With the unremitting efforts of Xiao Baitu and others, the Overseas Territory of Christmas Island, which has been established for a year, has developed into the second largest economic town in the country, and 40 percent of the state's financial revenue depends on the contribution of this place.

Unlike when it was first established, there were only a few dozen people, and under the deliberate throttling of Xiao Baitu's immigrants and his own introduction of immigrants, the whole island now has nearly 1,200 people, excluding the labor and natives.

It can be regarded as the second most populous town in the country, and now Xiao Baitu has become a celebrity as the economic status of Christmas Island has attracted more and more domestic attention.

Privately, everyone calls him a quiet little expert in development, and it is said that some members of parliament have suggested that he be transferred to work in the domestic economic sector. In the face of such economic development, how can a small expert be put on a small island, isn't it too much of a waste of talent?

Although there are many people who praise each other, Xiao Baitu is not so complacent that the reason for the rapid development of Christmas Island can be seen by anyone who understands a little bit of economy. Relying on the advantage of the cargo transfer station, if this big advantage is lost, the economy will even regress.

Therefore, in order to avoid losing the advantage of the transit station in the future, Xiao Baitu developed the tertiary industry and came up with various ideas to build the most luxurious entertainment venues in this era on the island, and what casino massage and the like have formed a one-stop service.

Even driven by the tertiary industry, some subsidiary industries have emerged during the development period, and these industries are basically based on snack hotels.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 23 hotels on the entire island, some of which have only three rooms, and some have at least one room.

This chaotic phenomenon of small hotels even reminded Xiao Baitu of the small hotels around his college days.

Although the chaotic phenomenon of Christmas Island has contributed to the local economy to a certain extent, it has also made some domestic people unaccustomed to it, saying that it is corrupt morality.

Criticism and praise alike, it is indisputable that Christmas Island's economy and population have reached the second largest in the country, and now the Australian government has officially intended to revoke the overseas territory of Christmas Island and turn it into a city.

In addition to the laws of the newly established Christmas Island City, which are in line with domestic standards, some of the previous local laws are still in force, and this policy is to take care of the special status of Christmas Island.

According to the agreement between the government and the members of Congress, the city will become a municipality with a direct and unified management of finances and taxes.

Xiao Baitu, the former top executive of the overseas consulate, will no longer serve as the top executive, but as the mayor of the newly established Christmas Island City, although there seems to be little change between the two, but there is a clear change in power.

The right to transfer and command the troops originally stationed on the island will be directly transferred to the Ministry of National Defense, and only in wartime or special periods can Xiao Baitu have the right to transfer the garrison, and this change has greatly solved the threat to the central power caused by the long-term leadership of a local governor.

To a certain extent, the garrison has the main task of defending against external forces, as well as preventing internal official misconduct.

Xiao Baitu's letter of appointment has come down, this time is responsible for personally going to Christmas Island to issue the letter of appointment is Zhao Shijie, now Zhao Shijie is not only the Minister of Foreign Trade but also the director of the Political Examination Bureau, he went to appoint this is a kind of attention to Xiao Baitu, but also the government's attention to Christmas Island.

Zhao Shijie, who was riding the Mermaid, had already telegraphed the news to Xiao Baitu before leaving, and at the same time, in order to attach importance to this appointment, Xiao Baitu began a city-wide health inspection as early as three days ago, and all shops and hotel streets were required to be neat and clean, so as to welcome the arrival of Zhao.

Early in the morning, Xiao Baitu received a telegram that the Mermaid was about to enter the port, and in order to show respect for the central government officials, he, the executive officer who has not yet officially become the mayor, can be regarded as the last time to deploy the garrison.

The garrison on the island was transferred to the dock to form a queue to welcome the arrival of Zhao Shijie and other officials of the central government, "This is the last privilege, and there will be no more in the future." Xiao Baitu looked at his assistant Xiang Honghe with a serious face. ”

"Brother Xiao, here, here, the ship is about to enter the port, let's hurry over." Before crossing the Red River, he was only a freshman in college, and he had not entered the society, so he was naturally in awe of the leader.

"Well, don't worry, it's not too late for us to go over when the boat stops, Honghe, look at your excited appearance, relax and don't be nervous, Minister Zhao and I are buddies are very good." Xiao Baitu patted the other party's shoulder, obviously feeling that his body was shaking, this was a little too nervous, this little kid definitely hadn't seen any big officials before he crossed over.

After the Mermaid was completely stable and the spiral ladder on the ship was lowered, Xiao Baitu walked forward with the military and political officials on Yigan Island.

Zhao Shijie just walked down the spiral ladder a few steps, and saw such a scene posed by Xiao Baitu, unexpectedly once upon a time he could only watch it on TV, but he didn't expect that one day he would be able to enjoy such treatment.

"Lao Xiao, this scene is a bit big, it's not good for both of us to let people send it back to China." Zhao Shijie smiled and blamed lightly, but the meaning of his words was that he was not really blamed.

"Minister Zhao's lesson is that next time it won't, this is the first time that central government officials come to Christmas Island, and they can't lose their etiquette."

"Well, okay, let's go, this time the overseas territory of Christmas Island has been changed to a municipality directly under the central government, but it is the first municipal government agency in the country, and you, the mayor, will also be famous in the history books in the future."

Zhao Shijie said with a smile, and then under the guidance of Xiao Baitu, he got into an open-top carriage and began to conduct routine visits and inspections of the entire neighborhood of Christmas Island.

The carriage entered the street, Zhao Shijie stopped the carriage and prepared to visit and have a look in person, and then walked to the administrative building on the island, the entire Christmas Island block is not big, so it can be completed quickly.

Some residents from Daming and European immigrants also stood on both sides of the street at this time, stopping to watch, all guessing that Zhao Shijie's identity must be higher than Xiao Baitu, as can be seen from the explanation and introduction with a smile on his face following Zhao Shijie.

In cooperation with the sudden street sweeping a few days ago, everyone knew that this person must be a government official, and Xiao Baitu was an absolute right to exist on Christmas Island, and now he met an official who was older than him, and everyone was guessing how big this official was.

Privately, they heard that Xiao Baitu was going to be promoted, but they didn't know much about the change of Christmas Island to a city-level administrative district, and they didn't know what kind of unit the city level was.

After talking to a few residents, Zhao Shijie walked into a few snack bars to have a look, tasted the food, and finally walked back to the administrative office building on Christmas Island.

In his office, Zhao Shijie read out the central government's decision to change Christmas Island into a municipality, and read out on the spot that Xiao Baitu would still be the mayor.

After the appointment, Zhao Shijie walked into Xiao Baitu's office, and the two began a deep conversation.