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If Meihua wants to enter the Nanyang rubber planting industry, it will naturally not be only Chen Jiageng as a partner

When Chen Jiageng was still hesitating, Situ Nan made an appointment with another heavyweight, he was Hu Guolian, the king of the tin industry. In addition to operating the tin industry, Hu Guolian is also a well-known rubber merchant in Malaya, with thousands of acres of rubber plantations under his umbrella.

Because he had known each other before, Situ Nan did not talk nonsense, and directly proposed to cooperate with Hu Guolian to engage in rubber planting, and the conditions were almost the same as what Meihua gave Chen Jiageng.

"Housheng, your heart is really wild! Meihua Company has just invested in a tin company, and now it is going to meddle in the rubber industry. ”

Hu Guolian said earnestly, he looked at Situ Nan kindly, as if he cared about his grandson.

Hu Guolian has experienced ups and downs in his life, experienced vicissitudes, and has witnessed many young and vigorous young people who are dizzy and finally collapsed. He warned Situ Nan with good intentions, if he knew Situ Nan's strength, he would naturally not say this.

Situ Nan was a little moved and said, "Old Man Hu, thank you for your concern." However, the deliberate decision made by the U.S. Chinese company to invest in tin and rubber plantation was by no means a blind impulse. Maybe you don't know much about Meihua, I can tell you that Meihua's funds come from a large consortium in the United States, and the funds are no problem, and even more than 50 million US dollars can be used at one time, so don't worry that we will be greedy and chew more, we have a good appetite for white spoons. ”

"Oh? I didn't expect Meihua to be so good, but I was too worried. ”

Hu Guolian's somewhat cloudy eyes lit up, looking at Situ Nan's confident face, he was a little curious about the background of Meihua Company, but it was not easy to resort to it. There are few companies in the world that can use $50 million at once, and the young people in front of them either brag or have a deeper background.

Hu Guolian thought silently in his heart. In recent years, the word Meihua has appeared more and more frequently in his ears, and he has been paying attention to this company, which is said to be founded by Meihuahua's consortium. Although the company is headquartered in the United States and is an American-funded enterprise, most of the employees in Nanyang are Chinese, and they are fair in doing business, and they do not want to discriminate against Chinese businessmen like other white industries, and often oppress Chinese businessmen, so most Chinese businessmen are willing to cooperate with Meihua company.

Although Situ Nan rarely brags about how powerful he is, sometimes he needs to show his strength, and he may not believe it when he is not in other places, but in William, Hu Guolian can't help but believe it. Situ Nan said again: "In order to invest in rubber, before you came, Mr. Hu, I had already talked to Mr. Chen Jiageng of Qianyi Company, and he did not object to our white spoon cooperation plan. In fact, we also have the strength to complete these tasks, but we have too many projects to operate, and we can only select some reputable and powerful companies to cooperate. I believe that Mr. Hu is a friend we can trust. ”

"Then I'm really honored. Hehe. Hu Guolian's gray beard shook slightly, and said with a smile, "Although the Hu family has a lot of rubber industries, the main business is tin mines, even if the rubber plantation in his hand is sold to Meihua Company." Since the conditions offered by Meihua are so good, there is no reason for the old man not to agree. It's just that I'm a little old, I have to pay attention to the tin mine, I'm afraid I can't take care of the rubber company anymore, since Meihua is the major shareholder of the new company, let Meihua find it to manage! Our Hu family follows Meihua and waits for dividends with peace of mind. ”

"Good!" That's fine! Situ Nan was not reluctant. He and Hu reached a verbal agreement that the company would spend $2 million to establish a rubber company called Acorn International in Singapore, and Hu Guolian would buy a 12 percent stake in Acorn International at a discount of 5,500 acres of rubber plantations and a rubber factory in Singapore.

However, although the Hu family had no intention of getting involved in Acorn International, Situ Nan still let Hu Guolian's son Hu Maoqing serve as the general manager of Acorn International. Hu Maoqing is 32 years old, which is the age of prime and strength, and he is familiar with the rubber industry.

Situ Nan interviewed Hu Maoqing and had a good impression of Hu Maoqing, so he brought the Hu family closer to Meihua Company. Meihua Company relied on its own strength, and was not afraid that the Hu family would have the ability to swallow Acorn International, but assured that the Hu family would work for Meihua.

Situ Nan has other plans for Acorn International, he said to Hu Maoqing, "I want to be the world's largest rubber producing area is Malaya, but Thailand, which is also the Malay Peninsula, is also very suitable for rubber planting. ”

Another subsidiary that Situ Nan refers to is Chen Kah Kee's Qianyi Company, although the other party is still hesitating, Situ Nan is confident that he will be able to pull Chen Kah Kee.

"Good. I know. Hu Maoqing nodded, naturally he couldn't oppose the new boss's first order. Acorn International Company, which acquired the Hujia rubber industry, actually does not have too many industries in Malaya, and some industries are in Thailand, Myanmar and other regions.

In fact, he has always been optimistic about Thailand's rubber plantation industry, but in the past, the Hu family spent more energy on tin mines, so Hu Maoqing wanted to show his strength in Thailand's rubber plantation industry.

Now that Situ Nan is saying this, isn't he just following his Hu Maoqing's wishes?

"You can see how the rubber company takes care of it, but one thing to note is that you have to listen to the instructions of the headquarters in terms of labor management. Meihua will send competent helpers to help you manage the rubber plantation, and they are very experienced in this area. Situ Nan admonished, looking at Hu Chunlai sternly. Meihua Company has always adopted quasi-military management for its workers, and its workers are also workers and soldiers, only in this way can they occupy a place and digest a place.

"I remember." Hu Maoqing bowed his head slightly under Situ Nan's intimidated gaze and replied respectfully. Although he was a little strange about Situ Nan's fuss.

Hu Maoqing did not satisfy Situ Nan with his self-righteous attitude, he eased his tone and said: "In addition to Thailand, there is another place that is very suitable for us to grow rubber, and there are no competitors there, I hope you will also take it into account." ”

Situ Nan walked to the globe and nodded at the lower end of Chinese mainland.

"Hainan?" Hu Maoqing was surprised.

"That's right. It's Hainan. Situ Nan nodded.

Hainan Island is a treasure island rich in resources, needless to say, it is the bridgehead of the periscope of the mainland selected by the Zhi Gong Party. Although it is a bit "petty", with the Qiongzhou Strait separating the mainland, the Kuomintang and southwestern warlords on the mainland will not notice Hainan Island for a while, which is just right for the Zhi Gong Party to build its own independent small kingdom.

"With all due respect, Mr. Situ, there is no problem growing rubber on Hainan Island, but the shape of the island is very chaotic, and there are many thieves, which is not conducive to our operation on the island, and the people there are fierce, and the natives of Li District are aggressive. This is not easy for our Hu family to carry in Hainan! ”

Hu Chunlai said with emotion.

"Old man Hu once proposed to the Qing Dynasty to develop Hainan Island, and I have heard of it, but I don't know the twists and turns too clearly, can Mao Qing talk about it?" Situ Nan asked.

"This is a long story, and my father is also very disappointed in the mainland because of this, otherwise the Hu family's situation today would be even more magnificent." Hu Maoqing sighed lightly, and then he told the story.

It turned out that in the last years of the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government had encouraged Chinese businessmen in Nanyang to return to China to invest in industry, the most famous of which was Zhang Bishi, who invested 3 million silver dollars to build the Changyu Winery in Shandong, in addition to a large number of industries such as mines and railways. Unfortunately, due to the turbulence of the times, most of the wealthy Nanyang businessmen returned to China to invest in China.

In addition to Zhang Bishi, Hu Guolian is also a well-known businessman. He once put forward the grand goal of developing Hainan Island. In 1907, in the late Qing Dynasty, Yang Shiqi, the envoy of the New Deal, went to Nanyang countries to inspect commerce and was deeply impressed by Hu Guolian's magnificent mining business. After Yang Shiqi returned to China, he played to the Qing court "Preparing for the Creation of Chinese Merchants and the Advantages of Qiongya", and made a detailed report on Hu Guolian's ideas and plans for the development of Hainan Island.

The so-called "one outline", that is, the establishment of the Qiongzhou Quanye General Bank. In the "one outline", the "ten eyes" are: mining industry, clearing wasteland, extensive planting, animal husbandry, salt development, long forests, heavy fishery, road construction, steamships, and commercial ports.

After considering it, the Qing government generally agreed to this plan, so the vigorous development plan of Hainan Island began, and for a time opened banks, developed mining, cleared wasteland, planted extensively, emphasized animal husbandry, and developed salt affairs????? Busy and happy, it can almost be described as the years of burning passion.

The Qing government rewarded Hu Guolian with a three-grade hat from the Qiongya Reclamation Mine Supervisor, and let Hu Guolian do it. In order to raise funds, Guo Lian and Ou Zhaoren raised 2 million yuan to establish the Qiaoxing Corporation in Guangzhou, as well as its subordinate Qiaofeng Company, to develop Hainan Island in the form of a development company in accordance with the principle of one program and ten objectives.

In order to invest in the development of Hainan Island, Hu Guolian not only raised shares in Guangzhou, but also used his connections in Nanyang to raise millions of yuan in funds, all of which were invested in the development of Hainan Island. The Hu family is a major developer of Hainan Island, and they have invested the most money, so they have also suffered the worst losses.

Because not long after the plan began, Cixi was finished, Guangxu was also finished, the situation at the end of the Qing Dynasty became even more turbulent, and under the change of events, the Hainan Island project was gradually stranded. The major shareholders of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office also acted like birds and beasts, and withdrew their shares one after another, leaving only an empty shell of failure.

In this seemingly vigorous development of Hainan Island, Hu Guolian's passion had just been ignited, and the fire was extinguished, which was really ruined. The passion was gone, the losses were heavy, and the Hu family was no longer enthusiastic about mainland affairs, and concentrated on taking care of the family's business in Nanyang.

"Alas!" Hu Chunlai sighed, "Things are in the wrong, and all the hard work has turned into flowing water." Every time my father talked about Hainan, he would sigh. Now Qiaoxing has not collapsed, but it is almost the same. I heard that only in the big tobacco garden, rubber garden, Yulin, Sanya salt industry is still encouraged to maintain, the others have long been gone. ”

Situ Nan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he faintly saw a window to the mainland--hurriedly said. "Does the Hu family still have shares in Qiaoxing Company? Sell it to me! ”

To be continued

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