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June 25th.
Myanmar Dian.
Naypyidaw.
At the meeting, Lang Cai formally proposed the implementation of stricter environmental protection standards within Myanmar Dian, directly mentioning the filters. It was clear that this environmental standard was definitely "zero-emission."
However.
No sooner had it been proposed.
Than many people expressed difficulties.
Kundun was the first to jump out.
He said with a troubled expression, "President Lang Cai, the various companies in Myanmar Dian are in the development stage, and there is a substantial need for funds. If we have to spend so much money purchasing industrial-grade filters, it could create a heavy burden for the company operations."
"Yes, due to the depreciation of the Myanmar Kyat, our companies are facing many problems in production. Fortunately, we have adjusted properly, and nothing serious has happened. To avoid adding a burden to the companies, I think it is too early to consider environmental issues," another person added.
Surprisingly, it was the head of the Myanmar Dian Environmental Protection Department who said this.
Following this.
Officials from other departments also stood up to emphasize the difficulties. Their reasons were largely the same: they wanted to maintain the hard-won economic situation, as if the economy of Myanmar Dian would plunge into a cold winter once the standards were implemented.
Lang Cai listened to these people with an expressionless face.
In fact, he was already laughing inside.
Ling wanted to make money.
It wasn’t going to be so easy.
In the end, Lang Cai said, "What you’re saying makes sense. However, we cannot let air pollution go unchecked, and this is a product of our country. If we don’t support it ourselves, outsiders might laugh at us."
"How about we only make it mandatory for specific industries, like chemical plants, and put the others on hold for now?" Kundun raised his hand to suggest.
Lang Cai turned to look at Ling, whose expression had never changed, and said, "Deputy Leader Ling, what do you think is the best course of action? The companies are short of money now; that’s the reality of the situation."
Of course, his intention.
Wasn’t to stop the sale of filters in Myanmar Dian.
These products, which had no alternative.
With their foreign markets, were worth hundreds of times the entire market of Myanmar Dian. To Ling, whether they had this small market or not was inconsequential, especially since he had already promised Ling some support.
A few days ago.
Lang Cai had approached Ling.
He wanted to see if they could be granted the technology license, allowing them to produce the filters. Ultimately, he sought the key technology for the filters, naturally because someone was willing to pay for it.
Without a doubt, Ling refused him outright.
Therefore.
Lang Cai could only make things a bit difficult for Ling in this matter, to satisfy himself.
Watching them play their two-person act.
Ling unflinchingly said, "Lack of funds? Myanmar Bank can provide loans."
"Myanmar Bank is willing to offer loans to these companies?" Lang Cai verified.
"Yes," Ling nodded.
The petty schemes of these people.
Were no secret to the Command Room.
Loans weren’t a big deal; they would even expand the influence of the Asia Dollar. Why not do it? After all, banks were made for this, even though it meant not having immediate cash flow.
But debt in itself is an asset to a bank.
An asset that can be realized in the future.
And it’s relatively stable.
As long as it’s not at a loss, how much is earned, whether it’s cash or not, isn’t a major issue. Even in the future, as the Asia Dollar rises, these debts could be bundled and thrown into the financial market, directly exchanged for cash.
It wasn’t a big deal.
"In that case, do any of you still have concerns?" Seeing Ling’s agreement, Lang Cai asked the others, a smile finally appearing on his face as he managed to pass off the issue without breaking the agreement with Ling.
"No, we don’t."
"Good idea."
"Agreed."
"..."
The others happily agreed.
As long as Ling didn’t bring up government subsidies, it was fine. The government of Myanmar Dian had increased its revenues, but the expenses had grown even more. Combined with uncontrollable inflation, they were not willing to incur extra costs.
Now that Ling was taking over.
It couldn’t be better.
After all, the opening up was only for loans related to filters, so it wasn’t a problem.
...
The next day.
At the meeting of the National Environmental Protection Bureau of Myanmar Dian, Lang Cai announced.
Starting immediately.
Experts will begin to develop new standards for the emission of pollutants. In his speech, he specifically demanded that all large gas-polluting companies within Myanmar Dian install filters by the end of the year.
However, cars and motorcycles were not restricted.
Mainly because the number of vehicles in Myanmar Dian was too few.
This year, Huaxia’s car ownership has exceeded fifty million, but in Myanmar Dian, it has just surpassed one hundred thousand, reaching just 0.2% of Huaxia’s total, not even matching a larger city in Huaxia.
The country was also covered in dense vegetation.
Considering the minor amount of emissions from cars, the impact on the environment was negligible for the time being. As long as emissions from power plants, steel, cement, non-ferrous metals, and chemical industries were controlled.
The sky in this country would still be clear.
Seeing the news.
Initially.
Many business owners were resistant.
Not until they heard Ling’s promise to provide loans for industrial-grade filters did they breathe a sigh of relief, but they were still annoyed because from the perspective of a businessman, they did not want to bear any extra costs.
That was the original sin of the majority of businessmen.
Driven by interests.
They simply did not care about the harm done to the environment, which is why businessmen cannot have unlimited freedom. They must not be allowed to pursue profits without limit; they must be restrained.
This is a viewpoint that Tang Qing has always held firm.
...
June 28th.
Beijing.
Although the testing of the filters had not yet been completed, almost no one doubted their functionality. After the technical exchanges of the past few days, they had gained a new understanding of the Myanmar Environmental Technology Company.
Especially the person in charge who came this time.
Simply brilliant.
During the visit to some domestic environmental projects.
They were utterly convinced, in many areas, the person was simply a versatile talent—they could infer the technical details after just a glance and a few words of explanation.
Truly terrifying.
Even once, they directly proposed a perfect solution to a challenging problem that an ongoing project was tackling, saving them over a year’s time, and even caught the attention of some significant figures.
Therefore,
The negotiations about the filters.
Began to enter a substantial phase.
Zhong Yi, in charge of the business department, represented Huaxia and negotiated with Shen Yu, who rushed over yesterday from the Myanmar Environmental Technology Company, discussing the commerce and trade agreement regarding the filters.
"Mr. Shen Yu, the fact that we can sit here shows the sincerity of Huaxia in wanting to cooperate with your company, so, I also hope we can get the most favorable terms from your company and complete a win-win cooperation," Zhong Yi began.
This time,
The fighter didn’t show off their ’I can also speak Chinese’ skill.
Sometimes, it’s enough if a few key people can speak it.
Otherwise, it’s better not to be too conspicuous, to avoid idle chatter.
Especially since Ling still didn’t have absolute authority, even if they did later, they would still need to maintain moderation to avoid foreign media latching onto ’key points’ and making a big deal out of them. If someone made an issue out of this, claiming Ling was propped up by the Huaxia side... it would be very troublesome.
After the translator finished,
Fighter Shen Yu said in Burmese, "Of course, we value our cooperation with your side very much."
Zhong Yi smiled and said, "Mr. Shen Yu, we intend to install your industrial-level filters across all related enterprises within our territory, and the required quantity might exceed eight thousand units.
However, I would like to know about your supply capacity, whether you can meet our demand on time or not."
"Eight thousand units is about two years of our current production capacity," the fighter replied honestly.
This answer pleased Zhong Yi greatly.
A commerce and trade agreement.
Is not a purchase agreement.
These are two different concepts.
And now,
The first demand was so sharp.
"In that case, what do you think about setting up a new filter production factory inside Huaxia territory, manufacturing related consumables and parts, or using our country’s industrial system to make components, which you could then assemble?"
Zhong Yi was diligently fulfilling his duty, securing interests for Huaxia.
"This... is not impossible. I believe the industrial system of Huaxia can produce suitable components." Confronted with this demand, the fighter conceded right away, because there was no point in opposing it.
If the domestic side wanted to get the materials and dimensions for the filters.
They could get them by disassembling and studying one, so the secrecy of this information was not significant.
However, this wasn’t without conditions. As Zhong Yi’s lips curled up slightly, the fighter continued, "If Huaxia could provide policy and financial support, I could agree to build a factory in Huaxia."
"That’s no problem, policy-wise, we can promise the greatest local benefits, and we can also provide full financing for the factory’s construction," Zhong Yi readily agreed to the minor request.
Then,
The two sides engaged in intense discussions over the details of the order for industrial-level filters, and after more than an hour, they reached a supply agreement. This time, Huaxia was preparing to order the first batch of one thousand and five hundred industrial-level filters.
The total contract value amounted to 2.36 billion RMB.
This was just the beginning of the cooperation. If the three-phase cooperation was completed, the total order volume would exceed 20 billion RMB, because the appearance of the filters led to a direct decrease in environmental harm.
The government might build more thermal power plants.
This was an inevitable large order.
And the related consumables would bring in an endless stream of revenue in the future.
The Command Room had calculated that simply the thermal power plants around the globe, if all installed with filters, would generate annual profits from consumables of more than 3 billion RMB. And once the car exhaust filters went public, profits would increase even more.
The contract required that of this batch of filters, a thousand units could be produced by the factory in Myanmar, but the remaining five hundred had to be assembled within Huaxia territory, with most of their components also manufactured locally.
At the same time,
Next month,
Huaxia would approve a five-year, interest-free loan of 500 million RMB to the Myanmar Environmental Technology Company to assist with the construction of the factory building, purchasing equipment and raw materials, as well as routine operations, etc.
This fund wouldn’t be given all at once.
The first year, only three hundred million.
The remaining two hundred million would be given in the second year, both as a risk control measure and because there’s no need to spend all the money at once. Construction payments were made based on progress, and the payment terms for material ordering were also monthly.
And this, 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
Was just the beginning.
Following the sugar-coating,
Zhong Yi revealed a greater intention.
"Director Shen Yu, we’re also very interested in the car exhaust filters, and we would like to cooperate with your company on that as well," he said.
"What kind of cooperation?"
The fighter’s face showed ’interest.’
"We know that currently, major automotive giants are a bit resistant to your exhaust filters, reluctant to install them, which has caused your progress to be very little. At the same time, you’ve also encountered problems lobbying various countries.
Compared to industrial filters,
the impact of car exhaust is difficult to magnify, because there are too many people driving, and most prefer to ignore the harm they cause. This is also the biggest reason why car exhaust filters have struggled to break through."
Having said that and seeing that the fighter’s expression hadn’t changed, Zhong Yi continued, "To have development in exhaust filters, support from the host country is also essential, to incorporate it into mandatory standards, and our Huaxia intends to introduce such standards."
"Terms?"
"All exhaust filters sold in Huaxia, all parts and consumables must be manufactured within Huaxia." Zhong Yi’s demands were not excessive and did not involve core interests such as technology transfer agreements.
The fighter ’considered’ for ten seconds.
They looked up,
Smiled,
"Deal."
