owlsbooks Chapter 2065
Chapter 2065
Chapter 2065
The Hong Kong in this time and space is both the same and different from the Hong Kong in Kai's original time and space.
The same thing is that Hong Kong in this time and space is still a foreign port, and it is a mixture of Chinese and Western cultures. The difference is that the history of the two time and space is still different. After all, China in this time and space is a strong group.
So this gave Kai a very novel experience.
He did not go to the Hong Kong Temple.
Instead, I was wandering around Hong Kong.
"I quite like it here. The only thing that bothers me is that we are being monitored wherever we go!" Strange took Kai to his favorite roast goose restaurant!
Sham Tseng Chen Kee Roast Goose Noodles Tea Restaurant!
Sham Tseng Roast Goose is a traditional Cantonese dish in Guangdong Province. The dish originated from the traditional barbecued meat in Guangzhou, Taishan, Hong Kong and Macau. Sham Tseng Roast Goose originated from Sham Tseng Village, Cheung Chau Island, Huangpu District, Guangzhou. The roast goose made in this village has crispy skin and delicious meat. It is a must-try Cantonese dish for many overseas Chinese in Guangdong. Later, Sham Tseng Roast Goose was introduced to Hong Kong and Macau and continued to flourish, becoming one of the famous Cantonese dishes.
Guangdong roast goose originated from roast duck. Roast duck was already recorded in the book "Food Records" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, patriots such as Wen Tianxiang and Chen Wenlong retreated to Guangdong to protect the young emperor and insisted on resisting the Yuan Dynasty. Chefs from the Southern Song Dynasty also came to Guangdong. As a famous dish of the Song Dynasty, roast duck was naturally brought here. Guangdong did not have the Yan duck that was produced in Hangzhou, so the chefs used local Guangdong geese instead and improved it into a unique Cantonese roast goose.
When you come to Hong Kong, how can you miss the delicious Sham Tseng roast goose?
Sham Tseng Chen Kee Roast Goose is located in Sham Tseng Village, Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan District, New Territories, Hong Kong!
Naturally, Strange, a foreigner, had no way of finding such an authentic shop. It was the wizard Wang Yuan who found it. Apart from staying at home, this guy's biggest hobby is eating.
His ancestors are from Guangdong, so he particularly likes Cantonese cuisine.
Tea restaurants are a type of fast food restaurant that originated in Hong Kong. They provide Western-style food that blends Hong Kong characteristics and are a popular dining place in Hong Kong. The cultural background of tea restaurants can be traced back to the mid-20th century, when Hong Kong's ice houses and Western restaurants combined to form a new thing called tea restaurants. Tea restaurants not only provide the convenience of Western fast food, but also incorporate the characteristics of Chinese food, becoming a model of food culture that "takes Chinese food as the body and Western food as the application". The soul of tea restaurants is Hong Kong-style milk tea, which has become the iconic drink of tea restaurants with its unique production process and taste.
To be honest, Kai, as a pure Chinese in his previous life, had never eaten in a restaurant!
He was born in the central part of China, served in the army in the west, and returned to his hometown after completing his studies. The farthest place he has been in his life is Beijing, and that was to study. He has only been to Shenzhen in the south, and that was to investigate a case and arrest someone across provinces. He was always squatting before the arrest, eating only boxed lunches, and after the arrest he took the prisoner back overnight, not to mention going out for a walk, he didn't even have a good meal.
The local comrades were planning to treat them to a meal, but the task was too urgent at the time, so they had to reluctantly decline.
So Kai has rarely eaten authentic Cantonese cuisine in his life.
Of course I have eaten roast goose and roast meat... After all, life is so good, you can eat any delicious food you want.
But it’s too difficult to get the authentic one.
Many delicacies are simply not available outside the local area.
For example, Guangdong chicken!
This thing, I have to admire the Cantonese, eating chicken with them... is really killing me.
They always say that chicken tastes like chicken and fish tastes like fish.
But Kai never understood what "chicken tastes like chicken and fish tastes like fish" meant.
Kai didn't actually know many Cantonese people, but the few he did know couldn't explain to him clearly what "chicken tastes like chicken, fish tastes like fish" meant.
But this is very important to the Cantonese people. For them, this is the highest evaluation given to the food of a restaurant!
This time when he came to Hong Kong, he particularly wanted to know what was going on.
After coming to the tea restaurant...
To be honest, Kai felt that this place was... pretty good. It wasn't foreign or anything, but it had a retro feel. It was very down-to-earth, and there were a lot of people inside. Strange brought him to a real old-fashioned neighborhood tea restaurant.
There are many elderly people in it.
Seeing two foreigners coming to such a place, the elderly were also very curious, but everyone was very polite and just looked at them and passed by. This is Hong Kong, and there are many foreigners. This is the place with the most foreigners in the whole of China.
Especially after several major events.
There are even more foreigners.
Hong Kong is an external port, so its policies are relatively relaxed and it is friendly to foreign immigrants.
You should know that the Chinese green card is the hardest to obtain on this planet.
申请中国永居有多难呢？中国五星卡也就是我们常说的中国绿卡在2004年启动申请，截至2018年仅7000多人申请成功。而申请人数有多少呢？据说每年约有60万外国人申请，也就是1万人里仅不到8个人能获批，这难度可想而知。
In addition, Gallup, an American research company, has released a set of data showing that about 900 million people around the world want to immigrate to China. Even though the threshold has been gradually relaxed in the following years due to the need to attract talent, the number of people who have successfully obtained the five-star card is only about 2.
So what is the difficulty in applying for a China Five-Star Card?
Generally speaking, only the following three types of people can apply for a five-star card.
The first category is investors. To apply for a five-star card through investment, two conditions must be met: First, direct investment in China. The actual registered capital delivered varies depending on the project and region, and the investment threshold is between US$50 and US$200 million. Second, the investment must be maintained for at least 3 years and have a good tax record.
What is the investment threshold? For the US EB5 investment immigration, the investment threshold is 85 US dollars and 105 million US dollars respectively; for Singapore PIC investment immigration, the investment amount is not less than 100 million Singapore dollars (about 78 US dollars); for Japan's business management visa, the company registration fee is 500 million yen (about 3.5 US dollars). In comparison, our country's investment immigration threshold is also above the average level.
The second category is outstanding talents. There are two types of talents: one is senior talents working in China. To be recognized as such a senior talent, you must first hold a position of deputy general manager or above in a Chinese high-tech enterprise or a foreign-funded advanced technology enterprise, or you must have obtained a title of associate professor or associate researcher or above. Such talents must have worked in China for four consecutive years before they can apply for a five-star card.
The second is talents who have made outstanding contributions or are particularly needed by the country. For example, Nobel Prize winners, talents introduced by the National Thousand Talents Plan, etc. These two conditions can be said to have very high thresholds. The US NIW interest exemption immigration also requires only a master's degree, and even if you only have a bachelor's degree but have 5 years of work experience, you can apply. In addition, no labor certification is required. For example, in New Zealand's 6-point immigration program, applicants only need a bachelor's degree, an IELTS score of 6.5, and an offer from a local New Zealand employer to apply.
The third category: family members of Chinese citizens or permanent residents. For example, parents, spouses and children can all apply for the five-star card through family reunion. In addition to family reunion, those who can meet the standards of the first two categories are also the best among the above three categories. Moreover, meeting the conditions is one thing, and whether the application can be successful is another. This is why American star Marbury excitedly said that this is his supreme honor after successfully applying for the five-star card.
Why is it so difficult?
The first reason is that China is not an immigration country, and its ability to absorb foreign population is limited.
There are three main reasons why overseas countries introduce a large number of immigrants: First, they are immigrant countries themselves, and the development of the entire country needs to be supported by immigrants. Typical examples are the United States, Canada and other countries; second, due to the extremely aging population and low birth rate, they have to absorb a large number of overseas people to fill the local labor market, such as Japan. Third, due to the local economic downturn, they urgently need the injection of overseas funds to revitalize the local market. These are the European countries led by Greece and Portugal.
What these countries have in common is a lack of technology, labor and money.
But the problem is that no matter in this time and space, or in Kai's previous time and space, there is no shortage of this thing.
To be precise, when there is a shortage of this thing, people are not willing to immigrate here. If there is no shortage, there is no need to immigrate.
This time and space is even more excessive.
After several major incidents, the whole world was in trouble.
Only China was relatively quiet. Although it was affected, the losses were minimal. As for other messy things, there were none.
Even now, many Chinese people still do not believe that superpowers exist, because generally speaking, supernatural powers are forbidden to appear in front of ordinary people.
This once again confirmed to the whole world that China is a safe place.
So all kinds of immigrants want to immigrate here.
If you can't immigrate to the mainland, then you have to settle for Hong Kong.
This has led to a surge in the number of foreigners in Hong Kong in recent years.
Kai doesn't speak Cantonese, but he speaks Mandarin fluently!
In fact, it’s okay to speak Mandarin in Hong Kong. Many older people and young people can speak it.
When Kai ordered the dishes in fluent Mandarin, the regular customers nearby felt surprised.
In fact, it was Strange who showed off his plastic Mandarin, which made Kai uncomfortable...but he thought he spoke it well!
Foreigners are all like this, they always think Chinese is cool.
But these guys like to pretend to know something when they don't. The most typical example is tattoos. Many foreigners even regard "Chinese character tattoos" as a trend. Even the world-famous football star Beckham has joined this trend. Chinese can be said to be the most complex language. A word can have multiple syllables and can have different meanings when placed in different sentences. But foreigners don't know the deep meaning. For many foreigners who don't understand Chinese, they are willing to follow the trend and carve vague words on their bodies. It's not very strange for foreigners to have "Chinese character tattoos" on their bodies. The most surprising thing is the words engraved on them. For example, the foreigner below has "Fried Rice with Egg" engraved on his body, which is surprising. Some people have the word "Prisoner" tattooed on their arms. When I asked why she wanted to tattoo this Chinese character, she actually explained to me that this word has a very important meaning to her. Some foreigners have a good mentality by nature, so they did not hesitate to carve the words "Love to Laugh" on their arms, hoping that they can be happy every day in the future. Chinese culture is extensive and profound. Chinese students are naturally proficient in Chinese since they have been learning it since childhood. However, this is not the case for foreigners. They only have a superficial understanding of Chinese, so they follow their own ideas. For example, in order to show that he is very cultured and good at learning Chinese, this foreigner asked to have "wiinds of pain" tattooed on his back. He thought it meant "pain storm" in Chinese, but when we translated it into Chinese, it became "gout".
Strange thinks he is a genius and can learn anything quickly.
But in fact, Chinese is very difficult to learn!
The syllable structure of Chinese is complex and varied. The combination of consonants and vowels is like weaving a fine net, which makes beginners lose their way in the ocean of pronunciation. "shī, shì, sì", these three syllables, although only one word difference, contain rich phonetic changes, and the slightest negligence may lead to a world of difference in meaning. Foreign friends often lament that learning Chinese pronunciation is like conducting a precise acoustic experiment, and the pronunciation of each syllable requires countless attempts and adjustments. In addition, there are many homophones and polyphones in Chinese. They are like traps in a maze, waiting for explorers who step in inadvertently. Therefore, for Chinese learners, mastering correct pronunciation is not only the basis of communication, but also the only way to understand culture and deepen language.
There are significant differences between spoken and written Chinese, which are reflected not only in the choice of vocabulary, but also in the diversity of expression. Spoken language is often concise and clear, focusing on practicality; while written language is more standardized, elegant, and focuses on literary talent and rhetoric. The existence of this double standard requires Chinese learners to continuously improve their written expression skills while mastering daily conversations. Idioms, two-part allegorical sayings, ancient poems and other language phenomena unique to Chinese have added endless charm and depth to written language. They are like cultural treasures waiting for learners to explore and appreciate. However, this undoubtedly increases the difficulty and challenge of learning Chinese.
Chinese not only has a unified Mandarin system, but also contains a rich and diverse dialect culture. From the bold and straightforwardness of the Northeast to the gentleness and delicacy of Guangdong, to the spicy and humorous Sichuan, each dialect is a unique mark of local culture and history. For foreign learners, mastering Mandarin is not easy, not to mention those unique dialects.
However, it is this diversity of dialects that makes Chinese more vivid, interesting and colorful. It allows every Chinese to find a sense of belonging and identity in their hometown, and also makes Chinese one of the most inclusive and diverse languages in the world.
Strange thinks he's good at using those two knives...