don't call me singer

Chapter 799 The Power of Music

In the early morning, the roads in Jakarta are still extremely congested.

Barry, commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Committee, was once again blocked on the road.

He raised his wrist anxiously and looked at his watch. There is a meeting at the presidential palace today.

As a commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Committee, Barry actually has a detached position and has the power to report directly to the president. He will also attend the meeting this time.

And Barry learned in advance that this meeting at the presidential palace was related to pirates.

In the recent period, piracy activities in Southeast Asia have been particularly rampant. Not only has it attracted widespread attention from the international community, several countries near the Strait of Malacca in Southeast Asia have also held several teleconferences to discuss this matter together, but they have not brought it up yet. a viable option.

In fact, some time ago, several countries near the Strait of Malacca-Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia jointly carried out naval escort missions. Later, under the strong request of the three Southeast Asian countries, Thailand and India also joined the escort team.

However, the channel of the Strait of Malacca is narrow, and the speed of the ship is very slow, and it can even be said to be very congested.In several countries near the Strait of Malacca, the navies are very weak, and even if something happens, there is not much they can do.

Under their escort, pirates in Southeast Asia are still rampant, and there is even a tendency to intensify.

Although there is no news on the surface, in private, they also accuse each other of providing convenience for pirates, covering pirates, etc., and they often talk about it.

In fact, some countries have proposed to invite the navies of China, the United States, Japan, and South Korea to escort them, but neither Indonesia nor Malaysia agree with this opinion.

It doesn't matter to the other countries. If the Chinese navy is allowed to escort, it means that the Chinese navy will enter their territorial waters and exclusive economic zones. These countries have different degrees of disputes with China in the South China Sea. I feel very uncomfortable to draw the nine-dash line to their door. How could the Chinese navy be allowed to escort them!
Isn't that leading wolves into the house?

And it's a giant wolf that devours the sky!
Absolutely cannot agree!

But in the face of increasingly rampant pirates, they have nothing to do, and their international pressure has increased sharply.

The deteriorating shipping environment has also affected their industrial upgrading and investment attraction.

Many businessmen who originally planned to invest in Indonesia, because of the threat of pirates, considering the safety cost of product transportation in the future, and various other issues, withdrew their capital one after another.

So far, several countries in Southeast Asia, except for Singapore, are all developing countries. Their development direction is to accept the labor-intensive industries eliminated by China. The products of these industries are extremely dependent on shipping.

During this period of time, due to the rising cost of security, insurance, and personnel expenses, the cost of shipping has skyrocketed. Many companies that have invested in Southeast Asia have also changed from profit to loss. Many companies have even let go. If this continues , they are about to withdraw.

The business environment in Southeast Asia has been greatly affected by pirates.

What is more affected by pirates is the tourism industry.

For some investors, the factory has already started construction, or the initial investment has been in place, and now they want to get away, how easy is it?

But tourists are different.

If they can't say they won't come, they won't come.

No face at all.

During this period of time, it has already entered the peak season of tourism in Southeast Asia, but the number of tourists has decreased by [-]%, and it is even decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In many parts of Southeast Asia, there are almost no mature industrial systems, which are all supported by the tourism industry. The shrinking tourism industry means that more people cannot eat.

Perhaps, it also means that more people will become pirates.

This is simply a vicious circle, and it's time to deal with it.

But Barry has been struggling with whether he should support the idea of ​​letting other countries escort him.

It's really important.

How could Barry not be irritable at a time like this?

And the congested traffic made him even more irritable. While looking at his watch frequently, he muttered something in a low voice.

At this moment, a burst of music suddenly came from the radio in the car:

"... so much sweat
to flow into the ocean
how many lights

to burn into the sun
thin shoulders
How can we carry the skyscrapers
tired back

Do your best to support the world..."

Hearing that voice, Barry's ears immediately perked up.

It's Gu Xiaobai's voice!
Like many people in Indonesia, Barry also has some Chinese ancestry. Although his appearance is almost completely invisible, his grandmother is Chinese, and Barry also spoke Chinese with his grandmother when he was a child.

And he also paid special attention to Gu Xiaobai, because Gu Xiaobai happened to be at the center of the "pirate incident".

It was full of beauty and happiness, and even reminded him of the time he spent with his grandmother when he was a child, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up.

At that time, grandma worked so hard for nothing more than to be able to send him to college.

But as long as you are full of hope, what is the hard work?

He still remembers his grandma's happy smile when he bought something for his grandma for the first time after graduating from university.

But now, grandma has been gone for 30 to [-] years, and he hasn't thought of grandma for a long time.

Gu Xiaobai's voice can always evoke the most beautiful things in the depths of human hearts.

He couldn't help asking: "What song is this?"

"Xiaobai's song released a few days ago is called "Picking Up the Stars", and it is now number one on the charts." The driver replied, "Almost all the radio stations are playing this song now!"

Then he added: "It's about pirates."

About pirates?

Barry was a little puzzled, such a beautiful lyrics, it can't be heard that it is about pirates at all!
But at this moment, the tune of the music changed, and Gu Xiaobai's cold, dark chanting sounded.

"despair

stab wound

Firelight
Dried waves
String sound
tear chest
brutal
extinguish eyes
没有 方向
hopeless
no end
no hometown..."

Listening to the near-dark hoarse chanting, the incomparably beautiful memories of the past disappeared in an instant. In Barry's mind, those heinous crimes and corrupt officials in the cases he had handled over the years emerged in Barry's mind. Those rampant pirates, those vicious criminals...

He couldn't believe why a song could have such two completely different temperaments.

In the next second, the high-pitched, trembling, almost heart-piercing nursery rhyme refrain sounded.

"The stars in the sky are falling
Pick up the doll on the ground

take it home to grandma

steamed buns
a nest for dad
A nest for the doll

Dad goes fishing
The baby is waiting on the shore..."

The moment he heard this chorus, Barry's scalp tingled and his skin got goosebumps.

He didn't watch the MV, but the strong emotions, the poignant music, and the high-pitched voice had already fully expressed everything.

After seeing so many dark hearts for so many years, at this moment, Barry almost shed tears in the back seat of the car.

At that moment, he finally made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)