1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2666
Fu Li's current job is affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but he also shoulders responsibilities in multiple fields such as trade, intelligence, culture, education, and even the military. Therefore, his performance appraisal, promotion and promotion are all vertically managed by the Executive Committee. There is no need to be responsible to the East China Sea Region.

Zhu Zian's matter was jointly handled by the North Region and the East China Sea Region. Fu Li only provided due assistance in the Seoul area. How effective this matter was was not something he needed to consider.And even if Zhu Zian is retained in the future, because of his status, it is unlikely that he will be sent to work in North Korea in the future, so Fu Li doesn't have to bother to maintain a relationship with him.

After briefly talking about Zhu Zian, we will enter the third topic, that is, the impact of the new agreement reached by the two countries through the talks on the North Korean side.

The new agreement between the two countries is mainly about industrial upgrading of existing cooperation projects. To put it bluntly, Haihan now needs more primary industrial products produced in North Korea for the large-scale infrastructure plan to be implemented in the Hangzhou area.In particular, minerals that are relatively scarce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions such as coal and iron need to be supplemented by the existing industrial production capacity in the Datong River Basin.

Fu Lidao: "According to the opinions of the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Industry, we require North Korea to increase the export volume of high-quality coal by [-]% and double the export volume of steel products in the next three years. There are also similar requirements for other minerals. However, it is difficult to achieve such a requirement entirely by increasing production capacity, and it will probably take away some of the products originally supplied to North Korea. North Korea’s opposition is also mainly focused on this point, believing that my country’s request will make North Korea’s original formulation Some good development plans have stalled."

Tao Hongfang added: "So the executive committee also put forward the conditions for technological upgrades for these cooperation projects. For North Korea, the value of this condition is difficult to measure in terms of money. Moreover, the increase in production capacity will bring benefits to North Korea. More job opportunities, which is also of no small benefit to North Korea."

Fu Li nodded and said: "In the end, the other party agreed to agree to the content of the agreement. A large part of the reason is that they consider the long-term benefits that our proposed conditions will bring to them. It is not always possible to exchange primary industrial products for industrial upgrading. What’s more, with the increase of jobs, the number of industrial workers in North Korea will also increase significantly, and Li Yi should be very clear about what this means.”

During his study abroad in Haihan, Li Xun inspected almost all industrial production units on Hainan Island, and naturally he knew very well the great role played by industrial workers who mastered production skills in the process of industrial development.The industrial project cooperated with Haihan is one of the few places in North Korea that can train industrial workers.

According to the agreement between the two countries, these workers are free to leave their jobs as long as they have worked in the cooperative project for eight years. Therefore, in some industrial projects that North Korea is currently trying to operate on its own, almost all the personnel employed have left after working in the cooperative project for eight years. skilled workers, which greatly reduces the difficulty for North Korea to develop independent industrial projects.

It is undoubtedly cost-effective for North Korea to sacrifice the acquisition of industrial products in exchange for opportunities for industrial upgrading and personnel training.But for the vested interest groups related to it, the pros and cons of it are more complicated.

Those industrial cooperation projects in the Datong River Basin are all important industries related to the lifeline of the country, such as salt, iron, shipbuilding, etc., so the franchise rights are all collected by the government, but the specific business channels are subcontracted to certain powerful individuals or business groups.Behind these operators are all powerful upper-class figures in North Korea.

Haihan now needs to supply more production capacity of cooperation projects to the East China Sea Region and other places, which will inevitably reduce the proportion of supply to North Korea, and this will directly affect the income of relevant operators.So the real difficulty of this meeting is actually to persuade these vested interest groups in North Korea to accept Haihan's arrangement.

"All we can do is to compensate from other aspects." Fu Li said calmly: "Fortunately, things are going well, and there are no extra problems."

Shi Chengwu said: "It's all thanks to Mr. Fu's hard work and mediation. Otherwise, this matter may have to be negotiated for several rounds before there is any hope. After this matter is over, I will write a letter based on the facts and ask for credit for Mr. Fu."

Fu Li smiled and said: "The responsibility is, it should be."

If we had to wait until the official talks started to find a way to implement these under-the-table operations, it would inevitably delay the negotiation process, so the related work on Fu Li's side was actually going on several months in advance.

During this period, he will meet with relevant people from all walks of life to discuss transaction conditions that are acceptable to both parties.What Haihan paid may be the franchise right of a certain product, a plantation located somewhere overseas, or a special place for a son of an official to study in Sanya, as well as political support commitments and so on.

The conditions that each negotiating partner can accept may be different. Such a negotiation process is often very cumbersome, and requires continuous follow-up by the person in charge, which is not an easy task.But this was an order directly issued by the Executive Committee to Fu Li, so he naturally had to spare no effort to complete the task.

By the time the mission arrived in Seoul, Fu Li had actually reached an agreement with all interested parties, and the agreement could be signed only after the official talks went through the process.This is actually a disguised form for Shi Chengwu and others to clear the way for this gilded mission. Shi Chengwu knows this well, so he expresses his thanks.

As for ordinary people, of course they do not have access to these inside stories. The public information they know basically comes from the notices of various government offices in charge of the imperial court and related reports on the Peninsula Times.

For the common people, the results of the talks are undoubtedly some exciting and good news.For example, The Peninsula Times has revealed that major industries in the Datong River Basin will start recruiting a large number of workers. It is estimated that tens of thousands of new jobs will be created. The income and career development prospects of these jobs can be regarded as the goals that ordinary people yearn for. .

In addition, the cross-sea transportation industry between North Korea and Haihan will also expand its business scale. It is estimated that in the next three years, hundreds of cargo sailing ships will be added between the two countries in the Taedong River alone.Thousands of high-paying sailor positions are waiting for young North Koreans to apply.

Haihan also promised to increase the purchase of some agricultural and forestry products from North Korea year by year, which means that farmers who account for the vast majority of the North Korean population are expected to benefit from it.Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, to continue the usual practice, the main farmers or farms first sign relevant contracts with Haihan, plant the crops Haihan requires, and use the seedlings provided by Haihan.But very few people realize that Haehan is actually gradually controlling North Korea's agricultural production through such means.

(End of this chapter)