Regardless of how UA issued a white paper to warn the surrounding countries of the dangers of Celestial Trade, these countries didn't take the harmless warning to heart. The UA kept hyping up the threat of Hua, but didn't they all enjoy doing business with Hua?
It was the same logic.
In the eyes of the surrounding countries, Celestial Trade and Future Group were in high demand.
As to why, just take a look at New Guinea's Vanimo port!
At the end of 2016, Vanimo port was still a poor town. Apart from a stagnant airport and a half-built highway, the entire city's economy was like a pool of stagnant water. The local finances were supported by a half-dead "primitive" tourism industry and a small amount of timber and ore exports.
Malaysia's Papua province was only separated from Vanimo port by a straight border. It occupied the west side of Papua Island. This straight border divided the entire Papua Island into two worlds, one modern and the other primitive. People in Jayapura always complained that the poor people from New Guinea took their jobs, dirtied their city, and drank their water. But with the arrival of Future Group, this sense of superiority gradually disappeared.
Malaysians were shocked to find that Vanimo port was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye! In just a short span of four months, the size of the city had doubled, and the previously unfrequented airport had four or five more flights. As to the busy port, they had to expand six to seven berths.
When conditions permitted, New Guineans were more willing to stay in their own country than to work in a neighboring country. The economy supported by a large steel plant forcefully boosted the local economy and led to a series of industries.
And this was only the beginning!
In February, Luer Automotive, which was successfully listed, passed a board resolution to invest 200 million USD to build a factory in Vanimo port to produce electric vehicles and officially enter the Asian market! Future Biology also moved the seaweed farm to Vanimo port to supply raw materials for the nutrient supply production line on Ange Island. The parts production plant for the housekeeping robots was also located near the port of Vanimo Port.
Ange Island was short on population and land resources. Moving the labor-intensive industries to China was a strategy that Future Group implemented at the beginning of 2017. New Guinea with a weak government, weak defense, and abundant labor force and mineral resources, was fortunate enough to become Jiang Chen's target.
Without the constraints of the policy, Future Group was like a hungry beast that took a bite out of New Guinea's eastern region. 30% of Port Vanimo residents worked for Jiang Chen and 50% were directly or indirectly supported by Future Group. It only took Future Group four months to achieve all of this.
Against such a colossus, even if the New Guinea government was cautious, the local government wouldn't offend Jiang Chen just because of the order from above. Disregarding everything else, one word from Jiang Chen could make 50% of the population lose their source of income. Without Future Group and Celestial Trade, how chaotic would the city be?
In a sense, Future Group was like a drug to the local government of Vanimo. Officials with foresight certainly knew that it would not be good to continue like this in the long run, but even if they knew this clearly, they could not get rid of it no matter what. In any country, promotions required achievements, and Jiang Chen possessed what they needed the most.
It was not that the New Guinea government didn't think about breaking up Future Group's domestic industries through the anti-trust investigation. But just as the National Assembly began to discuss this issue, a group of indigenous protesters immediately appeared at the port of Vanimo. They stood in front of the local government to protest the tax rate and racial issues, demanding the independence of Vanimo …
New Guinea was afraid.
They were not afraid of the protesters, but they were afraid that Papua Island would become the second MLL Island. When Celestial Trade went crazy, they even dared to beat up the UA's underlings.
And they beat them up right in front of their faces without holding back!
No one mentioned the anti-trust investigation again, whether it was the governor or the parliament members. After protesting for a while, the demonstrators lost interest and stopped protesting, returning to the steel plant to work honestly.
Of course, it was only a small incident.
Future Group generated hundreds of millions of USD in tax revenue for the local government. Even for the foreign currency, the local government didn't dare to offend Future Group. Or else the protesters wouldn't be able to return to work safely. It would be impossible for them not to spend ten days in jail.
It was because of the foreign currency that New Guinea's neighbor, Malaysia, was envious.
They weren't worried about Future Group subverting their regime since their strength was incomparable to Country F's third-hand army. The mixed air force had Russian MiG-29Ns as well as the UA's F-18 Hornet! Although Malaysia wasn't suited for war, the only country in Southeast Asia that could compete with them was Singapore.
Malaysia's minister of commerce and minister of energy visited Coro Island twice. They met with Zhang Yaping and Jiang Chen at the same time to send a positive signal to Future Group.
We have labor, resources, and basic industries to support us! Everything that New Guinea has, our province in Papua also has, and more than they do!
The words were so clear, the only thing missing was the phrase "hurry up and invest in us!"
But Jiang Chen didn't respond to the enthusiasm of the two ministers at the time. He only vaguely indicated that if Celestial Trade and Future Group needed to expand their business, they would consider cooperating with the resource-rich Malaysia.
But after the pleasantries, Future Group didn't make any moves. The most anxious was still the local government of Papua province. Seeing that the poor country next to them was rising, the people of Jayapura City hated the poor people of New Guinea coming to work in their city. But when these "poor people" all ran back to their hometown to work, and there were no longer any New Guinea waiters in the restaurants and McDonald's in the city, the people of Jayapura City began to worry again.
The sudden increase in the labor shortage caused the quality of life in Jayapura to drop significantly, and the speed of economic growth also slowed down. Without the foreign labor force, would there be no unemployment rate in Jayapura? Obviously not.
While losing the foreign labor force, Jayapura also lost the foreign consumers. With the decrease in sales, the company's growth slowed down, and the number of jobs would naturally decrease. The more developed the city, the more dependent it was on the outside world.
As to the impact of the rise of Vanimo Port on the capital of Papua Province, Jayapura, it was not a complete reference to the rise of Shenzhen and the decline of Xiangjiang.
Finally, Malaysia couldn't sit still any longer and sent people again.
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