Most of the places where the planned Kra Canal passes are flat, but the side of the Gulf of Thailand is also quite hilly and jungled.

Because it was for on-site investigation, Li Mai's high-level survey team drove very slowly. Stop at each village you come across, and then go into the village to learn about the situation and observe the surrounding topography. This is crucial for future land acquisition.

In Lee's imagination, Thailand is poor except for a few tourist cities and its surroundings. Of course, this is relative. Bangkok's economic level is not bad at all, and it is about to catch up with Shanghai. The point is, Thailand's tourism industry is very well developed and is actually the object of our study.

However, the vast area is still very backward, but in Southeast Asia, except for Singapore, it is quite good.

In fact, Li Mai is proficient in Thai, and it is not difficult to learn this small language. He followed his father's example, with a modest education but a multilingual master. But thanks to Su Nuo's presence, she has a better understanding of the local situation and acts as an interpreter for others.

2,000 yuan a day to hire a guide and translator, in fact, is worth it.

"Auntie, are you old this year?" Walking into the village and seeing an old man in high spirits, Li Mai stopped and asked gently.

This guy was wearing black trousers, a white short shirt, and a straw hat, just like a cadre who went to the countryside to observe the people's feelings, and the other people were basically dressed similarly except for the two girls.

When other people heard Li Mai call the old man like this, they couldn't help but smile slightly, the chairman was too interesting, thinking that it was the revolutionary period in China, auntie.

Su Nuo introduced in a timely manner and said, "Auntie, this is the boss of a large company, and he is here to help us develop the economy." ”

As soon as she said this, the eldest mother's vigilant eyes turned into joy, and she hurriedly said, "Hello, hello, I'm eighty-six this year." ”

"Auntie, you are really healthy. Li Mai smiled and said, "Auntie, why does the village seem to be very deserted." ”

But isn't it, there are not many people in the village, and at this point in time, it should be the time to return from work and prepare for dinner, but it is sparsely populated, and there is very little cooking smoke.

"That's right. The eldest lady sighed and said, "The young people have all gone to the city to work, and those who stay at home are the old people and children." ”

Li Mai was slightly stunned, glanced around, and said to Wang Jiaqing beside him, "I thought that this situation was only in China." ”

Wang Jiaqing smiled and said, "The situation in various countries is similar, and the rapid progress of urbanization requires a lot of manpower. It can only be rural people. Thai agriculture is still okay, and their rice exports a lot to us every year. ”

After a pause, Wang Jiaqing said, "Now many of the agriculture here are done by foreign-funded enterprises, and they are highly mechanized. Among them, Sunshine Agriculture Group is the strongest, accounting for one-third of the country's rice production. ”

Li Mai knew this, he nodded, and spoke to the eldest lady again, "Auntie, how much can your family earn a year? Life is okay? It's convenient to see a doctor or something, right? Is there a pension?"

Li Xian and Tang Zheng glanced at each other, shook their heads with a wry smile, and thought to themselves, Brother Mai really thought that he had observed the people's feelings in the domestic rural market.

The eldest lady said a lot in a wordy manner, and Li Mai roughly knew it. In a word, compared with the rural elderly in China, their lives are more difficult.

"There's still a big gap between the rich and the poor here. Saying goodbye to the eldest mother, Li Mai sighed.

At this time, Zhang Dongyue couldn't help but ask, "Boss, we're here to dig the canal, and it doesn't matter to us how their lives are." That is, they are worried that they will be troubled on the issue of land acquisition and demolition. ”

Tang Zheng said in a timely manner, "This village is just on the route of the canal, and the whole village has to be relocated, and many surrounding farmlands are also within the range. ”

As a group of people walked towards the village, Li Mai said, "There is no doubt that we have a lot of experience in the issue of demolition. ”

Coming to the mouth of an alley, he stopped and glanced at the crowd.

Tang Zheng was a little puzzled and said, "We are not involved in the real estate industry, and the largest steel city project is on a deserted island with no residents. Boss, our experience in this area is very insufficient. ”

Laughing and waving his hand, Li Mai said, "The group itself has no experience, but Guosheng Group has." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment and came back to their senses. Yes, Guosheng Group, which is wholly owned by the group, has been involved in the real estate industry before, and is now transforming in the direction of boutique real estate development, slowly reducing the scale of the garment business. Aren't the people over there very experienced?

Li Mai slowly got up and said in a deep voice, "Although this is only the first stop, I already feel that there will definitely be a lot of resistance in terms of land acquisition and demolition. People are everywhere, and we need to move forward with the Kra Canal project as quickly as possible. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts became heavy.

Li Mai is not wrong at all, many construction projects, other aspects may advance relatively quickly, but once stuck on land acquisition and demolition, it may be stuck for a year and a half or even longer. The bloodshed that occurred in history because of land expropriation and demolition has shown that this is definitely a very sensitive issue.

People don't believe that the Thai people are good men and women.

After taking a long breath, Li Mai said in a deep voice, "I'm thinking, if it really doesn't work, I'm afraid I have to recruit some experienced retired personnel of the urban management force to form a demolition team to ensure that the land acquisition and demolition work is carried out smoothly." ”

Everyone was taken aback, and Wang Jiaqing said, "Chairman, is this a long-term consideration?" The urban management troops cannot be used lightly, otherwise it will be difficult for us to control what consequences will be caused. ”

Li Xian also said: "Boss, as early as 2003, China solemnly promised not to use the chengguan troops first. In doing so, we broke our promise. ”

Others also said, "Chairman, think twice." ”

Li Mai glanced at them, smiled, and said, "Look at you guys who are nervous, what I just said is a retired urban management force personnel, not an active one." Besides, this is a last resort, and we may not need it. ”

He looked at the sky and said, "Let's go, the next point is a town, let's get there and settle down, so we can have a meal and sleep." ”

As he spoke, he walked towards the outside of the village, and everyone followed closely.

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief as they walked, it was not an exaggeration at all, everyone was worried that Li Mai would really recruit a group of chengguan to come over for land acquisition and demolition or something. That's no less than dropping an atomic bomb here. The power of the chengguan is well-known, and its terrifying combat effectiveness surpasses that of the Wehrmacht in everyone's imagination.

The use of chengguan will bring great psychological trauma to the hearts of local people that will take several generations to heal, and the impact is too great.