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Chapter 1399 Hope, the best leek harvester (third update, please subscribe)
Silicon Valley is the real future!

Standing by the hotel window, looking at the Silicon Valley in the distance, Li Yian had this thought in his mind.

However, compared to the skyscrapers in Silicon Valley, Li Yian's eyes are on the back of the skyscrapers - there are small houses there.

It is the most ordinary residence.

However, unlike applications for occupancy in other places, those houses are built by the "Growth Ladder Fund". They are not rented out, but are lent to entrepreneurs for living and working as part of their investment.

There is no restriction of "no overtime after 8 o'clock" there. From a legal point of view, it is a "home" rather than a company.

In fact, many of the registered addresses of Silicon Valley startups only have post office mailbox numbers.

You only need to spend a few dollars to rent a mailbox and then apply for an investment from the "Growth Ladder Fund" to start a business here.

It is for this reason that many entrepreneurs gather here.

There was nothing in those rooms. Each person had a mattress, a table, and a suitcase. Everything was extremely simple. A few high-configured computers were all their belongings.

This is somewhat similar to another "Silicon Valley". In that other Silicon Valley, the most famous thing is "garage" entrepreneurship. Almost all well-known companies seem to have such experience.

It was the entrepreneurs in the garage who created the "Silicon Valley". That is why when Li Yian proposed the idea of ​​"Silicon Valley", he also built the "garage" and apartment.

If there weren’t cheap rent in Silicon Valley, would there still be so many garage entrepreneurs?

How many entrepreneurs are there here?
100? Or 1000? Or more? Or less?
Li Yian didn't know clearly, but at this moment, he was standing by the window, looking at the Silicon Valley outside the window, but his eyes were on those lighted houses. Perhaps, there, there were thousands of entrepreneurs working hard for their dreams.

When they realize their dreams, the world will be profoundly changed!

“Maybe they are the real future.”

Li Yian smiled, not knowing what this Silicon Valley would eventually produce.

But some things always need to be done. Just relying on his "foresight" and standing on the shoulders of historical giants, he may be able to achieve rapid development in a short period of time.

But what about the future?
When one day he can no longer provide guidance for this era, where will the future be?
The future is very simple, the future is here. In those houses and garages, there are thousands of young people who will use their imagination and creativity, and eventually everything will change.

There may not be many people there now, but in the future or a few years, perhaps the smartest young people will live there, not only from here but also from all over the world.

They will come here with the simplest luggage, relying on a computer or an idea, and turn their ideas into reality here.

In addition to work, every day, they either wear free T-shirts received at the venue, or wear T-shirts with their company logos printed on them, and they talk about their dreams over and over again.

Even if everyone in this world except themselves is doubting it.

They are people who traded their lives for their dreams.

They embrace Silicon Valley just as Silicon Valley embraces them.

"When we embrace them, we 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?
All that is needed is for them to create a good environment in which they can give full play to their intelligence and talents.

This is what you should do most.

"Okay... I'll leave everything to you!"

While Li Yian was talking to himself, he walked towards the bed. The girl on the bed was already asleep.

Looking at the smile on the girl's face, a thought popped up in Li Yian's mind... Will she take that path in the future?
The contact in recent days made it difficult for Li Yian to associate 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 dreaming girl, Li Yian became interested. How should he transform her into?

The President of America?

The moment this thought came to mind, Li Yian felt eager to try it!

……

In fact, the island inspection is not limited to cities. The farms and settlements between cities also need to be inspected.

What is the most common thing between cities?
Of course it’s the plantation.

There are palm plantations everywhere on both sides of the Ring Island Expressway. The large plantations stretch endlessly as far as the eye can see.

In the past decade, oil palm has not only established itself in Southeast Asia, but also become the agricultural pillar of Southeast Asia. Tens of millions of tons of palm oil are sold all over the world every year. What is there in the palm plantations?
"They seem to look a little different."

In the plantation, Nancy pointed to the workers picking palm fruits.
“There are foreign workers on the plantations.”

Li Yian said helplessly:

"There is a shortage of labor here, and oil palm is a pillar industry. So, in order to solve the labor problem, we can only import labor from other countries, such as the Philippines, Myanmar, and Cambodia..."

Looking at the laborers working in the plantation, Li Yian couldn't help feeling complicated.

It was he who established the agricultural development goal of using oil palm planting as the pillar industry. Moreover, for a long time, both the reclamation of rainforests and the operation of plantations did attract a large number of workers and solved the employment problem.

But who would have thought that economic issues are sometimes so complicated. They are never subject to personal will and are always accompanied by the development of the industrial and commercial economy.

Now the plantation has become a burden. It occupies a lot of labor. And compared to the plantation, the income from working in the factory is higher, so agricultural workers are more inclined to move to the city.

In order to resolve this contradiction, the only option is to introduce labor from overseas. As a result, 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 laborers are indeed helpful to the economy.

“It’s like California.”

Nancy understood immediately and said:

"Just like the fruit and nut farms in California, the pickers are all Mexican workers. This work is very hard and the salary is very low. If Americans did it, not only would the salary be several times higher, but the cost would also be much higher. Without them, California's fruits, nuts and many farms would have probably gone bankrupt long ago..."

Mexican workers...

Looking at Nancy beside him, Li Yian was a little surprised. Isn't this girl the daughter of a wealthy family in Maryland?

How do you know so much about California?

"Some of my classmates are in California, and I also participated in DP's youth tour and visited California. At that time, California had been arguing for a long time about the issue of introducing foreign workers, so I learned a little bit about it."

Nancy explained and said proudly:

"Do you find it strange that a woman cares about politics? Actually..."

Just when she wanted to show off, suddenly, as if she had discovered something, she said:

“Why are all the workers here male?”

The people busy in the plantation are all male laborers. Of course, there are also some supervisors, but it can be seen at a glance that the supervisors are not native Southeast Asians.

"Because this job is not suitable for women, a bunch of oil palm fruits like this, the heaviest one can even exceed 100 pounds, of course only male workers can be hired."

This is not because of the heavy physical labor, but also to prevent foreign workers from staying here illegally and starting families. Therefore, in many plantations, there are only male workers. Even the clothes they wear are special work uniforms with the plantation logo on them.

They are not prisoners, but in fact, except for weekends, they can only move around in 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 regarded as having the risk of "absconding" and will be directly deported.

Not only will they be deported, but all the workers in the same batch will also be deported - for those workers who have spent hundreds of dollars to sign a contract with a labor company and come here to earn money, they naturally will not tolerate others running away and affecting their ability to earn money to repay their debts, so they often take the initiative to supervise the people around them.

Although such collective punishment seems cruel, it can avoid the deportation of workers to the greatest extent and is a good way to protect the environment.

It is precisely in this way that the plantations can obtain labor without having to bear additional welfare expenses - even the medical insurance is only the most simple.

Only in this way can we harvest as much labor as possible from Southeast Asia and other places, and create corresponding wealth through such labor harvesting.

"There should be some women. After all, wouldn't their lives be too depressing if there were only men?"

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 can live a prosperous life when they return to their home countries. For that day, they are willing to pay such a price."

Price, if we don’t let them pay the price, it will be Borneo that will pay the price in the future, just like when the United States introduced Mexico, once introduced, it will involve a whole family!

Originally, they brought in one worker, but ended up bringing in a whole family to enjoy welfare. What they are enjoying is not welfare, it is clearly the blood of Americans!

Although he did not object to Mexicans drinking the blood of Americans, Li Yian was firmly opposed to someone lying on Borneo's body and sucking blood. If they wanted to suck blood, they could only suck the blood of others!

In fact, the way to ensure that this place is always prosperous is very simple - that is, to ensure that the surrounding neighbors are in a certain state of poverty. 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 to 500 million in the future. To a certain extent, these people are the biggest resources. With the existence of these people, it will be possible to utilize cheap labor in various ways, and eventually turn cheap labor into part of its own wealth and create wealth for itself.

And this is the meaning of their existence.

Of course, these things can only be understood, not expressed in words. Sometimes, human society is like this, and everything is naked.

Although it is naked, it also gives people hope. Only hope can make those poor people willingly pay the price, willingly become leeks, and even cheer for others to reap them.

Even they themselves know that they are just leeks, but they just hate that they can't be sold at a good price!

It is for this reason that they are happy to come here - at least here, they can be sold at a good price. On the other hand, if they stay in South Korea, Japan, Myanmar, the Philippines and other countries, they can't even be leeks, but just symbols.

This is also the reason why many people smuggle into developed countries at all costs, simply to sell themselves - the leeks - for a good price!

Just second!

"In fact, compared to the cost, there is more hope!"

Li Yian looked at them and said:

"Hope. If they stay in their own country, they won't see hope. But here, they can not only see hope, but also change their fate in a short period of time through their own efforts. Of course, they have to pay a price to change their fate. This world is fair. If you want to get something, you always have to pay..."

Looking at those workers in uniform, Nancy knew without thinking that it was not welfare. In the United States, there are usually only two types of people who wear uniforms, one is the military and police, and the other? Prisoners.

The former is to prove identity and show authority, while the latter is to mark identity and prevent escape.

But as smart as she was, she chose not to dwell on this question and asked:

"Can we go to a nearby town? I haven't seen your town yet."

"Our town..."

(End of this chapter)