Chapter 108: Journey to the Far East (14)

"President, the contract for the construction of the Guangzhou Special Economic Zone has been basically approved. The Guangzhou government will accept your proposal in full. As for your proposal to build a train connecting Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, as long as the Hong Kong British authorities do not object, they also support it. The management of this section of the railway will be controlled in the form of a joint-stock company." Huang Xinguo said, "The Shenzhen Special Economic Zone will set up a management bureau, and personnel from China and Italy will participate. The Chinese participants you proposed must be able to master English and have the education qualifications and experience of Western powers. The other party also expressed approval. The director of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Supreme Management Committee will be Song Ziwen, the current Minister of Finance of the Guangzhou Government. He is a doctor who graduated from Columbia University in the United States and has profound knowledge..."

Contini nodded: "I know Mr. Song's name. Isn't he the brother of Marshal Chang's fiancee?"

"Yes, it's him."

"His focus is definitely not on the Special Economic Zone. It is recommended that Marshal Chang change someone..." Contini expressed his thoughts, "What I mean is, if we want to put him in name only, we can use other diplomats with bigger backgrounds, but the ones who actually cooperate with us must be here wholeheartedly."

Huang Xinguo lowered his voice and said, "In fact, this is a common routine in China. Marshal Chang attaches great importance to this special zone. He is seeking the position of supreme leader and tries his best to prove to others that he not only understands military and politics, but also can do economics and construction..."

With Huang Xinguo as a living map, Contini can easily grasp the secret. He smiled and nodded, "It's not difficult. Let Marshal Chang replace someone more convenient. Does Mr. Song have no younger brother?"

Huang Xinguo's eyes lit up: "President, your instructions are too important."

"Ziwen is not okay? Ziliang?" Marshal Chang discussed with his fiancée in his apartment that the Guangzhou government is a revolutionary government, so naturally he would not follow the old tradition that the newlyweds cannot meet before they get married. Now, except for not living together, they have started to do business "partnership" at other times.

"Darling, the CEO is still very capable." Meiling smiled, "His proposal to master English, have studied abroad in Western powers, and understand economics, finance and fiscal affairs has blocked many people, especially the Communist Party. They have very few such talents, and they don't have enough internally, so how can they send them out? As for Mr. Tang nominated by Wang Jingwei, although he meets the requirements, it's a pity that he has too many qualifications. After all, he has been the prime minister. How can he condescend to be the director of the Special Zone Management Committee, which is almost the same as the county magistrate?" "Wait..." Marshal Chang pondered, "Your idea is very good! Let Mr. Shaochuan serve as a nominal management committee member. The director of the association, let the Italian be the first deputy director, and let Ziliang be the second deputy director! In this way, Ziliang's less experienced issues can be resolved, and I can also explain Wang's side. "Then I will go to send a telegram to Xinguo." Meiling smiled, "He is from the Huang family in Yuyao. I met him several times in the early years. When he left Zhejiang, he was said to be a lazy young man. I always thought he was fooling around in Italy and France, but I didn't expect that he had done a great career. Not only did he become the general representative of Chinese workers in Libya, but he was also the Chinese assistant of the president, and he had a lot of say. " "So in this way, we are half fellow villagers, Yuyao and Fenghua are one of the counties. You should introduce me to him... That's how men mature slowly. I made even more jokes when I was a child. It's a pity that his friend Li Xi left his family's huge fortune and chose not to mix with the peasants to engage in communism. It's really a pity. Do you know? The Communist Party also wanted to send Li Xi to work in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. He knew English and had studied abroad. As a result, he was directly rejected by the president, who said that this person left Libya without saying goodbye, incited the Chinese workers, was morally corrupt, and must not be used! "Marshal Chang laughed, "This is a serious slap in the face. Li Xi also came from a scholarly family. I don't believe that he is morally corrupt, but he left without saying goodbye and incited the Chinese There must be a worker, otherwise why would the president hold a grudge against a Chinese for no reason? "

"The president is so petty. With such a big business, he still remembers this incident after several years."

"The president is young. He will only be 25 after the Chinese New Year. He is young and has a high position, so he has a temper and capital." Marshal Chang sighed, "When I was 25, I happened to catch up with the revolution and followed Mr. Chen to do a lot of stupid things."

The so-called stupid thing was naturally to assassinate Tao Chengzhang on the orders of Chen Qimei. If this incident was really a so-called revolutionary act, it would have been written about in the beginning. Later, even Chang realized that it was just a power struggle within the Tongmenghui, and he was ashamed to mention and admit it.

"You are only 40 now, it's not too late to start a business. Didn't the leader come to power in his 40s? You have done it with your bare hands. After all, your father is the Minister of Transportation, and your future father-in-law is the leader of Italy. How many young people in the world have such unique conditions?" Meiling smiled, "Why don't we find a way to create such conditions for our children in the future?"

As expected, due to this coordination, the personnel of the special zone were also settled two days before Contini arrived. The Chang faction and the Wang faction worked together to pass the test, and the appointment of Tang and Song was easily approved.

"President, can I ask you a question?" Huang Xinguo hesitated for a long time and said, "In my opinion, your energy, the energy of the United Group, and even the energy of Italy are mainly in the mainland and North Africa. Why did you suddenly open up such a business route in the Far East? It is understandable that Cam Ranh Bay has a wharf, but I can't figure out why you want to enclose more than 200 square kilometers of land in Shenzhen to build a special zone."

"Do you think it's not good for me?"

"There are definitely benefits, but it's too long-term and too far away, I think..."

"From a purely economic perspective, your words are certainly correct, but if you measure it from a macro-strategic perspective, you can see my handiwork. In addition to Guangzhou, didn't I ask you to send a telegram to Marshal Zhang two days ago, asking him to ask for the territory of Shanghai and Tianjin? Do you think he will agree?"

Huang Xinguo nodded: "He should be able to agree, but he will be controlled by the Japanese."

"So I will only go to Tianjin at the farthest..."

"President, the Beijing government sent a telegram, the Supreme Ruler cordially invites you to visit, the end of the month is the anniversary of the Supreme Ruler's inauguration, he will hold a grand ceremony..."

"I will go to support him." Contini smiled, "By the way, tell him my conditions for expanding the Italian Concession in Tianjin."

Huang Xinguo was stunned for a moment, he seemed not to have heard of this matter, but now Contini didn't say it, he couldn't ask more.