I miscalculated and overslept.
Xia Yu rubbed his eyes, retracted the recliner to its normal angle, and adjusted his watch to the local time in South Africa.
Xia Yu opened the door of the seat compartment and walked over to his parents in slippers.
It seemed that neither of them was sleepy at all, and Old Xia was teaching Lin Shuqin English words.
As a student who taught a technical secondary school student back then, Lao Xia had some basic knowledge of English, which made him suitable for teaching Lin Shuqin, who only had a technical secondary school degree.
"Mom, how are you doing with your studies? Can you communicate with foreigners?"
Xia Yu, leaning back in his chair, seized the opportunity and started to tease.
"Go away, I'm studying here!"
Lin Shuqin said seriously that what she and Lao Xia learned was how to buy things, which would come in handy when the time comes to bargain.
"What's so good about learning what dad has? If you want to learn, let your son teach you!"
A college student from the 1990s would at least be considered a 211 university today. Xia Yu, who was from a second-tier university, was obviously not as good as Lao Xia, but he was not bad at all in English.
"Come on, I know your English grades."
Lin Shuqin didn't believe it at all. After all, she was the one who signed Xia Yu's English test papers, and she knew him best.
"Hey, Mom, don't underestimate me. My English has been tested in real life. Foreigners all say it's good."
As Xia Yu was talking, the flight attendant came over to ask about dinner. He immediately switched the language mode and completed the order skillfully.
At first glance, the two of them seemed to be able to speak English. Old Xia could also speak a little English, but he had forgotten a lot of words and spoke a little haltingly. He didn't expect that his son was so good at it.
After ordering his own meal, Xia Yu also ordered for his parents, and waited until the food was almost served before slipping back to his seat.
A few hours after dinner, the plane finally landed in Johannesburg, South Africa, also known as the legendary city of gold.
As the nickname suggests, this city is located in the world's largest gold mining area, with more than 60 gold mines within a diameter of 240 kilometers. If you can own one of them, you will be rich.
Xia Yu came to Africa for two reasons: one was tourism, and the other was the rich mineral resources.
In China, whether or not a family is known to have a mine at home is a measure of whether it is wealthy. Xia Yu has now set his sights on African minerals.
By creating the illusion that his family owns mines in Africa and confirming his image as a second-generation rich man, Old Xia is a first-generation rich man. Then everything including the system's cash rewards and physical rewards can be explained.
Some people say that fake things can never be real, so this time he decided to make it real and buy one or two mines.
By selling all the bitcoins in his account that are still increasing in value, Xia Yu can now probably scrape together more than five million, which is less than one million US dollars.
It seems that this amount of money cannot buy any valuable minerals, but what does it matter? Xia Yu will not really come here to set up a factory or open a mine anyway. He just wants to have this thing, and the other things can be improved slowly later.
If this is the only requirement, Xia Yu wouldn't have to be picky and could just take over the abandoned mine. It's a real mine and there are traces of mining. How perfect!
Xia Yu was so moved that he wanted to give himself a thumbs up. His script was that Old Xia was sent to Africa in the early 2000s. He had a chance encounter after work and got two mines, and then he ran the mines together with foreigners.
After returning to China after three years of overseas assignment, the mine continued to operate and produce, and a large amount of wealth was accumulated in more than ten years. However, the Xia family was very low-key in China and never showed off their wealth.
All this was not told to Xia Yu, the only son of Old Xia, until he went to college. He also began to slowly acquire businesses such as farms, real estate, and restaurants in the country.
Even novels wouldn't dare to write like this, but real life is far more dramatic and absurd than novels. Xia Yu doesn't need to make the script perfect, as long as the general direction can stand up to scrutiny.
As for which country to choose, it must be Ghana, where Lao Xia went that year.
Interestingly, South Africa is the largest gold producer in Africa, while Ghana, with its small area, ranks second, with gold accounting for 35% of the country's total exports.
With such data support, going to Ghana (Gold) to buy two abandoned gold mines is a good choice. Moreover, there are many Chinese people panning for gold there, mainly from a southern province in China.
They almost monopolize Ghana's small gold mines, also known as placer gold mines. As for the rock gold mines, they require large equipment, so most of them are mined by European and American mining companies.
This time, Xia Yu is targeting the abandoned gold mines of these mining companies, but there is no rush for the time being. Ghana (gold) is located in Central Africa, and he plans to travel all the way from South Africa.
He still needs to communicate slowly with his parents about these things. The protagonist of the script is Lao Xia, so his cooperation is naturally indispensable.
In real life, it is usually the children who cheat their fathers. Xia Yu believes that Old Xia will not cheat him.
After getting off the plane and passing through customs to officially enter South Africa, the driver came to meet us outside the airport and drove the family of three straight to Pretoria.
They rested in the hotel for a night to adjust to the time difference. After breakfast the next day, another car took them to the Pride of Africa, a private train station in the suburbs full of Victorian style.
This is one of the most luxurious trains in the world, comparable to the Orient Express made famous by "Murder on the Orient Express". It was founded by South African tycoon Rohan Vos, whose original intention was just to realize his dream of taking a train to explore wildlife with his family.
Xia Yu felt that compared to giving gifts to online anchors and spending money like water in nightclubs, this was what the rich should do.
Because Xia Yu had read Bi Shumin's "Thirty Thousand Leagues in Africa" before, he learned about the pride of Africa and came up with the idea of traveling to Africa with his family.
The parents' confusion disappeared when they saw the steam locomotive parked on the tracks at the train station.
Their generation's memory of trains is the green-skinned cars that gradually disappeared on the rails, but the steam locomotive before them cuts through time and space, taking them back to the previous century.
The wind blew through a row of flagpoles outside the train station, and Xia Yu saw a hint of red in them.
It is the national flag of China, and Pride of Africa will raise their national flag for every customer.
Looking around the entire waiting room, I saw that most of the passengers were white old ladies with white hair. It seemed that the only Asian faces there were Xia Yu and his family of three.
Most of those who are rich and have free time are middle-aged and elderly people. There are few Orientals, probably because of the inherent impression that Africa is poor.
Lin Shuqin thought so before, but reality broke her cognition.
"Mom, do you know how much a ticket here is?"
Xia Yu asked maliciously.
"How much?"
Lin Shuqin, who didn't understand what was going on, took the bait immediately.
"That's half the price of your first-class ticket!"
“Hiss~~”
Lin Shuqin couldn't help but gasp.
PS: Ghana (Gold) is an African country in a parallel world. It was inspired by two countries in this world. Please do not substitute it.
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