As it turned out, nothing was impossible.
Exempting some goods from customs duties was not an issue, but the last special permit made the Malaysian government a little difficult. Although Papua and New Guinea were both on Papua Island and there was a road connecting the two countries, any goods that passed through the road had to pay taxes.
Especially mineral resources. Since Papua Island was rich in resources, whether it was the west or the east. The Papua government didn't want to see New Guinea's minerals flow into Malaysia through their territory and take away their market share.
If Future Group was granted this special permit, it meant the border of Papua Province no longer existed for them.
But!
The five billion USD investment made it hard for the Malaysian government to give up. The total investment in 2016 was 174.9 billion MYR, down 6% from 186.7 billion MYR in 2015. Compared to the terrifying 21% drop in 15 years, although it had slowed down, Malaysia's overall economic environment was still not optimistic.
Future Group's five billion USD shouldn't be underestimated. Based on Future Group's investment performance in the port, one US dollar investment attracted at least 1.7 US dollars of international capital. Even on the Wall Street on the other side of the world, Future Group was considered a god of wealth with generous spending.
A lot of investors even paid attention to Future Group's actions and invested wherever Future Group invested. The phenomenon of following the trend was the most perfect in Xin. Future Group's 10 billion USD project attracted at least 13 billion USD in following the trend. Because of the influx of international capital, Coro Island became a rising jewel in the western Pacific.
Yu Weida brought Jiang Chen's words back to Malaysia.
A week later, the Malaysian government sent a reply to Jiang Chen.
There were only four short words in the letter.
"Happy working with you."
The Malaysian government issued a document. With the cooperation of the Papua provincial government, 180 square kilometers of land on the northeastern border of Papua Province was designated as the Papua Special District. Combined with the 40 square kilometers of land Jiang Chen negotiated with the New Guinea government, Celestial Trade owned three Xiangjiang Islands on Papua Island.
The land was located on the border between the two countries. After the establishment of the special district, Celestial Trade and Future Group's personnel and vehicles could freely travel between the special district and New Guinea. But to enter other parts of Papua from the special district, they still had to pass through border inspection and pay taxes. In other words, the Malaysian government moved the border checkpoint more than ten kilometers to the west.
This kind of industrial base built on the border was very similar to the inter-Korean industrial park, but there were also differences. In terms of taxation, the two governments split the tax revenue of the Special Economic Zone 8: 2. The management and administration were still handled by the Malay government.
For the Malaysian government's compromise, Jiang Chen was already very satisfied and even surprised.
Malaysia was so optimistic about the future of Future Group that they even offered the establishment of a special zone to attract him to invest.
Just as Yu Weida had said, the education level of the indigenous people in New Guinea was still too low. The productivity of the workers was indeed related to their education level. Perhaps this could not be seen from the boilers of the steel works, but it could be seen from other factories.
For example, the domestic robot parts factory.
To polish the same type of component, a worker with a primary school education would need a month of training, and the average processing speed would be 31 pieces per day. On the other hand, workers with a high school education only needed 10 days of training, and their daily processing speed was an average of 47 parts. A lot of Han and Vietnamese workers from Papua Province entered New Guinea, and their productivity was clearly a level higher than the indigenous people in New Guinea.
After the special zone's document was issued, Future Group negotiated with the special zone government and obtained the ownership of a total of 15 square kilometers of land at a symbolic price of 1 US Dollar per square meter.
Immediately after, Future Group provided 1.2 billion US Dollar in funds and hired five construction companies to build roads, residences, and other infrastructure on the 15 square kilometers of wasteland, as well as a steel plant, robot parts production plant, and a chemical plant to produce MIX1 battery electrolyte. Future Group's factory west of the port was also included in the project.
It was estimated that after the completion of the industrial park, it would provide 117,000 jobs for Papua Province.
…
UA, Capitol.
The atmosphere in the conference room was somewhat gloomy. Dozens of Capitol's think tanks sat around the conference table and exchanged opinions with each other over the documents in their hands. Shock, disbelief, and even more worry could be seen on their faces.
Hill sat at the head of the conference table. The hardline old woman defeated her opponent Trump in last year's election and won the 2016 election. But ever since she took office, she had never been so worried about something.
At this time, a middle-aged man walked into the conference room.
All eyes in the conference room, including Hill who sat at the head of the table, all looked at him.
Naomi Madden didn't waste any time and put the documents in her hands on the table.
"The autopsy report is out. He died of heart failure … suspected homicide."
There was a commotion at the conference table.
Gordon, the F35 fighter pilot who parachuted, was found, but not on MLL Island, but in Singapore two thousand kilometers away. When CIB agents found him through various clues, he had already been dead for half a month.
Why did he suddenly fly out of the combat zone while piloting the F35 fighter and airstrike City K? Why didn't he try to contact the command center after parachuting, but he appeared in Singapore two thousand kilometers away?
There were too many questions that he brought to his grave.
However, CIB was worthy of being the leader of the five thugs. When they searched the pilot's apartment, they found a suspicious diary.
Out of 41 pages, 30 pages were torn out, and on page 31, a large number of alterations were found. The only recognizable text was only one word.
"Kurofune, Kurofune. It's Japanese. "
"We've already discussed this issue."
"Should we contact the Nippon government? Maybe they know something. "
"I bet 10 dollars that this' Kurofune 'might be a nightclub that our guys in Okinawa often go to."
"Luke, we're in a meeting right now," Hill said in a calm and dignified tone.
The man called Luke immediately shut his mouth and shrugged at his colleague.
Then, Hill looked at Naomi who just entered the door.
"You're late, but I guess you guys should have found something new, right?"
Naomi took a deep breath and nodded.
"Gordon seemed to be tortured to some extent before his death, but according to the testimony of his neighbors, no one entered his room. Vomit and alcohol were detected in the room … He drank heavily before his death. "
"Get to the point, I'm not here to listen to you repeat the autopsy report," Hill said.
"I was about to say it." Naomi paused, then continued, "Based on the analysis of our intelligence personnel, Kurofune should be an organization. And Gordon, before his death, should have been in contact with this organization. However, this is not the most surprising thing for us. "
"There is indirect evidence that the so-called Kurofune organization may be related to the 'thing' we are researching in Area 51."
When Naomi said the last sentence, the entire conference room was dead silent.
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