I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Chapter 485: Use the pen as a sword and the thought as a bullet
"This is what you said, President. You want us to pool our wisdom and express our opinions." As soon as Kuang Jintu finished his opening remarks, a man with not much hair but covered in hair wax couldn't wait to speak.

"President Wang, what do you think? Feel free to speak up." Although Kuang Jintu was somewhat displeased, he still raised his hand generously, indicating that the other party could talk freely.

"He is the president of a small chamber of commerce in Fujian Province, similar to the Fuqin in Australia..." Zhong Lili stood beside Chen Xi and acted as an interpreter.

The information that Shen Lang gave him did not include any information about the president of such a small chamber of commerce.

"I heard that Australia is going to take back control of some companies. This is simply unbelievable. I have traveled to so many countries and have never encountered such a situation." President Wang continued.

"I heard that too."

"Well, my sister's brother's classmate's wife worked for the government before, and she said the same thing."

"I can tell you clearly that this news is true!" Seeing everyone talking about it, Kuang Jintu nodded directly.

"Fuck, isn't this a house raid? How can you do things this way?"

"That's right, why should we let others take away the things we worked so hard to get?"

"Well, I think that Australia is in a bit of a mess right now, so we should take this opportunity to make a big deal out of it and force the authorities to make concessions. Otherwise, once the issues with the refugees and the Guru Cult have calmed down, it will be too late to propose conditions again." President Wang raised his hands and pressed them down, signaling the people around him to let him finish his words.

"It makes sense, but how do we implement it? Do we have to hold a parade as well?" someone raised the question.

"That won't work. It will only make things worse and the authorities will have a worse impression of us."

"That's not the point. The point is that they can find a better excuse to suppress us."

"Don't panic, don't panic, I have a better way! That is to use the power of others to help us do things. Aren't there people making trouble right now? We don't have to support them openly, but we can provide these people with a little help behind the scenes." President Wang said with a smile.

Although he did not mention the name directly, the people present were not stupid and they immediately understood that he was referring to the Guru Cult.

Everyone was silent for a moment. No one wanted to be associated with the Guru Cult. At best, they would run into trouble in their future business, and at worst, they would be ruined. If someone gave them a bad label, their life would be ruined.

Jiang Nanyue's face turned red and she drank two glasses of ice water before she felt better.

Among the people present, she probably hated the Guru Cult the most. She was naturally very angry when she heard President Wang say that, but most of the funding for charitable organizations came from donations from wealthy people. If the businesses of those present were greatly affected, then the Lions Club's funding source might disappear.

"Actually, you don't need to worry too much, because as far as I know, the companies targeted by the authorities this time are all important to Australia, such as... ahem, energy, logistics, etc..." Kwong Kin-to continued to speak.

In fact, the consequences of this crackdown may be very serious for him, because he is involved in all the businesses that are under close scrutiny.

“Oh, my company has this kind of business.”

"I have mine too, President, aren't you..."

Everyone turned their eyes to the president again, and Kuang Jintu nodded awkwardly.

"Well, as a Chinese, no matter what, we cannot choose to cooperate with this kind of sect just because our business is damaged..."

"President Kuang, this is not cooperation, we are just helping secretly."

President Wang interrupted Kuang Jintu's speech again.

"I heard that Asians may have trouble getting loans in the future. How many businessmen don't take out loans? Isn't this going to kill us?"

"That's right. Now we have to rely on banks to buy land. We buy it and then take out loans, repeating the cycle. The domestic method has always worked. If we stop lending, we won't be able to speculate in land."

"I am worried that Australia will discriminate against Asians like the United States does in the future."

"Now Australians have a lot of opinions about the way we do things. Some unscrupulous bosses pay their compatriots low wages and evade taxes. They use this as an excuse to start accusing us, saying that we are destroying the market..."

"This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that they are afraid that they will block the passage to Australia. We are not those refugees. The authorities have no reason to drive us away directly, but they can control the number of people going to Australia in the future. Those compatriots in Australia, especially international students, many of them originally studied certain majors for immigration. The authorities may force them to return home in disguise by constantly changing immigration policies every year, so that our number will become fewer and fewer."

"That's right. The threshold for investment immigration has been raised several times. Now, investment immigration often requires millions of Australian dollars, which is tens of millions of Chinese yuan. They really treat us like pigs."

People at the scene expressed their concerns.

Indeed, Australia has been continuously raising the threshold for investment immigration in recent years.

陈熙到土澳之前，那个时候商业移民签证类别包括126、127、128、129、130、131等，这些移民政策相对宽松，资金要求可能相对较低。

03年后又推出了包括163（企业家商务签证）、164（创业管理类）、165（购买公债移民类别）、132（卓越商业人士移民）等签证类别，反正全都是为华国人专门设计出来的。

A new policy was just introduced this year, and the threshold continues to be raised. The immigration application fee was increased by 20% based on last year's immigration application fee. Of course, these are all set against the wealthy Chinese.

Today in Australia, the cost for Chinese immigrants is more than ten times, or even dozens of times, more than that in the United States.

This threshold may seem unreasonable at first glance, but China's wealthy people don't care at all. They will still spend a lot of money on investment immigration.

But it has to be said that setting such a high threshold will still exclude a large number of middle-level people.

No one's money comes from the wind, so these middle-class people turned around and chose other countries.

Most of the current members of these Chinese chambers of commerce in Australia are Chinese who came to Australia in the early days, as well as wealthy people who came later. With this move by the government, the strength of the chambers of commerce will be greatly reduced.

At this time, Chinese people and international students all like to stick together for warmth, which is completely different from the Chinese people in the future who like to fight alone abroad.

There are many factors involved. For example, in the future, the Internet will be more developed, and you can find out what you want to know and do through online inquiry and communication. But now you can only solve your own problems by communicating with your compatriots offline.

Another reason is that there are more Chinese people, and people feel less friendly. In the past, when we saw a Chinese fellow on the street, we would go up to him/her and greet him/her warmly and make friends with him/her.

Coupled with the change in ideology, there will be less and less fresh blood in organizations such as hometown associations. The presidents present can actually feel that something is wrong.

"I think we should protest to the Australian government."

"Protesting is useless. We need to let them know how powerful we are. The foreigners are bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. You have been in Australia for so long, don't you know that? The weaker you act, the more they will bully you. I think President Wang's suggestion is a good one."

"What's good about that? Are you crazy? You might as well support those refugees. It sounds better when you say it to others. It can also be considered as playing the emotional card."

Just then, the two men started arguing.

"Okay, stop arguing, both of you." At this time, Jiao Yujia, a great scholar, stood up. "President Jiao, you're just in time! You're the president of the Scholars Association, so you must be more educated than us. Please judge for yourself and see who is right between the two of us." One of them looked at Jiao Yujia for help.

"I think what you two said are both wrong. How can we rely on the help of outsiders? It will be too embarrassing if it gets out." Jiao Yujia said, shaking his head, stroking his slightly long beard.

This looks exactly like the teacher in the movie.

"Oh? What does President Jiao think?" The other person who was in the argument looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"As writers, the pen is the weapon in our hands. Of course, we need to unleash the power of words, using the brush as a sword and thoughts as bullets to defend the truth and enlighten people's hearts..." Jiao Yujia began his speech.

"Oh, oh, oh, you mean to create public opinion through newspapers or other media."

"Not only that, I also plan to publish a few books to let the Australians know about the hardships we Chinese people are going through overseas, so as to change their attitude towards us..."

"Oh, writers are writers, they are too idealistic. By the time you finish writing the book, the opportunity will be gone..." Zou Jianhua said sarcastically.

His words made Jiao Yujia touch his bald head angrily.

“I think there is nothing wrong with what Chairman Jiao said. We should use the media to let the whole world know about this matter. Only by making a big fuss about it can we force them to change their ways.” Lin Jiaojiao raised her hand to show her support.

"The authorities must have found a good reason for doing this. I'm afraid that no matter how much they write in the newspapers, it will have little effect..." Chen Xi shook his head.

As a reborn person, he knew very well that although this group of people fought back through the media, they ultimately failed to change the decision of the Australian officials.

"Who are you? Whose child are you?"

"Where did this hairy boy come from?"

"You are so young, yet you are pointing fingers at our actions."

"Chairman Ji, is this your son?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Chen Xi.

Oh my god, are these people good at hearing?

The sound is so small that I can hear it!
"Well, I'm from CAIC. Bert couldn't come due to something, so I'll attend this meeting in his place..." Chen Xi straightened his clothes, straightened his body, and introduced himself.

As a big shot in the Chinese education community in Turkey and Australia, Alin still holds a very high status.

"Could this be A Lin's illegitimate child? No, he's too old, and the last name is wrong. A Lin always hides when he sees me. He really doesn't recognize me once I take off my pants..." Jiang Nanyue muttered softly, while Lin Jiaojiao stroked her forehead lightly, looking helpless.

Jiang Nanyue knew that she liked Alin, but Alin was a playboy, so Jiang Nanyue has been single until now.

"Oh, so you are A-Lin's people. Welcome, welcome."

"You are really young and promising. You started a business at such a young age..."

"She's a very good-looking girl. I'll introduce my daughter to you if I have the chance."

A Lin's reputation was still very effective, and those presidents greeted Chen Xi enthusiastically.

"Young man, you just said that my method is not good, so what good method do you have?" Jiao Yujia stroked his beard and looked at Chen Xi, trying to regain the face he had just lost.

"I don't have any good ideas, but I feel that making articles through local media may have the opposite effect. Those local Australians are hostile to us, and I'm afraid that when the time comes, they will... publish articles in overseas media." Chen Xi spread his hands.

"You have no other choice, yet you still jump out and shamelessly oppose my opinion. Humph, I thought you had some brilliant ideas." Jiao Yujia raised her head proudly.

"The Australians are targeting us just for their own benefit. As long as we can make money, they won't do anything excessive." Chen Xi ignored Jiao Yujia and spoke to others.

"What do you mean? Do you want us to submit obediently?" Zou Jianhua snorted coldly.

Chen Xi discovered that this guy with slicked back hair seemed to be rude to everyone and was simply a big troll.

"Of course we can't just surrender, that will only make them think we are easy to bully. What I mean is that we can fight against them and make Australia compromise. This is a long-term struggle, so there is no rush. Most of Australia's income comes from education, tourism, and mineral trade. They are targeting us in this way. In the short term, they can indeed take back control of certain companies, but future income will be greatly reduced. Everyone here has great connections. As long as you block Australia's mineral trade through your own network of relationships, the official will definitely bow down..." Chen Xi looked at the chairman Kuang Jintu.

"Well, this is similar to what I thought, but how should we deal with it in a short period of time? Should we rely on the power of words to make people in other countries pay attention to this matter as President Jiao said?" Kuang Jintu touched his chin and nodded.

"Hey, you guys have been arguing here for so long. I think we might as well try all the methods." At this time, a short but strong man came out.

Chen Xi had never seen this man before because he was too short, only a little over 1.6 meters tall, and was completely blocked by the crowd. Even Jiang Nanyue and Lin Jiaojiao were much taller than him when they wore high heels.

"This is the vice president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Kong Jianren." Zhong Lili reminded in a low voice.

"Try them all? How can we do that? What if there are negative effects? Besides, we are all Chinese and many of our businesses are related to China. If people knew that we were supporting the Guru cult or refugees underground, the consequences would be..." Someone raised questions.

In fact, most people think so without him saying it.

"This won't work, and that won't work either. What do you think we should do?" Kong Jianren glared at the person who had just spoken.

"I think we should let President Kuang make the decision. He was elected by everyone and we all listen to him." The man who was glared at kicked the ball to Kuang Jintu.

"Let's combine everyone's opinions first, and then discuss with the consul of Xi Village before making a decision." Seeing that Kuang Jintu was slow to speak, Lin Jiaojiao immediately came out to rescue him.

Kuang Jintu looked at her with gratitude.

"Hey, I don't know why you hate the Guru Cult so much. I don't think they are like what the outside world says. They don't collect membership fees, and they give out some money from time to time and organize some social welfare activities." Suddenly, a man walked out of the crowd with a highball in his hand. The drink in it kept spinning as he shook his hand.

"Gao Jian, are you out of your mind? Why are you helping Guru teach him to speak? You described it in such detail, could it be that you have joined the religion?" A middle-aged woman said jokingly.

"I'm just speaking from the facts. First, they don't cheat people out of money. Second, they teach people some health-preserving methods and can help people live with faith. This is quite positive."

"I think it's radical! Look at the trouble they caused before, including the one who jumped off the building..." Jiang Nanyue stared with her eyes wide open, her words full of sarcasm.

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