World-class infrastructure maniac

The grievances between Santos and Yomar will always revolve around the infrastructure construction.

One is the general manager of domestic construction projects in the Philippines, and the other is a builder backed by big capital and a politician with the right to speak.

The competition between the two parties in construction projects has never stopped, but if they really meet, they can only shake hands in a friendly way, please come in.

Yomar entered the arena with two American experts, followed by a group of journalists.

He looked around the room leisurely and contentedly, and said: "Since it is a China-Philippines exchange meeting, the reporters are also fulfilling their reporting duties, so that the people can understand what our government is doing. So, they should also be able to participate in the meeting?"

Santos didn't say no.

For journalists who follow the wind, it is tantamount to acquiescing.

After all, the employer of most people is Yomar, and the employer has said so, of course they are obliged to respond to the order.

There are pioneers who take the initiative to go to the seats in the back row of the conference room, and there are latecomers who follow in a daze.

With no one blocking the situation, the journalists, Jomar and American experts were seated together, and their actions were orderly and quiet, as if the meeting had just started.

The originally spacious conference room became extremely crowded due to the sudden influx of people.

The sound of computer keyboards, camera focusing and tripod erection can be heard in the room.

Lifeng's gaze swept over Yomar who was opposite.

This congressman with dark hair, deep facial contours, and completely unlike the dark skin of Filipinos seems to be closer to the American experts around him.

The Philippines has experienced three generations of colonization by Spain, the United States, and Japan, coupled with the influence of international immigration, and has become the most Westernized country in Asia. People should not be judged by their appearance.

However, Li Feng instinctively felt that this was more like an American than a Filipino.

"Alas." A short sigh sounded from beside him.

Lu Feng turned his head in surprise, but found that Weng Chengxian was not the only one sighing.

The fellow engineers frowned and flipped through the documents. Everyone knew very clearly that for the rest of the time, they would probably not get any explanation from the Philippines except the data in hand.

"Then everyone, let's continue."

Santos sat back in his seat with a calm expression and nodded at Gonza.

The architect next to him, who was frowning, picked up the materials again and said in English: "Because of the long-term erosion of ocean currents and typhoon problems in the Yuping area of ​​Like Island, the soil is soft and muddy. difficulty--"

"Sorry, Gonzale."

Before he could elaborate on how difficult it was, Yomar interrupted him.

The congressman's tone was neither respectful nor apologetic. He flicked the information on the back of his hand and said in a commanding tone, "We need you to explain the progress of the current meeting."

Gonza raised his head and looked directly at Yomar.

He knew that this person had a background in engineering projects, and he knew better than him the problems in the Yuping area of ​​Rico Island, but he still had to exercise power and delay the meeting time.

If there were no media, he would have ridiculed Yomar's mystification loudly.

However, during the few seconds when he was silently staring at Yomar, the reporters in the back row of the conference room raised their cameras one after another, flashing white lights like surveillance.

He has no doubt that if he dares to yell at Jomar, he will be able to make headlines tonight, but he will be forced to resign tomorrow.

Now is not the time for him to quit.

Gonzal suppressed his anger, lowered his eyes, and said, "We are discussing how to build a cross-sea bridge or tunnel between Rico Island and Sanji Island."

"That's right." Yomar didn't mean to listen carefully. He raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically, "You actually want to use bridges to connect our islands like China. However, I want to ask, this plan should be submitted to Congress Is it gone?"

"Mr. Yomar, this is just an exchange meeting." Gonza replied with a sullen face, "Can't we learn advanced Chinese technology and increase our knowledge?"

"A pointless experience." Yomar had no intention of keeping friendly and peaceful.

With a sarcastic smile, he looked at Weng Chengxian in the middle of the conference room, "The Philippines is not as lucky as China. There are alpine islands in neighboring countries to help weaken the typhoon, and there are no excellent engineers like you. The whole country's financial, material and manpower are used to design and building miraculous bridges."

What Yomar said sounded like a compliment, but coupled with his deliberate expression, it revealed absolute disgust.

Li Feng knew that this person would not be a friend, but he did not expect that Yomar would show his hostility towards China in front of the reporters.

The face of the delegation is not good.

However, Weng Chengxian laughed, like a dull and kind old man, and replied politely in English: "Thank you for your compliment, but I don't think the Philippines needs to be lucky. It already has excellent architects, but it lacks An opportunity to perform."

"Oh?" Yomar laughed, "What chance?"

"For example—" Weng Chengxian held his temper, adjusted his glasses, and opened the information, "Build a Philippine sea-crossing bridge in the Yuping area."

Such a conversation made the reporter laugh out loud.

The Filipinos satirize China, but the Chinese recognize the Philippines, believing that Filipino architects can build bridges in the silt of Yuping.

They tapped the keyboard happily and recorded this short conversation with smiles on their faces.

But before their smiles disappeared, Yomar walked up to a reporter and asked seriously, "What were you laughing at?"

The reporter from Feiyin Daily suppressed his fearful smile.

The Philippine News Agency is completely owned by Yomar. During working hours, the big boss calls and asks questions, which almost scares the reporter's soul into heaven.

Yomar repeated the question again, in a gentle and friendly manner.

"Ah..." The reporter's frozen thoughts moved quickly, and he gave the answer the boss wanted, "Because it is ridiculous to build a bridge in the Yuping area. Every 13-year-old kid in the Philippines knows that the mud in the Yuping area is flooded every year. Geological hazards caused by floods. No bridges can be built there, sir."

"Ha." Yomar looked like a performer, "Mr. Reporter, don't you know that the Chinese are best at building bridges where they cannot be built?"

"But they are Chinese." The reporter belittled cooperatively. "If the Philippines has tens of billions of funds, it will definitely choose to aid the poor people instead of building a meaningless bridge across the sea like China."

An excellent reporter can always give Yomar the answer he wants.

"Yes, meaningless." Yomar turned to look at Weng Chengxian, and said as if declaring victory, "Mr. Weng, you don't understand the Philippines, we don't need the country to spend a lot of money to prove that our architects are capable, we only need the country Caring for the people and giving the impoverished people a better life."

Those who come are not good, and those who are good don't.

After listening to his words calmly, Li Feng sneered slightly.

Sure enough, politicians with capital backgrounds all over the world are good at acting and talk shows.

Such a chorus, if put on the stage, I don't know how much applause it will get.

Even the group of reporters behind them frantically turned the camera, took pictures, and recorded the excellent impromptu answer of the outstanding member of Yomar.

"A better life cannot be brought by simply giving money."

Sitting in the conference room, Li Feng couldn't calm down after listening to his show.

He said: "What the poor people in the Philippines need is not your heart, but an excellent architect who can build unobstructed roads and learn long-term sustainable livelihood skills. Otherwise, no matter how much money is invested in poor areas A drop in the bucket."

"Money cannot solve poverty. But infrastructure can."

Yomar was still standing there with a smile, staring at Li Feng intently.

He has seen through the cautious behavior of the Chinese people, and no matter how much criticism they receive, they will endure it to the end.

This exchange meeting was supposed to be a performance scene where he and the American experts declared victory, but because of the young Chinese's words, the wind changed.

However, he regarded Li Feng's words as a simple provocation.

He sneered: "I don't think a costly cross-sea bridge in the Yuping area of ​​Rico Island can be called infrastructure to change poverty."

"This shows that you have never seriously understood the Yuping area of ​​Rico Island."

Lufeng opened the information in his hand, and it gave all the data he wanted, "The Yuping area of ​​Like Island is only a strait away from the bustling Sanji Island. The situation of typhoon and earthquake is basically the same, but the tourism resources and economic development Not only lagging behind the neighboring islands, but even on Rico Island, it is considered an extremely bad place. Because it is nearly 6 hours away from Rico Island Airport, there is no other means of transportation except roads and ships.”

The Yuping area has been washed by the ocean, forming a unique silt zone.

The sinking landform and the similar scenery to the surrounding areas lead to the traditional agricultural life of planting and fishing in this backward area.

When a typhoon comes, there is no escape and no escape, and it is almost the key area for typhoon disaster relief in the Philippines every year.

However, even disaster relief is extremely difficult in the Yuping area.

Planes are grounded, ships grounded.

They even rely on the government to appeal to residents to leave the Yuping area by car or boat to get help.

Therefore, the connection plan of the three major island groups in the recovery plan selected the cross-sea bridge here.

For the poor people who are obsessed with their homeland and to end the appalling muddy landform in the Yuping area, Santos and the architects described the architectural plight in detail.

Lufeng said: "If a bridge is built in the Yuping area directly to Sanji Island, it will become a new transportation hub, and people living nearby will also have a life-changing reliance."

There are too many examples of bridges and roads bringing people out of poverty in China.

Philippine architects, who can think of such a connection plan, must have done the follow-up laying and planning.

This will be a difficult and great project.

Even as an outsider, Li Feng can feel that there is still a glimmer of light burning faintly in the Philippines.

Even if the United States is destined to take over the urban reconstruction project, those faint lights are still trying their best to hope that China can help them.

In expectation, Lifeng couldn't keep silent.

Especially in the face of such an annoying guy like Yomar.

Of course, Yomar finds him disgusting as well.

"I found that Chinese people always treat infrastructure projects with a conceited attitude when they participate in exchange meetings."

He frowned, shook his head and said, "I don't know why Santos listed the Yuping area, but I have taken excellent bridge engineers to see the silt and scoured ocean in Yuping."

"Mr. James." Yomar finally found an opportunity to show the strength of the United States, "Please tell this young Chinese who knows nothing about the sky and the earth, what a terrible place Yuping is."

James has cooperated with Yomar for many years and traveled to most of the bridge projects in the Philippines. He has some criticisms about China's infrastructure construction, but he hates it and cannot replace it.

Although the bridges built by China in the Philippines are not aesthetically pleasing, they are solid and stable. He tried to find fault, but couldn't find a suitable angle.

Fortunately, angles come.

With a hehe, he said like a senior Yuping area research expert: "Young man, I can understand. Sir, if you have been to Yuping like me, you wouldn't say the stupid thing about 'building a bridge in Yuping area'." .”

"In that place, even people who live there for a long time cannot build houses. Frequent typhoons will blow down Yuping's buildings at any time, and the soaring seawater will immediately submerge the flat land. When the flood recedes and the wind and waves subside, only the Yuping area will be left. There will be a few deep-sea squid in the mud gullies that wash away one after another, jumping and begging for survival."

James tells the disaster of a region as if telling an interesting story.

He smiled happily and said: "The people living there are like squids trapped on land. You can't find any hard rock formations at all except dirty mud under your feet. How can you talk about it and build a bridge?" ?”

The mud bay in Yuping area is not a secret.

Even the reporters sitting at the scene, after hearing what James said, could recall how decayed and dirty the coast surrounded by layers of mud was on TV and in photos.

In this place, seafood can only be grown in the mud, and it is impossible to build any buildings.

When the typhoon blew randomly, even the wall and mud disappeared in the unfathomable ocean, and there was no trace to be found.

Everyone thought that Li Feng would have nothing to say.

Even the members of the delegation frowned at the terrifying Yuping landform.

China has built many amazing bridge projects, which can climb mountains and mountains, and cross rivers and oceans.

However, they have never made an adventurous attempt in Lanniwan and typhoon areas, let alone built a bridge in the terrain similar to Yuping area.

However, they underestimated Lifeng's confidence in China's construction capabilities.

"Why not?"

Almost in the moment of silence in the conference room, Li Feng said, "If the United States can't do it, it doesn't mean that China can't do it. Moreover, China can not only do it, but also bring the Philippines to participate in the construction, so that they can learn to do it too." arrive."

What he said was so decisive that the Filipino architects at the venue were stunned at the scene when they heard the words.

Gonza stared at Lu Feng intently, he couldn't be sure whether it was Lu Feng's big talk to save face, or a sincere promise.

At this time, Yomar raised his eyebrows, "Chinese people, if they can't do it but promise casually, they will go to hell."

Lifeng has no religious beliefs, let alone the threat of hell.

He analyzed with reason and evidence: "No matter how much silt is in the Yuping area, it can become an island, and there must be rock formations and foundation stones supporting the entire island in the lower layer."

"To build a bridge, first build the bridge piles. If the bridge piles cannot stand in the mud, then drive the piles down."

"If 50 meters won't work, then 100 meters. If 100 meters won't work, then 200 meters."

"The South China Sea Tunnel Bridge can be built on the artificial islands built around the sea. Why can't a five-kilometer bridge be built on the naturally formed Yuping Island?"

Those present knew exactly why it wasn't working.

Because the Americans who checked the Yuping area are not good, the Filipinos who have studied the Yuping area for decades are not good, and there are thousands of experts from various countries who are afraid of the mud.

Gonza was almost agitated by what he said, and his blood was boiling.

The description of technical difficulties, equipment and facilities has become a kind of simple persistence.

It seems that as long as we persevere, we can break through the silt of Yuping, build island group bridges, and enable poor and backward countries to embark on the road of prosperity and strength.

There was no hesitation on Li Feng's face, let alone any confusion.

He is backed by the most powerful infrastructure country and understands the most advanced infrastructure technology in the world. Even when faced with a piece of mud, what rises in his heart is not to flinch, but to try firmly.

Gonza suddenly became envious.

Both China and the Philippines have experienced colonization and war, so similar, yet completely different.

He really hopes that one day, he can face doubts like the Chinese, and confidently say: You can't, we can.

The author has something to say: The Philippines became independent in 1946 and was once the second richest country in Asia after Japan.

We took a lot of detours, but we kept overtaking in the corners.