The rise of nanometers

After everyone discussed the semiconductor industry, Huang Xiuyuan asked another question: "Baijie, how are you arranging the Ellis Islands matter?"

"Since the second half of last year, we have transferred all the local population of 11,000 to Mobei through the immigration replacement plan. Now the population of the Ellis Islands are all employees of our company." Lin Baijie replied cautiously.

“What about the Gilbert Islands?”

Lin Baijie continued to reply: "The population of the Gilbert Islands is relatively large. We have only replaced more than 50,000 people. However, the core management personnel are all our people. It is estimated that the local population proportion will drop to 30% by the end of this year."

"very good."

Huang Xiuyuan unfolded a map of the Pacific Ocean. Although the Ellis Islands and Gilbert Islands have a small land area, the ocean area is vast.

The areas of the maritime exclusive economic zones of the two archipelagoes are 750,000 square kilometers and 3.5 million square kilometers respectively.

In 2010, Huang Xiuyuan was eyeing these two places.

The far South Pacific.

At the Christmas Island International Airport in the Gilbert Islands, a transport plane landed slowly on the runway. Tourists from North America got off the plane one by one.

James, who was wearing sunglasses, took off his glasses and adjusted to the sunshine, then he pulled his suitcase with his wife and son and walked towards the small town on the island.

Along the way, there are coconut trees and tropical plants everywhere. Christmas Island is a small island with only three towns.

However, James, who had been here once a few years ago, felt that this place was very strange. Both the people and the buildings had undergone great changes.

The town disappeared and was replaced by a "big mountain".

An electric sightseeing car parked next to James, and a local asked in broken English: "Hello! Sir, Madam! Do you need a ride? It only costs 10 meters, and I can take you around."

James took out two five-meter green bills from his pocket and handed them to the electric car driver: "The changes here are really big. It was not like this when I came here a few years ago."

"Thank you." The driver showed his big white teeth, and then moved the James family's luggage into the trunk: "Banana (the local name for Christmas Island) was purchased by someone, and these things were brought over by that company."

"Purchased?" James was very surprised.

As far as he knows, Christmas Island covers an area of ​​388 square kilometers. It is a rare large island in the Gilbert Islands and has been sold to a private company.

The electric car started and drove along the ring road towards Banana Town, west of the airport.

As the vehicle approached the town of Banana, James discovered that the "big mountain" he had just seen was actually a city. The electric vehicle passed through the slope and arrived at the town of New Banana with an average altitude of 15 meters.

Perhaps many people think that an altitude of 15 meters is no big deal and there is nothing to fuss about.

However, the average altitude of Christmas Island is only three or four meters. It faces the threat of sea level rise at any time, or a tsunami can completely submerge the island.

This is also the helplessness of the South Pacific island regions. Many of their areas have been submerged by sea water and the land has rapidly become salinized. They have to carry out full-scale immigration, but other regions are not willing to accept them.

The Sui people used their connections in Mobei to help the residents of these islands immigrate to the Mobei area. The conditions were immigration replacement and the acquisition of control and legal rights of the Ellis Islands and Gilbert Islands.

In other words, the actual controller of these two areas is actually Suiren Company.

But behind this, it is not just Suiren Company, it is an act of gaining sovereignty by wearing the skin of a company, which smells like a backdoor listing.

In fact, this is the helpless choice of the Suiren Department. The development of the Suiren Department in the country has basically reached its limit. If it continues to expand, it will be very dangerous.

As a last resort, Huang Xiuyuan could only choose the plan of backdoor listing, purchasing the Ellis Islands and Gilbert Islands, and obtaining the rights in a curved manner.

According to the internal development outline, Blue Star's future situation will definitely move toward partial unification, and several major camps will gradually form.

The emergence of the Federation of Greater China is only a matter of time.

Huang Xiuyuan's purchase of these two archipelago areas is to allow Suiren to be legally bound and free from the restrictions of the company. When the time comes, they will join the Federation of Greater China in the name of the region.

Returning to Banana Town, after the foundation was raised, Feipeng Group, which assisted in the construction, adopted a super highway construction plan and extracted a large amount of salt from seawater as filling material to build a huge 85-meter-high city wall.

Even if there is a tsunami in the surrounding sea, the city wall can protect the safety of the residents.

Banana Town, with an area of ​​4.5 square kilometers, is the largest city on Christmas Island and the second most populous island in the Gilbert Islands, with 27,000 people.

The economy of Christmas Island is mainly based on tourism, aquaculture, fishing, gaming, and sea and air port supplies.

Some local people who are reluctant to leave also work for Suiren Company, and there are also a large number of self-employed people who come from Lingnan and southern Fujian to prospect for gold.

These people traveled across the ocean and opened barber shops, restaurants and travel companies here.

As for the gambling industry, it is Suiren's own business, and ordinary people cannot get a license.

After settling in the Time Hotel, James, his wife Lena, and son James Jr. strolled on the streets.

"Honey, it smells so good!" Linna said, pointing to a small shop selling rice rolls.

James glanced at the menu on the wall. Fortunately, it had English names. He said to the boss: "Bring me a shrimp and egg and minced meat egg."

The boss has a bald head, a Bluetooth translator in his ear, and speaks loose English: "OK, ten minutes."

In less than ten minutes, two portions of rice rolls are ready.

After taking a bite of rice rolls, Linna couldn't stop her hands and mouth.

There are a lot of tourists from the United States, Australia, and domestic tourists coming here, which has brought a huge boost to the economy here.

After eating rice rolls, James took his family to the beach. The beach made of accumulated coral reef fragments shone in the sun.

Countless frigate birds are hovering in the air. Not far away is a reclaimed pier. You can see many fishing boats, yachts or scientific research vessels, as well as seaplanes.

On the beach, many tourists were basking in the sun, applying sunscreen, and playing in the water. On the special fishing platform, a dozen fishermen were waving fishing rods or picking up beers and joking.

After renting three deck chairs and umbrellas, as well as a barbecue pit, James bought some sausages, mushrooms, corn and seafood.

A dozen meters away, there were six or seven domestic tourists, also having a barbecue and chatting.

After a young man pried open a sea urchin, he cracked an egg, put it on the steamer aside, and then complained: "Last time I went to Sanya, it was so boring. I ordered three steamed sea urchin eggs, but I didn't even see any. yellow."

Another young man who cut open a blue abalone also had a helpless look on his face: "Domestic scenic spots are really a scam, the service attitude is not good, and the environment is so-so."

"I heard that this is the private territory of the Suiren clan. I wonder if it's true or not?" a girl gossiped.

"Probably, you haven't seen the security at the airport. They are all people from Suiren Security Company. The people patrolling in the city are all wearing exoskeleton armor."

While chatting and laughing, the abalone and sea urchin emit a unique aroma under the charcoal fire.

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