African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1180 Donghua Business Alliance
After watching the successful take-off and landing demonstration of carrier-based aircraft on the USS Eagle Strike, Ernst was in a good mood. In fact, today's aircraft carriers are not a difficult technology to overcome.

After all, early aircraft carriers did not have many requirements, and it was enough to be able to complete some simple tasks. Although the progress of British aircraft carrier research and development was greatly accelerated as the war progressed, the Eagle Strike in East Africa was much better than the crude goods used for emergency situations in war situations.

After all, the East African aircraft carrier is in the leading position in terms of structural design. Its structure has been specially designed by East African scientific researchers and built independently, rather than being temporarily converted from a cargo ship, so it is more professional.

From Ernst's point of view, the fact that the aircraft carrier-based aircraft of the Eagle Strike can take off and land smoothly also shows that the East African scientific researchers have put in a lot of effort.

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Far Eastern Empire.

Affected by the European war, the national capital of the Far Eastern Empire now has ample opportunity to breathe. Not only can it grow and develop locally, but a small amount of goods can also be exported to the European battlefield.

Of course, although the pressure it faces has suddenly decreased, it cannot sit back and relax. The reduction in competitors does not mean that all of them will disappear, and the three countries in East Africa, the United States, and Japan are particularly prominent.

Zhuhai Special Economic Zone.

1915 6 Month 12 Day.

With the support of the consulate, Bruce, president of the East African Zhuhai Chamber of Commerce, convened local dignitaries to gather at the Chamber of Commerce.

"My dear bosses, the competition in the European market is particularly fierce nowadays, so our East African government is willing to continue cooperating with you to reduce some of the meaningless losses caused by competition." Bruce said to the uneasy crowd.

This is the helplessness of backward countries. Facing a world power like East Africa, even if they are doing well in the Far East, they find it difficult to have the confidence to have an equal dialogue with people like Bruce.

In recent years, Zhuhai has developed rapidly. Due to the increase in tax revenue and the tight land use in Zhuhai, the governments of East Africa and the Far East Empire reached an agreement. The central government of the Far East Empire agreed to East Africa's plan to upgrade the Zhuhai Trade Zone to the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone.

As for why the central government of the Far Eastern Empire agreed to this plan that seemed to strengthen East Africa's influence in the Far Eastern Empire, it was actually "getting something for nothing".

After the demise of the Qing government, the domestic situation in the Far Eastern Empire was not stable, especially the current Far Eastern Empire central government's control over various regions in the south has declined rapidly.

Of course, East Africa does not care about these. The East African government has always only recognized the legitimacy of the central government of the Far East Empire, even if it is only in name.

This made the Zhuhai Trading Zone the only city in the Lingnan region from which the central government of the Far East Empire could obtain a large amount of tax revenue.

You should know that the economic strength of Zhuhai Trade Zone is not weak. Because of the relatively relaxed and fair investment environment, during the Qing Dynasty, many national enterprises from the Far East Empire entered Zhuhai Trade Zone to invest in industries.

The Zhuhai Trade Zone can be regarded as a safe haven for the national entrepreneurs of the Far East Empire in the Pearl River Delta. After all, if they leave the Zhuhai Trade Zone, they will have to compete directly with compradors supported by other capitalist countries or enterprises in capitalist countries.

Other powers have always liked to use official power, including their own and the official power of the Far Eastern Empire, to suppress these Far Eastern Empire's national enterprises.

Under the three mountains of imperialism, local bureaucracy and foreign capitalism, these national enterprises have no chance to survive.

In the Zhuhai Trade Zone, the situation is very different. Because of the agreement between East Africa and the Far East Empire government, East Africa has a great deal of autonomy in its economic territories, which makes it difficult for the Far East Empire bureaucrats to make large-scale investments in enterprises within the economic territories. Although East Africa pays more attention to the interests of its own enterprises, it will not wipe out the Far East Empire enterprises.

This made the Zhuhai Trading Zone the most active area of ​​the Far Eastern Empire's ethnic capital in Lingnan. The influx of a large number of enterprises and population led to land shortages in the Zhuhai Trading Zone.

Therefore, in 1912, East Africa reached an agreement with the central government of the then New Far Eastern Empire to merge Xiangshan County around the Zhuhai Trade Zone into the Zhuhai Trade Zone to form the new Zhuhai Special Economic Zone. Xiangshan County was also upgraded to Xiangshan City, and the original Zhuhai Trade Zone was upgraded to Zhuhai City. The Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, with the two cities as the core, constituted the most important economic and trade bridgehead for East Africa in Lingnan, the Far Eastern Empire.

At that time, the central government of the Far Eastern Empire had just been established, and the South was only cooperating with the new government in name but was not an area under its control.

The emergence of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone has given the new government an opportunity to spread its influence here. Although power is shared with East Africa, it is better than nothing.

East Africa was also relatively kind to the new government. At least all local tax revenues and other economic benefits were handed over to the new government.

With the rise of new ideas such as saving the nation through industry in this ancient empire, the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone has developed by leaps and bounds. The newly incorporated Xiangshan City has also rapidly emerged as a place where local industry and commerce gather.

With the influx of a large number of merchants from the Far East Empire, coupled with the technology, market and other resources brought by East Africa and the excellent business environment, it was difficult for the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone not to develop.

Since it is the default East African economic territory, the local technology, supporting facilities, etc. are naturally implemented in accordance with East African standards. This makes the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone aligned with East Africa in terms of water, electricity, roads, production equipment, etc.

In short, the two cities within the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone have become the fastest-growing regions in the Far East Empire in recent years.

Taking advantage of the European war, East Africa will further integrate the power of Zhuhai Special Economic Zone and Huaihai Economic Zone to maximize the interests of East Africa while also benefiting the Far East Empire's national enterprises that depend on the East African system.

People from all walks of life in the Far East Empire in front of Bruce looked at each other, not understanding what Bruce meant.

"As we all know, since the war broke out among European countries last year, it can be said to be absolutely good news for the economic development of non-European countries."

"You should have also discovered that in cities outside the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, industry and commerce have exploded. Without the competition from European countries and with the stimulation of the European war on the market, the Far East Empire's economy has soared."

“I called you all here because I hope you will cooperate with our East African companies to maximize their profits and compete with economic agents supported by other countries through cooperation and coordination.”

At this point, everyone understood what Bruce meant. The former Far Eastern Empire was a commercial arena for European, American and African countries. Now East Africa wants to expand its advantages and strike hard at the interests of European countries in the Far Eastern Empire.

Of course, everyone did not reject East Africa's approach and some were even very tempted. After all, many people here relied on East Africa for their livelihood. Now that East Africa was integrating them together and competing with commercial agents of other powers, that would naturally be a good thing for most of the people present.

Bruce's words had not yet finished. He continued, "At the same time, we must also coordinate the resources in our hands as much as possible to participate in the competition for the European market. Europe is short of everything now, and the Far East Empire is vast and rich in resources. However, whether we can maximize the benefits of the resources in our hands requires everyone to work together."

"So East Africa decided to establish a Donghua Business Alliance in the Far East Empire to facilitate the integration of industrial and commercial resources in the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone and the Huaihai Economic Zone during the European war."

This and the establishment of a temporary commercial alliance are win-win situations for both East Africa and the Far Eastern Empire. The Far Eastern Empire has abundant resources, but it dares not make a lot of money, especially business with the Allies, which it cannot access at all due to the influence of Britain and France.

If it is done in the name of East Africa, it will greatly develop the trade between the Far Eastern Empire and European countries, thereby stimulating the development of the national capital of the Far Eastern Empire.

Of course, East Africa will not do good things in vain. East Africa's technology and business standards can also further enter the Far Eastern Empire market with the help of pro-East African businessmen and entrepreneurs.

The only ones who suffered losses were the other powers. After all, East Africa ate more, so they naturally ate less. Moreover, the promotion of technology and business standards would lead to technological dependence. For example, if East African machines were used, then future services would naturally also need to be provided by East Africa.

(End of this chapter)