Chapter 22 Cabinet Reorganization
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"The communications industry is the mainstream of the future. I wonder if Mr. Li agrees with this?"
"His Highness Joseph means to adopt a joint venture?"
As he spoke, Mr. Li couldn't help but frown. Joseph understood the reason for his frowning. The importance of the communications industry was self-evident. No matter what, Joseph was an outsider. How could such an important industry allow outsiders to hold shares?
"Maybe Mr. Li misunderstood what I mean, the joint venture is correct, but I am not prepared to participate in the operation. I only retain the dividend rights and supervision rights in China."
"Just as long as the right to dividends and supervision?"
"Yes, just have the right to dividends and supervision."
"If this is the case, then there is still something to talk about." Old Li thought, but he did not show it on the surface, but still frowned and thought, but at this time he pretended to take the initiative in the subsequent negotiations.
"A complete set of communication equipment, 60% of the dividend shares."
"No, absolutely not."
As soon as Joseph finished speaking, Mr. Li's face changed drastically. If his body did not allow him, Joseph even suspected that he would jump up. Of course, only Mr. Li himself knew whether this was pretending. After all, the purpose of both parties was to improve their own interests.
Mr. Li will act like this, and frowned: "The Chinese side only unearthed land and workers, and the technology and equipment are borne by Nord's side, and 60% is not a lot..."
Joseph's words made Mr. Li smile helplessly. He forgot Joseph's age. He could act and be fooled! If this continues, it is estimated that it will not be discussed for a month. It would be better to be more happy than dragging it on like that.
"His Highness Joseph, I believe you are a little clear about China's national conditions. There is nothing to be discussed in our government holdings. I would like to give you a sincere opinion. How can we follow this distribution plan for you to retain 30% of the shares, including the next industry?"
"no problem!"
Mr. Li was ready to continue to linger, but Joseph agreed without hesitation. It was probably Mr. Li himself who knew that the telecom industry alone would bring Joseph hundreds of times more profits in twenty years.
The next sentence of Mr. Li is much simpler, Novartis Joint Venture Automobile Co., Ltd., Novartis Joint Venture Steel Co., Ltd., and Huaxia Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Due to special reasons of petrochemicals, Joseph only accounts for 7.8% of the shares, and that is a shareholding rather than a joint venture. After all, it is an industry related to resources, and Joseph dares not go too far.
In addition to the shares of these companies, Nord will also receive $130 million in cash and 2.4% of the shares of China Construction Bank.
If we only have money, Joseph could not buy these shares even if he had twice the amount of cash, but Huaxia did not suffer any loss in terms of value. After all, they got the precision machinery that they urgently needed now and could not buy much money.
Without the prospects of these companies, Nord would even be the party at the disadvantage. After all, he would bear considerable risks in these matters. If he accidentally... touched it! Everything turned into ashes.
Under the publicity of the United States, China is already very terrifying, which has led to no one daring to enter the East easily. Although everything cannot be announced yet, Joseph's behavior is obviously a manifestation of recognizing the Chinese market. Soon after, it is revealed that the potential value brought by this transaction will be beyond imagination.
From all aspects, this is the result of Mr. Li's promise. After drinking tea, eating, and then the matter was settled. Only then did Mr. Li quietly leave the Principal of Nord and prepare to fly back to China to France by plane.
The cooperation with China has come to an end for the time being. Now Joseph is mainly concerned about Audi's global sales and cabinet restructuring. In addition, the first batch of Chinese workers are coming soon, and Joseph must be prepared.
At this time, the population of the Principality of Nord had exceeded 10,000, and the rapid population growth caused Nord's public security to drop by at least ten percentage points. For this reason, Joseph severely reprimanded the director of the Nord Police General Administration and requested to add police officers in the police station.
Nord Palace Conference Room:
"After the reorganization, the Nord Government Cabinet will have eight ministerial units, the Ministry of Health responsible for medical care, epidemic prevention, environment, education, schools, culture, finance, tariffs, statistics, commerce, construction, investment, civil affairs, people's livelihood, agriculture, and human resources resettlement; the Ministry of Justice for Public Security, Firefighting, and riots; the Ministry of Publicity for Communications and Media; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the only external caliber."
"Catal members are ministers of each ministry, ministerial ministers are appointed by prime ministers of the cabinet, but personnel must be decided by the House of Commons submitted on the list, and the House of Lords has the right to supervise and reject the appointment."
"Officers below the ministerial level will be passed by the House of Commons, and the House of Lords has the power to veto the appointment."
"The Prime Minister of the Cabinet is five years old, and he will not be re-elected unless he is granted a license from the Grand Duke. The Grand Duke has the right to arbitrarily revoke the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and dissolve the Cabinet and the House of Commons."
"The Nord Royal House of Commons is elected by citizens, with a number of 108; the House of Commons is appointed by the Grand Duke, with a number of 36; the House of Commons has the power to freedom of public opinion, personnel and supervise administrative officials; the House of Lords enjoys legislative power and has the right to veto all bills passed by the House of Commons."
When James read out one by one, the current cabinet members couldn't help but look at Joseph. They all understood that the era that truly belonged to Joseph was coming.
“The level of integrity in a country represents its future direction, and I propose to increase the salary of current civil servants, especially police officers, at least three times.”
At this time, the annual salary of Nord citizens was about $700, which is more than twice as much as China, but it is far inferior to the United States. Fortunately, Nord's population is small and it is easier to increase its per capita income.
The salary of civil servants is about $100 higher than that of ordinary Nord citizens. Now Joseph wants to increase his salary, especially the police have tripled his salary. It can be said that the salary of Nord police officers under the high salary and integrity policy must be close to the per capita income of the United States, and in Europe, it can rank in the top three.
There are all officials in the conference room, so they naturally will not refuse such good things, especially the director of the General Police Bureau. He is about to serve as the Minister of Justice and has brought such good news to his subordinates before he took office.
"I wonder if you have ever heard of Qin?"
"Western Roman Empire?"
"No, it's the Qin State in the East."
"During the Warring States Period of China?"
The person who spoke was the Minister of Education, who was indeed an education staff member. He had already given the answer in the confusion of other ministers. Joseph nodded at him and said that he was right.
"Qin Shihuang's strict laws made him call him a tyrant, and Nord's role in raising integrity alone is not great. Prime Minister James, I hope that in the next few years, I will see the criminal law of the Principality of Nord's principality doubled, especially for the integrity of officials, and the punishment is at least five times."
After all, the West claims to be a civilized country. Joseph cannot commit the anger of the public and punish companies and kill them. The only thing he can do is increase the chance of death. Only when his efforts are not proportional can he stifle the bad ideas of domestic officials.
One sweet date and one big stick. Such a simple and effective policy made officials of the Principal of Nord feel furious, and their eyes looked at Joseph became complicated.
The meeting dispersed under such circumstances. When the cabinet members left, they no longer had the ease they had before. They could see that Joseph was not joking, and the murderous intent in his eyes was not even concealed.
James was the most complicated person in his heart at this time. He was very happy to see Joseph growing up slowly, but he did not agree with Joseph's policies very much because he knew what the end of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty was, and the strict laws themselves were acts of losing the hearts of the people.
But he did not dissuade him nor dared to dissuade him. Years of experience made James see that Joseph understood the result of doing this, but since he knew that he would still do this, he could only say that Joseph had made the worst plan.
Chapter completed!