410 Pride (III)

On November 2, 1691, at No. 36 Expo Street, Qiangdong Trading Company. Liang Qiangdong was holding a newspaper, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and squatted on the toilet.

Pravda is a national newspaper issued by the East Coast government. Compared with the Businessman's newspaper's economic news that focuses on industrial and agricultural production, import and export trade, road goods trading, etc., the newspaper has a more serious style and reports on major national policies, domestic and foreign situations, social and cultural content, and its style can be said to be the highest in the country.

Liang Qiangdong didn't like reading Pravda very much, he preferred the Pravda because the latter seemed to bring him direct benefits. His father pointed out the flaws of this behavior to him during his lifetime. Liang Qiangdong was not very patient. Although the company subscribed to two newspapers at the same time, Pravda usually only read Pravda when he went to the toilet.

The toilet in Liang Qiangdong's office was customized in Nanzhu's ceramic factory. It was initially used by Ma Wanpeng, who likes to enjoy it, and later gradually expanded to the upper class on the east coast. However, the toilets now have changed much compared to the beginning. The materials and models are often different, and the prices are divided into different levels, and they are gradually spreading among the petty bourgeoisie.

There is no doubt that daily necessities like water toilets fly into ordinary people's homes, inseparable from the credit of the East Coast government's water supply and drainage facilities projects carried out in various urban areas. These projects include tap water plants, water supply pipelines, sewage systems, sewage treatment plants, and a large number of non-national labor workers engaged in this industry. This actually requires huge amounts of funds!

Many cities with average income situations cannot complete such large-scale municipal projects by themselves, and can only wait for funds from superiors. This often requires waiting in line. It is not uncommon for a first-time wait for seven or eight years or even ten years. After all, there are so many townships across the country. If a project costs 100,000 yuan, the funds consumed are very amazing.

Therefore, the popular water supply and drainage facilities on the east coast are usually only in county towns (of course, many county towns do not have these things), and most of the towns in wealthy areas on the eastern coast also have them, so the water flow of toilets is also in these areas. Qingdao Port Expo Street where Qiangdong Trading Company is located is the street with the most wealth on the east coast. There are wealthy businessmen and celebrities gather here, and buildings are everywhere. Any brick falls down. The people who hit the house may have an asset of tens of thousands of yuan. Therefore, not only has the best, widest and most beautiful streets, but also has well-operated gas lamps and water supply and drainage facilities on both sides of the street and underground.

Qiangdong Trading Company is located in the middle of Expo Street. It is an independent traditional Chinese building. Dozens of employees work and live here all year round. Liang Qiangdong's office is located on the third floor, divided into two parts: study and bedroom, where there is tap water supply and a toilet.

Liang Qiangdong has brought foreign merchants to his company many times and lived in a short period of time, which has attracted countless amazement from outsiders. These people are from Free State, from Spain, from Portugal, from Courland, from Italy, etc. They are all amazed at the luxurious modern life of the East Coast people and envied them.

Liang Qiangdong enjoys the envy, jealousy and hatred of these "country buns", because after such an ideological impact, he can always quickly negotiate a business. This may be because these foreign businessmen consciously or unconsciously put themselves in a weak position because of the huge impact. This is the difference in national strength, scientific and technological level, and life philosophy between the two sides. Foreigners doubt their lives. Liang Qiangdong once summarized proudly.

After reading a copy of "The Truth Edition" twice, Liang Qiangdong finally got up comfortably. After pressing the cigarette butt on the washbasin, Liang Qiangdong wiped his face with a towel, went to the closet to find a hunting outfit to put on, and then went downstairs. His destination was a ranch in the suburbs, and he made an appointment with many friends to play polo there today.

Polo is a very popular sport among the middle and upper classes of the East Coast. Because of its vast land and sparse population and numerous grasslands, the animal husbandry industry on the East Coast is very developed, which has led to a huge number of horses. Moreover, the East Coast government began breeding horse breeds more than half a century ago. Now the number of horse herds in China is huge and there are all kinds of horse breeds. The rise of horse racing, polo and other sports has laid the foundation.

Liang Qiangdong's servant had prepared everything for him around the horse farm. When he saw the boss coming, both of them were relieved and worried. He breathed a sigh of relief because the game was about to begin. He was afraid that the boss would be late and worried that his boss was in his fifties, but he was not convinced of his old age and insisted on playing polo with a group of people in his prime. Isn't this arrogance? Moreover, polo is a high-risk sport. If it falls and hits, it is not a trivial matter.

But they had no choice but to make the boss like to ride horses? Not only do they like to ride horses in the office, but they also like to ride horses on the grassland. The people below can only advise, and if they can't persuade them, they can only let him go, right?

Liang Qiangdong took all kinds of equipment quickly, then turned over to the horse, felt it a little, and then went to greet his friends. This competition was held in their circle, with a lottery of 1,000 yuan, and the winning teams were evenly divided. Liang Qiangdong, dressed in red hunting outfit, finished greetings with his friends, and the competition soon started.

Two servants stood outside the field with a horse in front of them, staring at the boss galloping in the field. Their boss wore a light helmet on his head, dressed in tights, and rode a war horse of excellent bloodline, not like an old man over 50 years old. His eyes were closely focused on the ground, swinging from time to time, and his movements were skillful and accurate, reflecting his extremely high technical and tactical level, making people know that they were familiar with this at a glance.

There were many foreigners who came to Qingdao Port to do business outside the field, and real estate tycoon Olegnareshkin was one of them. He was wearing an expensive silk shirt and holding a folding fan. On the folding fan, he was painting a miniature version of "The Travel to the Mountain in Xiaoxue Mountain" (the original painting was collected by the famous artist Shao Zhengguang on the East Coast, and he asked someone to buy it in China for a lot of money). At this time, he was watching the game in the field excitedly, and he often shouted loudly, hoping that he could enter the venue and enjoy himself.

After a long time, these foreigners in the East have basically adapted to their life here. Take Nareshkin as an example. This young man who came to the East Coast from Russia is now almost half of the East Coast. He eats chopsticks, bathes with soap every day, likes to drink tea, and his dressing style is also separated from the traditional Russian grassland-style robe, and moves closer to the more simplified East Coast clothing. It is said that he is now pursuing the daughter of the Qingdao County Magistrate and drove the Russian girl arranged by his family back home because he dislikes her the smell of a village girl. It can be seen that after living on the East Coast for a long time, the East Coast has been very thorough, and he is proud of his East Coast lifestyle everywhere and cannot return to the past.

Oleg Nareshkin just came out of a chess hall next to the horse farm. Qingdao County has always been rich, and many women don’t work. Many of them rely on Go to pass the time when they are idle. The lady Nareshkin likes often goes to this chess hall, so this place has now become a place where Nareshkin lingers.

Nareshkin originally knew how to play Go, but recently he hired a chess chess master from the Far East to learn hard. Although his chess skills seem a bit weak, they are also scary enough to go to this chess hall with a shy face. Anyway, he is also thick-skinned.

However, Nareshkin is a man after all, and he still prefers men's sports in his heart, so polo is very attractive to him. Therefore, every time he hears that there is a polo game, he will rush to watch it excitedly. Sometimes when he gets excited, he will gamble a few games in a private gambling game next to him, which is considered to have fun watching the game.

"The life of the Eastern People is really superior." After watching for a while, Nareshkin was tired of standing, so his thoughts became a little dissipated: "It's ridiculous that there are some nobles in Moscow who shouted to go to war with the East Coast people, believing that Russia could easily mobilize 200,000 troops, and the East Coast people would definitely not be able to resist. How stupid and arrogant is this? If Russia clamors, the East Coast people would not even bother to pay attention to it. In recent years, in newspapers such as Pravda, the Businessman, and the South Railway Weekly, there are very few pages about Russia, and it is mostly related to the coup. It can be seen that the Eastern People do not pay attention to Russia at all. Their strength is too strong. Although Russia is large, it cannot be compared with the East Coast."

"No, no, no, not only Russia! In fact, there are few countries in the world that can compare with the East Coast! It is said that the new Tsar Peter admires United Provinces and France very much, and hopes that the ministers will translate more books from the East Coast for him. Since the expulsion of the court teachers from the East Coast, Tsar Peter has always lacked channels for this. United Provinces and France are of great strength, but they are still inferior to the East Coast, but they have gained a large amount of cheap exports of goods, books and cultural supplies to Russia and imported them from the East Coast at the same time.
Chapter completed!