Chapter 618: Fire in Indonesia

Sending Sun Jingmeng back to the Conservatory of Music, Sun Jingmeng did not say that she would return the shirt to him, so Zhang Ke naturally couldn't take the clothes off her body—he had this idea, and rode back to Dongda University, Du Fei and Meng Le were still in the staff cafeteria After drinking, go over and drink with them again. The so-called congenial temperament, Du Fei and Meng Le also have a very happy chat.

The next few days will be quiet, Sun Jingmeng will be busy with the decoration of the bar, Du Fei said that he will set up an Internet cafe in Xuefu Lane, and he will spend more time on preparations.

Looking back ten years later, the few Internet cafes in Jianye City in September 1997 can be regarded as ancient memories. At that time, the most famous and formal Internet cafe in Jianye City was a company named Wilt Internet cafes, jointly funded by a technology company and the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, were first established at the end of 1996. w Novel chapters are updated the fastest

Du Fei applied to Wilt as an Internet cafe administrator.

Without personal exploration, it is difficult to understand an industry thoroughly; the details cannot be constructed completely by imagination. Especially in 1997, in China, the Internet bar industry was still in the dark and groping period, and there were not many experiences and lessons to learn from.

Zhang Ke thought that Du Fei's insight and courage could make him one step ahead of others, so he didn't think about extra pointing fingers. w "Fiction" novel chapters are updated the fastest

Du Fei was nowhere to be seen, so Zhang Ke insisted on going to the grade office to report to Yingmao every day and write posters to dawdle, but he had the opportunity to find Meng Le to drink and chat with, and he was a little indifferent to the news from the outside world.

On September 16, Thailand replaced the third Ministry of Finance and formally requested a rescue from the International Monetary Fund on the condition of giving up part of its economic sovereignty. However, Zhang Ke knew that Thailand's economic collapse would come faster and more completely.

Three months ago, middle-class people in Thailand were wearing Swiss watches. Wearing French brand-name clothes and drinking wine from well-known wineries, the family will go to the seaside villa for vacation on weekends, but now they have to mortgage the car to make up part of the loss-even if they have a car, they can't afford it. Financial and industrial institutions have closed down one after another, the number of unemployed people has increased dramatically, and the enrollment rate of private schools that just started in September has also dropped sharply-it used to be crowded and could not be crowded, and private hospitals are also facing the same dilemma. The high-spending crowd in Thailand disappeared as if they were swept away by the sudden financial storm and buried in the bottom of the sea, the sales of gold and diamonds dropped*, and the luxury stores were deserted...

These are the social status quo in Thailand that Chen Xindong, Jiang Wei and others described to Zhang Ke through emails during their trip to Southeast Asia; they wrote in the email: "Thailand at this time can be described as follows: the cars driving on the road today are more expensive than those driving on the road." Too many cars!"

Many people regard summer forest fires in low-latitude areas as a normal phenomenon. When the rainy season comes, the forest fires caused by the summer drought will naturally be extinguished. Fire doesn't go away for a year

Mid-August.

The raging fires in the rainforests of Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia began to burn again. Indonesians did not know how much shadow this would bring to their future.

Until mid-September, after several torrential rains in the rainy season drenched the ground several times, the forest fires in the two places had not been extinguished. Indonesians began to realize that this time it might be more troublesome.

Chen Xinsheng, as a representative of domestic entrepreneurs, visited Singapore on the 17th with Ye Zhenmin, Executive Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government. The smoke and dust from the forest fires in Indonesia has already affected Singapore. Chen Xinsheng described in his e-mail that the plane they took to Singapore had to hover over Singapore for more than an hour before landing due to the sudden thick fog.

As early as a year ago, Ye Zhenmin, who clearly pointed out the shortcomings of the Southeast Asian economic system and predicted the financial turmoil, became famous after the Southeast Asian financial turmoil really broke out. The American economist who was really the first to be vigilant about the dangers of the Southeast Asian economic system Scientist Glugman is not the most influential figure.

Hong Kong has just returned to the motherland, and the central government's greatest effort is to maintain Hong Kong's economic stability. It is also an inevitable choice to join forces with the governments of East Asian countries to resist financial giants. It is also the time to properly display and demonstrate the power of a great power, and Ye Zhenmin is naturally the most suitable person to promote this work.

When the International Monetary Fund was still making things difficult for the Thai government and proposing various harsh conditions, Ye Zhenmin suggested to the domestic government to provide the Thai government with 20 US dollars to help it survive the most difficult moment.

The Singapore authorities have always been the strongest support of the Thai government, but the Singapore authorities have to worry about the large amount of international hot money that has been continuously impacting their currency system, and they cannot spare the strength to assist the Thai government and other neighboring countries. Domestic help at this time The Thai government was also able to further strengthen its relationship with the Singaporean authorities, also paving the way for fab projects to import manufacturing technology from Singapore. **

After Ye Zhenmin visited Singapore. He will also go to the Philippines. Chen Xinsheng returns to Jianye first, and reports to Zhang Feng some details and results of his trip to Southeast Asia.

Chen Xinsheng was probably impressed by the smoke and dust from the forest fires in Indonesia that diffused across the country. Chen Xinsheng met Zhang Tuo and mentioned again the matter of being trapped in the sky over Singapore for more than an hour.

It should be the rainy season in Singapore. Foggy weather is rare, and Zhang Ke has only been to Singapore twice, and he is not particularly impressed with that garden city-style pocket country.

Zhang Ke just smiled lightly at this.

"How long do you think the forest fires in Indonesia will last?" Zhang Ke asked knowingly. No one knows how long the fires will last, at least until the end of December. At this time, except for him, no one probably realized that the underground coal seams of Sumatra and Kalimantan had already burned, right? Even if the fire on the ground is extinguished by the rainstorm. The underground fire source will not be extinguished all the year round. In addition to the surface of the tropical rainforest to burn out.

"It's really hard to judge," Chen Xinsheng squeezed his lips. "I don't have time to go to Indonesia to have a look..."

Among the four filial piety in Asia, Indonesia is the weakest filial piety with the most backward economy. It is also the most thoroughly devastated and least respected filial piety. Zhang Ke even instructed Aida Electronics to completely abandon the Indonesian market in early June. Chen Xinsheng's trip to Southeast Asia naturally did not include Indonesia in the itinerary.

"I think it will last for quite a long time," Zhang Ke said, "I have been reading quite a lot of news reports these days. Indonesia is the largest supplier of wood pulp in Asia, and the tropical forest fires in Indonesia continue to spread. It may affect the wood pulp supply in Asia for a long time..." Zhang Ke felt that it was hypocritical for him to say that, this is basically a forest fire that directly affects the supply and demand of global forestry resources for a long time.

Chen Xinsheng returned to Jianye to report to Zhang Feng the situation of his trip to Southeast Asia, and only Zhou You in Jianye was qualified to come and join in the fun. Hearing what Zhang Ke said, Zhou You frowned slightly, and seriously considered this possibility-the Indonesian forest disaster has forced many pulping factories near the edge of the tropical rainforest in Indonesia to shut down, making the supply of wood pulp in Asia tight. No one realizes that this situation will continue to intensify and last for a long time. They all think that the heavy rain that comes with the rainy season will extinguish the forest fires in Indonesia and will restore the balance of wood pulp supply in Asia.

With the scale of Shin Kong Paper. It is also impossible to hoard a large amount of wood pulp. The path chosen by Zhang Ke is to actively go out and take advantage of the financial turmoil to damage the Southeast Asian economy and the enterprises' serious lack of financing channels, and invest in the acquisition of equity in one or two pulp companies.

Zhang Ke asked Chen Xinsheng again: "When Mr. Guo Songyan came back to Jianye, he also indicated that the funds in the Guo Group's hands were tight. Would they be willing to sell the equity of their pulping enterprises?"

Guo's Yunyuan Group is the largest food company, but its Yunyuan Paper is also quite famous in Southeast Asia.

"It's just a pulp company?" Zhou You asked.

"Well, they are willing to transfer the papermaking technology, and we can also talk to them," Zhang Ke said. "Regardless of the long-term tight supply of wood pulp, we also need to find a stable source of wood pulp overseas. The scale of Xinguang Paper is growing. In three years, the investment in fixed assets of the paper industry alone has exceeded 1.2 billion. , especially the second phase of the newly invested project is about to go into production, and it will continue to expand in the future, so we need to find a stable source of wood pulp supply overseas; on the other hand, our domestic forest management is also constantly improving It is bound to build a pulp factory in the later stage, and the acquisition of equity in overseas pulp companies at this time can be regarded as some preparations for the future..."

In June, Zhang Yanyuexiu Holdings made a round number of profits from last year in China, and invested a total of 400 million yuan in Xinguang Paper's forest management project, such a large-scale forest management. In the later stage, it is necessary to build a pulping factory to digest a large amount of industrial forest resources, and finally form a large paper industry system with complete forestry integration. Xinguang Paper is not yet the largest paper group in China, but its forest management scale is far larger than that of the same industry. The domestic forestry-paper integration project has just started, and the courage and decision of Xinguang Paper are also amazing.

"En," Zhou You nodded, but still hesitated. "Malaysia's currency may further depreciate. Would it be too early to make a move at this time..."

"I also think that Malaysia's currency may further depreciate, but Malaysia's economic foundation is the best among the four filial pieties in Asia, which means that when the financial turmoil passes, Malaysia's economy may recover first, and the currency exchange rate will naturally fall. It will return to the normal level, and there is no need to consider short-term interests when investing in the acquisition of equity. On the other hand, when we are negotiating with the Guo Group at this time, can we just use this as a bargaining chip to lower the other party's bid?"

"How much can it be lowered?" Zhou You expressed doubts about this. The key point is that Kumho also secretly commissioned Guo Songyan, chairman of the board of directors of Guoshi Yunyuan Group, to jointly raise funds to invest in the fab project.

"If you can take advantage of both sides, you still have to insist on taking advantage." Zhang Ke laughed unscrupulously, "You can discuss the specific matters. In short, Kumho has frequent contacts with the Guo Group, and it also needs someone who can deceive people's eyes and ears." excuse..."

The investment project of the fab must not alarm the Taiwan authorities at this time, nor is it appropriate to alarm the Malaysian authorities.

Aida Electronics and Chen Xinsheng are well-known in the industry, and they have frequent contacts with Guo Songyan. It is uncertain when they will attract the attention of relevant parties. The cover work must be done well. Once the Taiwan authorities are alerted in advance, this matter will most likely fall through.

Of course, Liu Zhicheng's worries are hard to dispel, which is currently the biggest obstacle to the investment plan of the fab.

Chen Xinsheng visited Singapore with Ye Zhenmin, and the process of secretly discussing this matter with the Singapore authorities was quite pleasant; on the other hand, Chen Xinsheng's visit to Singapore with Ye Zhenmin also represented the firm support of the domestic government, which also gave Liu Zhicheng, Guo Songyan and others Strong confidence.

It's not that he couldn't see Liu Zhicheng's efforts. He first drove his wife to Singapore to accompany Liu Ming, who was studying at the National University of Singapore, to prepare for his final escape.

There will definitely be concerns. Once he leaves TSMC in this way, he should be able to cancel his options from TSMC, and his equity in TSMC will also be frozen. It is impossible for him to move all his relatives and friends out of Taiwan. In addition, he had to lure the engineering technicians and their family members to Malaysia without conscience. Only after Hu secretly controlled and established a technology company in Kuala Lumpur can they choose to stay or stay. After all, not everyone is willing to settle in the mainland; in addition, he is also worried that there will be policy changes in the mainland.

"Any conditions are easy to negotiate, and we must do everything possible to dispel his worries," Zhang Ke frowned and thought for a while after hearing Chen Xinsheng's mention of these situations, and said, "The key is to abduct their people...Of course, We also want to use their concerns to resist the possibility of the government investing in shares, and I don’t really want to be affected.”