Chapter 100: What I Saw (Part 3)
Lao Ma ’s small restaurant is called “Sichuan Restaurant”.
"Xiao Li, greet the guests. I'll go cook two dishes."
"Okay, boss." Xiao Li, who only had one hand left, quickly cleared a dining table. His expression was very dull and he had no intention of chatting with Fang Xinwu and the others.
Fang Xinwu also realized that the other person was a man with a story. He leaned against the wooden chair and looked out the glass window quietly.
The setting sun at four o'clock in the afternoon shines on the faces of the busy crowd, with a kind of vitality in the chaos, even though these people can argue for a few dozen Myanmar Kyats, like ants looking for food in a garbage dump.
After a while, Lao Ma fried a plate of twice-cooked pork, a plate of Mapo tofu, a plate of bacon fried with garlic moss, a dish of drunkard peanuts, and two bottles of Bamboo Leaf Green.
Hang a sign on the restaurant door saying it is closed today.
Xiao Li took Mao Heshui and others to another table to eat.
Only Fang Xinwu and Lao Ma were left.
"Cheers." Lao Ma picked up the small glass.
Fang Xinwu also picked up the cup and clinked it with his hands: "Cheers."
After drinking the wine in the glass, Lao Ma picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork and put it into his mouth, and asked calmly: "Is the business over there not going well?"
"It's quite difficult. A lot has changed during this period and business is not good." Fang Xinwu picked up a peanut.
"I understand. Business here is also difficult." Lao Ma filled Fang Xinwu's glass with wine.
"How is the business of the Qingye Group?"
Hearing this name, Lao Ma raised his eyebrows, and then his expression became serious: "Xinwu, don't mess around with the company's affairs, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable."
"So dangerous?" Fang Xinwu was a little surprised.
Lao Ma whispered, "You are not in Taunggyi, so you don't know how domineering this company is. The other party can directly command the internal security forces in Maunggu. The relationship between the two is very close."
"I only encountered some industries of this company in the Golden Triangle before. Do you have any detailed information in Dongzhi?" Fang Xinwu asked.
Lao Ma glanced out the window and explained, "This company started out making glass and cement. I heard that they have exclusive technology, and the cost of producing glass and cement is relatively low and the quality is very good."
"I know that."
After taking a bite of Mapo Tofu, Lao Ma continued, "Then the company developed rapidly in the southern part of Hongsavadi. Now, in less than a year, it has become a large group through joint ventures and mergers."
"Their businesses are very wide-ranging, including building materials, infrastructure, beverages, catering, hotels, daily necessities, medical care, transportation, agricultural products, food processing, mining, machinery manufacturing, power generation, water services, finance and the Internet."
"So many?" Fang Xinwu was shocked.
Lao Ma glanced at him, then said something terrible: "They also have their own school and security company."
"Isn't this a trust?"
"So what? All the powerful people in Hongsawadi have close ties with the other party." Lao Ma reminded seriously.
"Does your family know?"
"I 've written a letter." Old Ma finished speaking and gulped down the wine in his glass. "Huh... Don't count on your family. They won't say anything openly. And you should have guessed some problems with the founder of the Qingye Group."
"I'm very worried about this person." Fang Xinwu looked a little unhappy.
Old Ma shrugged: "What's the point of worrying? If the sky falls, there are tall people there. What's more, it was those people who caused the trouble. Aren't they allowed to harbor resentment?"
"..." Fang Xinwu was silent. He really could do nothing.
Li Qingye's level is no longer the young master of the Xinxin Group, nor is he the loser who fled in a hurry, but the chairman of a large group that can influence the stability of a region.
Unfortunately, Hongsawadi’s location is too critical.
Lao Ma has worked in Hongsawadi for decades. Even though he has seen many storms, he is still overwhelmed by the current situation and has no idea where to start.
He also knew that his family was in a difficult situation and could not afford to talk to the other party. Now the situation suddenly became very passive.
After all, a lot of the information was sent back by Lao Ma himself, so how could he not know the tricks involved?
After Li Qingye gained a foothold in Hongsavadi, he confirmed his immigration to South Africa through the embassy in Yangon, and became a normal immigrant from a missing person.
From that time on, and after Yang Tianci was paralyzed by poisoning and the Xu brothers died of poisoning, Lao Ma began to pay attention to Li Qingye and the Qingye Group.
But at that time, the relationship between the two sides was almost like strangers. No one had the idea of talking to the other party. They just pretended that the other party did not exist, and the stalemate has remained until now.
The recent internal changes in Hongsawadi have suddenly made the Qingye Group very popular.
You know, in Lao Ma’s detailed investigation report, there are some data that are difficult for ordinary people to perceive.
For example, Aoba Group occupies 42% of the beverage market, 95% of the glass bottle and glass products market, 100% of the cement market, and 15% of the small hardware market in Hongsavadi.
It has 27 exclusive ports, 13 airports, toll businesses on 17 highways, the operating rights of one railway under construction, and a large number of highways, railways, ports, airports and public facilities under construction.
Not to mention the large tracts of farmland and forests that have been annexed in the Shan Plateau and the central river valley plains.
Although this terrifying expansion speed will dilute Li Qingye's shares in Qingye Group, Li Qingye is still the chairman of Qingye Group and has very strong control over the company.
Although Lao Ma said that he was not worried, he was actually more wary of Li Qingye than Mao Gu and others in Binmana City.
Judging from the other party's style of doing things, Lao Ma knew that this kind of person was the most difficult to deal with because he was very cautious.
At least in Lao Ma's intelligence network, Li Qingye has never left Toungoo Port since he revealed his identity. Now he has moved to Taunggyi City and is also very low-key, rarely leaving the core area of the Qingye Group.
After Li Qingye revealed his identity, he simply entrusted a law firm to take back his share of the inheritance, but was unwilling to return to China in person.
Lao Ma knew what the other person was thinking.
But what does it matter if you know this?
What Lao Ma just said to Fang Xinwu was also what he was telling himself.
"Have you ever tried to communicate with the other party?" Fang Xinwu asked unwillingly.
Old Ma smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, some people were unwilling to humble themselves to a discarded child, so they kept dragging it out. Now it's too late."
Yes, it's too late.
Moreover, the cost of trying to establish connections now will be different from before.
He used to be a small entrepreneur struggling to survive.
Now it is a large trust with a strong presence in central and southern China.
It's like visiting a relative. When they were poor, you ignored them. Now they are prosperous, and you still want to go over with two oranges to make peace with them? I'm afraid you are just daydreaming.
Lao Ma put himself in the other party's shoes and felt that there was a high probability that the other party would not be fooled easily.
After all, the hatred for parents is irreconcilable.
The two of them drank silently.
In Hongsavadi in December, under the warm sunset, the two could not be happy.
The small vendors outside the window are experiencing the busiest time of the day.
Until a patrol team of internal security guards came with a loudspeaker and shouted to everyone in the pedestrian street:
"Qingye Hospital has recently launched a free physical examination. Everyone must go for the physical examination. Only those who get the physical examination form can continue to operate..."
