Chapter 527 Darwin
“Help!”
“Here!”
The two girls from Sakura Country had long lost their previous fatigue and were jumping up and down on the beach. waving his arms.
However, their shouts could not be heard clearly in the heavy rain, and the ship was so far away, even if they broke their throats, it would be of no avail.
"Stop shouting, it's useless. This boat is so far away. And there are no lights on it at all, something is wrong." Chen Xi told them not to waste their efforts.
But Ayako and Aoi didn't pay attention at all. Instead, they shouted louder and louder.
"Pfft~" A wave came over, and a glimmer of light appeared in the distance.
Chen Xi took a closer look and saw that it seemed to be a small boat.
"Wait where you are and don't enter the water without permission." A horn sounded on the boat.
"It's the rescue team." Chen Xi hugged Shen Xinyi and consoled her.
The two girls from Sakura Country next to them knelt on the beach and cried bitterly. The rescue team at this time was like heavenly soldiers to them.
When Chen Xi looked further into the distance, he found that the ghost ship had disappeared.
“There are still two tourists missing.” After getting on the boat, the rescue team staff counted the number of people.
Chen Xi and others dried themselves off with help and got a cup of hot coffee, and their bodies warmed up immediately.
"I won't swim here again next time, what the hell is the weather like?"
"Fortunately, I wasn't eaten by a shark."
"We bought insurance before going into the water, so we are not afraid. "
"What's the point of asking for money when everyone is dead?"
"I just saw a sea monster, a huge one."
"What a sea monster, why do I seem to see a ship."
Hearing the comments from the tourists around him, Chen Xi was even more sure that he was not dazzled just now, and that it was indeed a ship.
The rescue team searched on the sea for a while but found no trace of the two tourists, so they prepared to return and then sent other search and rescue teams to continue the investigation.
Chen Xi slept very hard that night. When he woke up the next day, he felt a little uncomfortable and sneezed. He must have caught a cold yesterday.
He looked at the time and it was already noon, but Shen Xinyi hadn't woken up yet.
"Ding dong." After cleaning up, he rang the bell of the room next door.
After three or four minutes, the door was opened.
Shen Xinyi looked very bad, obviously she was sick.
"Sorry, I overslept. I'll pack up and go to the airport in a moment." Shen Xinyi said sickly.
"You have a fever, we won't go today." Chen Xi touched her forehead.
"How can that be done? We have made an appointment with the client. We can't break our promise." Shen Xinyi shook her head and refused.
She is such a person, and she is very particular about principled matters. Chen Xi knew that if he forced her to stay here, it would be counterproductive.
"Okay, I'll buy you some medicine first." Chen Xi helped her back to the bed.
Ten minutes later, in the drugstore next to the hotel.
"There have been so many people sick recently. You are the ones found by the rescue team yesterday. I heard that some of them have not been found yet." The clerk is a middle-aged aunt, and the customers who come here She would chat with him for a few words.
"Well, I was almost washed away by the waves." Chen Xi responded.
“We Asians may not be used to it, but we locals like to swim like this in the sea. Every year there are accidents here, but the number of swimmers only increases. Today’s young people like excitement. They tend to go wherever there is danger. Yesterday, a group of people drank too much and got into a fight over a football. It's really funny that they came here to buy medicine."
"Are there many people missing recently? ?" Chen Xi thought of the missing girl from Sakura Country.
"Yes, there is sea all around. It is normal for a few people to be swept away by the sea water."
"I am not referring to this, is there any criminal incident."
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"Criminal incident? There are not many people here. What kind of crime happened? If you want to say that, there was one, but it happened a long time ago. There was a woman who killed many children, but there was only one incident in so many years. This major case even appeared in Tu'ao newspapers..."
There seemed to be very few guests here, and the aunt was usually very bored, so she talked a lot.
However, Chen Xi still heard the news from the aunt's words, that is, it was not just the two tourists who disappeared into the sea but were not found yesterday.
Because someone found some broken clothes and shoes on the beach.
"Xinyi, take the medicine first." Back at the hotel, Shen Xinyi had finished washing. She sat blankly on the bed, took the medicine from Chen Xi and put it into her mouth.
"Let's go, or we'll miss the plane." Shen Xinyi stood up, and Chen Xi helped her out of the door.
Darwin, the capital and main port of the northern region of Tu'ao, is located on the northwest coast, at the northern tip of the northeastern entrance to Darwin Port on the Timor Sea. It is one of the cities closest to Asia in Tu'ao.
This was originally a barren land inhabited by Aboriginal people. The discovery of gold mines in 1880 made it prosperous rapidly. In 1911, Tu'ao established the Northern Territory and officially named the city Darwin.
The indigenous people here are the Larrakia people. The walls of high-rise buildings in the city center are dotted with portraits of aboriginal people, and aboriginal sculptures and public art works can be seen everywhere.
Like Kaicun, the population here is only about 100,000, but its construction is much better than that of tourist cities.
Part of the reason is that it was severely damaged by hurricanes decades ago. After reconstruction, it became one of the developed cities with modern streets and buildings.
But to be honest, the construction of Dacun and Kaicun is at the suburban level in Mocun and Xicun.
After finding a hotel to settle Shen Xinyi in, Chen Xi went to find clients alone.
There are Chinese people everywhere in Tuao, even in such a remote northern border, there are people investing. Looking at the many unfinished buildings in front of him, Chen Xi suddenly remembered a major event in his previous life.
“TMD, why can’t foreign banknotes be used here? Chinese currency cannot be used. This is a beautiful coin. Can’t it be used too? Aren’t they saying that beautiful coins are universally accepted? The Internet is all a lie. .”
"Foreign currency is not supported here. If you make trouble again, I will call the police."
"The money is here, you can take it yourself. I can't understand what you are saying."
< br>"Speak in English."
"You idiots are still screaming here."
While Chen Xi was thinking, there was a quarrel in a fast food restaurant next to him. The two men were communicating in different languages, and one of them still spoke Mandarin.
"Bang!"
"Fuck you, you damn guy. What do you want to do with the phone? Do you want someone to call me?"
"Why did you grab my phone?"< br>
The quarrel in the store suddenly became fierce, and Chen Xi looked inside. A man in a dirty coat was struggling with a strong ghost man, and there was a dropped phone lying on the ground.
"What's going on?" Chen Xi asked in Mandarin and English.
"Chinese? That's great. I don't have any money from this country. This guy doesn't accept money from this country, nor does he accept that money..."
"Translate for him, this guy doesn't give money, He actually did it."
The ghost guy picked up the phone and pointed at the Chinese man and said loudly.
More than ten minutes later, outside the fast food restaurant. "Thank you very much. My name is...my name is Wang Xun. You can take this money as you please. There are both Chinese and beautiful coins." The man took out a handful of crumpled banknotes and handed them to Chen Xi.
"Haha, forget it. Chinese people should help each other outside." Looking at the few yuan bills, Chen Xi waved his hand.
This is probably only twenty yuan in total. I just helped him pay more than a hundred Australian dollars.
"Then...then thank you." As if he noticed something, the man put away the banknotes in his hand in embarrassment.
“He came here smuggled in.” Chen Xi handed the man a cigarette.
"You...how do you know?" The man suddenly became alert and then put his hand into his pocket.
"You didn't let that ghost guy call because you were afraid of attracting the police. The name Wang Xun is probably fake."
"..." The man didn't speak, but the answer was written all over his face. .
"Don't be nervous. If I wanted to tell the police, I would have helped that ghost guy just now. There are so many people smuggling here that I am too lazy to meddle in this business. I see that you are a compatriot and that's why you helped. . Okay, I have something to do, bye!"
"What's your name?"
"Xi?"
The man looked at the other person's leaving back and muttered to himself.
The most prosperous place in Darwin is the southwest, where shopping malls and office buildings are all gathered.
In a cafe in CavenaghSt.
The customer this time is different from the uncles and aunts in Kaicun. He is a middle-aged man who wears glasses and looks more polite.
"If there hadn't been some problems in my business this time, I wouldn't have made excuses for such a small amount of money. But to be honest, I really can't pay the subsequent money now. From here to the seaside, there are only three streets across. I still have a lot of warehouses over there. After they are rented out or sold, I will have more money to pay off the debt. What do you think?" Although the man's words were sincere, there are always people who make them up in the business world. Tell some lies.
Chen Xi didn’t want to come here a second time for him.
"Why do you think of investing here? I think you seem to be doing big business. You should invest your money in Mo Village or Xicun." Chen Xi took a sip of coffee and looked at the man again .
“Hey, you don’t know something. This is the closest city to China. I thought that there would be a port here and trade would be frequent in the future. But it turned out that I thought too much. Nowadays, all ships are Drive directly to Mo Village, Xi Village, and Acun to unload the goods..." The man sighed.
"Why is the traffic at the port here not good?" Chen Xi didn't pay much attention to this small place before.
"Last year's global economic fluctuations affected the activity of international trade, which in turn affected the port's cargo throughput. In addition, the region's slowdown in economic growth and industrial restructuring led to reduced demand for shipping. In addition, there are policy reasons and natural disasters Problem. The previous typhoon and tsunami in Darwin damaged port facilities, and workers went on strike, causing port operations to be interrupted..." The man in glasses told him the current situation in detail.
"Well, is it convenient? Take me to see the warehouse."
"What are you going to do?"
"You didn't just say you wanted to rent or sell it. Can you pay our fees..."
Chen Xi drank the coffee in the man's astonishment, then stood up and waved to him.
He wanted the leak-picking incident in Kai Village to happen again in Darwin, because when he came here before, he remembered a major event in his previous life.
In a few years, Turkey and Australia were faced with the dilemma of constructing the Darwin port and began to look for countries and companies around the world that could cooperate. After many efforts, a Chinese company finally obtained the right to use Darwin Port and invested a lot of resources in its construction.
It can also be said that this group spent 500 million Australian dollars to lease the Port of Darwin for a period of 99 years. This move not only transformed Darwin Port from a deserted place into a bustling port, but also enhanced the status of Darwin Port in Chinese commerce.
Following this, the cargo throughput increased, and Damacun became prosperous. The most important thing is that it will become an important maritime transit station.
However, because the Port of Darwin has important economic and military value, and a certain country's Marine Corps is stationed here, this lease has also attracted some international attention and controversy. However, this will not happen until a long time later.
"You are really interesting. You actually want to buy my warehouses that no one wants. However, my place is all new and the location is good. You can make a lot of money by renting it out..." The man with glasses in the warehouse Take Chen Xi to browse everywhere.
The location here is indeed very good, next to the sea and the park, and most importantly, it is close to the pier.
There are several houses not far from the warehouse, so there is no problem in selling them. But now there are not as many people coming to Dacun to take orders as there are in Kaicun. The man with glasses probably won't be able to sell them for a while, so this will give Chen Xi an advantage.
After some bargaining, Chen Xi took over all the warehouses and houses. Anyway, he got a lot of money from Smith this time. He now has a lot of cash.
“Aren’t you an engineer? Why would you want to invest in Damun?” After reaching an agreement, the man with glasses asked curiously.
"I do everything in a mess. I have my own logistics company. Those houses can be bought for employees to live in..." Chen Xi did not avoid this topic.
"Really? If there is an opportunity, we can cooperate. I am mainly engaged in the dairy business. I often travel between Tu'ao and New Zealand. Because there are funding problems in other businesses, this led to me..."
A few hours later, Chen Xi looked at the business card in his hand and thought this man was quite interesting.
After putting the card with Duan Peng's name on it in his pocket, Chen Xi rushed back to the hotel.
"Xinyi, are you feeling better?" In the hotel room, Chen Xi touched Shen Xinyi's forehead and took out a thermometer to measure her.
Shen Xinyi lay on the bed a little weakly, her face flushed. She sweated a lot today, her body was hot and cold, and her waist was in pain.
"Why do you have a runny nose? You should go back to your room and rest."
"Well, I guess I'm a bit cold. I'm strong, so it won't be a problem." Chen Xi took it He pulled out a tissue and wiped his nose.
"Is the matter handled smoothly?" Shen Xinyi opened her mouth and asked.
"It's good, I missed it again. This kind of good thing doesn't happen once in several years." Chen Xi told what happened today exactly, and the joy on his face could not be concealed. .
With his relationship with Shen Lang, it wouldn't be a big deal if he cooperated with the country to make some big moves in Darwin and then drank the soup himself.
He did not buy those warehouses and houses just to appreciate the value and then resell them, but because he wanted to participate in the business of Chinese companies.
Sometimes, if you don’t have a share, but you provide some help to the other party, the business will fall on you.
"Ahem, wherever you go, business comes to your door, haha." After hearing this, Shen Xinyi couldn't help but feel happy.
"Haha, I can't help it. I always meet noble people when I go out. Why, do you feel pain all over?" Seeing Shen Xinyi sweating all the time, she frowned. He lifted the quilt and asked her to lie down in a different position, preparing to massage her.
"No... no need." Shen Xinyi waved her hand in embarrassment and refused.
"Lie down." Chen Xi pressed her hand down and forced her to turn over.
"I...I..." Shen Xinyi was a bit social now. She was wearing a T-shirt on her upper body but only a pair of underwear on her lower body. Fortunately, Chen Xi covered her lower body with a quilt, otherwise she would have jumped up by now.
Thinking of where the other party had just seen her, the blush on her face deepened.
Haha, she is quite conservative, wearing ordinary white underwear, the same style as Jin Nana.
Other girls wear sexy clothes.
Chen Xi, who was massaging Shen Xinyi, began to analyze other girls, and immediately thought of Shaori.
She seems to wear all kinds of styles.
It is said that a girl’s underwear style can reflect her personality to a certain extent.
Girls who like simple style may pay more attention to practicality and conservatism, and may be more stable and traditional in personality.
Girls who like fashionable and avant-garde styles may be more open-minded, brave enough to try new things, and have a keen eye for fashion.
Girls who like boldness and sexiness may have a flamboyant personality, dare to express their charm, and have high requirements for self-image.
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