Chapter 216: An Invisible Barrier
Walking out of the trading floor, not far away is the crowded Aoba Square.
Lai Shengli felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face, and he and Ahhasi walked together to the Yangon Hotel, which was more than 400 meters away.
There are very few private cars on the roadside, but there are a lot of buses and taxis.
At this time, it is during the rush hour, and there is a lot of traffic on the streets.
As the largest city in Hungsavady, Yangon currently has a population of 8.3 million.
As Lai Shengli and Ahasi walked, they looked at the crowd of people passing by, almost more than a third of the passers-by, and the clothes they were wearing were the work clothes of the three major groups.
This is easy to recognise, the Aoba Group is emblemized with a green tea pattern, the Development Group is a golden gear and two crossed long knives, and the United Group is a string of emerald green Buddha beads and two ears of rice.
The proportion has risen again. Lai Shengli muttered to himself.
He has been working in Yangon for almost a year, and at the beginning, the proportion of employees in the three major groups was about one-tenth of the total population of Yangon, and now the proportion has risen to almost one-third.
This shows how terrifying the expansion of the three major groups is.
Now the whole city is basically staffed by employees and relatives of the three major groups.
Lai Shengli has an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this model, and feels a trace of plausibility.
And Al Ahsi, who came from Persia, is also very unsuitable for the social operation mode of Honsavady, where almost everything is closely related to the three major groups, and he can't even avoid the three major groups for a meal.
The two of them came to the Yangon Grand Hotel, which is part of the United Group.
There are many people who come to eat here, especially employees of multinational companies such as Lai Shengli and Ahashi, who basically eat at Yangon Hotel.
It's not that it's mandatory to eat at Yangon Hotel, but it's the closest to the trade center, and the food tastes good and the prices are reasonable.
As soon as he entered the door, Lai Shengli met Li Xingchen, the business manager of CNOOC, and said hello to the other party, who seemed to be a little enthusiastic about Ahasi, so he invited him to dinner.
Inside the private room on the third floor.
They were chatting while waiting for the food to come up.
After a while, the waiter pushed the cart and served them food.
Taking into account Ahsi's special eating habits, Lai Shengli specially ordered lamb pilaf, tomato and beef brisket pot, beef stir-fried kale, creamy mushroom soup and freshly squeezed juice.
"You're welcome, President Ahassi."
"Haha, I won't be polite to Manager Lai." Ahhasi looked at the pilaf in front of him, and suddenly sighed with emotion: "The agricultural potential of Honsavady is really enviable!" β
Li Xingchen smiled and shook his head: "President Ahhasi envies the agricultural potential of Honsavady, and maybe people are also envious of Persia's rich oil and natural gas. β
After taking a bite of mutton, Ahasi knew why Li Xingchen was looking for him, and he asked with a smile:
"Manager Li, I don't have any opinion on your company's desire to import more natural gas, but our company hopes to import a batch of drone ......."
"I can help with referrals in this regard." Li Xingchen knew that the other party must have other requirements.
After all, for this transaction, Persia will use the Chinese dollar as the settlement currency, and the Chinese dollar is a credit currency, which does not hold value like the gold dollar, so it must be spent as soon as possible.
However, the Persian side did not dare to make excessive demands, mainly because the external environment in Persia is worse than that of Honsavwady.
At least Honsavady, with its cooperation in Southeast Asia and the importance of new drugs, many forces are reluctant to offend Honsavady at this time.
Persia has a large amount of oil and natural gas, which has been blocked by Europe and the United States for a long time, and the internal environment is very unstable.
Ahasi picked up the freshly squeezed juice: "Then it's a good cooperation." β
Li Xingchen also picked up the cup.
The two clinked glasses.
"It's a pleasure to work with."
After eating and drinking for a while, Lai Shengli, who was sitting next to the floor-to-ceiling window, suddenly saw the heads of Bunge and Cargill in Yangon, who were walking across the road, and it seemed that they were coming to Yangon Hotel for dinner.
Ahhasi followed the gaze and saw the figure on the street, and he turned his head and asked:
"The people of ABCD? How did Manager Lai pay attention to these vampires? β
Lai Shengli squinted his eyes and said pointedly: "These guys have been active again recently, so I don't know if the people from the three major groups have noticed it." β
"They're looking for death, and the big three groups can't be messed with, especially in Honsavady." Li Xingchen, who knew some of the inside story, sneered.
Ahassi, on the other hand, laughed and said nothing, knowing the Amerika behind ABCD, who often used this tactic to dye other regions.
It's just that Honsavady is completely different from other regions.
Al-Hassi did not even feel that Persia was closed by Honsavady.
That's right, Ahsi thinks Honsavady is very closed.
The closure of Persia was an external blockade, and as a result, the internal response was excessive, and the closure had to be passively carried out.
The closure of Honsavady does not mean that there are any closed regulations and restrictions per se, but an invisible barrier composed of three major groups.
This invisible barrier is the real reason for the closure of Honsavady.
In other places, AmΓ©rica could easily find a large number of converts leading the way, and even converts who brought their own dog food, and by throwing money around, they could pull up a large fifth column waving flags and shouting.
But in Honsavady, the American set is a bit unsuitable.
It is mainly the employees of the three major groups, which account for 32.3% of the total population of Honsavady, and if you add the army and official institutions in Honsavady, the proportion will reach about 40%.
In other words, in Honsavady, on average, 4 out of every 10 people are from the three major groups and the official.
Together with the families and friends of these people, 99% of the population of Nakhonsavady belongs to the insiders of the three major groups.
Less than one percent of the population is small-rich, well-to-do, or employees of multinational corporations.
So how does America throw money?
The control of the three major groups over employees is almost pervasive, and employees dare not betray the company easily.
Now there is a rumor in the Hungsavady people, which roughly means: it is better to provoke the Buddha than to provoke the three major groups.
The reason is naturally very simple, because it is targeted by the three major groups in Honsavady, and it is useless to escape to the deep mountains and old forests.
In the daily management of the three major groups, many employees were punished and demoted, feeling that the company was too strict with them, and then resigned.
These people are now regretting it to death.
Because now there are no other jobs in the whole of Honsavady, except for the three major groups that have enough jobs.
Even if you want to go back to the countryside to farm, there is actually no way.
Although the three major groups will not directly grab land, if they want to farm, they always need water conservancy facilities, pesticides and fertilizers, agricultural machinery and tools, seeds and sales channels, right?
The three major groups can directly lock you up.
Under normal circumstances, the three major groups will not fire employees, but will only use demotion, fines, exile, jail, or outright shooting, but there is no option of dismissal.
If you choose to resign and do nothing, unless you can immigrate, you will not be able to move an inch in Honsavady, and you will directly become a marginal blacklist of displaced people.
Of course, after becoming a blacklisted homeless person, there is still a chance to change the status quo, that is, to apply to go to a pioneer area with a relatively high risk level and become a pioneer worker.
Usually, as long as you work honestly in the development zone for 5 years, you can lift the blacklist restrictions and be re-admitted to the three major groups.
With the strict control system of the three major groups, America wants to buy dozens of people in Honsavawady, but once the number of people exceeds 100, the probability of exposure is almost 100%.
It is precisely because Al Hassi understands part of this situation that he feels that Honsawaddy is very closed and difficult to penetrate.
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