Chapter 704: I Like Corrupt Officials
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The cooperation between Yeltsin and Putin is very close. A week after he announced the appointment of Putin as the first deputy prime minister and acting prime minister, the prime minister's office presided over by Putin broke the news that the Fan Investment Group would provide $10 billion in interest-free loan support to Russia in advance, which made Putin's popularity soar immediately.
In response to a reporter's question, Putin said that $10 billion in economic aid is nothing, and that the cooperation with Fan's Investment Group in the future will be all-round and deep, and the traditional friendship formed by the Chinese and Russian people over a long period of time has made Chinese friends far more reliable than Western countries.
At this moment, the Russian media, who were suffering from the economic crisis, immediately discovered the New World, and the Chinese, who had always been looked down upon by them, had become so rich? However, after carefully understanding the background of Fan's Investment Group, the media couldn't figure it out, because the foundation of Fan's Investment Group was too complicated, and there was no way to determine where it was for a while.
But in any case, private companies that can provide tens of billions of dollars in interest-free loans to Russia are quite rich, and Putin mentioned that there will be deeper cooperation in the future, which is very exciting.
At this time, Fan Wuxian had already arrived in Mongolia with a large group of people and horses, and was warmly welcomed by the Mongolian government.
Since then, it has been under the control of the Soviet Union and has been completely Russified. With the implementation of a planned economy and Russian language education, the Russian language was spoken at the top of the class, and the children of the powerful went to study in the Soviet Union, Mongolian culture and traditions gradually disappeared.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mongolia broke away from the orbit of Russia and began to seek its own path of development, implementing ** politics, the highest authority of the state is the Great Hural (Congress), and the government is composed of a majority party.
Since the introduction of the multi-party system in 1990, various political parties have sprung up in Mongolia. Some of the ** parties have developed rapidly, and in terms of the number of party members, the ** party and so on have become on a par with the traditional big party, the Revolutionary Party.
In 1996, the "** Alliance" won an overwhelming victory in the Great Hural election in one fell swoop, demonstrating the strength of the ** party. However, it can be seen from the ruling experience of the "** Alliance" that the ** party, as an opposition party, has achieved remarkable results in conducting street politics and propaganda and agitating the masses; once it comes to power, it quickly exposes its true features of serious lack of governing experience and constant internal factional struggles, which seriously affects its prestige and future development among the people. During the period of the "** Alliance" in power, from the first day of its administration, there have been constant disputes within the ruling coalition, and four prime ministers have been changed in the past four years, and the political situation is as chaotic as a marquee.
Mongolia is rich in resources, with coal reserves ranging from 500 to 150 billion tons. Oil reserves range from 30 to 6 billion barrels, but Mongolia's lack of capital and technology, as well as the lag of relevant laws, have stalled resource development.
Today, because of the realities in Russia, Mongolia cannot rely on Russian support, while the United States and Japan, especially Japan, have a great interest in Mongolia, both wanting to participate in Mongolian mining development and trying to contain China. However, only China can provide Mongolia with comprehensive development funds, technologies and goods, and most importantly, China's Inner Mongolia is an important platform for economic, trade and cultural exchanges between China and Mongolia, which other major countries do not have.
The main reason why China and Mongolia have not yet carried out in-depth cooperation is that China's domestic development is mainly in the southeast coastal area, and there is no time to take care of the northwest at this time, and the previous estrangement between the two countries cannot be dissolved in a short time.
As a Mongolian, I have always been worried that I will be assimilated by China, after all, this has a long historical relationship.
As China's neighbors, whether it is Mongolia, South Korea, North Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, or Vietnam, these countries have long been affiliated with China. At the beginning, it was also a vassal state of the Celestial Empire, so after independence, there was no doubt that it would always be under China's sphere of influence and lose its sense of self.
After all, in recent years, China's strength has begun to grow substantially, and its international influence has also increased, and they cannot but consider whether once China becomes strong, will it pose a disadvantageous factor for its own existence?
Therefore, Mongolia hopes to establish a good cooperative relationship with China, but at the same time is worried that it will attract wolves into the house and eventually lose its independent position.
Domestic companies are not very enthusiastic about investing in Mongolia, but this is related to the propaganda of the past. In the past propaganda, at least in Fan Wuxi's previous impression, it seems that Mongolia has nothing to praise except for cattle and sheep, yurts and grasslands, and it is impossible to imagine that there are so many natural resources here that are coveted.
In fact, the fact that Mongolia was separated from China has always been a bit secretive at the top of the hierarchy, so public opinion is naturally inclined to portray it as a barren place with no economic value and can only rely on handouts to survive, but in fact, the resources here are simply more abundant than in China.
Of course, if there is any flaw, it is that Mongolia is basically completely dependent on imports from China for food and daily necessities, which is the biggest problem restricting their development.
The Russians are too busy to take care of themselves, and China's attitude towards Mongolia determines the speed of their development.
The impression that Ulaanbaatar left on Fan Wuxian was human. Or the atmosphere of the city, the style of the building, and Kazakhstan was not developed at that time, the signs on the street, not the Russian alphabet, or English, listen to the introduction to know, government regulations, billboards, signboards, can only use these two languages, so it is not easy to find a Chinese restaurant in Ulabaatar, unlike in other countries, you can see the Chinese signs of Chinese restaurants from afar.
It is estimated that this kind of regulation is actually made for the purpose of de-Sinicization, and in order to avoid trouble, most Chinese restaurants do not even write Chinese on the menu, and as a result, many Chinese who come here do not know how to order.
Fan Wuxian and they found a so-called Chinese restaurant with Chinese on the menu, but after they went in and had a meal, they really couldn't convince themselves that they were eating Chinese food, and asked someone. I learned that the original Taiwanese boss had long since left, and a Korean took over, but he still hung the sign of a Chinese restaurant.
"No wonder, most of the customers in the restaurant are sticks, even the side dishes before the meal, they are all kimchi, Lao Tzu is fooled this time!" Only then did Fan Wuzhi know why the food didn't taste like Chinese food, it turned out that this was an authentic Korean restaurant, and what it meant to sell dog meat with a sheep's head could finally be fully understood.
Speaking of Koreans, it seems that they can be seen everywhere in Central Asian countries. The streets are full of Korean restaurants, there are many flights from Seoul to these Central Asian countries, and the high-end hotels in these countries are also full of Korean, so it is really impossible to ignore their existence.
This is also the case in Ulaanbaatar, where one of the most modest buildings in the city is the Seoul Commercial Center, a place where the Korean business community is concentrated for office life. But despite the large number of South Koreans, there is more attention to what Chinese are doing locally.
Many Mongolians do not like the Chinese, for historical reasons, although most of Mongolia are Mongolians, but they are very different from the Mongolians in Inner Mongolia.
The Mongolians here rarely speak Mongolian, they are basically Russian-speaking and English-based, and their diet and living habits are different from those of the Mongolians in Inner Mongolia, but there are no supermarkets here and there are not many fresh vegetables.
It can be said that many of Mongolia's cities are not as good as a small town in China, and when Fan Wuxian came over, the streets of Ulaanbaatar were full of large and small big-headed photos, and the streets were filled with loudspeakers and vehicles with big-headed photos passing by from morning to night, because on the 29th of this month, they were going to hold a new round of parliamentary elections, with more than 700 candidates vying for 79 seats.
Mongolia is a ** country, and the parliamentary elections are held every four years, but at the same time, the ** elections also bring turmoil to the country, and they do not solve the problem of corruption in Mongolia. A subordinate who had stayed in Mongolia told Fan Wuxian that in Mongolia, as long as he had money, he could do anything.
"I want a lot of things, of course, I won't be stingy with them knocking a little bamboo stick." Fan Wuxian smiled and said to everyone, "We want to do big business, a little money, I really won't look in my eyes, let them blackmail." Last year, Canada's CenterraGold invested $75 million to secure the entire Boroo gold mine in Mongolia, as well as tax breaks for the first five years. I'm going to pay a bribe of $100 million in Mongolia now to see if I can get more favorable terms? ”
The subordinate who was familiar with the environment of Mongolia immediately smiled, "Boss, if you let me operate this matter, it is estimated that I can buy half of Mongolia." There is a lack of everything here, that is, there is no shortage of corrupt officials! ”
Fan Wuxian immediately replied with great satisfaction, "That's really good!" I like corrupt officials, especially in Mongolia, the more the better! ”
Fat sheep is coveted by everyone, but it also depends on whether the shepherd is responsible, if the shepherd can be bought, the fat sheep are not all in their own pockets? There are no pop-ups