Zhang Yida finished his work inspection in Singapore and took a flight to Jakarta, Indonesia.

As soon as I got off the plane, I saw Li Chuan waiting here early outside the airport.

Behind Li Chuan, there were also three black Bentleys and two Toyotas parked domineeringly, which attracted the frequent sideways glances of passers-by.

Zhang Yida shook hands with Li Chuan and said with a smile: "Brother Li, I am flattered by such a big show!"

"Haha!" Li Chuan smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Yida, my grandfather wants to see you." ”

Who was Li Chuan's grandfather? Li Wenzheng, chairman of the board of directors of Indonesia's Lippo Group, is a famous banker known as the "Indonesian Money King."

He wanted to see him, which surprised Zhang Yida and asked Li Chuan: "Is it now?"

"Yes. Li Chuan said, "I'll let other cars take your company's entourage to the hotel first! You can go directly to my house with me! My grandfather is waiting for you at home." ”

"That's good. ”

Being able to meet the legendary banker, Zhang Yida had no reason to refuse, and agreed very happily.

Subsequently, Zhang Yida instructed He Qingxuan and other entourages to stay in the hotel first, and then go to RPay company together tomorrow.

Zhang Yida and Li Chuan took a Bentley together, and the rest of the entourage got into two other Bentleys, one Toyota overlord opened the road in front, and the other Toyota overlord followed closely behind the convoy.

Although the team did not have motorcycles to open the way, it also gave Zhang Yida enough face.

After leaving the airport, the convoy was divided into two teams, taking two Bentleys to the city CBD with the accompanying people, and the Bentleys that Zhang Yida and Li Chuan were riding together drove to the suburbs under the protection of two domineering cars.

As soon as Zhang Yida got out of the airport, he noticed the powerful Chinese bodyguards in the two domineering cars, but Zhang Yida didn't talk much, and the events of 98 have already become a scar in the hearts of Indonesian Chinese.

For a Chinese chaebol like the Li family, it is very normal to have a few bodyguards when traveling, after all, the environment is not like that in China.

The convoy stopped in front of a manor covering an area of dozens of acres, and Zhang Yida got off the car to see that there were green spaces, swimming pools, stadiums, and aprons.

In the distance, a team of uniformed security guards led a big wolf dog on patrol, and this pomp and circumstance was worthy of being a chaebol that had been passed down for three or four generations.

Li Chuan beckoned Zhang Yida to walk towards the indoor villa area together, through a long corridor, and came to a study.

The study room is decorated in an antique style, and there is a desk in the center, behind which sits an old man in his eighties.

The old man was dressed in a Tang costume, his skin was saggy, his face was full of wrinkles, and his eyes were slightly closed, as if he was pretending to sleep.

"Grandpa, Mr. Zhang is here. Li Chuan reminded.

Zhang Yida put his feet together, bowed to Li Wenzheng, and said, "I've seen Mr. Li!"

Li Wenzheng said in Mandarin with a hint of Hokkien flavor: "Mr. Zhang is here! Sit down." ”

He turned his head to look at his grandson and said, "Xiaochuan, help me up." ”

Zhang Yida didn't sit down, and watched Li Chuan help the trembling Li Wenzheng up and sit down, and then sat down on the Taishi chair on the side.

After helping Li Wenzheng to sit firmly, Li Chuan sat down on the side.

Zhang Yida secretly looked at the famous banker, and before he came, he had already inquired with Qiandu.

Li Wenzheng was born in 1929 in Malang Town, East Java, Indonesia, and his ancestral home is Putian, Fujian, China.

In secondary school, he served as the president of the student union of the East Java Overseas Chinese School, and was arrested and imprisoned by the Dutch colonial government for organizing students to participate in the struggle against the Dutch colonists, and helping to carry out propaganda and deliver medicines.

After being deported in 1947, he returned to his homeland and was admitted to the Department of Philosophy of National Central University (now the Department of Philosophy of Southeast University) after a written examination and an interview.

He read Capital by heart and decided that all the evils in the world originated from imperialism and that only the Communist Party could save the world.

At the instigation of some classmates, he decided to go to Yan'an with his classmates via Tianjin after returning to Indonesia from Hong Kong, and wrote a letter to say goodbye to his lover Li Limei.

Ready to prepare the ferry ticket, before leaving, he received a reply from Li Limei, and the longing of his lover shook his revolutionary will.

Before getting on the boat, he asked his classmates to take a step first, and he wanted to think again. On that day, Typhoon Signal No. 3 had been hoisted under the Cyclone Warning Signal for Hong Kong and had been upgraded to Typhoon Signal No. 8 after the vessel had been on the road for half an hour. The storm swept in, and some ships were even swept ashore.

In the newspaper the next day, Li Wenzheng saw that the passenger ship bound for Tianjin caught fire and exploded due to the impact of chemicals on board, and all the passengers were spared.

In 1950, he returned to Indonesia, engaged in import and export trade, shipping, and slowly began to get involved in the banking industry after accumulating enough capital and contacts.

With vision and shrewdness, starting from scratch, breaking the old and creating the new, seeking survival in the variables, and winning in the business and sea games repeatedly.

He took charge of a number of banks one after another, and every time he put them on the right track, he started anew and chased new heights.

In his life, he encountered 5 bank run crises, all of which he resolved one by one.

Today, the Lippo Group, with assets of more than $20 billion, owns more than a dozen banks and financial companies with operations across the world.

At the same time that Zhang Yida was looking at Li Wenzheng, Li Wenzheng was also looking at Zhang Yida with a pair of cloudy eyes with a hint of shrewdness.

After a while, Li Wenzheng said slowly: "In my life, there is one thing that worries me the most, that is, I want to see the motherland's economy take off with my own eyes.

Finally, the day came. Only when the motherland is economically strong, can it be culturally and militarily strong.

When we overseas travelers work hard in a foreign country, we have the confidence and sense of security. ”

When he heard his grandfather say "a foreign country", Li Chuan's face changed, and he looked around again and again.

"What are you afraid of!" Li Wenzheng scolded his grandson, and continued to say to Zhang Yida: "Rich is rich, but others want to "kill pigs" and "kill pigs". Now that the motherland has become prosperous, I am very relieved!"

Speaking of this, Li Wenzheng, who is in his eighties, choked up several times, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Zhang Yida couldn't help but be a little moved, overseas Chinese still have a strong sense of belonging to the motherland.

Li Wenzheng took out a silk scarf and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. He turned his head to his grandson Li Chuan and said: "When I was a child, my grandmother, that is, your grandmother, said a sentence: "Go out to come back better."

Today I am telling you this sentence to let you remember that your roots are there. ”

Li Chuan was silent, and Indonesia's strange political situation and ethnic policies made him also feel close.

In May of the year he was 10 years old, he vividly remembered that one day, the chickens and dogs in the family were jumping, and all the adults were panicked, as if they were still packing their bags and were going to Singapore for refuge.

Thinking of those memories, Li Chuan's fists were also clenched tightly, and his eyes were full of flames of hatred.

Li Wenzheng continued: "In 92, Lippo Group had just entered the mainland, and the motherland at that time was really poor and white.

But at that time, I firmly believed that the motherland would take off in the 21st century.

The world economy shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and China became the light of Asia. ”

Basically, Li Wen is speaking, and Zhang Yida is listening. After Li Wenzheng finished talking about the motherland, he began to talk about Lao Tzu's theory, then jumped to nanotechnology, and finally talked about digital technology.

Zhang Yida is quite embarrassed, the old man in his eighties can still keep up with the times.

"In the area of the Internet, China has performed very prominently, and outstanding entrepreneurs such as Jack Ma, Boniema, and Robin Lee have emerged.

Of course, Mr. Zhang is also extremely good, and has created excellent Internet companies such as Ruixiang, Huimin Travel, and Yimin Netfinance at the age of a weak crown.

When I was your age, I was far inferior to you, and I was still running under the boat. ”

Zhang Yida smiled modestly and said: "What era was Elder Li in at that time, what era are we in at this time, the environment is completely different.

I was only lucky to step on the pulse of the times, but Li Lao overcame obstacles and overcome one difficulty after another to develop to where he is today.

Your inspirational story has always inspired those of us who are late to school to enter the Bolang business sea and move forward bravely. ”

Li Wenzheng bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I think Mr. Zhang's main career is also concentrated in the financial field, which is very similar to when I was young.

When I was 10 years old in elementary school, I had to pass by a European-style building when I was going to school from my home, and it was very spectacular, and the people in it were all dressed and energetic, and they were very busy, but there was nothing for sale in the store, and I was curious.

Later I learned that it was a Dutch-run bank, which mainly took deposits from the community and then gave the deposits to merchants who needed money at higher interest rates, and the bank made a profit from it.

At that time, I felt that the bank was just lending some people's money to other people, and the money could be "made money" in the process of taking it back and forth, which was very spirited and really a good business.

I thought to myself, I must be a banker when I grow up. ”

Zhang Yida smiled ashamedly and said: "We are a small P2P company, far from being comparable to a bank. Moreover, the threshold for the establishment of private banks in the country is very high.

Ruixiang Group has been applying for the establishment of a private bank, but it has been almost a year and has not received a definite reply from the regulator. ”

Li Wenzheng waved his hand and said, "Young man, be patient in your work! Don't be discouraged."

It took me ten years from the time I started running a boat in 1950 to taking over my first bank, Prosperity Bank.

And it was very lucky, I made $2,000 on a boat, and I was rumored to be $200,000.

Pirama Shari, the manager of Kee McMuran Bank, which was on the verge of collapse due to poor operations, was affected by the misinformation and visited me and asked me to invest $200,000 to save the bank.

I wanted to take over the bank and fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a banker.

But I only have $2,000, but fortunately, with the help of my fellow villagers in Fujian Province, I was able to raise enough $200,000.

It was also a turning point in my life and career. If there were no fellow villagers in Fujian Province, there would be no Lippo Group today.

I started a bank when I was 30 years old, and you will be able to start a bank before you are 30 years old. ”

"Haha" Zhang Yida complimented: "Then you accept your old auspicious words." ”

"I heard Xiaochuan say, Ruixiang wants to set up an industrial fund, right?"