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Chapter 452 Gathering sand into a tower (second update, please subscribe)

Although more than 15,000 immigrants poured in at once.

But Dongning has long been prepared. After all, Nanyang has long been familiar with the arrival of large-scale immigrants. Those workers who signed employment contracts were taken directly to labor camps outside the city to receive training.

As for the remaining 7,000 people who are willing to rent, real estate agents will be responsible for receiving them. For those who want to stay in a hotel, staff will tell them where to stay in a hotel.

Although the customs building seemed very crowded inside and outside, there were not many people at the currency exchange point. For these Shanghai residents who had long been accustomed to exchanging currency on the black market, they would not exchange official prices here.

Because there were so many people coming over, there was no choice, so the house Liu Zhongzhou and his family rented was only an apartment with three bedrooms and one living room.

Even so, they were already very satisfied as they arrived in a foreign land for the first time.

When the three children were looking for their rooms, the agent took a thick stack of paper from the bag.

"This is the household registration form. Since Professor Liu and his family are going to stay in Dongning for a long time, according to the rules here, they must register for a temporary household registration. This is the official rule. Without temporary household registration, there is no ration book. If you don't have a ration book, buy it. Less than rice, flour, oil and salt.”

Liu Zhongzhou was surprised by the intermediary's words.

After the agent left and closed the door, Professor Liu and his family entered the bedroom, closed the curtains, opened their clothes, and took off the cloth belts tied around their waists. Without exception, they all contained gold bars.

"Thank you, police officer. I'd like to thank you two police officers."

Therefore, when answering, their family was naturally careful to answer truthfully.

Even though so many questions were objectionable, there was an undeniable look on the police officer's face, because the agency had told them before: they must not refuse to answer when reviewing their household registration, otherwise they would not be able to apply for review and would not be able to get a temporary ID card. , cannot survive in Nanyang.

Some people need to find a job, while some people do not have this need. Rather than finding a job, they are looking for investment opportunities.

Although the household registration form was very detailed, the two police officers still took the trouble to ask many questions, including where they came from, who was missing from the family, and what they did when they were in Tangshan. Are there any relatives in the family who are in politics or the military? In short, no matter how big or small, I asked them all one by one.

"Fortunately, it's going well. I'll register in the next two days and then find a job."

After handing the registration form to Professor Liu, the agency specially gave them ten ration coupons. These ten ration coupons will be the food for their family today and tomorrow.

"Professor Liu, Nanyang is rich, but millions of people come here every month. If food rationing is not implemented, profiteers will inevitably drive up prices, and food rationing is implemented to protect everyone's interests."

The next day, it was not until evening that a police officer came to verify the materials. The household registration papers have all been filled out, and the police will check and register them one by one as usual - because they do not have a fixed residence now, they have a temporary household registration with a rental apartment as their address.

After questioning each other for almost half an hour, and after they confirmed each other's signatures, the interrogating police officer issued temporary ID cards to them.

After putting away the gold bars, Liu Zhongzhou said to his family.

I registered my household registration and received my ID card. The officers took their leave. Professor Liu sent them out respectfully and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they came back.

After explaining, the intermediary said,

"The police officers from the police station will come here tomorrow to review your registration. Please be sure to wait at home and do not go out. Otherwise, you will miss the official business and cause inconvenience."

"This is a temporary identity card. It is only valid for 15 days. You have to go to the police station to apply for a formal ID card within 15 days. Before you go, you have to go to a photo studio to take pictures. Do you understand?"

"Isn't Nanyang very rich? How can we implement rationing?"

"Okay, this will be our home from now on. We must be more careful when registering tomorrow, you know?"

In the past few years, wars have been raging in Tangshan. Faced with the fierce fighting, many wealthy and powerful locals have fled to the city. As the war progresses, even ordinary small and medium-sized landowners cannot gain a foothold in the countryside. .

So they also fled to the city. As a result, many families sold their property and moved to Wuchang, Jinling, Shanghai and other places to escape the war. But soon, facing the changes in the current situation, they got on the boat again. Nanyang, thousands of miles away from the mainland, became the last place for the rich to escape the flames of war.

Rumors about Nanyang's prosperity, peace, and people living and working in peace and contentment have been circulated in mainland China through newspapers, magazines, and movies for several years. In the past, only young and poor people came. Who of the rich people would leave their homes and careers to come to Nanyang?
For Nanyang, they only know a little about Nanyang from movies, magazines and newspapers, or they have used some Nanyang products, so they know a little more about Nanyang. Therefore, when they are facing earth-shaking changes, there are many rich people who spend high prices to buy ferry tickets and run to Nanyang. Even now, there are more than ten flights from Suicheng to Chang'an every day. The people on the plane were all wealthy businessmen and wealthy people from Guangdong Province and even Hunan Province.

Although Zhongxing, Yongding and Dongning are relatively remote compared to the main island of Nanyang, many wealthy businessmen and wealthy people from Shanghai, southern Jiangsu and other places have gathered here.

They are willing to immigrate to Nanyang, and the civil affairs department does not object. After all, Nanyang has always welcomed immigrants. What's more, these wealthy businessmen and landowners hold a large amount of capital in their hands. Now that they have settled in Nanyang, they can not only stimulate consumption, but also drive the economic development of the three eastern districts.

After all, the development of the three eastern districts requires a large amount of capital injection. The arrival of these people did bring a large amount of money.

Because there are many wealthy people with large sums of money in Dongning, the Dongning "Industrial Federation" came into being. The purpose of opening this chamber of commerce is to guide these wealthy businessmen to invest in industry. In fact, it is to A place where people provide investment information.

At first, these wealthy businessmen only invested in public bonds as they did in Shanghai, but soon some began to invest in industry. After all, many of them had opened factories or companies themselves, or had management experience in this area. Coupled with Nanyang's encouragement of industry, investment in industry not only provides low-rent factories, but also loan concessions, and even the purchase of machinery can be paid in installments. Under such circumstances, investment in industry has quickly become a local hot spot.

Like many wealthy people who have just arrived, Zhou Changren also came to the Industrial Federation. The Industrial Federation is located on the second floor of the Dongning Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce. Although it is only ten o'clock in the morning, a group of people have already gathered here, talking about Shanghai. People with accents from Chengdu, Ningbo and southern Jiangsu were either looking at the "Investment Manual" or talking loudly about "spinning factory", "clothing factory", "toy factory", "electronics factory" and the like. It kept coming.

"...This year the United States has a bumper cotton harvest. In order to stimulate cotton exports, the US government has provided Nanyang with a low-interest loan of US$5 million to purchase American cotton and machinery and equipment. Now is a great time to invest in textile factories..."

People were talking loudly there, the sound was deafening, and there were even voices of agreement or opposition in the middle.

As soon as Zhou Changren entered the hall, someone immediately stepped forward to say something.

"Oh, when did Boss Zhou come?"

"Oh, it's really Boss Zhou!"

After a while, a group of people gathered around him. Zhou Changren, who was surrounded in the middle, said while greeting them.

"Just arrived, just arrived, just arrived in Dongning on the "Changda" a few days ago."

"Does the boss plan to stay in Dongning permanently that week? Or..."

Facing the inquiry from his old friend, Zhou Changren said helplessly.

"Boss Xu, you are not kidding me. The liner service between Dongning and Chang'an has not yet been opened. There are only cargo ships and military aircraft. Zhou is a newbie, how can he get to Chang'an?"

When he said this, everyone around him agreed. Some people couldn't help complaining that the Nanyang government had a good plan and threw them into a place like Dongning, and then, whether we like it or not, , they all have to spend money to help them with construction.

Of course, there were some who objected on the sidelines, saying that they simply looked down upon him for his little money.

However, some people also said that there are people who can just look at it.

Seeing that everyone was about to start a quarrel, Zhou Changren said quickly.

"Now that I've come, I'll settle down. Zhou doesn't know what you guys think, but I've already made up my mind to live here. Besides, Dongning is not that bad. Although it's not as good as Chang'an, you haven't seen Dongning." Dongning Iron and Steel Company has invested a total of 1.5 million yuan and has a planned output of 500 million tons. Together with dozens of other large projects, Dongning's future development prospects are limitless. Moreover, it is closer to the United States. In the future, exports to the United States will In terms of shipping costs, it’s also very cost-effective.”

Although he had just arrived here less than a month ago, Zhou Changren had his own views on Dongning's future. When he said this, people around him thought about it carefully, and it seemed to make some sense. Everyone said it one after another.

"Boss Zhou is indeed Boss Zhou. He can wake up the dreamer with one word. I wonder, what business does Boss Zhou plan to invest in?"

Facing everyone's inquiries, Zhou Changren said with a smile.

"We are still waiting to see this for now, but Dongning is undergoing major construction. No matter what kind of business we invest in, it will definitely have a bright future!"

Saying this, Zhou Changren looked at the hundreds of famous or wealthy friends and fellow countrymen in the hall, and he couldn't help but have the thought in his heart - should Nanyang? They really want to use their money to build a tower of sand and build Dongning!

(End of this chapter)