Chapter 1188 Three fires for the new official to take office
Prime Minister Brown's first fire was to promote the issue of moving the capital, completely withdrawing the political center of the country from the Red Party's sphere of influence and placing it in Belize City, the actual economic center, so that the Belize government can have a more comfortable grasp of politics and economics, and can better enable Belize's economy to take off. This is just a beautification of the outside world, his real purpose is to suppress political opponents, Belize City is his sphere of influence, if he will still be restrained by the Red Party in Belmopan, after arriving in Belize City, there is no need to have these concerns, in this regard, he and the pyramid group have the same interests. So no matter what he thought about the proposal put forward by the pyramid group, in fact he had to work hard to complete the task.
Of course, this proposal will definitely be resisted by opposition parliamentarians, how to communicate, to play, that is, the work of Prime Minister Brown and the Blue Party, the pyramid group will not interfere in the specific affairs of the Belize government in addition to helping them build momentum and provide the necessary funds, which is also the private advice provided by Levin to Hong Tao. The old spy seemed to have really changed his ways, and he usually did not sit in Belmopan's embassy to watch Hong Tao's every move, but returned to his office in Panama City. People are weird, they get together to guard against each other, and once they leave, they have a stronger sense of trust in each other.
On issues related to the internal affairs of the Belize government, Hong Tao is increasingly willing to listen to Levin's suggestion, and there is no need to consider whether or not secrets will be leaked. Just relying on what the Pyramid Group is doing in Belize that Levin now has in his hands, it is enough to determine what Hong Tao intends to do in Belize after the report. However, there was no sign of this in the past few months, which meant that Levin kept his promise, and he did not report these things to the top. Why, Hong Tao is not clear, maybe out of some sense of identity or some kind of friendship. Maybe Levin has a longer-term plan, but Hong Tao doesn't think about it anyway, he is not a thoughtful politician, nor is he a desperate gamble, Belize is just another playground for him, and success is not fatal.
Now that Levin has fulfilled his promise. Hong Tao was willing to exchange with him for the same price, and also paid part of his trust to let him participate more in his game. The more he knows and the more he participates, the safer it is sometimes, and it's always easier to control as a participant than a bystander, because the interests of everyone will gradually overlap more.
"I found that I underestimated you again, your heart, sometimes it's so big. But you're lucky, and you're in the right hands again. It can be done, and there will not be much trouble, and this does not touch the fundamental interests of the American consortium. A more open, commercial China is precisely in America's interest. Now your country is in talks with the U.S. government to join the WTO, and the progress is going well, and once it joins the WTO, China will not be a separate economy, it will become part of the big family, and in this big family. The rules are all dominated by the United States. Economically, it could be a good thing for China in the short term. But in the long run, this is likely to be a chronic poison, who knows. Levin was sitting in Hong Tao's new office on the top floor of the Great Pyramid, answering Hong Tao's questions while looking at the rotating cannons, wood carvings, and gold coins on the walls around him.
Just yesterday, Boss Wan suddenly called Hong Tao. It is said that the matter related to the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Belize and the Chinese government has been recognized by the top level. However, the Chinese Government will not take the lead in raising this matter, and the Belize Government must first take the initiative to sever diplomatic relations with the Wanwan side before it can formally negotiate new diplomatic relations between the two countries.
This condition is not much different from what Hong Tao planned in advance, and the current China is no longer the China of the reform and opening up. A country like Belize. There is no difference between one more and one less, not to mention that tens of millions of dollars in gratuitous aid will not be given every year, and one zero will not be given. This is a country's face problem, and this opening cannot be opened, unless Belize can give China enough returns, but unfortunately Belize really does not have the ability to do so, and it can't give a fart return. The establishment of diplomatic relations with China, in the current international situation, has no substantial benefits for China except for a press release, but for Belize, there is an opportunity for development. No one is a fool, and everyone basically knows how many chips they have in their hands.
Hong Tao could agree to this condition and could do it, but he was not sure whether this would cause strong disgust from the British and American governments, so after thinking about it, he still had to ask Levin for consultation, who would not have such a person around him. Even if you can't fully trust Levin, you can only do this, and leaking the news is at most that this thing can't be done, and once you really do it, you get the opposite result, which is even more troublesome. Not only will Belize not be able to gain new business channels, but everything it does here will come to naught.
"I have the illusion that now our positions seem to be reversed, you are a Chinese and I am an American. "On this kind of macro issue at the national level, Hong Tao is far from it, and he thinks what Levin said is also reasonable, but he can't do anything about it.
"It's not about the state, when you get more and more resources, you find that you have less and less freedom, and whatever you do will attract the attention of other people. Because at that time, your every move is no longer a person or a company, but a whole bunch of related resources, resources that no one can ignore. In this case, even if you don't do anything, you will have all kinds of problems. You find that you are very capable of doing a lot of things that you couldn't have thought of before, but now you can do them with ease. But the more you do this, the less courage you will become, for fear that doing something wrong will lead to uncontrollable consequences, which is the so-called greater ability and greater responsibility. That's a good thing, and it shows that you're still thinking. But it's better for you not to come forward in this matter, and don't use your influence to intervene, find someone who has nothing to do with you and the Belize government, and let it completely become a new policy after the new government comes to power. To be honest, the timing you chose was very, very good, and you didn't have to bother to cover it up, as long as your name didn't appear in the matter. Levin became more and more like a scholar, and the eerie feeling seemed to have completely disappeared as he changed the nature of his work. To be honest, Hong Tao believes that he is a sociologist and has studied people thoroughly.
The second fire after Prime Minister Brown took office was ignited again, and he put forward a proposal by very strong means, which was approved by parliament in only one week, and the Belize government officially announced on March 19, 2000 that it would sever diplomatic relations with Wanwan! The reason, no reason, that is, the severance of diplomatic relations, who cares about a small broken country that most people in the world have never heard of and who to make friends with? This news did not even appear in the mainstream media in Europe and the United States, and now everyone really doesn't care about Belize's domestic and foreign affairs, because two more sensational news stories almost popped up on the front and back feet, occupying all the news pages.
On March 1, a marine salvage company registered in Florida called Hung Greg suddenly announced that they had found two Spanish merchant ships from the early 18th century in the waters of Vigo Bay in Spain, and had successfully salvaged a batch of gold coins, silver coins, gold bars and jewelry, with a rough estimate of between $300 million and $400 million. The exploration and salvage were carried out in full accordance with international maritime salvage law, so 15% of the salvaged items would belong to the country where the waters were found, that is, the Spanish government, and the remaining 85% would go to Honggreg Salvage.
At the same time as the press conference, the vice president of Hungrega Salvage Company also displayed a selection of original gold coins, silver coins, gold bars, precious stones, artillery, and wood carvings in the banquet hall of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Professional insurance companies determined that the salvage was indeed from the late 17th to early 18th centuries. Among them are several unique gold coins of the Spanish kings and queens, which have never been found before, and are very expensive to be priced by insurance companies, ranging from $800,000 to $2 million each, and possibly even more if they were to be auctioned.
Undazzled by this vast unclaimed wealth, the reporters were keen to spot details that interested them more in the photos Jim had released. There are a few photos taken on a ship, and the appearance of this big ship seems familiar to these reporters, and some people soon distinguish that this is not the mouse Superman that once flew the flag of the former Soviet Navy and shelled the Statue of Liberty. As for its owner, it's even more familiar, Mouse Superman!
The darling of the press has been convicted by a Jersey City court for a week of sweeping the streets, and has never been seen in New York or even in the United States since, driven away from New York Harbor in this big guy that is said to be a helicopter carrier of the former Soviet Navy. It is said that he has sold most of the shares of American companies in his hands, and it seems that he intends to break with the United States. There is also news that he was persecuted by the Jewish consortium and had to give up the stocks in his hands that had great appreciation potential, and even Crystal Orchid Capital was bought by others. Received such treatment, he himself is a ruthless man with a hot temper and a stubborn personality, and he did not compromise with the kidnappers when his son was kidnapped, and it is normal for him to evacuate the United States on a large scale this time. Most people estimate that the world's richest man will never return to the United States publicly in his lifetime. (To be continued......)