Chapter 218 Gangdi’s Travels (5)
Looking at the car driving away, John and Kate frowned. They stepped forward and asked the factory employees: "Who was that person just now?"
The factory employees looked at the two people and knew that they were "foreign journalists." After hesitating for a moment, they said: "They are local administrative officials in Teasville. There is a little misunderstanding..."
The factory employees did not disclose the specific name and position of the other party. After all, although the two parties had a slight conflict, it had not yet become public.
When John and Kate saw this, they didn't hesitate to ask any more questions. They also understood that they were just outsiders and there were some things that they couldn't ask about.
After leaving the factory, the two took an electric bus to Tiswell Railway Station to go to Kikwit.
However, when they saw the steaming locomotive in the train station, John and Kate suddenly felt that it was very inconsistent, as if it was another world from the high-tech they saw at the factory in the morning.
The two understood that Gundy was at a point in time where the old and the new were alternating, and it was not surprising at all that technologies from two different eras appeared in reality at the same time.
"I wonder what it will be like over there in Kikwit?"
With such doubts in mind, the two of them boarded the train.
Following the seat information received on their mobile phones, the two found their seats and sat down.
Although the interior facilities of the entire carriage look very contemporary, they are as clean as the platform outside, and it can be seen that they are well managed.
At this moment, a young man came to the two people's seats with a mobile phone. It seemed that the seats were also here.
The other party looked at John and Kate in surprise. He didn't expect that his seat was actually next to a foreigner.
John introduced himself very enthusiastically: "Hello, my name is John, this is my colleague Kate, we are foreign journalists invited here."
The young man looked at the mobile phone in John's hand that was translating in real time, and then sat across from the two of them, "Hello, my name is Kelu, I am a clerk at the Disability Protection Center..."
Yes, this young man is the young soldier who received the prosthetic limb. Compared with his youthful appearance a year ago, he looks much more mature and capable now.
"Center for Disabled Persons, is this the social security institution connected to the Frelimo Front in Gangti?"
Facing John and Kate's inquiries, Kelu replied calmly: "That's right. Our Disability Protection Center specializes in providing prosthetic installation and maintenance services for disabled people in Gundy. Do you want to know more about our products?"
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After knowing the other party's identity as a reporter, Kelu's first thought was to use the other party to promote the products of the Disability Protection Center. This is also his job.
Of course John and Kate were very interested and replied: "Then please explain it to us."
Upon hearing this, Kelu didn't waste any time. He directly rolled up his trousers to expose his calf, stretched it out in front of their feet and asked: "Can you two tell whether my leg is a real leg or a prosthetic leg?"
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John and Kate looked at the leg and found that it was no different from a normal leg, at least in appearance.
Kelu looked at the confused expressions of the two and said, "You two might as well touch."
John looked at Kelu, stretched out his fingers and touched the other person's calf, and then his expression changed.
Although the touch on your fingers is no different from ordinary skin, the skin underneath is very hard and you can clearly feel that it is not flesh and blood.
"Is this really a prosthetic limb!?" John looked at Kelu in surprise.
Kelu smiled and did not answer. Instead, he took off his shoes and socks and showed the soles of his feet to the two of them.
It was only then that John and Kate discovered that there was no skin on the soles of each other's feet, and the exposed areas had obvious mechanical structures.
"This is the prosthetic limb provided by our Disability Protection Center. It has dermal skin on the outside. There is no visible difference from the normal limb in appearance. Through the calculation and processing of the received brain electromagnetic wave signal by the built-in system, the disabled person can
People move like normal people..."
Listening to Kelu's explanation, John and Kate were shocked, but they were quickly relieved when they thought that this was the future technology provided by Xiang Ren.
"What an amazing technology!" John couldn't help but sigh.
However, Kate on the side suddenly interjected: "I'm afraid the cost of your prosthetic limbs is quite high. Can the people of Gundy afford it?"
Even in country M, this kind of high-tech product is unthinkable if it does not cost tens or millions of dollars. I am afraid it will be even more expensive in Gangti.
But Kelu's answer surprised the two of them, "Of course the cost is not low, but the cost is all allocated to the disability insurance."
"Disability insurance?"
"Yes, in addition to promoting prosthetics, our Disability Protection Center will also promote insurance. As long as more people buy insurance, the cost borne by each person will be very low."
"Not everyone will buy it, right?" Kate frowned.
Kelu shook his head and said: "No, there are actually many people buying it, especially factory workers and truck drivers. They are happy to buy our disability insurance..."
The two of them thought about it and it seemed right. There are various machines in the factory that may cause work-related injuries, and trucks may also be involved in car accidents. Moreover, if an accident occurs, the probability of disability is high. With this insurance, many people do not need to worry about disability.
Later treatment and recovery.
However, Ke Lu did not finish his words. He continued: "In addition to disability insurance, our Disability Protection Center is preparing to promote organ insurance."
"Organ insurance?"
"Yes, various organ diseases are very common now. Our Disability Protection Center has made some breakthroughs in artificial organ technology, and artificial organs can be used to replace diseased organs in the human body."
John and Kate looked at each other after hearing this, feeling that Gundy was really becoming more and more sci-fi.
However, the two soon realized a problem, "In this case, wouldn't your Disability Protection Center become an insurance company?"
"Insurance company, what is that?" Kelu looked confused, because he had never contacted an insurance company before, let alone what an insurance company did.
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Seeing each other's reaction, John and Kate also thought that before Xiang Ren came here, Gundy was still a backward place where warlords fought, and they didn't know that insurance companies were normal.
So the two of them gave Kolu some information about the insurance company.
But Kelu's reaction surprised the two of them, "There is no product, I just lost some more money. Can this be called insurance? This is obviously gambling!"
In Kelu's mind, only those who can provide physical products like their Disability Protection Center deserve to be called insurance companies, and those who can't provide anything and can only lose money should be called gambling companies.
Kelu's definition left John and Kate speechless. Thinking about what the insurance companies did during the financial crisis in Country M, it seemed that it was no different from gambling.
"I really don't understand how you foreigners think. It's too easy for your insurance companies to make money by spending money to buy some frivolous things..."
These words made John and Kate dumbfounded, but the other's words also made them aware of the deformities of the insurance system in country m.
Obviously everyone spends a lot of money to buy various insurances, but the money is not used in corresponding product development and manufacturing, but is used for so-called "investment".
But when people who buy insurance really need it, the policy holders must provide various certificates, but all they get is a pile of money.
The products and services they really need must be purchased from corresponding companies, but the prices of these products and services are ridiculously high, and the reason is "high R&D or manufacturing costs."
Chapter completed!