Chapter 292 Investment Immigration
Investment immigration is indeed a new word for many wealthy people, but it is not new at all in the country in later generations, such as study abroad immigration, skilled immigration and so on.
In later generations, the main targets of domestic investment immigrants are some local tyrants, some are for a change of living environment, and some are for the transfer of gray income, etc., some European and American countries, especially Canada and Australia, have become the first choice for many people.
These countries are vast and sparsely populated, and there is a certain degree of social foundation of Chinese immigrants, even if you don't understand the language, you don't have to be afraid to come here, because as long as you can buy almost all the domestically produced products in Chinatown, as for the language of communication, Mandarin is naturally one of them.
Although such immigration does not seem to bring any important talents to the country, it can bring a large amount of capital investment to the country to a certain extent, because investment immigration, as the name suggests, is to obtain the nationality of the country based on the amount of investment.
For example, if you invest 1 million, whether it is a new industry or a real estate investment, as long as this amount is reached, you can obtain the nationality of the country, and the government will not care whether you buy a house or not.
Therefore, Hu Xijing and Zhao Shijie feel that from the current situation, both Europe and the Ming Dynasty have a certain foundation, and what those rich people are most afraid of is war, because war is likely to make him lose everything.
The main reason why the United States was able to attract so many immigrants during World War I and World War was that it was far away from war-torn Europe, and its homeland was not threatened by war, so the center of the world later shifted from Eurasia to North America.
Today's Australia can be said to be equivalent to the United States in later generations to stay away from war. There is no competition, there is no threat from war, and even money can be protected.
It's just that it may not be so easy to let these rich people immigrate to Australia, and some European merchant nobles may accept immigration. And these people in the Ming Dynasty have too deep a love for their homeland, and it is difficult to be reluctant to leave, even if they change the dynasty, in their opinion, even if they lose a little money, it is good to stay safely.
"Shijie, how sure are you that the merchant class of Daming will immigrate to Australia," Hu Xijing raised a curved eyebrow and looked at her boyfriend.
"Grasp it about 70 percent," Zhao Shijie hesitated. Holding his girlfriend in his arms, he said with a smile: "But at least part of the financial problem can be solved, it should not be difficult, and then how to design the threshold and level of immigration." ”
"I've got a rough idea of the level." Hu Xijing, who was in Zhao Shijie's arms, suddenly broke free of his hand and sat up straight and said: "Investment immigrants, we can design the level according to geography, for example, if you immigrate to Hong Kong, we can give the local government in the concession area the household registration, which theoretically does not belong to Australian nationals, but Australian workers." The investment amount can also be relatively low. Of course, we can also issue those who have nationality, but this is at least 200,000 places. ”
"Grading is indeed a good method, but have you ever thought about what to do if those Ming businessmen stay in Hong Kong, and our plan if you don't come to the mainland will be half the success." Zhao Shijie asked with a worried face.
It depends on you and the immigration department's inducement, if you can induce these businessmen to come to Australia, it will be half the battle, but I have a suggestion that should be a good way to induce some people to come. Hu Xijing said with a smile.
In fact, what she said is true, whether or not the rich people of Daming can successfully immigrate to Australia and become Australian nationals depends entirely on the inducement of the Ministry of Immigration and the Ministry of Foreign Trade. What businessmen pay most attention to, of course, is the supremacy of profits. It is of course best to be able to grow your business and have a certain political status at the same time.
However, in the social system of the Ming Dynasty, even in all the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, merchants have always been not good actors, they are greedy for money and profit. Running around for money, has always been not favored, although he has a lot of wealth, but his social status has not been high.
Just as the Jews of Europe also possessed great wealth, but they were nothing more than a herd of lambs kept in captivity by the rulers, and when the rulers needed a lot of wealth because of their wills, the Jews would inevitably become the objects of slaughter.
It's just that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are much happier than the Jews, and they don't have to pay taxes when doing business, because there is no commercial tax from ancient times to the present, and the only thing they have to do is to find a big backer to be an official or train a big backer to be an official.
"You're talking about giving them certain rights, such as membership in local councils." Zhao Shijie asked with some curiosity.
"Yes, members of local councils, for example, how much they invest in a city, how many jobs they create, we can agree that he will get votes as long as someone elects him."
"The consequence of doing so will be to cultivate a large number of local gate families, aren't you afraid that one day this country will be completely controlled by them, and even our descendants will become their vassals." Zhao Shijie asked worriedly, in his heart, there was actually a little bit of a plot to treat himself differently from this person in time and space, after all, he was unwilling to establish a foundation by himself and become someone else's in the future.
"Your concern is too early, at least in a hundred years they will not be enough to confront us, you think that many of the high-quality resources in this country are in the hands of our group, if in the future our descendants can not rely on so many resources for good development, I think it is nothing to be replaced."
In Hu Xijing's view, the law of social survival is that the law of the jungle eats the strong, since it doesn't work, let the people who do it come, even if this happens to her descendants in the future, she doesn't feel any pity.
"You're ruthless, and you don't think about our descendants at all." Zhao Shijie laughed jokingly.
"It's better than that they don't know how to innovate on the basis of their predecessors, do you think that your descendants are a group of guys who only know how to eat and wait for death, then the end will only be their own destruction."
"Okay, what you said is right, none of us can predict what will happen in the future, but it is indeed a good thing to bury a possible competitor for them and urge them to continue to work hard, I am now starting to admire you is not so simple, I have to say that sometimes your vision is indeed farther than me."
"Well, are you complimenting me, or are you sarcastic?" Hu Xijing asked with a frown.
"Of course it's a compliment, what more can you ask for if you marry a wife like this," Zhao Shijie said that he once again held the place in his arms, and this scene is really enviable. (To be continued......)