Chapter 557: National Plan
Iran came to Blackwater and wanted to purchase more weapons, but Wang Yuanchao refused to sell them.

Iran was being pushed all the way by Iraq and was at odds with the United States and the West. It was struggling to survive and actually thought of Blackwater, which had done business with them before.

What a pity. Wang Yuanchao even thinks his own weapons are not enough, so how could he sell them?

The only shortcoming is the population.

After a large-scale immigration, Sarawak now has a population of just over 200 million, half of whom are Chinese. Sabah has a population of about 190 to 200 million, of which only about 20 are Chinese. If the two states become independent, the Chinese will only account for about 30% and cannot support the majority of the ethnic group.

But losing Sabah would not be cost-effective. This is one of the reasons why Wang Yuanchao continued to vigorously promote immigration and has been slow to launch the Sarawak-Sabah Spring.

Another reason is that he is waiting for his former father-in-law Reagan to take office and strive for a better international environment. What will the Malaysian authorities think of the US aircraft carrier coming out to visit the Philippines?
Originally, Sarawak and Sabah were states with great independence. It was the Malay authorities who deprived the two states of their powers through deception and made them two Malaysian states.

It was Malaysia that was unreliable first.

What's wrong with the United States helping the people of Sarawak and Sabah to seek justice?
If we wait until independence and, with the help of the United States, then import a large number of people from the mainland, it will not look good. Not only will it damage the dignity of a country, but the Americans will probably have some thoughts.

So the top priority now is population, population, population.

All illegal immigrants in Hong Kong were directly repatriated to Sarawak. In order to rescue them from the mainland, Wang Yuanchao requested that an offline killer be added to the cooperation agreement:

- Voluntary immigration to Sarawak, and a subsidy of US$300 will be given to their families.

According to the current official exchange rate of 1 US dollar to 1.7 US dollars, it is about 500 yuan.

This is a very cost-effective "deal" for families with many children, especially those in rural areas. Whether in the city or in the countryside, the bride price for marrying off a daughter is not so high!
In this way, the second son or daughter in the family can find a job outside, the family will have a large amount of cash, and the country will also have a large amount of foreign exchange.

Win-win.

While Chen Xueru and others were revising the rescue plan, Wang Yuanchao was not idle either. He rushed to visit the Governor of Hong Kong, the Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, and the Chairman of HSBC, all of whom were his important partners in Hong Kong.

The repatriation of Hong Kong's population also requires the support of these bigwigs, or in other words, no opposition.

In fact, many businesses of the companies under his name do not require his presence. With him as the guardian, the people below can do just as well.

In addition, as for the foreign company Wheelock, he directly and indirectly holds shares through multiple capitals in Hong Kong, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. In recent years, he has been selling high and buying low. If you really calculate, he currently holds almost 30% of the shares, which can be considered a negative cost holding!
In other words, if you add a little more cost and buy another 2% of the shares, the total 5% of the shares will basically be at zero cost.

It's like getting a Wheelock for free.

It's not just Wheelock, it's also Jardine Matheson. However, Jardine Matheson's development is obviously more stable than Wheelock. When the stock market crashes next year, Wheelock will definitely be taken over. As for Jardine Matheson, even if it cannot be taken over, it will be split into pieces and some key subsidiaries will be divided up.

All of this requires maintaining good relationships.

After sorting out the rescue plan, Wang Yuanchao and his execution team headed north impatiently.

Thanks to the early communication and support from above, Wang Yuanchao was generous and acted much faster than investing in taxi companies, hotels and the like.

With the support of comrades from the mainland, the executive team soon began to expand to major cities.

Wang Yuanchao actually only wanted to get some rural population, but surprisingly, a lot of people he got were from urban areas. It’s not that the urban population is bad, but the growth of his industrial base could not keep up with the growth of this part of the population.

He can only increase the number of immigrants by developing a large amount of rainforest in Sarawak, so that the rural people will be more hardworking.

He mentioned this tactfully to the comrades in charge of civil affairs in the mainland.

Big development? Hard work? What could be better than retired green military uniforms?

Many green military uniforms had to go back home to farm after retiring. When Wang Yuanchao had this opportunity, the Civil Affairs Department just mentioned it, and he was so happy that he wanted to kowtow to them.

Isn’t that so thoughtful?

With this batch of retired green military uniforms, he will not be afraid of any monsters, let alone large-scale development.

Anyway, the mainland has no tradition of interfering in other countries' internal affairs, so he is 100% assured. He has plenty of time for these people to settle down, get married, have children, and take root there.

Soon, at the end of April, the first groups of people began to board ships from various ports in the north, middle and south, heading south.

Those who received family allowance accounted for as high as 76.3%! It is really a "sacrifice" for the happiness of the whole family.

Wang Yuanchao would make their "sacrifice" worthwhile. How could the country abandon them like this? They must have seen Wang Yuanchao's potential.

Sure enough, no organization’s efficiency can match that of the mainland!

Wang Yuanchao is not short of money! According to the mainland's organizational strength, it is estimated that by the end of next year, within a year and a half, 80 to 100 million immigrants can be added.

The reason why we cannot accommodate more immigrants is not because the mainland cannot provide more population, but because Sarawak cannot provide more jobs in such a short period of time.

Textile, clothing, shoe, rubber, plastic, and food factories have already absorbed more than 200,000 workers from the previous 500,000 immigrants and local residents.

Many of these factories were established by transferring production capacity from Hong Kong, and have been doing OEM for Hong Kong bosses. The growth has been steady. The wages of workers in Hong Kong have reached thousands of Hong Kong dollars, about two hundred US dollars. The labor cost ranks second in Asia, second only to Japan.

But it is impossible to expand suddenly by doubling the size. The construction of a factory, the purchase (or transfer), installation, commissioning and training of equipment all take time and cannot be accomplished by simply bringing people in.

It would be great if these factories could double in size in just over a year.

The remaining working population can only be absorbed by forestry, farms, transportation, and urban construction, which are all industries with high technical content but not too high.

However, these industries also require a lot of capital investment, but the output is relatively limited. Wang Yuanchao is not likely to be a good person, and these things have to rely on the Sarawak authorities to pay.

The Sarawak authorities have no money?

Borrow it!

You can use forests, land, ports, taxes, anything as collateral.

To some extent, Wang Yuanchao also “bought” Sarawak, but ordinary people are not qualified to “buy” it.

It is through these constructions that many people from Sabah have been attracted to work here, and many upstream and downstream companies have also extended their tentacles into Sabah.

Although Sabah has a population of less than 200 million, there are only a few hundred thousand able-bodied laborers, and only a handful of highly qualified people. There is almost no industry, and the tourism industry has not flourished these days. People can only rely on working in Sarawak, and are completely dependent on Sarawak.

In fact, not only in Sabah, but also in Indonesia, people come here to work! It is very convenient to sneak across the sea by boat. Those who can't speak Chinese will be repatriated without mercy.

After all, Sarawak is still a state under Malaysia. Although it has a high degree of independence, it is also subject to constraints and cannot do whatever it wants.

Therefore, the scale and number of workers of these enterprises have undergone technical adjustments. Some enterprises are not even on the list of the Sarawak authorities, as if they have become illegal entities, but this does not hinder their normal operations.

So on the Malay authorities' side, the Sarawak authorities vigorously developed the economy and added tens of thousands of workers, that's all.

In the center of West Malaysia, close to Brunei, there is a small town called "Miri". Oil was discovered here in the early 20th century, and it became an important town in Sarawak. A large number of foreign employees from oil companies also formed the unique Western culture of Miri society.

However, in 1972, Sarawak Shell Petroleum Company was forced to close Miri's oil wells, which put Miri's economic development into crisis.

After cooperating with the Bush family, Wang Yuanchao chose to build an American-funded petrochemical plant here to engage in oil refining and ethylene manufacturing.

Sarawak's offshore oil and gas resources, the Sarawak authorities asked for a certain share of the oil and gas instead of money, which is also reasonable. After independence, it will be even more natural to take back this part of the oil and gas resources.

Moreover, Brunei, the neighboring country, is a small country that produces a lot of oil. Shouldn’t Sarawak be given a friendly price when it buys some oil?
However, this factory is still under construction under the guidance of American technical experts. It would be a blessing if it can be put into production before the end of next year.

Such a chemical plant can accommodate a large number of employed people and also drive a large number of upstream and downstream industries.

If we only rely on selling oil and gas resources, we won’t know how to make a living!
There is no shortage of energy and maritime transportation is convenient. What business can't make money?
After independence, we still need to build a steel plant! Wang Yuanchao learned from Baosteel!

Thinking a little too far.

Why until the end of 82?

What was the node at the end of 82?
What big thing happened?
Because in February 80, the second Gulf War reached its peak, oil production dropped sharply, and the second oil crisis broke out. The price of oil soared from $2 a barrel to $15 a barrel. This directly triggered inflation of up to 40% in the United States.

The interest rate on US dollar deposits is as high as 20%. Isn’t that scary?
In order to curb high inflation, the Federal Reserve directly raised interest rates without informing the market, which is very unfriendly to investors.

But high interest rates will inevitably lead to an economic downturn, and now the US economic growth has begun to slow down.

The United States is the engine of the global economy. If it weakens, other countries and regions will not be much better off.

Therefore, 81-82 was a period of economic downturn, especially during the China-UK-Hong Kong negotiations at the end of 82. After Mrs. Thatcher's fall, the Hong Kong economy immediately collapsed.

The Hong Kong stock market will obviously collapse as well.

Then, the stock price of the fraudulent company Jianing is expected to be wiped out.

At that time, Wang Yuanchao would arrange a suitable opportunity to expose the tens of billions of dollars in transactions between Jardine Matheson and the Malay authorities' U-M Bank, so that the people of Sarawak would feel that their interests were violated, become angry, hold rallies and demand a referendum for independence!
The Malay authorities, including the two states of Sarawak and Sabah, now have a population of just over 1000 million. Excluding the population of the two states in East Malaysia, the population of the Malay Peninsula is only 500 million, and by then the population of the two states in East Malaysia will be million!
They can't win!
Because at that time, Blackwater will also accept Sarawak's security cooperation agreement to prevent the Malay authorities from sending troops to quell public anger.

(End of this chapter)