"Aluminum industry is one of the mainstream industries of the future world, just as electric power was in the beginning. Everyone can now see the enormous potential of the power industry firsthand, while East African industry in aluminum and petrochemicals has only just begun. Both are pillar industries of immense importance to industry." This was Yubixio's important reminder to the governments of Xindai Town and Tete City.
This point was indeed highly persuasive. When electric power was still in its infancy, East Africa had invested heavily in it. Now, the power industry was developing at a tremendous pace in East Africa, and every city wanted a slice of the pie.
Thus, Yubixio's words had played a certain role. At the very least, the government delegations of Tete City and Xindai Town had become even more determined to establish the aluminum industry in their region.
Xindai Town and Tete City's consideration of introducing the aluminum industry also reflected, from the side, that the East African government's regional investment priorities were shifting toward backward regions such as Angola and Mozambique.
This was very important. Without the East African Central Government's support, this matter would likely have been truly difficult to settle, just like Hechingen Province in southern East Africa—the former Republic of the Transvaal.
In Ernst's previous life, it had been the core of South Africa's economy, with highly developed industry that ranked first in Africa. Yet because of Ernst's restrictions, Hechingen Province's development had remained neither hot nor cold.
After all, the state-owned sector accounted for seventy percent of East Africa's economy. The development of every region was entirely something the East African Central Government could decide with a single word.
Wherever Ernst wanted development, he could determine the course of events with one hand. If Ernst ordered Walvis Bay Port