"Mr. Li, I already know your name very well, but this is the first time we have met face to face."
"I have long wanted to visit Mr. Li, but due to various reasons, I have never had the chance.
We Chinese have our current status in Nanyang. The first person we want to thank is you and the Chinese ancestors who worked hard with you.
It is precisely because of the foundation you have laid that our Chinese companies in Nanyang can have such a good operating environment today."
The two people's words were quite polite and complimentary, so the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
However, the real situation is that the relationship between the two parties is not very good. An important reason is that the positions and interests of the two parties are inconsistent.
It can be said that Li Jianhui must visit ASEAN every year in recent years, but he has met with the leaders of Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines many times in the past few years, and today is the first time he has met with the founding father of Singapore.
There are many reasons for this. Among them, whether it is Xiangjiang, where the Xinjian Department has emerged, or Johor Bahru, which is now the focus of development, they are in a competitive relationship with the key development industries in Sin Chew.
Especially now, Johor Bahru is separated by the Strait of Johor and is only a few kilometers wide. It can be said that the two places are very close to each other.
The industries that Johor Bahru is currently focusing on are finance, petrochemicals, shipping, and electronics and semiconductors, which can be said to completely overlap with Sin Chew.
"Mr. Li, your industries have developed rapidly in Nanyang over the past few years, but apart from service-oriented industries, there are very few other industries entering our country.
You must know that our Sinzhou is far superior to Johor Bahru, which you are focusing on developing, in terms of various conditions and taxes. I wonder if Mr. Li has any misunderstandings about our Sinzhou?"
"Lao Li is serious, Sin Chew is the pearl of Nanyang. I have always been very optimistic about Sin Chew's development, and I have always looked forward to achieving more cooperation with Sin Chew.
As for why many industries are not located in Sin Chau, this is not because there is any misunderstanding of Sin Chau, but because Sin Chau, like our city of Xiangjiang, has a small land and many people, and is not suitable for the development of manufacturing industry.
This area is more suitable for the development of the financial and service industries. In recent years, our banks, securities investment companies, hotels, retail, etc. have all developed well in Sin Chew, especially Wheelock Plaza, which has become the new center of Sin Chew.
One of the consumption centers.”
Regarding Li Jianhui's words, Mr. Li didn't believe it at all. He actually knew some of the reasons. The most important thing was the issue of interests.
Zhou Zhengzhi.
Obviously, Li Jianhui has known this for a long time, so he built a replica on the other side of the Johor Strait and was unwilling to focus on Sin Chew as the focus of development.
However, the rapid development of Johor Bahru has really affected Sin Chew's interests.
For example, the Tanjung Pelepas Port, which has been put into use, has now become the preferred supply port for ships from Hong Kong and Taiwan in the Strait of Malacca.
In particular, Huangpu Shipping, Eastern Shipping, Huaguang Shipping, Wanbang Shipping, and Far East Shipping are among the top shipping groups in the world. Without the business of these shipping groups, Xingzhou will suffer considerable losses.
The exchange that will be transferred from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru will also become Sin Chew Exchange's strongest rival in the competition for ASEAN listed companies. With the Heung Kong Stock Exchange before and then the Johor Bahru Exchange, Sin Chew wants to become the financial center of Southeast Asia.
Nowhere in sight.
"Mr. Li's view of our Sin Chau is still too biased. First of all, the biggest difference between our Sin Chau and Xiangjiang is that we are a country, an independent country.
This also requires that our Xingzhou not only has tertiary industries such as finance and services, but also advanced industries in the secondary industry.
Our area is not only suitable for the development of the financial services industry, but also suitable for the development of automobile auto parts, petrochemicals, steel, shipbuilding, machine tools and other industries.
It is more suitable for the development of electronic semiconductors. In this regard, Xingzhou has unique advantages in ASEAN, both in terms of foundation and talents.
We at Sin Chew also sincerely hope that these industries owned by Mr. Li can come to Sin Chew for investment and development, and I also believe that Sin Chew will not disappoint Mr. Li."
It's a pity that Li Jianhui was not moved by this. No matter how much foundation Xingzhou has, if it cannot take the initiative, it will not become the place of choice for the Xinjian Department.
With memories of his past life, Li Jianhui knew very well that from the founding of Sin Chau to the 1920s of the next century, Sin Chau had been firmly controlled by the Li family, and the wealthy families in Sin Chau could not make any waves at all.
Moreover, many industries in Sin Chew are firmly controlled by the government and will not be controlled by capital at all.
Li Jianhui had no interest in Xingzhou like this, and would even deliberately suppress the development of Xingzhou for the sake of his own layout in Nanyang, of which Johor Bahru was a very important part.
Faced with the invitation from the founding father of Sin Chew, Li Jianhui responded: "I am very grateful to Mr. Li for attaching great importance to my industry. However, the layout of our industrial production base is relatively complete at present and there are no plans to expand.
As for the R&D center, for now, Xiangjiang is still the center of our industries, and there are no plans to move it."
"I deeply regret this. The door to our Xingzhou cooperation has always been open to Mr. Li. If Mr. Li has the idea of investing in Xingzhou, we will always welcome Mr. Li and his industries to come.
The world situation is changing rapidly. The place where Mr. Li lives is a place of right and wrong, definitely not the foundation of a family. I hope Mr. Li can make plans early.
We in Xingzhou are not said to be a paradise for Chinese people, but we can no longer find a place in the world that is more suitable for our Chinese people to live and develop."
Li Jianhui knew very well what Mr. Li meant. Unfortunately, he had no plans to transfer his household registration for the time being, and even if one day, he would choose to transfer to the Donghua Territory instead of coming to Xingzhou.
Moreover, Li Jianhui is very dissatisfied with this person. Even though most of them are Chinese, this person does not use Chinese as the official language. Even the teaching is all Chinese culture. There is no one in Xingzhou.
Chinese teaching colleges and universities.
On the contrary, in Johor Bahru, whether it is the Nanlong University under construction or the Xinjian University Johor Bahru campus under construction, the textbooks in the future will mainly be in Chinese characters, and the teaching will also be in Cantonese.
Li Jianhui doesn't care what considerations this person has in making such a choice, but Li Jianhui has opinions on this approach. It is extremely sad for a nation to lose its own cultural heritage.
Li Jianhui admits that he also has ambitions, but at least he will not abandon the national culture, which is the true root of the nation.
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The talks between the two parties tonight did not achieve any substantive results. The Xin Jian Clan and even the Tung Wah Association have no intention of abandoning Johor Bahru and entering Sin Chew on a large scale.
And Mr. Li did not open his door to allow capital to intervene in the governance of Sin Chew in order to attract Tung Wah Society capital to Sin Chew.
Because of Li Jianhui's layout, Johor Bahru and Sin Chew will compete more than cooperate for a long time to come.
Because of Li Jianhui's layout, it also had some bad effects, that is, Sin Chew's development strategy has undergone a major turning point, and cooperation with Japan, South Korea and even the United States has increased.
This may mean that there are gains and losses. Even if Li Jianhui has memories of his past life, he cannot balance everything.