Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 676 Northern Territory Field Owners

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   The welcome banquet routinely held by the mayor of Darwin was held in the hotel where Yang Chen was staying.

   In addition to a group of Northern Territory officials and celebrities, many Northern Territory farmers, ranchers and mine owners also rarely attended the banquet.

  Before Yang Chen came, the farmers, ranchers and mine owners in the Northern Territory had already received the news.

   The reasons for these people coming are mostly because they want to sell the farms and mines they own to Yang Chen, who is taking advantage of them.

  Yes, that's right, it's a big deal.

   In the eyes of many people, Yang Chen is so rich, since he came to Australia to invest, he would not go to other good places, but instead went to the Northern Territory, a place where birds don't shit.

  Isn't this sick?

   Of course, these words will definitely not be said by everyone, and they will not be shown on their faces. When treating rich people, everyone welcomes and smiles to the greatest extent.

   The land allocated to Yang Chen by the government was half-sold and half-give away, and the land owners of them had to pay the actual price.

  After all, developed land is two different things from wasteland. Although land in the Northern Territory is much cheaper than other places, mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are.

   As long as it is meat, it is money.

After Mayor Darwin heard Yang Chen's request, his face was stunned for a few seconds, and he still asked in disbelief, "Mr. Yang Chen, are you kidding me? Five hundred thousand square kilometers, you know that How big is it?"

   You must know that the Northern Territory has a total area of ​​just over 1.3 million square kilometers. Yang Chen opened his mouth to 500,000 square kilometers, and the total area is close to 40%.

   Mayor Darwin never thought that Yang Chen's appetite would be so great, which made him wonder if the other party was joking.

  Yang Chen shrugged, picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the wine, and said indifferently: "Mr. Mayor, those are all wastelands. The money I pay depends on whether you are willing to sell them."

Although the Northern Territory has a land area of ​​more than 1.3 million square kilometers, the northeast is the Buckley Plateau, the midwest is plain grassland, the south is mountainous and desert areas, and the southwest is mostly dry salt lakes. available.

  Yang Chen made up his mind to buy most of the available land resources in the Northern Territory. Those plateaus, deserts and salt lakes are of little use value, mainly mountains and plains.

  Mountains can be used to grow fruits, as well as to hide ores, and plain grasslands can be used for grazing or growing food.

   Of course, he will not let go of some peculiar landscapes and landforms. After all, he plans to develop tourism in the future. Naturally, he has to buy and wait for the money for those miracles of nature.

   Facing Yang Chen's attitude of not bad money, the mayor of Darwin was both happy and apprehensive.

  Happily, if he agrees to Yang Chen's request and sells almost 40% of the land in the Northern Territory, then the Northern Territory can get a lot of financial income from this.

  What is apprehensive is that he is afraid that the land will be sold, and Yang Chen will not develop it in his hands, so the entire Northern Territory will probably continue to spin in place.

   After all, if you want to develop a land of 500,000 square kilometers, the capital that needs to be invested is huge, and it is difficult for even the Australian government to complete this work.

  Otherwise, in the 21st century, the Northern Territory will not be in population, and it will still not increase much.

After a while, the mayor of Darwin continued: "Mr. Yang Chen, I will report your request to the federal government. As long as the above agrees, the Northern Territory side, including myself, will not have any opinion. "

  Yang Chen nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll talk about it later."

Although the Mayor of Darwin is the highest-ranking administrative officer in the Northern Territory, he really cannot represent the federal government in such a large land transaction.

  Yang Chen also knows this. The reason why he brought it up is to give the officials of the Northern Territory a precautionary shot in advance, lest he negotiate with the Australian federal government when the time comes, and the Northern Territory will make another noise.

   Seeing that Yang Chen was not unhappy, Mayor Darwin glanced at the field owners who were forming a circle not far away, and shook his head secretly.

   As Darwin's highest commander, he was also helpless at times, especially in the face of those owners, nominal and actual parents, he had a severe headache.

   Rich people in Australia have a strange phenomenon, that is, as long as they can buy a family business outside the Northern Territory, they will never go to the Northern Territory for development.

   Even though the Northern Territory has more preferential policies than other places, those rich people just refuse to come here.

  The reason, in addition to the environment, is that the population of the Northern Territory is too small.

  It is inconvenient to do things when there are few people. The ranchers in other places want to spend their time. As long as they get out of the ranch, they can quickly find a place to be happy.

   But the Northern Territory is different. The ranchers here have to drive a long way out of the ranch to enter the town and meet people.

  Yes, it's a town, not a city.

  On weekdays, people on farms and ranches rarely see each other except acquaintances and strangers. It is not an exaggeration to describe them as being isolated from the world.

   So, even the owners of farms, ranches and mines in the Northern Territory will basically choose to leave after they make enough money.

   Similarly, many young people also do not like to stay in the Northern Territory, where there are few people. Basically, if they go out, they will not come back.

   This is one of the reasons why the Northern Territory has experienced slow population growth for decades.

Thinking of the purpose of these people coming here, the mayor of Darwin smiled bitterly and asked, "Mr. Yang Chen, there are many ready-made farms and farms and mines in the Northern Territory, I wonder if you are interested? "

Yang Chen smiled knowingly, glanced at the group of people who had been paying attention to him, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm here to help the Northern Territory recover its economy and improve its development, if anyone is willing to sell the ready-made farms, ranches and mines , this kind of good thing, I am happy to accept it.”

  The mayor of Darwin couldn't help but look happy when he heard this, and then he introduced the farms, ranches and mines of the Northern Territory.

As the mayor of Darwin, he is naturally very familiar with the pillar economy of the Northern Territory, and the introduction is very detailed. He even knows how many cattle and sheep are in each ranch, which makes Yang Chen wonder if the other party did it early. Enough homework.

  There are not many existing farms, pastures and mines in the Northern Territory, and most of them are concentrated around cities or where water sources are abundant.

  Agriculture and pastures are basically high-quality land close to water sources, and no one wants other places that are too far away.

   For these high-quality land, Yang Chen will naturally not let it go, especially the water source. The most important thing in agriculture and animal husbandry is water resources. Without water, nothing can be done.

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   (end of this chapter)