Chapter 1412 Shen Ben’s Endeavor

"Mr. Shen!"

"Hello, Mr. Smead!"

"Mr. Shen!"

"Hello, Mr. Boston!"

"..."

At the gate of the Western Australia State Assembly, Shen Ben greeted a group of middle-aged people in a personable manner.

Everyone's attitude towards him was also very enthusiastic.

No matter which faction they belong to, they all show their closeness at this moment.

Because the man standing in front of them had just become an Australian citizen and easily obtained the status of a member of Parliament. This is not something that everyone can do.

Yes.

In the middle of this month, the new parliamentary election in Western Australia has been completed.

With 90% of the votes in his region, Shen Ben got his wish and became a new member of parliament, officially entering the policy-making circle of Western Australia.

The number of members of Western Australia's parliament is not large. There are only 56 seats in this term, which is three short of the overall full membership of 59 people.

According to Yin Jun's plan, Shen Ben's entry into the Western Australia Parliament was only the first step in the strategy.

Next, Shen Ben will actively develop his own power in the meeting, unite and win over a group of people, and make them his arms.

In fact, these foreign parliamentarians are all very talented people, at least somewhat politically gifted.

Since you are in the officialdom, you must know what it means to stay together and what it means to exchange resources.

The environment in Western Australia is relatively simple and has strong autonomy. The Australian government has very little restrictions on them, so this brings great convenience to Shen Ben when doing things in Western Australia.

As long as Shen Ben can find five or six allies in the parliament, he will occupy one-tenth of the quota. This is a considerable force in Western Australia.

In the Western world, in any policy formulation, the power of the parliament is greater than that of the president.

Once there is a dispute at a meeting, it is common for a matter to drag on for three to five years, and it may even drag on for seven or eight years.

In this case, congressmen often do something to unite more people and get their bills passed.

If you wholeheartedly oppose others, then you will definitely be targeted by others.

Everyone is a member to gain benefits, not to make enemies, so compromise and cooperation are very important, right?

Shen Ben currently belongs to the faction that Vukovich belongs to. They belong to the majority and occupy 39 seats in the parliament, far ahead of the second largest faction.

But this does not mean that his faction will support him in everything. Shen Ben also needs to have more communication and exchange of interests, so as to gain everyone's support.

Don't doubt it, it's just an exchange of interests, it's that simple.

Because in foreign countries, the people who can be members of parliament are either lawyers and political professionals or wealthy businessmen.

Among them, wealthy businessmen must account for at least half.

After all, they worship elite rule and feel that if the rich can do business, they can also develop the economy and manage and operate the government.

On the surface, these wealthy businessmen are separated from their own businesses, but in fact they must be inextricably linked to each other and secretly seek benefits for their own businesses.

The remaining group of people who specialize in politics also have the support of consortiums and companies behind them, and they also have exchanges.

Shen Ben was not afraid of any exchange of interests between them, but was afraid that they would not be able to make progress.

Now he is actively trying to understand everyone's interests and seek whether there are common interests to pursue.

He will win over those who are in line with his own ideals, and if that doesn't work, he will try not to offend them.

In the eyes of others, Shen Ben is actually very valuable to win over.

Because he has a total of 30,000 employees, 15,000 of whom have become permanent residents of Australia. In two years, they will be naturalized and exercise their right to vote.

At the same time, the family members of these 30,000 employees also came to Western Australia one after another, totaling almost 80,000 people.

In five years at most, Shen Ben's companies will have at least 50,000 votes, which is a big number in the vast and sparsely populated state of Western Australia.

More importantly, the reputation of Wankang Company in Western Australia has already been well-known.

They began to develop in the northwest and have now expanded to the central region, affecting more than 1 million people.

How many people are there in Western Australia overall?

Only 5 million!

What is the concept of a company that can affect 1 million people in one go?

This means that when Shen Ben operates stably for a few more years, his voice in Western Australia will become larger and larger, and he will become a heavyweight parliamentarian.

If you don't actively make friends with such a person and gain his support, what are you waiting for?

In fact, this is the biggest reason why Vukovich's faction actively recruits Shen Ben into their camp.

The friendship in Xiangjiang alone would not allow Vukovich to help so painstakingly.

Shen Ben is a smart man.

Especially after he experienced the biggest blow in his life and got back up again, there were very few things in this world that could stump him.

No matter what conspiracies the foreigners are up to, they may look decent, but compared with the ancestors of China, they are so inferior.

Shen Ben knew that what he had to do now was to calm down, hone his skills for a period of time, thoroughly understand the composition of the Western Australian Parliament, the preferences and tendencies of the members, and then slowly manage his own power.

Everything is for Jun Shao's dream of iron ore.

Yin Jun told several people close to him about his iron ore dream.

But even Le Yiling is not so sure. She supports Yin Jun as always, but it is because she has always supported Yin Jun unconditionally.

Shen Ben's confidence comes from persistence.

After Yin Jun saved him, his wife and daughter from hell, his life became Yin Jun's.

Let alone a small iron ore dream, even if it cost his life, Shen Ben would not hesitate.

Regardless of whether this iron ore idea can come true, for this goal, Shen Ben has never given up his efforts since he came to Australia.

With the polish of his previous career experience and the experience of the past few years, the management of Wankang Company is not a problem for Shen Ben.

In particular, this group of employees from the mainland have well explained what it means to be hard-working and not afraid of hardships.

On weekdays, as long as they give instructions, they will do their best work seriously without Shen Ben having to say anything.

Most of the goodwill of the people of Western Australia comes from their various additional services.

Basically, as long as they are familiar with the surrounding roads and learn English well, then there will be nothing worth taking care of.

So in the past two years, at least half of his energy has been devoted to dealing with government officials and studying the iron ore industry in Western Australia.

Now through previous dealings with government officials, when he ran for parliament, the government also gave him a lot of help, allowing him to be successfully elected.

As for the latter's iron ore industry, it is no exaggeration to say that Shen Ben has become a semi-expert. He already knows the iron ore mines, output, prices, transportation and other aspects of the major giants like the back of his hand.

After being elected as a member of Parliament, Shen Ben took a private small plane and arrived at Wickham, one of the bases of Wankang Company in the northwest, after having a meal and drink with the parliamentary officials in Perth.

Wickham is located west of the most famous Port Hedland in Western Australia, about 130 kilometers away. It is a small town near the seaside.

Two years ago, Wankang Company set up a base here as one of the resettlement towns for immigrants.

At first, the residents there were definitely unwilling. They thought the people from Wankang Company were going to steal their jobs.

They rely on traditional fishing and some planting industries to make a living, and their lives are not very comfortable to begin with. If they add a group of thousands of competitors, how can they live well?

But after a while, they discovered that these people from Wankang Company not only did not steal their jobs, but also actively promoted the development of villages and towns.

For example, they planted wheat, vegetables, and raised poultry, which greatly enriched the residents' food.

Then, the work of Wankang Company also spread all over the surrounding area, bringing great convenience not only to the nearby villages and towns, but also to the thousands of people in nearby Wickham.

At least they no longer have to live with frequent water and power outages and various broken facilities without anyone to repair them.

Even the roads in the village that connect to the roads outside have been carefully widened by Wankang Company. The traffic has been greatly facilitated, allowing them to sell their products and transport them quickly.

Everything the employees of Wankang Company do, except selling their own agricultural products at low prices, is free of charge.

This made the residents of Wickham have a great impression of Wankang Company.

After two or three years, the two parties have almost become one and are very harmonious.

Especially last month, because of an accident at the dock, Shen Ben came to Wickham specifically to tell the residents that Wickham is also the hometown of Wankang Company, and the residents' safety is also their own safety, so Wankang Company will carry out a terminal expansion and maintenance to allow everyone to work safer.

This time, with the status of newly elected member of parliament, Shen Ben is here to fulfill his promise!

Of course, there is no airport in Wickham. Shen Ben first took a plane to nearby Madi, then changed cars and traveled 120 kilometers before arriving in Wickham.

When getting off the bus, hundreds of people from Wickham lined the street to welcome Shen Ben's arrival.

Because as Shen Ben arrived one after another, there were also a lot of construction machinery and a lot of building materials.

Seeing Mr. Shen take the initiative to fulfill his promise, they were extremely happy.

Who doesn’t want to get free stuff?

Looking at the enthusiastic people in the car, Shen Ben smiled slightly.

This is just the beginning. When Jun Shao's iron ore port is built in the future, you will be so happy that you jump to the sky!