The Nanyang Financial Group, which was extremely concerned about Li Jianhui's trip to Southeast Asia, also stepped up its actions when Li Jianhui met with Zhong Tingsen and others one after another.
In order to prevent Li Jianhui from gaining a large number of allies in Malay, Guo Hanian, Lin Wutong and others also visited Chen Zhiyuan, Li Shenjing and others one after another, wooed them with fellow countrymen, and invited them to join the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.
No giant like Xin Jian has entered the Southeast Asian market before. For the sake of the market and their own interests, they did not absorb too many members.
Now Li Jianhui has made it clear that he wants to come over to seize the market, and is likely to make the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce his first target.
In order to reduce their opponents and increase their strength at the same time, Guo Henian, Lin Wutong, Qiu Deba, Guo Fangfeng and others discussed and tried their best to attract well-known Chinese families in Nanyang to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.
They also paid special attention to the people Li Jianhui met. When Li Jianhui hosted a banquet for Xie Funian, Lin Wutong and Guo Henian also hosted a banquet for Zhong Tingsen and Zheng Hongbiao respectively.
In the Garden Hotel, Lin Wutong said with a smile: "Tingsen, every time I see you, Uncle Lin feels old. It's a pity that Cathay Pacific's capabilities are far inferior to yours. Otherwise, I can rest assured and enjoy my old age."
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"Lin Shu Liao praised him. Cathay Pacific has a very high talent for business, but your requirements for him are too high. Moreover, Uncle Lin is now getting stronger and stronger. Genting Group is developing rapidly under your leadership. I still need to learn more about business from you."
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The two sides chatted while eating, covering topics ranging from Malaysia to Southeast Asia to Asia, from economics to politics to countries.
Near the end of the banquet, Lin Wutong mentioned the Xin Jian Clan and Li Jianhui, focusing on the threat the Xin Jian Clan posed to Chinese-owned families in Southeast Asia.
"Uncle Lin, I don't know what kind of conflict you have with Xin Jian. I had contact with Li Jianhui yesterday and he is not a domineering person.
Xin Jian's entry into the Southeast Asian market is not necessarily a bad thing for our Chinese family, and both parties can completely benefit from each other."
Lin Wutong felt extremely bad when he heard this. The alliance between Golden Lion Group and Xin Jian Department is not good news for them.
He said aloud: "Tingsen, you have to know that the Singapore-Malaysia market is our basic market. Once this market is dominated by the Xinjian family, it will be difficult for us to turn around in the future. Is it possible that the Zhong family is willing to become the Xinjian family?"
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"Uncle Lin, don't worry that I will be on the opposite side of you. Yesterday Li Jianhui did have the intention to win over me to become Xin Jian's Malay ally, but I did not agree.
But Li Jianhui was very generous and did not regard the Golden Lion Group as an enemy because of my refusal, and continued to strengthen cooperation between the two parties.
I also told Uncle Lin today that I will not get involved in the matters between you and the Xinjian Department. I will not be your enemy, nor will I stand against the Xinjian Department.
At the same time, I also hope that both of you can resolve the conflict, just as Li Jianhui said yesterday, we are all descendants of the Yanhuang people and should unite as one for mutual benefit and win-win results."
Lin Wutong felt a little relieved when he heard that Zhong Tingsen was not in alliance with Li Jianhui.
However, judging from Zhong Tingsen's attitude, she is still full of worries. If Malay Chinese families who are not members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce think so, it will be a huge threat to them.
Once these families have strengthened business cooperation with the Xinjian Clan, although they have not stood up to specifically target them, they have actually been helping the Xinjian Clan gain a foothold here and providing support.
"Tingsen, although we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, our interests are different.
You may think that we deliberately want to make trouble with the Xin Jian Department, and we have repeatedly made trouble for the Xin Jian Department, and we have no choice but to do so."
Listening to Lin Wutong's reasons, Zhong Tingsen was even more unwilling to participate. This already involved the competition between Sin Chew and Xiangjiang and its future development.
As Sin Chew is the foundation of the Nanyang Consortium, the better it develops, the more beneficial it will be to the Nanyang Consortium, but this has nothing to do with the Golden Lion Group.
Moreover, he quite despises the practices of the Sin Chew Government and the Nanyang Consortium, which is to expand their own industry if they have the ability.
They want to rely on suppressing the Xin Jian system and interrupting the opponent's acceleration of high-tech development to gain the suppression of comprehensive strength.
With such intentions, he actually had the nerve to talk about the threat of the Xinjian system in front of him.
He also understands why Li Jianhui insists on clinging to the Nanyang Consortium. With the situation of both parties, how can it be easy to give up without defeating one party.
Xiangjiang is the foundation of the Xinjian system. How could Li Jianhui watch Xingzhou suppress Xiangjiang? During Li Jianhui's trip to Southeast Asia, I am afraid that not only will he win over allies on the Malay side, but Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines will also take action.
In particular, the current Nanyang consortium market is mainly dominated by Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. The Malay and Indonesian business circles are afraid that there will be a big storm in the near future.
As for the Xingzhou business community, it is estimated that there will be no disturbance. After all, from the government to the business community, the Xin Jian Department is regarded as an opponent, and the Xin Jian Department will probably not get any favors if it joins.
Zhong Tingsen sighed: "Uncle Lin, this is a battle between the Xingzhou family and the Xinjian family, why do you need to get involved in it? I don't remember what kind of industry the Genting Group has in Xingzhou. Is it worth it for you?
According to rumors, Li Jianhui has a close relationship with Haojiang Tourism and Entertainment Company, and has a huge say in 14k. Aren't you worried that Li Jianhui and Malay 14k will join forces to establish a company similar to Haojiang Tourism and Entertainment Company to seize Genting's market?
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Lin Wutong did not respond to Zhong Tingsen's question. People often have no choice but to enter that circle. You can't just quit if you want. If there is a choice, he doesn't want to get involved.
In fact, there are many things that Zhong Tingsen does not know. Why Xingzhou was able to become independent and why the main group there is Chinese. There are many secrets in this.
To put it mildly, when the last resort comes, Sin Chew is the retreat for the Nanyang Chinese.
The blood shed by the Nanyang Chinese for hundreds of years has made them long to establish a country of their own. The former Lanfang Republic was a great attempt.
For this reason, they hope that Sin Chew will be as strong as possible, especially since Xiangjiang and Sin Chew overlap very much in many development directions, and they absolutely do not want to see Sin Chew suppressed by Hong Kong.
When the two parties were saying goodbye, Lin Wutong said: "Tingsen, I hope you can think carefully. You should know the history of blood and tears of our Nanyang Chinese. No one can guarantee whether similar incidents will happen again in the future.
If it does appear again, our safe haven is in Xingzhou, and only there will protect our safety."
After getting in the car, Zhong Tingsen frowned. The information he heard today made him feel quite uncomfortable.
No one on either side was wrong, they were both acting for their own interests, but he felt uncomfortable being caught in the middle.
One thing he agreed with Lin Wutong was that if a similar situation happened again, perhaps Xingzhou would be the only place for them to settle down.