Chapter 507 The truth that was deliberately concealed
Once, representatives of the Indonesian overseas Chinese community who came to see Fan Wubing included the representative Wang family of the Indonesian Chinese, Wang Jinchuan, Ma Xiongwu, Guo Yandong and other three, as well as some of the sons and nephews they brought with them, a total of more than 20 people. It can be said that they are all elites in the Indonesian Chinese business community.
Fan Wubing didn't expect that these bigwigs from the Indonesian Chinese business community would come to thank him so quickly, and he was suddenly surprised.
Indonesia is not very peaceful, and violent incidents against Chinese businessmen have emerged one after another. In just ten years, there have been no less than dozens of outbreaks, but the scale is not very large and the impact is not very far-reaching. However, local Chinese businessmen have a certain awareness of this.
Generally speaking, when the **** breaks out, Indonesian Chinese businessmen, especially the heads of these big families, will temporarily fly to Hong Kong or Singapore to take refuge in Macau, and wait until the country is calm before going back.
Many Chinese who came to Indonesia to develop were immigrants from the Chao area. When these people went to Southeast Asia, they were often empty-handed. After a struggle of time, they basically had considerable factories, large manors, numerous employees, and considerable assets in Indonesia, so it is impossible to give up their careers here.
To put it in some relatively non-than-thousand businessmen, there is a lot of money here, people are stupid, and business is easy. It doesn’t matter how many people die at home, just find a few Malay girls to have another baby.
Because of this, Fan Wubing came to Jakarta to solve the problem of anti-Chinese ****, because he did not contact the local Chinese business family. On the one hand, he did not know much about them, and on the other hand, he was also a little disgusted with the mixed phenomenon of Chinese businessmen and was unwilling to get into trouble too much.
Fan Wubing asked someone to prepare coffee and tea to entertain these people, saying to everyone with a smile, "I came in a hurry and went suddenly, and I never visited the door. It's a shame. Today, all the wise men of the past must have some advice."
When the Wang family is the leader of the Chinese business community, Jin Chuan, heard Fan Wubing say this, he smiled and replied, "How dare you talk about any advice? This time, Mr. Fan helps the dangers of saving many Indonesian Chinese people, and we are grateful for it. Today's presumptuousness is a special thank you on behalf of the 10 million Chinese compatriots in Indonesia."
As the people who followed him brought over a golden plaque with large gilded characters written on it, which were four large characters in the middle flow column. The iron hook and silver painting between the strokes were quite skilled. The signature was written with neat small fly heads, which was presented to Fan Wubing by the Indonesian Chinese Business Association and various Chinese groups.
"How dare you take this--" Fan Wubing saw the plaque and refused.
How can I accept the title of the middle-flowing pillar? This time I made a plan and then acted. I did a lot of merit and made a lot of profits. But if I had to accept this plaque, I would have had something to do with them and I was completely trapped.
If something happens then, can I still be the middle-flow pillar?
If I was seventy and eighty, it would be fine. But I am only in my early twenties now. If I become this mainstay, I will have a headache in the future. Although Indonesia will not have serious anti-Chinese events like these days in a short period of time, it may be possible in the future.
However, under the leadership of Wang Jinchuan, everyone must accept this thanks. Everyone also said that Mr. Fan Wubing has strong financial resources. The representatives of Indonesian Chinese businessmen all felt that using money to thank Mr. Fan is simply an insult to Mr. Fan’s noble and heroic demeanor. So they made such a plaque to thank him. If Mr. Fan insisted on not refusing to say anything, it would be a cold heart for tens of millions of Indonesian Chinese.
Fan Wubing wanted to get stuck on this issue. So he asked someone to put away the plaque first. Then he found a topic to divert everyone's attention. He asked Wang Jinchuan. "After this local incident, coupled with the fact that Indonesia's economic situation cannot reverse the decline in a short period of time. The mainland Indonesia's economy will inevitably have a long period of downturn. I wonder what are your plans?"
Wang Jinchuan looked at the other people and said to Fan Wubing, "To be honest, this time we came here, in addition to thanking Mr. Fan in person, there is another idea, which is to follow Mr. Fan to go back to China to see. We all heard that the domestic economy has developed very rapidly in recent years, and many places are actively introducing development funds and building large projects. We discussed it. Since Indonesia is not having a good life now, it is better to go back to China to participate in economic construction, which can be regarded as promoting the economic development process of the motherland."
The other people, almost the same meaning, can be seen that they were scared by the anti-Chinese **** this time, and hope to return to the mainland of the motherland to invest for the time being, and stay for a few days to retreat. After all, the government of Habibi is too big now. Not only will it announce that it will pursue the corruption of the Suharto family, but the opposition forces within the general have also been wiped out. Such a big move has made the Indonesian Chinese businessmen feel very worried. If Habibi is the second Suharto
What to do?
After hearing everyone's explanation, Fan Wubing said, "This is a good decision. The motherland will always welcome you. As long as you operate in accordance with the law, the door there will always be open for you. I am very willing to help you build a bridge."
"Thank you really, Mr. Fan." Wang Jinchuan and others were very excited because they had already figured out Fan Wubing's identity and knew that in addition to being an incomprehensible rich man, he also had a father of a member of the Politburo, with a profound influence. With him as a recommendation, they could quickly establish contact with the mainland and find a suitable investment direction.
After talking to everyone for a while, Fan Wubing remembered something and asked, "I heard that the wealth accumulated by Chinese accounts for 70% of the total social wealth of Indonesia, so the local Indonesians hate Chinese people to the core. Is this true?"
"Mr. Fan, don't believe such nonsense!" Guo Yandong said excitedly after hearing Fan Wubing's words, "These words were fabricated by Indonesian forces, and the purpose is to incite the local indigenous people to the hostility towards the Chinese."
At that time, many people from many sea and provinces in China left their hometowns and traveled across the ocean to make a living in Indonesia. Hard work and thrift are the foundation for the Chinese in Indonesia to make a fortune. In such a strange country, Chinese could only work hard labor and make small money. After years of struggle, they gradually developed and their business grew bigger and bigger. Now they are richer, but most people do not forget the fine tradition of thrift and thrift and do not spend a penny indiscriminately.
The older generation always says that they are poor and afraid that they should not be poor again in this life.
Trustworthy is a unique way of trading for Indonesians. Business is based on reputation. If you make a verbal statement, you don’t need any receipts and the business will be completed. Some merchants tore off cigarette wrapping paper and are hundreds of millions of rupiahs. Trustworthy merchants will be accepted by everyone soon, and their reputation will get better and better, and businessmen who break their promises will be swept out immediately. In the Chinatown of Jakarta, this way of trading continued until the 1970s.
Finally, some people with narrow national justice often used ulterior motives to create **** against the Chinese. However, the Chinese economy was not destroyed because of this. With their thrift and indomitable spirit, they continued to make their own contributions to the development of Indonesia's economy.
After immigrating to Indonesia, China had no land. In order to survive, they acted as hawkers and moved between cities and villages. When the ground and popularity became familiar, they opened a small shop in the local area. As a result, Chinese shops were spread throughout Indonesia's urban and rural areas, forming a wide range of commercial networks, promoting the flow of goods between Indonesia's urban and rural areas, developing and prospering the Indonesian economy. It can be said that the large number of small and medium-sized Indonesian Chinese businessmen were rooted in Indonesian society and directly affected Indonesia's economy.
"Some people with ulterior motives spread rumors that Chinese control 70% of the economic lifeline of Nigeria. In fact, the purpose of this is to spread rumors that Indonesian national harmony." Guo Yandong said to Fan Wubing. "According to figures released by the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics, the total assets of Indonesia in the early 1990s were US$250 billion, of which the total assets of various private companies accounted for about 10%, that is, about US$30 billion. Even if half of these US$30 billion assets were Chinese assets, the proportion was only 6%, which was far from the so-called 70%."
Wang Jin added, "In Indonesia, there is currently no reliable statistics on how many Chinese people are. Generally, it is estimated that among the 200 million people in the country, there are between 8 million and 10 million Chinese. The materials released this year show that among the Chinese engaged in industry and commerce in Indonesia, only 170 are the bosses of large consortiums or large groups, 250,000 are small owners such as shops and stalls, and the rest are professionals, farmers, fishermen, workers or clerks. In other words, most Chinese in Indonesia still rely on their hard-working hands and rely on the tradition of frugality to maintain their lives."
Fan Wubing nodded after hearing this, "It turns out that the rumors are not credible! I think the Suharto government deliberately created these lies for its own interests. The purpose is just to walk to the domestic and international community of Indonesians and threaten the survival of Indonesian locals. This guy is really not a good thing!"
"What we are most worried about now is that if Habibi cannot suppress the domestic situation and Suharto suddenly returns to China and starts to fall, then the domestic situation in Indonesia will be even more dangerous, and Chinese people will become the first victim. Therefore, we all think that investing in the mainland of the motherland is the best choice. I hope Mr. Fan will help us, the homeless people, find a place to settle down." Ma Xiongwu, who has been in the hardware manufacturing industry in Indonesia, said to Fan Wubing.
Chapter completed!