Pang Jindong went to sit opposite Shi Chen and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long!"

"We didn't wait long!" Shi Chen also smiled and teased: "We only waited less than an hour!"

Pang Jindong pretended not to understand the meaning of the other party's words, sighed and said: "Originally I wanted to come down to see you right away, but I have to make some very important calls! I believe you also know that I went to Changqing

It’s been too long, and there are a lot of things accumulated in various aspects. If I don’t deal with it, I will be crushed to death!”

"It turns out that besides the Kokang Republican Army, Mr. Pang has other more important things!" Shi Chen said this, and his dissatisfaction showed a little.

"The Kokang Republican Army is only part of my life, not all of it!" Pang Jindong smiled lightly, took out a box of cigarettes, and called to Shi Chen: "Do you smoke?"

"I'm smoking!" Shi Chen said, raising the cigarette he had just lit in his hand.

"Would you like tea?"

"Don't drink!"

Pang Jindong asked enthusiastically: "Would you like some coffee?"

"Don't drink either!"

Pang Jindong was about to ask Shi Chen if he had been drinking, but Feng Jian Yaqing came over with a plate and placed a cup of freshly brewed Tieguanyin in front of Shi Chen.

Shi Chen wasn't too polite. Just now he said he wouldn't drink, but now he picked up the cup and took a big sip.

Pang Jindong smiled again, looking very relaxed: "Listen to what you said, the reason for coming to me is about the Kokang Republican Army?"

"yes!"

Shi Chen's visit this time was indeed for the decisive war, and he brought good news to Pang Jindong.

After Pang Jindong met with General Jin Zhenyu, a very heated debate broke out among the top leaders of the central government, and neither party with different opinions was willing to give in.

The two factions of senior leaders are basically divided based on their status. All military personnel demand decisive intervention in the Kokang War, while civilian officials believe that neutrality should be maintained.

However, there are exceptions. Several members of the Standing Committee sided with the military side, but the military side was very unified in their opinions.

In this way, judging from the number of people alone, it seems that the main war faction should have the majority, which is indeed the case, but the peace faction has several heavyweight elders who are very influential.

Because the controversy was so intense, even though it was highly confidential, it was still known to subordinate officials of these senior leaders.

What is different from these senior officials themselves is that the opinions of their subordinates are very consistent, and they all believe that the country should intervene decisively, but their reasons are different.

Anyone who is familiar with the politics of Country Z knows that after entering the new century, the top leaders of Country Z made a decision to no longer engage in debates on lines and positions, to end any internal friction, and to devote all energy and time to the development of

economy.

However, due to the meeting between Pang Jindong and Jin Zhenyu, this widely recognized decision was broken.

In order to allow the top officials to make tough decisions, lower-level officials in the central government quickly took action. Although they did not have much say in decision-making, they had their own ways to influence the top officials.

Under the operation of these lower-level officials, various strategic research institutions that serve as think tanks and consultants to the central government send investigation reports and analytical research materials one after another to the top management.

All these materials directly or indirectly believe that the central government should do something in MD from various aspects such as strategic form and economic development.

It was under such circumstances that the central government finally made a tentative decision, and the specific executor of this decision was Pang Jindong, with Shi Chen's full assistance.

Shi Chen also did a lot of work for this decision. An internal research report written by him and ghostwritten by several experts in the name of a research institution under the General Staff was widely circulated within various decision-making departments.

Since the current theme is economic development, this research report focuses on economic development issues and proposes that in order to cope with the deterioration of the global economy in the future, domestic demand should be vigorously stimulated.

At present, the best way to stimulate domestic demand is to establish a positive interactive relationship between the national economy and national defense construction.

The method of stimulating domestic demand has actually been adopted for a long time. The central government has just formulated a plan to allocate trillions of yuan to promote economic development by increasing infrastructure construction and increasing consumption.

Moreover, national defense construction and national economic construction are inherently mutually reinforcing, but Shi Chen's report has ulterior motives in proposing that the national economy should be linked to military operations.

Anyone who has read the report knows very well that the so-called "military operations" here actually refer to small-scale, low-intensity local wars.

This report first pointed out that if the national economy wants to complete the transformation from labor-intensive to technology-intensive and achieve sustainable and healthy development, it must rely on high technology.

The role of the market itself in the development process of modern high technology is extremely limited. The real driving force that can affect the development of high technology is the development of military technology and the needs of war.

The report then goes on to propose that the country's macro-control can interact with war, weapons, technology and the national economy. When appropriate, it can generate demand through military operations, and at the same time affect scientific and technological progress, thereby promoting development and promoting the overall improvement of the national economy.

War has its own roots, soil and operating mechanism. The relationship between war and social economy is quite complex and subtle. War is actually a strategic investment of the country.

The final conclusion of the report is that a low-intensity local war can achieve the same purpose of stimulating economic development by increasing infrastructure construction, while also maintaining national dignity and improving the external strategic environment.

In addition, domestic military technology has made great progress in recent years. Many countries are hostile to country m, so they lack ways to obtain advanced weapons. These countries can completely become the market for country Z. What is lacking now is a war.

Show the performance of country Z’s weapons.

Most of the things in this report are not new. Similar reports have been made before, but Shi Chen's words were very explicit.

But it was this report that played a big role in the central government's decision-making.

Shi Chen was affiliated with the General Administration and his official position was not very high, but he was able to produce such a report, which shows that he was very influential in the military.

It is precisely because of such influence that Shi Chen believes that he can cooperate well with Pang Jindong.

The fundamental purpose of this report is that once the state takes measures in the Kokang area, he will find a way to take on the relevant work himself.

It's just that Shi Chen is different from Pang Jindong. Pang Jindong is an idealist, while Shi Chen is a realist.

The fundamental reason why Shi Chen hopes that the state will intervene in the Kokang War is because it will provide the best opportunity for promotion.

It is difficult for soldiers to get promoted in peacetime, not to mention that Shi Chen has no background and has reached his current position entirely through his own efforts. However, he is also a very ambitious person, so the Kokang War gave him hope.

After the central government made a decision, he carried out many operations through his old boss, General Jin Zhenyu, and successfully took over the job.

Since he represents Country Z and Pang Jindong wants something from him, Shi Chen is convinced that with his own abilities, he can play a leading role in this work.

But now he had to re-examine this issue. Pang Jindong was not as easy to deal with as he thought.

Although he knew that Shi Chen came for the Kokang War, Pang Jingdong did not show any concern. He did not even ask if the country had formulated any policies. Instead, he sat there and started chatting with Shi Chen.

They talked about the air, the wind, the moon, and women. They even talked about the presidential election in country m, but they didn't talk about the Kokang War.

After talking like this for more than half an hour, Shi Chen couldn't hold back anymore and took the initiative to bring the topic to his purpose: "I came here this time to bring good news to Mr. Pang!"

"Oh?" Pang Jindong picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then called Fengjian Yaqing over: "Add some water!" When Fengjian Yaqing asked him to fill the teacup again, Pang Jindong took another sip, and then asked Shi Chen casually:

"What good news!"

Shi Chen's patience was about to run out. When he heard Pang Jindong's question, he quickly pulled out an envelope and handed it to Pang Jindong: "You take a look at this first."

The envelope contained something similar to a letter of appointment, which appointed Pang Jindong as the Secretary-General of the Southeast Asian Chinese Association.

Pang Jindong couldn't help but frowned, a little confused about this arrangement: "Southeast Asian Chinese Association..."

Seeing that Pang Jindong was finally interested in talking about business, Shi Chen hurriedly cleared his throat and lost no time in explaining: "This organization has just been established. It is semi-official and semi-private in nature. Its main job is to coordinate and handle everything involving the Chinese in Southeast Asia."

Affairs!"

"This can be seen from the words..." Pang Jindong waved the letter of appointment towards Shi Chen, and his tone was very calm: "Isn't the government planning to provide assistance to the Kokang people through this organization?"

Shi Chen knew a little about Pang Jindong's past experience, so he couldn't help laughing when he heard this question: "It seems that you have stayed abroad for too long and don't know enough about the domestic methods of doing things!"

Pang Jindong does not know enough about the domestic government's behavior, but he can also clearly think that any assistance and intervention for the Kokang people cannot be carried out directly in the name of a certain government department, but must be entrusted to private institutions, and

Give this private institution a very common name.

Pang Jindong's dissatisfaction is that judging from the establishment of this organization, the country seems to be limited to providing material and financial support to the Kokang people, but will not take actual military actions.

However, Pang Jindong soon reversed this idea, because this letter of appointment should have been handed over to him by the civil affairs department, and it should never have been handed over by Shi Chen, a soldier.
Chapter completed!