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Guo Songyan took a private plane from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore early in the morning to accompany Zhang Ke and Sun Shangyi to have breakfast together. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It is only a three- or four-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, and for Guo Songyan, who owns a private jet, rushing over to have breakfast with Zhang Ke and Sun Shangyi is as convenient as leaving home to work at the company.

Sun Jingmeng didn't want to participate in any business activities, so she left the hotel early to go to school.

Sitting in the luxurious restaurant on the top floor of the Fullerton Hotel, you can see the Singapore River soaked in the glow of the rising sun, and the prosperity of the land of projectiles seems to converge in this sparkling river.

"Singapore is all about tourism, and there are all kinds of hotels and hostels everywhere, but when it comes to architectural beauty, the whole of Singapore, probably only the government buildings and the High Court can compete with the Fullerton Hotel. This was once the General Post Office of Singapore, and at the beginning of the century, it was a building where all kinds of people in Singapore sent and received their nostalgia and wishes......" Kwok Songyan introduced Zhang Ke to the historic hotel building where he stayed.

Last night in the Jingmeng apartment for a long time, to the airport to pick up Sun Shangyi back to the hotel has been eleven o'clock, Zhang Ke has not had time to appreciate the beauty of the classical architecture of the Fullerton Hotel, the Fullerton Hotel is a landmark hotel in Singapore, Singapore arranged them to live here, naturally also very attentive.

"When I got off the plane, I received a call from Singapore that Temasek Senior Director Lee Hsien Seng would take the time to accompany us on a tour of the Singapore Ports Group ......," Kwok said.

"Oh......" Zhang Ke responded, and did not ask why the Singapore side suddenly raised the reception specifications, Sun Shangyi looked at it with some doubts.

Lee Hsien Seng is a core member of the Lee family in Singapore, a senior official of Singapore's Ministry of Finance, and one of the decision-makers of Temasek Investment Group.

Zhang Ke didn't feel particularly honored because of this, frowning slightly, he would rather receive a normal reception in Singapore than have a headache to consider the reason why Li Xiancheng came forward to receive him.

On the way to breakfast, Guo Songyan received a phone call, put down the phone, and said, "Mr. Li Xiancheng arrived at the hotel earlier than I expected......

"Alas," Zhang Ke sighed lightly, feeling that he couldn't even settle down for breakfast, such a high-level reception was still rare, thinking so in his heart, but he had to drop the tableware in his hand with Sun Shangyi and the others, and followed Guo Songyan out of the restaurant to greet him as a sign of respect.

Lee Hsien Seng is about 40 years old, medium build, thin face, and thinning hair on his forehead, as a core member of the Lee family in Singapore, his appearance is somewhat similar to that of the people of Singapore who regard him as the father of the nation. Zhang Ke shook hands with him and listened to Guo Songyan help them introduce. Zhang Ke was thinking about how to greet him appropriately, but Li Xiancheng said: "I have always wanted to see the heroes who created Kumho with my own eyes, and I only rushed back to Singapore last night, and I didn't dare to call rashly, I have to know that Mr. Guo is also coming to Singapore, and I also ask him to help me introduce me, I hope it won't be too abrupt......"

"Where?" Zhang Ke said with a smile, "It's time for me to visit......

Guo Songyan has a close relationship with the generation of Li Xiancheng of the Li family, so he invited Li Xiancheng to have breakfast with them.

Although the names of the members of the Lee family in Singapore are almost invisible on the list of Chinese businessmen, no Chinese family can stand up and claim to have greater influence and stronger economic power than the Lee family in the Chinese community.

At this time, Singapore's relationship with the mainland seems to have the sweetness of a honeymoon period, and the economic cooperation is also unusually close, but in fact it is inseparable, which has a lot to do with the political ambitions of the Lee family in Singapore. After the economic rise of the mainland, the trend of a great power has gradually become a big country, and the political status of the Lee family in Singapore in the Chinese circle has become more and more marginalized, and it is inevitable that there will be a strong sense of political loss.

Kumho cannot lose the support of Singapore at this time, whether it is the construction of Dongshan Island or Sinochip Microchip, it needs the financial and technical support of Singapore, but considering that China-Singapore relations may be cold in the future, it is necessary to avoid Kumho penetrating too deeply into Singapore. For this reason, apart from normal business dealings, Zhang Ke does not want to develop many close "personal relationships" with members of the Lee family in Singapore, which is the main reason why he occasionally passes through Singapore but rarely stays.

Sitting in the luxurious restaurant on the top floor of the Fullerton Hotel, it seems that he can hear the sound of the gurgling water of the Singapore River, Li Xiancheng elegantly handles the knife and fork, and said with a smile: "For this cooperation between Kumho and us, we also prepared a supplementary plan earlier, but it seems a little out of place at this time, I am very much looking forward to making you a friend, thinking that it may not hurt to communicate in private......"

Zhang Ke thought to himself: Since you know that it is inappropriate, don't say it, but there was a slight smile on his face, and he said: "It is my honor to have the opportunity to learn from my predecessors." ”

"Zhongjing Microchip wants to acquire and charter a wafer factory, and build a new higher-end wafer factory, in order to complete the industrial layout from 0.35 microns to 0.18 microns, as the largest shareholder, Kumho will have to bear at least $1.4 billion in capital contribution obligations......" Li Xiancheng habitually touched his forehead with thinning hair when he spoke, "We didn't expect Kumho to get such a huge amount of money from Quantum Online and Global Music Online, so we thought of Kumho as the most outstanding Chinese company in recent years. As a shining star in the Chinese business community, Temasek should not sit idly by while Kumho is in trouble, so we have developed a supplementary plan in advance that can alleviate Kumho's financial pressure. Now that this seems to be completely out of place, Kumho's business operations on Quantum Online and Global Music Online are truly amazing......"

The so-called supplementary plan is probably that Temasek Investment Group will inject capital into Kumho's core enterprises, and then the core enterprises of Kumho will complete the task of investing in Zhongjing Microchip?

As two of Singapore's most secretive investment groups, Temasek rarely releases financial information to the outside world, and Zhang Ke probably knows that Temasek Investment Group's investment in the mainland in recent years has been between HK$150 billion and HK$200 billion.

If Temasek's infiltration can be tolerated, Kumho will indeed not have to worry too much about the source of funds in the future.

Obviously, the Guo Songyan Guo family, Chen Wencong Chen family, Ma Wenqu Ma family, He Zhaokui He family and other families are relatively pure Chinese business groups, and they do not have particularly strong political ambitions, and forming a close alliance with them will help expand Kumho's influence in the Chinese business circle, and there is no need to worry about political risks. In addition, although the Chinese merchant families such as Guo, Chen, Ma, and He were all wealthy, they did not have the advantage of suppressing Kumho in terms of economic strength, and in the process of two-way infiltration, Kumho was able to occupy a dominant position.

Temasek Investment Group and the Singapore government behind it have intentions that may not be pure; What's more, Temasek has the strength to swallow the entire Kumho whale. Even if Temasek's influence can be limited to a limited extent, this kind of one-way penetration is not a situation that Zhang Ke wants to see, and the better option is to cooperate on specific projects, and there is no need to have too many scruples about working with Temasek, even the more mysterious government investment company.

Zhang Ke glanced at Sun Shangyi quietly, and Sun Shangyi smiled with Li Xiancheng and said: "Microsoft's $900 million has long been in our budget, but I am very grateful to Temasek for such thoughtful consideration of Kumho; With Mr. Lee's remarks, Kumho would have the courage to speak to Temasek if it really encountered any difficulties. ”

Guo Songyan was quite surprised: "Kumho is sure that Microsoft will agree to all your conditions? ”

"No, no, no," Zhang Ke shook his head and said with a smile, he was happy to divert the topic, "It was we who agreed to a lot of conditions in order to get Microsoft's $900 million, but there are some things that I can't talk about one by one now, I'm really sorry......"

Guo Songyan expressed understanding.

Seeing that Zhang Ke and Sun Shangyi showed little interest, Lee knew that this was not a good time to inject capital into Kumho, and even if Kumho reluctantly agreed to issue some shares to Temasek, he would not get a good price. I thought that Kumho's movements were so big, there would always be a time when the funds would be stuck in the neck and breathless, and that was the right time.

Sinochip Microchip's Xinpu factory, in which the Singapore authorities participated in the investment in the name of DBS Bank; The port construction project of Dongshan Island was invested by the Singapore authorities with the participation of the Singapore Port Group; Both companies are core companies of Temasek Investment Group. Through these two investment cooperations, Lee Hsien Sung also fully realized Kumho's excellence and rapid growth; In addition to these two points, Kumho's influence in China's business district is also extremely impressive - if Kumho can penetrate, it will definitely be a rare smart investment by Temasek in recent years, I thought that Kumho would forcibly promote the construction of two new wafer factories in Sinocrystal Microchip will be a good opportunity to enter, but I did not expect Kumho to get so much cash out of the Internet industry chain.