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Chapter 1428 We Have Everything (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
"No country will be content with being poor! They will do everything they can to get rid of poverty... and avoiding the exploitation of foreign capital is the first step to getting rid of poverty!"

On the plane, when Dr. Allende was revising his speech, his eyes would occasionally look out the window. The blue sea outside the window was dotted with clusters of islands, and on these islands were several large cities.

Those big cities were just tropical rainforests more than a decade ago, but now, they have developed into the largest cities in Asia - they occupy the top eight among the top ten cities in Asia!
"Eighteen years ago, this place could only produce rubber, oil, wood and sago, but now, they can produce jet airliners, fighter jets, giant ships, modern industrial machines, electronic computers... Many of the technological products we are familiar with are produced here."

Maduro pointed to the wing of the plane through the porthole and said:
"Including the C707 aircraft we took, the best four-engine jet airliner in the world. It can fly farther than Boeing's 403 aircraft and carry more passengers. If it weren't for the aid and loans from the United States, many countries would consider it first..."

Listening to Maduro's words, Allende nodded and said:
"It is true that the achievements made here in the past decade or so are amazing, but my friend, we also have to see a realistic problem, that is, they came here as a group of colonists, and they also own several mines in Chile, in addition to some worthless salt mines, they also hold several copper mines, and at the same time, they refuse to negotiate on "nationalization,"

The "nationalization negotiations" mentioned by Allende refer to the nationalization policy of Chile's copper mines that was implemented during the period of former President Carlos. It was formally promoted as a government policy, and since then Chile has begun the nationalization of copper mines.

However, it has always been a staunch opponent of "nationalization" and refused to negotiate on this issue.

"To a large extent, although the science here is modern, their understanding of the world is still stuck in the last century. Those imperialists always arrogantly think that they can still wantonly plunder the resources and wealth of other countries like they did in the last century."

"Allende, my friend, they are against the nationalization of copper mines for a reason. They have acquired and developed copper mines mostly in the past few years. They have invested a lot of money in the construction of copper mines. Now that they have just started production, they want to nationalize their copper mines. This is not nationalization, it is not robbery at all!"

Maduro shrugged and said:
"If we really take back those copper mines by force, it will cause panic among international investors. Chile cannot do without foreign investment."

"No, if we don't take back the copper mine, we will never be able to get rid of poverty. Don't forget, even they... took back their oil fields from the Dutch and Canadians!"

Allende then emphasized:
“If all the copper mines are not nationalized, President Ibanez’s policy of providing milk to women and children will come to nothing!”

At this time, when Allende, who was only a senator, said this, he did not know that a few years ago, President Ibanez's policy of using US aid to provide free milk to women and children would be touted on the other side of the ocean as a credit after his election as president. Not only did people ignore the fact that the policy had been implemented for more than a decade at the time, but even the milk was provided by the US.

All I can say is that people always give their imaginary characters a high hat that they don't have.

However, Allende is only a senator now, and this visit is a normal one, for the purpose of learning, to learn the experience of the prosperity here.

Since the birth of the "Equator Miracle", there are various visits and tours here every day, and Chile is the most popular among them!

After all, compared to many independent countries whose political situation has been very stable since the 19th century and has undergone normal rotations, this is definitely an extremely different existence in South America where military coups continue to occur.

It is for this reason that, after witnessing the "Equatorial Miracle", many Chilean politicians took it for granted that if it could be done here, they could do it as well, and that their conditions were better than when they first started here.

If they learn, they will surely be able to replicate the success here and then promote the rise of Chile.

For this reason, in the past few years, Chile has sent several delegations to visit and study here every year.

"And over the years, those imperialists have plundered so much of our wealth, even here..."

Look out the window, Allende said.

"Their rise also relied on external plunder. That is why they do their utmost to oppose nationalization..."

To a certain extent, although Allende was surprised by the economic achievements of this land, he did not have any good feelings towards this land. After all, this is a land dominated by capital.

In Alinde's view, capital is the root of all evil.

Moreover, he was disgusted by the imperialist practices that had been displayed here in the past few years.

So, Allinde gave speeches in Chile more than once, telling those who regarded the "Equatorial Miracle" as a model - if Chile were like them, then everyone would become slaves of big corporations.

Of course, at the time he made this statement, he had never been here. This was his first visit to the land he hated so much.

More than an hour later, the plane finally landed at the international airport.

Allende, as a member of the delegation, thought he would be able to give a speech at the airport - in his opinion, their visit would definitely attract a lot of journalists.

Just like his colleagues' visits to the United States, he attracted a large number of reporters, to whom he could give a speech at the airport, criticizing the anti-nationalization policy here.

But surprisingly, apart from a few officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there were no reporters at all.

For those journalists, the visit of the Chilean delegation is not worth mentioning at all. How many people would care about South America thousands of miles away?
No one cared about what was happening there, so only one reporter conducted a symbolic interview, which was just taking a few photos.

that's it!
In an instant, such contempt made Allende feel humiliated!
How can they be so arrogant?

This was Allende’s first impression of this land—the people here are arrogant!

Even more arrogant than the United States!
In this way, Allende's first impression of this place was extremely bad.

But the subsequent visit still left Allende somewhat stunned.

What astonished him was not the glass buildings in the prosperous city known as the "city of the future", nor even the economy and technology here.

But the lives of ordinary people. In any case, Allende still cares about the lives of ordinary people, or in other words, he hopes to expose the lies of this land by observing the lives of ordinary people.

"There is no perfect place in this world. If there is, then everything must be built on lies."

This is what Allende had told others after first hearing about the place years before, and now, all he needed was proof of it.

So they came to visit the residential area. Because it was working hours, there were only a few people in the residential area. Seeing this, Allende whispered to the person next to him:
"You see, here, everyone has to work. If they don't work, they can't even support themselves."

Then, he emphasized:

"I heard that here people are not allowed not to work, and the law even requires everyone to work."

It has to be said that when a person wears tinted glasses, everything he sees is full of personal emotions.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff who accompanied them on the tour did not give any explanation for this, but just accompanied them diligently. Just at this time, Maduro saw a man sitting in the corridor of a house not far away. He seemed to be enjoying something.

So the group of people walked over. Liu Daming, who was enjoying his retirement life, saw these foreigners coming to his doorstep. After learning that they were foreigners coming to visit, he immediately welcomed them into his home warmly.

Like most homes, his home is simply decorated but very neatly, which is typical of the locals.

Allende, who had toured the house and found no problems, asked.

"Sir, does this house belong to you?"

The reason he asked this was because he knew that these houses never belonged to any one person.

After understanding the other party's question from the translator, Liu Daming did not answer his question, but said:

"I came here sixteen years ago with nothing..."

He pointed to the house and said:

"After coming here, I not only live in a house like this, but also have a refrigerator and even air conditioning. Sir, do you know what air conditioning is?"

The sudden question made Allende stunned. Before he could say anything, he said, "Of course I know." Liu Daming asked again:
“Do you have air conditioning in your home?”

"This……"

Allende was silent. His home... indeed had no air conditioning. In fact, apart from a few public buildings, only a few rich people's homes had air conditioning installed. It was not just because it was expensive, but also because it consumed too much electricity.

"Chile is not as wealthy as you are here, and many people have only just escaped hunger."

Listening to Allende's answer, Liu Daming said proudly:
"Yes, almost twenty years ago, I almost starved to death, but here? ...Sir, do you know why I don't have to work?"

As a retired person receiving a pension, Liu Daming always shows off his retirement life to others whenever he gets the chance.

In fact, it is not to show off, but a kind of gratitude, to let everyone know that as long as you work hard here, you will get the due rewards.

Retirement is the reward that belongs to all of them.

This kind of life of enjoying retirement with a pension is extremely unfamiliar to most people. After all, it has never existed in their concepts and traditions.

His question made Allende curious:

"Is it because you lost your job?"

The man in front of me looks like he is in his prime, and this is just an ordinary residential area, so he must be unemployed.

"Because I'm retired. Really, I felt I could continue to work for a few more years, but I was forced to retire. I can now earn 113.6 yuan a month. Do you know? I don't have to do anything and I can earn so much money every month!"

With his chest puffed out, Liu Daming said with a proud tone:
"Everything is given to me here. You said this house... Yes, this house is also given to me here. Yes, it is not mine, but it is mine, and it belongs to all of us! Sir, what do you have there?"

First the contradictory words, and then such a direct question, almost broke Allende's defense.

"You may have a nice house, a nice car, a lot of money in the bank, and many servants. But what about the ordinary people there? What do they have?"

Although Liu Daming was not very literate, he still looked at these foreigners with pride and said:

"This house may not belong to me, and my name is not engraved on it, but I really don't know what is here that does not belong to me, sir..."

(End of this chapter)