April 7, 1981.

The day after Zhang Shaojie came to Singapore.

"Mr. Zhang, are you still used to hotels in Singapore?" Chen Xinyuan asked.

"Not bad! The hotel in Singapore is very clean and hygienic, and the service attitude is better than that of Hong Kong! Zhang Shaojie said.

Chen Xinyuan said with a smile: "That's true, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is extremely strict on hygiene, hotel services and so on!" Hong Kong, the environment is too generous, and the service quality is not as good as Singapore! ”

Zhang Shaojie agreed, saying: "Nowadays, Hong Kong people hire as many as 10,000 Filipino maids to serve themselves, and they are inevitably arrogant and unable to serve others with a correct attitude. ”

Chen Xinyuan was surprised: "When did Filipino maids become popular in Hong Kong?" ”

Zhang Shaojie said in his heart: "Hehe, the specific number may not be tens of thousands, but it has gradually become a popular trend!" ”

Employing Filipino maids is a bad habit and disease in developed areas that has been criticized by many people of insight.

The most serious area for Filipino domestic helpers is Hong Kong!

Hong Kong people hired Filipino maids, which began to show signs in the 80s. By the beginning of the 21st century, the number of Filipino maids in Hong Kong had reached 150,000!

A city with a population of several million, in order to be decent and luxurious, needs to hire 150,000 Filipino servants to serve itself. If, under such circumstances, economic development can be done well, it would be a strange thing.

The crew of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" held a press conference in Singapore.

Zhang Shaojie's influence in Singapore is not as good as that of Hong Kong and Taiwan. On the contrary, the media in Singapore are more interested in Wu Dairong!

Goh Dai Rong is a native of Singapore, and before last year, he was just a newcomer to Singapore's film and television industry.

However, this unpopular newcomer went to Hong Kong and actually jumped into the dragon gate and became one of the leading actors in "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

The handsome and handsome Wu Dairong, after the costume stills appeared on Singapore's TV stations and newspapers, quickly aroused the attention of Singaporean citizens and widespread attention!

"Superstar Wu Dairong, Returns to Singapore to Promote 'The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty'", "Handsome Singaporean Guy Popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Wu Dairong", "The Legend of Wu Dairong, From Dragon to Superstar"

A series of news pushed Wu Dairong to the cusp of the storm. And Wu Dairong, who was surprisingly hyped by the media in Singapore, is undoubtedly more interested in the promotion of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

The crew of "Datang", Tsui Hark, Gu Long and others, began to work with the staff of Golden Harvest Cinema Line to continuously start the commercial operation of using Wu Dairong's sudden popularity in Singapore to build momentum for the release of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"!

When Wu Dairong became the darling of the Singapore media and gave interviews everywhere.

Zhang Shaojie and Lin Qingxia visited the natural and cultural scenery of Singapore under the guidance of Zheng Huiyu, a local girl in Singapore. Investigate Singapore's market, economy, and cultural environment!

After coming to Singapore, Zhang Shaojie's attention was the most important, that is, the locals in Singapore are more disciplined than Hong Kong people and are more willing to obey the collective.

Moreover, although Singapore is also a talented region, it is an open-minded reader and vigorously promotes the rule of law.

This kind of legal system would be difficult to spread if it were loose and loose open boiled politics, but Singapore adopted the rule of reading talents, and quickly promoted Singapore to a civilized society with a legal system.

And it is responsible for the media in Singapore to express their opinions. If you think that you can spread rumors casually because of freedom of speech, then you will definitely be sued immediately.

In addition, in Singapore, which advocates the rule of law, the shareholders of the media are controlled by Temasek Fund, and as the boss of the media, it is their own freedom to publish whatever they want. It is also the freedom of media shareholders not to publish your article because they do not agree with your views.

In this regard, Zhang Shaojie understood at a deeper level - "Freedom of public opinion refers to the freedom of the media boss to control public opinion in his own media!" ”

Except for the media. Zhang Shaojie is in Singapore, and he feels the influence of Lee Kuan Yew in all aspects!

Singapore's founding father has reached the extreme of his ability to control the country.

Public opinion, economy, politics, military, education, health

Even Lee Kuan Yew has a habit of cleanliness, and Singapore's attention to hygiene has reached the extreme, so Singapore has become the cleanest and cleanest "garden city" in the world.

Because, the Lee family controls the side of Singapore, and Singapore is nicknamed "Lee Jiapo".

Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, was not necessarily an international strategist, but certainly an expert in economic construction.

Since the 60s, when Singapore was able to read power, Lee Kuan Yew quickly built this poor and white town into one of the four economically developed Asian tigers, and it can be seen that the elite group is not necessarily a very bad choice.

Whether a country is a scholar, or a boiler, it is not a fundamental pursuit.

The most fundamental pursuit of the people of any country is to live a prosperous and beautiful life. For Singapore, reading is a system that can bring prosperity and a better life to Singaporeans.

In fact, in international business competition, it is often the company that reads talents, which has better development and stronger earning power than the company of Mingzhuo.

Some giants in Silicon Valley, such as Apple, Intel and other companies, have also adopted the way of comparative reading, which has achieved successful development and enabled the company to survive the difficulties.

And the free-spirited, open-boiled Fairchild company has always been the most famous failure case in Silicon Valley. Fairchild made the mistake of herding sheep, allowing employees to choose research projects independently, rather than commanding and controlling, and in the end, this atmosphere could only make a group of elite talents become a rabble.

And a group of people, doing business together. To succeed, the most important thing is to have an absolute authority, to order others, to unify thoughts. In this way, it is possible to succeed in the business.

Since the establishment of Singapore, there have always been doubts about whether such a small country can survive. But fortunately, Singapore has an iron-fisted strongman like Lee Kuan Yew, who controls all aspects of the country's political, military, and economic power.

At the same time, Singapore has established an investment fund with Temasek Sovereign Fund at its core.

Through large-scale investment in industry, shipping, tourism, finance and other aspects, Singapore has developed from an economically backward small city to an economic entity one of the "Four Asian Tigers".

Of course, although Singapore is politically talented, it has great reference significance for other economies in the fields of economic construction, anti-corruption, people's livelihood and so on.

Singapore, for example, pursues "state capitalism".

In '74, a Temasek sovereign fund was set up with a capital of US$70 million, putting Singapore's "state capitalism" on the right track.

Although Temasek is privately incorporated and controlled, its mission is to "contribute to Singapore's economic development by nurturing world-class companies through effective oversight and strategic business investments." ”

Since its establishment, Temasek Fund has progressively acquired properties in Singapore's political axe holdings and acquired stakes in listed companies.

The core enterprises of Singapore's economy have been controlled by Temasek. Temasek's assets also swelled rapidly, and by '81, Temasek's assets had exceeded US$1 billion.

After achieving stable profits, Temasek began to support the growth and listing of small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore through venture capital, and incubated a large number of listed companies.

As Temasek's portfolio and holdings of small businesses grew, by the beginning of the 21st century, Temasek's net worth exceeded US$50 billion, excluding liabilities.

In addition, Temasek Fund has gradually extended its investment tentacles to Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Europe and other major regions. A large number of banks such as Bankdanamon, International Bank Indonesia, Permata Bank and so on. and long-term strategic investments in China's China Construction Bank, Minsheng Bank, Bank of China, Standard Chartered Bank, etc.

Temasek's sovereign wealth fund has not only achieved significant returns by taking a stake in a large number of companies in and outside Singapore. In addition, the diversification of capital into high-quality enterprises around the world also avoids the risk of the fragility of Singapore's local economy, so that Singapore's economy has gained a new development engine of "attacking and retreating".

"Lee Kuan Yew is not simple, if Singapore does not have Lee Kuan Yew's iron-fisted rule, it will not develop into one of the four Asian tigers!" Zhang Shaojie sighed.

"I've almost forgotten that Shaojie is also a famous historical research scholar and social science writer! Visiting Singapore, is it necessary to write a new chapter of "The Rise of Great Powers"? Lin Qingxia quipped.

Zhang Shaojie shook his head and said: "Although Singapore's economic development is good, it has never had a world-class influence. It can only be regarded as a small country. ”

Lin Qingxia smiled: "Ha, then it is more promising!" "The Rise of Great Powers" is said to sell 5 million copies in China alone. The circulation of 9 copies of "The Rise of a Great Power" can most of them exceed "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"! If you make persistent efforts and write a set of "The Rise of a Small Country" or something, isn't it another bestseller brand? ”

Zhang Shaojie said: "Singapore's development can also find a shadow in the trajectory of the development of various major countries in "The Rise of Great Powers". However, the development of the world's big countries is more balanced and the layout is more far-reaching, as long as it is paved for decades or hundreds of years, it will begin to accumulate and become a world power! Singapore's growth is roughly equivalent to running a conglomerate of millions of employees. Countries and regions with a population of more than 50 million are more than 10 times more difficult to replicate Singapore's economic development experience. With a population of more than 100 million, it is impossible to succeed by learning from Singapore's experience! ”

When Zhang Shaojie was talking, a laugh came from behind him, and he said: "Where don't we meet at the end of the world, I actually met Mr. Zhang Shaojie overseas, and I am even more fortunate to listen to you explain politics and economics courses!" ”

Zhang Shaojie and Lin Qingxia were surprised, and looked at several middle-aged people, smiling not far from them.

(To be continued)