Chapter 171: Yangon

Lin Xiao took people to the provincial capital, gathered with the people from the provincial department, and then took a charter flight to Myanmar.

On the plane, a team leader from the provincial department told everyone about work discipline and what things need to be paid attention to after arriving in Myanmar.

After listening to it, Lin Xiao felt that what he said was basically no different from what he had learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before.

Overall, the situation is not as good as it seems.

The Chinese in Myanmar are also subject to a certain degree of vigilance and terrain, and now it is basically a country, and there will be Chinese people to participate in the local economic development, and Myanmar is no exception.

With the 'exchange' flow, there is friction, and at the same time, it is easy to breed contradictions.

At present, many Burmese people have a very ambivalent attitude towards the Chinese, on the one hand, they envy the great achievements of China's economic development, and on the other hand, they are dissatisfied with some practices of Chinese enterprises in Myanmar.

Because Myanmar was run by a military government in the past, it was difficult for Chinese companies to reach the common people, and they didn't need to care about what they thought, as long as the warlords of the military government were dealt with, they could do whatever they wanted.

In fact, traditionally, the relationship between the Chinese people and various ethnic groups in Myanmar is very harmonious, including during the British colonial period, the Chinese people have great respect for the locals, often sponsor the local people to carry out some religious and traditional cultural activities, and even actively participate in them, and the relationship with each other is very friendly.

However, after the reform and opening up, Chinese investors who re-entered Myanmar rarely made such moves, and they were rarely willing to participate in the activities of the local people except for making money in business, and they were able to have very few relationships with each other.

When many Chinese bosses work on projects in Myanmar, they bring even ordinary workers from the country.

Because in terms of work efficiency, about five Burmese people are worth one Chinese, although the amount of wages that need to be paid is similar, but managing one Chinese is definitely easier than five Burmese.

In fact, while some companies such as Huaxia Petroleum have invested in Myanmar, they have also spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources on people's livelihood construction, hoping to improve relations with local residents, but either the results are not good or they are not known to outsiders.

For example, in a village passing by the China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline, one day people from Huaxia companies and local government officials suddenly appeared and told the village chief that a new school would be built for the students.

The school was built, but the village chief still didn't understand why this was happening.

In general, Huaxia companies are not accustomed to dealing with journalists outside Myanmar's state media.

In these aspects, Japanese companies have been doing relatively well, relying heavily on non-governmental organizations to implement their work, and taking the initiative to communicate with various media reporters in public opinion, often not spending much money, but the social effect is very significant.

Some traditional fields that originally belonged to Chinese enterprises have now been eaten away by Japanese companies, and the influence in the official field also exists.

Lin Xiao fell asleep on the plane, and arrived at Yangon Airport in Myanmar in a daze.

Yangon Airport is very different from airports in other countries, compared with the mainland, it has a special 'color', that is, you are a foreigner, you have to tip everything you do, you can't give it, you don't want the kyat, the US dollar is OK, otherwise you will be in a dilemma everywhere.

When the plane stopped at Yangon Airport, Lin Xiao walked down the gangway with everyone, he glanced at the tarmac very casually, and saw that there were dense woods growing around, and there were only a few planes parked on the airport.

When you walk into the airport lobby, there is a quiet feeling around and there are very few people coming in and out.

In the hall, the only one who went through the exit procedures was the passengers who got off the chartered plane.

When a doctor who came with him saw it, he was a little surprised and said, "I'm a little wondering, is there only one flight in the whole airport?" Is it because it's too early?"

"It's just a small place, so be calm." One of his companions replied calmly.

Lin Xiao also had this feeling in his heart, after all, the environment here formed a sharp contrast with the constant bustling scene of the domestic airport, and ordinary people were really a little unaccustomed to it when they came over.

However, Yangon's airport, although deserted, is somewhat neat and bright.

When they got off the plane, the morning sun had just risen, and it spilled through the glass of the waiting room, and suddenly there was a bright and warm feeling on their faces.

Lin Xiao, who had just come from winter, suddenly felt that this place was actually not bad, and it felt like a 'spring' day!

The leader of the Provincial Department of Health is a Director Zhang, and a Director Feng in the ministry is followed, who is responsible for communicating with the country, both of them look younger, never more than 30 years old, the two are basically talking about things along the way, and the leaders are very busy.

"Ahem, what, everyone pay attention." Director Zhang was in the hall and began to announce the next arrangements to everyone, "We will go to the hotel now, and then according to the arrangement on the activity plan, we can stay here for a day and leave for the destination early tomorrow morning." If you need to go out, you must report to the team. ”

Director Feng also added, "This side is not as good as China, we should pay attention to safety when we go out, it is best to go in a group of more than five people, keep the mobile phone open at any time, and communicate with us in time if there is any problem." ”

Everyone agreed to come down, it was still early at this time, according to everyone's earlier thoughts, they must have to put down their luggage first, and then go to the streets for a stroll.

After all, I went abroad.

Lin Xiao came prepared, in addition to the US dollar, he also 'got' some kyats in advance, but many people didn't make any preparations, and when they bought things at the airport and paid for them, they actually asked for kyats for life and death, so they were a little blind.

"Damn, didn't you say that dollars go all over the world?" Someone complained with some dissatisfaction.

Most of them only have this dollar on their bodies, so they have to hurriedly look for a money exchange shop, but they have searched all over the entire hotel area, and there is not a single money exchange office.

Everyone was a little anxious, and then found a tourist information counter, so they went over to ask, asked where to exchange coins, the waiter said that there is no money exchange office here, only from the hands of individuals.

They searched, and a middle-aged 'woman' came over, and then found a Burmese man with a cloth bag on his body, saying that he could exchange kyats. His bag was full of money, a lot of it, and the exchange rate given was L US dollars to kyats.

Because before this, everyone basically understood the exchange rate between the Kyat and the US dollar, so they didn't worry about being deceived, but they were not very good at the Kyat currency that the other party took out, and they didn't know whether it was true or false, so they exchanged a small amount of Kyat's currency for emergency use.

When you go back, you still have to find a bank to exchange it, so you can feel more at ease.

Out of the airport, there are many taxi drivers who come to pull business, and the taxi from the airport to the city is kyat.

Some people also say that it is also an experience to simply sit on the business and 'pay' it.

However, all Burmese people say that there are no buses to the city, and they can only take taxis.

"How can there be no bus 'delivery'? It's not scientific!"

Although Lin Xiao and these people don't care about a few small money, they don't want to be slaughtered as a 'fat' sheep, and the more the Burmese people say this, the more they don't believe it.

After all, how can a new airport not have public 'traffic'? This really doesn't make sense.

So they discussed it, planning to finish breakfast first, and then look for a car later.

Breakfast was coffee, churros and pancakes, all in kyats.

Everyone had no idea how much money it was, but they just felt that they couldn't get used to the large denominations here.

After breakfast, there was finally a young student sitting at a table drinking coffee, and after the taxi drivers who were soliciting customers had left, he quietly told them that five minutes from this road, a small turn, is the bus station leading to the city, only yuan.

"Sure enough, I knew they weren't telling the truth!"

"When you go out, you have to have a few more eyes!"

"It's black, it's so dark!"

There was a lot of talk, but they didn't go to the bus station, they just wanted to find out, so they chartered a bus, pulled everyone on, and went to the hotel.

At the north end of the main street where the hotel is located, there are churches, banks and other buildings around the Shwedagon Pagoda, most of which are European-style buildings left over from the colonial period, and it only takes about 15 minutes to walk from here to the train station.

However, the hotel conditions here are really too poor, although they are cheap, and the room is 'very' big, but the light is very dark, and the 'bed' sheets also give people an old feeling, but breakfast is included, and when you eat breakfast in the restaurant on the top floor, you can overlook the scenery around Surijin Pagoda.

Basically, these colonial buildings bear witness to the humiliation of the loss of the country, but also add an exotic atmosphere to the city, with large and small temple buildings and colonial buildings, simple houses with white roofs and black paint, scattered and arranged to complement each other, giving the city a unique charm.

After settling down, Lin Xiao began to call and contact the people of the old Lin family here.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, six young men who looked very capable and full of military temperament rushed over.

"Mr. Lim, we are embassy staff and have been notified to handle the security work while you are in Myanmar." A young man who took the lead identified himself, and then said to Lin Xiao, "The environment here is complicated, and we hope that you can provide a more detailed road map, so that we can arrange a suitable travel plan for you." ”

"Is it that complicated?" Lin Xiao was a little surprised when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Myanmar would be so unstable now. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to read it (,r) and vote for the work for a monthly ticket. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue creating!) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )