Chapter 1193: The Way of Statecraft

Now the next goal that Hong Tao is going to achieve is to get to the edge of the pit and prepare the big stones. The big hole of the stock market collapse was not dug by himself, but some of the people who fell into the pit were pushed down by themselves, and the reason for pushing them was because they wanted to harm themselves, and Hong Tao felt that this was a legitimate defense, so they were all their enemies. Treat the enemy as cruel and ruthless as a harsh winter, I learned this text when I was in elementary school, and of course it is as cruel and ruthless as a harsh winter to treat the enemy, this is right, or righteous, why not do it.

However, before going to smash the enemy, you must first repair your nest, so that the enemy is not stoned to death, and when you come back, you will see that your home has collapsed, which is a bit more than worth the loss. At present, his hometown is Belize, and Hong Tao has to wait for the results of Bailiwei's negotiations in Hong Kong to come out, so that he can know whether he still has the time to move stones, how much effort to move stones, how big stones to move, and how many big stones to move!

The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides involves many issues, such as the terms of reciprocity, the establishment of embassies and consulates for each other, the exchange of views on issues of principle, the identification of common interests between the two sides, and so on. However, this time there is no need to follow the usual practice, the Belize government does not have any additional conditions except for some commercial cooperation requirements, and the two sides also have any principled conflicts on international issues, mainly because the Belize government does not care about any international issues, and it agrees with whatever you say, even if you say that the whole of Asia is China, it has no opinion.

It doesn't cost a penny to rush into your arms. There can also be commercial complementarity, even if it can't make up much. At least it's harmless, and this kind of good thing generally can't catch up. When the first secret meeting was over, the tone had already been set on most of the key issues.

Immediately after Minister Bailivi returned to China, he would report the results of the talks to the Prime Minister and the Parliament, and then come up with a proposal, and after both houses of parliament passed it, the official delegation would immediately depart for Beijing with its credentials. As soon as the two sides formally sign the documents for the establishment of diplomatic relations and exchange credentials, the business representatives in the delegation will immediately start business negotiations with the relevant Chinese departments. As for the export of timber, fishery, sugar, and cocoa, the annual export volume is not large, and it can be considered a useful supplement. At the same time, it will also open up investment projects in Belize to China, and if there are projects that can be seen, even if they come, it will not be up to the Belize government to have the final say.

Although the negotiation process has been simplified a lot, it still dragged on for three months before it came to fruition. The first to reach an agreement was on timber and fisheries. These two aspects are China's shortcomings, not to mention the wood, the domestic woods should be cut down almost exhausted, and there can be good timber sent to the door. Not only is the variety scarce, but the price is also right, so why not buy it. The same goes for seafood. Don't talk about Belize's annual exports, multiply by ten. Accept the same as the order, even if the shipping fee is added. It's not more expensive than what China's own distant-water fishing boats have caught.

Why is the cost so low? The Caribbean Sea is rich in spiny dragons, tuna, sardines, turtles, and sharks. Among them, spiny dragons and sardines can be caught in large quantities and exported to the Chinese market after quick-freezing, as long as the amount of fishing is controlled, it will not cause great damage to the local ecological environment. Tuna is not used as a major export species, because the price of this thing is too high, and the domestic high-end seafood market has not yet formed in 2000. Sea turtles are protected animals, and no one in China is used to eating this kind of thing, so let them go and don't catch them at will. As for sharks...... Hey, hey, as a fishing enthusiast, Hong Tao hates sharks very much, and the demand for shark fins in China is so large that he can catch a little bit for export.

Protests by environmental groups are a big problem for a company, but they are a fart for a country! Especially for a country like Belize, which has no face and no international appeals, the protests of environmental groups are not even a fart. If you want to protest, let the IMF give subsidies to Belize's fishing industry every year, and we won't catch sharks, if you don't give it, I'm sorry, and keep fishing!

As for China, they are even less worried, because they are buyers, so why don't they buy if someone sells them? Don't mention anything to correct bad eating habits for the sake of environmental protection, you can first ask Norway and Japan to cancel their annual whaling quota, and we will not eat shark fins. As long as there is a whaling ship at sea, then we will not talk about shark fins for a day.

As for the export of sugar and cocoa, the current discussion is relatively slow, mainly because Belize's export volume is a bit small, and even if the price is lower than others, it is not easy to sell. These things have fixed import channels, and no one wants to readjust the share for your source of goods, but these two things are state monopolies, so this work has to be done slowly, and public relations slowly. In fact, after the timber and fishery were established, Hong Tao did not pay much attention to the export of sugar and cocoa, as long as the fishing, processing, and transportation of timber and fishery were solved first, Belize's GDP could increase several times. Then there is money to do any employment problems, medical problems, education problems, and infrastructure problems.

Someone said that if you have so much money, why do you have to cut down trees, fish for fish, and destroy the environment in Belize? If you pay for these hundreds of thousands of people, you will not be able to lose too much every year in developing tourism and financial industries.

For this kind of thought, Hong Tao didn't even bother to answer. The ancients all knew that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and for a country, the important thing is not how much living expenses everyone can get, but to let everyone have a proper job to do. As long as this is done, the country will naturally develop, and if this is not done, the country will never be able to stand on its own no terms with any free aid, and once the aid is gone, everyone will starve to death.

Man is a very cheap animal, he eats and drinks well, he will become more and more greedy, lazy, and wasteful, which has nothing to do with the human race, and is a common disease of human beings. When you have raised the people of a country into wastes and lazy people, congratulations, you will no longer have to worry about having nowhere to spend your money. Not only will they not thank you, but they will also keep marching and protesting, and even threaten you with force, so that you will keep raising their living expenses until they eat you up. And then I have to curse you, because you made them lose the opportunity to struggle and develop, you are losing money and being scolded, what are you trying to do?

This kind of thing has happened more than once in the world, and Hong Tao doesn't have to experiment anymore, so his money can only be used as an introduction, and he can use these funds to attract people to work, to create, and to struggle. The primers are currently power plants, roads, timber mills, shipyards, shipping companies, hospitals, schools, banks, newspapers, radio and television. He can only create a platform for Belizeans to use their talents, and then roughly point them in a direction, but don't expect him to always be with everyone through thick and thin. He won't make any less money than he should earn, and he won't suck less blood than he should suck.

Someone asked again, in such a poor country, do you still plan to make money and suck blood? Where is the money for you to earn and where is the blood for you to suck!

The person who asked this question was very wrong, the more poor and backward the place, the greater the power of capital. As long as there are people, enough people, then there is money to be made, then there is blood to suck. What is a capitalist? How can we exploit the value of surplus labor? There are so many ways to exploit it, so many that sometimes you can't see it. You don't have to be like the slave owners of the 18th century, wielding whips to force slaves to work, that way is too backward. Since there are banks and loans, exploiters have become sweet, gentle, and without any sense of disobedience.

Well, let me tell you a way, you can rent a fishing boat from the Bailivi Shipping Company, and as long as you hand in enough weight of lobsters and sardines every week for five or six years, the boat will be yours. In fact, this is exploitation, very serious exploitation, who invented this trick? Hong Tao does not know, so where did he learn it? The domestic taxi industry only needs to replace the car with a boat, and there is no need to change the rules, and it is immediately applicable. Do you say it's strange? The way of doing business in a socialist country is still applicable to a capitalist country!

What? You can't drive a boat or fish! It doesn't matter, you always cut down trees! What? You can't read or play with a gasoline saw, so you can always drag a cut down tree! What? If you can't do it, you can't drag it, so you can go to the lumber mill and pick the bark! What? You're a woman, you can't work in a lumber mill with a bunch of men. I said you've got a lot of problems, I'm giving you one last chance to go to a seafood processing factory and sort lobster and sardines, right?

You say you smell fish and you vomit...... You have more problems than capitalists, and there is no reason for this! Yes, who made me your god, and I am still a good-natured god, and I am so kind to my people. I'll lend you fertilizer, seeds, and technology, and you'll go and grow sugar cane

, plant cocoa trees, you dare to say no two words, I'll kill you!(To be continued......)