Chapter 1728 Unhappy

Judging from the lineup of guests present, it seems that African issues are also taken seriously. In addition to an African president, TSNY President Benjamin Mkapa, the discussion attended by Feng Yiping today, Australian Prime Minister John Howard also Sit on the podium.

There is also a guy who we will all be very familiar with later, the U.S. Senator and the heavyweight figure of the U.S. Republican Party, John McCain.

Of course, we are familiar with him, not because we like him, nor because he has run for president of the United States twice, but because he has acted as a vanguard for our neighbor on the DYD issue and stood on the opposite side of us.

The most powerful thing about this man is when we first saw him on TV and in the media - probably in 2000, when he competed with George W. Bush for the party nomination. He looked like that, and we became familiar with him later. Even when he hated him, he was still like that.

Both George W. Bush and George O'Hei were re-elected for two terms, and both left the White House. This one still has white hair, a face with flabby muscles, and a neck with many veins, and is active in the American political arena.

It’s okay not to accept it.

Mr. McCain comes from a well-known family. His father and his father’s father are both admirals in the U.S. Navy. The sixth Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States, numbered DDG-56, is named after their family. The "John McCain" was named after him (stationed in Yokosuka) - but it was never as strong as George W. Bush's background, so I didn't work with George W. Bush.

Naturally, he also joined the U.S. Navy and participated in the Vietnam War as a naval attack aircraft pilot. Then, he was captured for five and a half years. It is said that he was often tortured at least three times a week, but he still survived.

This experience of being captured also became his later political bargaining chip. With this, after he retired from the Navy with the rank of colonel in 1981, he was quickly elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 and to the Senate in 1986. , and has been re-elected until now and for more than ten years.

This ability cannot be blocked.

By the way, let’s talk about his most powerful ability. This man was born in 1936, which means he will be 70 next year. But when he walked in, his steps were very steady, his face was very rosy, and he was very energetic. Those who are not familiar with him may think that He is only in his early 50s.

The old gentleman looked a bit serious. He was the first to step onto the podium, sat down in his seat, took out a document and spread it on his lap to read.

At this time, someone in the audience stood up and shouted, "Mr. McCain,"

He looked up, "Ms. Whitman," and walked off the stage with a smile.

We know that the main difference between the two parties in the United States is that generally speaking, the Republicans like to reduce taxes, which is relatively more beneficial to the interests of the rich, while the Democrats are accustomed to raising taxes and want to use taxes to redistribute and make society more balanced. , thus becoming more popular with the poor.

Therefore, generally large companies and wealthy people tend to support the Republican Party.

Of course, those who are so rich that they have nowhere to spend their money, such as Bill Gates who just donated 750 million U.S. dollars, and stock investor Warren Buffett, these rich people who no longer have to worry about making money, understand that development is more balanced, and therefore a more stable society. It is in their interests, so they will in turn support the Democratic Party.

Meg Whitman obviously can't compete with those two, so she is naturally a supporter of the Republican Party. It seems that the two are familiar with each other.

Also, Whitman once worked for Bain Capital - the investor who was introduced to Gome by Mr. Chen. Its founder was Mitt Rohm, another Republican Party leader who later ran for president. Ni.

The two of them held hands and had a lively chat. Feng Yiping only glanced at him before continuing to discuss the root causes of poverty in Africa with Cummins.

But sometimes, if you don't want to be troublesome, this problem just happens to come to you. Whitman and McCain chatted for a while, then smiled and pointed in Feng Yiping's direction.

When Feng Yiping noticed two people standing next to him, he looked up and saw Whitman smiling and saying to McCain, "Mr. McCain, let me introduce to you that this is one of the most talented entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Yiping." Feng, Mr. Feng,”

"Nice to meet you, Mr. McCain," Feng Yiping stood up with a smile. "I have been to DC several times and I haven't been able to see you. I didn't expect to meet you here."

"So you two know each other?" Whitman looked a little surprised.

Feng Yiping couldn't see her acting this way, as if you didn't know.

When NEXTDOOR cooperated with security agencies across the United States, it relied on Buchanan, and Buchanan and Whitman had a common former employer, Romney.

Therefore, Feng Yiping said that he had made several appointments but did not meet McCain. It was not a lie. NEXTDOOR developed so smoothly at the beginning. Not only did Romney contribute, but Senator McCain also took care of it.

Of course, it's definitely not free.

And Buchanan has now betrayed the camp and joined the team of O'Hei Jr., who was just elected as the Democratic Senator, so this meeting is really awkward.

But McCain, who has been a senator for almost 20 years, is naturally the kind of person who is indifferent to emotions and anger. He is very enthusiastic and smiles brightly. "Your company's new product is really good. I saw it yesterday." We look forward to you launching those new features as soon as possible,”

You actually read all my reports yesterday. Do you really care about these things, or are you paying attention to me now for some reason?

"Thank you, welcome to visit our campus when it's convenient for you," the two chatted for a few words, and then Australian Prime Minister Howard and TSNY President Mkapa, who also wore glasses, walked in together.

"Keep in touch," McCain made a phone call gesture and walked quickly to the podium.

Feng Yiping smiled brightly at Whitman, "Thank you for the introduction,"

Whitman also smiled, "You're welcome,"

She probably saw the meaning of "there will be retribution" in Feng Yiping's words.

Feng Yiping believed that Whitman could not expect McCain to be at odds with Feng Yiping in such a public occasion.

However, what's wrong with doing something that costs nothing but may produce some of the consequences she hopes for?

Of course, Feng Yiping didn't care. Although he called him Mr. McCain, if it was private, he would naturally call him John, and at most add an old word in front.

With his current capital, even if Romney and McCain joined forces to make things difficult for him, there might be some extra trouble, but he was really not afraid.

In China, people should respect those in power, but in the United States, the rich are not really worried about politicians who rely on elections to maintain their status.

For example, the Koch brothers, one of the largest private companies in the United States, have successively spent billions of dollars to support the politicians they favor.

Given the American business habits, how could McCain and others go to great lengths to make things difficult for Feng Yiping? What if Feng Yiping also became a member of the Koch brothers? Wouldn't he be at a loss?

What's more, there is Obama, whom he strongly supports, right?

"Whitman," Cummings said as he looked over there.

He naturally knew Buchanan's past, and he would naturally know that Whitman's introduction just now was not out of kindness.

Feng Yiping shook his head, "It doesn't matter,"

There is still a lot of time!

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On the stage, the host has already introduced the current situation in Africa. In short, there are two words, "poverty" and "chaos", so it can be summarized in one word, "bitterness."

If it were in the past, Feng Yiping would also agree with this person's introduction, but now, he shook his head in his heart.

It should be said that most people in China generally have this impression of Africa: vast deserts, cracked grasslands in the dry season that appear repeatedly in the animal world, and a large number of wild animals.

So their natural environment is very poor, especially drought and hot weather, so the land is barren and can't grow food, so they are poor, often suffer from famine, and often have wars.

This understanding is really very one-sided.

The desert in Africa is large, and the area of ​​the Sahara is almost as large as the land area of ​​our country.

But is the whole of Africa really very dry? It's really not.

From Senegal to Yemen, or south of the Sahara, it is by no means an absolutely dry place. The worst is actually roughly equivalent to our northwest arid area.

Further south in central Africa, drought is actually not a problem.

Take a country that everyone may know, Congo. What is its average annual rainfall? Roughly equivalent to Thailand, where can it be dry?

Let's talk about their land.

Senior fans should know a country, Cameroon, which once advanced to the top 8 of the World Cup.

Because of the suitable climate and abundant rainfall, the result is that the crops you plant can be harvested for several consecutive years.

For example, if you sow a cucumber seed in spring, you can pick cucumbers almost every month in the next few years...

In such a good environment, it is impossible to expect them to cultivate intensively. They are all extensive. Most of them don't even turn the land, and naturally use less fertilizer.

Pesticides are also rarely used, and the pests bred in such an environment are really powerful...

In general, because of their own lack of effort, their agricultural output is really not high.

In addition, natural disasters are always inevitable.

Sometimes, there will be long-term droughts, or in some years, the rainy season in some places will be delayed for a period of time. This is not a big deal, but the more fatal problem is that the farmers there rarely have the habit of storing food.

So once the drought starts, the consequences are quite serious.

There seems to be such a saying that in sub-Saharan Africa, if the rainy season is delayed for one month, famine will begin. If it is delayed for one and a half months, 100,000 more people will starve to death for every extra day...

As a result, wars of all sizes are inevitable, which in turn will further magnify the problem..., and it will become a vicious cycle.

Of course, there are historical reasons, such as the looting and colonization of those European countries in the past, and other factors, such as geographical and climatic factors, but Feng Yiping, from the perspective of a farmer and manager, they themselves are indeed not hardworking.

Although it sounds a bit inhumane, it must be said that from a certain perspective, the saying that pitiful people must have hateful aspects is not entirely unreasonable.

If they can wake up themselves, it will obviously be much more effective than relying on external assistance.

Moreover, with so much debt already owed, external assistance is not so easy to get.

One of the contents of this annual meeting is to discuss the reduction of African debts, which is also what Prime Minister Howard, who is relatively friendly to our country, is talking about at this time.

But listening to his speech throughout the whole speech, it was very watertight, and there was no specific statement at all.

McCain's speech was also a way of saying that he was sympathetic, very sympathetic, and very worried. However, the issue of relief, in our domestic terms, naturally needs to be "studied," and there are many procedures to go through and many situations to verify.

Obviously, they can't donate as much as Bill Gates did, because it's his own money.

Feng Yiping observed that President Mkapa didn't seem to be too disappointed. It seems that they had expected such a situation. This time, at least the entrepreneurs attending the meeting understood the difficulties faced by Africa, which is also an achievement.

The discussion came to a temporary end. After the summary, the host said that it was time for questions.

Feng Yiping glanced at Cummins. They had prepared questions this time, but before Cummins raised his hand, someone in the back row stood up and said, "Wait,"

"Sorry, I want to say a few words first, can I?"

Feng Yiping was a little unhappy when he saw the woman. Why is she here too?

He gestured to Cummins, and Cummins nodded. Boss, you go first.

But as soon as Feng Yiping stood up, he was noticed by the man, "Mr. Feng,"