According to the original plan, Lu Li was going to stay in the port of La Guaira for a few days, organize a warehouse to move things in, and then wait patiently for the arrival of the transaction date. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But hearing Maya's description, he suddenly felt the urge to see the current situation in Venezuela with his own eyes.

Caracas, in particular, is the murder capital of the world, and according to 2015 statistics, an average of one in every 500 people died in murder, which is a bit appalling.

In a chaotic place like this, when he was an ordinary person before, Lu Li was definitely as far away as he could hide, but now that he has the ability to protect himself, he is very eager to go in and feel the life at the bottom of society.

Just as many people find out that they have a terminal illness, they often make a wish list and do everything they want to do in this life but are afraid to do, or what they have not had time to do, before they die.

When a person becomes stronger, he will have similar thoughts, so there is nothing surprising.

As a man of action, Lu Li has always done what he says, spending $25,000 in cash near the port to buy a new seven-seater SUV from a local, filling up the gas and driving down the road to Caracas.

At first, the scenery along the way was quite beautiful, whether it was the clear blue sky and the lush plants on both sides, it made people feel happy, but all this slowly became oppressive as they got closer to the city.

The first is the large number of homeless poor people wandering aimlessly, tormented by hunger and sickness, some even rummaging through garbage heaps and competing with scrawny stray dogs for spoiled food.

Passing two convenience stores along the way, he found that the shelves were 80 percent empty, and he had to wait in long lines to buy the few things he had.

Lu Li could hardly believe that a few years ago, Venezuela, which was vigorously promoting free medical care, education, housing, etc., had declined into this state in three or four years.

No!

It may be a misnomer to describe a recession, but a crash is more appropriate.

He couldn't imagine a country reaching such a level that the government had not fallen into chaos and why ordinary people had not risen up to rebel.

"How do you feel?" Maya asked, expressionless.

Lu Li sighed slightly and replied, "I saw the intersection of Heaven and Hell, a country where the rich are poor and extravagant, and the poor don't even have basic living guarantees. I really don't understand what their leaders have in their heads, they obviously have a unique natural environment, even if they vigorously develop agriculture, animal husbandry and planting, they will not even be unable to supply food, right?"

Maya sneered and sarcastically said: "It's a pity that the president of Venezuela has no brains at all, to be precise, the presidents of the entire South American countries are on the same level, they are either only corrupt or full of narrow nationalist sentiments, and the final result is what you see." ”

"Oh, you seem to have a lot of insight into this?" Lu Li turned around and looked up and down at the mixed-race beauty sitting next to him.

Maya shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly: "I can't talk about opinions, it's just that I have more contact with shady scenes, and I naturally understand more."

In fact, Venezuela's current situation is completely inseparable from that idiot anti-American fighter Chavez.

As soon as he came to power, he dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court, forcibly amended the constitution in order to consolidate the power in his hands, and then forcibly seized control of oil.

To take the simplest example, when Chávez first came to power, oil exports accounted for 70 to 80 percent of Venezuela's government revenue, and agriculture was largely sufficient to meet domestic needs.

But what about after he was in the way of the presidency for more than a decade?

Ninety-five percent of the government's export revenues and 25 percent of its gross national product depend on oil, while more than 90 percent of food and commodities need to be imported.

What about the end?

When international oil prices fell all the way, Venezuela's finances collapsed instantly, and the currency depreciated by 50 percent in just two months, and now one dollar on the black market can be exchanged for more than 2,100 strong bolívars (Venezuela's legal tender).

But those brainless poor people are still nostalgic for the good old days of his reign!

They don't understand at all, that's not the credit of Chavez at all, it's the credit of the Federal Reserve!"

Lu Li shook his head with a smile and sighed, "This is the so-called resource trap!"

It is too easy to make money from selling oil, and it is natural to subconsciously ignore the crisis in the structure of the domestic economy.

It's like the Spanish Empire, which mined a lot of gold and silver from the Americas, didn't it decline in the end.

Similarly, the Russian economy has also fallen into a resource trap, when international oil prices are high, Putin has money to improve armaments, but oil prices plummeted, sanctioned by the Western world, and the whole country immediately entered a cold winter.

What did he do when he came to power?

Nothing more than nationalizing resources from the oligarchs, and the structure of the economy remains a shabby.

The only difference is that Russia has the old roots of the Soviet era, and don't you think it's ridiculous that a leader of this level can be called the Great?"

"Hahahaha! Boss, what you said is amazing. Dan smiled and held out a thumbs up.

As an American, he hates Russia the most, so whenever he hears someone say that Russia is bad, he immediately becomes happy.

In fact, the world is currently divided into three types of countries, one is the financial countries whose economies are hollowed out like Europe and the United States, the other is the manufacturing countries like China, and the last is the resource countries like Russia and Venezuela. The first two are the formulators of the rules of the world economy, and the latter has no room for economic resistance except to be slaughtered by others. Lu Li pursed the corners of his mouth and said his understanding.

Just as he was about to say something more about the relationship between the three countries, a girl in a dark blue leotard and hot pants suddenly burst out, waving her arms and shouting in Spanish: "Stop!

"Boss, do you want to park?" asked Dantou without replying.

Lu Li hesitated for a few seconds, and immediately nodded: "Stop, I want to see what her purpose is." ”

Maya pouted disdainfully and said, "What else can it be but to sell prowess?" I assure you, that girl must have seen your looks and complexion, so she decided to try her luck. At present, the whole of Venezuela knows that you Chinese businessmen are the only ones who have all kinds of living materials on hand......"