Chapter 574: Changing the Flag Overnight

Before dawn, Sam received a call from the United States, and he finally felt relieved.

He doesn't have to worry about his own safety. There are planes and helicopters here that can fly wherever they want. If something goes wrong, transport planes can fly to the US military base in the neighboring Philippines. It is safe.

This is his business. Although his shares are not as much as Wenders', he is the founder!
Taking over the Republic of Borneo, Borneo's national defense, a country's national defense, what a huge profit! ?
Fortune and wealth are achieved through risk. Having followed the boss for many years, I believe he is not wrong. Let’s go for it!

Of course he knew what the "reinforcements" Wenders was talking about were, which were F16 fighter jets and Kidd-class destroyers.

In this area, haha, do the Malay authorities have to risk their lives to suppress and protest?
Looking at the listless, frightened and anxious members of the parliament hall, his mood brightened up.

These guys have already approved the flag of Borneo. Then, they have nothing to do but wait for the factory to rush to make a new flag overnight.

I didn't dare to speak, I didn't dare to sleep, I didn't dare to move. How could Sam not laugh when he saw this?
The original flag of Sarawak was yellow with two red and black stripes running diagonally from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, and a yellow nine-pointed star in the center of the stripes. The nine-pointed star represented the nine provinces of Sarawak.

As for the Sabah state flag, the upper left grid has a dark blue background with a dark blue Mount Kinabalu pattern, the upper right and middle right grid have short blue and white horizontal stripes, and the bottom has a long red horizontal stripe. The five colors represent the five states of Sabah.

Mount Kinabalu in Sabah is the highest peak in Malaysia and Borneo, with an altitude of 4095 meters.

Therefore, the new national flag naturally extracts some elements from the two and combines them.

Originally, Wang Yuanchao wanted to combine the colors of the two flags, red, yellow, blue, white and black, to form a five-color striped flag with a 14-pointed star in the middle.

As a result, after it was searched all over the world, well, you know, it coincided with a certain five-color flag in the mainland decades ago. The color and shape cannot be said to be exactly the same. It should be said that, without the 14-pointed stars, it is almost directly taken from the mainland!
It doesn’t work if it’s done horizontally, and if it’s done diagonally, the Sarawak flavor will seem a bit heavy.

In the end, Wang Yuanchao had no choice but to copy the classic flag design of the European Union.

The blue background is the background colour of Sabah, blue represents the ocean, yellow and five-pointed stars are the background colour and characteristics of Sarawak, forming a circle, a total of 12, representing the great unity of all provinces.

No matter how many provinces there are, the 12 stars remain unchanged and do not represent one star for each province.

It combines elements of both states, right?

Only then was Wang Yuanchao satisfied.

Unfortunately, he cannot claim this honor himself. The honor of the father of the flag of the Borneo Republic can only be given to an artist of the Borneo State University to be established.

After all, it was designed by others based on continuous adjustments based on instructions, although they didn't know where the instructions came from.

This is the pain of running a country from behind the scenes.

You can't have both fame and fortune, so forget it.

Looking at the draft of the new national flag, everyone felt that Taib Mahmud had been planning this for a long time. He even had the new national flag ready and was just waiting for everyone to vote.

How much more has he prepared?

He is really deeply involved with Blackwater!
This is blatant treason...

The key is not to say hello to everyone in advance.

In particular, many Sabah state lawmakers, and even the state chief minister Harris, felt that it was entirely possible for everyone to discuss it together.

But no matter how much they complained in their hearts, it did not affect everyone's high approval. There were examples of people being dragged out and beaten to death in both parliaments.

The new flag was quickly approved unanimously by both state legislatures.

Anyway, it is temporary now. When the country officially establishes various institutions in the future, it will naturally be legally confirmed again.

The processing factories on standby have been waiting for the arrival of the design drawings of the new national flag.

They even imported advanced weaving machines early on!
In fact, the person in charge of the processing plant had a clear idea of ​​what the new national flag would look like, and the materials and layout had been prepared long ago.

When the new drawings arrived, the factory happened to have these materials, so naturally they worked overtime to get them done.

National flags of various standard sizes soon came out of the assembly line.

These flags will be delivered to various public places as soon as possible. One day, at the command, the flags in front of at least two state legislatures, provincial governments, etc. will be replaced uniformly at the moment the sun rises.

Looking at these depressed congressmen, Sam, who received the secret message from Windsmith, waved his hand and said:
“Inform our President and distinguished members of parliament that we are moving to Bintulu!”

Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, is too close to the border. The big boss thinks that the country’s capital should be in the middle. Most importantly, Wang Yuanchao wants to replan and build a new capital.

Blank paper is good for painting.

After going back and forth, I found the small town of Bintulu in the hinterland.

It is located in the middle, 350 kilometers from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, 450 kilometers from Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, and about 250 kilometers from Brunei, unlike Miri, which is only 100 kilometers away from Brunei, which is too close.

Moreover, Miri is the petrochemical industry cluster planned by Wang Yuanchao. It is too dangerous to make it the capital.

When petrochemical products explode, haha, they are not much less powerful than the big fat little boy. Moreover, Bintulu has a history. On September 1867, 9, the first Sarawak State Legislative Assembly was held here. It also has a bit of historical sedimentation, right?
Blackwater also has a branch base here, so security is very guaranteed.

So later on, Wang Yuanchao's industries, including textiles, electronic processing, wood processing, etc., began to gather here. He renovated the Bintulu Port and even built a power plant here. It can be continuously expanded in the future to provide power for the development and industry of the entire city.

There is no ready-made council hall, but there is a conference hall in the factory.

Enough to accommodate lawmakers from both states.

Currently, the office environment in Bintulu is so harsh that the parliament should also allocate resources for its development, right?

After daybreak, the MPs boarded planes, bid farewell to their families, and headed for Bintulu, several hundred kilometers away, where they would pool their wisdom and discuss together how to build this new country - if this country could stand.

However, before getting off the plane, the staff on the plane gave them some small information. The F16 fighter jets and Kidd-class destroyers were already being prepared in the United States and would set off in two days to cross the Pacific to support them.

If the United States is shameless enough, or if it is not afraid of causing backlash and disputes from the international community, the base in the nearby Philippines can come to support at any time.

So the congressmen's confidence in this country suddenly increased a lot.

By the time they got off the plane, many people had already consciously felt that they were an indispensable part of the Republic of Borneo and that they would fight to the end for the Republic!

Even so, Blackwater provides them with comprehensive security services and does not slack off at all.

The crowds protesting on the streets started smashing and looting things. How can this be called a protest?

They are neither honest puppets nor professional actors.

Soon, helicopters and armored vehicles were dispatched.

After a few volleys of bullets, the crowd dispersed, and no one even mentioned the benefits they were cheated of. Damn it, lives are more important.

The Malay authorities finally saw news reports from East Malaysia in European and American newspapers, and only then did they realize that they had betrayed the federation under the instigation of the mob, and had actually declared independence and held a referendum!
Will this get them to vote?

Let them vote, won't they have the final say on the outcome?
East Malaysia is not Singapore. If you want to withdraw, just withdraw. There is plenty of oil there!
That is one of the biggest sources of income for the Malay authorities. How can they give it up so easily?
They immediately declared it a rebellion and a violation of the law.

The East Malaysians didn't even argue with them, they even came up with a country name and a national flag.

The Malay authorities had no choice but to report the situation to their former colonial master, Britain, and seek support.

In addition, we began to prepare for war.

The parliament argued for a long time about how to send troops, and even though the Blackwater reinforcements from the United States had already set out, they still hadn't come to a conclusion.

The British response was simple:
"This is the choice made by the local people themselves, and the UK has no comment on it."

The Malay authorities were anxious. If the British did not come forward, it would be difficult for them to fight across the sea with their own army! The British had just won the Falklands War and were very powerful. Wouldn't it be easy for them to come here for a stroll?

They sent people to London again to have a good talk.

Malaysia's oil has all been dug up by British oil companies, but they can't just take the money and do nothing.

Britain scoffed at this. The Republic of Borneo has asked its American father to convey a message that they will apply to remain in the Commonwealth, and the oil industry can continue as long as the contract is signed.

Changing the landlord won’t affect the UK’s ability to make money, right?

Whether this money is given to the Malay authorities or the Borneo authorities, will it cause any loss to Britain?

No.

On the contrary, if we intervene, will the American dad only give a friendly reminder?
Over in the United States, a mercenary force from Blackwater Security, with four brand-new destroyers, transport ships, supply ships, and various supporting small boats, has already set out in a mighty force.

According to information sent back by intelligence personnel in the United States, even F15 and F16 were dispatched.

Is this a move to make Britain a target?
Malaysia thinks too highly of itself, doesn’t it?
On the Malay side, we finally received more detailed news from East Malaysia, because a group of Malays who opposed Borneo independence were sent back.

While they were dithering, the people in Borneo had already efficiently replaced the officials in all provinces and cities.

The government of Borneo announced that regardless of ethnicity, people would be employed according to their abilities. A group of Chinese, indigenous people, Vietnamese, lower-class Malays, and even foreigners were promoted!
Wang Yuanchao has been working in East Malaysia for so many years, so he naturally has a large number of talents at his disposal.

Many of them work in factories and receive regular training. Their management capabilities are much higher than those of the original officials in East Malaysia.

If the chief officer is Chinese, there must be other people as deputies. If the chief officer is an indigenous, Vietnamese or Malay, there must be Chinese as deputies. Among the police forces everywhere, the chief officers are almost all Chinese. Of course, there are also foreigners who want to have a taste of being a police chief. There are also some foreigners who are addicted to power, right?
The Chinese currently make up 46% of the population of this new country, barely being considered the majority ethnic group. In the bureaucratic organization system, the Chinese occupy more than 70% of the positions.

There is no way, Chinese people are born with leadership skills.

The documents issued are in triplicate, in English, Malay and Chinese, with Chinese being the only supplement for now. If we want to develop slowly, we should learn from Singapore next door, right?

(End of this chapter)