MTLNOVEL Chapter 1114: The Vast Network
In the past few days, Aljin has been either overseeing the operation of the charity material transit center or holed up in his room poring over information about P.B.
Boss Qiao has a very good habit, which is that whenever he does anything internationally related to charity, he reports it to the United Nations.
This is first to show respect to the UN, and secondly to make Princess Amina famous, while also allowing P.B-led charity systems to reap benefits from within the UN system.
Currently, Central Africa, Tubruq, Iraq, and the Syrian Secure Zone are the biggest beneficiaries.
Aljin greatly admires what Boss Qiao has done, and after in-depth understanding, Aljin discovers that P.B.'s actions are not just limited to conflict regions; they have also done many things worldwide that outsiders are unaware of.
For example, they have set up several food warehouses in Malaysia and Thailand, and also used charitable means to support a large number of disaster-stricken Bajau maritime people.
A few P.B. soldiers built a resort hotel in their hometown in Sri Lanka, and then the hunting company and humanitarian corridor moved into Sri Lanka, providing a certain degree of investment and support to this bankrupt nation.
The latest report indicates that P.B. has taken over the charitable task of aiding the Rohingya from Dubai...
No one had carefully compiled this kind of intelligence before, but now, being an insider, Aljin suddenly realizes that Boss Qiao has unconsciously sorted out a vast maritime charity material channel.
Starting from China in the east, this channel would pass through the Gulf of Thailand, then head north through Malacca to Rakhine State in Myanmar, then cross the Bay of Bengal to reach Sri Lanka...
Leaving the Asian region and entering the Arabian Sea, passing through the Persian Gulf directly to Iraq.
Now this route is expanding...
If Mukalla and Bossosa are both secured, then P.B. has established a solid trade supply point in the Gulf of Aden.
In the future, cargo ships can sail north along the Red Sea, pass by Tubruq, and head to dock at Crete in Greece, or from the Gulf of Aden to the south, bypassing South Africa to dock at Congo.
If pushed forward according to P.B.'s development model, this channel will continue to extend westward, traversing the Mediterranean and crossing the North Atlantic to reach the Amazon State in Brazil.
This is not just a simple trade route; it is a trade network that connects impoverished countries across five continents.
There are actually many multinational companies with similar trade networks, and many companies have more refined channels than Jia Liang Trade.
But Aljin knows, under the guise of charity, Boss Qiao is integrating those economically fragile, even long-under-sanction third-world countries.
At this time, Boss Qiao is bringing the United Nations into play to leverage the UN's influence, bypass some major countries' sanction programs, and freely provide those sanctioned small and weak countries with opportunities for basic material trade.
These are projects that multinationals absolutely do not want to undertake!
Because dealing with those countries first doesn't make a lot of money, and there could be unpredictable trade risks.
Yet, Boss Qiao blazes a new trail because he holds the power not to fear bad debts...
By having the UN as a backer, the humanitarian channels established in the name of charity can spread P.B.'s influence globally.
Jia Liang Trade's volume is super large, but most of the trade content is basic materials that most people would not care about.
Larger countries might worry that these materials entering domestically could overwhelm their basic industries, so they sometimes set high tariffs.
But which of the targets Boss Qiao is seeking would care about this?
Having a stable and cheap source of basic materials is a godsend for them, and at least until their own industries develop, they cannot refuse this supply of basic materials.
From Aljin's standpoint, this channel is a powerful supplement to the weak operational capability of the United Nations.
Because the countries or regions these points touch, apart from Greece in Europe and Brazil in the Americas, are mostly unstable, and basically are longstanding focus objects of the UN's humanitarian affairs coordination department.
Now, Boss Qiao is clearly pulling the United Nations onto the ship, letting them share the influence and honor while also helping bear some of the pressure.
Who could refuse this?
The smartest move of Boss Qiao is bypassing the interests of major countries...
There are factions within the United Nations as well, but as long as the interests of major countries are bypassed, everyone is still willing to contribute to the right things.
In fact, the humanitarian affairs coordination center, which Aljin represents, has been devoted to getting alms everywhere to help the starving people of those dilapidated countries.
Most of the world's war and disaster zones can see their presence, proof of this!
Now Boss Qiao is clearly planning to carry out deep cooperation with the United Nations on humanitarian affairs, which in Aljin's opinion is a pie falling from the sky.
The United Nations has a big name, but in reality, the UN's power is very limited!
In the past, when Aljin wanted to raise funds, he had to look at everyone's face, and working in conflict areas, safety issues also existed.
The killing of UN humanitarian volunteers is nothing new!
To ensure safety, coordinating with stationed troops for protection is necessary.
But it's not easy to command the stationed troops of major powers, and the peacekeeping forces from those small countries who come to work for $1000 a month are also unreliable.
Some Africa Country states send troops just to earn a bit of deployment fees, which for some very poor countries, is regarded as a means to earn foreign exchange.
How can such soldiers be relied upon?
Through these days of understanding and interaction, Aljin can say with a clear conscience that the people of P·B give him a strong sense of security.
P·B's track record includes not only legal killing but continuous construction, construction, construction...
The best part is that P·B's stance allows them to avoid many issues, and their conduct naturally aligns with the functional attributes of the United Nations!
Although the places they have passed through are not entirely prosperous, they have, through solid efforts, successfully pulled some deeply mired regions out of the quagmire and are working hard to put them on the right track.
Tubruq and Iraq are the best examples!
Issues that even the United Nations could not mediate, Boss Qiao utilized his mercenary status and unique thinking to integrate the powers of the big players, ultimately providing a solution that can basically satisfy all sides.
In Aljin's view, this was already unbelievable, but now Aljin understands that Boss Qiao wants to do even more!
Joe Ga looked at Aljin, smiled with satisfaction, and then had a serious chat with him...
The United Nations' response over the past few days made Boss Qiao very pleased, presenting a great opportunity for deeper cooperation between the two parties!
The humanitarian corridor is a military-commercial combination of P·B, Jia Liang Trade, and the bank!
Holding the banner of the United Nations can significantly reduce resistance to the development of this trade route...
Contrary to Aljin's imagination, Boss Qiao is not just seeking a simple charitable channel; he wants a trade network that can be monetized.
No matter how bad Yemen and Somalia are, they are still countries, and they have redundant resources that can be exported...
Minerals, agriculture, and natural resources can all be categorized for trade.
Jia Liang's European headquarters has already begun construction on Crete Island in Greece. In the future, Jia Liang Trade will use Crete Island and China as the two ends of trade...
Oil is imported into China, where it's exchanged for a large amount of basic materials, then sold through the trade network, and the transactions on this trade network will be settled on Crete Island.
P·B Bank has already applied for a license in Greece, and a large amount of capital will converge in Greece. Naturally, some of this money will be invested in Greece's financial market to seek returns, whether through lending or investment, becoming a major boost to Greece's development.
By the time Boss Qiao returns to his 'homeland' to develop, he will be surrounded by stars.
Originally, Boss Qiao could easily be a material agent, simply offloading the planned materials into trade nodes as much as possible.
But after experiencing so much, Boss Qiao's inner thoughts have changed.
The strong backing from his mother country makes Boss Qiao want to do more!
Simple material output will not change the state of those poor countries; Joe Ga aims to use a more modernized trading system to make these poor countries find their own solutions.
A set of electronic trading system belonging to Jia Liang Trade has been developed, and the Iraq Trade Department, Syrian Secure Zone, Congo Trade Department, and Central African Trade Department are the first to adopt this system...
In Iraq, they can place orders in the Jia Liang Trade system based on their commercial needs, just like shopping on Taobao.
At the same time, someone will enter their exportable products and prices...
As they make purchases, other countries at the trade nodes are also making purchases.
In the past, due to internal problems in these regions, many of their products could not be sold.
For example, simply, a shepherd has 100 sheep. He can't eat them all, but exporting a mere 100 sheep is too difficult.
Now, with this system, dozens of similar shepherds can gather enough numbers and then process them through a specialized slaughter and cold chain company for export.
The same goes for grains; the food produced by a farmer does not have export potential, but with orders, a special company will purchase it and gather it together to achieve export.
With the electronic system provided by Jia Liang Trade, regardless of how chaotic your country is, as long as you genuinely have the will, you can quickly pool resources to seek foreign exchange income.
Then convert foreign exchange income into urgently needed items and utilize cheap materials and foreign exchange to stabilize the weak currency system of their own countries.
Joe Ga is not worried that the goods appearing at new trade nodes will not be able to be digested because his mother country has the world's largest consumer goods market.
No matter if it's minerals, cattle, or sheep, as long as you're willing to sell and the price is right, the mother country would buy even the tree at your doorstep.
And in the end, these transactions will be aggregated at the bank on Crete Island, allowing these countries with scarce foreign exchange reserves to earn euros through the internal network and then utilize these euros for secondary trading.
These are all trades settled in euros, and not to mention France having to endorse P·B Bank, even the European Union will eventually have to show respect to P·B Bank over time.
Previously, there were very few trade nodes on this network; P·B's control in places like Malaysia and Sri Lanka was quite limited...
Now it's different; with Mukalla already secured and Bossosa soon to be secured, P·B will complete networking on the world's busiest maritime trade routes.
The essence of commerce is exchange, in ancient times it was barter, and in the modern industrialized world, when all goods have been digitized, the core of commerce becomes the exchange of monetary digits.
Leveraging the massive quantities of cheap materials and the bottomless consumer goods market provided by the mother country, Boss Qiao only needs to capitalize on the financial exchanges at these network nodes to reap huge wealth.
Moreover, the exchanges of goods at each node will increase trade numbers, and a large part of this money will either be deposited in P·B Bank or go directly into Boss Qiao's pockets.