499 488. Tobacco And Alcohol Open The Way (4/5)

Chapter 499 488. Tobacco and Alcohol Open the Way (45)

After the garage sale festival, Wang Bo was ready to do something serious, that is, he had to thank those who helped him before.

When he was in conflict with Leng Si when he went home before, he had the help of many people to solve the trouble of Leng Si without bloodshed.

The two who contributed the most were the overbearing president and Leonard, the general manager of the Stubborn Bull Club. Needless to say, the overbearing president, they ate and lived together, and their relationship was already extraordinary.

At Leonard's place, the annual meeting of the Stubborn Bull Club will be held at the end of March, so he will just go over to thank him then.

Bearing the brunt, he would like to thank two fellow mayors, Shining Heroes and Camilla Kraken.

He brought a lot of cigarettes and alcohol gifts from China, and the weekend ended with the garage sale festival. On Monday, he brought Eva and gifts and started to visit the door to thank him.

After the conflict with Leng Si, Wang Bo understood another truth, that is, the more friends the better in life. He stayed too closed in Sunset Town last year, busy with political affairs, this year he decided to go out.

Driving the classic Martin car, the two went to the town of the homeless first. He didn't say anything in advance, and went straight to the small government of the town of the homeless.

New Zealand's post-disaster reconstruction work is not as effective and fast as China's. Now the garbage caused by the earthquake has been cleared out, but many buildings have not yet been built.

Fortunately, the Maori are used to living in tents. There are big tents everywhere in Homeless Town. Wang Bo drove among them and thought he was in a refugee camp.

When he got out of the car with his young man, he was immediately welcomed. Several Maori who saw him came over together, gave him high fives and hugged him, and some people wanted to touch his nose with him.

A woman opened her arms to the strong man, the strong man's dog face was so unlovable, Wang Bo glared at it, and it had to compromise: It's alright, it's alright, just hug it - ouch, you Still want to kiss me? That won't work!

Eva smiled and watched a person and a dog being surrounded in the middle. She waited quietly and was happy for them, because she knew that this pair had paid too much for this land during the earthquake.

Seeing that more people were about to gather around, Wang Bo hurriedly took the strong men, cigarettes and alcohol into the small government building.

The brilliant hero was waiting for him with a cigarette in his mouth. After the two met, he laughed and said, "King, you are so popular now. I am really worried about when you will come to our election. If you run, The mayor must belong to you."

Wang Bo embraced him enthusiastically, bumped noses proactively, and said, "For God's sake, my brother, you can't lie. When did the Maori decide the town mayor through elections?"

The brilliant hero grinned, lit Wang Bo with a cigarette, and said, "You're a smart man, buddy, and you should be queen in the political circle."

Wang Bo also nodded at him, and said: "You are a bold man, buddy, dare to smoke here, I think I chose the right gift."

The New Zealand government has been working hard to promote New Zealand to enter the SFC alliance before 2025, that is, Smoke-Free-Country, which translates into Chinese as the Alliance of Smoke-Free Countries.

In recent years, the New Zealand government has forced some smokers to quit smoking, or at least reduce the consumption of cigarettes, through the continuous increase of taxes on tobacco products through market means.

According to the regulations of the New Zealand government, smoking is prohibited in all indoor places except at home; in all means of transportation, except for private cars, smoking is also prohibited.

In addition, if there is a NoSmoking label on outdoor places in New Zealand, smoking is also prohibited, and many outdoor places in this country have such labels, such as the lakeside beach developed by Wang Bo, which has such labels.

It is unimaginable in the city that Shining Hero smokes openly in the office, but the Maori always have some privileges, especially in the homeless town where there are all Maori, and the New Zealand government can hardly control it here.

Wang Bo opened the box and took out ten packs of cigarettes: Zhonghua, Yellow Crane Tower, Furongwang, etc., all of which were high-grade cigarettes. He bought them and brought them to the castle through the sand table. , and put him in jail.

The brilliant hero was very surprised when he saw it, he took the cigarettes in a daze, and asked, "Dude, are you not the mayor of the town and doing smuggling now?"

Wang Bo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "This is a little gift I brought you from my hometown to thank you for helping me last month. This little gift is not a tribute..."

After hearing what he said, the brilliant hero hurriedly took the cigarettes and said, "No, no, this is very respectful. Seriously, if I knew you could bring such a gift, I should have mobilized the power of the Maori to speak out for you."

His performance is a bit exaggerated, but it is not all exaggeration. Cigarettes in New Zealand are very expensive, and the government controls the price of cigarettes through taxes. According to statistics, the annual consumption of tobacco products in this country exceeds 1 billion New Zealand dollars, of which more than 70% It is taxes, including tobacco tax and excise tax GST.

Therefore, New Zealand is doomed to have no good cigarettes, and whether they are good cigarettes or not, the price is ridiculously expensive.

Wang Bo went home to buy cigarettes the year before last. The cheapest filter-tip cigarettes in New Zealand cost about 20 New Zealand dollars for a pack of 20. In fact, the cost may only be a few New Zealand dollars, all of which are taxes.

Like some serious smokers, if they smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, the "cigarette money" of living in New Zealand for one year will cost about 7,500 New Zealand dollars!

The Maori are all old smokers. This nation began to grow tobacco after immigrating to New Zealand. Now men, women and children like to eat two cigarettes before and after meals.

After taking out these cigarettes, Wang Bo then started to get wine, Wuliangye, Haizhilanmengzhilan, and of course the national liquor Moutai. In addition, Wang Bo also prepared a small box of Erguotou.

In analogy to the control of cigarettes is the control of alcohol in New Zealand.

Alcoholism has a long history in New Zealand. The local aborigines believe that alcohol not only brings relaxation and happiness to people, but also brings great problems to social security and people's health.

The New Zealand government is very tough, directly changing the law to solve the problems caused by drunkenness and alcoholism in New Zealand society. They introduced a new alcohol management law plan in 2013. Some of them are very tough:

For example, if someone passes out in a bar in New Zealand, the bar owner will be fined a warning of NZ$5,000.

For example, if a business establishment reaches three warnings within three years, the liquor license and responsible person's license will be suspended for five years.

For another example, if a guest is drunk in the business premises, the bar manager must be responsible and may be fined up to NZ$4,000, and the staff on duty will face a fine of up to NZ$2,000...