Chapter 405: The Republic of Val (1)
Latin America has always been known as America's backyard. In this magical land of Latin America, countless military coups have taken place. It may be unfair to the United States to say that 99 out of 100 were planned by the United States.
However, there will definitely be omissions in 80 out of 100 games.
Among these 100 coups, even if some were not planned by the United States, they were definitely caused by the United States.
There is a cold joke among Americans themselves: why has there been no military coup in the United States since its founding?
Because there is no 'American Embassy' in the United States.
The legendary fighter Castro is said to have suffered 634 assassination attempts by the CIA in his lifetime.
This one is the real God.
There is a small country in Latin America called the Republic of Valle, where military coups are as common as eating.
In 1978, A launched a military coup in the country and became the president of the country.
Four months later, the army commander staged a military coup and became president.
Less than a year later, the commander of the military academy launched a military coup and became president.
Seven months later, someone launched another military coup and became president.
Simply put, in two years, the country successfully launched four military coups.
The frequency of coups and their high success rate are so high that even the African region is ashamed of itself.
The country has experienced more than 180 coups in its history.
Six presidents have been successfully assassinated.
The political situation in the Republic of Val is so chaotic that it is doomed to fail to develop.
Indeed, it is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, with a per capita GDP of US$3,549.
But it is a country "sitting on a gold mine". The Precambrian region in the east of the country accounts for 30% of the country's land area, and the western plateau and mountainous areas belong to the Dashan rock formation belt. Therefore, it is considered to be one of the regions with the richest mineral reserves in the world.
The country is rich in oil and gas resources, with proven oil reserves of 929 million barrels and 52.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves as of 2013.
There are also rich "lithium mines".
This "lithium ore" is one of the raw materials for "lithium batteries" in new energy vehicles.
The currently proven salt lakes are mainly distributed in Potosí Province, with reserves of 8.9 million tons.
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within the Agency for International Development.
Chai Yong looked at the document in his hand and said, "On July 5th of this month, a signing ceremony for the 'Lithium Resource Development Cooperation Agreement' between China and Vanuatu will be held in the Republic of Vanuatu. This is also one of the key projects promoted by our agency."
After he finished speaking, Chai Yong looked around. The department-level leaders in the agency had either just left or had recently returned. So, Chai Yong noticed Jiang Ningyue. "Director Jiang, please attend this meeting on behalf of the Agency for International Development."
After all, Chai Yong thought that he was just going to this country to attend a meeting to express the importance of the International Development Agency.
Nothing should happen, right?
"OK."
Jiang Ningyue had no objection and nodded calmly.
After the meeting, Jiang Ningyue walked back to the office with her notebook.
At the office door, Zhao Jing was waiting for Jiang Ningyue with a folder in her hand.
Jiang Ningyue looked at her suspiciously, "What's wrong?"
"Leader, waiting for your signature."
"Oh, come in."
Jiang Ningyue used her electronic watch to swipe open the office door and threw her notebook on the desk, while Zhao Jing helped open the window to let in some fresh air.
"What?"
Jiang Ningyue holds a very high rank in the Department of Foreign Affairs, on the same level as the director.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has seven divisions under its jurisdiction, namely, the General Affairs Division, the Liaison Division (Internal), the Reception Division, the Translation Division, the Foreign Affairs Coordination Division (External), and the Official Visits Management Division.
After Jiang Ningyue came, she was in charge of the "Liaison Office", "Foreign Affairs Coordination Office" and "Official Visit Management Office". If Jiang Ningyue was not there, the "Signatures of the leaders in charge" of these three departments would be signed by the director.
If Jiang Ningyue is present but the director is not, then Jiang Ningyue will sign on behalf of the director for documents that require his signature.
"The bonus we went to Osman for earlier has been approved. The finance department will review it for you. If there's no problem, please sign it."
Jiang Ningyue picked up the document and glanced at it. Besides Jiang Ningyue, there were eight people in the International Development Agency, each receiving a bonus of 20,000 yuan. Zhao Jing received 30,000 yuan, and Jiang Ningyue received 50,000 yuan.
"I mentioned you specifically when I wrote the application, and I ended up giving you an extra 10,000."
"Not bad, leader."
Zhao Jing smiled and said, "Director Wang from the Finance Department told me that Director Chai had to coordinate this. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to apply for such a large sum of money."
Jiang Ningyue signed her name and pushed the document aside.
Zhao Jing sorted out the documents and put them aside. She glanced at Jiang Ningyue's water cup and poured some water for her. "Boss, are you still going to play ball at noon?"
After listening to Li Chunyan's story, Jiang Ningyue also felt that she needed to find some "hobbies." So, she contacted the property management, and they renovated the indoor table tennis court in the union activity area into an indoor badminton court.
The two venues are separated by a barrier so that they do not interfere with each other.
Jiang Ningyue would go play badminton with Zhao Jing every few days. Soon, colleagues in the company who had a good relationship with Jiang Ningyue and Zhao Jing found out and came over too.
In the past three or four days, it has become very popular.
Every day after lunch, there would be people waiting at the venue early.
Because the court was limited, only four people could play at a time, so most people didn't get a chance to play. Furthermore, they all knew that Jiang Ningyue didn't play doubles.
Actually, this is understandable. After all, the leader is still a virgin and needs to keep a distance from male colleagues.
However, even if it was not their turn to play, this group of people would stand or sit near Jiang Ningyue to watch.
After Chai Yong knew about this, he not only had no objection but was very happy. He asked Jiang Ningyue to prepare well and select several elite soldiers to participate in this year's Central Government Games.
"No more fighting."
Jiang Ningyue leaned back in her chair and said casually, "I just had a meeting and was assigned a task to go to the Val Republic. I guess I have to leave in the next few days."
Jiang Ningyue opened her notebook and said, "This time we are going to attend the 'China-Vanuatu Lithium Resources Development Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony'. Please see if there is anything you need to prepare."
"clear."
Zhao Jing nodded quickly. She needed to contact the Ministry of Commerce to confirm the specific time, arrange the accompanying personnel, and arrange for Jiang Ningyue's necessary items. She also needed to prepare the speech and the basic information about the Val Republic.
Even if Jiang Ningyue didn't speak or ask about the situation in the Republic of Val, Zhao Jing still had to prepare in advance.
"By the way, boss, Manager Zhang from the property management team just came to me and said they want to convert the table tennis room into an indoor badminton court. I'd like to know what you think."
"What about the ping-pong room?"
Jiang Ningyue asked doubtfully.
"Let's move the ping-pong table to the activity hall." Zhao Jing didn't care about the table, so she repeated the question, "The property management wanted to ask if there's anything you need to improve."
"Then let's use a barrier to divide the newly renovated badminton court into two areas."
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "There's one area for men and women's doubles, and another for women. The women's area doesn't need to be too big, just one space will do."
The area wasn't too big, and could only be divided into three or four areas at most. So, it wasn't too much to ask for a separate area for the ladies.
"OK."
"Put two more changing rooms in the women's section. I don't want to have to change in the lobby dressing room."
"good."
"Also, adjust the lights. The previous one was too dazzling."
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