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Chapter 1046: Chapter 918 New Choices (Subscribe please!)
Historically.
This region has always had a large Chinese population.
Su Rui knew that, in the past, he probably would have only been able to become a farmer, but now it seemed that the industrialization and urbanization efforts of the Myanmar Bank Group had done quite well, and the local Chinese community also embraced the opportunity for development.
They had opened up channels of communication with the outside world.
And reaped the benefits of global economic development.
"Right, where do you need to go?"
After making sure Su Rui and the others had fastened their seat belts, the driver realized that he had been so busy talking, he had forgotten to ask Su Rui where he was headed.
"Over here."
Su Rui handed over a card, which had been given to him by the pretty staff member, serving as proof for checking into a room.
"Okay."
The driver recognized the destination based on the name on the card. Hotels in Xin’an Town were different from those elsewhere. In other places they were called hotels, but here, they should be referred to as the hotel district.
That was because no hotel stood as a single building.
All of them were like neighborhoods, comprised of building clusters, with the smaller having five or six buildings and others even up to a dozen or more, mainly to facilitate the management and services for tourists and business visitors from other places and countries.
Another reason was that the floors of the hotels here weren’t very high.
The buildings in Xin’an Town had an overall height restriction.
Except for some special structures.
No other buildings could exceed seven stories, and hotels were the same; the tallest were seven floors, with most being four or five stories. The number of rooms a single building could offer was limited, simply because Tang Qing did not like the feeling of a small town being overshadowed by high-rise buildings.
He did not like it.
So that became the law here.
...
"The environment is really nice."
The car drove into Xin’an Town.
Su Rui exclaimed.
The roads were wide and well-planned, infrastructure was brand new, and the trees on both sides were lush and green, with uniformly trimmed landscape trees. There were many pedestrians, and he did not see any street vendors.
"Of course, we value the environment the most here. You must know about our filters, right? Every polluted gas emission must be fitted with a filter, even the chimneys in our village. The air is very clean."
The driver said with pride.
News about the filters was broadcast every day on TV and radio, and they took special pride as more and more countries around the world purchased their products.
There once was a time.
When they managed to open the doors to the global market with the power of technology, a sensation completely different from the popularity of fruit wine—one was a naturally fermented product, the other, a manifestation of technological force.
"What? Even the chimneys in your village need filters?" Su Rui was a bit surprised.
"Yeah, they say it’s to prevent the morning fog from containing polluted gases," the driver explained.
Su Rui: "..."
Regulating cooking fires in the village too?
Such stringent environmental standards were almost too much for Su Rui to accept. It seemed too strict. In his opinion, the widespread adoption of vehicle filters in the domestic market was inevitable, but stretching that to rural chimneys.
That was almost an impossible feat.
The farmers would never agree to it.
And Su Rui did not know.
That this restriction was not actually aimed at the burning of firewood.
Humans have been burning firewood for thousands of years without destroying the Earth, yet with the extensive use of plastic products, people end up unconsciously tossing these into the fires.
Naturally.
Instead of issuing orders that ban the burning of household waste,
it would be better to just install a filter. That way, you can burn whatever you want, blocking the source of air pollution at its origin.
"Right, where can I buy some fruit wine around here?" Su Rui suddenly remembered something.
Upon hearing this, the driver chuckled, "You want to buy fruit wine? You really must be wealthy. You’ve come at the perfect time. If you had come a month earlier, we wouldn’t even sell fruit wine to foreigners.
Wait till you get to the hotel, then with your passport and visa, you can go to the hotel’s fruit wine sales point to buy a bottle. We locals rarely buy it—it’s a luxury, and we can’t afford to drink it."
"You must get a discount, though?" Su Rui asked.
"Three thousand Asia Dollars. You can get it for that price too, no difference. The only difference is that our monthly limit is two bottles, and it’s for personal consumption only, not for sale," the driver shook his head.
Su Rui exclaimed, "That’s really cheap, the retail price in Huaxia is four thousand, and it’s often out of stock."
"Our factory price here is two thousand Asia Dollars, which isn’t a secret. With the luxury tax and other taxes, it reaches a retail price of three thousand. If you’re going to drink it yourself, it’s best to finish it here. 𝚗o𝚟pub.𝚌𝚘𝚖
If you take it back to your country, you’ll have to pay the tax again, and the price will end up the same as buying it domestically. However, the only advantage is that you can buy it on the spot here without shortage.
You must know about the detoxifying functionality of fruit wine. Many foreigners who can’t reserve it in their own countries and find it too expensive on the black market come here to buy it personally, and they end up successfully detoxifying."
"I understand," Su Rui nodded.
"..."
The car delved deeper into the hinterlands of Xin’an Town.
Watching the large public vehicles drive by, Su Rui curiously said, "It seems there aren’t many private cars around here."
"The scale of the town is rather small, with a maximum capacity, to avoid congestion. Therefore, the vehicles here are restricted. The Special Zone encourages public transportation and restricts the issuance of private car licenses. Currently, only big enterprise bosses might have a chance to apply for a license.
The Myanmar Economic Zone has trains connecting the major towns, and there are plenty of buses and coaches available. After phase one of Xin’an City’s completion, there might be a possibility of increasing the number of private cars."
"Xin’an City, is it that high-rise over there?"
Su Rui asked, pointing to the towering buildings faintly visible in the distance, with Xin’an Town situated between the airport and Xin’an City.
"Yes, quite a sight, right? Once it’s built, it will greatly relieve the population pressure on Xin’an Town. After phase one is complete, there will be facilities to accommodate a population of over five hundred thousand. I’ve already booked an apartment there, and it’s not a small one either."
The driver was even more excited talking about this, as the residential housing for city dwellers here isn’t the same as in other countries. Apart from single apartments, there are no houses smaller than one hundred and thirty square meters.
It’s said that this is to create modern, high-quality living conditions.
The driver agreed with this.
A tiny house, is it really that fun to be cramped?
"Congratulations," Su Rui said.
At this moment,
the car had arrived at the hotel, which was situated in a bustling area with numerous shops lining the streets and streams of pedestrians, including travel groups with various hats moving in and out.
It was exceptionally lively.
Looking at this hotel,
Su Rui and his companions instantly took a liking.
It was different from the boxy hotels back home.
Here, almost every hotel room had a balcony, and the decoration and greenery were so remarkable that they were astonished until they entered the rooms. They could hardly believe that these were rooms going for eighty RMB a night.
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows,
gazing at such a beautiful town,
Su Rui suddenly fell in love with the place. Although it was different from what he had imagined, it was even better. For the next family vacation, it seemed they had a new option to consider.
