Water Splashing Festival: Pink gun dazzles foreign girlfriend

Chapter 127: If we don’t make any money, why do we still want to do it even if we lose money?
As the RV slowly drove into Motuo, Yang Xuan and Lina finally saw the true appearance of this secret place.

Then I was shocked!
It’s not because this place is too backward or too primitive, but because it is too modern!
You could even say that this place is exactly the same as anywhere else!
If they hadn't still been able to see the snow-capped mountains surrounding them, they would have thought they had come to an ordinary town.

"OMG! I heard you say that Medog was still a primitive farming society with slash-and-burn farming 1993 years ago. It was not until 2013 that the first car finally entered Medog, and the Medog Highway was finally built in !"

"I always thought that Medog would be a place completely isolated from the world and stuck in the past, but I didn't expect it to be so progressive."

Lina looked around at the small high-rise buildings and modern facilities, an expression of disbelief written all over her face.

Especially when she saw the snowman milk tea shop wearing a crown and holding an ice cream cone that she had seen in Xishuangbanna before, her face was full of shock.

"The Snow King has opened a branch here?"

Lina couldn't help but exclaim.

This is Medog, which is isolated from the world!
She had experienced firsthand how difficult the road here was!

Snow King sells its products so cheaply to begin with. How can they still make money by opening a store in such an isolated place? They can’t even afford the shipping fee, right?

"I see!"

"The price of Snow King here must be more expensive than other places. Yang, let's go and see if the lemon milk tea here is only 0.6 yuan!"

Lina seemed to have discovered some truth and urged Yang Xuan to drive the RV next to the Snow King. She wanted to verify her thoughts.

"go!"

"I'm a little thirsty too."

Yang Xuan smiled slightly. He also wanted to see if the prices here were the same as in other places. This was Motuo, which was once known as an "isolated island"!
As soon as they entered the store, they knew the price without even ordering.

It is already stated on the menu, lemon milk tea, four yuan a cup!
"What?"

"Why?"

"This is unscientific!"

Lina didn't give up and ordered a cup. She was confused as she drank the lemon milk tea which was exactly the same as the one in Xishuangbanna.

I don't understand how Snow King can make money with such a cheap price? Are they really doing charity?

"It's actually not that bad. The road we're taking is an old road, and the newly built road is not difficult to travel on, so the cost of transporting goods should not be too different, and the price will naturally not be much different."

Yang Xuan wasn't that shocked.

If it is a store like KFC, the price may indeed be quite different, but at Mixue Ice City, the price is the same whether at the top of the mountain or in the scenic area.

At most, the stores on the top of the mountain and in the scenic area will not offer special group purchase prices, but the prices of those with clearly marked prices are all the same.

"I still find it hard to accept this. This is a plateau!"

"Even if the new road is not as dangerous as the old road we took before, it still requires crossing many mountains and overcoming various conditions such as altitude sickness and falling rocks."

"Under these objective conditions, the transportation costs here must be higher than other places, so the price should also be higher!"

Lina still felt something was wrong, or rather, something was wrong here.

How could such a plateau "island" surrounded by snow-capped mountains on all sides be as modern and full of high-rise buildings as other places?

Not to mention anything else, the infrastructure costs, electricity costs, etc. here cannot be the same as those in other places!

The cost must be much higher than other places, or in other words, it is normal that everything should be more expensive than other places!
“No, the cost is higher, but the final price may not necessarily be higher.”

"For example, the Medog Highway we just traveled on cost much more than ordinary roads, even more than expressways!"

"And its maintenance cost is much higher than other roads, but in order to promote local economic development and tourism prosperity, it is completely free!" "Tourists can freely drive or take public transportation to Medog and enjoy the magnificent natural scenery along the way."

“The same goes for high voltage electricity.”

"Compared to large cities with dense populations, there are obviously fewer people in areas surrounded by mountains, so the cost of providing electricity here will naturally be much higher."

"It can even be said that it has been in a loss-making state for many years."

"But the electricity rate in the country is unified across the country, and it is available on all roads and in all villages."

"No matter how remote the place is or how small the local population is, water and electricity will be connected."

“We will definitely bring modern facilities to everyone!”

"In Rabbit Country, we call this approach the rich leading the poor, and ultimately achieving common prosperity!"

“Some people also say that none of them can be missing.”

"For example, the Medog Highway, no matter how difficult it is to build, we will succeed!"

“We cannot let our fellow countrymen in Medog be trapped on this isolated island forever!”

“Eliminating poverty and achieving common prosperity is the important way to achieve social fairness, justice and sustainable development.”

"This concept is not only about economic improvement, but also involves the optimization of social structure, the balance of educational resources, the popularization of medical insurance and the improvement of infrastructure."

“It aims to eliminate absolute poverty, ensure that all people can enjoy the fruits of development, and promote harmony and progress in society as a whole.”

"By promoting regional cooperation, strengthening the rational flow and sharing of resources, promoting industrial upgrading and economic transformation in economically underdeveloped regions, and narrowing the development gap between regions, we can enhance the overall national competitiveness."

"The Snow King's situation should be similar."

“Here, at such a low price, it may not really make much money, but it can gain branding.”

"The most important thing is that whether it is charity or donations, Snow King has never been vague and has always had a very high social responsibility."

"Therefore, even if Snow King opens a branch here, it may not make much money, or even lose money, but if it is Snow King, it will still do it!"

Yang Xuan expressed his thoughts and speculations.

The biggest difference between the Rabbit Country and those Western countries is that not everything is based solely on profit.

Even if there are some things that don’t make money or even lose money, Rabbit Country will still do them!

Behind this practice lies Rabbit Country’s profound understanding and adherence to the “people-oriented” development concept.

In the Rabbit Country, when the government and society consider projects or policies, they will regard improving people's quality of life, enhancing social welfare, and promoting fairness and justice as important goals, even if this means sacrificing certain economic interests.

In contrast, some Western countries, under the principles of market economy, prefer market-driven resource allocation and often give priority to the economic benefits of projects, resulting in the lag of certain public services and infrastructure construction.

Especially in rural or remote areas, it is likely to exacerbate social inequality and regional development imbalance.

This may be the underlying reason why many things in the West often explode at any time, and why racial conflicts have not been resolved for more than two hundred years.

Lina and the foreign audience were all stunned. They opened their mouths but couldn't say anything for a long time.

What the Rabbit Country did was something they dared not even think about. Let alone losing money, being able to make a little less money and be able to use the money where it is really needed is already their biggest luxury.

Build water, electricity and roads for a few villagers?

Even if it’s a fairy tale, I never thought of writing it this way!

(End of this chapter)