Chapter 598 The Art of Making Money

Fan Wubing looked around at everyone, smiled and said, "To be honest with you, I did plan to fully invest in building an iron ore production company in Western Australia, but something happened later, so I decided to It messed up my plans."

Everyone, including Governor Hobbit, listened attentively, hoping to hear some reasonable explanation from this super rich man.

"Everyone knows that I am a Chinese." Fan Wubing told everyone. "Everyone should also know that China is currently engaged in reform and opening up and is actively introducing foreign investment."

"We have heard about this." Governor Hobbit nodded.

China's development has attracted worldwide attention in recent years. Australia's pace of entering the Chinese market is obviously a bit conservative. Due to policy factors and Australia's distance from mainland China, the contact between the two sides is not close, so the relationship between the two sides is not close. The conflict of interest is not significant.

In recent years, as the Australian government has been committed to its own domestic economic reforms and active immigration policies, many Chinese students have begun to study in Australia. The two sides have gradually had more contacts and understood each other better. Some.

It should be said that as a pure immigration country, the Australian government has a relatively relaxed attitude towards immigrants, so once you become an immigrant, you can enjoy various preferential treatments provided by the government for citizens. This treatment also attracts many People including Chinese immigrated to Australia.

However, because the welfare benefits for citizens are too high, the Australian government has a heavy economic burden. Recently, the Howard government has begun to cut this part of the budget, and has formulated a series of policies that differentiate the treatment of citizens and immigrants in an attempt to reduce the burden. Let the economy embark on a path of healthy development and provide more development funds.

Despite this, there are still many Chinese immigrants to Australia, and a large part of them are second-generation children who have become rich in mainland China. The ancestors who became rich early hope that their children can receive Western education and learn from it. to gain some modern management experience, and then return to China to take care of domestic company business. Therefore, there are still a lot of rich and luxurious people here. Sometimes at night, you can see many expensive sports cars racing on the highway. Most of them They are all the children of these Chinese people.

Therefore, in Hobbit's eyes, Chinese people are relatively wealthy, so he felt that Fan Wubing was rich but did not invest financially. This seemed a bit suspicious and made him feel a little uneasy. As a superior, The successor of a governor, he has not experienced the previous cooperation process, and does not know whether there is any inside story, let alone whether there was any exchange of conditions between the former governor and Fan Wubing, so he is in a hurry to come now. Jian Fan Wubing just wanted to find out this matter.

After all, the investment amount of Fan Investment Group in Western Australia is not small. If the entire company is to operate, it will require at least 2 billion Australian dollars to operate.

This is not a small amount. What is even more noteworthy is that once this mine is put into operation, the benefits it will bring are also very considerable.

Although the production capacity of Fan's Investment Group's iron ore mining company is still relatively low, Hobbit has reason to believe that as long as there is huge market demand, Fan's production capacity can be increased rapidly.

Moreover, judging from the fact that Fan Wubing's company built its own transportation railways and sea ports, their investment plan is relatively long-term and should be trustworthy. However, in any case, he also needs to personally communicate with Fan Wubing himself. Get in touch and implement this matter.

After Fan Wubing understood Hobbit's concerns, he started to think about it and explained to them, "China's domestic demand for funds is huge, and various industries everywhere are on the eve of an explosion, so it is necessary to A large amount of external funds are used to promote the economy, so the desire to introduce foreign investment to develop the economy is very great! In many places, when examining the performance of local officials, one must look at how much the other party has contributed to attracting investment. And what a coincidence. My father is one of the important leaders in the country. Although the population of Jiangnan Province he is responsible for is not large, it has more than 70 million people. Although the area is not large, it has more than 300,000 square kilometers. As such a local leader. People must make certain contributions to local investment promotion.”

Hearing what he said, everyone looked surprised. Although many people knew that Fan Wubing's wealth was astonishing, they did not expect that his father was such a big official, managing a population of more than 70 million. As for Australia's own population, it is only 20 million.

Seeing that everyone was moved, Fan Wubing continued, "Under this situation, some of my investment behaviors must consider whether there is any conflict with my father's political achievements. When the country needs a large amount of funds for development, If I invest too much overseas, there will be strong opposition from many forces, which will be extremely detrimental to my father's domestic development. Therefore, I have to control the amount of overseas investment and maximize this amount as much as possible. The numbers are reduced and the problem is solved through other channels.”

After hearing what he said, Hobbit felt that it was clear. This was somewhat similar to when he was in charge of Western Australia. He also hoped to attract funds as much as possible to support the development of Western Australia, and did not want the locals to have The money was invested in other provinces.

But there is another point that Hobbit finds a bit difficult to understand, "Then why do you invest so much money in Indonesia? Doesn't the domestic government have any objections to this matter? You must know that your investment in Indonesia is far away in the West. More than ten times Australia’s investment.”

Fan Wubing had long expected that he would ask this question, so he said hesitantly, "There are some inside stories about Indonesian affairs that are not suitable to be disclosed. It is not just a business activity. Let me say this, Huo Does Mr. Bute understand?"

The red-nosed old man Hobbit listened to Fan Wubing's words, and his mind immediately wandered around, and he immediately thought of the problem. Perhaps the Chinese government had a tacit understanding with Fan Wubing, and its investment in Indonesia was not only Economic factors, as well as political demands? Of course, it’s really not easy to ask too much about this matter.

So the old man nodded and smiled, "I understand now. It's a bit abrupt to invite Mr. Fan to come to Sydney specifically for this matter. But does Mr. Fan have any further financing plans? The stock market is mediocre now. "Whether Fan had any influence in Australia before, I'm worried that listing financing may not be as satisfactory as expected."

Fan Wubing waved his hand and said, "I'm not worried about this matter. I believe that local investors in Australia are still very discerning. At the same time, I will also make a special report on this issue to let investors It will be easier for them to understand how we operate to enhance their confidence. Another point is that if market financing is not satisfactory, I will still invest enough funds to develop the iron ore business in Western Australia, which is a big business. The direction will not change."

The old man Hobbit was waiting for Fan Wubing's words. Hearing this, he immediately smiled and said, "Our Western Australia government has no doubt about Fan Investment Group's enthusiasm for developing Western Australia's iron ore resources. As the host, we also We will try our best to provide investors with convenient conditions for their development, please rest assured, Mr. Fan.”

Afterwards, the two sides held friendly talks on government-enterprise cooperation. Both sides felt that the other party was sincere and had in-depth discussions on some policy-level support. They made historic progress, far better than the previous state government. There are more convenient conditions given in .

After these people left, Fan Wubing heard from his subordinates that Hobbit was now Howard's opponent, so he hoped to do some amazing things in Western Australia, so as to have a chance to win the next election. Prime Ministership of Australia.

Fan Wubing smiled and said, "The old man seems to be quite honest, and his ambition is not small. Not enough. It is a good thing to be ambitious. If we give him a little help, maybe he can actually become the Prime Minister of Australia." !”

However, Fan Wubing also knows very well that without major changes, Howard's status in Australia will be difficult to shake. After all, the economic reforms he advocated are undoubtedly correct for the current Australia, just like China's economic reforms. , this matter always needs a wise leader to promote, and he is now the one that Australians hope for.

Of course, if there is a replacement, I believe the Australians may not be so nostalgic.

Although the old man with a red nose, Hobbit, looks ugly, if he can bring Western Australia's development to a higher level and make his political achievements dazzling, I believe voters will also want a new-faced leader.

After all, economic reform may not be what many people like, especially if it touches their own interests. This dislike will gradually deepen, and the attitude towards Howard will change from supporting it to be opposed to.

In any case, Hobbit still has a certain chance of ascending to the throne. The most critical question is whether Fan Wubing's investment in Western Australia can really give him the political capital to make a big comeback.

After all, the current international demand for iron ore is not very hot, and the Chinese mainland market, which will be the market with the largest demand for iron ore in the future, is still not hot at this time, and the Chinese mainland market imports iron ore from Australia. The number of stones is also limited, and it cannot bring much income to Australia worth boasting about.

Under this situation, everyone still has a wait-and-see attitude as to how far Fan's Investment Group will operate the mine. No one knows what the situation will be like in the future.

However, in order to cooperate with the stock listing, Fan Wubing dropped a big bomb that had been prepared for a long time. He told his subordinates, "Now, it is time to throw out the iron ore purchase contract signed with the country. It’s time!”