Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0514: Pitting Shareholders
"On the island of Sumatra, there are a large number of rubber plantations in Medan in the north and Jukang in the south. The total planting area of the two places accounts for about 65% of the whole of Indonesia. In addition, there are a large number of small rubber plantations in these two areas, which is very convenient to merge."
"So Mr. Liu's acquisition targets are mainly small garden owners?"
Liu Zhenping nodded and said, "Yes, private rubber plantation owners are strong and it will be difficult to merge them. State-owned ones need to open up countless links and take care of the interests of all parties, which will be costly. Compared with these two parties, small plantation owners who are weak and lack unity are easier to deal with."
“As far as I know, Indonesia’s land ownership system is a continuation of the Indonesian Land Law promulgated in 1870 during the Dutch colonial period. Farmers are allowed to retain hereditary farming rights in the name of the commune or individual.
Farmers do not have the right to sell their land to non-Indonesians, and the land they rent to foreign companies or businessmen cannot be leased for more than 25 years.
Mr. Liu, do you plan to turn yourself into an Indonesian, or directly lease land and rubber trees from local rubber farmers in the name of a foreign company?
"Mr. Nan, it is not difficult to find a few Indonesians to serve as shareholders of the company."
Nan Yi nodded and said , "Hahaha, I'm a conservative person in doing business. I didn't think of this kind of flexible method for a while. That's right, it's not difficult to turn the company into an Indonesian company."
"Hehehe, Nan Yi, you are still the same you, still so shameless." Xu Qian said with a smile.
Nan Yi said with a straight face: "Xu Qian, please don't say anything nonsense, or I will sue you for defamation."
Xu Qian tilted her head and smiled, "Go ahead, go and sue me."
"I won't talk nonsense with you." Nan Yi said to Xu Qian, and then said to Liu Zhenping: "Mr. Liu, since you want me to invest in your business, then we might as well talk frankly. If you want to do business in Sumatra, you naturally need to have connections there. I wonder which party Mr. Liu has established a better relationship with?
The government? The military? Or Aceh?
Coincidentally, a friend of mine lives in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh Province. He has always wanted me to go there to play, saying that it is very exciting to drive a tank to hunt there. I don’t know if he is bragging. When I have time, I will go there to take a look and slap him in the face. ”
Nan Yi was not shooting in the dark. Scarlett Mining Group had already entered Indonesia and was cooperating with the local military force "Free Aceh" in Aceh Province to mine gold. The relationship there was very good, so it was not difficult for them to drive a tank out for some fun.
When Liu Zhenping heard what Nan Yi said, he was shocked. He didn't expect that Nan Yi had such strong connections in Indonesia.
But he remained calm and said, "Have you heard of Purab, Mr. Nan?"
"Mr. Liu, are you talking about Suto's son-in-law, Prabo?"
"Yes, that's him. I have a good personal relationship with him. Just last month, I played golf with him in Jakarta."
While Liu Zhenping was speaking, Nan Yi kept his eyes on Xu Qian's face. When Liu Zhenping mentioned that he and Prabo had a good personal relationship, Nan Yi saw an unnatural expression on Xu Qian's face.
Nan Yi showed interest on his face and said, "Mr. Liu, when can I see your project plan?"
"Anytime is fine. I have already prepared the plan. If Mr. Nan wants to see it, I can go to the room and get it now." Liu Zhenping opened his mouth slightly, revealing his upper teeth and chuckled.
"Okay, then please trouble Mr. Liu."
"Mr. Nan, wait a moment, I'll get it now." Liu Zhenping apologized and stood up.
Watching Liu Zhenping leave, Nan Yi said to Xu Qian, "It's been a while since you've been back to Peking University, right? How about we go back together sometime to reminisce about our glorious days?"
"Haha, you're exaggerating too much. What glorious years? I haven't been back for a long time. I should go back for a walk when I have time." Xu Qian said, her eyes becoming blurred, with a hint of struggle in them.
Nan Yi keenly noticed this trace of struggle, but he did not wait for Xu Qian to make further response.
If you don't want to express anything, then don't express anything. Things can be simpler.
After Liu Zhenping brought the plan, Nan Yi took it and left the Friendship Hotel.
After returning to the old villa, Nan Yi read Liu Zhenping's plan carefully. Sure enough, just as Nan Yi had suspected before, Liu Zhenping did not want to find only one shareholder, but N shareholders.
According to the plan, the "Indonesian Rubber Plantation Merger Plan" is a super plan involving more than 1 billion US dollars, with the ultimate goal of controlling the production and supply chain of "SIR20 [Indonesian rubber species]".
Like all bad plans that look tempting but are actually bad, Liu Zhenping's plan is the same. If the plan can be realized, the rate of return will be quite amazing. For every US dollar invested, the return can be more than US$50.
A fifty-fold rate of return is already a very high rate of return. According to Liu Zhenping's plan, this plan can be realized in about seven years. If we do not calculate based on compound interest rates but only on the average, it can bring more than seven times the return in one year.
There are not many good things like this in the world. It is not easy to see or even hear about them, let alone see them. Among ten people who dare to make such promises, 1.5 are pyramid schemers, 8 are Ponzi schemers, and half are stackers.
Liu Zhenping's plan seems to be similar to the plot of a movie. The movie is called "Gold Mine" and it tells the story of gold mine fraud.
In his previous life, after watching this movie, Nan Yi also learned about the prototype of the story it was adapted from, namely the "Bre-X Mining Company Gold Mine Fraud Case". Bre-X Company cheated by adulterating the analysis samples of its mining rights in Indonesia, making thousands of samples have the appearance of high grade value, and thus virtualizing one of the world's richest gold deposits.
This operation caused Bre-X's stock price to rise from 25 cents to more than 200 US dollars, an increase of more than 800 times.
Not to mention, when Scarlett Gold Mine Company was first established, Nan Yi had thought about imitating this operation. If he wanted to do it, he would further improve the plan, integrate the plan into a coup or a super tragedy, and stick to the force majeure exemption clause. In this way, he could make a lot of money, but the plan could be shelved.
Now Liu Zhenping's rubber plantation merger plan made Nan Yi smell a strong smell of conspiracy.
Due to ideological struggles, there are deep contradictions between the indigenous people of Indonesia and the Chinese [I dare not write in detail, in short, the initial cause of the contradiction was not racial prejudice or the gap between the rich and the poor, but ideological struggle]. Nan Yi does not believe that Liu Zhenping, who grew up in Malaysia, would not understand this contradiction in Indonesia.
The merger process of rubber plantations will definitely intensify conflicts. The ethnic composition of Sumatra is complex and the beliefs are even more complex. As long as there is a spark and someone adds fuel to the fire, the spark can immediately start a prairie fire.
A fire can burn the account books and also burn all traces of investment. Nan Yi strongly suspected that Liu Zhenping was planning to swallow up the shareholders' investment funds.
Otherwise, there is no need for Liu Zhenping to plan to absorb N shareholders. If he only cares about the right to speak, the most appropriate approach is to match the number of shareholders according to his own investment amount, so that no shareholder's shares exceed his own shares, and the number of shareholders is controlled within a certain range.
"Liu Zhenping thinks he is a soft persimmon by swallowing the shareholders' investment money." Nan Yi muttered with a smile: "Xu Qian, Xu Qian, it seems that you don't know me very well. If you really cheat me of my money, it will be strange if there are no two massacres in Malaysia."
Nan Yi crumpled up the plan and threw it into the trash can. He had already made up his mind. Considering his relationship with Xu Qian as a classmate, he would not get involved in this matter, nor would he ruin their good fortune. In the future, if the two were hunted down, he would definitely not help.
Since you have decided to cheat someone, you must be prepared to be killed in return.
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Time passed quickly and it was the next day. Nan Ruoyin flew over from Xiangkeng.
"Dad, the newspaper."
After Nan Yi met Nan Ruoyin, she immediately handed him a newspaper.
Opening the newspaper, Nan Yi saw the headline on the front page was about a cargo ship being hijacked by pirates.
There is no doubt that the hijacked ship was the one carrying cement to Yingni in Kangcheng, a large cargo ship carrying 80,000 tons of cement.
According to what was written in the newspaper, after the pirates hijacked the cargo ship, they discovered that it was loaded with cement. Naturally, they were furious, and to vent their anger, they poured water on the cement, causing all the cement to clump into waste.
"Ruoyin, this is very strange. Why didn't these pirates push the cement into the sea? And why didn't they kill anyone? Are they a group of kind pirates?"
"Dad, do you still need to ask me these questions? Don't you know them best?"
"Oh? Do I understand?" Nan Yi asked in a pretentious manner, "Maybe they are a group of chivalrous thieves. I guess that even if they hijacked the property, they would definitely not use it for themselves, but donate it to the poor children in Africa."
"Yes, yes, yes, Dad, your analysis is correct." Nan Ruoyin rolled her eyes at Nan Yi in annoyance.
"Well, this one has good white eyes, it looks a bit more adult."
Nan Ruoyin moved a little and lay in Nan Yi's arms, "Dad, I'm upset."
Nan Yi put his hand on Nan Ruoyin's back, patted her gently, and hummed, "The orphans of Asia are crying in the wind, the yellow face has red mud, the black eyes have white fear, the west wind sings sad songs in the east, the orphans of Asia are crying in the wind, no one wants to play an equal game with you..."
"Dad, is this song suitable to comfort me?" After Nan Yi finished singing, Nan Ruoyin looked up at his chin and said.
"Does my Ruoyin still need comfort? I was born, you were raised, we are both orphans. Dad will recite to you a poem translated by Yun Zhonghe from Rossetti. When I die, my dear, please don't sing sad songs for me. There is no need to plant roses or cypress trees on my grave..."
"Humph, either you are an orphan or you die. Dad, you might as well recite me "A Farewell to Cambridge"."
"'A Farewell to Cambridge' is not suitable. Can Daddy read you 'Back View'?"
"You are my father, and 'Back View' can't take advantage of me. I'd better read 'Contracted Laborer'. Dad, I am the contracted laborer you support."
"Go away, you've already used the word 'raised', why are you still talking about indentured labor? If you really are indentured labor, you should say raised in a pen. But when it comes to raising in a pen, Dad prefers the term 'two-legged sheep'."
"Caged? That shouldn't be the case. Dad, you didn't confine me, nor did you stop me from learning about the outside world."
"Why should I stop you? If Yun is strong, the Nan family will be strong. If Yun is the most powerful on earth, well, I am still your father." Nan Yi suddenly changed the subject.
"Hehe, Dad, be careful that Mr. Liang gets up and stabs you with his sword."
"Don't be afraid, Dad will invite Mr. Du Xinwu up and then throw peanuts wrapped in paper at him."
