The Elche shoe burning incident shocked the whole of Europe, after all, Europe is a place known as a civilized world, and everyone is quite disgraceful when such an uncivilized incident occurs.

Representatives of the Spanish government and officials from the Chinese Embassy in Spain soon arrived in Elche, along with the staff of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Europe. Seeing that the local incident had attracted so much attention, the police chief of the small town of Elche, Aseves, was so frightened that he could only urge his subordinates to step up the investigation and arrest the perpetrators as soon as possible.

The rioters burned down Chinese warehouses in broad daylight. They also had a brief confrontation with the security guards of the warehouse when they stormed the warehouse, and the security guards remembered the faces of these people, so it was not difficult for the police to find the perpetrators. Under pressure from the Spanish government, it took him just two days to identify a dozen perpetrators and bring them to justice.

Troubles arose on the question of how to convict the perpetrators. Since this case is related to business friction between Chinese businessmen and Spanish businessmen, the vast majority of the Spanish public sides with Spanish businessmen, believing that this shoe-burning incident is just a kind of revenge for the "unfair competition" of the Chinese, and there is nothing at fault. A large group of so-called public interest lawyers also arrived from all over the country, threatening to defend the perpetrators on a voluntary basis.

In the face of surging public opinion, the Spanish government also made a difficulty. It is clearly inappropriate to bias the perpetrators, and the nature of the burning of private property is so bad that the Government cannot open up to such incidents. Moreover, Spain has been in a financial crisis in recent years and urgently needs help from China, and it is very unwise to offend the Chinese at this time.

However, it is also very difficult to severely punish the perpetrators in accordance with the law. Newspapers in Spain have published long articles on all sorts of people, all of which are aimed at Chinese businessmen, who believe that their operations have robbed the Spaniards of their jobs, and have called the rioters who burned their shoes "patriotic heroes." In this case, if the Spanish government throws the perpetrator in prison. I'm afraid that my seat will not be stable.

In desperation, the government had no choice but to play the "procrastination" trick, suggesting that the court would take a delaying approach to the case. Every time the court is held, several excuses are found. Either the evidence is in doubt, or the parties are not in good health, in short, try not to make a final judgment. In this way, the Chinese side has nothing to say, and the Spanish people cannot find any reason to condemn the government.

This drag. It's been dragging on for five years. In May 2011, the Elche District Court handed down a final verdict in which the 28 Spanish perpetrators were sentenced to between six and 18 months in prison, and the Chinese shoe manufacturers received some symbolic compensation. That's for later.

One thing that needs to be said here is that after the Elche shoe burning case, many public intellectuals in China wrote articles directly pointing the finger at Chinese businessmen overseas, accusing them of forgetting their righteousness, seeking profit, being insatiable, and taking by force...... He also said that the shoe burning incident was a resounding slap in the face to the so-called rise of China. It's puzzling. These scholars all claim to be Chinese, but they don't know why they are so expecting someone to slap China,...... This may only be explained by the special hobbies of the fathers-in-law.

Lin Zhenhua did not stay in the local area for long. He only reassured the merchants who had suffered losses, and at the same time said that if they had financial difficulties, GCA was willing to help them. These shoemakers in southern Zhejiang also have some savings, and although the goods that were burned are worth millions, it is not difficult for these shoemakers to recover.

Before Lin Zhenhua left, Azeves made an appointment with him through Zhang Cheng. As soon as they met, Aceves desperately apologized to Lin Zhenhua, and promised that as long as Elche was still under his rule, there would never be another similar incident. …,

Lin Zhenhua knew that Aceves was under pressure from above, and he couldn't help laughing. He straightened his face and said: "Mr. Aceves, you said that this case was only committed by a few people, so why have these people not been punished so far?" ”

"Mr. Lin, you should know, I'm just the chief of police, the matter of conviction. It is the courts that are responsible. Aceves said.

Lin Zhenhua said: "In that case, then why are you still coming to me for this?" ”

Aseves said: "Mr. Lin, although the trial of this case has not yet been completed, I can assure you that similar incidents will not happen again. I mean, of course, if I were still the police chief of Elche. ”

There is a reason why Aceves said this, because two days ago, when the senior officials sent by the Spanish government to deal with the incident arrived in Elche, the first person he met was Lin Zhenhua. Later, the governor of Alicante Province also came, and he also tried his best to sycophants Lin Zhenhua, which made Aceves see where Lin Zhenhua's power was. Such a bad thing happened in the local area, if you want to investigate it, he, the police chief, is the first to bear the brunt, and he knows that only by coaxing Lin Zhenhua can he save his career.

Lin Zhenhua had no intention of intervening in such a matter, but seeing that Aseves himself sent it to the door, he naturally had to blackmail him. He pretended to be indifferent and said: "Mr. Aseves, you know, I have come to Elche to visit my shoemaker friends, but according to them, the local law and order has always been unsatisfactory, especially when there is a dispute between the locals and my friends, and the police have always been biased towards the locals. ”

"Never!" "I have always demanded that my police officers act impartially, and the arrival of Chinese businessmen has contributed to the prosperity of our city of Elche, so how can we discriminate against them?" Mr. Lin, you can rest assured that in the future, when it comes to disputes between locals and Chinese shoe manufacturers, we will definitely deal with them fairly. ”

Aceves' promise proved to be very reliable, and after the shoe-burning incident, the local police strengthened the protection of Chinese businessmen, and the Chinese had a faint status as first-class citizens in Elche.

The Elche shoe burning incident also had a surprising result, Elche, which had been unknown in Europe, suddenly became the focus of public attention, and many merchants who had been struggling to know where to buy cheap Chinese shoes came to Elche to buy them, which in turn promoted the prosperity of the Elche shoe market.

A few years later, the Chinese warehouse where the shoe burn occurred was demolished and replaced by a massive "China Shoe City". The Spanish shoemakers who had lost their jobs due to the impact of Chinese shoes later became employees in the shoe city, and their wages were much higher than when they were making shoes. In this way, the contradiction between Chinese shoe manufacturers and locals has gradually faded, which is of course also a later story.

When Lin Zhenhua and his family of three left Elche, a large march against "Made in China" was being held in the streets of Elche, with marchers holding up slogans such as "Boycott Chinese goods" and "Contain China" and calling for an acquittal for the perpetrators of the shoe burning. Although Lin Zhenhua and others did not understand Spanish, they could guess the demands of the marchers from the atmosphere at the scene.

"Dad, you say, whose fault is this?" Lin Fei sat in the car and asked Lin Zhenhua.

Lin Zhenhua smiled and asked: "The lion and the zebra are fighting on the grassland, you are dead and alive, whose fault do you think?" ”

"You mean, that's the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, right?" Lin Fei said, she was born in such a family, and she still knows a lot of things. …,

Lin Zhenhua said: "Fei Fei, you also went to the scene that day and saw those Spaniards burning the shoes of Chinese merchants, don't you think that scene is familiar?" ”

"Déjà vu?" Lin Fei was quite puzzled, "How could I have seen such a scene?" ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "In the movies, those movies that reflect the last years of the Qing Dynasty, haven't you seen such a scene? ”

"But......" Lin Fei hesitated, "That's Chinese burning foreign goods, but ......"

Lin Zhenhua laughed and said, "That's right, I'm talking about the Chinese burning foreign goods." At that time, a large number of cheap goods from Europeans poured into China, squeezing China's national industries one by one, and those bankrupt Chinese merchants, although they were full of anger, had no choice but to burn foreign goods to vent their anger. It's been a hundred years! Now it is finally the turn of foreign businessmen to go bankrupt and have to come and burn Chinese goods. The ancients said well, it's not that they don't report it, the time has not come, and the Europeans can't imagine that they still have today! ”

Lin Fei rolled his big eyes and said with a smile: "Dad, according to what you say, it really means a little like this." Look at the way that Aseves nodded at you, it really looks like the ugliness of those incompetent officials in the Qing Dynasty in front of foreigners. ”

"Of course, we have the money bags of the Spanish government in our hands, can its officials not be inferior?" Lin Zhenhua said arrogantly.

Yang Xin, who was sitting on the side, burst out laughing and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Zhenhua, how do you interpret this matter like this?" According to you, is it a good thing that the Spaniards burn our shoes? ”

"Of course it's a bad thing for those shoemakers who are victimized." Lin Zhenhua said, "But from the perspective of a country, can it be regarded as rising if it is not protested? Yang Xin, Fei Fei, you see, in the future, there will only be more and more opportunities for China to be protested, and the rise of no great power will be silent. ”

"It's a crookedness." Yang Xin said with a smile, in her heart, she also felt that Lin Zhenhua's words made some sense.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Yang Xin, you take Fei Fei to continue to play in Europe, I want to rush to Lisbon, and Huang Gang is waiting for me there." The Portuguese government wanted to borrow money from us, and Huang Gang asked me to go over and discuss how to negotiate terms with the other party. This guy is so kind-hearted that he has to ask me for something like an unequal treaty. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )