The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 959: September Shipwreck
The Panshan Group system continues its previous practices and emphasizes simplicity.

Either you hold the wedding yourself, invite some close friends, or don't make it a big deal, just have the banquet in a hotel outside.

Or it can be a collective wedding, organized by the company, which holds a collective wedding every quarter. After receiving the marriage certificate, the employees write a report, and the company pays for this method.

Liu Tao occasionally attended collective weddings held at the headquarters to bless the newlyweds. As for private banquets, Liu Tao almost never went, but asked his wife or secretary to go on his behalf, and these were often the senior executives of Panshan Group.

Previously, Feng Defeng’s son got married and had more than ten tables at a hotel in Kun City. Liu Tao also did not attend, but asked Zhu Lin to take the child there.

Han Weidong was also promoted by Liu Tao. He could be described as his confidant and right-hand man. When his son was getting married, it was not excessive for Liu Tao to attend the banquet, but Liu Tao politely declined.

Han Weidong didn't say anything else. He knew Liu Tao quite well.

He has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son graduated from Beijing University of Technology, the second son just graduated from Southwest Associated University and started a business with several classmates, and the youngest daughter will take the college entrance examination next year. Her academic performance is quite good. It can be said that all his children are very promising.

Han Weidong's wife works in the cafeteria as a patrol aunt, intimidating all the employees so that they dare not waste food.

Han Weidong spends one-third of his time in Qiongdao every month, leading the work of the command center.

As the third-ranked leader of Panshan Group, Han Weidong has a lot of things to deal with.

The two drank seven bottles of beer and then stopped, both remaining sober to the last moment.

After taking a shower in the hotel, Liu Tao drank the sobering soup prepared by his secretary, relaxed for a while, and then went to bed to rest.

At seven o'clock the next morning, after breakfast, Liu Tao set out to inspect Qiongdao Island.

Panshan Group’s current assets in Qiongdao are as high as 300 billion. It can be said that Panshan Group has supported the entire Qiongdao in recent years, covering ports, shipping, highways, airports, water and power supply, real estate, tourism, agriculture, energy, etc.

Up to now, Qiongdao is still in a state of continuous blood transfusion and is making losses every year. According to the current situation, it will continue to make losses for a few more years.

The leaders from Qiongdao accompanied Liu Tao to inspect the work.

As the second largest island in China and located at the southern tip of China, its strategic position is very important. It is an important fulcrum facing the entire South China Sea.

After staying in Qiongdao for two days, Liu Tao returned to Panshan Group headquarters.

9月6日，瑞士洛桑举行的国际奥委会第106次会议上，希腊雅典当选为2004年第28届奥运会主办城市。

This time, China did not participate in the election to host the Olympic Games, but kept its promise and fully supported Athens.

There are many reasons why Athens, Greece, successfully won the right to host the 2004th Olympic Games in 28.

The year 2004 happened to be the th anniversary of the Olympic Games. As Athens was the birthplace of the modern Olympics, it was of great historical significance to hold the Olympic Games here. The International Olympic Committee was also very keen to incorporate the idea of ​​the Olympic Games' th anniversary return.

Athens, as the birthplace of the Olympic Games, was originally expected to host the 1996 Olympic Games (the 1990th anniversary of the Olympic Games), but it unexpectedly lost to Atlanta, USA in the bid for . Therefore, the return of the Olympic Games to the th anniversary had to be postponed.

However, it did not prevent the International Olympic Committee from continuing to promote the idea of ​​the return of the Olympics after a century! This time when Athens applied to host the Olympics, China provided great help, which also helped Athens to obtain the bid for the Olympics to a large extent.

Although China failed in its bid to host the Olympic Games in 1993, it did not give up. This time it is aiming for the 2008th Olympic Games in 29!

Two days later, an unfortunate news quickly spread around the world. The Haitian ferry was seriously overloaded, most of the 2 passengers were missing and only 804 were rescued and survived, causing a major maritime disaster. This was another maritime disaster since the sinking of the Haitian "Neptune" passenger ship in 60, which killed more than 1993 people.

Haiti is an unfortunate country, too far from heaven and too close to the United States.

As the first independent republic in Latin America and the first black republic in the world, Haiti has not developed. Instead, it is one of the least developed countries in the world. Its economy is mainly based on agriculture and its infrastructure is very backward.

This country with a population of nearly 800 million has military rebellions from time to time. For Haitians, the best way out is to leave Haiti and go to the United States. As long as they enter the United States, it is like entering heaven, where they can eat and drink delicious food and live a good life without having to do anything.

When Liu Tao saw the news, he couldn't help but sigh.

Haiti is an island country located in the Caribbean Sea. It belongs to the western part of Hispaniola Island in the northern Caribbean Sea of ​​Latin America. It has a total area of ​​about 2.78 square kilometers, almost as large as China's Qiong Island. It borders the Dominican Republic to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the north, and Cuba and Jamaica across the sea to the west. The coastline is 1080 years long.

The word Haiti means "mountainous country" in Indian language, because 75% of Haiti is mountainous, with only narrow plains along the coast and rivers.

Although Haiti is adjacent to Cuba, life there is much worse than in Cuba.

Since Cuba started its reform and opening up, relying on its characteristic industries, Cuban sugar, tobacco, coffee and cocoa have become popular all over the world. Cuban handmade cigars are loved by the world's wealthy. High-end cigars can even be sold for $1 per box, and 1 box contains 40 cigars, which means that a Cuban cigar can be sold for $250!

Cuba earns more than 30 billion U.S. dollars every year from cigarette exports. Together with other items, Cuba's annual exports reach 50 billion U.S. dollars.

Because of the relationship between the United States and Cuba, Cuba holds RMB.

Cuba does not have much industry, and its industrial films mainly rely on imports from China, including oil, grain, machinery, fertilizers, chemical products, etc.

Life in Cuba is starting to get better now, but Haiti is not so lucky. The Cuban people have hope in life, but the only hope for the Haitian people is to go to the United States, work in the United States, immigrate to the United States, and become Americans.

Liu Tao shook his head. The place was too far away. It was already difficult to trade with Cuba. In that place, you had to get the Americans’ approval to do anything. Without the Americans’ approval, you couldn’t accomplish anything you wanted to do.

Americans may not be able to accomplish something, but they can definitely make you fail.

This massive shipwreck in Haiti has attracted worldwide attention, but who would have thought that the number of Haitians who die on the road to the United States every year is many times this number.

Ten times or twenty times?
Americans have enormous power and influence throughout Latin America, and the closer to the United States, the greater this power and influence.

Even the elites of these countries may have studied in the United States, have U.S. passports, or own assets in the United States or deposit money in U.S. banks.

This kind of cultivation that has lasted for one or two hundred years cannot be changed in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)