The Industrial Giant Reborn

"For overseas Chinese, there are indeed quite a few in Southeast Asia. I also know some of them. There are also a few Chinese who are friendly to China, but they can develop. Moreover, these people are still very strong in their territory. If everyone really If everyone can join our Taishan Club, there are many opportunities for cooperation not only at home, but also abroad." Bao Yugang didn't care at first, but now that he thinks about it carefully, the potential of Taishan Club is really huge.

In this world, no one's capital can be strong enough to have influence everywhere, even the American oil giants can't do it. In fact, these Chinese are not weak in overall strength, but most of them are scattered around the world. If it is true Being able to get together, when encountering a good investment, everyone participates in a share, then the overall influence will be much stronger.

"Yes, if there is any good foreign investment, we can also cooperate together." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Now his capital has reached a very high level. At this level, there is no need to completely pursue high profits. The focus is on reducing risks and pursuing stable profits. There are also many opportunities in the technology industry and other industries. Many opportunities involve huge benefits. If you take everything by yourself, it will be difficult to eat.

But if you recruit a group of people, the probability of success is much higher. This is the purpose of forming the Taishan Club. It is to recruit some capable and well-connected people on board, and then move forward together. Everyone eats meat together, Chen Zhiwen only needs to ensure that he can get the biggest piece.

This is actually the basic rule of normal large-scale investment. When it comes to high-risk projects, it usually ends up with many people. With the help of everyone’s resources, they succeed together and finally share dividends. Hong Kong’s Chinese-funded real estate companies did it in the 1970s. When it comes to large-scale projects, there are also cliques.

Even in the mainland, even if Chen Zhiwen knows the future, he does not have the ability to enjoy so many future dividends. In this case, it is better to distribute some to the people around him, as long as the most core things are in his own hands, such as infrastructure construction. The Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Expressway, the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and the ports of some big cities, or some well-known landmark buildings in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen can be grasped in their own hands.

"Chen Sheng's investment in foreign countries is basically accurate. It is really enviable. I heard that Chen Sheng only spent 500,000 US dollars a few years ago to invest in Apple, the most famous technology company in Silicon Valley. If it goes public, the return will be hundreds of millions of dollars?" Bao Yugang asked with a smile.

"It is true that I invested 500,000 US dollars in the first year, but I have invested several million US dollars in the intervening years to have the current shares." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

The development of Apple also requires a lot of financing. It's not that Chen Zhiwen has no money, but a company in Silicon Valley. If it wants to develop normally, it must accept financing from a lot of capital from the United States. Otherwise, these capitals will reversely support other companies. Similar companies, plus their big investment funds are very strong in government, technology, management, and human connections. With their participation, Apple can develop rapidly and with peace of mind. What Chen Zhiwen did was to Put in some more to avoid excessive dilution of your own stock.

Apple is scheduled to go public next month, and American investment banks have valued it at more than 1 billion US dollars, and any listed company needs to submit a lot of information before going public. As a technology company focused on the United States, all its shareholders It will be made public, and the Hong Kong side naturally knows about this matter. After HK Electric was acquired, many paper media have been promoting this matter.

"That's amazing enough. In my whole life, I've been on a ship all my life, and I haven't made much more than your investment this time." Bao Yugang shook his head and said with a smile: "It feels like the times have really changed."

"If there is an opportunity in this area in the future, I can also bring people from the Taishan Club to participate." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile, and some investments whose market value has increased by several thousand times naturally do not bring other people. After all, such opportunities are very rare. It can’t accommodate too much money, but some opportunities may only have several times the rate of return. It can accommodate a lot of money. It’s not worthwhile to invest too much by yourself, but it’s a pity to give up, so it’s a good deal to let the funds of the Taishan Club invest.

"If this is the case, then it will be much easier for us to attract people." Bao Yugang smiled and said: "Here in Hong Kong, who does Chen Sheng think can be considered to win over?"

"Hu Yingxiang pulls in first, let's see what else is going on. Actually, I'm not in a hurry." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, relatively speaking, there may not be so many opportunities in recent years.

"In Southeast Asia, I actually know that one person is more suitable, the richest Chinese man in Malaysia, Guo Henian." Bao Yugang said again.

"Guo Henian?" Chen Zhiwen said: "The ParknShop supermarket under Hutchison is also cooperating with him to open a supermarket in Malaysia, but I haven't met him yet."

ParknShop Supermarket, or the lifestyle supermarket under Chen Zhiwen, has long monopolized Hong Kong, and for the time being, it can only open a branch in Shekou in China. The current main direction of attack is Southeast Asia. Countries other than his own are basically on the street, so Chen Zhiwen chooses to give up part of the profits that are almost difficult to obtain, and cooperates with local giants in various places. He can monopolize the supply of joint venture supermarkets by relying on the strong procurement channel capabilities of Galaxy Trading. .

At present, the first partner is in Malaysia. The Kerry Group under Guo Henian is also one of the largest consortiums in Malaysia, and it is also a more suitable partner.

"He and I are friends, and we have also cooperated in shipping. I will introduce you to you when I have the opportunity." Bao Yugang said: "I know one thing. A few years ago, the mainland needed to buy sugar in the international market, and the gap was very large. Big, if you buy it directly, it may cause the price to rise sharply, so Guo Henian was entrusted to purchase it at that time, which saved a lot of foreign exchange for the country.”

"I've also heard about this matter. If he is willing, he can naturally join in. If he is not willing for the time being, it doesn't matter, as long as he knows it." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, Guo Henian has a lot of industries in Malaysia, However, his biggest name is "World Sugar King", claiming to control 80% of the raw sugar market in Malaysia, and with this monopoly profit, his industry has expanded to sugarcane planting, sugar production, flour, feed, oil, Mining, finance, hotels and other fields are very influential in the entire Southeast Asia and South America. If Taishan Society can pull him in, it will not only increase its strength greatly, but also extend its tentacles to Southeast Asia.

"Okay, after I go back, I'll find a chance to talk to him on the phone. In fact, he has always wanted to transfer part of his capital to Hong Kong, but like me, he doesn't have a good chance to make a move." Bao Yugang said with a smile.

"It's enough to buy a British capital. Otherwise, there is really no chance. It is really too difficult to start from scratch." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "If Guo Henian himself can come to Hong Kong, we can sit together and discuss it."

There are actually quite a few British-funded consortia in Hong Kong, many of which are not well-known, but their assets are still not low. Chen Zhiwen doesn't like it, but it is enough for outsiders to choose.

"That's right." Bao Yugang nodded and said.

While Chen Zhiwen and Bao Yugang were enjoying delicious food in Quanjude, a group of seven or eight people about 50 years old gathered together in a compound in Yanjing City, and the room was filled with smoke.

"Everyone, the Ministry of Agriculture has agreed to plant large-scale fruit trees in suitable places in the country and build different fruit canning factories. The Ministry of Communications has agreed in principle to cooperate with Hong Kong entrepreneur Chen Zhiwen to build the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangzhou Expressway. But it is the biggest project after our reform and opening up. The higher authorities have already attached great importance to the cooperation with Mr. Chen Zhiwen. Now the Ministry of Education is left. Mr. Chen Zhiwen will provide funds, and then select suitable personnel in our country to carry out a project according to his requirements. Technology research and development, this first technology is the telephone program-controlled switchboard that we urgently need in our country.” Director Lin stood at the forefront and said loudly: “I have to remind everyone that overseas cooperation, if the boss directly negotiates, there are many aspects. It will be much more convenient, that is to say, if we agree now, then there will only be some small details to be supplemented later, but if the decision cannot be made in the past few days, and Mr. Chen Zhiwen leaves the mainland, then the subsequent progress will be very slow , it will waste too much time.”

"However, we need to devote a lot of university professors' time and energy for several years. If it belongs to our own technological breakthrough, then we should invest more, but the results of research and development belong to others, and we can't use it yet. , This is too unreasonable." An elderly man with gray hair on the sideburns said.

Director Lin explained: "Director Zhao, you can't say that. We provide people, but the other party also needs to provide a lot of money, and also needs to buy a lot of equipment from abroad. Now that the reform and opening up have been implemented, foreign investment also needs to be returned. , this return is the research and development results. Besides, Hong Kong will pay each professor at least 500 US dollars a month's salary, plus the opportunity to go abroad, which is very rare. Although the technology belongs to others in the end, this This kind of research and development can also bring great benefits to our people, and it will be more useful to conduct other research in the future."

Director Zhao nodded and said, "I know that other people's investment is not doing charity, but at least we should have a share of the results, right?"

Director Lin shook his head and said: "It's impossible. Director Zhao can go and find out. Overseas, whether it's Hong Kong or Europe and the United States, the final results of this kind of entrustment belong to investors. Those who engage in research and development can get some dividends. gone."

"Then, Director Lin, if this technology is successfully developed, what should we do if Hong Kong doesn't cooperate with us later? Or raise the price on the spot?" Another person said.

Director Lin said: "Minister Li, don't worry too much about this. Mr. Chen Zhiwen invested in this field to develop our domestic market. In fact, the overseas market has been monopolized by large European and American companies, and today we only need to decide whether to cooperate or not. One reply, how to cooperate in the future, we need to discuss again.”

"If that's the case, I agree to this cooperation in principle." Minister Li is obviously the highest ranking here. As soon as he spoke, the scene fell silent, and he only heard him say: "This matter has nothing more than three results, and it has not been developed. , We earned foreign exchange without losing money, and if Hong Kong didn’t cooperate with us after research and development, we also earned foreign exchange.

"That's right, but it's better to research and develop it as much as possible. Otherwise, it will cost the other party tens of millions of dollars and produce nothing. I'm afraid it will affect the status of our country's scientific research in the world." Director Lin said.

"Of course, since I promised to do something, I will go all out." Minister Li nodded and said, "Although I don't know Mr. Chen Zhiwen, he has invested in many domestic projects during this period. At least from the perspective of action, There is no problem in cooperating.”

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll tell Mr. Chen Zhiwen immediately." Director Lin was very satisfied, and asked again: "The last thing is that Mr. Chen Zhiwen donated a university in Shenhai City. I would like to ask Minister Li to communicate with the above as soon as possible. Decide."

"Okay, I know." Minister Li nodded and said, the establishment of a university is not just a matter of the Ministry of Education, but also whether it must be built in Shenhai City, there is also a lot of controversy in the Ministry. There may be an accurate answer.