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Chapter 344 The Most Outstanding President
Berkeley is 39 years old and is the same age as Walish. He was born in Diga City in Jili Kingdom and arrived in Yin Kingdom when he was three years old. He received an aristocratic education since he was a child. , Economics and Sociology degrees.Judging from this resume alone, it can be called Jin Guangying, and he himself is very diligent and studious.

He has the dual nationality of Yin and Jili, and he could have lived a comfortable and prosperous life in Luobazhou, but after seeing the advanced development and prosperity of the Xiluo countries, he remembered how impoverished and backward his hometown was. With great ambitions, he is determined to use what he has learned in his life to change the status quo of Jili Kingdom.

These ideals and ambitions of his have been written in an autobiography published three years ago.Four years ago, Berkeley returned to Jiliguo. Half a year later, he became the No.20 fifth president of Jiliguo. He has been in this position for three and a half years now.

How did he become the president of Jili Kingdom?This starts with his father Berkeley Sr.

Lao Bei is the largest manor owner in Tiga City, almost monopolizing the local agricultural and animal husbandry resources, and also accepting many industries left over from the colonial era, running a number of primary processing factories. At the same time, he is also the leader of the Hope Front.

The Hope Front, an armed force, first developed from the security team of the plantation.Lao Bei has money and connections, so he can equip the plantation security forces with better weapons and allow them to receive better training...

Over time, this has developed into an armed force whose function is not only to protect the plantation, but also to obtain greater benefits for Lao Bei, and then control the entire city of Diga, just like the former Lions organization controlled Wagyu City.

After Xiaobei returned to China, he reorganized the army of the Front of Hope and hired military advisers from Yin. The Front of Hope entered Mowang City from Diga City and launched a quick and successful military coup.The previous president of Jili Kingdom ran away, and Berkeley served as the interim president and re-elected, and became the official president a few months later.

Why not President Petain?Xiao Bei returned to China because Lao Bei was seriously ill. He had to come back to inherit the family business and take charge of the overall situation. Not long after he formally assumed the presidency, Lao Bei died of illness in Yin Country.

Lao Bei has other children, but those people stay in western developed countries and do not want to come back.They didn't expect Xiaobei to make such a big commotion after returning to Jiliguo. Later, Xiaobei also got a lot of foreign trade business, and his life became more nourishing. At the same time, it also promoted the business of Jiliguo. Prosperity.

No president is willing to be mediocre, and no president does not want the country he leads to be strong, and Berkeley is certainly the same.

The Jili Kingdom is not without a perfect system. Since its appearance, it has borrowed from the systems of the previous suzerain countries. However, the executive agencies of this country are almost completely out of control, and Berkeley can only work hard to restore the governance order.

The reason why he can become the leader of the Hope Front is not only because he is the son of Lao Bei, but also because he is the representative of the interests of all aspects of this armed force.Therefore, while appeasing the leaders at all levels of the armed forces, he reorganized the armed forces as much as possible, and expanded a military and police force of more than [-] people on the original basis.

The reason why it is called a military police force is because it is difficult to define whether it is an army or a police force. Its main task is not national defense, but internal order maintenance.

His governance is still very effective. At least in the main urban area of ​​Mowang City, the order has basically returned to normal, and it can be managed realistically and effectively.All kinds of public security cases still occur frequently, but they are only public security cases, not all kinds of riots one after another. This is already very good. Where in the world is not like this?

Economically, Berkeley also has great ideas, but the results are not great, mainly because this place is too backward.Berkeley encouraged the development of commerce and trade, and tried every means to open up the market, hoping to stimulate the development of local characteristic industries through market prosperity.

The demand here has always been strong, but the output is really limited. He also hopes to stimulate domestic production units to increase investment, but the main difficulty is the lack of funds.

In fact, he himself is the largest manor owner in Tiga and Mowan. Agriculture and animal husbandry has always been the pillar industry of Jili Kingdom, and it is also an important means of obtaining foreign exchange.

Berkeley's mind is open. He tried every means to introduce foreign investment and aid, and provided various preferential terms, but the gains have not been great.

Because this country really doesn't have much oil and water to squeeze, and the frequent turmoil in the past is also a lingering fear.The most important domestic mineral resources and tourism resources are not in the hands of the central government either.

But Berkeley's efforts are not without progress, at least he integrated the country's financial system.Regardless of the fact that other states are in a semi-independent state, whether it is a domestic bank or a foreign bank, the business in the country must be carried out through the financial institutions of the central government.

For example, in the original port of Feisuo, both Huifeng Bank in Yin Country and Dongguo Bank in Dongguo have business outlets.However, their branches in Guliguo are headquartered in Mowang City, and their cross-border business is supervised by the central government of Guliguo, including obtaining various legal business authorizations and official documents.

This is the benefit of controlling the nominal central government. The Berkeley government also controls the taxes of the two states of Mowang and Diga, as well as the customs revenue of Jiliguo.

Although all kinds of smuggling activities are still very serious, customs declaration procedures are still required for nominally formal import and export. Controlling the financial system is tantamount to controlling tariff revenue.

The local currency credit of Jili State is very low. Many private transactions between big figures use foreign currency or gold, and it is difficult to issue national debt or obtain financing from overseas financial institutions. The currency used by the people is still a few miles issued by the central bank of the country.

This is a remarkable achievement. Berkeley has done a good job at least in the area of ​​central finance. Otherwise, he would not be able to appease his father's old subordinates, stabilize the various military leaders in the Hope Front, and at the same time form a new one. military police force.

Under Berkeley's rule, the order in the main urban area of ​​the capital, Movan, was restored the best. At least many important blocks were lively during the day, and several key blocks were even lively at night.

In Berkeley's long-term plan, Mowan City will be built into a star city, a commercial center, and even an economic center on the east coast of the Black Desolation Continent.No matter how skinny the reality is, people must have ideals!

He put the focus of governance on Mowang City, which also caused dissatisfaction among a group of old subordinates who followed from Diga City. But on the one hand, Berkeley treated them well, and on the other hand, Berkeley formed a new army and police force. The troops have promoted a group of new leaders, and the situation can be controlled under mutual checks and balances.

Berkeley also often sighed, feeling a kind of high-pitched loneliness, and too many people around him could not understand his grand blueprint.He hopes to build a good Mowang City, attract more talents and funds, and then have more resources to use to drive the country out of the predicament.

After taking control of the central government, Berkeley did not have large-scale conflicts with the armed forces that controlled other states, and was basically in a state of peace and harmony. Even many things can be negotiated and cooperated, as long as they nominally admit to accept the jurisdiction of the central government That's fine.

The Front of Hope has already controlled more than half of the population resources and economic output of the country, and can gradually reintegrate the country through development penetration, especially economic and industrial radiation.

From Berkeley's point of view, he thinks that his work in this area is pretty good, and the Jili Kingdom, which was once fragmented, has gradually condensed in his hands.The states have formed relatively stable spheres of influence and governance systems, at least during his tenure there have been no large-scale armed conflicts.

His eyes are not focused on the main urban area of ​​the capital, or the two states of Tiga and Mowang controlled by the Front of Hope, but the whole country, and he is also concerned about the construction and development of other states.

For example, Port Fiso has Dongguo's construction aid project. Although it is the demand of the local government of the State District, the relevant official diplomatic procedures are still handled by the central government, and the Berkeley government has not created any obstacles to this.

From Berkeley's personal point of view, Dongguo's aid projects are not very welcome, but he was able to overcome his personal likes and dislikes, and proceeded from the overall development of Jiliguo, and did not prevent such projects from being implemented, and he also accepted Dongguo's extension. olive branch.

Because Jili Kingdom is really short of funds, technology, and talents, and its infrastructure construction is too backward. Most of the current infrastructure is left over from the 80s and [-]s.

On the other hand, Berkeley is also afraid that vetoing these projects will cause conflicts between the local states and the central government.More importantly, Berkeley still has his own ideas. The introduction of Dongguo's construction projects is also a bargaining chip in diplomacy.

In the impoverished Jili country, the introduction of construction assistance projects is not as simple as a road and a power station. It also represents the introduction of which production system, which industrial standard and technical specification, and even the active acceptance of that cultural influence.

For example, for telecommunications projects, as long as there are aid projects, he can use these projects to talk about things, and go to the Xiluo countries such as Yin and even the United States to ask for assistance.There is such a set of standard rhetoric: "Now Dongguo has indicated that it can assist in the construction of telecommunications projects. If you do not provide assistance, the future Jiliguo telecommunications system will adopt Dongguo's 5G standard."

This is a common tactic in diplomacy. Berkeley learned it during his stay in Yin. Deep in his heart, he still agrees with the Western production system and various technical standards, and hopes to introduce investment and technology from Yin, Mi and other countries to build this country.

It is a pity that such rhetoric does not always succeed, but it cannot be said that it is completely unsuccessful.The replies he received were often divided into two parts, one part was an official reply, telling him that these projects were full of hazards and unexpected risks, and he should be decisively rejected or terminated.

Another part comes from various NGOs.Someone always came to him and told him that if these projects were rejected, there would be some benefits for him, such as receiving some international recognition, receiving charitable or environmental assistance, his family business would be taken care of in some way, and so on.As for the construction gap left by the rejection of the project...that's another matter.

These promises are petty, but it works.For example, to build a power station, the total investment scale is hundreds of millions of meters, and a lot of the funds are directly transferred in the form of export credits. It is difficult for the relevant management personnel to get too many benefits.

But if you give someone tens of thousands of dollars in private benefits, let him try his best to fight for the opportunity to veto the project, in Jiliguo, that would be a real huge fortune!This is a typical example of spending a small amount of money to do big things. The price of doing big things is very high, but spending a small amount of money can ruin big things.

Berkeley himself may not care about these petty profits, even tens of thousands of dollars cannot buy him, even if in his capacity, the amount offered by the other party will be higher, or even add one or two zeros, he may also be able to bear it.

But to do anything, there are specific competent departments and officials in charge. They form a management and decision-making group, and many of them are willing to charge tens of thousands of dollars.

"Dissuaders", in addition to directly giving money, there are more reasonable ways, such as inviting relevant officials to go abroad for investigation and participating in various academic seminars, which is equivalent to going overseas for vacation consumption, and can also receive various Subsidies such as travel expenses, speech fees, consulting fees, etc.

Jiliguo introduced a certain aspect of the Dongguo aid construction project, hoping to get assistance from the Western bloc. Instead, it became an opportunity to create benefits for the officials in charge of the relevant departments under its rule.

Fortunately, in places like Port Fiso, the central government can't interfere in many things. Otherwise, it is unknown whether the original assistance project of Port Fiso will be successfully completed.

Berkeley himself is also very contractual, and the aid projects that have been signed and implemented will not be easily broken.More importantly, if there were no projects aided by the East, he would not even have the chance to attract the attention of Western developed countries.He is well aware of this, which is also the vision of a politician.

Therefore, some phenomena are quite strange. There are Dongguo-aided construction projects in remote areas like Port Fiso, but there are no Dongguo-aided projects in Mowang City and Diga City controlled by the central government. Even if there was an intention, it was later because of All kinds of factors were mixed up.

The most outrageous "aid replacement plan" that Berkeley has come into contact with is that a non-governmental organization expressed its willingness to provide the seeds and refining technology of product D, and be responsible for the sales in the northern Middle East, so that the Hope Front, controlled by the Guli State government, can organize production , in exchange for funds, weapons and various supplies.

Of course, Berkeley would not agree to such a thing. Although a non-governmental organization was proposed, he also vaguely knew that the organization was behind an intelligence agency of a major Western country.

Although Berkeley did not agree, and would never admit that he had heard the proposal, he also knew that many of his father's old subordinates secretly did this in the Diga area.But at the level of the central government, this kind of behavior is strictly prohibited, and if it is discovered, it will be severely punished.

If the leaders of a certain faction in the Hope Front are expanding their ambitions and showing signs of losing control, the investigation and severe punishment of such things have also become the means to cut them off.Berkeley mastered this balancing act very well.

Berkeley officially became president at the end of 2018. At the beginning of 2020, an epidemic swept the world, and the economies and foreign exchanges of various countries were seriously affected.Berkeley often lamented that he did not have a good time, otherwise his national travel plan could have been implemented more smoothly.

Even in such a difficult situation, Berkeley still increased the central government's financial investment, and continued to support and build the best university in Mowang City - Jiliguo Public University.

Not only is this university free of tuition and accommodation fees, but students with excellent grades can also receive rewards and subsidies. The conditions of this university have indeed been greatly improved during Berkeley’s tenure. The model of the National Niujin University recruits students from all over the country and neighboring countries. There are currently 6000 students studying.

It is a piece of pure land in this chaotic country, known as the little tendon.

The title of "Little Tendon" was given by Berkeley himself at the behest of the reporters.In his eyes, Jili Country Public University is the best university on the east coast of the Black Desolate Continent.This can be seen from the extremely high study abroad rate and immigration rate of its graduates.

Berkeley was well aware of the importance of talents, and he must have talents if he wants to engage in construction. He himself is an example.However, the education system of Jili Kingdom is riddled with many holes, and there are too many deficiencies. Berkeley can only focus on key projects. First, he must cultivate enough high-end elite talents to lead the people forward, and then use talents to cultivate talents. .

As for such a high study abroad rate and immigration rate, many outstanding graduates never come back after going overseas.Berkeley only hopes that Jili Kingdom will develop well in the future, so that many people's talents will be able to be used to their full potential, and they will be able to attract them to come back.And not all the elite talents have left, after all, there are still many left.

Berkeley increased the central government's financial investment to build a public university in Jiliguo. In fact, the financial investment did not increase much, and the financial pressure was reduced in the later period.Because this university is the project that Berkeley has won the most overseas donations, and it can even be said to be the only major project, and many institutions are willing to donate to it.

During his tenure, he also prepared to establish the Jiliguo Public University Alumni Association, and contacted many overseas alumni who graduated over the years.Many of them are already elites in various industries, and then established several overseas branches.

Through the alumni association, not only can they help each other better, introduce various opportunities for studying abroad, work, and business cooperation, but also call on them to make more contributions to the construction of their hometown.A lot of aid to Jiliguo Public University is mediated by these alumni.

Although Berkeley himself did not graduate from Jiliguo Public University, this university is the pride of the president.

If he were asked to make a comprehensive self-evaluation, Berkeley thought he was the most outstanding president in the history of Jili Kingdom.

Under his rule, although due to special historical reasons, the improvement of people's livelihood was not the period of the fastest progress, but great achievements were made, and the state power was the most consolidated, and the overall social order was the most stable. Local forces also have the strongest control.

It is said that Berkeley has many fans both at home and abroad, and many people who admire him are also called "Bei fans", which makes him both gratified and proud.

But President Berkeley's self-confidence was shattered in just a few months.

　There is one more tonight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)