Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 1097 1088. The "Two Yuan Store" in the City of Luxury

After all, the captain is just a travel blogger who uses Chinese and does not have many overseas fans, but it also shows how popular Super Commodity City is.

On the next day, the captain took the car arranged by Mansour's family to the scene.

Finally I realized how exaggerated the scale is.

There are still seven or eight kilometers to the destination, and the roadside is already covered with billboards.

[Super Oriental Commodity City], [One million kinds of commodities], [30% off for the first three days of opening!], [Low price! Low price! Low price!]...

These ordinary slogans are naturally not very attractive.

What is really attractive is the picture drawn on the advertisement.

Illustrations of various products.

Small appliances, toys, clothes, accessories, coffee cups.

There are prices next to each product, two dirhams, four dirhams, or dozens of dirhams.

The original price is already very cheap, and there is a big cross on it, with a bigger 30% discount price marked on the side.

Dirham is the currency of Dubai, one dirham is about two RMB.

Straightforward and effective.

The domestic audience watching the live broadcast could not help but complain, "Dubai! The city of luxury! How come the super commodity city looks like a two-dollar store?"

Looking at the traffic on the street, there are really a lot of cars driving in that direction.

Although there are many cars in Dubai, most of them are concentrated in the city. This side is obviously in the suburbs. There are no houses or trees at all. The lonely road is surrounded by the vast desert, which is extremely desolate.

Logically, there shouldn't be many cars to be seen, but now, there is an endless stream of them forming a long line.

It’s just that these cars are so…ordinary.

I had the impression that Dubai was full of supercars and luxury off-road vehicles, but there wasn't a single one.

Most of them are ordinary small cars and some tattered pickup trucks.

The car was old and looked to be at least 20 or 30 years old. It was in such a shabby state, yet it was still running with a few clanging movements.

Occasionally, there are a few minibuses and buses packed with people.

[Is this still Dubai?] Domestic netizens expressed doubts.

And the license plates of these cars are quite different.

When a spectator asked about it, the captain went to ask the driver who was also a guide and translator.

Unexpectedly, he was quite talkative. He introduced the players to the captain one by one: This one is from Saudi Arabia, this one is from Oman, this one is from Jordan, this one is from Abu Dhabi, this one is from Sharjah, this one is from Umm Al Quwain, this one is from Qatar, and this one is from Egypt.

There were even cars from Eritrea and Ethiopia, which is in Africa, and they went around the Red Sea.

"It's so far, it will take several days to drive." The captain found it unbelievable. Not only was the road long, but it was also difficult to travel. It passed through several war zones. It was not worth it just to go shopping in a mall.

The translator said that it was not necessary and that we could board the ship with our car and people, cross the Arabian Sea to the port of Salalah in Oman, and then drive here, which would take only six or seven hours.

I've learned something new. It turns out that this can be done. No wonder he can recognize the license plate. It seems that there are many people coming and going.

But it’s quite far to drive for six or seven hours under the scorching sun. Is it worth it?
"Of course it's worth it, because it's cheap, Super Oriental Commodity City, super cheap to enjoy life." The driver pointed to the billboard on the roadside and said, "Look at that beautiful tableware set, what a beautiful pattern, there are 570 pieces, enough for ten people to dine together, only 399 dirhams, after % discount, and a mysterious gift, I also want to buy a set."

There were many cars and they were driving slowly, so the captain had enough time to take a picture of the billboard.

After seeing what was on it clearly, the captain looked at the driver in confusion, kept his mouth shut and said nothing.

But the audience in the live broadcast room has already taken action, identifying pictures and searching, and they are speechless. [Renjian Fugui 10-person underglaze colored ceramic tableware set comes with a casserole and a gift box. Taobao sells it for 331, but it costs after the discount there. How shady!]

[You didn't calculate the shipping cost. How far does it take to ship?]

[Why do you think he's so cheap? ]

When the captain saw it, he immediately asked the driver this question: "Do you think it's cheap? How much does it cost locally?"

"Very cheap." The driver answered confidently. He also compared, "I need to buy a set of tableware for my new home. The tableware set for six people in the mall, which also has patterns, costs $299, or 1200 dirhams."

There was an uproar in the live broadcast room, [Dark, really dark! ]

From this perspective, 399 dirhams for a set of ten people is really a steal.

"So are they here because it's cheap?" the captain asked, pointing to a car with a Dubai license plate outside the car.

It is understandable that people come here from Egypt and Ethiopia, as they have the impression that those places are poor. But aren't Dubai and other Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia very rich? Everyone has money, so why do they come here too?

"They are not from Dubai. Most of them are foreign workers, including some from other countries who come to work." The driver revealed the identities of those people in one sentence.

Dubai has a population of 400 million, of which only 12% are locals. The remaining 88% are foreign workers and a small number of migrant workers, who are not rich.

Even in the eyes of nobles like Mansur, foreign workers are not considered human beings.

However, these people do exist, more than three million of them, and they also have consumption needs.

The number in the entire UAE is more than nine million.

What's more, there are neighboring countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait... they are all similar.

The Super Oriental Commodity City created by Qin Shubao is aimed at this group, a super large group.

"And we are not all rich." The driver also said self-deprecatingly, "I am just an ordinary person. I can only earn 60,000 dirhams a month. I have three wives and six children to support. I can't spend every penny carelessly."

What he meant was that even the locals in Dubai are not all aristocrats and they also need cheap goods.

But why does it sound awkward?

[Ordinary people earning 60,000 a month], [Is the threshold for ordinary people so high? Why didn't anyone inform me?], [Please, he is talking about dirhams, one is equal to two, he earns 120,000 a month, which is more than I make in a year]

[What he said is true. He earns a lot, but spends even more. He has three wives and six children...]

It is proven that people in Dubai are rich, but this applies to locals only.

Thousands of miles apart, the differences in customs are indeed huge...
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Chatting all the way, the car finally arrived at Super Oriental Commodity City.

It took nearly an hour to drive a mere seven kilometers.

There's nothing we can do. There are too many cars.

After getting off the car, the captain was a little dumbfounded when he saw the scene in front of him.

The audience in the live broadcast room was also dumbfounded.

Is this still Dubai?

I thought Dubai, a super commodity city, was such a high-end place with such a high-end name.

What comes to my mind are tall buildings, skyscrapers, magnificent and splendid things.

At the worst, it should be a house.

But what is this appearing before my eyes?
[I came all the way to Dubai to attend the fair...]

(End of this chapter)