Chapter 1399 Hope, the best leek harvester (third update, please subscribe)
Silicon Valley is the real future!
Standing by the hotel window, looking at Silicon Valley in the distance. Such thoughts came to Li Yian's mind.
However, compared to the high-rise buildings in Silicon Valley, Li Yian's eyes are on the back of the high-rise buildings - there are small houses there.
Just the most ordinary residence.
However, unlike those applying for occupancy elsewhere, those houses were built by the Growth Ladder Fund. They are not rented out, but are lent to entrepreneurs as part of their investment to live and work.
There is no restriction on "no overtime after eight o'clock". In a legal sense, it is a "home", not a company.
In fact, many of the registered addresses of startups in Silicon Valley only have post office box numbers.
You only need to spend a few dollars to rent a mailbox and apply for an investment from the "Growth Ladder Fund" to start a business here,
It is precisely because of this that many entrepreneurs gather here.
There is nothing in those rooms, just a mattress for each person, a table, and a suitcase, all of which are minimalist. A few well-equipped computers are all the possessions are.
This is somewhat similar to another "Silicon Valley", where the most famous thing is "garage" entrepreneurship, and almost all well-known companies seem to have that experience.
It was the entrepreneurs in the garage that made "Silicon Valley" a reality. It was for this reason that when Li Yian proposed the idea of "Silicon Valley", he also created "garages" and apartments.
Back then, if there hadn’t been cheap rent in Silicon Valley, would there have been so many garage entrepreneurs?
How many entrepreneurs are there here?
100? Or 1000? Or more? Or less?
Li Yian didn't know it clearly, but at this moment, while he was standing by the window, looking at Silicon Valley outside the window, his eyes were in the lighted houses. Perhaps, there were thousands of entrepreneurs there. , working hard for their dreams.
When they realize their dreams, the world will be deeply changed!
"Maybe they are the real future."
Li Yian smiled, not knowing what this Silicon Valley would ultimately be able to incubate.
But there are always things that need to be done. Just by relying on him to "look far ahead", perhaps standing on the shoulders of historical giants, we can develop rapidly in a short period of time.
But what about the future?
When one day, when he can no longer guide this era, where will the future be?
The future is very simple, the future is here. In those houses and garages, where thousands of young people will use their imagination and creativity, everything will eventually change.
There may not be many people there now, but in the future or in a few years, maybe the smartest young people will live there, not just from here, but from all over the world.
They will come here with the simplest luggage, rely on a computer or an idea, and turn their ideas into reality here.
Every day, apart from work, they either wear the free T-shirts they got at the venue, or wear T-shirts with their own company logos printed on them, and they talk about their dreams over and over again.
Even if everyone in the world except themselves is doubting.
They are people who have traded their lives for their dreams.
They embraced Silicon Valley as Silicon Valley embraced them.
"When you embrace them, you also embrace the future."
The future is actually very simple. It is nothing more than letting the right people do the right things.
And what about himself?
What is needed is that they create a good environment in which they can fully utilize their talents.
This is what you should do most.
"Okay... I'll leave everything to you!"
When Li Yian was talking to himself like this, he walked towards the bed. The girl on the bed was already asleep.
Looking at the smile on the girl's face, Li Yian couldn't help but have a thought in his heart... Will she still follow that path in the future?
The contacts in recent days have made it difficult for Li Yian to connect her with the old witch.
Maybe...people can change.
In other words, people can be transformed!
Transformation...how should it be transformed?
Looking at the girl sleeping in her dream, Li Yian became somewhat interested. What should she be transformed into?
The commander-in-chief of the United States?
The moment this idea came up, Li Yian felt a little excited in his heart!
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In fact, island tours are not limited to cities. Farms and settlements between cities also need to be inspected.
Between cities, what is the most popular?
A plantation, of course.
There are palm plantations everywhere on both sides of the expressway around the island. Large plantations are endless and endless as far as the eye can see.
In the past ten years, oil palm has not only gained a foothold in Nanyang, but has also become the mainstay of agriculture in Nanyang. Tens of millions of tons of palm oil are sold to all parts of the world every year. And what's in the Palm Garden?
"Their looks seem a little different."
In the plantation, Nancy pointed to the workers picking palm fruits and said.
“There are foreign laborers on the plantations.”
Li Yian said helplessly:
"The labor force here is insufficient, and oil palm is a pillar industry. Therefore, in order to solve the labor problem, we can only import labor from other countries, such as the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia..."
Looking at the laborers working in the plantations, Li Yian couldn't help but feel a little complicated.
It was he who initially established the agricultural development goal of oil palm cultivation as a pillar industry. For a long time, whether it was the reclamation of rainforests or the operation of plantations, it indeed attracted a large number of laborers and solved the employment problem.
But who would have thought that economic issues can sometimes be so complicated. He never relies on personal will and follows the development of the industrial and commercial economy.
Now the plantation has become a... burden. It takes up a lot of labor. Moreover, compared with plantations, the income of working in factories is higher, so agricultural workers are more inclined to go to cities.
In order to solve this contradiction, labor can only be imported from overseas. Therefore, in the past few years, millions of workers have come here to work in rubber, coffee, fruit and oil palm plantations.
I have to say that these cheap labors are really helpful to the economy.
“It’s like California.”
Nancy understood immediately and said:
"Just like the fruit and nut farms in California, those pickers are Mexican workers. The work is very hard and the pay is very low. If it were done by Americans, not only would the pay be several times higher, but the cost would also be much higher. Without them, California's fruits, nuts and many farms would have gone bankrupt..."
Mexican labor…
Looking at Nancy next to him, Li Yian felt a little strange. Isn't this girl from a powerful Maryland family?
How do you know so much about California?
"I have some classmates in California, and I also participated in DP's youth trip and visited California. At that time, California was arguing for a long time about the introduction of foreign workers, so I learned a little bit about it."
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While explaining, Nancy proudly said:
"Do you think it's strange that a woman cares about politics? Actually..."
Just when she wanted to show off, she suddenly seemed to have discovered something and said:
“Why are all the workers here male?”
The busy people in the plantation are all male workers, and of course there are some supervisors, but it can be seen at a glance that the supervisors are not natives of Southeast Asia.
"Because this job is not suitable for women. The heaviest bunch of oil palm fruits can even exceed 100 pounds. Of course, only male labor can be hired."
This is because of the heavy manual labor, but to prevent foreign workers from being here and forming families. Therefore, in many plantations, there are only male workers, and even the clothes they wear are special labor uniforms with plantation marks on them. Garden logo.
They say they are not prisoners. In fact, except for weekends, they can only move around the plantation at other times. As for weekends, they can only move around nearby. If they leave the plantation for more than 5 kilometers, they will be considered to be at risk of "absconding" and will was deported directly.
Not only will they be repatriated, but the same group of workers will also be repatriated - for those workers who spent hundreds of dollars to sign a contract with a labor service company and come here to earn money, they will naturally not tolerate others escaping. , affecting their ability to earn money and pay off debts, so they often take the initiative to supervise the people around them.
Although this kind of arrangement seems cruel, it avoids the deportation of workers to the greatest extent, and it is here to stay.
It is precisely in this way that while obtaining labor force in the plantation, there is no need to bear additional welfare expenses-even medical insurance only requires the simplest.
Only in this way can we harvest as much labor as possible from Southeast Asia and other places, and create corresponding wealth through such harvesting of labor.
"There should be some women. After all, if there were only men, wouldn't their lives be too depressing?"
Nancy's words made Li Yian laugh and said:
“They come here to make money, and they enjoy the process of making money. After all, after working here for a few years, they will be able to live a prosperous life when they return to their home country. For that day, they are willing to pay such a price. ”
The price, don't let them pay the price, Borneo will pay the price in the future, just like the United States introduced Lao Mo, once it is introduced, it will become a big family!
Originally we brought in one laborer, but in the end we brought in a whole family to eat welfare. What we were eating was welfare. It was clearly American blood!
Although he does not object to Mexicans eating the blood of Americans, Li Yian is firmly opposed to someone lying on Borneo's body to suck blood. If he wants to suck blood, he can only suck the blood of others!
In fact, the way to ensure that this place is always wealthy is very simple - that is to ensure that the surrounding neighbors are impoverished to some extent. Only in this way can the people here enjoy a prosperous life.
After all, the world's resources are limited, and it is impossible for all countries to become developed countries.
Where there is wealth, there must be poverty. Only in this way can resources be balanced.
Southeast Asia will have a population of 400-500 million in the future. To a certain extent, these populations are the largest resources. With the existence of these people, the region will be able to utilize cheap labor in various ways and eventually turn cheap labor into itself. part of wealth, creating wealth for yourself.
And this is also the meaning of their existence.
Of course, these things can only be understood and cannot be expressed. Sometimes, human society is like this, everything is in vain.
Although it is a fruitless thing, it still needs to give people hope. Only hope can make those poor people willing to pay the price, become leeks willingly, and even cheer and ask others to harvest them.
Even they themselves know that they are leeks, but they only regret that they cannot sell them at a good price!
It is precisely because of this that they are happy to come here - at least here, they can sell it for a good price. On the other hand, if they stay in countries such as South Korea, Japan, Myanmar, and the Philippines, they will not even be able to sell leeks. However, Just symbols.
This is also the reason why many people smuggle themselves to developed countries at all costs, just to sell themselves, the leeks, at a good price!
That’s all!
"In fact, compared to the cost, there is more hope!"
Li Yian looked at them and said:
"Hopefully, if they stay in their own country, they will not see hope, but here, they can not only see hope, but also through personal efforts, they can change their destiny in a short time. Of course, in changing their destiny At the same time, there must be some price to pay. The world is fair, and if you want to get something, you always have to pay..."
Looking at the workers wearing uniforms, Nancy knew without thinking that this was not welfare. There are usually only two types of people wearing uniforms in the United States, one is the military and police, and what about the other one? Just prisoners.
The former is to indicate identity and authority, while the latter is to indicate identity and prevent escape.
But as smart as she is, she chose not to dwell on this issue anymore, but asked:
"Can we go to a nearby town? I haven't seen your town yet."
"Our town..."
(End of chapter)