Chapter 502 Who Is More Patient?

Chapter 502: Who is more patient?

It seems someone is more anxious than me. "After Fan Wubing put down the phone, the smiling attendant said.

"At this time, everything is in chaos." The middle-aged man in his forties replied.

Come here this time. Fan Wubing did not have his bodyguard by his side. A supervisor who is familiar with the environment here in Indonesia. We also brought experts on Southeast Asia issues specially sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. and the Chief of Military Intelligence of the General Staff. certainly. The men were all dressed in civilian clothes. Used to facilitate public display of one's identity.

This middle-aged man was talking to Fan Wubing. It is the Minister of Military Intelligence of the General Staff. I usually work very low-key behind the scenes. This time, high-level officials are paying close attention to Fan Wubing's upcoming series of actions in Indonesia. So he came over to exercise arbitrary power on behalf of the senior management.

This person is also behind the gate. He has considerable influence within the military system. Now he has been promoted to lieutenant general. It is very likely that he will be among them within five years. He is one of the leaders of the new generation of the military.

"What can Minister Chen do?" Fan Wubing still respected Minister Chen. So he asked.

Minister Chen said with a smile. "Indonesia's policies are erratic. But the government is consistent. If you ask me for my personal opinion, I will do more if you can get more benefits. If you ask for the opinions of senior officials, that is. That's enough. Don't get out of hand. As for the specific situation, I'll just give you the bottom line."

Fan Wubing also laughed when he heard this. "Hehe, let's talk about business. The price is sky-high. This is what I'm best at."

Another expert on South Asia issues echoed next to him. "Habi, although he has a good relationship with Suharto, he has no foundation in the Indonesian army. He prefers fantasy. As the saying goes, he has great ambitions but little talent. It's okay to engage in the technology industry. But he is far from the president. Overall, he lacks the ability to control politics and has a weak political foundation. Although Suharto wants to help him, most people don’t buy it.”

Fan Wubing nodded. I also know very well in my heart that there will be no external help. Habibie is unachievable. In fact, in real history. He is also a transitional president. He was quickly crowded out by others.

in Indonesia. Many people had the same idea as Fan Wubing. Everyone believes that Habibie will only be a transitional president and will not be able to serve the nearly five-year term stipulated in the constitution. There are many reasons, such as his too close relationship with Suharto. Policies may undermine his relationship with the military, which is not only weak. And it doesn’t fit. Habibie's economic views are rather unconventional. There was also no support from the business and financial communities.

also. The most important thing. It was the United States that also reacted poorly to his taking over. An official involved in U.S. policy toward Indonesia believes that.

Habibie takes over as president. Probably no one will be satisfied.

Although the Clinton administration of the United States closed its military base in Indonesia. But the current influence is still very strong. Therefore, the support of the US government is also a key factor in Habibie's ability to secure the government's leadership. But it's a pity. It is difficult for him to win the support of Americans.

Habibie is now sixty-one years old. His ideas were somewhat unrealistic. Keen to develop high-tech industries in an agricultural and primary industrial country. It is destined to be ridiculed. One newspaper once accused him of being a high-tech visionary.

And his anti-traditional economic ideas. For example, interest rates should rise and fall sharply and high interest rates lead to inflation. It is also not recognized by domestic scholars and experts.

Fan Wubing thought for a moment and said with a smile. "No matter what, the future president of Indonesia is coming to see us soon. Hmm. It feels very good to wait for someone to come to discuss things."

Minister Chen and several experts around him all smiled after hearing this. In other words, Fan Wubing was so young and frivolous that he dared to wait so carelessly for Habibie, the quasi-president of Indonesia, to come to visit him. If someone else came over. Maybe the situation is reversed.

As the saying goes, a newborn cow is not afraid of a tiger. What's more, Fan Bing is a being much more ferocious than a tiger. He is in the international financial markets. That is also the master who eats people without spitting out their bones. To deal with delusional politicians like Habibie. The methods are endless.

"Originally. Standing at thirty. No confusion at forty. Knowing destiny at fifty. Habibie is already over sixty years old. His ideas are still so naive. Of course he has to suffer.

Playing politics is not just playing house. It might even cost someone's life. "Minister Chen said to Fan Wubing. "But. The folly of our enemies is our blessing. If only he was too smart. It doesn't do us any good at all. "

"It's hard to imagine why Suharto chose a successor?" an expert said with some doubts. "No matter which way you look at it, Habibie is not the best presidential candidate."

Fan Wubing touched his nose and said. "Actually

Suharto wanted to reverse the military junta background of the Indonesian government. But in the system. Most of the people who are capable of taking over have military backgrounds. Either he is an active military member. This is a very negative thing. As for Hubby. Technical background. And he was Suharto's godson. Raised since childhood. Such a candidate is of course his best choice. "

The military influences the situation in Indonesia. This is a topic that Suharto cannot avoid during his 32 years in power. Suharto wants to change this situation. But he is not confident in giving power to others. After all, the huge wealth of hundreds of billions of dollars that the Suharto family has plundered in the whole of Indonesia is too conspicuous. Under the influence of the current financial crisis, more than 80% of people have lost their jobs and have no food to eat. This kind of behavior of stealing the country for self-enrichment is enough to make the whole Indonesian people eat their flesh, sleep on their skin, and grind their bones to ashes.

Therefore, Suharto chose Habibie. Habibie, who has been the Minister of State for more than ten years, is very reassuring to him. After everyone waited for a while, a motorcade drove in. There were a total of more than a dozen cars. But only a dozen people came in. The first to come in was Indonesia's Vice President Habibie.

Fan Wubing also saw Habibie in person for the first time. He found that this person looked like an ordinary scholar with glasses except that his face was yellower, his beard was darker, and his hair was curler. Of course, his hair was a little mottled, and his face was a little haggard. I think I have been tossed around by the chaos in recent days.

Although this chaos was caused by the military's Bolapuna, private interests outweigh justice. Habibie, who is acting as the president, is one of the people who was kept in the dark. Even Suharto himself did not expect that his second son-in-law would make such a big scene behind his back.

The most annoying thing is that if this thing was done, it would be fine. But it was strongly condemned by the international community just after it started. Even the US Congress is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Indonesia. Bolapuna's intention can be said to have been completely frustrated. Not only did it fail, but it also caused himself a huge trouble. Now how to clean up the mess has fallen on Habibie. How can he not be anxious?

Fortunately, Bibi's English is not bad. He can communicate with Fan Wubing face to face.

After the two sides met, Wubing and Habib were sent out to have a secret talk. In view of the current situation, Habibie hopes that China can cooperate with the Indonesian government. Resolve the social unrest caused by the riots as soon as possible. In particular, Habibie pointed out that the sudden freezing of the 43 billion US dollars of aid projects for Indonesia by the IMF this time was also related to Fan Wubing's operation behind the scenes. He hoped that Fan Wubing could mediate and resolve the economic crisis in Indonesia caused by this incident.

"Both of these things are easy to handle. I can even help you solve the funding problem. Don't you think the conditions set by the IMF are too harsh? But I also want to put forward a few conditions." Fan Wubing answered slowly.

Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to provide Indonesia with 13 billion US dollars in economic assistance, the conditions are very harsh. Not only does it require the full opening of the Indonesian market, but it also puts forward some unreasonable requirements. And there is one more important point. They require Indonesia to carry out economic reforms step by step according to the timeline roadmap provided by the IMF. Otherwise, the money will not be in place.

Although Habibie himself believes that Indonesia's economic system has reached a point where it must be changed, if it follows the rules of the IMF, it will not be able to retain much economic autonomy. Even the representatives of all classes would not agree to do so. If the ImF's plan was leaked at this time, he would definitely be treated as a traitor to the country.

"What are your conditions?" Habibie had heard of the strong financial strength of the Fan Investment Group. Therefore, he felt that if Fan Wubing could provide economic assistance comparable to that of the ImF organization, there was still hope for rebuilding the Indonesian economy. The most important thing was to maintain the independence of the Indonesian economy.

As for Fan Wubing, a private boss, he would not want to control the economic lifeline of Indonesia, right?

Therefore, Habibie's interest was raised all of a sudden. He was still very much looking forward to Fan Wubing's request. If it was not too outrageous, or even as long as it was not worse than the conditions proposed by the ImF, then he would rather choose to cooperate with Fan Wubing.

You know, having one creditor is not terrible. The most terrible thing is to have a bunch of creditors.

However, Habibie looked anxious. Fan Wubing, on the contrary, got a grip. He poured himself a cup of tea and drank it slowly.

"What kind of conditions are they?" Habibie asked impatiently.