After Jiang Yang returned to the office, he really asked Zu Shengdong to lock the troublesome woman in the hotel.

No interrogation, no cross-examination.

Delicious and delicious hospitality, and a few waiters were also arranged to wait.

Shen Yitong called China as the first secretary of Meigang.

After learning about this incident, they attached great importance to it and said that Mr. Pi and a certain provincial leader were willing to come to Meigang in person to meet with Jiang Yang.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

A large Boeing business jet lands at Blue Whale Airport.

Escorted by four military jeeps, the brand-new Hongqi welcome sedan headed towards Mae Hong Kong.

At 7:30 p.m., under the Mae Hong Kong *** building.

Jiang Yang, dressed in a navy blue youth uniform, stood outside the gate of the compound, behind him were the public servants of the Meigang General Office, and the two rows were soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces, looking very grand.

The Hongqi car stopped.

Pi Qing and a middle-aged man in a black suit and a white shirt got out of the car.

Jiang Yang greeted him with a smile and shook hands with the two men one by one.

Subsequently, with the support of the crowd, he entered the office building.

A reporter from the official media of Mae Hong Kong recorded this important moment.

Inside the office.

Pi Qing sat on the large sofa and looked around the environment of the office.

Shen Yitong was wearing a professional outfit and stepping on 6 cm high heels, busy quickly and neatly.

It wasn't until he brewed the tea leaves and added a cup to each of them that he bent down and whispered in Jiang Yang's ear, "I'm at the door, something called me."

Jiang Yang nodded.

Shen Yitong left, closed the door, and instructed the sentry at the door that no one was allowed to approach the office door without her instructions.

Inside the house.

Pi Qing picked up the teacup and sniffed it, and said with a smile: "If I still call you Mr. Jiang now, I'm afraid it's not appropriate anymore."

Jiang Yang responded: "It's just a title, don't be entangled."

"Good tea."

Pi Qing put down the teacup: "The last time I came, it seemed that this was the tea I drank."

Jiang Yang said: "The same variety of tea, but the process is different."

"The taste is different."

After that, he re-added it to him, and said with a smile, "If you don't believe it, you can drink it again."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Pi Qing did not pick up the teacup, nor did she taste it.

Instead, he went straight to the topic: "That Xiaohe was instructed by someone. She is just a distant relative of Lao Li, and someone wants to use these things to muddy the water surface between Meigang and China."

Jiang Yang saw Pi Qing directly, and he no longer detoured at the moment.

"During this period of time, there have been frequent people making trouble in Mae Hong Kong."

"Merchants, tourists, or residents who want to settle down."

Jiang Yang looked at Pi Qing: "Seventy percent of these troublemakers are from China, and there are some complicated relationships behind them."

"Just like this woman surnamed He."

"Once Meigang is not handled well, it is likely to gradually ferment through the media, which will lead to mass contradictions between the Chinese and Meigang."

Pi Qing's face gradually became serious.

Jiang Yang said: "Someone deliberately instigated it."

"So during this time, the Mekong Self-Defense Forces have been very cautious in handling these things."

"I've done my best."

Jiang Yang looked at Pi Qing and said lightly: "In some things, if I favor the Chinese, then it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among businessmen from other countries in the Meigang region. If I favor businessmen from other countries, then I, Jiang Yang, will be detained with a hat of eating inside and out, forgetting the country and forgetting my roots."

"Those international media and well-intentioned people can seize every opportunity they can seize at any time, so that the masses at home and abroad can turn their guns on me."

"It's hard for me to do that."

Jiang Yang leaned back on the sofa: "The development of Meigang has now reached the most critical point.

Any small problem may fall short for me and the whole of Meigang."

"At that point, your plan to build a free trade port here will no longer exist."

Pi Qing nodded after hearing this.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a brown paper document bag from his briefcase.

The document bag has a round white seal with a red seal and black letters.

It reads: Confidential.

"Look."

Pi Qing put the document in front of Jiang Yang, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Jiang Yang stretched out his hand to take it, tore open the seal, and took out a stack of documents from inside.

The standard A4 paper size is about 20 sheets.

The main text on it is Chinese characters, and there are quite a few Thai and other Southeast Asian languages as signs.

The most eye-catching are the flag totems of various countries in Southeast Asia, a total of ten.

At the top is written a few capital letters: AEA.

"ASEAN."

Jiang Yang looked at the document and flipped through it, "Why do you want to show me this kind of confidential document."

said so, but Jiang Yang's hand was not idle.

Flip through the pages quickly, keep your eyes on the contents of the documents, and don't miss every corner.

AEA ASEAN, the full name of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Founded in 1961 in Bangkok by Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, the alliance is called AA.

In 1967, the ASEAN Declaration appeared and was renamed AEA.

In 1976, ASEAN held its first summit and signed the First Bali Entente.

In 1984, Brunei joined after independence.

In 1995, Viet Nam joined.

In 1997, Laos and Myanmar joined.

In 1999, Cambodia joined the 10 ASEAN countries.

Timor-Leste is a candidate for ASEAN and Papua New Guinea is an observer country.

The so-called ASEAN is actually a means for the ten weak and small countries in Southeast Asia to join the group for better survival and development.

To put it bluntly, it's an alliance.

Regarding the previous basic content, Jiang Yang has some understanding.

After a few glances, he continued to flip back.

The important content also emerges.

There are many aspects of ASEAN's importance to China, and this document is mainly about the economic aspect.

These include ASEAN's trade relations with the United States, trade relations with China, and the influence of the US dollar hegemony in 11 Southeast Asian countries.

Generally speaking, it is the economic strategic plan made by Secretary Pi for ASEAN.

Some data made Jiang Yang look at it a few more times.

The 10 ASEAN countries have a total territory area of about 4.49 million square kilometers and a population of about 460 million.

Indonesia is the largest in size, and its economic strength is equivalent to that of Yu Province in China. Brunei, the smallest in size, has an economic strength equivalent to that of Shishan County in Huazhou.

Since both China and ASEAN are in a period of rapid economic development at this time, China needs the market in Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asia also needs China's capital and technology, which is a mutually beneficial situation.

As of October 2003, the annual GDP of the 10 ASEAN countries together was 789.43 billion US dollars, and that of China was 18,090.6 trillion US dollars.

It is equivalent to China's own efforts to directly overturn the two ASEANs.

What's even more terrifying is that at this time, Huaxia's GP is gradually widening the gap with the entire ASEAN at a very exaggerated rate, and the growth rate is almost geometric every year.

In Jiang Yang's impression, China's GDP will grow to 14 trillion US dollars in the next ten years, while ASEAN at that time will only hover between 3 trillion yuan, which is equivalent to a one-to-four can turn a corner.

To be exact, it's a one-to-forty.