Chapter 50: Once Upon a Time in Jordan
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While Haya and Alyssa were taking the children on a tour of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Chen Bo quietly began his work, having obtained detailed information about Socotra, not only from Mansur, but also from the geography and hydrology that Abu had collected for him.
The total area of the Socotra archipelago is 3,650 square kilometers, and the main island has a population of about 30,000, divided into two most powerful tribes. The chieftain of one part, Ghulam, occupies the territory where they landed, Hadib, while the chieftain of the other, Vaseri, is in the small town of Grancier in the western part of the island.
There is also a sub-island called Abdulkuri Island, which is located to the southwest and is guarded by only a few villagers and a 400-strong military camp.
Although Yemen is flooded with guns, Socotra is a good one, with only sheikhs having the right to use them, and there has been no large-scale proliferation.
The pillar industries are herding, fishing, and pearl diving, and the crops grown in the hilly areas are potatoes and tomatoes in addition to wheat. There is meat, but there is a shortage of vegetables and food, and there are a lot of Carter leaves to supply Yemen's interior for export.
Most of the young people who can't bear poverty go out to work, and those who stay on the island are mainly the old, weak, sick and disabled.
As for the illiteracy rate, it is even higher, and there are only two primary schools on the island, which are volunteers appointed by UNESCO.
Poor, really TMD poor. Chen Bo sighed, what is the difference between this and the Inca aborigines in the Age of Discovery? I didn't expect that it was the 21st century, and there was still a chance to be a colonist, but he had nothing to scavenge, and he had to put money into it.
As for the Soviet military port, which has been abandoned for more than 20 years, it is no different from a touch of loess, there is no power plant, it is all dependent on diesel motors to supply and demand the necessary electrical equipment, and this island is no different from the primitive slash-and-burn farming.
As for the Yemeni government's taxes? It's a good thing not to mention the money.
And there is no money at all, Yemen's finances can be said to be devastated, and South Yemen still has some oil, but it has long been exhausted. Backed by such an advantageous geographical location as the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, the port of Aden could not play its role, only to blame the situation for being too chaotic.
Fighting, fighting, playing all day long. Truly happy people are the same, and unhappy people are different.
"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?" Chen Bo dialed Alwalid's phone and said hello.
"I heard that you are in Abu Dhabi and can come to Riyadh when you have time, and I will take you to my new ranch." Alwaleed said generously.
"I don't have time, there's something you can help match. I would like to buy the Socotra archipelago from the Yemeni government for tourism and port trade. You Saudi Arabia are the hegemon of the Middle East, so this problem should not be difficult, right? Chen Bo didn't forget to praise it, Saudi Arabia, a big dog family, is also rich, and he is a thief when he fights, and he wants to compete with Iran for hegemony, but the result is naturally humiliated by rubbing and rubbing on the ground.
"Socotra?" Although I couldn't see his expression, the tone was the same as Mansour's, "Are you sure?" ”
"I'm sure, you know my personality, and you can do whatever comes to mind."
"Okay then, I'll help you get in touch, you're on the peninsula all this time?"
"I'm going to Jordan in a few days."
"Well, that's exact. I heard you've added a new yacht and you're lending me two days. ”
"No problem."
Alwaleed undoubtedly borrowed the yacht to show off, and the second-hand ship he bought from Tropp was really not worthy of his identity, but Chen Bo didn't care, so he immediately called Captain Sean to sail the yacht to Dammam, the largest port city in the Persian Gulf.
After having this guarantee, Chen Bo also put his mind at ease and happily took his children to have a good time in the United Arab Emirates.
I also took the time to go to Dubai Science and Technology City to visit Feng Cheng, who is working hard here, the development speed of the bay network is still good, the standard regional portal network, and the positioning of Sin Chew is the same, but after all, rich Middle Easterners are a minority, and there are still a lot of poor people, so the penetration rate is naturally not as high as Sin Continent.
The Gulf Network is bilingual in Arabic and English, covering not only the Arabian Peninsula, but also North Africa and Iran.
The e-commerce community piloted in Dubai is not profitable, but it is beginning to bear fruit.
Many women who are inconvenient to go out choose to purchase through online orders and door-to-door delivery, and the best sales are major luxury brands, the price is about 15% cheaper than the same model in the physical store, even the Emirati will be greedy for cheap, and they are not stupid.
The most surprising thing is the situation of cloud services, 40% of foreign companies in Dubai have chosen to put their servers in Ant's cloud, which is simple and cost-saving, and will continue to add various value-added services of data analysis in the future, which can be said to be a blessing for small and medium-sized companies that have just arrived in Dubai.
The more companies come, the more prosperous Dubai will be. With the improvement of hardware facilities and the stimulation of talent introduction plans, the company occupancy rate in Dubai in the first half of the year has exceeded 170% in the same period last year, which makes Maktoum's face even brighter, and the project has not been wasted.
As for whether it can be built into a "Silicon Valley of the Middle East", he doesn't care, it's just a slogan, what is it true.
After a few days in the UAE, it was approaching the end of August, the Premier League had already begun, and Abu flew back to London in his 767. The children should also officially return to school, although they are very reluctant to be reluctant, but they should not delay their studies.
Angelina's work in Africa will not end in a few days, so Chen Bo asked Alyssa to send them back first, and Qingyu also had to enter the local kindergarten in Malibu with Jiayan, but she didn't worry about the teachers, they were all Hollywood celebrities studying there, and they would definitely not be bad.
"Jinyu, Lily, and Peiyu. The three of you go back and each write a copy of your travel experience and give it to me, otherwise I won't take you out to play in the future! Before leaving, Chen Bo assigned homework to them, who had already started elementary school.
"What if I write well?" Jinyu asked.
"There's a reward!"
"What reward first!"
"Bonus to a trip to Los Angeles once a week, and don't forget that your dog can't bring it back to Cupertino."
"It's so stingy...... Jin Yu pouted and complained, but compared to the temptation of the Labrador, she still held back the next whining.
In addition to her going back to the Bay Area, Lily was already living in Los Angeles, and Pei Yu transferred from New York to stay at his house, plus Qingyu and Jiayan. There are still four bear children who can spend a lot of time together, and some of them will suffer later.
"After I go back, I want Sister Alyssa to go to school in kindergarten with my younger brother, and I will go back when my father is done." Chen Bo didn't forget to hold Qingyu in his arms alone, and instructed affectionately.
After months of getting along and conditioning, the little girl's originally sallow skin has been white and red, and even her cheeks have climbed to baby fat, coupled with his big eyes, she has transformed into an introverted and cute little Lori.
"And how long will it take you to get back?"
"At most a month, Dad has to make money to buy you good food, good drink, and fun."
"Then what if I don't want something delicious?"
"It's Dad's responsibility!" Chen Bo touched her little head distressedly, "When you miss me, just tell Aunt Alyssa, we can have a video call and wait for Dad to come back, okay?" ”
"Hmm!" Qing Yu nodded heavily, put on a small pink cloth bag on his back, picked up the increasingly fat Shiba Inu "Potato" and climbed onto the Qingluan with other friends.
Watching the plane rush into the clouds, Chen Bo's heart was full of feelings, full of thoughts.
"Reluctantly?" Haya was a little jealous on the side, "Look at whether a man is responsible, just from his attitude towards children, you can see it, after this period of time together, I really didn't choose the wrong person." ”
"What if you choose the wrong one?" Chen Bo said with a smile.
"Wipe it and throw it into the sea." Haya gestured with scissor hands in his hand, making him feel a little painful.
"Heroine spare her life!" Chen Bo folded his hands and begged for mercy, "It's time for us to set off too, this time it's your turn to entertain your new son-in-law!" ”
"Phew, who's going to marry you? There is not even a marriage proposal ceremony, and you can take advantage of any bargain! Haya was unusually gentle, and scolded with a smile.
"Huh? So what is it that makes me take advantage of it? Chen Bo pretended not to know, so he wanted to get his hands on and down, and the two walked side by side and frolicked towards another Dassault Falcon small private jet that had been prepared on the tarmac.
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Jordan, the full name of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is the family name of Haya.
With only 90,000 square kilometers of territory, sandwiched between Saudi Arabia, Israel and Syria, there is no access to the sea. The quick-witted old king traded 6,000 square kilometers of desert from Saudi Arabia for 12 kilometers of coastline, which gave him the only port in Aqaba.
Speaking of history, it is still a long time ago, Jordan was once part of Palestine. However, this period of modern history is somewhat interesting, as the Hejaz king Hussein ibn Ali collaborated with the Allies to overthrow the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.
Originally, the eldest son was Sharif (the descendant of the Prophet, a saint), the second son was the king of Iraq, and the third son was the king of Syria, but the French army captured Syria and abolished the third. The second son, who was originally a political star in the Arab world and also had a higher education in Istanbul, gave up the king of Iraq to the third and prepared to organize a coalition against France.
After all, it is a big country in the West, and you nomads can be pinched to death with one finger, and under the mediation of good friends Britain and family, the second son can only admit it. But they couldn't help but give him some benefits, so the British colonizers took the Jordan River as the boundary, the west bank was Palestine, and the east bank was Transjordan.
The second son, who had a temper tantrum, received allegiance from the tribes of Transjordan and became an emir (i.e., governor).
His name was Abdullah I, Haya's grandfather, who was later assassinated in Jerusalem. The eldest was driven out of Mecca by Saudi Arabia, the third was deposed in a military coup, and the once glorious Hashemite family was left with only such a palm-sized territory.
Although the Saud family is rich, in their eyes they can only be nouveau riche.
But for the sake of their family being a saint, other countries have not rushed to exterminate them, after all, they still have to keep the face of the prophet, otherwise how can they fool the people?