June 14, 1641

"Alright gentlemen and ladies, now be quiet, and please listen to our Christmas Island Executive Xiao Baitu speak."

In the large conference room of the Executive Committee in Australia, Xiao Baitu stood on the podium of the large conference room wearing a well-fitting Yang Wenwen brand custom suit, his expression was very satisfied, as if it was the inaugural speech of the President of the United States, regardless of the strangeness in the eyes of everyone in the audience looking at him.

From time to time, he waved his arms towards the crowd below, and his complacent look made Chairman Zhou Aiguo, who decided to praise him, embarrassed, knowing that this guy was such a virtue, he would never commend him.

But now it's too late to regret it, so I can only sit in the front row of the podium with a black face and watch the guy continue to wave his arms, as if he was watching an orangutan in heat waving his arms to show love to the opposite sex.

After waving his arms for a few minutes, Xiao Baitu may be tired, or maybe he feels that everyone is a little impatient, and tidied up his neckline. A pair of white teeth are exposed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honour and pleasure to be here today to speak, this podium I have dreamed of many times in my dreams, but I never thought that I would stand here so soon, and to say why I am standing here, as you may know, it is because the tax revenue of Christmas Island has exceeded 100,000 Spanish silver dollars in the last three months."

After Xiao Baitu said a lot of nonsense in the opening remarks, he finally got to the point, everyone knows how he said that the 100,000 tax income came from, this guy is simply making Christmas Island a 17th-century drunken city on the sea.

Casinos, saunas, beauty, and other entertainment venues that will appear in later generations are all seen here, and in the red light district here, as long as you have money, whether it is black or white, yellow, and even if you want to play Siamese ladyboys, you can have enough money.

For Xiao Baitu's behavior, feminists despise it extremely, while some men are envious to death, thinking that this guy can really come to things and turn a desert island into a paradise on earth.

Of course, in addition to the income from the good red light district, which is the main tax burden on Christmas Island, there is also an important income here that is the collection of customs duties on goods from foreign merchant ships entering the port.

It's not much, but with the expansion of the wharf on Christmas Island, more and more merchant ships come and go, and it is definitely a small income for the foreseeable future.

Today, the Wharf of Flying Fish on Christmas Island has been renovated and expanded several times, and is now able to dock 20 Western galleons side by side at the same time.

Although the local materials are scarce, and the distribution of various building materials to Christmas Island is limited, Xiao Baitu still relied on his relatively shrewd brain to make reasonable arrangements, and gave priority to the use of cement, steel and other building materials transported from the local area for the expansion and renovation of the port terminal.

As for the other materials needed to build the house, Xiao Baitu imported it from Batavia or used local trees to build it.

Today, more than 90% of the buildings on Christmas Island are basically made of wooden panels, forming a unique 17th-century island landscape.

Standing on the rooftop of his only two-story building on Christmas Island, which is also the executive's mansion, looking down on the town, he would unconsciously smile with satisfaction.

These houses, streets, and ports were all built under his own command, which is like a dream, not real at all.

Christmas Island is not only a transit station for Australian goods, but also a transit place for Australia's foreign imports, every day there will be at least a Western sailing ship from Batavia or Manila and other places, loaded with many necessary commodities in addition to Australia's urgently needed population, of course, including the construction materials of Christmas Island.

The construction and development model of the whole Christmas Island is staggering, everyone did not expect such a small island, it can be said that it has not received too much local support in terms of resources and manpower, and it can be completed in a few months from the initial construction to self-hematopoiesis, but this model is not something that the local can learn.

In addition to the geography of Australia, there are also largely local women who will not agree.

You say what sauna and beauty salon you want, these are easy to say, but if you dare to mention what brothels and casinos, it is strange that those feminists don't spray you to death.

Xiao Baitu's speech lasted for nearly an hour, and most of the words in this hour were his experience and ideas on the development of Christmas Island, and even his own suggestions and ideas for the development of local towns. Trying to guide the people sitting there with their own thoughts.

"Alright, I'm done with my speech, and at the end please allow me a little time, I have one more important thing to announce." After Xiao Baitu finished speaking, he did not rush to go down, but continued to take out a speech from his pocket, seeing this situation, the audience was already a little impatient, and some even stood up directly and spoke, "It's not over, keep talking." ”

"Hehe," Xiao Baitu showed an embarrassed smile, shrugged his shoulders, and comforted: "Don't worry, everyone must be interested in this matter, I dare to promise." The next thing I want to announce is that we are attracting investment in the Christmas Island Special Zone, welcome you to come to inspect the investment environment and visit, at present our main investment object is the light handicraft industry, interested can come to me, in order to show support to the investors, we will be exempted from corporate tax for two years, and can also be guaranteed by the Christmas Island government to sign a loan. ”

"Exemption from taxes, two years," sure enough, the people in the audience are interested, and they can be guaranteed by the government, these conditions are indeed quite attractive, and more importantly, the resources of Christmas Island are indeed better in the country, which is close to Batavia, and there are ships entering and leaving the port every day, and the things produced can be sold quickly, and it can also save a lot of money.

Many of the people here don't have a little heart to start a business, many of them don't have projects, and many of them can't solve the loan problem.

When Xiao Baitu stepped down, a few people really walked over to communicate with him, and Chairman Zhou Aiguo, who was watching, shook his head and said to the staff around him: "I knew that this kid would attract investment at this time, and I would never have summoned him. ”