Chapter 39: Dreams Shattered in Iraq
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The plane took off again, Zhu Xiaoqiang and more than ten people finally arrived in the Middle East's first sales golden cave, the dream city of Dubai, when Liu Handong took the car to the Harita Armani Hotel, these labor export compatriots were still waiting for the bus at the airport.
After waiting for an hour, a Kesbauer bus of the local cooperative unit took Zhu Xiaoqiang and others to the station, the car was very air-conditioned, looking at the exotic style outside the window, Zhu Xiaoqiang was very excited, full of ambition, in addition to a dozen Chinese in the same car, there were more than 30 dark-skinned South Asians, babbling and talking words that they could not understand, but everyone's excitement was the same, as if waiting for them was endless banknotes.
The bus did not drive into the bustling city of Dubai, but drove into a huge camp by the sea, which is full of houses converted from containers, with no end in sight, and hundreds of South Asians wearing little white hats squatting next to the drinking tank, they wash clothes and brush dishes, and some directly squat to take a bath and wipe their bodies, and Zhu Xiaoqiang and others were stunned.
"It's time to stop, guys." The Middle Eastern staff greeted everyone in broken English to get out of the car, and went down to the ground from the air-conditioned car, the scorching sun was in the sky, the heat wave was blowing, Zhu Xiaoqiang's glasses were immediately covered by steam, and he couldn't see anything, and others also complained, saying that you didn't promise a hotel room, why did you pull us here.
The staff explained: "There is a temporary situation, the local labor company has closed down, and now there is no job for everyone, you can stay first, wait for two days, we will find a way." β
Someone complained: "You guys are cheating money!" I want to return the money and go back to China! β
The staff said: "Don't get excited, we are also victims, you should be patient for a while, we will contact other companies immediately, in short, we will definitely arrange a job for you." β
The conditions here are extremely difficult, the iron house is very hot, the house is set up with a three-layer iron bed, filthy, rats are rampant, there is no air conditioning, only the Chinese fan, blowing out of the hot air, and drinking water and bathing have to queue up.
More than a dozen Chinese were extremely disappointed, gathered together to discuss, discussed and discussed, no one could come up with an idea, the huge gap and the fear of being in a foreign country made them lose their courage and could only pin their hopes on the conscience of the labor company.
The people of the labor company brought them box lunches, Indian curry rice, rice poured with yellow curry soup, not even a spoon, follow the local customs, Middle Easterners eat by hand, tens of thousands of South Asian construction workers living in this camp are also hand-grasped, Chinese do not engage in specialization.
"Keep the lunch box, wash it, and use it next time." Said the staff.
After Zhu Xiaoqiang and others finished eating, they took a plastic lunch box to brush the dishes, and by the way they drank tap water, and vomited with a snort, the tap water had a strange smell, and the well-informed people said that the water in Dubai is desalination, so the price is more expensive than gasoline, and it is good to be able to drink clean water, don't be poor.
"And what do the rich men drink?" A stammering young man younger than Zhu Xiaoqiang asked stupidly.
"Nonsense, of course the rich drink mineral water imported from Europe, the kind in glass bottles, and a small bottle costs hundreds of yuan." Zhu Xiaoqiang showed off his knowledge at the right time.
"Qiangqiangqiang, Brother Qiang, let's let's drink a few or a few hundred yuan a bottle of mineral water in the future, right?" The stammering guy stared at the night view of Dubai in the distance, which was brightly lit and drunk, and asked stupidly.
"Yes, surely." Zhu Xiaoqiang said categorically.
I can't sleep all night, the temperature in Dubai is also extremely high at night, the land that is soaked through the sun during the day emits heat at night, and the tin houses converted from containers have no thermal insulation ability, and the hot people toss and turn, sweating profusely.
After waiting for three whole days, the people in the labor company did not even see a shadow, and fifty migrant workers, including thirteen Chinese, were in a desperate situation, their passports were all taken away, their language was not understood, they were in a foreign land, although there was no one to guard them, they did not dare to go out of the camp, and they could only spend money every day to buy food from neighboring Bangladeshi construction workers.
On the fourth day, when Zhu Xiaoqiang and others were discussing going to the city to find the Chinese consulate, the people from the labor company finally came and apologized to everyone, saying that after their urgent coordination, they finally contacted another employer, and the treatment did not change much, but the place of work was not in Dubai, but changed to Kuwait.
When you think about it, Kuwait is not bad, the Gulf countries that are so rich that they can also make a lot of money by working there.
The staff gave each of them a new contract, full of Arabic text, and everyone couldn't read it, so there was nothing to worry about when it came to this, so they signed it one by one and pressed their handprints, and left it to their fate.
Fifty laborers boarded again, this time not in a luxurious casebauer, but in an Indian-made TaTa coach, worn, old and unair-conditioned, driving on a desert road like a slice of bread in an oven.
Zhu Xiaoqiang actually fell asleep in the bumps, and in his dream he became an Arab prince, handsome and chic, with fluttering white clothes, sitting on a flying carpet to marry a beautiful princess......
The desert sunset, the camel bell melodious, I don't know how long I drove, the long-distance bus finally passed the border, and it was a long trek, the second time I passed the border, it was already the evening of the next day, the desert was pulled with barbed wire, all the signs were Arabic, everyone's eyes were black, I didn't know anything, I could only guess that after this pass, it was Kuwait.
Zhu Xiaoqiang knew that during the Gulf War, there was a famous road of death, and the coalition planes killed the troops withdrawn from Kuwait on this road, and it was probably this road, but why did it keep going north, isn't it Iraq going north?
His suspicions finally became facts, and the long-distance bus entered a city, full of ruined scenes, where is the luxury city of Kuwait City, and now, the talent of the labor company told the truth, and you signed a contract with an Iraqi company, this is Nasiriyah, and you will work here in the future.
Everyone finally understood that they had been sold, just like the Chinese workers of the last century, they had been sold as piglets, and their personal freedom could not be guaranteed, so they became slaves, and everyone was furious and noisy, but when the policemen carrying AK47s appeared violently, they all stopped.
The contract is written in black and white, and if you violate the contract, you will have to pay a fine, and besides, on other people's territory, if you are killed, you will be killed, and the embassy will not stand up for you as a small person, people leave their hometowns and are cheap, it is so cruel, no one wants to become a dry corpse in the Iraqi desert, so they made trouble, and finally compromised.
They were sold to a construction company as workers, each with a monthly salary of 300 US dollars, that is, less than 2,000 yuan.
A week passed, two weeks passed, Zhu Xiaoqiang seemed to have become the backbone of the laborers, he quietly told the workers to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, see the opportunity to escape, and go to Baghdad to find the Chinese embassy for help.
"Qiangqiang, Brother Qiang, I heard that Bagrana, there is a war over there." The stammering guy said.
Zhu Xiaoqiang is stupid, IsIs in the north is making a fuss, and there are military and police guards on the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the south.
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When Zhu Xiaoqiang's dream was shattered in Iraq, Liu Handong was planning a big plan with the Qin brothers in the Emirate of Colin, and now the most critical issue is how to get on the line with His Royal Highness Said, and it is impossible to ask to see His Highness in the name of the Zhongyan Huang Office.
It is also not feasible to carry out activities in the name of the embassy and invite His Royal Highness Said, because the current trend of the Emirate of Colin is to be close to Europe and the United States, and it only maintains a regular relationship with China, even His Highness Said himself is not a pro-China faction, he just wants to use China's resources, and even then it is only a speculation by the relevant departments, and His Royal Highness Said has never expressed his good opinion of China in public, and he has never even been to China.
Moreover, the crown prince is a very suspicious person, he hates a conspiracy against him, even if it is well-intentioned, if he can't give him a reasonable explanation, then Liu Handong's kindness to save Said in Dubai will have the opposite effect and cause extremely bad consequences.
Liu Handong was impatient: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what are you two doing eating?" β
Most of the military attachΓ©s stationed abroad are intelligence officers sent by the Second Department of the General Staff, Qin Yingyang is obviously like this, it is said that this kind of person should have hands and eyes to the sky and unlimited resources, but Qin Yingyang spread his hands and said helplessly: "You have to figure it out, Colin's resources are very limited, even if they take all their oil fields, it will only be the icing on the cake for China's energy security, and the oil tankers will go through the Strait of Hormuz, the Indian Ocean, and Malacca, and the essence is not much different, so we can get very few resources." β
Liu Handong asked: "How much is very little?" β
Qin Yingyang said: "It's just me, and now I have strong support from the state, there are three people in total." β
Liu Handong and Qin Xianyang looked at each other, and they were the two of them with strong support.
"I came up with this plan, and our minister asked me to try it, and if it works, the diplomatic department will provide some help, but it mainly depends on the three of us." Qin Yingyang said dryly, obviously not believing in himself.
Qin Xianyang said firmly: "Brothers are of the same heart, and their benefits are gold, I believe that we will succeed." β
Liu Handong stood up, and the chair almost collapsed: "Pull it down, Lao Qin, it's no fun, don't toss, just the three of us, and I still want the crown prince to sell the oil field to Zhongyan Huang and build an oil refinery with us, although I don't know much about international politics, I also know the depth of the water, not to mention the power of the Americans, even those old European and American oil companies can press us to death with one finger." β
He pointed at Qin Xianyang: "The instructor knows, what level Zhang Bangxian is, the bureaucrat of the corpse vegetarian meal, counting on his assistance, there is no door, in my opinion, let's wash and sleep." β
As he spoke, he picked up an Arabic dictionary and went to the bathroom.
"He'll be on the action." Qin Yingyang said confidently.
"I also believe in him, although Xiao Liu is a child, he has a patriotic heart." Qin Xianyang echoed.
Qin Yingyang shook his head: "No, he will participate because...... Hitting a child on a rainy day is also idle. β