Chapter 432 Haizhou Caravan Visits (14)
On September 5, an airplane took off from Haizhou Haining International Airport and landed at the newly renovated Lashio Airport.
A group of more than 200 people including Li Chunyan, deputy secretary of the Haizhou Provincial Party Committee, the director of the Haizhou Provincial Department of Commerce, the director of the Haizhou Provincial Department of Foreign Economic and Trade, and the president of the Haizhou Chamber of Commerce chartered a plane.
Li Chunyan and others walked off the plane first and saw that a red carpet had been laid out in the airport. More than 200 Shan girls in traditional costumes were holding bouquets to welcome the people who came. There were also Shan soldiers with serious expressions on both sides of the red carpet saluting.
Everyone was flattered. After Li Chunyan took the bouquet, she looked at Jiang Ningyue with a smile, "Xiaoyue, isn't this a bit of a scene?"
"That's nothing."
Jiang Ningyue pointed to the distance and said, "There are still salutes to be fired."
As Jiang Ningyue pointed, the salute sounded immediately.
Li Chunyan's face tightened, "Xiaoyue, stop messing around!"
Jiang Ningyue smiled and took Li Chunyan's hand, "Don't worry, 17 shots is within the limit."
21 gunshots are for senior national officials, and 19 gunshots are for heads of government.
"Seventeen shots is a bit too much."
Li Chunyan smiled and shook her head, but it was still within the acceptable range.
However, it was her first time experiencing this kind of diplomatic etiquette, and it was quite novel.
More than 200 people who were accompanying us came down one after another and found the specifications very interesting.
Moreover, each of the Shan girls at the scene held a bouquet of flowers, ensuring that everyone was equally blessed.
Jiang Ningyue introduced the 'brown bear' beside her, "This is Pashan, the Governor of Shan State and Commander-in-Chief of the Shan State Armed Forces."
Yes, after the 'democratic election', Pashan successfully became the governor of Shan State.
Although there are some problems with the "democratic election" procedure, the people of Shan State actually still recognize Pashan.
At least in the month since he came here, the safety index in big cities has skyrocketed.
In the past, there were petty thefts and street robberies. At night, not to mention women, even ordinary men did not dare to go out alone.
But nowadays, all these unemployed people are sent to prison to do their work. How can public security be bad?
"Hello, Mr. Pashan."
Li Chunyan smiled and shook hands with Pashan.
Pashan immediately responded with a friendly smile, "Hello Secretary Li, on behalf of Shan State, I welcome you all."
In addition to Li Chunyan, Lin Chenxi also came with the caravan this time, which can be said to be a great favor to Jiang Ningyue. After all, for such matters, any representative can be sent.
Everyone got on the bus directly from the airport runway and headed to the hotel in Lashio.
This hotel originally belonged to a corrupt official from Southern Shan. After the corrupt official was shot, the hotel naturally became Pashan's.
Arriving at the hotel's banquet hall, Pashan warmly entertained everyone for dinner. After the meal, he directly called over a female announcer from the Kokang region, who introduced the advantages of Shan State to everyone in Mandarin.
Shan State is rich in mineral and forest resources.
Mineral resources include lead, zinc, silver, tin, tungsten, antimony, gemstones and jade. The "gambling on stones" that was previously popular on the Internet is due to the fact that a large amount of jade is produced in Shan State.
Shan State is rich in forest resources and is one of the producing areas of sedge and hardwood, which are known as the 'king of trees' and 'treasure of Myanmar'.
The main forest types are moist upper storey mixed deciduous forest, dry upper storey mixed deciduous forest, evergreen forest, dry mountain forest and pine forest, which are composed of some tree species with high commercial value, such as teak, rosewood, sal tree, and the IUCN-listed dipterocarp tree as a near threatened species.
While cracking down on organized crime, Pashan also stepped up law enforcement against illegal mining of minerals and illegal felling of trees, and basically anyone caught would be sentenced to ten years in prison.
In addition to these, the female anchor continued to introduce the China-Myanmar Railway route, and also mentioned Jiang Ningyue's commitment to complete the "China-Myanmar Railway" during her term of office.
After hearing this, everyone nodded secretly. Putting aside the security issues, Shan State does have great investment potential.
Pasantze smiled and said, "At the same time, our Shan State also has beautiful scenery. In the near future, we will visit Shan State's famous scenic spots, Inle Lake and Kalaw. These places are very beautiful and have great development potential."
Everyone nodded.
A business representative asked, "General Pashan, what is the average salary in your area?"
"salary……"
When this word is mentioned, Pashan wants to laugh. "If it is a normal recruitment, our median salary is about 650 yuan per month. At the same time, I also have a group of workers at a very low price."
Everyone was confused. What did it mean to have a group of laborers? Prisoners of war?
However, after everyone learned about it, they discovered that this group of people were even worse off than prisoners of war.
At least prisoners of war don't need to earn money for their own food every day.
Also accompanying the delegation were Haizhou Bank, which plans to open a branch in Lashio, and staff from Penguin and Alibaba, who plan to promote Alipay and WeChat in the area.
Pashan is very supportive of this.
Moreover, Pasan is preparing to promote the RMB in Shan State. The reason is simple: the price of Myanmar currency is too unstable.
However, the RMB reserves in Pasan are not enough to make the RMB the main currency.
Shan State’s GDP in 21 years was 20 billion RMB. Excluding Wa State and the Fourth Special Region, 10 billion is considered good.
Now, due to the civil war, the Shan State economy has collapsed, and there may be only 5 billion. However, if we take 10 billion as the standard, then Pashan needs at least 2 billion RMB to allow the whole state to use RMB.
"First, the velocity of money, V, refers to the number of times a unit of currency turns over a given period. The velocity of money varies significantly across countries and economic environments. If a country has active economic transactions, an efficient payment system, and people hold onto money for short periods of time, the velocity of money will be high; conversely, it will be low. Let's assume, through statistical analysis, that a country's velocity of money is determined to be 5 times per year (this is just an assumption for ease of calculation; in reality, V requires long-term statistical analysis and data)."
"Given that GDP (Y) is 10 billion, according to the formula MV=PY, under the condition of relatively stable prices (P is assumed to be 1 for simplicity), M=PY/V. Substituting Y=10 billion and V=5 into the formula, we get M=10 billion ÷ 5 = 2 billion. This means that theoretically, to keep the economy running, the money supply needs to be roughly 2 billion."
So, after the meeting, Pashan discussed this matter with the president of Haizhou Bank with a smile.
"What? You want to promote RMB throughout the country?" Li Wenguang, president of Haizhou Bank, was stunned. He looked at Pashan and then at Jiang Ningyue.
When Li Chunyan heard this, she couldn't help but look at Pashan a few more times.
"yes!"
Pashan nodded repeatedly. "Unfortunately, our Shan State is too poor and the government doesn't have that much RMB. So, I want to apply for a loan from the bank."
Li Chunyan frowned and said, "General Pashan, are you kidding me? Can you handle the international impact and domestic opposition this will cause?"
Pashan smiled and said, "Now no one in Shan State opposes me, and no one dares to oppose me."
Li Chunyan looked at Pashan and then at Jiang Ningyue.
Jiang Ningyue drank her tea and said slowly, "General Pashan is now the governor and the commander-in-chief. He does have some power."
Li Chunyan couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. "Xiaoyue, you should ask Commissioner Qian about this. Maybe Commissioner Qian can approve it and directly provide 2 billion yuan in free funding? Besides, isn't the International Development Agency your old employer? They can handle this simple thing, right?"
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