Chapter 700 There Are Operations, but Not Many

International hot spots can only be guided in many cases. The hot spots themselves are uncontrollable. The only controllable thing is the public opinion.

"Edmond" has a wide range of business in Asia Pacific, and oil is just one of them.

The Chinese edible oil that has just been involved, among which the blended oil cannot be regarded as a single material, is the various oils behind it, which are specific commodities or products in the futures market. What "Edmond" wants to control is actually soybean oil and palm oil.

The market for the latter is not for general household consumption, but for commercial use.

However, there is no doubt that "Edmond" obviously wants both, so Southeast Asia, Central Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean are all important raw material target production areas for "Edmond".

Only the Caribbean region is controllable.

Relatively controllable is Southeast Asia, where the palm oil production of Malacca and Java accounts for the absolute majority of the world.

What is completely uncontrollable is Central Africa, which is the territory of "Louis Dreyfus" and the settlement currency there is called "Central African Franc".

It is not difficult to see from this distribution that "Edmund" obviously needs the raw material market in Southeast Asia, but in order to avoid the backlash of local countries, it must use crooked brains, cultivate liberal supporters, and create some conflicts.

The highest intensity is definitely a "hot war", but if the market is stable, it is enough to create some "hot events" in the South China Sea.

Chaos, but not too much chaos.

Unless there are variables, such as the intervention of a multinational company that is obviously born in a big country, such as the "Sarawak Group".

Liu Yuanchao's business in Sabah was completely cleared, and the local port storage project was transferred to China Construction. Whether the operating project should be transferred to the grain group depends on the negotiations of the government's top leaders.

However, the negotiations obviously encountered a little setback. The contact between the central government and the Malacca government was not ideal, because Kuala Lumpur, let alone Sabah, even Sarawak, had never thought of increasing investment to promote development.

There are too many reasons, and historical reasons are definitely one of them.

This is related to the establishment of Malacca's post-war state, and is more closely related to the local population distribution.

If we only count the number of Malacca citizens in the entire state of Sabah, the second largest ethnic group, the Bajau, accounts for almost one-sixth.

There is no first largest ethnic group, because it is a complex ethnic group divided into more than six regions.

But these are nothing. In addition, there are "non-Malacca citizens", including foreign workers, about 1.2 million people.

In other words, the population ratio of citizens and non-citizens is about two to one.

There is no real "main ethnic group" and no collective consciousness of "Malacca nation". Here, the three major religions and primitive religions are all present, and the Chinese population is more than 300,000. So there is no doubt that there must be two or more education systems.

Although Zhang Haonan heard about the turbulent and various hot conflicts in the South China Sea from time to time before his rebirth, he felt really strange when he was in it this time.

"Edmund" was like a stress response. After confirming the stable long-term benefits of the Chinese market, he began to retaliate against "Siegel".

Send a little gift.

They knew that "Shashi Group" and "Shazhou Logistics" had business in the Sulu Sea, and Ross also discussed some cooperation with "Edmund" in Canberra, such as delivering finished edible oil to Kabul to make a fortune.

Because they knew this, they had to destroy the growth point of "Siegel's" influence in this region.

As long as the reputation of "Sulu people" is rotten, it is a victory.

However, everything is excessive, and Zhang Haonan has not reacted yet. A group of "Sulu people" instigated by "Edmund" actually took money to incite "compatriots" who are not Malacca citizens in Sabah, claiming to recover the "Sulu homeland".

Because the "Bourne people" took out the Ming Dynasty's enthronement, the "Sulu people" fiddled with it and also took out the Ming Dynasty's enthronement. I thought it was nonsense, but the ambassadors of Kuala Lumpur and Manila went to Jiankang to confirm it... It's true!

What's even more ridiculous is that these two ancient "princes" both died in Jiankang, and they both have their own "Prince Tomb".

Isn't this just hilarious?

How could "Edmund" know about things that happened hundreds of years ago?

The escalation of conflicts caused by stress operations was unexpected. The "Sulu people" who took the money actually established propaganda channels and underground printing factories, and registered a large number of companies in "Labuan Island", which gave them a lot of channels to obtain extensive funds.

After all, there is also a religious belief issue here, so many wealthy princes in the Middle East are willing to give a little money to beggars in the "Sulu Sea".

The princes don't care whether these "Sulu people" are pirates or not. They only care about whether the influence of "Allah" can be spread more widely.

When an emergency occurs, it is very likely that another one will occur.

From the perspective of countries in the region, probably only China really hopes for regional peace and not disputes.

After all, making money is important, and development is more important.

Originally, the "Bourne people" were just trying to stir up trouble. The ancient Brunei Kingdom was once a regional power, but now it only has two or three small pieces of land left. It is not advisable to compete with others for anything. But after the poor "Sulu people" ran to "Labuan Island" to register a company and set up a financing platform, the "Bourne people" could not stand it anymore. The public opinion offensive was just burning money, and then it spread to the Chinese community.

Normally, newspapers and magazines in the Chinese community are normal Chinese media. It is hard to say how big they are, as long as they are enough to maintain themselves.

Usually, they do not intervene in political disputes, but it is a bit difficult not to intervene this time. The "Boni people" spend money on Chinese media to promote and tell stories.

The old-school Chinese gentry do not want to touch, but there are young people who want to make money. It just so happens that... there are satellites floating in the sky. A group of students who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology raised funds from Hong Kong and planned to establish a multilingual satellite TV station in Southeast Asia.

The idea of ​​this TV station is to produce TV programs including "Kadazan", so it quickly attracted a group of artists who play pop culture among the "Dusun tribe".

The out-of-control is out-of-control here. It is true that arms can be sold to both sides, but people's "spiritual world" is actually infinitely free. If you want to sell everything in the "spiritual world", the operating cost is really too high.

The most important point is that Boss Zhang's contact with the "Sulu people" is not deep.

You have to know that it was the "Sulu Pirates" who destroyed Liu Yuanchao's business. Boss Zhang must be crazy to spend a lot of money to support this group of people.

He just cast a wide net, but the representatives of "Edmund" in Sabah, Malacca and Papua, Java, were like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and the fur was directly mad, which made the mess.

Do you insist on saying that Zhang Haonan has suffered any losses?

Loss is a fart. The fleet of "Shazhou Logistics" now directly takes the eastern Luzon route and then enters the "Bashi Channel". It's not like they will die if they don't take the "Sulu Sea"...

At the same time, because Zhang Haonan has confirmed his identity as the backstage of "Jing Ge", it cannot be said that all the people who dragged "Jing Ge" into the water were killed. At least some people in some positions could not withstand Zhang Haonan's counterattack.

Among them are the envoys to the Independent State of Papua. Three of them were recalled to China, two came back, and one "defected" to Great Britain.

They all have secret connections with Liuqiu. The former head of Liuqiu's education department single-handedly organized a secret magazine similar to "Eight Banners Culture". It is definitely an illegal publication in China, but it is one of the important channels of "Cultural Salon" overseas.

Some public activities are conveyed through magazine articles. Many cultural mouths in Beijing, "Beijing Ye", occasionally go abroad for inspection and visits, and the expenses are borne by these people.

It is similar to the form of NGOs, but it is definitely not an NGO.

Zhang Haonan's saving "Jing Ge" was just an accident, and the subsequent counterattack was successful because the "South Suburb Package Project" was indeed too awesome. Any "political correctness" is a pile of shit in front of 10 billion.

After the permanent envoys of the Independent State of Papua were replaced, the official of Papua agreed to lease a wharf in Port Moresby to "Sandbank Logistics". This was not a bilateral negotiation. There were also those unsophisticated people in Australia, the guys Ross bribed in his hometown. His son had just graduated from college and had not found a job yet...

It is normal for a graduate from Melbourne University to not find a job. Ross introduced a college student to Port Moresby to be the public relations director of the wharf company, which must have given a lot of face.

So now "Sandbank Logistics" will have some business in Australia, but it does not mean that it will really be concentrated in Darwin Port.

In fact, after Ross heard that his boss opened a new route, a new wharf and a new business in Ceylon, he knew that he had to make a fortune, but the official relationship in Australia had to continue to operate, so Darwin Port still maintained business. Anyway, as long as the American soldiers did not leave Kabul, Ross had to continue to send money to the bureaucrats in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.

The unexpected surprise is here. The sudden "hot spot" in Sabah State caused China Construction to stop its business, but if you really want to say what it lost, it really did not lose anything.

Boss Zhang just asked his brothers to go directly to Port Moresby to have fun in the future. At the same time, in addition to bribing Australian bureaucrats, he also asked them to help with the business development in the Independent State of Papua.

The bureaucrat that Ross is working with now has the surname of Hollingworth, which sounds like the same surname as the governor. In fact, of course, it is. However, the people of this family are not proud of the governor, but the Archbishop of the Church of England.

In order to attract people to the ship, Ross initially only divided a few points out of the business in Kabul.

But now, the direction has changed.

Ross is actually thinking about the gold mines in the Independent State of Papua. He knows that the boss has this way to develop.

If the gold mines can't be handled, iron mines will be fine. Anyway, this is what he is thinking about.

But he never expected that what Boss Zhang asked Ross to get familiar with was wood, which was... small-leaf red sandalwood.

In fact, there are all three tribute woods, but small-leaf red sandalwood is the main one.

Coincidentally, Shacheng Port is one of the largest timber ports in the country. Even if there is no smuggling, it is fine if it is open and aboveboard.

Profits are here. The good-for-nothing from the Hollingworth family who just graduated from the University of Melbourne, goes to the pier to watch the seagulls after picking up girls every day. If he has time, he should remember to invite his family friends from the Independent State of Papua to have a meal together.

Ask yourself, when there is the business of "small-leaf red sandalwood", who the hell cares how many pirates there are in the "Sulu Sea"?

The problem with "Edmund's" operation lies here.

There are operations, but not many.

The investigation of "Siegel" is also in-depth, but still not much.

But this cannot be blamed on "Edmund", they are not omniscient and omnipotent gods, they cannot know the connection between all things.

For example, the replacement of Chinese envoys to the Independent State of Papua; for example, some of these envoys were defeated by "Siegel"; for example, the speculators in China at this time have a magical speculation on "small-leaf red sandalwood"; for example, the Independent State of Papua was still part of Australia 30 years ago, and the bureaucratic system has a very deep connection...

There is no problem with each incident.

Combined with all of them, it exceeds the upper limit of "Edmund's" intelligence analysis, or more specifically, the upper limit of the intelligence capability of the Asia-Pacific region.

So even more bizarre things happened. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malacca protested, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luzon also protested, and the Foreign Minister of Brunei also protested. Then the domestic spokesperson called on "all parties in the region to remain calm and solve the problem through dialogue"...

Anyway, there is nothing to do with China.

"Edmund's" channel in Luzon is related to the American garrison here a long time ago, involving vehicle transportation and food supply. Therefore, after the "hotspot" became a big deal, as long as the intelligence system of Malacca has not been paralyzed, normal people will still trace it back to the source.

Of course, under normal circumstances, all of Southeast Asia would not dare to bark at Washington, so they would just protest, and the final result would not be any result. When things cool down, they will naturally pass.

However, as Edmund's tentacles in the countries in the region are exposed, from the perspective of national interests, according to the Chinese way of thinking, it is definitely necessary to expel the imperialist forces.

However, the operation of most countries is to invite another imperialist force in...

Malacca signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Louis Dreyfus, but to activate and expand this agreement, a balance is needed.

Therefore, under the mediation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malacca government and the Sabah State Government invited the Sabah Food Group to visit Sabah to discuss business and technical cooperation.

In other words, Sabah, which was not valued, now has to have three multinational corporate groups competing on the same stage because of Edmund's operation.

"Edmund" and "Louis Dreyfus" are the strongest, but the Sabah Food Group is the closest to the region.

The geographical distance advantage is difficult to replace. Whether it is the decision-making level or anything else, even if it is talent accumulation and training, large multinational companies can only make the best use of local employees.

Few multinational groups can use all local employees, but Zhang Haonan is an exception. In the broad fields of agricultural production and agricultural processing, he has skilled agricultural workers and agricultural technicians in all terrains and climates.

This has to mention the particularity of China, which covers almost all geographical and climatic types in the world, and even agricultural technology in high-altitude areas has a deep reserve.

And it just so happens that during this period, China has almost inexhaustible human resources, even tropical crops and tropical plantings, there are more than 10,000 scientific research personnel reserves.

Lin Jianwang, whom Zhang Haonan met in Jiankang, happened to be the initiator of the oil palm project of the Rubber Institute of the Institute of Thermal Science, and Zhang Haonan funded him with 500,000 yuan at the beginning.

At that time, the "old woman" Lin Shengnan was still complaining that he, Zhang, was a liberal arts student.

Today is different from the past. Lin Jianwang would never have thought that the world would be so interesting, and there would be pillows when he was sleepy.

Given the size of Sabah, if it were the territory of Qiongya Province, it would become one of the best oil palm planting bases in the world in ten years.

In late July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent someone to visit Zhang Haonan to confirm some things again.

"Now Kuala Lumpur is very eager for us to intervene. ASEAN is also communicating internally. Comrades in Zhenla told us that ASEAN is now worried that European and American multinational groups want to plunder their assets accumulated in the past few years..."

"Nonsense, is it possible not to plunder? Of course they will plunder."

"No, Mr. Zhang, you can't say that. We should focus on development now. If we intervene in the "hotspot area", we will be easily restrained. So we have to confirm again and again that the project we cooperate with you should not involve similar operations of supporting agents, right?"

"Don't worry, if I want to operate, I will definitely distance myself from it."

Zhang Haonan curled his lips and was helpless. "Can you tell me what Kuala Lumpur is thinking?"

"They just want to balance it out. It's a good thing to have one more large agricultural trader or food trader in our country. They are all multinational groups from established powers, so they are still worried. Besides, the "Southeast Asian Financial Crisis" is still fresh in our memory..."

"They all have short memories. In two years, they will be beaten up again."

Zhang Haonan now confirmed that the senior officials of the Malacca government should be quite panicked, worried about the division or even disintegration of Malacca. After all, the foundation of the country is just a "United Emirates". Although the idea of ​​"Greater Malayism" is on the rise, there is also "Pan-Javaism" next door.

They are all countries that "care about the head but not the tail", but Zhang Haonan can understand it. After all, the main players on the world stage have not changed much in the past hundred years. It's good enough to be able to engage in "big powerism" like South Korea.

"Well, if Mr. Zhang has no objection...why don't you arrange a time to meet with the ambassador of Malacca? It can be arranged in the capital or Songjiang, you decide the time."

"Is there any benefit in letting me take some time out of my spare time to be busy?"

"..."

"What? No benefit? If no benefit, then leave it alone. I'm not in a hurry anyway. And you also said that we don't intervene in the 'hotspots'. We need stability and focus on development."

"This..."

"What's this? Or do you call again for instructions?"

"Boss Zhang, I'll call for instructions."

"Go ahead, I'll watch TV for a while."

"..."

Zhang Haonan really crossed his legs and watched TV. He didn't believe that the higher-ups were really willing to do nothing. Not actively disrupting regional stability is one thing, and being able to play "counter-cyclical" in slightly turbulent areas... That has always been the basic operation of the central government's tough guys.

Either don't open the business, or open it and make a profit for three years.

Now Sabah has suddenly become a mess, and the international giant "Edmund" is the one who is taking the blame. The blame can't be put on the Chinese, so what's there to be afraid of?

Boss Zhang is also trying to figure out the higher-ups' intentions. He can't make a phone call to verify it out of boredom. He is playing a mental game. Even if the deal doesn't go through, the friendship still exists.

If the higher-ups really have an idea and are willing to make a long-term "idle move", it doesn't matter if Boss Zhang plays along.

Of course, he did not directly support the agents in the local area, he did not have the time.

However, Manager Luo Yulong, in recruiting "overseas workers", not only recruited a group of Melanesians, but also a group of Bajau people through his old connections.

And this Bajau people... are the second largest ethnic group in Sabah.