Chapter 1310 There are many stories about Little Chang'an (first update, please subscribe)
Mindanao International Airport, after landing at the airport, a small "Gulfstream" business aircraft taxied slowly towards the tarmac. Now, after the plane parked, the passengers on board saw a "Gulfstream" parked not far away.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the "Gulfstream" business aircraft became the darling of the market overnight, receiving more than 300 orders in the United States alone. It has also received more than 500 orders in various European countries.
I can only say that there are so many rich people in this world!
And according to market analysis, even so, its demand has not been fully released!
However, Gulfstream jets are not very common nowadays, even in Southeast Asia, and it is also rare to encounter each other at the airport.
After all, this thing is not a taxi, everyone flies around every day. So it's quite rare to meet them together.
"Zhang Xianlin?"
Looking at the passengers getting off the plane, Cheng Wangjie raised his brows lightly and said to himself:
"What is he doing in Mindanao?"< br>
The reason why we are so confused is because there is no oil here, so it is indeed very rare for people from oil companies like these to come here.
Although I don’t know why the deputy manager of the Nanyang Persian Gulf Oil Company came to Mindanao, after the other party left by car, Cheng Wangjie immediately got off the plane and drove to the Chairman’s official residence.
A few dozen minutes later, the car drove into the official residence - although Mindanao nominally belongs to the Philippines, as we all know, this is the "Mindanao Autonomous Region", a region that enjoys a high degree of autonomy, even in the United States. A semi-independent kingdom with quasi-diplomatic institutions such as economic and trade offices.
The chairman of the autonomous region, Zhao Chenggang, is the core of power in this land. After Cheng Wangjie entered the office, he greeted him warmly:
"Wangjie, you have worked hard all the way. How is the situation over there in Manila?"
After signaling him to sit down, he took out two more cigars from the cigar box.
"Chairman, Macapagal has decided to adopt the advice of his financial advisor and allow the Philippine peso to participate in free financial trade."
Cheng Wangjie's answer made Zhao Chenggang raise his eyebrows, With a smile on his face, he took out the cigar and said with a smile:
"Haha, this is really good news. Try this cigar. It was brought by immigrants from Cuba last year. It is a Cuban tobacco. The craftsmanship and taste are better than many Cuban cigars.”
Mindanao received nearly 60,000 Cuban overseas Chinese immigrants last year. They brought some funds and also some technologies, such as Tobacco cultivation and cigar production techniques. In order to promote the development of related industries, Zhao Chenggang will always use every opportunity to promote Mindanao cigars.
He even used the opportunity of his visit to Nanyang to send Xue family cigarettes to you and a group of senior officials in Nanyang.
The reason why I gave this gift was not to please these people, but to let these people take care of me. The business in Mindanao is to tell these people that now we can also produce cigars, so you should not go to other places to buy them.
Of course the cigars in this place are indeed very good.
Taking the cigar, cutting off one end with cigar scissors, and lighting the cigar, Cheng Wangjie took a puff, his eyes lit up, and he said:
"It's really good. It tastes better than Romeo and Romeo." Juliette cigars are even better.”
Romeo y Julieta cigars are the best cigars in Cuba and were Churchill’s favorite.
"Haha, let me just say it tastes very good! Believe me, one day in the future, our Mindanao cigars will replace Cuban cigars!"
In this regard, Zhao Chenggang can be said to be full of confidence , after all, those overseas Chinese brought corresponding technologies and seeds. Now, all that is needed is promotion.
After taking a puff of his cigar, Zhao Chenggang looked at Cheng Wangjie and said:
“That’s just what it means to say Macapagal!”
"Yes, he simply ignores the fact that the Philippines is financially and industrially backward. If nothing unexpected happens, in the next few years, while the exchange rate of the Philippine peso will plummet, people's income will also be reduced exponentially. , By then, the economic crisis will be inevitable.”
“This policy will cost the Philippines tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of pesos every year. By then, the people will still be suffering!”
While feeling emotional, Zhao Chenggang narrowed his eyes and said:
“But for us, it is a good thing. The more difficult the Philippines’ economy is and the lower the people’s income, the more they show their Neither the Macapagal faction nor the Nationalist Party, which holds the majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, can give a satisfactory answer."
"Yes!"< br>
Cheng Wangjie said:
“The only answer that can satisfy everyone is Mindanao!”
Mindanao!
For the Philippines, Mindanao is an extremely dazzling existence. Although it has maintained autonomy like an "independent kingdom" since 1944, its economic progress has surpassed all No one can ignore it.
More than ten years ago, there was only rice, cane sugar and sisal here. It was a place not much different from other places in the Philippines. Except for the local Moro people who believed in Islam, everyone was the same.
But what about now?
Zamboanga has developed into a big city with a population of one million. Mindanao has a population of only 2.72 million, and its GDP even exceeds that of the Philippines with a population of 29 million.
Last year, Mindanao’s GDP exceeded US$5 billion, while in comparison, the Philippines was just over US$4 billion.
In fact, Mindanao's high GDP is directly related to its economic core - the international financial offshore center. A considerable part of its GDP comes from "hot money from various countries", that is, from countries around the world. The funds that are transferred here, these funds will stay here, and they will produce some kind of numerical "result" here. But that's about it. Although its per capita GDP has exceeded US$1,800, its actual per capita income is only US$390.
But even so, Mindanao’s per capita income is still more than 10 times that of the Philippines!
It can be said that Mindanao is now second only to Nanyang economically in the entire Asia, and Zamboanga is also known as "Little Chang'an".
Because of this, many Filipinos are attracted here, and they even "smuggle" here to work.
“Yes, Chairman, now whether in Manila or other parts of the Philippines, more and more Filipinos believe that it is the corruption and incompetence of the government that has led to the Philippines’ backwardness. Many of them believe that if the Datong Party is in power, the Philippine economy will surely achieve rapid development, so more and more people are eager for the Datong Party to enter Manila.”
The Datong Party is! The largest party in Mindanao, its members are mainly from Tangshan origin. It has always been the main party group in Mindanao. It is precisely because of Mindanao's success that Filipinos are envious and jealous, and they want to replace it. This has also led to the Taitung Party being sought after by many Filipinos in the Philippines. In last year’s congressional election, the Taitung Party won 32 seats in both houses of Congress. Although it may not seem like much, it also means that Filipinos have strong support for the Taitung Party. recognized.
"Eager for us to replace them!"
As Mindanao's representative in Manila, Cheng Wangjie said this with a flash of excitement in his eyes and said:
"Committee Sir, the door of the Philippines is slowly opening to us! ”
Open!
What is open is not just the door, but the road to power in Manila. Although for the top leaders of Mindanao, governing Mindanao well is the best result, but, These political elites also have a "dream of unifying the world."
Of course, their world refers to the entire Philippines, which is a unique sentiment of the Tang people.
"I believe that in a few years, as the Philippines' economy becomes increasingly backward, they will eventually choose us."
Cheng Wangjie said with an extremely positive tone.
“Longing for better days... This is human instinct, and they will definitely follow this instinct.”
“This is their instinct.”
After taking a puff of his cigar, Zhao Chenggang said in a rather calm tone.
"The only question is - are the 23 million Filipinos willing to become Tang people?"
The reason why it is said to be 23 million is because there are about 6 million people in the Philippines who are Tang people or People with Tang ancestry, especially the latter, as one of the earliest countries where the Tang people settled in Southeast Asia, there are quite a few people in Luzon, especially around Manila, with Tang ancestry, and these people will also determine whether they can rule the Philippines in the future. key.
Hearing what the chairman said, Cheng Wangjie said:
"They are willing, but we are not willing yet! We are not the ones who helped the poor in the past, we are just using the local labor force."
In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why Mindanao wants to "swallow the big with the small" - because Mindanao has now reached the bottleneck of development.
“We are far behind Nanyang in technology, and our labor costs are getting higher and higher. Even with the industrial transfer and development in the financial field in recent years, there is no problem in the short term. But without the supplement of manpower, labor costs cannot be lowered, and the development prospects of Mindanao will definitely be limited. Therefore, 23 million cheap labor is the foundation for poverty alleviation..."
Shaking his head, Cheng Wangjie said:
“No one is really interested in this.”
“I’m not interested either, but we need to turn the Philippines into the Philippines of the Tang Dynasty, which means we must “return the barbarians to the summer” "We need to use various influences such as education to let Filipinos speak Mandarin, change their Chinese surnames, and eventually become one of us little by little. This is the inevitable development and what we need to face in the future - either We go independent, or we use our economic and other advantages to turn the Philippines into the Philippines of our Tang people!”
The Philippines has become the Philippines of our Tang people!
This is what your Excellency told Zhao Chenggang many years ago. He has been working hard in this direction over the years. Mindanao can be independent, but a country of more than two million people, even if it is independent What's the point?
"Just like Siam."
"Siam..."
Cheng Wangjie thought of the local changes when he went to Siam last year and said:
“I heard that in Siam now, 60% of the population can speak Mandarin, and 80% of the population have changed their surnames to Chinese.”
“Yes, it’s not just because Siam itself has similar characteristics. Half of the population is Chinese or of Tang descent. More importantly, they know that learning Mandarin can benefit them economically. Of course, many people in the Philippines are learning Mandarin now, but this is not enough. Three years... three years ago, Whether we can enter the Philippines to participate in the election and defeat our competitors is not only about the economy, but also the Chinese language!”
Looking at the urban night view under the mountain outside the window, Zhao Chenggang paused for a moment and said:
"As long as 60% of the people in the Philippines speak Mandarin and change their surnames to Chinese, then we can win the entire Philippines in their own way. In this way, fifty years later, the Philippines will become the Philippines of our Tang people, the best in this world. There may be Filipinos, but they will be Tang people."
Looking out the window, Zhao Chenggang emphasized his tone when he mentioned "Tang people" and said:
"Just like Mindanao now, there are 1.3 million Tang people and 1.1 million Luzon people living here. As for the local Moro people, there are only more than 300,000 left, whether they are Luzon people or Moro people. , they are all becoming Tang people, just like...the Miao people in the southwest, who entered the mountains as Miao and came out as Han, they will gradually become us!"
Looking at the Chairman standing by the window! , Cheng Wangjie thought for a while and said:
"Chairman, what about Masco? He also has Tang descent. Is he a Tang or a Filipino? Moreover, he seems to be in Zamboanga now... ”
(End of this chapter)