The entry of Exxon Chemical into Singapore will certainly bring challenges to Petro's company, but it is not an opportunity for the two sides to cooperate, and the fastest shortcut for Petro's company to make rapid progress in technology in a short period of time is to cooperate with Exxon, an established petrochemical giant, to gain technology and experience in the cooperation.

"Hehe, it seems that Singapore's harvest in this round of land reclamation is not small, and various enterprises are vying to settle in, which shows the attractiveness of Singapore."

Lee said with a smile: "Being located in Malacca is a key to Singapore's success, but Singapore is too small after all, no matter how much land reclamation is made, industrial development is still limited by land, so Singapore must take a diversified development path in the future." ”

"Minister Li's thoughts coincide with mine, economic diversification is an effective means to improve the ability of the economy to resist risks, too single economic structure to resist risks is low, not to mention low, is not conducive to the sustainable development of the economy, diversification is the real king."

"So Mr. Gu advocated that Hong Kong's light industry should be transformed into a high-tech industry?" Li Xianlong glanced at Gu Chen, and there seemed to be a deep meaning in his words.

"The transformation of light industry to high-tech industry is what I advocate, yes, since the Hong Kong Governor does not know how to do this, we businessmen can only do it ourselves, Hong Kong people have to rely on Hong Kong people to fight for tomorrow, I have set up a special fund for several months, as far as I can see, I am also very optimistic about the prospects, but it will take a long time to achieve some results."

"There is a good saying that 'Hong Kong people's tomorrow has to rely on Hong Kong people to fight for their own tomorrow', if Singaporeans didn't know how to fight for their own tomorrow. There will never be such a situation in Singapore now, and I sincerely hope that Hong Kong can continue along the path you advocate and finally create a new situation. Although this will bring more pressure and challenges to Singapore. ”

"There's pressure to be motivated. Besides, I never thought that Hong Kong and Singapore would be direct competitors, and cooperation should be the main theme. ”

In fact, Hong Kong and Singapore, which are in the same region, are inherently a pair of rivals, especially in terms of finance, Hong Kong is the world's third largest financial center after New York and Dunlun, and Singapore has been deliberately supported by the government this year due to economic development. The financial industry is also developing very rapidly, and there is a faint tendency to catch up with Hong Kong, and Hong Kong should pay enough attention to it.

"Speaking of collaboration. Temasek Holdings happens to have a project, I wonder if Mr. Gu is interested in hearing about it. He Jing, who had not spoken, suddenly interjected.

Gu Chen raised his eyebrows, it had only been a few months since the two sides joined forces to acquire Falls Shipping Group, and Temasek Holdings once again expressed its intention to cooperate with him. It seems that the top management of Temasek Holdings. Or, more directly, the Singapore government has made up its mind to board his big ship.

"Mrs. He, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Yes, some time ago, the board of directors of Temasek Holdings held a meeting, and the meeting agreed that the mining industry has very good prospects for development in the future, so Temasek Holdings is interested in investing in Mr. Gu's Northern Mining Company, I wonder what Mr. Gu thinks?"

Northern Mining Company? Gu Chen sighed for a moment and asked with a smile: "The prospects of the mineral industry are indeed good, but why did Temasek look at Northern Mining Company?" There are several mining companies in Australia that are larger than Northern Mining, so they should be a good choice, right? ”

"Northern Mining is not the largest in Australia right now. However, with Mr. Gu's support, the outlook is quite optimistic. And last year, Mr. Gu invested in a major steel company in China's Ningbo. With China's huge market and the current economic development momentum, the future demand for metal materials such as steel will be astronomical, so it is wisest to invest in northern mining. ”

"I wonder how much Temasek wants?"

"Not much, 30%."

"30 per cent is not much, but with all due respect, as you said, the future of Northern Mines is so bright that there is no need to accept Temasek's investment."

Temasek Holdings holds a 75% stake in a large gold mine in Mindanao in the Philippines, which has more than 50 tonnes of gold reserves according to preliminary exploration, and the exact amount of reserves is yet to be further explored. What does Mr Gu think about Temasek's 75% stake in exchange for a 30% stake in Northern Mining? ”

In terms of value, if the reserves of this gold mine really exceed 50 tons, then the value of 75% of the shares is indeed much more than the value of 30% of the shares of Northern Mining, and gold is a hard currency, holding such a large gold mine will have the ability to directly affect the international financial market, although this capacity may not be much, but it is also a potential value, but why is Temasek willing to give up this gold mine?

This gold mine was supposed to belong to Singapore's state-owned assets before, and then Temasek was incorporated into Temasek after its establishment, and from the perspective of the country, the Singapore government should also have a lot of this gold mine, but now Temasek wants to give up the gold mine to Northern Mining in the form of equity exchange, I have to say that it is strange, he did not answer, while walking thinking about the reason, suddenly, a flash of inspiration in his mind, thinking of the situation in Mindanao, suddenly understood why Temasek wants to get rid of this huge gold mine.

It turned out to be a hot potato, but it was said that since the Philippines became independent, there has been constant war in the country, especially in Mindanao in the south, where there are several groups of Muslim rebels entrenched on the island, fighting with government forces all year round, kidnapping, extortion, rape, robbery and other vicious incidents are very common on the island, and it can be said that Mindanao is the most unsafe place in Southeast Asia.

As a result, Mindanao has beautiful scenery, but it has not been effectively exploited, and the island's economy and people's lives are very backward.

Gu Chen smiled faintly, he was not wronged, this gold mine was good, but in fact, he could take it over casually, and immediately said directly: "If my guess is correct, the place where this gold mine is located should not be very peaceful, or it has simply been occupied by the rebels." ”

At this time, the person who spoke was replaced by Li Xianlong, and he didn't seem surprised that Gu Chen would say this: "Mr. Gu is really as wise as a torch, this gold mine is located in the mountains more than 20 kilometers southeast of Mamon'a City, but Mamon'a City was occupied by the rebel army as early as three years ago, if you want to think that gold mining there must be protected by armed personnel, the armies of other countries will definitely not be able to do it, and the only thing left is a private security company." ”

"As far as I know, Mr. Gu's Tang Dynasty Security Company has more than 500 employees, each equipped with guns, and more than 200 of them are special forces who have been re-retired from the special forces of various countries, all of them have special skills, and it is only fitting to send them to protect the mining area. If there are not enough personnel, it will not be difficult for Mr. Gu to hire a US security company based on his relationship with President Bush's family. ”

Hearing this, Gu Chen couldn't help sneering in his heart, letting the person with a pistol go to collide with the rebels who had all kinds of heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, bombs, and bazookas, what was the difference between driving a car and colliding with a tank, he was not so arrogant that his bodyguards were invulnerable.

And if you want to mine that gold mine, the Singapore government may not have a way, but it doesn't want to cause more trouble, and wants to exchange this hot potato for more realistic benefits, but it's a pity that Gu Chen hasn't been confused by the temptation of the gold: "This is indeed a good bone, but it's a pity that it's too difficult to gnaw, let's discuss this matter later, I need to discuss it with the people below before I decide." ”

"It's nature." Li Xianlong smiled slightly, Gu Chen didn't promise him and was not disappointed, because he didn't have much expectations.

At this time, several people had already walked into the construction site, listening to Ye Leixin's introduction while walking...... On the car back to the hotel, Gu Chen was still thinking about what had just happened, he was not thinking about the gold mine itself, but the Tang Dynasty Security Company, which is definitely the largest security company in East Asia, with 625 employees, including 180 retired special forces. If it is only to provide bodyguard services for the wealthy in Hong Kong and the surrounding areas, such a scale is enough.

But human ambition is never satisfied, and after having a huge wealth that can not be spent, he has used various economic means to increase his international influence, and now he is thinking about how to make his wealth and status never threatened.

First of all, make friends with elites from all over the world, expand your social circle, and indirectly increase your influence; secondly, continue to wave the stick of money, use various economic means to continue to increase its influence in the international economy, as long as he can sneeze, the stock market will tremble, and who dares to move him lightly; In the end, he wanted to master an armed force as a strong backing for himself.

However, neither the British government nor the Chinese government will allow the Tang Dynasty Security Company to continue to develop and grow, let alone allow a private security company like Tang Dynasty Security to have heavy weapons, and it cannot have heavy weapons, Tang Dynasty Security is just a bodyguard company.

There was silence in the carriage for some time, he pressed a button on the armrest, and then spoke: "Jiqun, do you think it is possible if I want the Tang Dynasty security to be equipped with heavy weapons?" What conditions are needed to get the British government and the mainland government to agree? ”

After a while, Li Jiqun's voice sounded in the carriage: "Boss, I'm afraid this is unlikely, Hong Kong law clearly stipulates that except for the police force, no unit in Hong Kong is allowed to be equipped with important weapons, Tang Dynasty security is only a bodyguard company, and it is excluded by the law in the first place." (To be continued......)