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Chapter 1147 The Moon in Nanyang is Round (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

"…The cargo ship "Lady Dumont" loaded with 17000 tons of soybeans imported from Kenya slowly berthed at Yongjin Port and successfully completed the unloading operation, marking that my country's soybean imports from Africa have exceeded 200 million tons. At present, African soybeans have not only ensured the food supply of Nanyang, but also improved the lives of local people. According to statistics from relevant national departments, by the end of last year, Nanyang's investment in Africa had exceeded 26 billion yuan, of which 70% was agricultural investment…"

Listening to the news on the radio, Zheng Jinrong couldn't help but speak softly.

"Nowadays, the food eaten in Nanyang is increasingly coming from Africa. If it weren't for the food from Africa, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to eat so much meat and drink so much milk..."

Thinking this in his mind, Zheng Jinrong drove the car all the way to the port. As soon as the boat entered the port, he smelled the fishy smell. This is a fishing port. Most of the boats moored in the port are fishing boats. In addition to some small offshore fishing boats of one or two hundred tons, there are also large trawlers of thousands of tons.

Under the sunshine, the frozen fish are being loaded and unloaded by cranes and other tools. The workers are busy loading the fish into refrigerated trucks, weighing them, storing them, and then transporting them to various markets in Chang'an.

The sea breeze blew, and the strong fishy smell made people frown. Although Zheng Jinrong was used to all this, he still couldn't help frowning. Then he entered the office building next to him. Before anyone else entered the office, the secretary in a white shirt and black skirt reported.

"Manager, Deputy Manager Sun from the Taiping Shipyard will come to meet you soon. In addition, Mrs. Gardner's office of the National Association of Preschool Education is asking about donations..."

While listening to Secretary Jin's report, Zheng Jinrong walked into the office. A cup of strong tea had already been brewed on the table and the air conditioner in the office was turned on. As soon as he took off his suit, Secretary Jin took it, hung it on the hanger, and then continued to report on today's work.

"Replying to my wife's office, the fishery company will donate 2 tons of pollack in the second half of this year, and it will be shipped directly by the fishery company branch as in previous years,"

As a senior executive of the company, Zheng Jinrong certainly knew who Mrs. Gardner was. However, he did not donate because of her identity, but because the preschool education association connects to all kindergartens and nurseries in Nanyang. All Nanyang children will stay there during the day, where they play, have fun, and enjoy lunch. For this reason, many companies are willing to donate supplies to it.

Rice, meat, milk, cooking oil...they donated the best of the best, after all, they were for their children. The fishery company donated its own products, although they were not precious catches, but the pollack and saury from the North Pacific not only had a large yield, but also had very good quality, and have always been the main fish on the tables of the people of Nanyang.

In fact, people in Southeast Asia did not originally have the habit of eating marine fish. This habit was mostly developed in the reclamation areas. Cheap marine fish such as saury and pollack are still often seen on the menus of company cafeterias and on the tables of ordinary people.

"In addition, 2 tons should also be donated to primary and secondary schools. We cannot favor one over the other."

Zheng Jinrong thought about it and mentioned the vocational high school established by the Fisheries Association. That was his own school and of course he was somewhat inclined. Although it was a donation of tens of thousands of tons of fish, it was actually insignificant to the fishery company. In the past ten years, the amount of fishing in the South China Sea has increased significantly. The distant-water fishing has increased fivefold in six years and the offshore fishing has also increased.

The most important thing is the technological innovation. Not only did they introduce ocean-going processing ships and large trawlers, they also applied military sonar detection technology to fisheries and invented the "fish detector". In the past few years, the fish detector has continued to improve under the continuous improvement of related companies, from identifying "whether there is a school of fish" to identifying "the depth and distance of the school of fish".

It is precisely because of the invention of the fish detector that the Nanyang fishing boats have become the "dominant force" in the Pacific Ocean. Such stories have been played out everywhere in the Pacific Ocean: fishing boats from many countries are at their doorsteps, but the Nanyang fishing boats are the first to discover the fish schools. The key is the fish detector.

Thanks to technological advances, the marine catch in Southeast Asia exceeded 380 million tons last year. Cheap and abundant marine fish has become an indispensable food on the tables of Southeast Asian people.

Soon, while they were chatting, Sun Zixiu from the shipbuilding company came. When they saw Zheng Jinrong, they were polite for a while, and then Sun Zixiu showed him a drawing and said:

"Manager Zheng, this is the ocean-going processing mother ship we designed for your company. Its displacement reaches an unprecedented 3 tons. It not only has equipment for freezing, refrigeration, aquatic product processing, and comprehensive utilization, but can also form a fishing fleet with several fishing boats, refueling ships, and transport ships. It can also repair damaged parts for fishing boats, provide oil, water and daily necessities for fishing boats, and provide rest, entertainment, medical care and other services to the crew, so that the fleet can operate at sea for a longer period of time..."

This is exactly the magic weapon of Nanyang's offshore fishing industry - using large processing ships as mother ships to conduct offshore fishing, which has enabled Nanyang's fishing companies to operate in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and even in the Antarctic and Atlantic Oceans. In addition to meeting Nanyang's own needs, the annual output can even be exported abroad.

For this reason, the company has always attached great importance to the design and construction of fishing equipment, including mother ships. After all, only the most advanced equipment can guarantee the company's output.

"Unlike the processing ships in the past, it can directly pack the frozen fish into boxes and then export them directly to other countries by transport ships..."

When Sun Zixiu was introducing the fishing mother ship in his office, the busy dock had become a little more relaxed. The workers who had been busy all night could finally relax. On the empty fishing boat, the crew were looking at the city on the other side of the dock with envious eyes.

Although the fishing industry in the South China Sea is very developed, fishing companies employ a large number of overseas workers - these are cheap labor. The cost of hiring crew members from Japan and South Korea is much lower than hiring people from the South China Sea. For this reason, fishing companies prefer to hire these cheap laborers. The reason why the offshore fishing industry in the South China Sea is developed is largely due to these cheap laborers.

However, these people stay in the port most of the time. In fact, they are lucky because many employees of fishing companies have never been to the mainland of Southeast Asia until the end of their contracts. Most of them are in overseas ports such as the Pacific.

At this time, these lucky people were just staring at the prosperous city on the other side.

“This is Chang’an!”

"Yes, this is Chang'an, the most prosperous city in the world."

Staring at the high-rise buildings in the distance, Jin Zhiyuan lit a cigarette. When he was in Korea, only the rich could afford to smoke Nanyang Camel. But since he came to Nanyang, he can afford to smoke such cigarettes every day. "It's a pity that we don't have a visa and can only walk around the fishing port. If we can go into the city and take some photos, we can show them to others when we return to Korea."

The person next to him said immediately.

"Oh, what's so good about this? The most important thing is money. In Korea, how much can we earn after working so hard in a month? Even college students can only earn 100 to 100 won, and they can barely make ends meet by working so hard. But here, you can earn South Korean won a month. That's South Korean won!"

"If converted into Korean won, it would be 300000 won!"

Someone else sighed nearby.

The Korean won is like paper now. Once upon a time, the Korean won was very valuable. When the country was first established, the exchange rate between the Korean won and the US dollar was set at 15:1. But the outbreak of the Korean Peninsula War changed everything. Hyperinflation lasted for several years, causing the Korean won to depreciate continuously. Now, the exchange rate between the Korean won and the US dollar has become 6000:1.

In fact, in the past twelve years, the Nanyang dollar has also depreciated, from its initial parity with the US dollar to its current exchange rate of around 2:1 with the US dollar. However, this depreciation was intended to stimulate exports, and it has indeed achieved the purpose of stimulating exports. In the past few years, Nanyang's economy has been running forward like a wild horse.

However, Nanyang’s rapidly growing economy has little to do with these foreign workers and trainees. While the income of Nanyang people has doubled, the income increase of trainees and foreign workers is very limited.

But even so, Japanese and Korean workers and trainees are already very satisfied.

"That's the official exchange rate. On the black market, one Nanyang dollar can be exchanged for at least 3500 Korean won."

“Sometimes I can even earn 4000 won!”

The instability of the black market exchange rate is itself a symbol of economic instability.

As he spoke, Jin Zhiyuan lazily leaned against the fishing boat, looking at the city vaguely visible in the distance, and said:

"I earn more money here in a month than I did in a year in Korea. If I can be promoted to a senior sailor, I can earn even more money. After working for a few years, I can go back to Korea to enjoy my life. Then, I will go back to Korea and send my children to the best schools and let them learn Mandarin well. In the future, I will send my son to study in Southeast Asia and marry my daughter to Southeast Asia. This way, my life will be complete!"

Everyone has his or her own dream. For Jin Zhiyuan, as a father, his dream is very simple. It is nothing more than working in Nanyang to earn more money, and then educate his children well. If there is an opportunity in the future, he will send his children to Nanyang.

Become a Nanyang!
When the others heard what Jin Zhiyuan said, they all looked into the distance with longing eyes, at Chang'an, which they could see but could not enter or touch. Perhaps, this was just like their Nanyang dream - they could see and hear it, but could not realize it.

At this time, Park Sung-an, who had been smoking nearby, said.

"Well, in fact, in ten or twenty years, South Korea may also develop, and may even be like Southeast Asia in the future. By then, the children will no longer have to go abroad and suffer."

However, his expectations were not recognized by everyone.

"Haha, stop dreaming. How could Korea possibly become like Southeast Asia?"

"That's right, Nanyang is Nanyang, Korea, how is that possible!"

"How is it impossible? Didn't you read in the newspaper that South Korea has sent another delegation to learn from Southeast Asia? As long as we learn from Southeast Asia, we will develop sooner or later..."

Someone nearby retorted:

"Maybe we won't see that day, but who knows? Maybe sooner or later, South Korea will become rich!"

"You can only dream that Korea will be like Nanyang. This is simply a huge joke."

There was laughter all around, and everyone thought that the guy was dreaming. In fact, all of them had already formed an understanding in their hearts - Nanyang was the best.

After all, the moon in Nanyang is round!

(End of this chapter)