With a land area of only 14,874 square kilometers and a population of only 1.17 million, East Timor had a GDP of only $271.72 million when it left Indonesia in 1998, making it the poorest country in the world.

However, when Sun Ziming, on behalf of the Far Eastern Group, signed an agreement with the Revolutionary Front for the Independence of East Timor (Fretilin) represented by Francisco Guterres Luolo, the pace of construction in East Timor can be described as a rapid leap: more than 50,000 Chinese Freemasons, wielding tens of billions of yuan in loans from the Far Eastern Bank, quickly signed cooperation agreements with local natives to jointly build hundreds of modern plantations, almost overnight sweeping away more than 300,000 unemployed people gathered in the capital Dili.

In the face of huge economic interests, the pro-Indonesian forces that had originally opposed the Fretilin, the Timorese People's Democratic Association (hereinafter referred to as the Democratic Association) and the neutral Democratic League (hereinafter referred to as the Democratic League), did not hesitate to fully cooperate with the Chinese Freemasonry and agreed to a series of agreements signed by Francisco, which received a share of the tens of billions of yuan in this wave of construction.

Gil, who arrived to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, got out of the airport and got into the car sent by Sun Ziming, and after entering the city of Dili, Rao was already mentally prepared, and he was also taken aback by the big construction site in front of him.

Half of the brand-new eight-lane asphalt road has been completed and opened to traffic, and the other half is under intense construction; The highway is full of vehicles laden with building materials, and on both sides stands a large number of buildings under construction, some of which have been built to the height of 20 or 30 floors, and the whole city is a little dirty, but it exudes a vigorous vitality.

"My, god!boss, is this going to build a new city?"

Kayo Sato, who came to pick him up at the airport, looked at the busyness outside the car window and explained excitedly: "Miss Jill, according to the boss's estimate, the urban population of Dili will exceed one million within ten years. These houses will be worth a lot of money in the future! ”

"1 million?"

Jill just exclaimed as soon as he was a student of industrial and commercial management, and he understood Sun Ziming's plan. It is nothing more than to leave the agricultural products produced in the future in Timor-Leste for further processing and export high-value-added finished products, rather than exporting only raw materials like Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. In that case, when those plantations begin to produce, Dili will become a food and rubber processing base and distribution center. But with these two industries alone, can it support a big city with a population of one million?

Jill was skeptical of this idea, but he didn't have the heart to discuss it with Sun Ziming, there are so many economic experts under the boss, since they dare to do this, they must have a proper plan.

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After donating $200 million to the interim government of East Timor, attending the groundbreaking ceremonies of 10 Chinese middle schools, and getting on a business jet to Los Angeles, Jill finally had the time and opportunity to talk to his grandson about "Pirates of Malacca".

When Jill finished speaking of her reasons, Sun Ziming also nodded in agreement, but refused to change "Pirates of Malacca" back to "Pirates of the Caribbean".

“Why?”

"No why, it's just that everyone has a different perspective, smoking?"

Sun Ziming opened the inhalation fan next to him, picked up the 'Great China' next to him and signaled to Jier.

"No, I don't like this", Jill pulled out his Lady Moore cigarette and waited for Sun Ziming to give him an explanation.

The big guys are also human beings and have selfish thoughts, but they will cover it up with a high-sounding reason, so that their subordinates will not doubt their motives. After spending more than a week in East Timor, my grandson had a good reason for it early tomorrow, and it was very sufficient.

"Jill, you are studying economics, and you have also seen the construction of Dili, do you think that planting and processing industry alone can support a city of one million people?"

Jill made Sun Ziming's jump talk a little confused, but he still said truthfully: "It is estimated that it is a little difficult, and the processing of those agricultural products will create at most 20,000 or 30,000 jobs." ”

"Good, what if you add chemicals?"

"Impossible! East Timor is too small to have a small population and not enough market to support it. ”

"No", Kayo Sato next to him retorted: "There is no East Timor, but Indonesia has!" Indonesia is very rich in oil and gas resources, but it does not have its own chemical system. If East Timor has a complete chemical system, it can import Indonesian oil nearby, and then export the produced chemical products back to Indonesia. ”

No major country wants to see the rise of a powerful Indonesia on the main sea communication routes, which has caused a weak industrial base. But in East Timor, the country is congenitally deficient and determines that it is impossible to threaten anyone. The population of East Timor is indeed small, only 1.17 million, but West Timor still has a population of more than 4 million, and Indonesia has a population of 200 million! (Kayo Sato was right, five years later, hundreds of thousands of West Timorese and Indonesian women came to work in East Timor, trying to marry single Chinese or local natives in order to get a chance out of poverty.) Many bachelors who cannot marry a daughter-in-law in Chinese mainland have applied to work in East Timor, in addition to earning tens of thousands of yuan a year, by the way to marry a wife with a little dark skin but a slender figure and good looks. ）

However, the more Jill listened, the more confused he became, what does this have to do with "Pirates of the Caribbean"?

Sun Ziming smoked a cigarette and hehe Zhile, "Jill, your thinking is too rigid. Think about it, why are Lee Young Ae and Watanabe-kun so keen to play supporting roles in Hollywood, rather than playing leading roles in their countries? ”

Isn't it because Hollywood star hats are worth more? Jill understood a little and hesitated: "Do you want to make a few Indonesian actors popular and curry favor with their government?" ”

It's a terrible thing to say, but it's not wrong. Now Indonesia is beginning to move towards the rule of law, but in essence, it is still a one-man country, and power is still concentrated in the elite. If two or three actors become so-called 'international superstars', and the scenery of their country appears in Hollywood movies in large numbers, it is estimated that those powerful people who are full of fat brains and corpses will be very happy to see it. As long as they are coaxed and some of the benefits are transferred, it is estimated that the oil that Indonesia receives from foreign companies will continue to flow into the petrochemical enterprises in East Timor, so that a small country with a population of more than 1 million can afford to produce petrochemical products in a country with a population of more than 200 million.

From the boss's point of view, there is nothing wrong with doing this, but Jill is still a little difficult to let go. Sun Tzu knew that the reason for Jill's ugly face was nothing more than that he had done it himself, which had damaged the interests of the company, but he had already prepared his rhetoric.

"Jill, how many years has it been since Hollywood made a pirate-themed movie? We think that a good movie will not necessarily be a blockbuster, but if this movie incorporates Asian elements, it may be much better.

Have you thought about it? If it is starred by Fa Lai, even if the box office in the North American market is not good, it can be compensated for by the Asian market. ”

Yes? Jill was shocked: "Boss, aren't you optimistic about the prospects of Pirates of the Caribbean?" ”

Sun Ziming ventured to adapt "Pirates of the Caribbean", not only to help his old friend, but also to bring more Asian elements to Hollywood, Jill asked, he naturally closed his eyes and said nonsense.

"Jill, I'm not God, how can I predict what the future will bring? I'm just thinking more carefully than most people, and I'm more daring than they are.

Let's be honest, if you make "Pirates of the Caribbean", the investment is at least $100 million, and there is no guarantee that it will be successful. The filming of "Pirates of Malacca" is different, with a budget of about 50 million US dollars at most, and the Asian market alone can guarantee that there will be no losses, and the clash of two civilizations can arouse the curiosity of the audience even more.

If that's the case, why should I take unnecessary risks? ”