Chapter 205: A Trip to Africa (1)
The huge body of the Boeing 777 landed at León-Mba International Airport, and Duke stepped onto the land of Libreville, Gabon, with a roar that had not yet disappeared, and was greeted by a humid heat.
"It's finally here. It's not easy to get here. Duke sighed, and by the way, he moved his hands and feet that had not moved much for more than ten hours. He flew from Boston to Paris, and then from Paris to Libreville, flying for more than a dozen hours.
Immediately after that, another person appeared next to him, it was Kobe Bryant's big bodyguard wearing sunglasses, carrying a bag, wearing a floral shirt and jeans, and he also took a big breath of the exotic air filled with some unknown fragrance. Compared to the foul air in the cabin, this is simply a fairy-like enjoyment.
"Boss, is this the time for Libreville?" Kobe Bryant shook his somewhat stiff head from side to side, looking at everything around him looked strange, and there were swarthy-faced Africans wandering around, although Kobe was also black, but compared to the authentic goods here, he was like a bleached anomaly.
"Of course, where do you think this is?" Duke gave him a blank look, this usually smiles before saying a word, usually looks like a treasure bodyguard, but now he looks a little stupid, not at all excited to return to his hometown, of course, if his grandfather's grandfather is still there, he may agree, but this guy's father is no longer a purebred black.
He didn't know where in Africa was his grandfather's hometown.
"Duke, we're here." Hewitt, who followed Bryant out of the cabin, was pale, and for him, a doctor from MIT who lacked exercise, this experience of flying for more than ten hours in a row was really not a wonderful memory.
"Hehe, Hewitt, are you okay, do you want Kobe to help you?" Duke looked at Hewitt a little shaky with concern.
"No, I can still go." Hewitt shook his head and said, he didn't want people to see him as a weak lady.
After these two people, four strong men in various color t-shirts and denim clothes, wearing toad sunglasses, followed closely behind the three of them, looking like Duke and they were traveling together.
Yes, this small team is the scientific expedition team organized by Duke in order to obtain first-hand materials for natural nuclear reactors. Significant progress has been made in Duke's natural nuclear reaction simulations, and it is time to get the relevant empirical material from the field.
Therefore, despite Shuya's repeated obstructions, Duke also went to the uranium mine where a natural nuclear reaction had occurred. Thinking of the TV report on the deterioration of the domestic security situation in Gabon, Shu Ya couldn't stop Duke's actions, so she invited 4 more bodyguards from Kobe's security company.
Each of these four bodyguards is a former Marine Corps retired with actual combat experience, and the big man Hurt has also fought in many African countries, so it can be said that he is very familiar with the situation in Africa. With such a team of elite bodyguards, not to mention ordinary petty thieves, if the equipment conditions are suitable, even if you carry thirty or fifty African natives illegal weapons, there is no problem.
Of course, in order to hide people's eyes, these bodyguards are now employees of a mining company in the United States, and this time they are the attachés of Duke's scientific expedition team.
However, this group of people is still a little too eye-catching, and it has attracted countless people's sideways glances along the way.
After receiving their luggage at the baggage office, everyone pushed the luggage cart and walked towards the airport customs. When he was about to reach the customs checkpoint, suddenly Kobe Bryant sped up his pace, "Boss, get ready for some change" Kobe stuffed a few $1 change in Duke's hand. "If you encounter difficulties with the security guard for a while, just stuff a change for him."
Duke couldn't help but be a little stunned, is this still fashionable here? Isn't this a public bribe?
However, Duke is not the young boy he was back then, and since Kobe Bryant said so, it is not a big deal to be ready to give a little money to eliminate trouble. After taking the change, Duke turned his head to look at Hewitt, "No, I'm ready." Hewitt smiled and understood. It turns out that everyone understands people, but they don't know.
Hewitt once went to Oklo with the scientific expedition team to inspect the natural nuclear reactor, which is a natural miracle in the physics world, and physicists with conditions want to see this miracle with their own eyes. This time I followed Duke, on the one hand, to act as an old horse, and on the other hand, because Duke had made a major breakthrough in this area, Hewitt is now also entering the research of this topic.
So Hewitt knows some of the conventions of black Africa.
Hewitt walked at the front, and the security guard looked through his passport, "American? The security guard asked in an extremely broken English.
"Yes." Hewitt replied, then handed over a dollar.
“PASS!” With a "bang", the customs security guard stamped the blank space of Hewitt's passport. The security guard waved his hand to signify.
When it was Duke's turn, the security guard took Duke's passport and looked through the passport, comparing photos and real people, "Chinese? The security guard asked, "Why did you come to Libreville from Paris?" The security guard stared at Duke as if he had found something.
"I'm a Ph.D. at MIT, and I'm coming to Libreville from Boston to Paris." Duke was a little hairy by the black security guard, but answered his questions honestly.
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D.? Chinese? The black security guard looked suspicious, "Open the luggage, we're going to check it." ”
Kobe Bryant in the back looked at the boss's head as if it was out of the way, and he actually forgot to give money. Hurriedly stepped forward, "Sir," Kobe Bryant handed over his passport, and the security guard was about to go crazy, when he suddenly saw the words "America" on the passport, and saw that there were two dollars in the passport, and his face immediately turned cloudy. "This is a friend of mine, and we came from the United States to visit beautiful Libreville together."
After saying that, Kobe stabbed Duke, and Duke suddenly came to his senses, reached out and took out a dollar from his bag, and handed it to the greedy black security guard.
“NO!NO!” The black security guard shook his head, and Duke understood that this guy was too little, so he had to take out two more sheets, and the black security guard stamped Libreville's entry stamp. Then he waved his hand to signal that Duke could leave.
So that's the case, Duke then knew that the security guard's behavior just now was just to ask for a bribe, and Kobe Bryant also reminded himself that he still forgot about this stubble stupidly.
It's just that Gabonese customs security is so blatant that Duke is an eye-opener.