By the standards of a country, the Saint-Goga archipelago is pitifully small. 1 - But if you look at it as a city, it's not small at all. Boston, USA, should be famous enough, right? It also has a population of only 600,000, which is equivalent to 1/3 of the population of Boston.

In terms of economic development, the Saint-Goga Islands are far from Boston, and according to Lin Zhenhua's evaluation, it is equivalent to a poor county in Chinese mainland. However, no matter how poor the county is, the office building of the county government will not be too cold. The same is true of the Santa Goga Islands, where the presidential palace is at least no worse than a county government office building, and Copecini's office, which has a usable area of hundreds of square meters, air conditioning, large desks, and leather sofas.

Given that Lin Zhenhua and the others were VIPs, Kopeccini took them directly into his luxurious office, invited them to sit on expensive sofas, and then called several ministers to listen to what the guests from China wanted to do.

"I'm a businessman." Lin Zhenhua said straight to the point, "I came to the Saint-Goga Islands to invest. ”

"We welcome investors!" Trade and Industry Minister Mlak grinned excitedly and said, "We are willing to provide all necessary facilities for investors." ”

Yes, could he not welcome it, the Saint-Goga Islands have not received a single foreign investment so far.

"I would like to know what the main industries of the Saint-Goga archipelago are and what are the advantages of resources." Lin Zhenhua said.

"Well......" Mlak paused, and he turned his attention to Terek, the Minister of Agriculture, because Saint-Goga can only be called an advantageous industry, and it can only be agriculture.

"Our Saint-Goga Islands have a very developed fishing industry since ancient times, and at present, our marine fish products can not only meet the living needs of our residents, but also be exported to neighboring countries such as India and Sri Lanka to exchange various industrial products for our country," Terek said. ”

"Oh? How much is the export value of marine fish in a year? Lin Zhenhua asked with interest.

"$300,000!" Terek said smugly.

He Fei pinched his fingers and interjected: "In other words, the average resident can have a foreign exchange income of 1.5 US dollars?" ”

"Uh...... In fact, we don't just export marine fish, we also export guano and we also have ...... a year More than $500,000 in amounts. Terek said. This time, his tone was much lower, because the $500,000 spread among the 200,000 residents was still very pitiful.

Sometimes, when people describe a place as poor, they always use the phrase "birds don't poop". In fact, there is still truth in this, because bird droppings are rich in nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and are very high-quality natural fertilizers. The Santa Goga archipelago is home to many islands where seabirds live, and a thick layer of guano has been deposited over thousands of years. The Saint-Goga Islands also generate a large amount of income by exporting guano to neighbouring countries.

Lin Zhenhua is not at all dismissive of this kind of amount in hundreds of thousands, he just sold a set of gas turbines to the Republic of Goma, which is tens of millions of dollars, and the St. Goga Islands stinky sale of guano for a year is not as valuable as two blades on the gas turbine.

"Is this all the property of the Saint-Goga Islands?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Kopeccini nodded depressedly and said: "Yes, our place is far from land, and the transportation cost is very high, so it is also difficult to develop some industry. As for agriculture, the existing arable land on the island is only enough to meet the needs of the residents, and it is almost impossible to develop more industries. Therefore, I don't know what kind of investment Mr. Lin wants to make by visiting our St. Goga Islands this time. Lin Zhenhua said: "Your Excellency, before I introduce my investment intentions, I would like to introduce to you the situation in China. In China, there are also many impoverished areas, and in those places, there is a popular saying that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. In the eyes of the Chinese, as long as the transportation is convenient, the economy will naturally be able to develop. ”

Kopecini didn't understand what Lin Zhenhua meant, he pointed to the map on the wall and said: "Mr. Lin, you see, we are an island country hanging alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and it is impossible to develop any convenient transportation. Therefore, I am afraid that we will not be able to learn from the experience of the Chinese mentioned by you. ”

Lin Zhenhua shook his head and said: "Your Excellency the President is wrong, around the Saint-Goga Islands, there are at least three popular routes passing through, which is equivalent to three highways on land, how can you think that the transportation in the Saint-Goga Islands is not convenient enough?" ”

"But...... What do these routes have to do with us? Mlak asked curiously, for it seemed to him that the ocean-going freighters on these routes were mere passers-by, and had nothing to do with the Saint-Goga Islands.

Lin Zhenhua had no choice but to continue to make a lecturing face and said: "In China, there is another saying, which is called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, and relying on the water to eat the water. How can you eat by three waterways? ”

"Please advise Mr. Lin." Kopeccini said.

"In China, if there is a road next to a village, the villagers will find a way to use the road to make money," Lin said. They will get some local souvenirs and put them on the side of the road to attract passing cars to stop and buy. When there is a big traffic jam on the road, the villagers have more options and will sell food to the drivers who are stuck in the road. Think about it, when you're stuck in traffic jams and hungry, do you still care about the price of food? ”

"Won't you Chinese drivers bring some food with you?" Terek asked. In the Santa Goga Islands, there is never a traffic jam, but fishermen bring some food with them when they go to sea, and Terek can be regarded as a case of inference.

Lin Zhenhua smiled: "They can bring food, but can they bring boiling water?" For example, if you want to make instant noodles, can you soak them without boiling water? Those villagers carry boiling water bottles to sell instant noodles, and whoever wants boiling water must buy instant noodles at the same time, so that the drivers can only comply? ”

"It's kind of interesting." Kopecini nodded and said, "But, Mr. Lin, what do you say have to do with our Santa Goga Islands?" ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "The relationship is very big. If you think about it, with hundreds of ocean-going freighters passing by you every day, can you follow the example of the Chinese villagers and sell food to these ocean-going freighters? In the vast sea, the price of food from land has doubled, and I'm afraid the crew won't care, right? ”

"Yes, we can also sell boiled water!" Terek hurriedly said, but as soon as his words came out, he was despised by Kopecchini and Mrak, please, ocean freighters are not trucks, people can boil water by themselves.

Lin Zhenhua took Terek's words and said: "Minister Terek is very right, of course, what he said about selling boiling water is just a metaphor. What we want to sell to a freighter is something that cannot be provided on the freighter, for example, fresh vegetables, which no freighter can satisfy itself, right? ”

"What a great idea!" "Think about it, if you can buy us $100 a boat, we can buy $100,000 a day with 100 boats." 365 days a year, that's 3.65 million, which is more than all our exports combined. ”

"And the fresh fish, I think, the crew of these ships can't catch their own fish, so if we can sell our fish to them, it will definitely be much more expensive than shipping it to India, and it will save on shipping costs. As for guano...... I don't think those past goods will be interested in this, right? Terek started to think about it. "So, Mr. Lin came to our Saint-Goga Islands this time to invest in this business?" Mlak asked. He began to think that if he wanted to do business with passing freighters, he would definitely have to go to sea to trade, so he would need to invest in some speedboats. This seems to be a bit inconsistent with the identity of this wealthy businessman, right? Also, there is not much money to be made in this kind of business, and if he is allowed to intervene, how much will the Santa Goga Islands have left?

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "What I said is just to give you some inspiration. If Your Excellency the President and the Ministers, Mr. Ministers, feel that such a business can be done, I am willing to purchase 100 dinghys and provide them to you on a charter basis, and I will not participate in the specific business. What I want to do here is a relatively big business. ”

"What business?" Several government officials asked at the same time, their emotions had been completely mobilized by Lin Zhenhua's idea, and they were eager to know what good business this Chinese businessman with the ability to turn stones into gold had his eye.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Selling goods at sea is only a small profit after all. If passing merchant ships could stop in the Santa Goga Islands and allow the crews to rest and spend money on shore, the turnover would be considerable. ”

"It's unrealistic." "We don't have a dock in the Santa Goga archipelago that can accommodate big ships, and it's impossible for an ocean-going freighter to dock with us. ”

"You should say that you didn't have such a dock 'in the past', and since we've been here, you've had it." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile, "Let me introduce to you, this Mr. Lu Donglin is an expert in port construction. He had previously studied the information of the Santa Goga Islands, and believed that there was an excellent port on the island of Iohalos where we are now, and as long as it was slightly renovated and several deep-water wharves were built, there would be no problem in docking large cargo ships of more than 50,000 tons. ”

"Do you want to invest in the construction of a port in the Saint-Goga Islands?" Kopeccini was completely stunned, this was a big deal he couldn't even dream of.