As the saying goes, you don't know what you're blessed with.
African friends will surely understand the meaning behind this sentence better.
Yes, that's the ubiquitous liquid !
"You smell it, you rub it, you feel like you're in a whole mint forest, blocking out the hot sun around you."
CONFO, or "CONFO ", was the first Chinese word many Africans learned, more important than "ni hao".
(The first friendly communication with an African begins with taking out a bottle of CONFO GREEN LIQUID essence)
It's a magic water from the East, more better than French perfume.
Its signature scent is thick and long, with plenty of stamina and a sense of security just by smelling.
After decades of its introduction to the African continent, local people have long been inseparable from it.
The first time I realized the good of balsamic essence was after being ravaged by tropical mosquitoes.
Wipe a bit, itchy and painful feeling dissipates immediately, what remain has cool and relaxed cool feeling only.
Gradually, we also found its more clever use, can prevent carsickness, and in the pain has supreme power: headache, joint pain, sore throat........ A cure-all.
It is said that local people have even become dependent on CONFO after using it for a long time.
If Africa's love affair with balm is the root, then China's unlimited input is the fruit.
Like the Silk Road, silk became the "new paper currency" of trade because of the Arab's love for it.
So the essence of CONFO LIQUID has become the hard currency of sino-African friendship.
Every time the Chinese who help to build Africa go to Africa, they will carry large and small bags, making people mistakenly think that they are filled with various local specialties.
In fact, opened a look, turned out to be boxes of CONFO !
Hard currency means that whatever comes to it, it can solve it.
Encounter all kinds of difficulties, please go to the opposite brother pocket to bring a bottle of balm essence.
The police don't like you, please hand over the CONFO in time.
Guide reception is not warm and service is not considerate, give him a few drops of CONFO essence gift.
Even taking photos at the National Wildlife Park, a little CONFO can get you a prime spot.
If you're going to Africa and you're planning a walkthrough, these five words can sum it up: Bring more CONFO
Because of the continuous propaganda of the African people, CONFO has been completely out of China and even the African continent.
Foreign Internet users posted a content of "fengyoujing" and "qingliang OIL" on FACEBOOK, which received 42,000 likes.
The content is more magical, translate for everyone:
"Legend has it that it can cure everything, including raising the dead. "
Is balm really so magical?
In fact, it is a real case to pile up the word of mouth.
Because of its high temperature, it is prone to heat stroke, and it is limited by sanitary conditions and is infested with mosquitoes.
At this time, balm repellent, pain relief, skin trauma, burn universal attributes highlighted.
On the other hand, in China, the price of cooling oil and wind oil essence costs only a few cents, but in Africa, the price is about 10 DOLLARS, about 60+ RMB.
So it's not unusual to be considered a panacea that "can cure everything."
And CONFO, not everyone can make it.
Since decades ago, cooling oil has been classified as a state secret technology, and only specialized technicians are qualified to participate in formula production.
Although the ingredients are spelled out in the recipe, it is difficult to produce independently in Africa, where there is no established industry.
In recent years, the annual export volume of cooling oil is more than 15 million kg, 54% of which is exported to Africa, showing its high popularity.
Today, it is easy to find "luxury medicine oils" from China in African pharmacies.
There was even a culture of CONFO oil that spread from country to country.
The Wall Street Journal also reports that Egyptians have fallen in love with CONFO, even charging hard currency for their dealings.
In the eyes of more than a billion African friends, the Chinese are not just descendants of the dragon.
Or "cool descendants", they have mastered the mystery of coolness and dispelling heat.
And all because of a tiny bottle of CONFO LIQUID!
Post time:Jul-14-2022