Chapter 27: As long as there is work, there are people to do it!

Zhou Hangdao: "The Ministry of Public Security, in addition to enacting laws, has also released the requirements for applying for a work visa."

Zhao Yu: "I read it. The requirements for the work visa are practically nil."

Zhou Hangdao: "The creation of the work visa is clearly to prepare the ground for the industry. It seems that Yan Guo's initial industry is also set, but I don't know what the focus of the industry will be."

Zhao Yu: "With Yan Guo's limited conditions, the only industries that can develop are fishing."

Wu Pinyan: "Fishing offers limited jobs. Considering that he is building ports, airports and cities, it is impossible to invest so much money just to develop fishing. This makes no sense."

Zhao Yu: "After Yancheng is completed, it should probably attract foreign investment, right?"

Wu Pinyan shook his head, "The premise for attracting investment is to have people. Without consumers, not even moving Wangfujing° here would be of any use. At the beginning, he will need to boost the population through job creation. And to attract a large number of people, It is necessary to offer many job opportunities."

"I analyzed that, in addition to fishing, the manufacturing sector must also develop."

"But the manufacturing industry won't work, right?" Zhou Hang asked. "Wages in this field are generally low. People already work in their home countries, so why cross the ocean to do an ordinary job in Yan Guo?"

"Not always," Zhao Yu countered. "If it offers high salaries, many will want to work there."

"But raising wages is very risky. The wages of the first workers define the wage structure of the entire country. Raising wages blindly may attract people at first, but what then?"

Zhao Yu shook his head. "It won't be easy for Yan Guo to start like this."

Wu Pinyan looked at him and suddenly asked, "Have you worked somewhere else after graduating?"

Zhao Yu shook his head. "I started working at a state-owned facility right after graduation."

As he said this, Zhao Yu raised his chin with a bit of arrogance.

"Then it's no surprise," said Wu Pinyan. "Do you know what the unemployment rate is in the Dragon Kingdom? Do you know how much factories pay on average per month? Do you know how many factories implement a probationary period? Do you know how many people are not hired after the probationary period?"

"Internal competition, endless overtime, women treated like men and men like animals. They promise you to be hired in a month, but when you get close to the end of the period, they say you didn't reach your goals and they fire you, hiring someone else to take your place." This is the reality of ordinary workers in our country."

"Many people leave to work abroad every year, not because the working environment abroad is better, but because they simply cannot find a job with a stable income at home."

Wu Pinyan stated, "Then your worry is unfounded. If the job offered at Yan Guo isn't too bad, there will be many vying for it."

Zhao Yu frowned. "It can't be that bad..."

Wu Pinyan said, "If Chen Yang didn't have so much popularity, it really wouldn't be so bad. But the problem is that he is extremely popular. Hundreds of millions of people watch his lives, and influencers advertise relentlessly after each broadcast. This range rate is scary."

"It's okay if those who can't find work don't know, but if they find out that there is such a job at Yan Guo, do you think they won't want to go?"

"So, like I said, if the job offered at Yan Guo isn't too bad, there will be many vying for it. And not everyone will get it."

For most ordinary people, especially those who are constantly knocking on closed doors in search of jobs, it is actually very difficult to leave their hometown unless it is absolutely necessary.

But as sad as it is, these people who are forced to leave are not a small group.

And the most important thing is that after more than a month of exposure, Yan Guo has already been portrayed as a paradise on Earth.

Therefore, for the unemployed, going to Yan Guo means not only getting a job and a stable income, but also having another life option.

If Yan Guo maintains the current pace of development, those who go to work there will probably never return.

….

After the live broadcast, Chen Yang leaned back in his chair.

He was thinking about the question that Wu Pinyan and the others had discussed.

Industries!

For now, Chen Yang didn't care how much industries could boost Yan Guo's economy.

What he cared about was people.

He needed industries that could offer many job openings.

Only by offering job vacancies could he attract people.

What would be the point of building a port, an airport and a city in Yan Guo if there were no people?

In the end, it all came down to having people.

Therefore, at the beginning, Chen Yang would focus on generating jobs.

And they could not be high-tech industries, as that would mean the need for qualified labor.

But these qualified professionals can live very well in any country, with a level of happiness much higher than that of ordinary people.

Even if they want to immigrate, they prefer to go to developed countries with better benefits, and not to a small island that has just urbanized and doesn't even have schools.

First, he needed to attract ordinary people, build a solid foundation and develop the country in every aspect, from food to housing.

Only then would he be able to think about building other industries.

Want to jump before learning to walk? Even if the system could provide all types of technology, it would be useless without people.

"Fishing, agriculture and manufacturing!"

Chen Yang wrote the three industries on paper.

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(translation note:

Wangfujing (王府井) refers to a famous shopping street located in Beijing, China. It is known for being one of the busiest commercial centers in Beijing, with hundreds of stores, shopping malls and street vendors.

If you find any errors in the translation, please let me know so I can correct them.

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