Chapter 45: Slow start
"Great, you graduated from Harvard University in the United States with a major in finance, you are proficient in financial affairs, and you have managed the livelihood work in the town of Lang Bassha for several years, so you know the situation here well, and with your help, I will be able to strengthen my wings here. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Meng Sosha and his men have been completely wiped out, there is no threat to your existence here, I want you to go to work as soon as possible, first set up the management bodies of each township to achieve the smooth implementation of government decrees, and then step by step."
"Mr. Wu Beixin, you have to firmly remember one rule, from now on, no more poppy cultivation is allowed in my territory, violators will be shot, this is a matter of principle, there is no room for negotiation." Wu Chen said.
"The cultivation of opium poppy by the people of the Golden Triangle is not voluntary, but for historical reasons, and has been their main source of income since the nineteenth century. The climate, environment, and soil, including the soil, are more suitable for growing opium poppies, and everyone doesn't know what to grow other crops, so it has slowly continued. ”
"To put it mildly, although these ordinary people can't make a fortune by growing opium poppies, they can at least ensure that the whole family will not starve to death, and suddenly cut off their way of life, it's hard to imagine what will happen, I can carry out your decision, but I need to have enough reasons to convince everyone." Wu Beixin hit the nail on the head and pointed out the core of the problem.
As the chief executive of a region, he must take into account the issues related to the vital interests of the people, which is also responsible for Wu Chen, the boss, and the energy that bursts out under the domination of people's desire to survive is extremely terrifying, and there can be no more chaos in Langbassha Town.
"Since I have requirements for the people, there are conditions to match them, after all, it involves the livelihood of more than 100,000 people, and I can't help but consider it. After the establishment of the organization, a census will be conducted first, and each person will be given $300 for living expenses, plus some money given by Mensosha for the purchase of opium some time ago, there will be no big problem with food and clothing this year. ”
"I'm just a mercenary, and I don't have much money at home, so I don't have enough money for the time being, so I can't afford to spend a little money from these people, so you need to be patient for a while. I will soon send out invitations to French agricultural experts and German geologists to hire them to come here for field research, and I will always know what kind of resources I have to know what kind of resources I have in the future. Wu Chen said in a rambling voice.
"As far as I know, these guys are very rich, with a total of more than a billion dollars in assets, why, boss, guarding the gold mountain and crying poor with me here?" Wu Beixin pretended to be surprised and said with a smile.
"This is a small town involving more than 100,000 people, what is more than a billion dollars enough for? Just a 300,000-kilowatt thermal power plant will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and the roads will have to be repaired, which is another astronomical expense. Wu Chen snorted.
The 300,000-kilowatt thermal power plant is indeed not large, but it is the first in the Golden Triangle area, and the investment in this kind of facility is calculated in the unit of 10 billion baht, which can think of electricity and transportation, which also proves that Wu Chen really wants to develop the economy of Lang Bhasa Town.
With the complete destruction of the Mengsaosha group, the last bit of resistance to the construction of the new base has also disappeared, taking advantage of Wu Beixin's pacification work in Langbassha Town, Wu Chen gave an order, and the officers and soldiers of the two battalions of the Free Army began to train, the goal is the road leading from Langbassha Town to Meisi Town, using the method of moving closer to the middle at both ends.
Two battalions of the Free Army were repaired from the town of Langbasa to the southeast, and two battalions of the Defence Army were repaired from the town of Maisi to the northwest, with the purpose of making some simple repairs, opening roads and building bridges in the mountains and waters, and it was necessary to allow the trucks pulling materials to pass smoothly.
Wu Beixin and Sha Ti also mobilized young and middle-aged laborers from various villages to actively participate in the construction, and in addition to taking care of food, they could also receive a remuneration of 10 US dollars a day, and in just one week, the army of road construction increased sharply to more than 2,000 people, and all of them were young and middle-aged laborers.
This situation frightened the heads of the two management bodies to the point that they could not do it, according to the whole number of 2,000 people, it was 20,000 US dollars a day, and 600,000 US dollars a month! I am grass, I resolutely can't add more people, they are even worried that Wu Chen will shoot black guns, too loser!
Why is there so much workforce? As soon as he seized control of the two areas, Wu Chen immediately ordered the destruction of the poppies and seeds in the fields, all the Hailuo manufacturing machines were blown to pieces, and the action was supervised by the people of the gendarmerie.
The gendarmerie even rummaged through the cabinets of each house to find out if someone had secretly hidden some poppy seeds, so as to completely eliminate future troubles. Of course, this process is supervised by people from each village, and it is not allowed to take any property, nor damage any items, let alone harass those big girls and little daughters-in-law, and those who violate the order must be dealt with severely.
Meng Shuang and Meng Ling took the camera and filmed all the pictures of this scene, according to Wu Chen's meaning, these images are full of positive energy, and they can exchange some assistance from the Americans, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, too much, not too little.
Since you can't grow poppies in the future, the common people have to find some way to earn money, and if you don't work for a day, you won't be good, and if you don't eat for a day, you will be hungry and panic! This opportunity to build a road is good, and being idle at home is also idle, so why not come out to earn a salary? Besides, the treatment here is really good, you can eat meat for every meal, and the rice is enough!
The explosives in the arsenal played an important role at this time, there were rumbling explosions every day, and many dangerous hillsides were blown out of a way, and some of the training regiments were proficient in explosives, and their professional quality was quite powerful.
While doing it, half of the large machinery and equipment purchased was concentrated in the town of Langbassha, excavators, rollers, bulldozers and cranes were the first batch, and dozens of dump trucks.
The hired driver not only had to work, but also had to take apprentices, and the young people in the town and village who wanted to learn would take advantage of the rest time to practice with the car. At this stage, it is necessary to listen and watch more, and the actual operation will have to wait a few days. The driver doesn't care if he is happy or not, the salary given here is too high, and he feels comfortable working for a day and a month before he contributes.
Time is money, many projects can not be completed in a short time, especially bridges, because there are too many ravines and mountain streams, Wu Chen had to invent a trick, since those ravines are impassable, he simply put the cement pipes purchased from Chiang Mai, and then directly press the soil and stones to build a dam, as for the future, don't think about it now!
It's easy to say, when the barely passable road is repaired, it has been more than two months later, and this can't be regarded as a road, but some protective measures and repair measures have been made, but Wu Chen feels very satisfied, and the airport can start construction.
With the equipment in place such as mixing stations and pavers, hundreds of trucks have brought in large quantities of cement, sand, lime and fly ash from Chiang Mai, as well as a few stone crushers, there are so many mountains that there is no need to buy stones.
Just when Wu Chen was busy repairing the road, others were not idle, first of all, there was good news from Atlantis Pictures, Allen bought the film rights of "The English Patient".
Immediately afterwards, the film rights of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit" were obtained, and the movie rights of Hasbro's "Transformers" were also obtained, all of which were due to Xu Zilin.
The Ukrainian side announced that it had signed an agreement with the Bangladesh delegation to sell a number of transport aircraft to Haidongqing International Air Transport and Logistics Company, in addition to the An-124 transport aircraft, Il-76 transport aircraft and Il-78 tankers, including the only An-225 transport aircraft that can be used in the world, and the Ukrainian missile cruiser and several 10,000-ton bulk carriers will be sold to Bangladesh's Rainbow International Shipping Company.