Chapter 1305 The Delegation Arrives
A plane with the New Zealand flag and the Star Ring trade logo appeared in the sky above Bogota International Airport and slowly landed on the airport runway.
In the airport security channel, soldiers wearing military green camouflage stood ready, and there were even military armored vehicles parked on the street not far away.
Obviously, the Colombian authorities themselves are very aware of the situation here. Although they may not necessarily welcome the visiting delegation from the new country, they are definitely not willing to see the visiting delegation from the new country lose a hair in their place.
With a bright smile on his face, Hispanic Colombian President Juan stepped forward, extended his right hand in a friendly manner, and shook hands with Zhang Yaping's extended hand.
"Welcome, friends from the Western Pacific! The Colombian people welcome you, and you will fall in love with this beautiful country."
If you just look at this bright smile, it is hard to imagine that the economic exchanges between the two countries are completely different. Star Ring Trade has been trying to open up business in South America since 2018, but so far it has had little success.
Regarding its own back garden, the United States has been cautiously guarding against the Star Ring trade continuing to expand its influence in South America.
Even for the capitalist world, the Star Ring Trade is a rather "deformed" monster. Although the military-industrial complex in the United States and Samsung in the United States are involved in military production and use their influence to interfere in politics, Xianghuan Trading directly monopolizes a country in the name of military contractors. The phenomenon of national defense power is perhaps comparable to that of the East India Company buried in the grave of history in world history.
The United States is afraid that Star Ring Trade will replicate the "New Country Model" in South America, and South American countries themselves also have similar concerns. Only anti-American poor countries like Ecuador would consider opening their doors to the monster of the Star Ring Trade.
For example, this Juan is one of the biggest obstacles to Star Ring Trading's business in Colombia.
Sensing the fear and rejection hidden behind his smile, Zhang Yaping just smiled faintly and spoke in a relaxed yet solemn tone in front of the media cameras.
"Of course, I have already felt the charm of this country as soon as I got off the plane. I believe that this journey will be worthwhile."
"I promise you," Juan laughed, shook Zhang Yaping's hand vigorously, made an invitation gesture in the direction of the VIP passage at the airport, and said gracefully, "This way, please."
Followed by the star's environmental protection bodyguards, the New Zealand delegation passed through the VIP channel and boarded the motorcade sent by the Colombian government to welcome them.
After getting into the black stretch car,
Juan glanced at the media reporters sitting outside the car, and the corners of his mouth under his beard curled up with a hint of mockery. Then he looked at Zhang Yaping, who was sitting opposite him, and grinned with a "sincere" smile. smile.
"Would you like a cigar?"
"Thank you, no need." Zhang Yaping declined politely.
"Actually, you can relax. You don't have to worry about the annoying media in the car. We don't have the habit of being superficial." Taking a cut cigar from the secretary, Juan took out a lighter and lit it. He looked at Zhang Yaping and smiled, "In South America, cigars and coffee are a kind of culture. We will use at least one of them when discussing business."
The ventilation system in the car was very good, and the milky white smoke quickly drifted to both sides of the roof, without even leaving any odor in the car.
"Business talk?"
"That's right, we don't like to beat around the bush, that's how South American culture is." With a grin on his face while holding a cigar, Juan said in a relaxed tone, "Of course, if President Zhang doesn't like this metaphor, I'm willing to take back my words. "
"Nothing, I don't like beating around the bush," Zhang Yaping shook his head and said with a smile, "But when it comes to business, we might as well talk about something interesting."
"Oh?" Juan raised his eyebrows.
"According to Starlink Trading's latest space resource development plan, we plan to build a second space elevator within five years. I can tell you here in advance that the possibility of this elevator settling in South America is very high."
"And it's Ecuador in South America, am I right?" Juan said with a smile.
"That's right," Zhang Yaping smiled faintly and said softly, "If you have studied the Asia-Pacific economic data in the past three years, you should not be difficult to find that with the Xinguo Space Elevator as the center radiating to the surrounding areas, the GDP of surrounding countries and regions has increased. The speed is gradually expanding. After the completion of the sky elevator in Ecuador, Colombia and even South America are direct beneficiaries."
"Yeah?"
Juan smiled noncommittally, obviously not impressed by the check with astronomical figures written on it.
After giving Juan a meaningful look, Zhang Yaping also smiled and stopped talking about this issue.
Just now, he had already given him a chance.
Obviously, he didn't catch it.
"New Zealand is willing to provide Colombia with a low-interest loan of SGD 50 billion." Zhang Yaping said calmly.
"If the premise is that Colombia joins the global power grid system of Star Ring Trade, I will reluctantly refuse. I cannot entrust Colombia's national security to an irresponsible warmonger." Juan shook his head and said righteously. .
"There are no preconditions," Zhang Yaping smiled and said in a relaxed tone.
Juan was stunned.
Zhang Yaping's answer completely surprised him.
A loan with no preconditions?
How can this be!
Looking at Huan who was stunned and didn't speak, Zhang Yaping's lips curled up with a trace of imperceptible mockery. Then soon, he hid the ridicule in a friendly smile and looked at the Colombian president and said.
"This loan will be used in Colombia's infrastructure, transportation, light and heavy industry and other fields to support Colombia's infrastructure construction. Any company with normal operating qualifications can apply for this loan after passing the risk assessment process .”
"What about the use of the loan?" Juan asked hurriedly, not even bothering to smoke a cigar, "Are there any restrictions?"
Fifty billion Singapore dollars of foreign investment!
No one thinks money is too little.
Especially for Colombia, whose economic situation is not very optimistic, this 50 billion Singapore dollars of foreign investment is not only directly related to the employment rate, but even to the GDP data for the whole year.
Juan didn’t understand what kind of medicine Zhang Yaping was selling in his gourd, but if the loan really came without any conditions as he said, he certainly had no reason to miss it!
"There are no restrictions."
To my ears, the answer sounded like the sound of nature.
Taking a deep breath, Juan tried hard to control the excitement in his heart so that the expression on his face would not be so explicit.
After extinguishing the cigar between his fingers, he looked at Zhang Yaping and solemnly thanked him.
"On behalf of the Colombian government, I thank you for your generosity! The Colombian people will always remember this friendship!"
"You're welcome," Zhang Yaping said softly, "If you want to thank me, just thank the Future People Group. The loan is provided by the Future People Bank. We just took the lead."
Future People Group?
When hearing this name, Juan instinctively felt a little uncomfortable.
However, he couldn't tell exactly where he felt uncomfortable.
Looking at President Juan who was frowning slightly, Zhang Yaping smiled meaningfully.
Yes.
There really are no conditions on this loan.
However, it is not here to witness the friendship between the two countries or to help alleviate poverty.
But to help the Colombian people rebuild their homes...