Chapter 462: Lao Bu's Dilemma
"Crazy, lawless, this kind of person is no longer restrained, then the world will be completely chaotic!!" The Malay Sultan looked at the video, his face pale.
The TV was showing the scene of the Umbrella using the East 1 to bomb the Pablo base with incendiary bombs, and the Malay Sultan Xu thought that he was threatened by the Umbrella, and that Sean was pushing the Chinese to rebel behind his back.
When I watched this videotape, I felt a sense of substitution.
He couldn't imagine what it would be like if one day the umbrella frantically threw incendiary bombs at his state!
"It's a bit excessive." A white man next to him raised his hand to pause the video, and said with a heavy face: "The world needs peace, but some people are always trying to promote war out of self-interest, which has brought a lot of damage to the world and a lot of deaths to the people."
"We admit that those people are involved in the creation of drugs, but they are only motivated by livelihood considerations, and the real culprits are Pablo and not the innocent Colombian poor who don't know a word."
But some people just like to carry the banner of righteousness and do unjust things."
"After this incident, this gentleman also took this tape everywhere to threaten the *** of other countries, threatening to sell the devil bird to those *** armed forces, drug criminals, and gangsters, and forcing many countries in South America to order their aircraft."
"According to the information we have received, he will go to Southeast Asia to sell in the future, and then to Africa."
"This kind of forced buying and selling behavior is the biggest damage to the free trade system, and we can't be sure that he will not sell this high-powered weapon to *** armed forces in the future."
"On the contrary, based on what this gentleman has done in the past, it is not very likely, or very likely, that he is a complete warmonger, a murderer."
"We all know that Southeast Asia is actually not peaceful, including Malay, there are still *** armed forces in the northern part of the border with Thailand, and once they develop and grow, it will inevitably destroy the development opportunities that Southeast Asia has encountered so hard."
"So." The Malay Sultan snorted heavily, "There's nothing you can do about it, just watch him show off like this."
"We feel that it is time for the United Nations to introduce some laws and regulations that will impose reasonable and legal limits on the damage caused to the international situation by the excessive expansion of private force." The white man shrugged, "However, there is not much of a call at the moment, and behind this gentleman stands the United States, which is happy to see its influence expand."
"Then there's the evil one in the east, the one that has been dormant, ready to regain its grip on Asia, from where this gentleman has purchased many of his weapons, and has deep connections."
"So, if you want to reverse this, you have to do it yourself, unite more people to speak out, and when this voice comes together, something can really go into the push stage, instead of being talked about because of the existence of certain countries."
"I'll think about it." The Malay Sultan did not impulsively agree, he also had to consider the risk and the possibility of being retaliated against by Sean.
However, when he thought of the great loss that guy had caused to Malay and the shame he had brought to Malay again and again, he began to get angry.
It's the number one power in Southeast Asia!
Although Vietnamese and Indonesians do not think so......
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Sean didn't know that there were people behind him who were secretly calculating his own affairs, so he could only say that it was mediocre not to be jealous!
There are always people who want to harm me.
He was in Washington, D.C.
Just arrived in New York before, Xiaobu's phone called, but Sean still rested at home for a few days, teasing the child or something, and went to see Old Man David by the way.
From time to time, he showed his face in the family office, brushed his presence, and paid attention to the body of Old Man David.
When the old man dies, he will come out and take over......
Of course, this idea can't be known to the old man David, and the old man of the province is crazy.
"Sean, you sit first, things right away
It's fine, I'm frying steaks, and I'll try my craft later. "At the door of the kitchen, Lao Bu, who was wearing an apron and gloves, said to Sean very enthusiastically.
"Haha, this must be tasted, the steak personally fried by the president of the world's largest country, I think there must be few people in the world who can eat it, this is my honor, Uncle Bush." Sean smiled and tilted his head to look towards the kitchen.
Let's not talk about whether it's good or not, this name is enough to bluff people.
Ten minutes later, Sean and the Bush family went to the dinner table together and cut a piece of Bush steak, Sean chewed gently, not to mention, it can really be eaten!
Sean closed his eyes and nodded his head as he chewed, making a mumm-humming sound in his mouth.
"How?" Lao Bu looked at Sean with a smile and asked.
"It's a nice surprise." Sean's expression and praise are just right, and they seem very real.
Lao Bu felt a little relieved.
The meal was still very good, and there was no talk about work at the dinner table, only some of Sean's recent things in Colombia, talking and laughing after a meal.
After eating, the Bu family father and son and Sean came to the study.
"I invite you here this time, mainly to consult some financial matters, as we all know, Sean, you have a talent that surpasses ordinary people in finance, I hope you can give me some advice." After drinking a cup of black tea, Lao Bu opened the conversation, "You know, now that the treasury is empty, we are in great financial difficulties."
Of course, Sean knew these things, and he also expected that Lao Bu was looking for him.
"Uncle Bush, your advisory team should have a suggestion." Sean asked.
"Yes, it's the same old way to increase jobs, lower taxes, and expand exports." Bush's tone was depressed.
Sean smiled, what does it mean to listen to your words, like listening to a seat.
Historically, Bush's team was not good at engaging in economics, and Reagan left a mess, and in the end, Bush was ousted after only one term.
The so-called advisory team, in fact, is not all from Lao Bu, many of them are from Lao Bu's supporter groups, and naturally want to seek welfare for the group, so they naturally have a tendency to consider issues.
Of course, Lao Bu understands and doesn't mind giving something in return, it's all tacit, but now he is sitting in the position of president.
From the day he ascended to the presidency, he naturally had contradictions with those who supported him in the first place.
Lao Bu is not a puppet, and the president of the United States cannot simply be a puppet of a certain interest group!
This is the number one country in the world!
When he sits in this position, he must consider the country, because the Bush family is a political family, and in terms of fame and fortune, it is obvious that fame is more important to the family.
"Okay, what is our relationship, I'll just say some things." Sean thought for a moment and said, "It's almost impossible to increase employment or anything."
Although he is also a supporter of the Bush family, unlike the interest group that supports the old Bush, he invests in the Bush family, after all, there is Bush Jr.
Besides, for the time being, Sean doesn't have any need for Lao Bu to tilt his policy.
"What do you say?" Lao Bu's brows were furrowed very tightly, his expression was serious, and Xiao Bu's expression became solemn.
"Can we take out all those unions or buy them all and lower the wages of the workers or extend the working hours?" Sean asked rhetorically, "Prohibit workers from striking or suppressing strikes, and let them be honest cattle and horses?"
"That can't be." Lao Bu shook his head, "Not everyone in the trade unions is purely for personal interests, many people do agree with this concept, strike is the right of workers, no one can take it away, this is the foundation of the United States."
The corners of Sean's mouth curled up, and his face was full of mockery, capitalism is built on strikes, this is right, and, ahem......
It is not wrong to say that capitalism is based on strikes, because it was the general strikes and revolutions that took place in Europe that gave birth to capitalism.
Behind every strike movement, of course, hundreds of years ago
It's all driven by the capitalists.
Eventually, capitalism was born, and the tradition of striking became a right, and finally a shackle to the hands and feet of the capitalists.
And the more advanced regimes have clearly learned the lessons of capitalism, and the strike?
Inexistent!
"So." Sean spread his hands, "The United States is already the world's largest power, whether it is economically, technologically, militarily, or politically, we are the largest country."
"On the other hand, the wages of our workers are also increasing, the cost of production is gradually rising, and the labor cost of the same product is higher than the overall cost of many countries."
"Commodities naturally lose their competitiveness, and starting work is a loss of money, which can be seen in the commercial competition with the book in the last 20 years, we are forced to regress step by step by Japanese companies in the steel, automobile, textile, home appliance and other industries, and the factory will either go bankrupt or reduce production, which will naturally lead to an increase in unemployment and a decrease in taxes."
"So simply cutting taxes or something can't help factories get out of the predicament, nor can it stimulate consumption and stimulate market vitality."
At this time, Xiaobu interjected and said, "We can also increase the content of technology, and our brand has higher added value!"
"A roll of toilet paper, tell me how to increase the technology content?" Sean rolled his eyes and directly mocked: "Wiping your butt with American-made butt wiping paper can prevent hemorrhoids or increase IQ!"
"Or is it a nice smell from your buttocks?"
"Uh......" The corners of Xiaobu's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
"The things that we use the most, consume the most, and can never be separated from in our lives actually don't have much technological content, even if the production efficiency is slightly higher, it is useless in the face of high labor costs." Sean said categorically, "The paper, towels, clothes we wear, shoes, water heaters, light bulbs, etc., etc., in the end, it depends on the price!"
"Don't talk to me about a few hundred dollars for a high-end suit, the global luxury market is only a little bit large, and it accounts for a negligible proportion of the civilian goods market." Sean didn't give Bob a chance to refute at all.
"And these companies Uncle Bush can go back and look into it again, and either they are bankrupt or they are struggling to operate, so the rise in unemployment is inevitable."
Lao Bu looked at Sean in shock, didn't he?
What are the interest groups behind Lao Bu?
The oil industry, the arms industry, the steel industry, the shipbuilding industry, the heavy industry, the small companies are not qualified to support the US presidential race.
Naturally, these news will not fall to his ears.
"What then?" Lao Bu rubbed his temples with a headache, to be honest, but in the past 8 years, the vice president has never paid attention to these industries and these things.
No one ever mentioned it to him.
In the case of the paper industry, the first major blow to the U.S. paper industry in 1913 was hit by the U.S. Congress after tariffs on low-priced products imported from Canada, which led to the bankruptcy of many small paper companies.
In the end, the largest paper company in the United States took the approach of going north to Canada, and got the raw material production and lower labor prices, which saved the paper industry.
"No way!" Sean spread his hands, "This is the inevitable law of social development, the United States, as the world's largest country, has high labor costs, and all relatively backward productive forces will inevitably be eliminated by American society and transferred to backward countries for production."
"And then just watching?" Bush stared at Sean.
Sean muttered in his heart that he could also forcibly lower the wages of workers.
Didn't the experts say that low wages are our advantage, and it is forbidden to maliciously raise wages......
"Of course not." Sean said with a smile: "The government can provide some policy protection, such as raising tariffs on imported daily necessities, etc., focusing on transferring this part of the backward production capacity to the backward countries, and using their low wages to save our company."
"Capacity transfer, haven't we still not solved the employment problem?" Lao Bu frowned and asked
Road.
"First, the company is not finished, second, the headquarters is still in the country, and third, taxes." Sean continued, "At least that increases taxes, doesn't it?"
"Okay." Although Lao Bu is not very satisfied, there is no better way than this, and the government takes the lead, at least it is a political achievement.
"If, as you said, many companies are now facing problems such as bankruptcy, asking them to transfer backward production capacity, and laying off a large number of workers or something, they simply don't have that much money." Xiaobu also has the idea of entering politics, and when he enters politics, he will inevitably have to face economic problems, so he thinks a lot.
"Loans, why is it a government organization, that's one of the reasons, and it's still a very important part." Sean smiled and said, "Of course, I don't recommend tax exemption or anything, that's killing chickens and eggs, and it's a big harm to the financial revenue. I also know that the government is also in financial difficulties right now. 「
"I also know that the government has to take risks, so let's do it, I'm not that powerful, but I can't look at Uncle Bush in embarrassment, and Sean Bank can come up with a $5 billion loan to support this work."
Old Buhaha smiled, "Then thank you so much Sean, the American people will remember you, and history will remember your contribution to this country."
Between the jokes, a PY deal was made.
The Shawn Bank will not directly face the corporations, which is more than lending through the government, and the Bush administration can use the loans to carry out large-scale propaganda to show the efforts to save the country's economy, and it can also use the amount of loans to buy off companies that are in trouble.
Sean Bank will lend loans through the government, which not only ensures the security of the loan, but also earns a large amount of interest, and as a partner this time, these companies that accept loans will use Sean Bank for all overseas settlement business.
This is crucial for the expansion of the bank's business scope.
In fact, almost all of this money goes back and forth within the bank, and it is nothing more than a number......
Moreover, even if there are really companies that are not operating well and cannot repay the loans, it is okay, and the companies that can enter the government organization this time are considered high-quality assets, and the bank will not lose money when they get it.
After talking about the problem of backward production capacity, Lao Bu asked again, "Is there any other way to increase fiscal revenue?"
Sean tilted his head and thought about it, of course there is, the one that Clinton came to power later, but he can't sell all this old foundation at once, so how can he show his value, "Global taxation!"
Lao Bu was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up, as presidents, he is always particularly interested in the word taxation, "What is global taxation?"
"There is a person who has obtained American citizenship, whether he works in the United States or abroad, he has to pay taxes to the United States!" Sean said with a vicious flavor in his tone: "The root cause of the fact that Americans can enjoy supra-national treatment all over the world is that the United States is strong enough to enjoy privileges, and it is natural that they should give it back, which is very fair."
In addition, expatriate employees of U.S. companies must be paid in the U.S. and pay national taxes. ,
"This ......" Lao Bu didn't react for a while, tax is extremely complicated in the United States, and only the most astute accountants can figure out how many legal ways to avoid taxes.
Lao Bu didn't understand what Sean's global tax collection meant for a while.
For the time being, Sean mentioned these two, and the others are either inappropriate for Lao Bu to gain a firm foothold, or Sean left behind.
After talking about something else, Sean said goodbye to the Bush family.
As soon as he got into the car, Sean instructed Norris, "Call Morocco and have the top management of the investment company come and see me."
The reason why the government took the lead in doing this, how could Sean not calculate.
The development strategy he set for Morocco is the textile industry, and this time it is just a wave of dividends.
The textile industry is backward in the United States, and it is a baby in Morocco!
In fact, Morocco is all small heads, and there is only a little more population over there, so how many skilled workers can it provide, and it can't fight a sheep city if it dies......
The real big head is still in the east.
Suddenly...... When the Asian Investment Bank was formed, Sean told the wealthy people in Malaysia that he wanted to invest in the Chinese, and this was not realized.
What is the transfer of backward production capacity?
OEM!
As soon as he returned, Sean called Shen Bi and told him what was going on.
"Are you sure?" Shen Bi asked with some excitement.
"There should be no problem, including the home appliance manufacturing industry, many companies are really on the verge of bankruptcy, and they are also looking for a way, even other industries that can still support are facing the problem of high labor costs." Sean explained: "It's just that the matter of building factories overseas is really not as simple as saying a word, even if there is the support of the local government, the site, the equipment, the skilled workers, the industrial standards, etc...... A problem with upstream and downstream supporting enterprises can make them anxious."
"If the U.S. government comes in to help coordinate that, it's a different story, and issues such as taxes, such as expedited customs clearance, can be perfectly solved."
"Naturally, we want to intervene in this and become the official partner this time." Sean explained, then thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, I'll go over, I'll have to talk to the east about this in advance."
hung up the phone, Sean couldn't help but sigh, *** is a hard life!
It's easy to make two bucks, I!
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It's not just a matter of doing it, just the preliminary inspection takes a long time, and not all countries can provide so many skilled cattle and horses!
Looking at the world, the only place in the world that can provide cattle and horses stably for a long time is the east.
Of course, the Americans don't think so.
On Hong Kong Island, in Sean's Beppu, a whole bunch of shareholders from the Asian Investment Bank came.
first visited Sean's mansion on Hong Kong Island, and arranged a Hokkien banquet, full of wine and food, Sean talked to everyone about business.
"People and people have different perceptions of the world, and in the eyes of the vast majority of American devils, Asia is synonymous with poverty and backwardness, and this is especially true in the east." Sean pouted and said, "Their impression of the East comes from the movie, and the East people in the movie all wear braids and live in grass houses."
"So, I don't expect that this time, even though the government is taking the lead, things will not be so easy to achieve, and of course, this is not a bad thing for us."
Including Mr. Guo, a group of people looked at Sean with a strange expression, you are an American devil when you open your mouth and close your mouth, why does it sound so awkward.
Before Sean came to Hong Kong Island, he asked Shen Bi to release the news with these people, and when they heard that the backward production capacity was transferred from the United States to the east, these guys were all excited.
The biggest reason why Malaysia has embarked on the fast track of development in the past decade is that Japan has transferred a lot of backward production capacity to Malaysia.
But in 1980, the Malay population was only 14 million, of which only 40% were Chinese.
There are also many Chinese who prefer to do small businesses, so the number of quality workers that can be provided is really limited, and the Malays are not unavailable, but the quantity and quality cannot be improved, so they are quickly saturated.
But even so, the horsepower economy has taken off, and a group of Malay tycoons here have also suffered a big wave of dividends.
Now that they heard that Sean is cooperating with the U.S. government and preparing to transfer the backward production capacity of the United States, they are naturally excited not to want it.
If when Sean took the wealth they had accumulated over the past hundred years and let them pay for it to invest in the Asian Investment Bank, he couldn't help but slander in his heart, but now he feels that this wave of money is crazy!
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