heard that there are demonstrations abroad at every turn, and the number of times these factory directors have gone abroad is not small, but it is the first time that they have observed the demonstrations abroad so closely.

Chu Hongyang said to Lin Zhenhua with a bitter face: "Zhenhua, you are really unlucky. Venezuela is a country where there are usually no demonstrations, how can it be rare for you to catch up with it once? I look at this formation, we can't get through it for two hours. ”

While talking, the driver had already parked the car on the side of the road, and the escort that Chu Hongyang was looking for in the local area, Carmont, ran over from the passenger seat and said to Chu Hongyang in English: "Sir, there is a parade ahead, our car can't go, do you think we are waiting here, or are we going somewhere else?" ”

"Can't you take a detour?" Chu Hongyang asked, he has been doing business abroad all these years, and he has practiced English very fluently, and even French, Spanish, etc., can deal with a few sentences. In Africa, Latin America, and other places, French and Spanish are often used as official languages.

Carmont shook his head and said, "I don't think I can get around, I just heard on the radio that at least 200,000 people are going to participate in this celebration today, if that's the case, then several roads around us will be blocked by marchers." I think the best thing to do now is to stop, there's a restaurant right here, and we can change the welcome party to the same restaurant here, and when we're done, it's almost time for the parade to be over. ”

Lin Zhenhua looked up at the procession and asked Carmont, "Mr. Carmont, can you tell me what's going on?" I'm sorry, but the slogan isn't in English, I don't understand. ”

Carmont knew that Lin Zhenhua was Chu Hongyang's boss, so he naturally added a little respect, and he said: "Mr. Lin, in Venezuela, we use Spanish. As for the slogans, they are slogans in support of Zavez, and Zavez is ......"

"Zavez!" Lin Zhenhua replied in surprise, "What, he is ...... now?" Already the president of Venezuela? ”

Carmont looked confused, he originally planned to introduce Zawitz to Lin Zhenhua, but he didn't expect that when Lin Zhenhua mentioned this person's name, he actually seemed to be talking about an old acquaintance. He hurriedly replied, "Sir, you mean, you know Zavez? No, no, he is not the president, he carried out an attempted coup d'état three years ago, and he was imprisoned for it, and he was freed only last year because of a presidential pardon. However, he has just formed a political party of his own and announced that he will run in the next presidential election. ”

"I see." Lin Zhenhua nodded silently.

"Zhenhua, do you know what this is Wiz?" Chu Hongyang looked at Lin Zhenhua with admiration, he has been in Venezuela for so long, and he didn't know that there was such a character, how did Lin Zhenhua know about it?

This is naturally Lin Zhenhua's crossing identity at work. Zavez was a celebrity in Venezuela at the time, but he was inconspicuous on the world stage. A few years later, he won the presidential election, served several terms in one fell swoop, and gradually established a reputation as a political strongman internationally. …,

When the United States was dictating to the whole world by virtue of its hegemony, Zavez was one of the few national leaders who dared to openly say "no" to the United States; he once called the future US President Bush "a devil, a donkey, and a drunkard" in a public speech, and Bush did not dare to confront him face to face, so Zavetz ridiculed that Bush "always habitually took out his cloak because he could not respond to the questions raised by the Venezuelan president." Here, the "cloak" comes from the Spanish tradition of bullfighting, referring to the prop used by the matador to fend off the bull.

"I heard Chen Tian introduce this person, and according to Chen Tian's analysis, Zavez is very likely to become the new president of Venezuela." Lin Zhenhua gently covered up his prescience.

"It doesn't matter who is president, as long as you can pay us." Chu Hongyang is not very interested in this kind of thing. At that time, not to mention business personnel like him, even high-ranking government officials, they were very indifferent to international political issues that had little to do with China. At that time, China's eyes were only fixed on its own one-third of an acre, and how could it have the leisure to care about whether the people of the world were in dire straits.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Hongyang, Mr. Carmont's suggestion, I think it is feasible. Let's get out of the car first, find a place to have a casual meal, take a rest, and wait until the parade is over, and then we'll go. ”

Huang Qingyu and others have no opinion on this plan, they are as they please, not to mention that Lin Zhenhua is still their gold owner, and everyone is counting on him to find business for themselves.

Although it was just a casual meal at the roadside shop, Chu Hongyang's arrangement was still relatively high, with a variety of local barbecues, corn pies, ham and pralines, etc., as well as coffee and champagne, which made the guests from afar smile.

Lin Zhenhua had something in his heart, he hurriedly ate a few bites, then left the table under the pretext of excuses, and when he left, he specially called the "ground accompaniment" Carmont.

"Mr. Carmont, can you take me to see the parade?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"This ......" Carmont had to turn around and ask Chu Hongyang with his eyes, but he got a positive answer. Chu Hongyang has full confidence in Lin Zhenhua's judgment ability, and Chu Hongyang has no reason to object to what Lin Zhenhua wants to do.

"Well, I'm honored to be of service to you." Carmont said.

The two men walked down the street, and after a while they came to the center of the parade. It was an open field, and in the center was a platform on which a stout man in a suit was holding a microphone and giving a speech to onlookers. His voice was very loud, and every sentence was sonorous and powerful, supplemented by very provocative expressions and body movements. The onlookers listened in a mesmer, and almost every minute there was a round of applause.

"He's Zavetz." Carmont introduced Lin Zhenhua.

"Well, that's young enough." Lin Zhenhua muttered quietly.

"What did you say?" Carmont asked strangely, Lin Zhenhua was talking to himself just now, in Chinese, and Carmont couldn't understand it.

Lin Zhenhua did not answer Carmont's question, but pointed to Zavetz, who was speaking, and asked Carmont: "What is he talking about, can you briefly translate it for me?" ”

"Absolutely." Carmont said, and then he began to translate Zavetz's Spanish into English and spoke to Lin Zhenhua:

He said that the country's current two-party politics is nothing more than a system of political spoils, and it does not guarantee the interests of the poor. Today's politicians, in order to gain the support of the West, do not hesitate to sell the interests of the country, which is the root cause of the country's poverty. He wants to build the foundations of a new republic to replace the existing system, a new republic that should be Venezuelans themselves. He pledged that if he was elected president, he would nationalize the oil industry and use all the oil revenues to support the poor. He wanted to build an independent industrial system in Venezuela that was not dependent on any capitalist power. To make Venezuela no longer need to look at the faces of Americans, but Americans need to look at the faces of Venezuelans. ”

"Mr. Carmont, are you interested in his policy?" Lin Zhenhua seemed to ask casually.

"To be honest, I'm very supportive of his claims." "Mr. Lin, I am a socialist, and I like your Chinese social system very much, which is one of the reasons why I am willing to serve Mr. Chu. Mr. Zavez's idea is to make Venezuela a socialist country, so I support him. If he runs, I'll vote for him. ”

Belch...... This socialism is different from other socialism, right? Lin Zhenhua muttered secretly in his heart. He didn't know much about politics, and he couldn't tell what was the similarity or difference between Zavez's approach and China. What he could recall was Zavez's independent thoughts. Zavez has always advocated that South America should be independent of the Western system, which is why Lin Zhenhua is interested in him.

"Mr. Carmont, if I wanted to make contact with Mr. Zavez, do you think he would be willing to give me this opportunity?" Lin Zhenhua asked cautiously.

Carmont was a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "I think, maybe he will have this interest, after all, you are Chinese, according to my guess, Mr. Zawitz has some good feelings for Chinese." But what are you going to talk to him about? ”

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "Mr. Carmont, you don't have to worry that I will talk to him about politics, you should have learned from Mr. Chu, I am just a businessman, and my business is to produce oil and machinery and equipment." I just heard Mr. Zavez talk about building an independent industrial system in Venezuela, and I would love to talk to him to see if there are some opportunities for us to work together. ”

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