As early as half a year ago, the boss of Genting Highlands in Malaysia came to Macau, inspected the operation of the casinos under Galaxy Entertainment, found Li Huahu, and invited Galaxy Entertainment and Genting Highlands to jointly operate Genting Casino in Malaysia.

After several rounds of negotiations, Li Huahu and Lin Wutong reached a consensus and signed an agreement for Galaxy Entertainment Company and Genting Highlands Company to jointly operate Genting Casino.

More than four months ago, Genting Highlands obtained a casino license, and Galaxy Entertainment sent some employees to Malaysia.

Thanks to the efforts of both parties, Genting Casino soon opened.

"The benefits are not as high as expected." Li Huahu sighed lightly, "Third brother, is it necessary for you to build a Genting Highlands company in which I invested in Lin Wutong?" ”

"You won't have talked to Lin Wutong about taking a stake in Genting Highlands, right?" Li Hualong asked rhetorically.

"After talking, the other party welcomes me to invest in Genting Highlands, but Lin Wutong is unwilling to give up his absolute controlling stake in Genting Highlands." Li Huahu said.

"If you don't take a stake in Genting Highlands, you only choose to associate with Genting Highlands, and when the casino is on the right track and the contract expires, Genting Highlands will have to get rid of Galaxy Entertainment and go it alone." Li Hualong smiled, "You directly ask Lin Wutong to give up the controlling stake in Genting Highlands, the other party may think that you want to annex this company, you can hold less shares, you find more local overseas Chinese wealthy businessmen in Malaysia to invest in Genting Highlands Company, check and balance each other, so that the cooperation will last for a long time." ”

"You don't have to look for rich overseas Chinese businessmen in Malaysia, right? Can't you find a wealthy overseas Chinese businessman in Singapore? Li Huahu asked.

"You can too. Things can be flexible. Don't be too stiff in your thinking. Li Hualong said with a smile.

Li Huahu nodded with a smile, and asked again: "Is it better for me to invest in the name of a person, or in the name of Galaxy Entertainment Company?" ”

Li Hualong smiled faintly and said, "You are the absolute controlling shareholder of Galaxy Entertainment Company. It's up to you to make up your own mind. ”

Li Huawen asked curiously: "Ah Long, are you not interested in investing in casinos in Malaysia?" ”

"Kind of interested." Li Hualong smiled, "Didn't Ah Hu say just now, Lin Wutong, the absolute controlling shareholder of Genting Plateau Company, doesn't want to lose his controlling stake, if I invest in shares, Ah Hu's share will be reduced." ”

"Big brother. Are you interested? Li Huahu asked with a smile, "I feel that you didn't invest in Galaxy Entertainment Company at the beginning." I regret it a little. ”

"It's a little regrettable, it's been just eight years since Galaxy Entertainment opened, and the dividends make me very red." Li Huawen smiled, "If you think you want to invest in a casino in Malaysia. If you can get a good return, if you can, I would like to take a stake in the Genting Highlands company you mentioned. ”

"I have already asked someone to investigate the situation of Genting Highlands, and from the information I have learned so far, it is very likely that this investment will be profitable according to the conditions proposed by Lin Wutong."

Li Huahu smiled and continued: "I plan to go to Malaysia in a few days to visit Genting Highlands Company. If you really take a stake in Genting Highlands. I'll find more partners, big brother, third brother. You all have to invest, and everybody owns 8 percent of the shares, how about that? ”

Li Hualong said: "I'll take a little less, five percent is enough, big brother, you have ten percent of the shares." ”

"Yes!" Li Huawen smiled and nodded. "Ah Long, I hope you and that Lin Wutong can talk about investment and shareholding smoothly."

Li Huahu smiled: "Big brother." You have figured it out, even if you succeed in taking a stake in Genting Highlands in the future, you may not be able to make money. ”

"Don't worry!" Li Huawen smiled and patted Li Huahu's shoulder, "Your eldest brother and I have been in the business world for 20 years, and we know that investment is risky. ”

Li Huahu joked: "Many people have been doing business all their lives, and when they are old, they overestimate their abilities and end up bankrupt!" ”

Li Huawen pretended to be displeased and said, "Do you want to see your eldest brother and me bankrupt?" ”

"Of course not." Li Huahu hurriedly shook his head and said, "I hope that our investment in Genting Highlands will be successful, and we will be able to obtain rich returns in the future!" ”

"I hope so." Li Huawen laughed and asked again, "By the way, you don't plan to invite Ye Han, Ye Deli and He Heshen to invest in Genting Highlands Company together?" ”

Li Huahu said: "I told them about this, Ye Han and Ye Deli made it clear that they would not invest, He H Shen is very interested in investing in Genting Highlands, and when I go to Malaysia, he will accompany me." ”

Li Hualong reminded: "Ah Hu, when you go to Malaysia, bring more bodyguards, don't be too troublesome, and before you go, take a few bodyguards to Malaysia to explore the way, arrange the itinerary in advance, safety first." ”

"I'll be careful, in two days, I'll send bodyguards to Malaysia." Li Huahu said, "By the way, third brother, I remember that you have dealt with Guo Henian, a wealthy Malaysian businessman, can you invite him to invest in Genting Highlands Company?" ”

"Yes." Li Hualong smiled and said, "Later, I will call Guo Henian, hoping that he will be interested in this investment." If he joins us in Genting Highlands, it will be in everyone's interest. ”

As early as 1960, Lee Hua Long had a business relationship with Kwok Hok Nian, when Kwok Ho Nian's career was just starting, and in 1959, he established the country's first sugar refinery, the Malayan Sugar Factory, in Penang in a joint venture with the Malay Federal Land Development Board. Guo Henian bought raw sugar from Thailand, processed it in his own sugar factory and sold it to various places, and he also bought cane sugar from Cuba and resold it to Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries and regions.

After Li Hualong became Guo Henian's partner, his Carrefour company retailed sugar produced by Guo Henian's sugar factory in Hong Kong, and at the same time, he also cooperated with Hong Kong's China Resources Company to sell the sugar to mainland China to make a difference.

In just a few years, Guo Henian took control of Malaysia's sugar industry, made huge profits, and was known as the "sugar king" of Malaysia.

In order to completely change the backward face of Malaysia's sugar industry that relies on imports. In 1968, Kwok Henian leased about 14,400 acres of land in Perlis from the Malaysian government to reclaim it as a plantation. Sugarcane was planted, and Perlis Plantation Co., Ltd. was established to engage in the cultivation and refining of sugar.

Although Malaysia has fertile land and a pleasant climate that is suitable for the growth of sugarcane, it mainly grows cash crops such as rice, pepper, cocoa, tobacco, cashew nuts, and rarely grows sugarcane. Therefore, it can be said that Kwok Henian created a precedent for large-scale sugarcane cultivation in Malaysia. With the expansion of the sugarcane area. The rapid growth of production at the Kok Hok Nien sugar mill has enabled Malaysia to take its first steps towards self-sufficiency in the sugar industry.

Li Huawen knew that Guo Henian was in the sugar business. Hearing his two younger brothers talking about him, he muttered, "I feel like the price of sugar is going to rise." ”

"Big brother, how could you have such a prediction?" Li Huahu smiled, "If the world sugar price really rises." You should consider investing in sugar futures, and if the prediction is correct, then you will definitely be able to make a good profit. ”

Li Huawen said lightly: "It's just a feeling, I haven't done research in this area." ”

"White sugar futures ......" Li Hualong muttered and said with a smile, "but you have to find a professional to study, if there are really signs that the world sugar price is going to rise, you can consider investing in sugar futures." ”

Li Hualong vaguely remembered that Guo Henian would become the Asian sugar king in the future. The reason why he was able to ascend to this throne is because he seized the opportunity of a wave of rising world sugar prices and purchased a large number of raw sugar reserves. He also invested heavily in sugar futures trading, with the rise in sugar prices, Guo Henian made a lot of profits, and his Kwok brothers monopolized the Malaysian sugar market, and also passed through guò multilateral trade, with an astonishing annual trading volume. It accounts for a large share of the international sugar market.

Although Li Hualong has some memories of Guo Henian's life trajectory, he is not a computer. These memories are a little vague, and I don't know when the world sugar price will rise, so he said that investing in sugar futures is not very serious, and he has the meaning of playing.

"You're not really going to invest in sugar futures, are you?" Li Huawen was surprised, "I just said nonsense. ”

"Don't worry, even if I want to invest, I will only test the water with a few million Hong Kong dollars." Li Hualong smiled, "If you lose, you will lose millions, it's not a big deal, if you make it, you can get several times the income." ”

"What if you make tens of millions?" Li Huawen joked with a smile, "Tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars are sprinkled with water for you." ”

"If you don't accumulate silicon steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. Li Hualong said a famous sentence from Xunzi.

"yes." Li Huawen smiled, "Your attitude towards doing business is better than mine." Even if you say you want to spend millions to test the water, I'm sure you'll take it seriously. ”

Li Hualong smiled noncommittally, a few months later, he really invested 8 million Hong Kong dollars to long sugar futures, and in just a few months, he obtained nearly three times the profit, and the success of this investment made him happy for a while.

The three of them were silent for a while, and Li Huahu asked with a smile: "Third brother, you have opened a number of hotels in Hong Kong, when are you going to invest in hotels overseas?" ”

"Uh......" Li Hualong pondered for a moment and smiled, "If I take a stake in Genting Highlands, next year, I may consider investing in a four-star hotel with three or four hundred rooms in Kuala Lumpur." ”

"I feel that the investment environment in Bangkok, Thailand is very good, and you can consider investing in hotels in Bangkok. ”

"I'm thinking about investing in hotels in Bangkok." Li Hualong said and nodded, "After Shengquan gets married next year, I may go to Bangkok." ”

Li Huawen smiled and said: "If you really decide to go to Bangkok to invest and operate a hotel, you need to prepare in advance, I can help you make a phone call, let Liyun's brothers and brothers help you inquire around, and when you go to Bangkok again, look at the information, and make a decision." ”

Li Hualong smiled: "Okay, big brother, I'm sorry for you!" ”

"You're welcome." Li Huawen smiled slightly and asked, "Wouldn't it be better to invest and operate a hotel overseas and find a local partner?" ”

Li Hualong asked with a smile: "You mean to let me and my four brothers-in-law jointly operate a hotel?" ”

Li Huawen smiled and said, "I'm just going to build it, you make up your own mind." ”

"Okay!" Li Hualong agreed, paused, and his tone changed, "However, I want absolute control." ”

"There should be no problem." Li Huawen made a return for the four brothers-in-law, "Over the years, my four brothers-in-law have received a lot of favors from you. ”

"Favors can't be talked about, mutual benefits." Li Hualong said with a smile.

Half an hour later, Li Hualong made a phone call to Guo Henian's home in Malaysia, and Guo Henian happened to be at home that day.

After a few words of greeting, Li Hualong went straight to the topic and asked: "Mr. Guo, my fourth brother Li Huahu intends to invest in Genting Highlands Company in Malaysia, he wants to find you to do R, is he interested in investing in this company?" ”

Guo Henian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and Li Hualong asked again: "Do you know the company Genting Plateau?" ”

"I know, more than half a year ago, the Genting Hotel under this company opened, and Malaysia's Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman attended the opening ceremony, and later, this company obtained the right to operate the gambling industry, and I heard that your fourth brother controlled the joint venture casino of Macau Galaxy Entertainment Company and Genting Highlands Company."

"Yes."

"Mr. Li, will you invest in this company?" Guo Henian asked with a smile.

"I intend to invest in this company, but my shareholding ratio will not be very large, I think if Lin Wutong is willing to give up the absolute controlling stake in Genting Highlands, then the future development prospects of this company are still very large." Li Hualong said with a smile.

"Mr. Li is interested in investing, and he will definitely be willing to ask me to do R." Guo Henian smiled, "How did your fourth brother and Lin Wutong talk?" ”

"The results have not been negotiated yet, and in a few days, he is going to go to Kuala Lumpur." Li Hualong paused and asked, "Mr. Guo, can you contact Mr. Lin Wutong first, what my fourth brother and I mean, Lin Wutong should not hold more than 40% of the shares of Genting Highlands Company, and when we invest in the shares, the market value of this company can be overestimated, which will not harm his interests." I believe that the combination of the strong and the strong will be conducive to the long-term development of Genting Highlands. ”

Guo Henian thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, wait a while, I will contact Mr. Lin Wutong, I have dealt with him before, and I can contact him." ”

"That's troublesome Mr. Guo."

"You're welcome, it's something I'm supposed to do." Guo Henian smiled, "Mr. Li, have you ever been to Malaysia?" ”

"I haven't been there yet, if I take a stake in Genting Highlands this time, in the future, I intend to invest in the hotel industry in Malaysia, if Mr. Guo is willing, I also want to find you to do it."

"Okay, when the time comes, we'll talk about it in detail."

After chatting a few words, Li Hualong hung up the phone, and he told Li Huahu what he meant with Guo Henian.

"So, there's no problem with investing in Genting Highlands?" Li Huahu said with a smile.

"It shouldn't be a big problem, Guo Henian's influence in Malaysia is also quite large, and I estimate that Lin Wutong is also willing to cooperate with Guo Henian......"

Li Hualong paused and smiled: "However, don't be too optimistic. The market capitalization valuation of Genting Highlands is very important, if the valuation far exceeds the actual value of the company, then this investment, if you want to make a profit, you need to wait for a long time, and the obviously profitable business may also be bad. ”

Li Huahu said: "I will not invest in this company in order to take a stake in Genting Highlands, the market value is overvalued, I will choose to give up!" ”

"I'm relieved that you can think so." Li Huawen said, "It seems that this investment has a drama." ”

Li Hualong and Li Huahu looked at each other and smiled, but did not answer.

A few days later, the Hong Kong government passed a temporary bill to freeze rents to curb the skyrocketing rents in Hong Kong's property market, and at the same time, the Employment Amendment Ordinance was announced, providing for four days of vacation per month, meaning that every employee has four statutory holidays every month. (To be continued) R655