Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Kuala Lumpur.

In the evening of that day, Lin Baicheng and others arrived at the capital city of Malaya.

This time Lin Baicheng came to have a formal meeting with Malayan officials, so he contacted the Malayan officials in advance before coming, and the officials also arranged for a commissioner to receive him.

The person responsible for receiving Lin Baicheng and his party was the top leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaya. The reception standards were relatively high, which shows how much Malayan officials attach great importance to Lin Baicheng.

In other words, Malayan officials attach great importance to the US$500 million that Lin Baicheng will invest here.

Although the implementation of the New Economic Policy is to distribute some of the benefits taken by foreign capital and Chinese to the Malays, this does not mean that Malayan officials do not need foreign capital or Chinese investment. This is impossible of.

Without investment, the economy cannot develop at all, so how can we talk about distributing wealth?

In particular, foreign capital like Lin Baicheng invests funds locally, which is an inflow of capital. Malayan officials are too late to welcome them. The more people like this, the better.

This kind of inflow of foreign capital will only create more jobs for the local area and stimulate more local economy. As for the money earned, it is nothing at all. Both the Malayan government and the private sector can benefit from it. Get more bang for your buck.

Under the arrangement of the commissioner, Lin Baicheng and others stayed at the official Malayan hotel for foreign guests.

As for Guo Henian, he has separated from Lin Baicheng. Although he is a rich man in Malaya, and the Guo family is a wealthy Chinese family in Malaya with great influence, it is not him who is entertaining this time.

Because Lin Baicheng's investment is very large, the highest representative of Malaya, that is, the country's monarch and supreme head of state, will receive him at noon tomorrow and have dinner with him.

Malaya is a constitutional monarchy. Like England, the monarch's power is actually not very great. The most powerful person is actually the prime minister.

The monarch's interview can be regarded as a kind of honor and a kind of attention.

The day after dining with the Malayan monarch, Lin Baicheng would also meet with the Malayan Prime Minister. This was all arranged in advance.

The communication with the Prime Minister of Malaya is actually more important. The conditions negotiated by the two parties are truly effective, and Lin Baicheng can be more confident.

In the hotel room where you stayed.

"Director Qin, regarding the negotiations for investment in Malaya, you are responsible for the specific implementation. There is no need to rush and take your time."

"But regarding the "Rural Agricultural Cooperation Plan" I proposed, you must do a good job in related work, investigate the local agricultural situation, consult with local farmers, and investigate whether there is any possibility of investment cooperation."

"This matter will be discussed with Prime Minister Aoun the day after tomorrow. I will mention this matter to Prime Minister Aoun first and test his attitude."

In addition to making investment in Malaya profitable in the future, Lin Baicheng also has an investment plan, or should I say an experiment.

It doesn't matter to Lin Baicheng whether this investment can make money. It's best if he can make money. He can accept it if he doesn't make money or even loses a little. What matters is whether he can invest locally and whether the investment plan can be successful.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I will arrange someone to take charge of this matter, and I will follow up from time to time."

Although this investment is not good from a business perspective, objections were raised when we were in Xiangjiang, and the boss insisted that of course his subordinates would not go against the boss.

"Okay! The rest will be carried out as planned. We will deal with any changes if there are any changes."

Lin Baicheng nodded, he still expected his investment plan to succeed.

The so-called investment plan is like this.

Lin Baicheng opened a grain company. The company signed a contract with farmers to sell grain seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and various equipment needed for growing grain to farmers at a discount based on market prices. Farmers did not have to pay immediately, but could wait until the grain was harvested. When the grain is sold to grain companies, the corresponding funds will be deducted.

The grain grown by farmers must be sold to grain companies, and the purchase price of grain companies must be based on market prices.

In this way, farmers do not need to spend cash at the beginning, but only need to pay for land and human resources, which is definitely a good thing for farmers.

The cost paid by the grain company is not big. It is nothing more than lending money to farmers. Grain companies can use this to receive a large amount of grain, and then make money whether they sell the grain to places with higher grain prices or process it into non-staple food.

If everything goes well, farmers can get substantial benefits, grain companies can also make profits, and even local governments can also benefit. Farmers' income has increased, poor households have decreased, and the economic level has improved. How could the government not benefit from this?

However, it is unlikely that things will develop so smoothly. Lin Baicheng also knows this, so he knows from the bottom of his heart that this investment plan is an experiment.

There are many problems here. The first is that farmers will not easily trust grain companies and will not easily sign contracts. They need the guidance and assistance of local officials to act as middlemen.

Then there is the screening of farmers by grain companies to ensure that farmers who sign contracts are honest people who really want to improve their families and will not take grain seeds, fertilizers, machinery and other items and resell them for money.

Although there is a contract in place, the grain company can claim compensation, but if there are too many farmers who default, such lawsuits will be difficult to fight. In order to maintain stability, local officials will definitely favor the farmers, and the grain company will have no choice but to suffer a loss.

This is also the reason why grain companies cannot directly give farmers money and let farmers buy seeds, pesticides and other supplies themselves. If money is given directly, I believe there will only be more farmers who break the contract and spend the money.

In addition, there is still a problem whether farmers are willing to admit debts for seeds and other materials previously funded when the grain is harvested, and whether they are willing to sell grain to grain companies is also a problem.

There will be many problems, large and small, so local officials must cooperate to provide guidance and supervision to protect the interests of farmers and grain companies.

Because there are many problems, Lin Baicheng is not sure whether his investment plan can succeed. Malaya is his experiment. He plans to spend three years conducting this experiment. If there are no results within three years, he will have no choice but to give up.

The losses in the past three years were not too much. Lin Baicheng could not afford the losses, but it was a pity that the lost time was a pity. Fortunately, he could also accumulate a lot of experience.

The failure of the experiment does not mean that Lin Baicheng will give up the investment plan. He will only try it again in another place. Maybe farmers in other countries are not as difficult as the Malays. Failure will only mean losing a little more money, and he can afford the loss.

The reason why Lin Baicheng had this idea was because he knew the importance of food and wanted to establish a world-leading food company.

However, it is too difficult for Lin Baicheng, a Chinese, to control a world giant grain company in a Western country, so he has never thought about growing grain in countries such as the United States. East Asia is the basic market.

In Lin Baicheng's vision, if everything goes well, he will bring this investment plan to the mainland to help farmers get rid of poverty while using the mainland as the core base of grain companies.

With the mainland as its base and some countries in Southeast Asia, Lin Baicheng's grain company can compete with the four major ABCD grain merchants in the world without fear of suppression from the four major grain merchants.

The four major grain merchants have been established for many years. It is okay to open a small and medium-sized grain company in Western countries, but it is basically impossible to grow bigger and will definitely be suppressed. That's why Lin Baicheng set his sights on the East.

Rested one night at the hotel.

The next morning, Lin Baicheng and others visited Kuala Lumpur under the leadership of the commissioner.

Before lunch, Lin Baicheng and others went to the Malayan National Palace, the residence of the Supreme Head of State.

Although it is said to be a palace, Lin Baicheng does not feel the grandeur of the palace building, but the decoration is gorgeous, and the guards standing guard make it feel solemn.

There is nothing to say about dining with the Supreme Head of State. If it were the Queen of England, Lin Baicheng would be more respectful. After all, the British royal family has a lifelong tenure and has some rights. Unlike the head of state here, who changes every five years, his power is incomparable to that of the British royal family.

In the afternoon, Lin Baicheng continued to visit Kuala Lumpur accompanied by the commissioner.

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Prime Minister's Office.

The current Prime Minister of Malaya is Hussein Aoun, the third Prime Minister of Malaya. His father was the first Chairman of Umno. Therefore, as the current Chairman and Prime Minister of Umno, he has very great power. It can be said that He is the most powerful person in Malaya.

UMNO, the Malay ruling party, is the largest political party in Malaya.

Unlike the United States, the strength of the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party may rise and fall at certain stages, but it is difficult to completely suppress the other party. They are two parties tied together.

Umno, on the other hand, is the dominant party in Malaya, at least for now.

"What do you think of Mr. Lin, the richest man from Xiangjiang?"

Sitting opposite Hussein Aoun was Malayan Foreign Minister Maken Haza.

"Very young, very young!"

Makenhaza talked about his first sense, and continued: "But he looks young, and his behavior does not look like a young man at all. He looks like a middle-aged man, and he is very knowledgeable. It’s not like he never went to college.”

"It seems that the richest man in Hong Kong has his own unique qualities."

Hussein Aoun was slightly surprised, and then said: "But that's right. He can become the richest man in Hong Kong. It is said that he has a net worth of nearly 10 billion US dollars. If he is only a young man in his twenties, then even if he can work hard for so much I can’t keep my wealth.”

"It's better if he is a powerful person, so that his investment in us can help us more and contribute to economic development."

"For foreign investors, we need to show a better side of Malaya and let them see Malaya's development potential. We must treat it differently from local capital to prevent others from misunderstanding us."

"That's what you said, Mr. Aoun."

Makenhaza naturally nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"But Mr. Aoun, Mr. Lin did not come here alone. He came here with Mr. Guo. It seems that the two of them have a good relationship. Do you think his investment will cooperate with Mr. Guo and the others?"

Hussein Aoun knew who Mr. Guo he was talking about, and immediately said: "It is normal to cooperate with one or two friends. We should not interfere more."

"Mr. Aoun, this is an investment of US$500 million. No matter which industry it is invested in, it can bring huge changes to the relevant industry."

Makanhaza reminded him aloud that he was not being too straightforward. Many well-informed Malay capitalists already knew about this and wanted Lin Baicheng to cooperate with them so that they could profit from it.

"We absolutely cannot interfere with what investors want to invest. As long as it is within the scope of investment, even if we feel that investing in this industry rather than investing in another industry is better for economic development, we cannot interfere with the investor's decision. At most, we can only make certain decisions." Highly recommended.”

Hussein Aoun solemnly reminded him, fearing that the people below would cause chaos and scare away the investors.

Although this investor has invested 10 to 20 million U.S. dollars in the training base, compared with the huge investment of 500 million U.S. dollars, those 10 to 20 million U.S. dollars are nothing at all.

"Don't worry, all departments attach great importance to this investment, and no one will mess around."

"I'm just worried that the people below are blind, so we have to keep a close eye on them."

Hussein Aoun said that as a supporter of the New Economic Policy, he certainly knew what he should do, so he said: "When I meet with Mr. Lin tomorrow, I will introduce several domestic business projects to Mr. Lin." I hope there can be some cooperation between them."

Of course, the business people he introduced could only be Malay capital. When he mentioned the new economic policy, I believed that Lin Baicheng would be able to understand what he meant as long as he was smart.

In Hussein Aoun's view, as long as Lin Baicheng's investments are more in cooperation with Malays, then there is nothing wrong with cooperation with several Chinese families. As for who Lin Baicheng wants to cooperate with, he will not interfere.

No matter what, Hussein Aoun, as Prime Minister, will not forcefully require investors to cooperate with a certain businessman. At most, he will only hint or make connections. Investors can make their own decisions whether to cooperate or not.

June 8th.

Lin Baicheng formally met with the Malayan Prime Minister Hussein Aoun. He was accompanied by some high-level officials in Malaya and Malay capitalists as social figures.

Officials aside, Lin Baicheng got to know each of the businessmen introduced by Hussein Aoun enthusiastically. Regardless of whether we cooperate or not, there is definitely no harm in getting to know each other first, at least we won't offend anyone.

During the exchange, Lin Baicheng saw Hussein Aoun's hint. He also said that in addition to cooperating with Guo Henian and his friends, he would also cooperate more with "local" businessmen.

Hussein Aoun certainly understood what Lin Baicheng meant by ‘local’, and he was very satisfied with it.

As for Lin Baicheng's investment idea of ​​cooperating with farmers, he said he could consider it and wait for details after he has inspected it.

Hussein Aoun was really not fooling Lin Baicheng. After listening to Lin Baicheng's general idea, he knew that successful cooperation would be beneficial to farmers, but it involved a lot, so it needed to be carefully considered. It was impossible not to think about it without thinking. Just agreed directly.

As long as Hussein Aoun didn't refuse immediately, Lin Baicheng thought he could accept it, and it was normal to consider it.

At noon, Lin Baicheng had dinner with the Prime Minister and others. In the evening, he accepted the invitation of several Malay businessmen and attended the banquet hosted by them.