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Chapter 723: Chapter 626 - Money can communicate with God (Seeking Subscription!)_1
Hundreds of billions of Asia Dollars were lent out for free.
This is an open ’conspiracy’.
No one can say anything because Ling was doing it in the name of supporting the members of the ’Myanmar Asia Chamber of Commerce’. This was just a matter of their internal affairs. It was not about bribery. It’s just a common business behaviour.
After all, they weren’t directly involved.
Especially, the families involved in this matter from Myanmar were very influential.
Therefore, there is no so-called bribery, this is funding, yes, just funding.
A few days ago.
When Ling’s man came to him, Lang Cai also hesitated for a long time, in face of the strong hints of bribery involved, that was almost as plainly labelled as ’bribery’. Still, he couldn’t resist the temptation.
This was a legal ’loan’.
Even if it needs to be repaid in the future, it doesn’t matter. Ling promised that repayments would only start five years later. There is still time. By then, not only international currencies like the dollar can be used to repay the loan, but also Asia Dollars and Myanmar Kyat can be accepted.
This reassured him completely.
Therefore.
Lang Cai also supported this proposal very much. To speak plainly, since Ling couldn’t suppress it anymore, then at least before his retirement, Lang Cai saw no need to confront Ling rigidly. It is also a good choice to get more retirement money now.
After Lang Cai’s speech.
Those who knew the inside story had an expression of understanding. Only Kan Qin had a bitter smile on his face. It wasn’t that he didn’t get a single benefit, but that everything was neatly arranged by others, he just needed to go through the motions, but Kan Qin always felt that this process was a bit strange.
To say it was betraying Myanmar’s national interests.
It wasn’t exactly that.
Because the quota of Asia Dollars exchanged for Myanmar Kyat has increased, the upper limit of the Myanmar Kyat against the Asia Dollar has naturally increased accordingly.
This was mutual, so Myanmar didn’t take a loss. If the products in the Myanmar Economic Zone sell well in the future, they can fully wield their Myanmar Kyat to buy, maybe Myanmar will even profit from it.
But Kan Qin always felt that there was an extraordinary meaning in it, but he couldn’t figure out what Ling’s ambition was at the moment. His face didn’t know what expression to make, he didn’t understand Ling’s move.
Those who didn’t know the inside story could only look at the team members’ speeches with confusion.
They could only act as parrots.
Raise their hands in agreement.
Money talks.
These four words.
Are thoroughly demonstrated in this topic.
"Since everyone agrees, then this resolution is passed. From today, the upper limit of the exchange of Asia Dollars to Myanmar Kyat is raised to 350 billion Asia Dollars. Deputy Leader Ling, I hope you can make this money generate value and maintain the stability of the value of the Asia Dollar."
Lang Cai instructed Ling, meaning that Ling should not print Asia Dollars indiscriminately to exchange for Myanmar’s physical assets. It is acceptable to do so, but do not go too far. Once it overflows, it will affect the exchange rate of Asia Dollars to Myanmar Kyat.
"Don’t worry, I’ll do it." Ling nodded and said.
Tang Qing really wanted to print money indiscriminately, but the system wouldn’t allow it. He could only take it one step at a time. Fortunately, this ensured steady progress and prevents a stumble.
Listening to Ling and Lang Cai’s dialogue.
One person was annoyed.
That was Kundun.
Because out of the eight Myanmar families Ling invited this time, his family was not included. He knew that his family had fallen, but at least he had the support of Lang Cai. However, Ling’s disregard for him made him a bit unhappy.
But he also knew that he just joined the position, it’s inappropriate for him to compete against Ling.
To say that Ling was just a marginal figure, not to be feared, a man who had to attend meetings in Yangon at the beginning and middle of each month, could be caught with a simple move. Therefore, he did not think Ling was a threat.
He was just annoyed that Ling looked down on their family.
Lang Cai of course noticed a trace of embarrassment on Kundun’s face, but he didn’t say anything. This can also be considered a test for Kundun. Those who can’t walk when they see a bit of interest are not the qualities a successor should have.
It seems he needs to talk to Kundun privately.
Otherwise, if Kundun starts a fight with Ling, it’s not good for Myanmar.
Lang Cai continued: "The next is the third topic, about the minefield problem in Myanmar. Due to the many hardships our country has experienced before, there are many minefields, which constantly pose a threat to the safety of local people.
Now the minefields promised by Deputy Leader Ling have basically been cleared, so I plan to have all the minefields within Myanmar cleared to provide a safe living environment for the people."
Speaking of this, Lang Cai paused for a moment to let them digest the information, and then continued: "Deputy Leader Ling promised that the cost of clearing a mine is one hundred Asia Dollars, with payments made monthly. Does anyone have any objections to this resolution?"
The people below fell silent again. They, of course, knew how fast and thorough the clearance of the minefields was, achieving almost 100% complete mine clearance. It was shocking.
Everyone was curious about that mine-clearing vehicle and wanted to get some. They planned to propose it after the main topics were discussed.
Seeing that no one else was talking.
Kundun felt that it was time for him to perform. He said to Ling loudly, "Deputy Leader Ling, I wonder if you can sell us some of these mine-clearing vehicles. Charging per mine at a hundred Asia Dollars is a bit expensive, isn’t it? It’s even more expensive than the mine itself."
Lang Cai had not yet spoken to the people below about Ling’s future plans for the ’mine-clearing vehicle,’ so they didn’t know Ling had refused his purchase request.
As soon as Kundun finished speaking, Ling immediately said, "Deputy Chief Kundun, at present, the ’mine-clearing vehicle’ cannot be sold because it involves complex operational and technical secrecy issues."
Kundun certainly wouldn’t give up that easily.
"What’s so hard about operating a machine? If your subordinates can learn, our people can surely learn too. As for the confidentiality issue, rest assured, our people will keep your secret and will never disassemble it or sell it to others."
Ling responded again, "Deputy Chief Kundun, we are preparing to sell mine-clearing services at the end of this month. To maintain the confidentiality and uniqueness of the technology, I need to minimize the risk of technology leakage."
"You’re planning to sell to others?" Kundun was surprised.
The others also looked at Ling in surprise, sparks in their eyes. It seemed like... this business wasn’t bad at all. With so many countries in the world unable to clear mines, the demand was definitely strong.
Ling had said as much.
Lang Cai knew.
Now it was his turn to step in.
"Ahem. Ling, the Deputy Chief, mentioned to me earlier that they plan to offer this service to the international market at the end of the month. Each mine cleared is priced at one hundred US dollars. This will create quite a bit of foreign exchange income for us. Compared to that, a hundred Asia Dollars is quite low," Lang Cai explained.
"..."
Kundun was somewhat taken aback, trying to calculate. If it were one hundred US dollars per mine, that would be a lot of money. With so many mines worldwide, at least in tens of millions, even up to hundreds of millions.
Even if they only secured a small portion of the market, the number will still be astronomical.
Money.
A lot of money.
Envy and greed couldn’t help but flash in Kundun’s eyes.
This wasn’t a matter of a few billion US dollars, but at least on the scale of tens of billions. With that kind of money, one could make it onto the world’s rich list.
The others weren’t far behind, each calculating in their hearts how much Ling could make from this business. They realized they might not be able to keep up — the final price seemed to be much more than the sum of their collective wealth. Their hearts raced with excitement. Even if they couldn’t get a share, it signified that there was hope of making big money in other collaborations with Ling.
They had previously thought a few million Asia Dollars per vehicle would be the limit.
But now it seemed that a few million per vehicle? That was robbery. Based solely on the work efficiency they had seen from the soldiers, the value created by a single ’mine-clearing vehicle’ each day far exceeded that amount.
Suppressing his excitement, Kundun gleefully said, "Deputy Chief Ling, can this business be handed over to us? After all, we have good diplomatic relations with all countries, which would facilitate operation and price negotiation. If you negotiate by yourself, they might not agree with a price of 100 US dollars."
His argument was reasonable, and it was the truth.
Unfortunately.
"As for the price issue, we can handle it. Thank you for your concern, Deputy Chief Kundun," Ling rejected him outright. If Myanmar handled it, this business action would lose its meaning.
Tang Qing didn’t sell ’mine-clearing vehicles’ just to make money.
Kundun’s face turned somewhat awkward at this.
He had thought Ling would consider his first request today, but he was rejected outright without any face-saving gesture. He found it difficult to handle this and felt embarrassed. Seeing Kundun, the others felt somewhat schadenfreude, though none dared to show it.
Looking at the two of them.
The rest seemed to have a premonition that the upcoming meeting wouldn’t be peaceful.
Lang Cai, on the other hand, was pleased. He was afraid that the people below would spoil Kundun, making him arrogant and conceited, which could ultimately harm Kundun himself.
Although he supports Kundun, Kundun still couldn’t claim as much power as he could. It was a matter of timing; if he messed up, Kundun’s fate would be downfall, and might further trigger struggles within Myanmar.
Hence, this was a good start to suppress Kundun’s rising arrogance.
"Ahem..." Lang Cai coughed twice.
The others all looked at him.
"Let’s settle this matter now. Ling’s team has extensive negotiation experience. Besides, Ling promised that he could even use natural resources such as minerals as collateral. It’s not necessary to collect all in cash.
Therefore, persuading those countries to agree to this price won’t be too difficult. Let’s not interfere with this. Deputy Chief Kundun, I appreciate your suggestion, but you should be mindful of the approach."
Kundun quickly agreed.
The approach.
It’s nothing more than not to rush to snatch things directly.
In meetings of this level, items on the agenda have already been fought over behind closed doors. The official meeting is just a formality, or to see who’s more influential.
Therefore, snatching is okay, but conclude the negotiation first. If successful, great; if not, bring it up later. Even postponing it is fine, but don’t grab something indeterminate, or it will only lead to ridicule.
If Kundun and the other deputy leaders didn’t know about this matter beforehand, then it could only be that Ling and Lang Cai had already come to an agreement. Otherwise, if Lang Cai didn’t agree, he would’ve informed them beforehand and asked them to veto it at the meeting.
Upon hearing that US dollars or even money in general wasn’t necessary for the settlement, Kundun instantly lost interest.
How many of those countries littered with minefields have any money? Doing business with them, Ling could only get their local minerals. Compared with the green US dollars, Kundun had no interest in those minerals.
It was just a pity about this project.
