Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 672 Arrival in Australia (two chapters)

   Stayed in London for three days. After Yang Chen arranged everything, he set off by plane and headed to Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Darwin is the capital of northern Australia. It is a famous tourist city in later generations. Its name comes from the British biologist Charles Robert Darwin, who visited here in 1839, so the city is named after him. name.

  Darwin City was originally a settlement for indigenous people. In the 1870s, people discovered gold mines here and developed rapidly.

  Because of its proximity to the waterfront, Darwin is often hit by thunderstorms and tornadoes. The most serious one was Christmas in 1974, an unprecedented tornado that almost destroyed the entire city.

  After the cyclone, 70% of the buildings in Darwin were destroyed, tens of thousands of people were evacuated by air, and the large buildings in the urban area were almost destroyed. Only the government office buildings with a heptagonal roof survived.

   In the past few years, although the reconstruction work of Darwin has been completed, the population has been declining, which has caused the overall economic decline of Darwin.

   When Yang Chen arrived at Darwin Airport by plane, he was warmly welcomed by all Darwin officials.

  Australia is divided into six states and two territories. The two territories are the Northern Territory and the Capital Territory. Both territories are directly administered by the federal government. There is no state government, no governor, and no governor.

   The power of the Northern Territory to form a self-government comes from the authorization of the Federation, and the top executive of the territory is the respective local chief executive.

   Therefore, here, the Mayor of Darwin is the highest administrator of Darwin.

   The reason why Yang Chen came here was not to go directly to the Australian capital, but for the purpose of fieldwork. In addition to the Northern Territory, he would also go to Queensland next door.

  The Northern Territory and Queensland together account for more than 40% of Australia's land area. Yang Chen's Northern Australia plan is to be carried out around these two places.

   Of course, it is mainly the Northern Territory. As for why it is the Northern Territory, rather than Queensland, which has a better environment, there is only one reason, that is, the population here is small.

  Although the population of Australia is very small, the population of the Northern Territory is absolutely rare in the world.

How much is    less?

  Leaving the big city, there is no one in a hundred miles, that's no joke. If you don't have something in your hands, you may be taken away by animals when you go out.

   Of course, even if there is something wrong with the animal, it may not be able to run away.

  The Northern Territory covers an area of ​​about 1.4 million square kilometers, nearly six times the size of the later United Kingdom.

   And this is a place that is more than six times the size of the UK, with a population of less than 200,000, uh, well, according to the existing population statistics of the Northern Territory, its population is not even 150,000.

  1.4 million square kilometers, the population is only 150,000, and the proportion is almost ten square kilometers before you can see a single person.

   In the face of this situation, I am afraid to find any animal family in the Northern Territory, and their numbers are more than the people here.

  The population is too small. Even if it becomes independent, the Northern Territory has not been able to become an autonomous state as it wishes, and can only accept the direct management of the federal government.

  Due to the impact of the hurricane in 1974, the Northern Territory has been actively seeking out investment, and the arrival of Yang Chen is no less than helping the officials in the Northern Territory.

   In order to show the importance attached to Yang Chen, the Darwin City Government has packaged the entire best hotel in the city for Yang Chen and his party to stay.

   The reception banquet was in the evening, so all Yang Chen and his party went directly to the hotel to rest.

  In the hotel, Yang Chen took the information about the Northern Territory sorted out by Huo Jianning, sat on the sofa, and looked at it carefully.

Due to the limited population of the Northern Territory, most people's jobs depend on mining. The Northern Territory is very rich in resources. The minerals that have been discovered include bauxite, gold, manganese, zinc, lead, silver, bismuth, copper, diamonds, Galena…

  The more famous minerals are copper, gold, iron, manganese, uranium and bauxite, as well as rare metal ores such as palladium, platinum, bismuth, molybdenum, etc. Most of the mined ores are for export.

   These are the main source of income for the Northern Territory and have always supported the construction and development of the Northern Territory.

  Huo Jianxuan: "Boss, it is understood that the oil and gas reserves in the Northern Territory are also very considerable. Although the Australian government has not disclosed specific data, it is a recognized fact.

   Therefore, in the next negotiation, we must not only obtain mineral development rights, but also try our best to obtain oil and gas development rights. "

   "Now the economies of Asian countries are developing faster and faster, and the urbanization population is increasing, and Asian countries are gradually increasing their dependence on oil and natural gas energy.

  If we can obtain the right to develop oil and gas, it will have a huge boost to the development of North Australia in the future. "

Yang Chen was very excited when he saw that he seemed to be bloody, so he waved his hand and said, "The negotiation will be left to you next, I will not interfere casually, I don't care how the process is, I only need to know the end. the result of.

   This time, Hang Seng Bank has obtained a huge deposit in Saudi Arabia, which is conservatively estimated to be more than 10 billion US dollars.

   Use this money as a bargaining chip and use it to pry open the mouth of the Australian government, not only for the development rights of minerals, oil and gas, but also for the other party to give the greatest concessions in immigration and reduce restrictions on immigration requirements. "

   "The huge Northern Territory has a population of only 100,000 people. Tell them that we have the strength to develop the entire Northern Territory, provided we have enough manpower.

   If they can’t provide it, then we will recruit them ourselves. We have a place to recruit hundreds of thousands or millions, provided they open up immigration. "

Huo Jianhuo was not surprised by Yang Chen's plan to immigrate hundreds of thousands or millions of people to the Northern Territory, because he knew Yang Chen's idea for a long time, and used immigration to peacefully occupy the Northern Territory and build it into a place. overseas base.

   This is the only purpose of Yang Chen's investment in Australia. If this purpose cannot be achieved, naturally there is no need to make a fool of yourself here.

   It was only when Yang Chen said that Hang Seng Bank had obtained a huge deposit of 10 billion US dollars in Saudi Arabia. Huo Jianhuo was still shocked.

   Tens of billions of dollars, such a large sum of money, as long as there are enough people, the development of the entire North Australia will definitely not require much effort.

The main reason why the Northern Territory is directly administered by the federal government is because the population is too small. Otherwise, with the land area of ​​more than 1.4 million square kilometers in the Northern Territory, coupled with the rich mineral resources and oil and natural gas energy, how can it become a country? an autonomous state.

There is a big difference between    autonomous states and territories. Compared with federal territories, autonomous states are more independent.

   There is a big difference between the two laws and regulations alone. Everything directly under the territory must follow the regulations of the federal government, but the autonomous state is different. If you want to legislate and abolish it, you only need to vote by the autonomous state members.

  The Northern Territory originally belonged to the state of New South Wales, which was designated as part of the state of South Australia in 1863 and transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1911.

During the Second World War, the Northern Territory was bombed by the Japanese army. Later, the coalition forces used Darwin as a base to counterattack north. In 1978, the Northern Territory gained autonomy, but it still did not become a state and was still directly administered by the federal government. The federal government has the right to repeal all laws and regulations in the Northern Territory.

   This is the status quo of the Northern Territory, the only area under direct jurisdiction other than the Capital Territory.

  Darwin is also the only Australian city that has been baptized by war. During World War II, it was an important military base for the Allied forces.

   In 1942, the island nation had carried out two bombings on Darwin. Since then, during the Second World War, Darwin Port has been bombed dozens of times.

   This is also the reason why Australia in later generations will fight against the island country as soon as it has the opportunity.

   Now the inland is still a small and transparent one. Although everyone attaches great importance to it, they do not pay attention to it.

   In contrast, the island nation's economy is getting stronger and stronger, but it has attracted the attention of many countries, especially Australia, a bear child who likes to be jealous at every turn.

   During this period, not only did the United States express concern about the economic rise of island countries, but also Australia, a neighbor with whom it had a huge hatred, was also jealous.

  Immigration investment, even if the islanders are rich, Australia is very tight, and the Chinese are much easier in comparison.

   Now what Yang Chen has to do is to take advantage of the fact that the inland has not yet risen, and Australia has no pink eye disease, speed up immigration, and increase the number of Chinese to a certain percentage, then the Australian government will not be able to jump up.

  Immigration is the fundamental solution to everything.

  If the Australian government can't open this hole, there is no need for him to delay his efforts here.

  The northeastern part of the Northern Territory is the Buckley Plateau, the central and western parts are plain grasslands, the southern part is mountainous and desert areas, and the southwest is mostly dry salt lakes.

  In the Northern Territory economy, apart from the pillar industries of minerals, there is only animal husbandry to be developed. Australia is known as a country on the back of sheep. In addition to driving meat products, animal husbandry also has a textile industry.

   Of course, in addition to this, there is also tourism.

  There are many natural landscapes in the Northern Territory, which are endowed with beauty by nature. As long as the construction is done well, Northern Australia can become a huge tourist destination.

  The tourism industry in Australia is quite developed in later generations, and the overall growth rate of tourism is several times that of other countries.

   As we all know, one of the things that people in later generations like to do most is to travel abroad. The Northern Territory has a superior geographical environment and is most suitable for the development of tourism. If it is developed well, tourism in the future will be enough to make the economy of the Northern Territory grow by leaps and bounds.

After closing the documents in his hand, Yang Chen looked at Huo Jianhu, who was facing him, and said, "Next, we need to set up a company in several aspects. In addition to investing in energy and mineral resources with the Australian government and the local government of the Northern Territory, we will also invest in energy and mineral resources. In my personal name, I will acquire or take a stake in some related companies and introduce them to the Northern Territory for development together."

   In terms of shares, I hope to hold at least 60% of the shares. It is absolutely impossible to have less. The initiative of the entire development work must be in our hands. I don’t want to make them wedding dresses in the end. "

   "If there are not enough people in the secretary's office, go and poach people for me. Salary is not a problem. As long as you have the ability, you can send me to order them. It's a mule or a horse. Just pull it over and go for a walk. Just try it and you'll know."

"Your last plan, if the Australian government has opinions, it can be modified appropriately, but the priorities must be clearly defined. For some projects that are not in time, try to push me back as much as possible, and don't take too many steps, otherwise it will be easy. Fuck the egg."

  Huo Jianxuan said seriously: "Boss, don't worry, HSBC is on our side this time. If we don't think about it, they will bring it up themselves."

  To be honest, he never thought that Yang Chen would entrust such an important matter to him before, he was surprised and excited about this, and at the same time a little nervous, for fear of **** things up.

  There are several opportunities in life, once missed, or screwed up, the consequences will be disastrous.

  For this opening plan, Huo Jianhuo gathered the people in the entire secretarial office, and at the same time, he also specially recruited more than a dozen professionals from HSBC and Hang Seng Bank to plan according to the actual situation of Northern Australia and Queensland.

HSBC is also unambiguous this time. It seems that it has decided to take a gamble with Yang Chen. Press it, it cannot be said to be a gamble. The Northern Territory is indeed rich in mineral resources, and most of the cooperation projects between the two parties are mining development and infrastructure construction. On the other hand, the Australian government has not been involved in other industries.

  The supply of mineral resources in European and American countries exceeds demand, but developing countries in Asia are increasing day by day.

   HSBC has a wide network of contacts in Asia. As long as the minerals are mined, they can find buyers with their eyes closed, especially Yang Chen has a fleet in his hands. The combination of the two parties is simply a combination of wind and clouds.

  Huo Jianxuan: "By the way, boss, the mayor of Darwin proposed to expand the Darwin port before. He asked me to ask the boss for your opinion."

   He was not very familiar with Darwin Port, so he asked directly, "What do you think? Does Darwin Port need to be expanded?"

  Huo Jianxuan thought about it and said, "Boss, my suggestion is that we and HSBC should find a new port. We should not refuse the request of Darwin local government."

   "Why is this?" Hearing this, Yang Chen couldn't help frowning, feeling that Huo Jianhuo's idea was a bit unnecessary.

  Huo Jianhen explained: "Boss, Darwin Port is the largest deep-water port in northern Australia, it not only undertakes the main import and export trade of the Northern Territory.

   At the same time, it is also a military port, where not only the US military is stationed, but also the Australian government troops are stationed here. "

   "Boss, according to my thoughts, our next focus should not be Darwin, but other cities in the Northern Territory. This is not suitable for our base camp."

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   (end of this chapter)