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Chapter 211 Hell Has No Door
Geng Fanjian is 40 years old this year, and he is from Dongguo. He has several companies under his name, mainly engaged in decoration and building materials business, with total assets of tens of millions of Dongguo currency.He has two children, the elder son is six years old and the younger daughter is two years old.

The first time he heard about Port Fiso in his life was at a lecture in August 2017 in Shanghai, a city in the Eastern Kingdom.

Geng Fanjian is not from Shanghai, he lives in a city in northern Jiangsu, and he comes to Shanghai to discuss business and meet friends.He was dragged by his friends to listen to the lecture at the Waldorf Hotel in Songdong District. The title of the lecture was "Promotion of Investment and Immigration Project of Feisuo Port in Jili Country".

That was more than two years ago. If Hua Zhenxing was there, his jaw would have dropped.Not to mention him, anyone who grew up in Port Fiso, such as Charles, would have such a reaction.

Where is Port Fiso?It is one of the poorest, backward, chaotic, and dangerous areas in the world. The average life expectancy of residents is only in their early thirties, and the per capita annual income is only 200 yuan. Less than 60.

Hua Zhenxing, who grew up in Feisuo Port, was in a grocery store, received traditional Eastern education and had access to information from all over the world. When he opened the door of the grocery store, what he saw was a scene like hell.

Where was Shanghai where Geng Fanjian was at that time?It is the most prosperous first-tier city in the entire East, and it has also been the most dynamic metropolis in the world in the past ten years.If a person from Feisuo Hong Kong comes to Shanghai, he will think that he has arrived in heaven!
Geng Fanjian knew about the country of Jili, he saw it in his middle school world geography textbook, and he also heard that the place was poor, backward and war-torn, but he had never heard of the place of Port Fiso.

However, the host of the promotion meeting overturned everyone's inherent understanding, saying that the war was a long time ago, and the current Jili Kingdom and Feisuo Port are developing very well.

There were more than 100 audience members at the venue, and there were several heads of Belly Foreign Investment Bureau sitting on the stage.Anyway, they were all from Bailuozhou, and the host introduced them that way. (According to Huazhen’s subsequent investigation, there is no foreign investment bureau in Beliguo, and the corresponding government functional department is not called this name in translation.)
How could the people on the stage appear as officials from other countries at the promotion meeting of the investment and immigration project in the port of Fiso?This is exactly the point of the propaganda!

According to reports, the country of Jili used to be an overseas territory of the country of Beli, and it declared its independence in the 60s of the last century. So far, it still maintains a certain relationship of affiliation with the country of Beli.Holders of the passport of the country of Guli can enter the country of Beli without a visa.

According to the Schengen Agreement among the countries of the Robba Alliance, being able to enter other countries without a visa means that you can enter the 26 countries of the Robba Alliance without a visa.These are the second, and more importantly, as long as you invest in a hotel project in Port Fiso, you can get a passport from the country of Jili, and after five years, you will have the opportunity to become a citizen of the country of Beli.

This is a curve path to naturalization in the country of Belize. In the middle five years, the status of a resident of the country of Guli is used as a springboard. After success, one can enjoy the education and medical benefits of citizens of the Roba Union countries.

The organizer of the promotion meeting is called Pingjing Daanyang Going Abroad Consulting Co., Ltd., which is registered in Pingjing, the capital of the Eastern Kingdom, and specializes in providing various immigration consulting and intermediary services.In recent years, there have been a large number of such companies in Dongguo, and an "immigration industry" has even been formed.

In the special promotional video played on the spot, Port Fiso is like spring all year round and the scenery is picturesque. People are lazily basking in the sun on the beach, tasting tropical fruits and various weird drinks.

Everyone's expressions are so leisurely and comfortable, and they greet strangers with a polite and confident smile... The camera turns again, looking from the sea to the land, beautiful buildings are hidden in the lush tropical vegetation, The community is clean and peaceful.

The promotional film was shot in early January 2017, and the location is the southern coastal area of ​​Port Fiso, even the Palm Manor was filmed.

There are two worlds with other blocks in Port Fiso. The winter after the small rainy season is the best season in Port Fiso. There are indeed many overseas tourists who go there for vacation, and their footprints will basically not step through Fiso. river.

Several "promotion ambassadors" on the stage told the audience through the simultaneous translation on the spot that this project is to invest in a hotel in Port Fiso.

Moreover, during these five years, the project party will charter, and there is an expected 5.00% annual income.After five years, not only will they be able to return their capital, but they will also earn [-] yuan, which is equivalent to about [-] to [-] yuan in Dongguo currency.

The third-party service fee for this immigration project is 50 Dongguo currency, and the so-called third-party service is an immigration agency.Calculated in this way as a whole, it is equivalent to spending a fee of over 30 yuan, and can be naturalized in Belly after five years.

During these five years, they can live in Port Fiso at any time, and have a free guest room in the hotel they invested in... Geng Fanjian was said to be tempted on the spot, and was invited by the organizer to another negotiation room after the lecture , had a one-on-one communication with the account manager.

What he didn't notice at the time was that prospective customers communicated one-on-one, with little communication with each other.In retrospect, the organizers seemed to intend to prevent discussions among customers, and the slogan at that time was "one-stop service by dedicated personnel to the end".

Geng Fanjian paid [-] Dongguo currency consulting fees on the spot, and signed a service agreement with the other party.This consulting fee is Da Anyang's fee for providing consulting services, which is considered an additional expense, but it is only a small amount of money to Geng Fanjian.

Afterwards, Geng Fanjian and his wife also flew to Jiliguo to inspect the project. This was the first time he went abroad in his life, and the landing itinerary was arranged by the project party.From Mowang City Airport, take a bus to the port, and the passenger ship goes directly to the southern coast of Port Fiso, and stays in a luxury hotel.

The so-called luxury is the same thing. According to Dongguk standards, it is almost a four-star hotel, but it is very exotic, with a large area and beautiful scenery, which is equivalent to vacationing overseas.

The project party pointed to a place, and sure enough, the site has been leveled and the foundation is being dug. They signed a formal investment immigration agreement here.

After paying various follow-up fees, I got the passport of Jiliguo, and the registered place of residence is Banda City.And according to Geng Fanjian's request, the passport was changed to a new name.

With this name and this passport, he can open accounts in various local banks, which cannot be found in Dongguo. At the same time, Geng Fanjian still keeps his Dongguo passport and ID card.

That happened at the end of 2017 and early 2018, and then Geng Fanjian returned to China, and the intermediary told him that he just had to wait with peace of mind.At that time, no one around him knew that he had become a citizen of Jili Kingdom and even changed his name.

But in the blink of an eye at the beginning of 2019, the promised annual investment income of 5.00% had not been credited to the account, so he found Daanyang Company again.The account manager asked him to look at the agreement. The investment income came only after the hotel was completed and opened. Now the hotel has not been completed yet, so of course there is no income.

But the account manager also reassured him that the hotel will be completed in another year, and the five-year return on investment and the full return of the investment after five years will remain the same.Moreover, these two years are not counted in the waiting time for naturalization. He only needs to wait another four years to become a citizen of Beli.

Geng Fanjian was not stupid, and immediately took out the terms of the original agreement to check. The contract stated that the construction of the hotel could be completed within half a year, and the transfer of property rights would be completed, but now it has been a year.

The intermediary party explained that due to the large number of investors, the hotel needs to be redesigned to expand its scale and reception capacity, so the construction period was postponed.

At this time, Geng Fanjian felt that something was wrong, but he still couldn't believe that such a large company as Da'anyang International had been operating in the immigration industry for many years, and would still engage in blatantly fraudulent projects.Even if there is fraud, he can still claim through legal channels with the contract in hand.

But after another year, not only did he not wait for the news of the completion of the hotel, but the related publicity of the project has been deleted from the official website of Da'anyang Company.

Geng Fanjian came to the door again. The investment consultant who "specialized for one-stop service to the end" had left, and the receptionist only told him that the hotel was still under construction.

Geng Fanjian immediately asked for the return of the investment, otherwise he would resort to the law, but the other party said that Da Anyang Company had fulfilled its contractual obligations, and the implication was to let Geng Fanjian go ahead and sue.

Geng Fanjian contacted the same group of investors in this project, and everyone formed a rights protection group, and invested in Shanghai to hire a lawyer named Knight who represented foreign-related economic disputes.

Lawyer Knight read all the agreement materials in their hands, including many foreign language materials, and told them that it was almost impossible to win this lawsuit in China, and there was even no way to sue.

Lawyer Knight pointed out that there have been many such immigration projects in recent years, and the industry is currently very disorderly. Some intermediaries aim to charge high service fees and commissions. Free shipping.

This involves many complicated professional legal issues. For example, Daanyang Company is only an intermediary, not the developer of the project, and they only charge consulting fees and referral commissions.

Knight read all the agreement texts and pointed out that the service promised by Da Anyang Company has actually been completed, which is to apply for the nationality of Jiliguo for the customer.

There are two biggest pits here.One is that holders of Guli country passports can indeed enter Beli country without a visa, and thus can enter the 26 countries of the Roba Union without a visa.But they can only be tourists, neither can work in the local area, nor enjoy any benefits.

As for whether you can become a Belgian citizen after five years, there are policies and possibilities, but everyone needs to submit an application according to the regulations of the Belgian state, and whether it is approved or not is a matter for the Belgian state.This is not guaranteed by the intermediary agency, and there are detailed introductions in foreign languages ​​in the appendix of the contract.

The second big pit is the hotel.The project construction and project management parties are both in Jiliguo, and what they signed is an investment agreement, which is a dispute over project delays.

There is also a legal deadlock. This group of investors has obtained the nationality of Jili State, and the location of the project is also within the territory of Jili State.The courts of the Eastern Kingdom cannot try disputes between the citizens of the Jili Kingdom within the territory of the Jili Kingdom.

In theory, they can also sue Daanyang in China, claiming that the other party has committed fraud in the process of promoting the project.But as long as they go to court, there is another problem. These people themselves have broken the law.

Dongguo does not recognize dual citizenship. They went through the naturalization procedures of Jiliguo, but they did not report to the public security and foreign affairs departments. They still retained Dongguo passports and citizenship.

When submitting evidence for prosecution, this information must be submitted, so they will face a dilemma before the trial, Dongguo passport will be confiscated and cut off.

As a citizen of Jili Kingdom in Dongguo, only one of these two identities can be retained at that time.If they still want to retain Dongguo citizenship, then don't go to court, at least don't run into the guns of Dongguo law enforcement agencies.

So whether it is theoretically or legally, the feasible way to protect rights is to go to Jiliguo as a citizen of Jiliguo to sue the construction party and management party of the hotel project for breach of contract, demanding to recover investment or claim compensation.

But Lawyer Knight does not advise them to do so, and if they want to fight this lawsuit, they must obtain evidence that the project party did not use the investment for hotel construction... These are the professional suggestions she provides.

This is a protracted wrangling.From Geng Fanjian's point of view, he paid a total of 50 Dongguo currency for consulting fees, 130 Dongguo currency for third-party intermediary fees, and [-] meters of gold for investment. The total Dongguo currency exceeded more than [-] million yuan. I only got a passport from Jili Country.

The hotel project is in the foreseeable future, and the investment is probably in vain. As for the promise of naturalization in the Belly country, it is also an empty guarantee. He still needs to apply for it according to the regulations.

How could Geng Fanjian swallow this breath?The more than 100 investors who also participated in this project could not swallow this breath.

Later, because of the epidemic, many things were delayed. Until last autumn, the epidemic in Dongguo was basically under control.After the heavy rainy season here, Geng Fanjian came to Feisuo Port again.

The lawyer advised him not to come, but Geng Fanjian still came, and he actually dared to come!He's here to gather evidence.

　I have something to do tomorrow, please take a day off and rest for a day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)