Chapter 1086: Havana

‘Someone in the DPRK is easy to do things’, it is like this everywhere. Garcia was already looking for someone to help, and Sun Pengcheng also called to handle the matter in China. This kind of foreign trade is not simply a matter of Xiao Peng directly paying Dana money. There are complicated procedures, regardless of the small quantity, is it foreign trade?
By the way, Cuba is much more convenient now. Before the reform in 2012, the small card did not allow private individuals to own a mobile phone.
Xiao Peng originally planned to set up a four-sea fishery office here, so that it would be convenient to import cigars from here. As a result, Xiao Peng almost vomited blood after knowing the process: if you want to open a private company or office in Cuba, the process and requirements are very complicated---it needs to be authorized by the National Assembly! Therefore, most companies in Cuba are government joint ventures, and there are very few sole proprietorships. It is even more troublesome to apply for foreign-related offices. You must have five years of trade activities with Cuba, and the trade volume can only be applied if the Cuban government recognizes it!
So now Cuba is a country with unlimited potential, but few people come here to invest and they are all on the sidelines. The very important reason is the various conditions and restrictions. Let’s not mention that setting up an office here requires a lot of restrictions and requirements. There is a restriction on
returning the first year’s turnover only in the second year
and it can be delayed. Countless small and medium enterprises have collapsed!
Let Garcia do it slowly.
Garcia took Xiao Peng and the others to Havana to play. Xiao Peng wanted to take a classic car, but thinking about the four-cylinder engine, Xiao Peng decided to take Garcia's Haval better.
Sitting on Garcia's Harvard, Xiao Peng could feel the envy of passers-by.
This is a very interesting thing. When Xiao Peng was walking down the street with a cigar in his mouth, the Cubans looked at him with a mocking look. It may be that they don't understand how cheap things like pickles in the lives of Chinese people in their lives become treasures in the eyes of foreigners? Even because Chinese people only recognize Cohiba, this brand of cigars is not easy to buy in Cuba now. . . . . But when they saw Garcia’s Harvard’s eyes, they were full of envy-they would have liked to have this car too!
Xiao Peng asked for a while and found out that the Cuban cars and motorcycles were originally state-owned. Although the small card began to reform in 2012 and allowed private purchases of cars and motorcycles, these six or seven years have passed and the entire country has sold them to There are no more than a hundred private cars, and there are only two poor motorcycles. . . . . .
It's not that the Cuban people don't want to buy it, they really can't afford it!
A Haval H5 can sell for 300,000 US dollars here, just ask how many people can afford it?
The first thing Xiao Peng did when he returned to Havana was to exchange the red pesos, and he had no money in his pocket. Then he bought a set of clothes: but he can no longer wear a suit. The rate of turning his head on the street is too high--- ----It's just that the look people look at him always feels like they are looking at a silly X.
So Xiao Peng used the price of buying a ‘superme’ and bought a set of ‘Peak’ to wear on him ------ there is a Peak store in Havana! The price is similar to that in China, except that the unit of measurement has changed from RMB to USD. . . . . .
In this way, Xiao Peng had a higher rate of turning his head on the street. I didn't expect Peak's triangle sign to be so eye-catching here. It was all kinds of beautiful women winking. For Xiao Peng, the only advantage of this dress is that it changed Dana's view of him-‘I don’t see you are so strong. ’
There is no alternative to this situation in Cuba. The perennial economic blockade has caused Cuba to be too short of supplies. Xiao Peng went to the big shops to take a look. There really wasn't much, and there were not many choices for the locals. The clothes of people here are mostly made in China, and they are all of the same grade. Like the Peak that Chinese people are accustomed to, here is similar to the existence of luxury goods.
But as Dana said: The life of the Cuban people is really much happier than imagined.
Although there are not many supplies, people here do not have to worry about food or clothing. Food is rationed, housing is free, education is free, and medical care is free. What can be unsatisfactory?
There are not many choices for people here, but there is no one who is hungry. When you walk on the street, a quarter of the people are obese and fat, and the rest of the men and women are of bodybuilding competitions. Not a sign of being hungry.
Of course, this is also related to Cubans' love of sugar.
Cuba used to be the world's sugar bowl, and all of Europe's cane sugar was supplied by Cuba. Later, Europe began to make sugar from beets, which seriously affected Cuba's economy.
This has also led to the fact that the Cuban people’s fondness for sweets has reached a point where they become crazy. Everything you eat here with sugar: sugar in the fruit salad; sugar on the lobster meat; not to mention their famous guava pastry: a crispy layer on the outside, guava inside, and then add A lot of sugar; even Cuba’s
national dish
roast pork has sugar in it.
This is definitely a paradise for sweets-but it is obvious that Xiao Peng is not in this list.
The accommodation arranged for Xiao Peng is in the Havana Hotel. In fact, Xiao Peng even wanted to live in the "Two Worlds Hotel" to experience the place where Hemingway lived. He wrote "For Whom the Bell Tolls" here. As a result, Garcia told him that now in that hotel, Room 511 that Hemingway lived in had been changed to a museum for people to visit. Xiao Peng lost interest in an instant.
Poor Hemingway, just like all famous people will be manipulated after death, he continues to serve the living.
Garcia and Dana invited Xiao Peng and Sun Pengcheng to drink, but Xiao Peng declined, after all, they were regarded as old classmates gathering. I don't want to join in the fun. He called Yang Meng and asked him about the ship's condition. Yang Meng told him that everything was normal to relieve him. When the super cage arrives in Cuba in a few days, he will arrive in Havana with the super cage.
Since there was nothing wrong, Xiao Peng came to the streets of Havana by himself and looked at the scenery of Havana by himself.
Xiao Peng walked on the street with a bowl of fried bananas in his hand. When he arrived in Cuba, there were three things that all Cubans could not do without: cassava, pork, and banana. Especially for this fried banana, they can have no meat at home, but they absolutely can’t do without bananas. Cut the green bananas into pieces and fry them in oil until they are golden brown, then squash them and sprinkle some salt to eat them, whether at home or on the street. The taste of this fried banana is everywhere-it is not black or blown, it tastes really good.
Cuba’s evenings are still very lively. Since everyone has nothing to do and there are only a few TV stations, people still prefer to go to the street. Cuba is definitely the safest country in South America, and the streets are bustling at night. Dancing, playing piano and singing, and countless children playing in the streets.
The only drawback is that there are often people holding Xiao Peng mysteriously along the way: "Dude, do you want a cigar? Cohiba, Romeo and Juliet! I am the cheapest here!"
Looking at them, Xiao Peng always remembered that when she was a child, someone mysteriously stopped her: "Man, do you want a disc?"
These people are selling cigars. In the Cohiba franchise store in Cuba, the cheap Cohiba costs about $15 a piece. This price is closely in line with international trends and international standards. But if you buy it on the street, you probably only use two dollars. Of course, there are also problems with buying on the street. First of all, the authenticity cannot be guaranteed, and secondly, it is impossible to issue shopping receipts. A formal shopping receipt must be required to carry a cigar when boarding from Cuba, otherwise the cigar will be confiscated.
According to Cuban law, this counterfeit cigar damages the image of Cuban cigars, so if a black marketer who makes a fake price is found, he will be sentenced immediately after being caught. But Xiao Peng found out that there are too many people doing this here. Walking down the street, at least dozens of people have asked Xiao Peng the same thing.
It feels that all Cubans are selling cigars. As long as you see that you are not Cuban, someone must ask you if you need cigars. This is the simplest and most common way to make money for all Cubans.
In addition to asking Xiao Peng if he needs a cigar, there are also those who ride tricycles and ask him if he needs a ride. Starting with five dollars (red pesos), as long as Xiao Peng shook his head, they themselves lowered the price to two dollars and refused another dollar, but Xiao Peng wanted to enjoy the night view of Havana, so he refused.
It feels that all Cubans want to make money from foreigners, especially Xiao Peng who is not Cuban at the first glance, it is definitely sweet and delicious. Xiao Peng strolled for two hours, and at least forty or fifty people chatted with Xiao Peng. In addition to the cigar rickshaws, there were also women.
Well, if someone asks Xiao Peng, what is the dressing style of Cuban women? Xiao Peng can only use one word to describe: Lu! That is to show as much as possible. . . . . .
These women speak more directly:
‘Sir, do you like Cuba? I think you have one less girlfriend.’
"Sir, I know a good place, where there are fine wines and beautiful women, it will definitely make you happy"
"Sir, we can find a place to have fun." . . . . .
Well, this is definitely Yang Meng's paradise.
This is also a characteristic of Cuba. In Cuba, criminal activities like selling YIN are severely cracked down. However, Cuba is also known as the "XING Garden of American Men" and it counts on these invincible women to attract tourists to earn foreign exchange. So sometimes I can only close one eye.
They used an unprecedented approach to solve these problems: most of the entertainment venues like nightclubs here are actually state-owned!
Are these soliciting girls also regarded as regular employees of state-owned enterprises? This Nima is a bit scary, right?
Anyway, I was idle and bored, Xiao Peng thought for a while and went straight to the most famous seawall avenue in Havana.
Can't come to Havana without Seawall Avenue? That's the same as having never been to Havana!