Chapter 541 Bribery

The observation group's bus drives from inside the city to the outside of the city, and you can see several polling points along the way. They are all standard, beautiful and solemn, and there are also orderly Azerbaijanis queuing up.

Western representatives were happy to see the seeds of democracy sprouting, and even Han Chenghang was a little stunned and said, "It's not easy for Azerbaijan to do this in the first general election. Maybe the election can really be used as a benchmark?

Su Cheng sat in front of him. Hearing his words, he did not look back and said with a smile, "This is the concession of Azerbaijan. Outside and here, there are two worlds."

"You mean, it will be much worse outside?" Although Han Chenghang is a diplomatic ambassador, he does not have a direct understanding of the members of the former Soviet Union after the collapse. He has just arrived in Baku and is building an understanding of Azerbaijan.

Since Sucheng is ready to obtain oil fields in Azerbaijan, it is indispensable to contact Han Chenghang, so following the topic he is interested in, he said: "Azerbaijan is a mountainous country, but it is also the main development area of heavy industry in the Soviet Union. Coupled with the poor industrial and agricultural scissors, the income gap between China is even bigger. The more remote it is, the less voters will care about politics. The scene of queuing up to vote is estimated to become another form.

Han Chenghang recalled the information he had seen before and said, "In the Soviet era, Azerbaijan and Russia were the only two republics that did not need subsidies. Their oil income was very conspicuous, and it was also a universal education system, so there was not much difference."

Chinese people all believe in the equality of the basic rights of Soviet society, to some extent, it is true. However, as for the Azerbaijanis contacted by the Soviet City, they are busy with livelihoods all day long, and I'm afraid it's difficult to focus on political elections. In fact, competing for more voters who don't care about politics is the core of the election in small countries.

Su Cheng did not say it in detail. He smiled and said, "Education belongs to education, but in terms of Azerbaijan's current economic conditions, at least those who are not hungry must be thinking about politics."

Han Chenghang nodded and looked out of the window. It was the first time he left Baku when he came to Azerbaijan these days.

Minister Zheng sat next to Su Cheng, but he held his own identity and took the initiative to talk to Su Cheng once. He would never start talking again. The place where the three Chinese sat suddenly calmed down.

Europeans and Americans in the same car are all kinds of excitement. They are media workers. They keep recording and writing manuscripts, and they don't stop talking, and use English more.

Su Cheng and others listened as if they were on the radio.

In a short time, the first town outside Baku arrived.

The bus in front stopped, and the rear car also stopped by the side. Heinkel, who was very organized and talented, led the crowd out of the car and went to the polling spot as usual.

Azerbaijanis who are still queuing up to vote can still be seen here, except that they dress more simply than in the city, there is no big difference.

Su Cheng was too lazy to get out of the car, so he looked through the window with a sneer at the corners of his mouth.

Han Chenghang looked at his words and asked, "What's the problem?"

"I just got out of the city, the ticketing room is old, and the provisional government is more short of money than expected." Su Cheng said and smiled and said, "I'm also talking on paper. I didn't run out much. Now that I think about it, Azerbaijan probably bought second-hand goods from Eastern Europeans."

Only Minister Zheng, Su Cheng and Han Chenghang were present. Han Chenghang didn't have to pretend to understand and asked curiously, "What does it matter if second-hand goods save money?"

"This is the face of Azerbaijan, and the United Nations and Western countries have sponsored it. If Azerbaijan is still like this, you will know how poor places are. Seeing that Han Chenghang didn't understand, Su Cheng explained, "All localities need to make up a sum of money for the polling stations. The less the funding is, the worse the construction of the polling stations will be."

"Didn't you say unity?"

"How can it really be unified?" Su Cheng said disdainfully, "Who will build a good and large polling station in the other party's ticket warehouse? They can't wait for the other party's voters to wait in long lines, and then stop voting."

Han Chenghang is dumb. People who have not experienced Western elections really won't think about this.

After a short stop, the convoy continued to move forward. At a fork in the road, several cars parted to visit another area, and the other buses continued along the widest road. The international observers in the car are all here to watch. Tens of thousands of ordinary observers are responsible for the general election at the grassroots level.

However, even if it was a walk, Azerbaijan's first general election was quickly revealed.

At the second polling place outside the city, the observers saw the huge portrait of Aliyev and the propaganda map.

This is not allowed. Because for many voters who do not have a clear goal, the pictures outside the polling station have a psychological implications.

However, observers are only qualified to observe and are not qualified to interfere in the election of other countries. At this point, observers from Europe and the United States did a great job. Heinker took pictures from all angles with his camera, and then got into the car indignant. After all, he didn't say a word.

This is not the first set of photos he took.

In the next few polling stations, there were also various problems that did not give face. In the bus, the jubilant atmosphere really faded a lot.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, almost dinner time, the bus stopped in Xiki City, 400 kilometers from Baku.

Most people get out of the car, shake their legs, eat something, and then slowly observe around a polling station.

Su Cheng and Han Chenghang walked together, followed by Minister Zheng.

Minister Zheng couldn't find a sense of existence in a group of foreigners' fleet, and it was difficult to find the glory of the deputy minister in Sucheng. He simply found a shop like a fast food restaurant to sit down, waved, and shouted in Russian, "Have a meal."

It's time to eat. There are a lot of people eating. The owner of the fast food restaurant is so busy that he just looked up and asked in Russian, "Are you a foreigner?"

"Chinese." Minister Zheng smiled kindly, like the director of the meteorological bureau visiting the primary school.

"Chinese people? Can you vote?" The owner of the fast food restaurant asked in his busy schedule, but he didn't stop.

Minister Zheng said in surprise, "Of course I can't vote."

"Then without your meal, the meal here is only for those who can vote."

"Can't you pay for it?" Minister Zheng took out a green dollar.

The boss took a look, quickly lowered his head and said, "If you want to eat, you have to wait for a while, until the voters finish eating."

"Okay, I'll wait." Minister Zheng pressed the money on the table and then asked curiously, "Why do you only sell food to voters?"

"They chartered my store." The boss put the burrito on a plate and handed it to a guest. He said, "All those who voted for Aliyev can eat for free, and I can only sell it to those who voted for Aliyev today."

"Only those who sell it to Aliyev? What if the other party lies to you?

"I can't cheat. Someone is watching." The boss stretched out his hand.

It turned out that every ticketing room was not sealed, and someone could see it and stamped the arms of those who voted for Aliyev.

People with stamps can not only eat for free at the boss, but also eat for free in several other stores.

Even if you don't understand the Western electoral system, Minister Zheng knows that this is election bribery... The only problem is that the cost of such election bribery is too low.

It's just a dinner.

Stunned, there are also international observers and their friends.

Although they knew that Azerbaijan's general election could not be as light as water, they did not expect that such a turbid place so close to Baku could be.

Not every Azerbaijani will exchange votes for dinner, but I have to admit that people who are willing to exchange dinner are still young and old.

Heinkel couldn't help but let people stop a young man who had finished the vote and ask about the publicity policy near him. Only then did he know that the mobilization of dinner for votes was released a week ago.

Moreover, not only dinner, but also the vehicles transport voters are required to vote for Aliyev, otherwise they can only find their own cars.

Only then did Han Chenghang know where Su Cheng's self-confidence came from, and deliberately asked, "The practices of these polling stations will not be related to Su Dong, will they?"

Su Cheng showed an innocent expression: "I haven't heard of these things, and I don't think I've heard of them either. Maybe... it's a temporary employee. I did it myself."

......RS