甄春亮
鮮花與鉆石,芬芳美麗與地久天長,仿佛都與愛情有關(guān)。
然而有可能,在象征愛情之前,它們穿過了冷酷的、甚至是罪惡的隧道。
據(jù)一英國記者對南非納米比亞“鉆石海岸”的暗訪,那個出產(chǎn)世界最頂尖級鉆石的礦區(qū)警戒極為森嚴(yán)。兩道防護(hù)欄,第一道是帶電的,第二道是鐵蒺藜的,兩道防線之間是寬90米的空闊的沙帶,隨時抹平,以使所有經(jīng)過的印痕都原形畢現(xiàn)。任何誤入鐵絲網(wǎng)的東西,將被永遠(yuǎn)留在里面。禁區(qū)內(nèi)共裝有400部秘密攝像機,工人轉(zhuǎn)身或東張西望都被視為有所企圖,他們身體的任何部位都可以隨時放大特寫,直到將一只手掌放大到整個屏幕。而每個監(jiān)視人員亦同樣處于另一隱秘的攝像鏡頭之中……
冰雪世界里的玫瑰被稱為“香味金條”。據(jù)報道,在以推崇鮮花享譽世界的俄羅斯,鮮花的販運被黑社會組織所控制。賣花女必須向黑社會報到并交納“保護(hù)費”后方能領(lǐng)取真正的“營業(yè)執(zhí)照”。一架中型“伊爾-86”飛機由鮮花盛產(chǎn)地阿塞拜疆首都巴庫飛往莫斯科的費用高達(dá)1.6萬美元,但只要鮮花能容光煥發(fā)地平安抵達(dá),再昂貴的運費也能掙回來。
一位在黑道中走紅的護(hù)花使者透露,為了使快死的花兒活過來,必要時甚至給花兒來點興奮劑。為獨霸花市,莫斯科黑社會組織之間經(jīng)常發(fā)生摩擦以致流血沖突……
鮮花與鉆石,在經(jīng)歷了如此的曲折坎坷之后,才登上大雅之堂,為人們所享用,用來表達(dá)感情與信念、溫馨與堅貞。同時為詩人所贊美,為凡人所向往。
Fresh Flowers and Diamonds
Fresh,beautiful flowers and diamonds symbolize sweet and permanent love.
However they probably make a long journey full of cruel and illegal experiences before they are used as tokens of affection.
An investigation secretly made by a British journalist brings to light that each of the best jewelry mines in Namibia known as the Diamond Coast in South Africa is heavily guarded.It is exceptionally enclosed by a fence of electrified wire netting and a fence of barbed wire netting,with a ninety-meter-wide sand belt in between.The sand of the belt is constantly leveled so that any trace is discernable and anything that goes into the belt will be trapped there forever.Four hundred video cameras are fixed in hidden places of the forbidden area to keep the eyes on the workers.Anyone who makes the slightest movement or looks round is suspicious.A palm or any part of a worker's body can be enlarged to cover the whole screen.And each supervisor is also watched under a secret video camera...
Roses in the cold countries are called “the fragrant gold bar”.It is reported that gangsters are making large profits by trafficking in fresh flowers and monopolizing flower markets in Russia,where the people are famous for taking a fancy to fresh flowers.A flower-girl will not get a genuine business license until she registers with and offers protective fee to a sinister gang.A good return will certainly cover the expenses of $ 160,00 charged for safely carrying fresh flowers by a Yier-86 cargo plane from Baku,a place that abounds in flowers and the capital of Azerbaijan to Moscow.
A famous dealer in underworld flower business reveals that when he escorts flowers in transportation,stimulant is used to revive withering flowers if necessary.Conflicts and clashes between armed criminals often occur in Moscow and gangsters fighting for dominance of the flower markets are often injured or killed...
Having had such terrible and painful experiences,fresh flowers and diamonds are sold in elegantly decorated shops and used by people as tokens for their affection,conviction and faithfulness.And they are eulogized by poets and yearned for by ordinary people.