Chapter 36: Reunion (3)

Curious, Monsy asked, "What is the biggest difficulty you have in opening a hospital in Africa?" Dean Liu did not hide it: "One of the difficulties is the delivery and transportation of medical supplies, and the domestic transportation to Africa is very difficult and the freight is very expensive. In Guangzhou, I ship goods alone, from needles and threads, to surgical instruments and equipment needed by all departments, in fact, not only to distribute medicines and medical equipment, but also to ship all the food, drink and lasa from China, because there is nothing here! Others say where you are opening a hospital, you are opening a hotel or opening a restaurant! No way, it's so weird to do some business in Africa. I really gave all my emotions to this hospital. It took more than two months to arrive by sea and land transportation from Guangzhou. What puzzles me the most is that in such a poor country, there is a shortage of doctors and medicines, and it is a good thing for foreigners to invest in opening hospitals. However, instead of supporting it, the Guinean government has also increased taxes and customs clearance fees, and has not given us any preferential policies for investors. The biggest difficulty is finding a doctor. Everyone is too unfamiliar with Africa, they all rely on Baidu, everyone searches on the Internet, ouch, Africa is so bad, there is nothing infrastructure, no one dares to come. I begged my grandfather to tell my grandmother, I have never begged anyone since I was a child, and I finally completed the recruitment of doctors and nurses. When we first opened, we did some special promotions, and black friends lined up every day to see a doctor, and although the people here were very poor, they rushed to see a doctor when they had a little money, and they were very respectful to the doctors. Looking at the pain and helplessness of those black friends, I didn't think about making money for a while, I just thought that people here really need doctors, and there is so much shortage of medicines here, what can we do to do more and better. Mengshi looked at the clouds on Dean Liu's face,

"It's not easy for you. I remember that the journal Nature published a study by Booker and others at Stanford University. The study found that there was a consistency between temperature and economic performance. Temperatures that are too high or too low are not conducive to economic development, and the most suitable temperature for economic development is the average annual temperature of 13 degrees. They analyzed data from 1960 onwards, and this statistical pattern has remained unchanged to this day. Booker and others didn't really make any new discoveries, but just did rigorous and meticulous data analysis. David S. Landes, on the other hand, discusses this phenomenon at the beginning of The Rich and the Poor: From the world map of output and per capita income, it can be seen that the rich countries are located in the temperate zone, especially in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere; Poor countries are located in tropical and subtropical ...... As John Kenneth Galbraith said in his study of the agricultural economy, a strip of two or three thousand miles wide north and south of the equator reveals that there is not a single developed country in this zone. The standard of living here is low, and people live a short life. Dean Liu sighed helplessly,

"Most of Africa is still in a state of war, people are struggling to make ends meet, even the most basic food and clothing is the most serious problem, and 40 percent of the people have no food to eat and no houses to live in. Millions of refugees have fled to neighbouring countries, not to mention paid for medical treatment. African children have survived by their own tenacious vitality even when they grow up. In the poor streets and alleys full of soldiers, when you go out to buy a pack of cigarettes, you can pick up an AK, and you can sift out a bullet when you buy rice. Africans who are suffering from internal and external troubles are not themselves rich and noble, and when the climate is stable enough, there is no chance of famine. Except for the land close to the Sahara and South Africa, Africa is basically a golden fertile soil that grows for everything, even if it is neglected to cultivate, it can be fattened and strong by relying on the mountains and water. As a result, Africans are not in the habit of hoarding food for the winter, and once the rainy season is delayed, it is not big news that hundreds of thousands of people will starve to death. As a result, Africans, who have been fed by God for thousands of years, have gradually lost their sense of distress, and Western swords have been reduced to fish and meat once they invade. However, in addition to the civil war, Africa is also a country cursed by resources, with mineral resources that the Western powers cannot resist, with oil accounting for about 12% of the world's total reserves, diamond reserves accounting for 60% of the world's total reserves, gold reserves accounting for more than 50% of the world's total reserves, and non-ferrous metals accounting for more than 80% of the world's total reserves, so that the Western powers are eyeing each other. But no matter how turbulent the situation is, these black buddies can swing together as long as there is a fire. The conversation that night made Mengshi's heart not calm down for a long time.

Two months later, Zisong recovered from his injuries and quit his job in Africa, and the two decided to return to China to open a café after discussion.

Before returning to China, Mengshi wanted to go to Kenya to see flamingos, and Zisong naturally agreed.