Big Islander 2

Chapter 115

When the sun was setting, the banquet was finally over. There were less than 30 people in total, but they ate at least [-] people. This also caused the pheasant to keep muttering in Chinese: "Fifteen rice buckets fetch water— — Up and down."

After leaving the only tavern, facing the evening breeze, bringing a little bit of coolness, Tang Jide proposed to take a turn.But looking at those MPs, they all went home with a big belly, probably going to sleep.

"Sleep after eating, it's a bunch of pigs!" Tang Jide couldn't help but slander in his heart, and then saw Marquez staggering to leave, so he pulled him back: "Walk a hundred steps after dinner, If you live to 99, don't you know that life lies in sports?"

Marquez burped twice: "Tomorrow, I will start exercising tomorrow morning. I ate too much today, so go to bed first."

"As the president, you should take the lead in developing sports and strengthening the people's physique, otherwise, the country will perish sooner or later!" The pheasant was even more blunt, directly linking sports to the survival of the country.

Now that he has risen to such a height, Marquez has to think carefully. He actually knows the crux of his country. The root cause is that the people's life is too comfortable and they have developed a bad habit of eating and being lazy. Now the old habits are hard to change.

So I also made up my mind and decided to lead by example to lead the people of Nauru out of laziness, out of obesity, and toward health.He is a vigorous and decisive person, and immediately went to the TV station to deliver a speech to nearly ten thousand people in Nauru, calling on them to strengthen physical exercise.He also solemnly stated that he would take the lead in setting an example. Tomorrow morning, he would start morning exercises on the runway of the airport. He hoped that the general public would actively participate...

Tang Jide is also very pleased with Marquez's approach.That night, I stayed in the only hotel in Nauru. This hotel with ten beds is definitely a five-star hotel in Nauru.

Just after dawn, Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami got up, they were used to getting up early.Even Daxing got up energetically, ready to go out to practice monkey boxing.As the saying goes, you can't leave your fists, and you can't leave your tunes. Comrade Vasily is a very hardworking orangutan.

After a ten-minute walk, we arrived at the airstrip.Needless to say, in Nauru, this place is spacious enough.While walking, Tang Jide felt the atmosphere of the surrounding vegetation.There are no factories in Nauru, and most things need to be imported, so there is basically no pollution, and the air is still very fresh.

But until the sun rose, Da Xing flipped the monkey fist over and over several times, but there was no sign of Marquez.And none of his people responded.In the huge airport, Tang Jide and the others are exercising.

In the end, the pheasant couldn't bear it anymore, and flew back to call people.Its broken gong voice is somewhat appealing, and after a while, Marquez's fat figure appeared in Tang Jide's field of vision, yawning and stretching while walking.

Behind Marquez, there were really hundreds of people following, all of them were smiling, as if they were watching a show.

Marquez gave an impassioned speech first, and finally threw his arms vigorously: "Let's get moving, run with me—"

After speaking, he turned around and started to jog.As soon as he ran, the flesh on his face and body trembled together, full of rhythm.

However, Mr. President's appeal is obviously relatively weak, and his hundreds of people still stand in place to watch the excitement.The most damning thing is that some people are still betting.The content of the bet is, of course, whether Mr. President can run 200 meters or 300 meters.

Marquez also heard the discussion behind him, and couldn't help feeling angry: Do you underestimate people? Anyway, I once won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games. Today I must run 500 meters to show you!

But he didn't know the old Chinese saying that "a good man doesn't mention his courage in the past". After running 100 meters, he felt dry in his mouth, short of breath, and his thighs were filled with lead; after running 200 meters, he was panting like a bellows , the soul seemed to be separated from the body; when he ran to 250 meters, Marquez only felt that his eyes were dark, so he fell down and ran fainted.

No way - Tang Jide didn't expect this kind of result. It seems that he still overestimated the physical fitness of the Nauruans.

"Go and call a doctor—" A member of parliament raised his arms and shouted: the situation looks very serious, and it might need to be sent to a large hospital in Australia for treatment.

Since Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami are present, of course Marquez cannot be seen in danger.The two quickly ran up to Mr. President, and Tang Jide pretended to feel his pulse, but was shocked to find that he couldn't feel his pulse.

Fuck me - Tang Jide also realized the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly delivered a plant essence to directly stimulate Marquez's heart; Xiao Xiami did the same, and the two life essences gathered together, like a heartbeat Like a pacemaker, it kept stimulating Marquez's heart.

Finally, Marquez's heart started beating again, and his life was finally recovered.He was also lucky to avoid becoming the first president to die because of running. If that were the case, it would probably be regarded as a world anecdote.

By the time a doctor rushed over, Marquez was awake and still on his feet and started running.Under the amazed eyes of the people, Marquez ran back and forth on the airport runway, with a distance of more than 1000 meters.

When he waved his arms to the people, he won cheers like a hero, and Mr. President won his dignity with his feet-what people don't know is that he almost paid for it with his life!

Perhaps inspired by Mr. President, many people started jogging on the airport runway.Although their speed is not much faster than the tortoise in Tang Jide's eyes, as long as they go step by step, there will always be an effect.

Riding on this shareholder wind, Marquez made another televised speech, in which he made an impassioned speech, asking Nauruans to exercise for at least three hours a day, and united with 12 members of parliament to prepare to write this into Nauru's constitution.

This move was immediately opposed by the public, and the first demonstration in Nauru's history was organized.Watching two or 3000 people marching and demonstrating along Nauru's Ring Road, holding slogans and shouting slogans.Marquez raised his thumb to Tang Jide: "Don, it's better for you. If you parade like this every day, it will be more effective than any other sports."

Tang Jide didn't have the nerve to say that this was a pheasant's bad idea. The road around the island is more than 20 miles away. It is estimated that few of these people can walk down the road.It's good to make trouble for a while, Nauru is like a pool of stagnant water, if you don't stir up waves, sooner or later you will really die.

Needless to say, the country's economy is maintained entirely by borrowing. With such a national physical fitness, they are simply "sick men of the Pacific". Under internal and external troubles, the country will go bankrupt sooner or later.

Marquez is obviously aware of this, otherwise, he would not go to Peach Blossom Island to steal bird droppings, nor would he seek cooperation.Today, the project of collecting and processing manganese nodules has achieved initial results, and the first batch of refined metals has been successfully exported. As long as it persists, Nauru will be able to pay off its foreign debts, and its per capita income will once again become the richest man in the Pacific Ocean.

Once upon a time, the country of Nauru was on the verge of bankruptcy, with high debts, and had to sell the five planes and three ships originally purchased in the country.Even so, Nauru's assets in Australia were forcibly auctioned off to pay off debts.

But under such circumstances, the people in the country still have old habits that are hard to change, and they continue to live a life of eating and waiting to die. It is time to wake up.

Sure enough, as Tang Jide expected, the parade team started to return within two miles, and all gathered near the presidential palace.However, Mr. President has accompanied Tang Datou to visit the manganese nodule collection and processing site for a visit, so let them make a fuss.

By the way, Tang Jide also observed the location of the sunken warship that Brother Octopus found. Sure enough, there were two ships moving in the surrounding waters.After asking, I found out that it belonged to a salvage company in the United States.

"Is this Nauru's territorial waters?" Tang Jide was a little puzzled.

Marquez was a little embarrassed: "No way, we now owe a high-interest loan of 2 million Australian dollars to General Electric Finance of the United States, and a debt of 4 million US dollars to the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Because we cannot repay, we can only agree to the other party. A request for cooperative salvage in our waters."

"What kind of cooperation method?" Tang Jide continued to ask.

"If a valuable shipwreck is found, the interest on the loan can be waived." A weak country has no diplomacy. Although Marquez knew that this was an unreasonable treaty, he had no choice but to accept it.

Tang Jide scratched the back of his head: "It's better to cooperate with our Peach Blossom Island. The salvaged items will be counted by both parties, and they will be divided equally!"

Marquez also became excited: "Don, you are true friends. But, does Peach Blossom Island have the strength to salvage sunken ships?"

Deep sea salvage, even the most developed country in the world, still has many technical links that cannot be solved, otherwise, the sunken ship in the sea may have been salvaged long ago.Marquez's suspicion is not unreasonable. Peach Blossom Island's national strength is stronger than Nauru's, but it is also very limited. I am afraid that it is unable to complete such a difficult task.

Tang Jide, however, looked confident: "Now we can sign the agreement."

Back at the Presidential Palace, the parade people had dispersed long ago. Pheasant had a unique opinion about this: "It's noon, the weather is hot, who would suffer under the sun, they probably won't come out until the evening cools down."

"Okay, I digested it at that time-no, how many are left!" Tang Jide found that there were still a few people waiting at the gate of the presidential palace, but they were obviously not Nauruans with brown skin and black hair.

When they got closer, the group of people greeted them. They obviously had dealings with Marquez and knew the president, so after seeing the ceremony, they explained their intentions: "Your Excellency, we are from the United Nations International Court of Justice and the New York Skadden Law Firm. The staff of the agency are entrusted by General Electric Finance Corporation of the United States and the Export-Import Bank of the United States to collect debts, please cooperate."

It turned out to be a bunch of debtors—Marquez buzzed in his head, the poor are most afraid of creditors, and his president is probably the most aggrieved in the world.

And at this time, another group of people came to the front of the presidential palace. They were representatives of Australia, and they came to collect debts.Over the years, Nauru has almost become a vassal of Australia and owes the old nose money.

"We have no money now, so we won't pay it back!" The pheasant was so poor that he was actually testing the other party's bottom line.

I saw a contemptuous smile on the corner of the mouth of the representative from the United Nations International Court of Justice: "Sir, according to the relevant provisions of the national law, we have the right to apply for national bankruptcy!"

Tang Jide sounded fresh: "The country can go bankrupt, what do you mean?"

The man shrugged his shoulders: "In other words, the country Nauru will no longer exist in the world."

(End of this chapter)