The old and dilapidated Yangon Airport seem to imply a message that Myanmar is like the capital airport, old and lacks vitality.

Kang Ning, Shizhen, Liu Hailan, Guo Peng and twelve others who were quite disappointed in their hearts came to the capital airport accompanied by the officials of the Myanmar central government.

Corning pretended to be smiling, and Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Noramin and Minister of Civil Affairs General Kuangming accompanied him. Surrounded by many surrounding officials, the three of them sat on the sofa in the waiting hall for government officials and whispered. The atmosphere seemed relaxed and pleasant.

Last night, after learning from Xiao Xianhe, a courier sent by Corning, that Chairman Danrui had no cancer at all, Noramin, who was extremely shocked, quickly calmed down and quickly adjusted his strategy, secretly ordered all his factions to calm down and keep a low profile, and revised a series of radical power seizure plans originally formulated.

Noramin at this moment was as gentle and calm as ever, and there was no clue on his face.

The smart and steady Minister of Famous obviously learned this important secret news from Noramin. At this moment, he looked at Corning and showed appreciation and gratitude. After Corning came back from Danrui, he was worried and no longer willing to get too close to the officials of the central government. He knew that his every move was under the surveillance of Danrui's many ears and ears. If there was a slight mistake, it would likely cause unnecessary misunderstandings or even losses. Therefore, Corning was more low-key than anyone else at any time.

Guangmang pointed to his assistant, Mr. Wangshen, who was sitting diagonally opposite him: "Aning, Mr. Wangshen will visit you this time. This is the first time he has gone out of Southeast Asia. Please take care of him for me."

Corning smiled friendly to the young assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He knew clearly that the tall man, 35, was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Su Mao. He was knowledgeable, gentle and enlightened. He once studied under the current Vice Premier Noramin. He still serves as a lecturer at the University of Foreign Affairs and has a very deep political background. This time, as one of the two special officials of the central government, he accompanied him on a visit to Taiwan. Although he followed the diplomatic practices of the central government, from a certain perspective, the central government supervised his own place in disguise. Fortunately, Wangshen, like Luo Yang, who was the new director of the Asian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, he was an ally on his own front and would not cause much restraint or obstacles.

Corning turned to the bright and beautiful, and whispered: "The Brigadier General has a much richer diplomatic experience than me. He is accompanied by General Luo Yang. Both of them are rare diplomatic officials in our country, and I still need the guidance of them."

The short and strong Luo Yang laughed: "Aning, you are so kind. The many deeds of your visit to the United States have now become classic teaching cases for our diplomatic universities. They are highly praised by teachers and students. This trip to Taiwan is easier for you, at least in terms of language and culture, you are at ease."

"Similar to me! Aning, you are now a professor at the University of Yangon, and I am just a lecturer. I am two professional levels lower than you. Don't be too modest." said humorously.

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter. General Wu Soda, chairman of the new Economic Development Committee, asked Corning loudly with a smile in front of the officials of various ministries and commissions who came to see him off:

"Aning, the Prime Minister of Chennai left a development project before retirement, which is the plan to set up a pilot economic reform area on the West Coast. Now that the term change has been completed, we have discussed it again and received unanimous approval from various ministries and commissions. We calculated that no ministries can eat it alone in economic development and attracting foreign investment. Only your Fourth Special Zone can shoulder this important task. I would like to ask here, are you willing to take over? Of course, the central government will give you a relatively relaxed environment in terms of policies. All parties will also actively cooperate."

As soon as Corning heard this, he knew that Noramin and others had made substantial progress in their help to promote the plan. In addition to gratitude, he smiled slightly at Noramin and Mingming, turned to Wu Soda and asked with interest: "General, please tell me where to conduct the pilot? If the project is too big, we may find it difficult to bear it."

"The place has been settled, which is Liland Island in the central part of Rakhine State. The island is more than 80 kilometers long from north to south, more than 30 kilometers widest from east to east, and less than two kilometers narrowest, with a total area of ​​about 800 square kilometers. The Man'an Strait, a few kilometers away from south to south, is Man'an Island, a few kilometers away from south to south, and the Liland Bay is Dongge County in Rakhine State. There are more than 6,000 residents on the island, most of whom are gentle Rakhine people, who live on both sides of the eleven-kilometer-long river on the island. Apart from hundreds of acres of wild coconut forests, there is no

Other resources, offshore fishery is not as good as those in the southern provinces. If ocean fishing can develop, the future will be very good. Haven’t you built a special terminal for No. 8 and a processing area of ​​ten square kilometers in Sitté Port? The construction progress is very fast now, which has made all the officials who visited there praise it. Therefore, you’d better take on this project. We allow you to implement the capitalist system on the island, but you will only give you a one-year tax exemption period and a three-year tax halving period. Are you willing?" Wu Soda looked at Corning with anticipation.

Corning thought for a while and replied: "This is a very large development project. Without more than one billion US dollars of investment, it is difficult to have a certain scale. If we have three years to conduct it in installments, we may be able to bear it. General, you must also know the difficulties faced by our Fourth Special Zone. The continuous stream of poor people flocked to us from all over the country. It is really difficult to resettle within a year and a half. What makes us even more trouble is that these tens of thousands of refugees cannot be persuaded to leave. The monthly food and various necessities for daily necessities will cost up to one million US dollars. If we had not implemented a strict legal system, it would have caused huge losses to the entire Fourth Special Zone. For this reason, we have made many demands to the central government, but the central government has not yet had a clear attitude, and we cannot drive these helpless people away. It is difficult!"

Corning's words made everyone here sympathize with them. In addition to sincerely admiring the Corning SAR government, everyone felt helpless: the embarrassment of the country and the poverty of the people are placed in front of every official, especially the turbulent political situation, which made local officials of various factions only care about fighting for power and profit, greedily exploitation, and how could they care about the lives and deaths of these poor people? In addition, Chairman Danrui's willing attitude towards refugees flocking to the Fourth Special Zone. How dare the officials be too entangled with such issues? Therefore, after listening to Corning's words, everyone fell silent.

Corning, who already understood the mystery, said helplessly: "Everyone, to be honest, we can't bear to keep tens of thousands of poor people out of the door, so we have been silently enduring it. At the same time, it is also a positive attitude to show the central government that we share the worries of the country. Otherwise, we just need to add checkpoints at three intersections leading to the SAR to keep the vast majority of refugees out, but we can't bear to do so. The other three SARs are also in difficulty. Everyone has just started the pace of development and the economy has just started to be on the right track. They really cannot accommodate so many refugees. They usually do it.

It is to let the refugees eat and send them away after they are full, not to create ethnic estrangement and racial discrimination as some people say. Think about it, in which province or state so many refugees will definitely die. Why so far, have you not heard of the tens of thousands of refugees who flock to four small special zones to die? Therefore, I hope that all the citizens will support the four special zones in the mainstream media of the central government, so that all citizens can understand the difficulties and efforts of each special zone. Never cause tension and confrontation. The civil war in northern Myanmar two years ago was a lesson!”

Noramin understood Corning's concerns and was also very worried that the continuous flow of refugees to the Fourth Special Zone would destroy the good situation of economic development in the Fourth Special Zone. He dragged down this economic model that he had finally established, so Noramin made a timely statement without leaving any trace:

"Don't worry, Aning, I will pay enough attention to this matter. After all, this situation is also a responsibility of our central government. Aning. Your SAR government needs to bear more of this matter. The country and the people will remember everything you have done for this, but now there is not much time. The plane will take off in half an hour. Before that, we should return to the question raised by General Wu Soda. If this matter can be confirmed, you may be able to discuss investment promotion intentions with capable Taiwanese businessmen during your trip to Taiwan. Now you can talk about it. If you have any difficulties and requirements, please raise them. We will respect your opinions."

Corning nodded and returned to the topic: "There are many difficulties. First of all, it is the pressure of funds. To develop Liland, you have to first spend a sum of funds to resettle more than 6,000 people on the island. I will never do the task of forcibly expelling the people. Then there are huge investments in the construction of fishing ports in the east and west, purchasing fishing boats to establish ocean fishing fleets. Next, there will be transportation roads on the island, drinking water projects and residential areas, setting up marine meteorological stations, various maintenance docks and workshops, etc. It will be difficult to do it without a three-year period. If the central government can implement a three-year tax exemption period and then give a three-year half-tax discount, so that investors can have a relatively relaxed environment. Otherwise, even if the central government bids the world, I don't think anyone will be interested in an island with only coconut trees, unless it is rented to other countries as a military port."

Everyone agreed with Corning's opinion and knew that after renting the nearby Man'an Island to China, there was no possibility of renting out Liland Island. These were detailed and strict regulations in the secret agreement. The only thing that could be used to launch Liland Island was to attract investment and fully develop the marine economy, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve the fundamental purpose.

Seeing that everyone agreed with their views, Corning said in an unambiguous tone: "There is another and the most important point. Since the central government allows the implementation of the capitalist system on the island, it means that the central government has already had enough understanding of the difficulties of this matter and knows that using the current system of our country cannot be done well. So here I would like to ask, will the central government garrison troops on the island? Secondly, who should be in charge of the administrative management of the Special Economic Zone of Liland? Thirdly, if our Fourth Special Economic Zone takes over this construction and development project, will the central government allow the police and border guards of our Special Economic Zone to enter? How many years is the project's deadline? Is there a corresponding special economic zone bill to guarantee it?"

Wu Soda and Noralmin and others looked at each other and turned to Corning and replied happily: "I have seen it. Aning, you are indeed a difficult businessman! Haha... We have considered these issues in advance, and I can answer you now: In addition to the tax deadline requirements you have proposed, and we also need to discuss the Central Committee meeting, other issues have corresponding bills. First of all, the central garrison is necessary, but it is only a symbolic coastal defense company that stations the navy. Regarding the administrative power, the central government has already had two preliminary bills. If your Fourth Special Zone is next, the central government will give you forty-nine years of business management rights, allowing you to establish a county-level Liland Management Committee according to the current administrative system of the Fourth Special Zone, allowing you to have your own police force and coast guard forces, but the tax and customs agencies of the Central Finance Ministry must enter. I won't talk about another bill, because everyone knows it is not feasible, haha!"

Corning's heart lit up and said quietly: "If the tax deadline requirements can be met, I will find a way to borrow a billion dollars. Although it is difficult, it is worth a try."

"There is still a little more request." Wu Soda hurriedly said: "The rent for 49 years in Liland was initially set at $1.5 billion, and it must be paid in one lump sum when signing the contract."

Corning opened his eyes innocently: "That little island with nothing is worth $1.5 billion? You... are grabbing money!"

Everyone laughed when they saw Corning reacting like this. However, Noramin and others knew in their hearts that although Corning complained, the $1.5 billion worthless in Corning's development plan was simply not worth mentioning. Corning's reaction proved that despite the toothache, he had agreed. This unprecedented reform pilot plan for Myanmar country is almost a foregone conclusion!
Chapter completed!