Du Qian's news was very well-known, and probably it was right. On the same day that Hao Yingliang was on bail, Han Bo took his wife and the engineering and construction personnel of Guotou Zhongcheng Group to safely arrive at Johannesburg Airport on a plane.

Like many foreigners who have only heard of the East China Sea but have never heard of BJ, domestic compatriots who mention South Africa will directly think of Mandela and Johannesburg, the black leaders who strive for freedom and equality, and think that Johannesburg is the capital of South Africa.

In fact, Johannesburg has a similar status in South Africa and the East China Sea in China. It is the largest city with the largest population and most economic development in South Africa. It is not the capital, and there is more than one capital in South Africa.

The administrative capital is in Pretoria, the seat of the South African central government, with a population of 1.5 million;

The legislative capital Cape Town is the seat of South Africa's parliament, and the second largest city and important port in South Africa. It is located at the southwest end and is an important intersection of international maritime shipping channels with a population of 3 million; the judicial capital Bloemfontein, the seat of South African judicial institutions, has a population of only 460,000.

The reason for taking a flight to Johannesburg is entirely because Pretoria, the administrative capital of the embassy, ​​is not far from Johannesburg, only more than 50 kilometers and only takes half an hour to drive.

Johannesburg Airport is very modern and beautiful, just like the vibrant South African economy, representing the country's modernization level, with extremely tight security levels and can compete with any developed European and American countries.

When talking about diplomats, people think of diplomatic immunity and think that diplomats can enjoy many privileges, but in fact it is not that exaggerated. They still have to undergo inspections when entering the country. Even if they don’t have to undergo inspections, Han Bo cannot leave his compatriots from the construction company who came to South Africa on the same plane and take his wife first.

"Counselor Han, Counselor Han, welcome to South Africa!"

A young man holding a pick-up pass was very excited, and more and more Chinese people came to South Africa, especially on this flight from Hong Kong to Johannesburg. He was afraid of admitting his mistake, so he turned his head and looked at the photo in the hand of a middle-aged man.

He was worried that he would admit his mistake, but Han Bo would not admit his mistake. He recognized him at a glance as his assistant in the next few years. The embassy provided the three secrets to the upcoming police liaison team.

"My Liu, it's me, this is my lover Li Xiaolei."

"Hello Mrs. Han, sorry, I'm just watching Counselor Han, but I didn't see you. If I had noticed you earlier, I wouldn't be afraid of admitting my mistakes. You are so beautiful, so clear."

"Thank you, Mr. Liu."

First-class secretary, second-class secretary and third-class secretary, outside the diplomatic community, sounds like a private secretary around the head of the government, or a small secretary in the office of the general manager of a large company or a small secretary in the office of the chairman. Therefore, in some activities, some hosts will arrange the first-class secretary or second-class secretary of the embassy who attend the event with the ambassador as the personal entourage of the ambassador.

In fact, the "secretary" in the diplomat series is different from the secretaries in the secretarial work. Japan calls the first, second and third-class secretaries in the diplomat series the secretary, first-class clerk, second-class clerk and third-class clerk. This may be a better term because it helps to avoid misunderstandings. It emphasizes the identity of an official in this level of position, and people holding this identity go to handle official duties as government officials.

In fact, the diplomat series is like the secretary!

First-class secretaries are even very important business-level officials. In large and medium-sized embassies, first-class secretaries are often responsible for important business affairs, or serve as the head of a certain department, and handle some political or business negotiations to the outside world. First-class secretaries in small embassies sometimes have the status of second-in-commands.

Third-class secretaries are more officials engaged in business work and engaged in specific business in a certain department. They have fewer opportunities to negotiate foreign affairs alone, which is an important step in the promotion and study of young diplomats. Second-class secretaries are between the two mentioned above. They have to undertake more important tasks than third-class secretaries in their work, and they have to handle various cases with more times and opportunities to deal with foreign affairs.

The embassy arranged an assistant, obviously because he was worried that he was not familiar with South Africa and wanted to use this to get himself into the state as soon as possible.

The leader was very thoroughly considered. Han Bo was grateful and was about to shake hands when Liu Xincun suddenly turned around and introduced: "Counselor Han, this is Counselor Jiang from our embassy."

I haven't had an internship in the past two months in vain. Not only did I learn a lot of knowledge about international law enforcement cooperation, but I also learned a lot of diplomatic etiquette. Counselor Jiang was wearing a suit and tie, and had an extraordinary temperament. He knew at a glance that he was also a diplomat.

He is also a counselor, but he is older than himself, has richer experience in overseas service, and perhaps his administrative level is higher than himself. Han Bo hurriedly stretched out his right hand: "Counselor Jiang, I'm glad to meet you, I'm so flattered."

"Counselor Han, don't be so polite."

The comrades stationed abroad are relatively young. Counselor Jiang was not surprised to see Han Bo in his early thirties. Instead, he smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I am here to pick you up Comrade Xiaolei, and I am also here to pick up the comrades of Zhongcheng Group. I took the same flight and went to the same place. Mr. Wu and Mr. Liu introduced each other on the plane, right?"

“Introduced, met.”

It turned out that he didn't come to pick me up, and he was a little bit self-indulgent. Han Bo subconsciously looked back and saw that all the compatriots of Chinese institutions who arrived on the same plane came out. The second time he came was nodding and smiling at Counselor Jiang. The technicians and construction workers who came for the first time were looking around curiously.

The embassy rented a luxury bus. After everyone exchanged greetings, they got into the car with Counselor Jiang and Liu Xincun. Their status was reflected. Han Bo and his wife sat in front and Chinese-funded institutions were seated in the back.

"Counselor Han, Comrade Xiaolei, we have to wait a while before we can set off. Director Wei of the Political Department is communicating with the airport to drink a drink for the head of the country's visit to South Africa next month."

It is better to come early than to come by chance. Next month, the Prime Minister will visit Africa at the invitation of several African heads of state. South Africa is one of the stops, and the special plane will land in Johannesburg. Security work must be coordinated in advance, and you can imagine how busy the several embassies and consulates involved are now.

My colleague was busy, but he, a police liaison officer who should be dealing with South African police departments, could not help. Han Bo felt very uncomfortable and hurriedly said, "We have nothing to do, work is important, and doing serious things is important."

"Counselor Jiang, my sister-in-law brings you something in my bag. Should I take it now or wait?" As soon as Han Bo finished speaking, Wu Gong from Zhongcheng Group came over from behind.

"Let's wait a moment, get it at the construction site, thank you."

Counselor Jiang stood up to thank him and returned to his seat.

I talked to engineering and technicians on the plane, but in fact, it was arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that they did not come to South Africa to do business, but to do construction, or to be precise, to build a new embassy.

Counselor Jiang didn't know that Han Bo talked with them very deeply, and explained with emotion: "Counselor Han, Comrade Xiaolei, we Chinese come to Africa to develop in the past decade. In the 1980s, Chinese people walked on the streets in suits and tie. When they saw them, they would call them Japanese and thought they were Japanese.

At that time, few people would have thought that Chinese people could go abroad and South Africa.

In the past few years since I arrived at the museum, there have been more and more Chinese citizens coming to South Africa, and many tourist attractions and street signs are written in Chinese and English. So much so that the Japanese ambassador to South Africa often complained in front of us Ambassador Liu, saying that when Japanese tourists arrive in South Africa, South Africans call them chinese and treat them as Chinese!"

"This not only shows that we have many Chinese people, but also shows that our Chinese economy is developing better and better."

"Yes, in the 1950s and 1960s, the trade volume of China-Africa went from only tens of millions of dollars to more than one billion dollars in the 1970s and 1980s. By 2000, it had exceeded 10 billion dollars, reaching 10.6 billion dollars! Because more and more people came to South Africa to do business, the requirements and workload for embassies have also increased. The responsibility for receiving domestic delegations, consular protection, etc. is much greater than in the past."

Counselor Jiang arrived at the museum early and felt deeply about it. He continued: "In the 1980s and 1990s, the consular department had one or two staff members, and only had hundreds of visas a year. By 2001, I arrived at the museum, in addition to the embassy in Pretoria, there were four or five staff members, including the consular counselor, and there were three consulates in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

The Consulate General is generally equipped with about 10 people. In addition, the embassy and consular department has to issue a large number of visas every year to allow South Africans to do business, visit or travel in China. At present, our South African Embassy has 60 staffs, plus three consulates, and there are nearly 100 diplomats.

The construction of the embassy's building has also gone through this development process. Our current building is indeed quite old and can no longer meet the needs of modern diplomatic work. Let's go to the construction site later. The new building is located very well. On the south side of the Pretoria State Guesthouse, when the new building is completed and put into use, it can be regarded as a scene on the Pretoria Street."

After all, they are engaged in infrastructure construction. They are not separated from their own business in three words. As they are speaking, they are talking about the construction of a new building.

Han Bo is quite interested in this and listens with relish.

Like the construction workers who came to South Africa for the first time, Li Xiaolei was curious about everything around her. The tall buildings and green trees looked pretty good, unlike the legendary capital of sin.

Just when she thought Huang Qin's introduction was too exaggerated, two white men wearing sunglasses and submachine guns, who looked neither like police nor soldiers, walked out of the car door from somewhere, and seemed to be on duty with their backs facing the car door.

"Madam Han, this is the security guard we hired. The airport is relatively safe. The main reason is that there are many people and luggage today. Please feel free to ask a few security guards." The wife of the boss at the moment was too beautiful. Liu Xincun couldn't help but take a few more glances and found that she seemed a little urgent, so he hurriedly relieved the mineral water and explained.

"Please give the security guard outside, don't there be armed police in the embassy?" Li Xiaolei asked in confusion.

"We in China are different from the United States. The security of our Chinese embassies abroad is usually handled by local security guards hired by the government or embassy of the country. Only in countries with turbulent security situations can there be armed police, and the armed police were dispatched only in 2004."

Liu Xincun smiled and added: "Even the United States, their Marines are not allowed to be stationed in their embassies abroad. You are a BJ person, and you must have passed by the door of the US embassy. Did you see that there are US troops on duty at the door of the embassy?"

"I suddenly remembered this. There were only armed police at the door, and no US military."

"There may be US military, but we cannot wear military uniforms and work at the door, and we cannot be equipped with guns. This involves our China's sovereignty and is a very serious matter."

My wife had 100,000 Why? After asking one question, it was another question.

When the fellow villager saw her, she was crying, not to mention that she was a great beauty, Counselor Jiang and Liu Sanmi were happy to solve her doubts.

Han Bo's heart is all about work. One afternoon before departure, the leader talked to him and asked half-jokingly: "Comrade Han Bo, I guess you have done a lot of homework these days. As you continue to understand the security environment in South Africa, do you think it is easy for this police liaison officer to make a living, but it is difficult to do something?"

When he was an instructor at the Public University, he reported to the leader's work. At that time, there were only two people in the office. Han Bo admitted with a wry smile: "Somewhat, if you have a choice, you would rather work in China, even if you are an ordinary criminal policeman."

The leader nodded slightly and said meaningfully: "This is the Korean strike I understand, but you should think about it more about why the superiors sent you instead of other comrades?"

“I know this is the trust in me in the organization.”
Chapter completed!