The journey starts from the Titanic

Merely resettling the Chinese immigrants returning from Europe, Meihua Company will build a house of millions of square meters.There is no other company in Nanyang that can provide so much wood, so Meihua can only get enough food and clothing.At the same time, it is possible to organize forestry workers for military training, which is a simple matter of accomplishing this.

Seeing that the meeting was a little off topic, Li Yuanshan immediately corrected it: "Everyone, back to the Chinese Business Tin Association we mentioned just now. I have drafted a few points for your reference. First..."

After the war, the British tin merchants returned to Malaya. Therefore, the Chinese tin merchants faced great pressure. Under the call of Li Yuanshan, they reached a consensus and established the Chinese tin merchants' association to join hands and use collective strength to cooperate with the British tin merchants. competition.

Li Yuanshan persuaded several Chinese tin merchants to join Li's Tin Company, not only to control a large number of tin mines from the raw materials, but also to build tin processing plants in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Singapore and other places.

Because the raw materials produced by Li's own tin mine cannot meet the production capacity of the tin processing plant, Li's Tin Company signed purchase agreements with several Chinese tin miners on the spot, and used orders to draw these Chinese tin miners into itself. In the camp.

At the same time, American and Chinese Bank provided loans to tin miners cooperating with Lee Tin Company to help them import American machinery and equipment.

Driven by their interests, the participating Chinese tin miners not only joined the Tin Association, but also borrowed money from the American and Chinese Bank to purchase machines.Even the king of tin mining, Hu Guolian, is no exception. He knows the power of British tin commercial machines to mine tin ore. If he does not update the equipment in time, he will be caught up by other Chinese tin miners in the association.

The US-China Bank loan is actually very affordable, which is to allow the Association's tin mines to produce future tin production as a mortgage.For tin merchants who intend to introduce machine mining, they only need to sell the tin produced in the future to Li's Tin Company, and Li Yuanshan's price is not low, which is a particularly cost-effective thing.They thought for a while, and immediately agreed.

Situ Nan calculated it in his heart, and Li's Tin Company almost included tin merchants participating in the meeting. Since the establishment of the association, more than 20 Chinese tin miners have joined.

These tin miners are representatives of the Malayan Chinese tin mining industry. Under their demonstration, the remaining small and medium tin traders had to join them.Later, the membership of the Chinese Tin Merchants Association reached 150.

Compared with thousands of Chinese tin merchants, this number is actually not much at all. Under the manipulation of giants such as Li's Tin Company, a large number of small Chinese tin mines with weak strength have closed down one after another, and they have been closed down by other big tin miners. With the annexation, those tin workers who went bankrupt had to walk into the mine or tin processing factory of the Lee Tin Company.

Chapter 42-A promise of gold, Tan Kah Kee (Part 1)

Driven by interests, more and more Chinese tin miners applied to join the Chinese Business Tin Association. They borrowed money from the American China Bank, purchased machines, expanded production scale, and sold tin sand to Lee's Tin Company to repay the loan. .

Even the king of tin mining, Hu Guolian, is no exception. He knows the power of the British tin commercial machine to mine tin ore. If he does not update the equipment in time, let alone fight against the British tin traders, he may be caught up by other Chinese tin miners in the association. .

Hu Guolian scolded with a smile: "The Li's Tin Company almost earned the tin merchants who participated in the meeting, and the heroes of the world have all fallen into the Li's family."

These tin miners are representatives of the Malayan Chinese tin mining industry. Under their demonstration, the remaining small and medium tin traders had to join them.Later, the membership of the Chinese Tin Merchants Association reached 150.

Due to the good tin market in the international market, under the leadership of the Chinese Tin Industry Association, Chinese tin merchants were shaken by the capital and technology provided by Meihua, and gradually became a presence that could compete with British merchants.This is a matter of mutual benefit, and Meihua Company will also benefit greatly from organizing the Chinese tin trade industry.

Due to business dealings with many Chinese tin merchants, American-Chinese Bank opened branches in major cities where the Nanyang Tin Industry was developed and became the internal bank of the Nanyang Chinese Tin Association. It has tens of millions of funds engaged in tin industry investment every year. Turnover at American Hua Bank.

While holding the funds of these Chinese businessmen, U.S.-China Bank also obtained information from the Chinese businessmen.Through these Chinese businessmen walking in Nanyang, the Zhi Gong Dang is quietly establishing an intelligence network all over Nanyang.

Compared with thousands of Chinese tin merchants, this number is actually not much at all. Under the manipulation of giants such as Li's Tin Company, a large number of small Chinese tin mines with weak strength have closed down one after another, and they have been closed down by other big tin miners. With the annexation, some of the tin workers who went bankrupt had to go into the Li's Tin Company's mineral or tin processing plant, or into the Meihua Company's farm to make a living.Many people have therefore embarked on the road of revolution.

Situ Nan, the man behind the bankruptcy of millions of Chinese tin merchants, is not ashamed at all.

Even if the numerous hand-crafted tin industry among Chinese businessmen did not have Situ Nan's hands, they would lose out and go bankrupt in the capital competition with Britain and the Netherlands.

Without policy protection, if Chinese tin merchants want to occupy the Nanyang tin market, they must not only pay more, but also be ruthless.For the survival of the fittest, only large-scale monopolistic Chinese tin miners can survive and develop under the competition of British and Dutch tin miners.

Although Situ Nan draws a large amount of funds from the United States to invest in Meihua Company every year, these funds are not only used for the immigration development, material storage, and personnel training of Nanyang, but also for the development of Nanyang's rich resources. It is impossible for those in the market Chinese capital that failed in the competition pays the bill.If certain tin miners cannot support the wall, Meihua can only find someone who can support the wall to replace them.Only by making more money, can Meihua Company have more spare capacity to support Nanyang's independent business.

Intervention in the tin industry is the first step in the development of Situ Nan's Nanyang. After the initial layout of the tin industry, Situ Nan also took a fancy to the rubber industry.

The merchants in Bincheng will benefit Situ Nan a lot, and getting to know a bunch of wealthy Nanyang businessmen allows him to find the fastest and most direct way to enter the Nanyang rubber industry, which is to find a joint venture and find a Chinese business from Nanyang.So Situ Nan appointed Tan Kah Kee to board the William.

Tan Kah Kee walked into the William in a simple suit, secretly stunned by the luxury of the ship, as did the ancient emperors.This boat is almost worth half of his net worth.

"Uncle Chen, hello, and welcome to the William." Situ Nan greeted Chen Kah Kee enthusiastically. Seeing a young man in his twenties who came with Tan Kah Kee, he asked casually, "This is?"

"Hello, Mr. Situ. My name is Li Guangqian and I am Mr. Chen's assistant." Li Guangqian said generously.

"Li Guangqian?" Situ Nan looked at Li Guangqian with great interest, wearing glasses, gentle, clear and introverted eyes, and being able to become Chen Kah Kee's assistant is naturally a shrewd person.

"Oh, you are Uncle Chen's son-in-law, right? I remember, Brother Li." Situ Nan smiled.

"Huh?" Situ Nan's words made Li Guangqian dumb. Li Guangqian's face turned red for a short time, and he quickly explained: "Mr. Situ, you made a mistake. I am not Mr. Li's son-in-law. I am not married yet."

"Ah? I was wrong?" Situ Nan was taken aback, and thought: Didn't Li Guangqian marry Chen Kah Kee's eldest daughter, and later started his own business, made a fortune through investment in the rubber industry, and finally became another rubber king in Nanyang?Well, maybe the time is not up yet!

Situ Nan realized that his thoughts were a bit "forward".But being able to bring Li Guang to the William ship shows that Tan Kah Kee valued Li Guangqian, and he would not be hired as a son-in-law if he did not come later.

Fortunately, Tan Kah Kee and Li Guangqian were not angry at Situ Nan's nonsense.Situ Nan smiled sadly, and said, "A talent like Brother Li has a bright future. I have a woman and I want to hire you as my son-in-law. Uncle Chen, don't you think so?"

Tan Kah Kee's expression was stagnant, and he was taken aback for a moment, and said to his heart, why did this Situ Nan mention this again?Feeling more anxious than me?However, this kid is not too young, and the eldest daughter seems to have reached her age...

Tan Kah Kee thought for a while, nodded unexpectedly.

Doesn't seem to disagree?

Li Guangqian's face turned even redder. At this moment, the beautiful figure of the Chen family appeared in his mind. His heart was hot and even more excited, but he did not dare to turn his head to look at Chen Kah Kee next to him.

The boss doesn’t really want to marry my daughter, right?Suddenly this thought came to his mind.

Li Guangqian's expression fell into Situ Nan's eyes, he was amused secretly, and it seemed that Li Guangqian, who was in his twenties, was also worried.

Although Tan Kah Kee and Li Guangqian have not yet formed a son-in-law, it does not prevent Situ Nan from developing a good impression of the son-in-law. He knows that the son-in-law and Weng are very similar in their lives. They also have business talents, are also upright, and have a strong patriotism. Heart, enthusiasm for charity, countless donations to schools, leaving a good story in history.When Situ Nan invested in the rubber industry, he immediately thought of the husband and wife.

After a small but real joke, the two sides entered the subject.Since Situ Nan could not stay in Nanyang for a long time, and Tan Kah Kee would deal with more of the head of Meihua Company in the future, Situ Nan specially recruited Yao Hongmin.

Yao Hongmin was the first to speak: "Mr. Chen, there is no doubt about the credibility and strength of our Meihua Company. The credibility of Qianyi Company and Mr. Chen are also well-known in Nanyang, so we can talk openly if we have words."

"Really. Our Qianyi company also values ​​this cooperation very much. If Manager Yao has any good suggestions, just let it be said." Tan Kah Kee nodded and said.

"It's true that our company, Meihua, has invested a lot in the rubber industry. Many rubber plantations have been opened in the Philippines, Medan and other places. Those are new seedlings, which have been planted for less than two years, but we are optimistic about rubber, so More rubber fields will be opened in the future. The initial investment amount is 3 million U.S. dollars." Yao Hongmin smiled and paused briefly to observe Tan Kah Kee's expression.

$3 million?Almost 7 million silver dollars!I want to expand the rubber plantation and sell tin mines and fruit canning factories to raise funds. It is almost smashing the pot and selling iron. However, Meihua Company will spend 7 million silver dollars without blinking. It is really incomparable!

Tan Kah Kee sighed inwardly.He knew that he had just invested tens of millions of silver dollars in the tin industry, and now he suddenly took out such a large sum of money to invest in the rubber industry, which is really rich.No wonder you can open such a luxurious cruise?

Tan Kah Kee looked at Situ Nan who was silent, and couldn't touch the other side's thoughts in his heart.Since the other party is so rich, why do you find yourself?

"Mr. Chen, you must also know about Li's Tin Company? Actually, our Meihua Company also wants to cooperate with Qianyi Company similar to Li's Tin Company. If we cooperate, the management of the company will be left to Mr. Chen. , Meihua will not intervene, but Meihua will play some guiding role in financial supervision and rubber sales." Yao Hongmin said.

so good?The other party invested in its own company, but as the major shareholder, Meihua Company asked the company to manage it. Although there is an example of Li's Tin Industry Company, Yao Hongmin’s suggestion really subverted Tan Kah Kee’s imagination. How can anyone give money to others? To do business?

"Mr. Yao's love makes me a little flattered. I take the liberty to ask, why did you choose our Qianyi company?" Chen Kah Kee asked.He knew that with Meihua's conditions, he could definitely find a large number of collaborators.

"That's a good question! Before that, Mr. Li will answer me a question first?" Situ Nan interrupted, "Mr. Chen, as far as I know, you live a simple life, often serve sauerkraut, but donate so much money. Why did you build Jimei School? I know that other Chinese businessmen are also enthusiastic about education, but they can't think of you like this."

Tan Kah Kee did not expect the other party to know him so much, even knowing that he donated to build Jimei School.Although somewhat abrupt, Tan Kah Kee chose to answer.

"It is my always wish to benefit Sangzi and return to my hometown. Actually, I don't need Jinyi meat. Rather than spend my money on personal enjoyment, I might as well do something good. A few dollars in our opinion, but enough Let a child in my hometown go to school for a year. Can’t this change a child’s life?"

Tan Kah Kee said with emotion.

This made Situ Nan feel ashamed. Although his William Foundation spent much more money than Tan Kah Kee, Situ Nan couldn't be as clean and thorough as Tan Kah Kee, and his mental consciousness was not so high. He asked him to use all his wealth to do good deeds. , Unless he is dying, it is possible.

Of course, the greedy Situ Nan did not intend to change anything in this regard.He seemed to have expected Tan Kah Kee to say this early, nodded, and praised: "Uncle Chen's heart of deficit is touching. When we choose partners, the first is to pay attention to the integrity of each other. Meihua has many partners, But only people like Uncle Chen are Meihua's intimate friends. Who knows the reputation of Uncle Chen and his sons in Nanyang? If you leave the company to you, what can we worry about?"

"Oh? You know that too?" Chen Kah Kee asked with a smile.

Chapter 43-A promise of gold, Tan Kah Kee (Part 2)