Xu Yun only had one thing to say about this country: it was definitely a paradise for the rich and a trash bin for the poor.
"Brother, so many people have always said that the gap between the rich and the poor in Hua Xia is huge. I really thought that Hua Xia was the country with the biggest gap between the rich and the poor in the world." Lin Ge shook his head. "No matter how big the gap between the rich and the poor in Hua Xia is, it's not as big as the gap between the rich and the poor in Columbus. It's less than ten kilometers away, it's like heaven and earth."
"The social structure of Columbus is the legendary gourd-shaped social structure," Xu Yun said.
"What's a gourd-shaped social structure?" Lin Ge was stunned for a moment, completely confused.
Xu Yun's words not only piqued Lin Ge's curiosity, but even Baldwin and Natasha couldn't help but look at him, wanting to know what kind of social structure the gourd-shaped social structure was.
"The gourd-shaped social structure has three layers, and these three layers are completely separated. There is no intersection between them at all, and there is no transition layer in the middle." Xu Yun: "Although the gap between the rich and the poor in Hua Xia is quite big, there is a transition layer, which is the majority of the ordinary people. But in Columbus, there is no such transition layer."
Lin Ge felt that this was unrealistic. "That can't be, right? There must be people who can mix from the bottom to the top. How can there be no transition layer? "
"Of course, there must be people who can rise from the bottom to the top. But in Columbus, once someone can climb from the bottom to the top, they will immediately cut off all the connections and connections they had with the bottom. It's a clean break," Xu Yun said.
Baldwin was stunned for a moment. He was born and raised in Columbus, but he never had such a deep understanding of society. Today, when Xu Yun said it, he realized that it was indeed so.
Simply put, if the population of Columbus was ten thousand people, there would only be a hundred people in the top class. These elites of the top class were very few. Their lives were very luxurious. Among these people, there were well-educated people, and there were also big drug lords who were "drug lords".
Then there were the 1,900 middle-class people. One job and one house were the standard for middle-class people. They were what Hua Xia called the well-off standard.
Following closely behind was the poor class of 8000 people! These people all lived in the slums. Yes, all of them! Eighty percent of the people in the country lived in the slums. They lived their lives worrying about survival every day. They could afford to eat rice today, but they could only starve tomorrow or the day after.
The difference was so great that it left one speechless.
"Baldwin, you live so extravagantly every day. When you see those poor people, don't you have any thoughts of 'I'll help them out'?" Lin Ge glanced at Baldwin.
Baldwin was silent. Not at all. Not at all.
Unless these people were willing to work for him and become useful people in his drug empire, he would give them a luxurious life.
Here, the rich people lived like royalty.
The way they lived was very grand. Three or four stories were very normal. The interior was also very luxurious. Fountains and gardens were nothing special. The huge lawn and courtyard could even be used to play football! Moreover, there would definitely be many luxury cars, personal bodyguards, full-time drivers, servants at home, gardeners who mowed the lawn, his own handyman, and his own personal chef … In short, he would have everything he could possibly need.
Many years ago, the place Baldwin lived in was just a desolate wasteland. However, because of drugs, people like him who had no conscience rose to prominence. Then, these people took a liking to this place and began to build villas there. Then, many people who wanted to make money from them came to build hotels and entertainment venues. In just a few years, this place became a gathering place for the rich in Columbus.
"There is no communication at all between them. Although he also grew up in the poor class, he will not look back." Xu Yun said, "This country is like this."
"Then the middle class here must be doing well. Nearly 20% of the country's middle class are middle class." Lin Ge said, "These people can let the country develop on the right track."
Xu Yun shook his head. "The middle class in Columbus is different from us in Hua Xia. The middle class in Hua Xia is at least at the level of a small boss. But here, as long as there is a job that can earn money, you are considered middle class. Maybe the middle class does not even have a complete set of home appliances. If there is a television, you are considered middle class."
"Even if there is a television?" Lin Ge's jaw almost dropped in surprise. "Are the 80% of people poor who can't even afford to eat?"
"Yes." After Xu Yun finished speaking, he looked at Baldwin and said, "Mr. Baldwin, you should know more about the lives of the poor in your country than I do, right? What I said is all hearsay. Perhaps it is a little exaggerated, but … it is undeniable that the poor really do not have food to eat. "
Baldwin did not deny it. He nodded and said, "Yes, the poor are indeed like this. They can only rely on going to some markets to pick up rotten vegetables for three meals a day to maintain their livelihood."
Lin Ge was speechless.
"You saw those tattered shacks on the street just now. Not to mention televisions, there is not even a light," Baldwin said. "After every storm, there will be people in tattered clothes bringing their children around the streets to pick up rotten branches that were blown off by the storm. They can take them home to make a fire to boil water and cook rotten vegetables for their children to eat."
"Good, really good. Your country is so deformed that I am speechless." Lin Ge shook his head in amazement. "It is worse than I thought. The people who caused this must be you criminals. If it were not for you, society would not be so deformed, right?"
Baldwin did not think so. "What does this have to do with us? It has been like this for hundreds of years! The chaos is due to the incompetence of the management. This has nothing to do with us. If I do not do what I am doing now, I will be like those people who pick up rotten vegetables. I want to change my fate. Is that wrong? "
"You cannot change your fate by committing crimes," Xu Yun said. "That is not a reason."
"Then tell me, what else can I do? I am a child who grew up in the slums. From the first day I can remember, I know that if I want to make money, I have to help the gangs deal drugs. Otherwise, I can only starve." Baldwin said, "I have not received any higher education. Those who have received higher education have never looked at me twice! If I want to become like them, is there any other way? "
Xu Yun shook his head.
There was indeed no other way.
"I remember seeing a lot of people say something on the Internet." Lin Ge said, "There is a revolutionary poet who said that when society forces you into a corner, do not forget that there is still a path behind you. That is crime. Remember that it is not shameful … Is that true?"
When Baldwin heard this, he felt that it was very reasonable and nodded.
Xu Yun smiled. "The revolutionary poet you are talking about is called Mayakovsky, but I am not sure whether he said this sentence or not. But I think that even if he said this, it would not be simple, right? Even if there is this sentence, it must have been taken out of context. "
"I think so too. This is not reliable. This is encouraging people to commit crimes." Lin Ge said, "Baldwin, although I don't know if you have heard of this sentence, you did do this. You don't deny this, right?"
"Yes, I don't deny it." Baldwin said, "I am really desperate. I want to become the person at the top of the social structure of this calabash. This is the only way. I have no other choice!"
Xu Yun asked, "Do you have to become the person at the top for your life to have meaning?"
Baldwin nodded. "Or else? Otherwise, what is the point of living in this society? Be a poor person who does not have enough to eat? Be a poor waste waiting for death every day! No! I, Baldwin, have told myself since I was a child that whether I have the capital or not, whether I have nothing, I have to become a rich person by any means! "
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