Chapter 045 Bait
Filene Manor.
Li Qingye listened to Chen Jianxiong's report, tapping his fingers on the table: "Is he here? The Chinese Business Annual Meeting? Isn't Harry in Manila? Let him meet Yang Tiancheng by chance, and then find a chance to invite him to Philip Farm."
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Chen Jianxiong did not ask why. As a qualified subordinate, he knew what to do and what not to do.
Looking at Chen Jianxiong's leaving back, Li Qingye's expression remained as calm as ever.
"I hope you have nothing to do with that, otherwise..."
At this moment, in the guest room of Hilton Hotel, Yang Tiancheng, who was taking a shower, shuddered involuntarily.
Garfield, who was busy dealing with the internal affairs of the Fernando family, also hurried to the Filin Manor.
He explained his purpose to Li Qingye.
"Boss, the Xu-A Alliance in the Visayas Islands has caused a lot of trouble for our infiltration. Should we..." Garfield said fiercely.
Li Qingye shook his head: "It's too obvious. The recent alliance between the Fernando family and the Lopez family has caused quite a stir. Don't deal with the Xu'a alliance for the time being."
“But if we don’t deal with them, our expansion in the Visayas may be difficult.”
Li Qingye spread out the map of Luzon.
The entire Luzon Archipelago can basically be divided into three major geographical units, namely Luzon Island in the north, the Visayas Islands in the middle, and Mindanao in the south.
These three geographical units are also the natural dividing lines that divide the various forces in Luzon.
At this time, the names of various families and their spheres of influence were marked on the map.
There are currently seven large islands in the Visayas, namely Samar Island (13,000 square kilometers), Negros Island (12,700 square kilometers), Panay Island (11,500 square kilometers), Leyte Island (7,213 square kilometers), Cebu Island (4,694 square kilometers), Bohol Island (3,975 square kilometers), and Masbate Island (3,269 square kilometers).
There are large and small family forces in these islands.
But the only forces that can truly fight against the Fernando family and the Lopez family are the Xu family on Negros Island, the Botis family and the Duterte family on Cebu Island.
As for other islands, Panay Island is the base of the Lopez family, and the remaining islands are inhabited by medium or small families.
Looking at the map in front of him, Li Qingye asked with a smile: "Garfield, what do you think is the most expensive thing in this world?"
"What is the most expensive thing?" Garfield pondered.
"The answer is free things. The gifts bestowed by fate have already been secretly marked with a price. You should know that we are building a waste recycling plant, a methane plant and sea fields. Sometimes energy and food can also be turned into deadly weapons." Li Qingye said .
"what do you mean?"
"Do you know the four major grain merchants controlled by America, ABCD? Just copy how they harvested Luzon back then."
Garfield's heart trembled involuntarily.
"We will work with those families and use our cheap gas and food to impact the entire Visayas and even the entire Luzon. As long as we control the energy and food, we will cut off their supply if they don't obey."
Li Qingye continued: "At the same time, we need to place more of our people on these islands so that we can replace them when necessary."
"I understand." Garfield knew that doing so might lead to misery for people everywhere, but what did it matter.
In Garfield's view, terms like Luzonians, Chinese, Visayans, Tagalogs, etc. are meaningless. When everything belongs to the company, they will all have the same identity - employees of the Homo Sapiens Company.
Garfield, who knew what to do, stopped the two major families from expanding southward and instead continued to work hard on their internal strength, increasing the construction of various infrastructure and industrial layout.
…
January 28th.
Lunar New Year's Eve, at the Winford Casino Hotel.
Prominent Chinese from all over Luzon, as well as many local families that have good relations with Chinese businessmen, also sent people to participate in the cocktail party.
At the dining table, groups of guests were chatting and laughing.
As they were toasting each other, after Yang Tiancheng clinked glasses with a member of the Xu family, he saw a middle-aged man with a female companion chatting with the Chinese businessmen around them.
Before he knew it, the middle-aged man came to Yang Tiancheng's side.
The Xu family member beside him whispered to him , "Brother Tiancheng, this is Mr. Harry from the Fernando family."
Harry seemed to feel that Yang Tiancheng looked unfamiliar. He stopped, raised his glass and asked, "Robert, who is this?"
Robert Xu introduced with a smile: "Mr. Harry, this is Mr. Yang Tiancheng from China. His family runs the New Nanyang Company and has a lot of business in Luzon."
Harry raised his eyebrows and said, "New Nanyang Company? I've heard of you for a long time. Hello, I'm Harry Fernando."
The two clinked their glasses, and Yang Tiancheng smiled and replied, "Hello, Mr. , I am Yang Tiancheng. Please take care of the New Nanyang Company's business in Luzon in the future."
"Hahaha... no problem." Harry agreed pretending to be generous. It wouldn't lose a thing if he said that in such a situation. Whether to help or not would be up to the Fernando family.
The few of them chatted for a while and gradually became familiar with each other.
When Harry heard that Yang Tiancheng ran a palm plantation in Borneo, with an area of 180,000 hectares of oil palm plantations, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Brother Yang, I wonder if your company's palm oil has been sold?"
Yang Tiancheng spread his hands helplessly: "The 30,000 tons of crude palm oil in stock last year have not been sold, and there are fewer orders this year. Is Mr. Harry interested in purchasing?"
Harry actually knew about Yang Tiancheng's palm plantation a long time ago.
180,000 hectares of oil palm can produce about 50,000 to 60,000 tons of crude palm oil annually. Last year, the price of palm oil fell all the way, from nearly US$900 per ton at the beginning of last year to around US$800 per ton, and now it has fallen to around US$700 per ton.
This was also the bait Harry gave to Yang Tiancheng.
"My family has a cooking oil factory and we need some palm oil, but the price is ..."
"The price is easy to negotiate. I can give Mr. Harry a cost price. How about US$680 per ton?" Yang Tiancheng said quickly.
Anxious.
He was anxious.
Harry replied ambiguously: "Don't worry, it's not convenient to talk business here. This is my business card. Let's talk when we have time."
After handing over his business card, Harry and his female companion walked towards other Chinese businessmen.
Seeing Harry leave, Yang Tiancheng thought that the other party might not be satisfied with the price, but it was rare to meet a potential customer, so he didn't want to give up.
After all, after palm oil is refined, it requires storage costs and has a shelf life. If it cannot be sold in time, the palm oil can only be sold to biofuel companies at a low price.
What's more, Yang Tiancheng has always wanted to return to the core of the family. If he can't even run a palm plantation company, how can he make his father trust him?
Harry accurately grasped Yang Tiancheng's psychology.
Around ten o'clock in the evening, after the cocktail party ended.
At the hotel entrance.
Harry got in the car.
Outside the car window were Yang Tiancheng and the Xu family members who came to see him off. He smiled and waved, but there was a hint of deep meaning in his eyes, because he knew that the fish had taken the bait.
"Go find some connections! Then you can come to me! Haha..."
Then the car started and drove away, leaving Yang Tiancheng and the other person with different thoughts.
