Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1250 Water Benefits
"Why are you so excited? This is Tokyo. Where can they get their commission? Are you saying they have expanded their business here?"
Nan Yi replied and looked over in the direction of the voice. He did not see any "parade through the streets" to attract the attention of other guests, nor did he see any tissues being scattered to create an atmosphere. He only saw the waiters doing nothing fancy and just delivering the wine to the seats as usual.
"Uncle, don't underestimate these gold diggers. It's not impossible that they have cooperation with the bars here." KiKi said disapprovingly.
"It seems like you have a lot of resentment towards them because your dad is your ex-boyfriend?"
KiKi looked at Nan Yi's face and said, "Uncle, don't ask if it's okay. I'll only make you unhappy if I tell you."
Nan Yi chuckled, "Why are you unhappy? It's normal for you to have had a boyfriend at your age. It's abnormal if you say you haven't had one. As long as there are no troubles that continue to this day, you don't need to dwell on your ex-boyfriend. I won't ask, and you don't have to bring it up."
"You really don't ask?"
"Really." Nan Yi hugged KiKi and said, "Let's play for a while, or change places?"
KiKi looked up and said, "I don't want to move anymore. I'll go back after watching the show for a while."
"good."
The show wasn't very exciting, it was just scenes that happened every day in the bar. KiKi watched it for a while, but didn't want to watch it anymore because he couldn't wait for the main part.
KiKi was greedy and demanded excessively, so Nan Yi didn't sleep well that night.
In the following days, the two of them got along back to their old ways. KiKi would sleep in, and in the morning, Nan Yi would go out alone and meet Ikeda Karikyo, Minami Ieyasu, Ueno Michiko, Ueno Mio, Taniguchi Ai and others in turn.
Ikeda Karikyo is almost of age, and Nan Youqiong has already decided on his successor, who is currently being led by Ikeda Karikyo.
Minami Ieyasu has always been a worry-free person, and has always played the role of the holder of Minami's Japanese assets perfectly. After marrying Okura Keiko, he has not shown any signs of instability. He is currently the chairman of Okura Shoji, Ikeda Company, and Hokoku Miyako, as well as the chairman of the Japanese branch of a retail group.
Baoguo Agricultural Machinery has been separated from Baoguo Rice, and its production lines are also independently distributed in several countries. The various business lines are relatively independent. Except for the earliest small-scale agricultural machinery business line, the Japanese attributes of other companies have been basically weakened. They regard themselves as companies of the country they are in. Anyway, subsidies for "national enterprises" must be actively sought and taxes must be reasonably avoided.
Back then, the strategy was to let Minami Ruoyin take over Okura Shoji and Ueno Department Store, but no one expected that this girl could actually train Ueno Michiko and help her become the president of Ueno Department Store. Later, Ueno Mio, who was brought up by Minami Ruoyin, took over her position.
After learning English, Nan Yi never saw Ueno Miyo again. Twenty-five years passed in a blink of an eye, and she had become a woman, with quite a bit of the charm of Ueno Michiko.
Unlike Ueno Michiko, her husband is good and she has always lived a happy life. When Nan Yi met her, she frankly recalled her love for him in the past. It was just a recollection of youth, and there was no dirty behavior.
When Ai Taniguchi started at Shin Shima Co., Ltd., she was the head of the sales department. Around 2000, she became the CEO of Shin Retail. Through bonus shares and stock purchases, she owns 2.7% of Shin Shima Co., Ltd.'s shares.
It's just a pity that there has been no significant development in the real business situation. The special development model of real retail has prevented it from going beyond Japan. The market value of the real company is stuck at 5 trillion yen and her net worth can only hover around 100 billion yen.
After staying in Tokyo for a week, Nan Yi took KiKi to India, not Mumbai, but Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India.
India's population is moving towards 1.4 billion, firmly sitting in second place and striving for first place. As of now, India has 540 million Internet users, that is, 540 million demographic dividends, which is the first factor promoting the great development of India's Internet.
As we all know, India is ruthless in banning foreign apps, which brings us to the second factor. With these two factors, India has the foundation to create an Internet company with a market value of $100 billion, and the future is promising.
Nan Yi and his friend came to Gandhi Street from the airport and walked around the street for a while. KiKi, who had never been to India before, went from seeing everything as new to complaining about the hot weather.
Stopping at a busy three-way intersection, Nan Yi let KiKi take a rest under an advertising sign while he ran to a convenience store and bought five or six cans of India's national drink "Labor Hero".
This brand under Labor Group, its name comes from the term “Model Worker” first proposed by Nan Yi. After several discussions, it was finally changed to “Labor” + “Hero”. Labor is the big brand and Hero is the sub-brand. Since then, the “Labor Hero” that is popular throughout India was born.
Nan Yi walked out of the convenience store holding a steaming drink, and a huge advertisement on the wall across the street caught his eye. It had a blue background, with a photo of Pabu Vaze's upper body on the right, and the three English letters TCS below it. The left side, which occupied more than 80% of the page, had no fancy decorations, only a line of capital letters "WHO IS THE NEXT".
Prabhu Vaze is the number one goddess voted in the rankings of multiple Indian Internet platforms, not only because she is beautiful, but also because she is a veritable Indian Internet goddess.
After the Guangyu Electric speculation incident ended, Prabhu Vaze returned to India and moved TCS from Mumbai to Bangalore. The business also began to adjust from focusing only on consulting business to focusing on both consulting and Internet investment.
The investment threshold of TCS is very low. As long as the project looks promising, you can get an investment. Even if you only have a plan, you can get money. As Prabhu Vaase said in public: I am willing to help every Internet dreamer.
Having said that, TCS throws half-dead "entrepreneurs" into the gutters of Bangalore every year. Prabhu Vaze is a good person, but not a fool. He wants to deceive her and go home to practice for a few more years.
In the eyes of Indian Internet entrepreneurs, Prabhu Vaze always has a keen eye for talent and picks out the most worthy investments from one project after another and places heavy bets on them. Fast-growing Internet companies such as Flipkart, Paytm, Byju's, Ola Cabs, Zomato, MakeMyTrip, Hike, BigBasket, CarDekho, Quikr, etc. have all received investments from TCS.
Moreover, Pabhu Vaze is very considerate of entrepreneurs. In order to dispel the entrepreneurs' concerns about losing control of the company, he will not take too many shares, but will help entrepreneurs introduce other investors, such as Britain's British Royal Investments, France's Sophie Investment Holdings, Thailand's Tainan Group, China's WhiteWater Investment, etc. If it is a company that he is particularly optimistic about, he will also introduce America's richest man, Wei Ye, to give entrepreneurs a pair of wings to fly.
Not only that, Pabu Vaze treats all entrepreneurs equally and never neglects or discriminates against them because they are of low caste. Perhaps it is because of this that she is recognized as the number one goddess.
In fact, the issue of low castes is basically nonsense. Low caste talents have basically gone abroad, and few of them stay in India to face the unfair competition environment. It is much easier to work in Silicon Valley. With the help of compatriots, you can quickly climb to a high position.
In order to maintain the image of treating everyone equally, entrepreneurs from lower castes should be arranged by themselves, otherwise it would be really hard to find them.
Nan Yi took his eyes off the advertisement, walked back to where KiKi was standing, handed her the bag of drinks, took out his mobile phone, opened TikTok, and watched Pabu Vaze's videos.
The short video platform is a good medium for building a personal image and conducting publicity. Behind Pabu Vaze is a team of passers-by who are responsible for "secretly photographing" her while she posts soft articles and short videos, and are also responsible for updating the content of her social media platform accounts.
After watching two videos, I read the comments with the help of Yizai and found that some of the comments were sarcastic. Some also pointed out that there was a team behind Pabu Vaze, and the so-called videos taken by passers-by were carefully arranged.
"This platform is not working, it really is not working, it must be shut down, and we should launch a short video platform of our own, called Mii, Made in India."
One of the purposes of Nan Yi's visit to India this time is to find a project with good prospects for Wuzhi Trust. Wuzhi Trust currently has too few assets and is not very impressive. At least 10 billion must be raised before Nan Zehang's tenth birthday.
"Uncle, what are you looking at?" After drinking half a can of drink, KiKi felt less hot and was in the mood to care about Nan Yi.
"Beauty."
KiKi came close to Nan Yi and looked at the phone screen. "Strong woman, she looks familiar, like that...uncle. Who does she look like? I can't remember for the moment."
Nan Yi smiled and said, "Looks like my daughter-in-law."
"Stop messing around." KiKi continued to think.
"Looks like actress Tabu, around 30 years old." Nan Yi said.
"Who is Tab?"
“Do you watch Indian movies?”
"Look."
"She is..." Nan Yi froze and thought for a moment, "I can't remember what the Chinese name of the movie was when I downloaded it. The English name is 'Vision'. The male protagonist in the movie only has a fourth-grade education level in elementary school, but he makes up for the lack of school education by watching movies every day, and even develops super logical thinking and reasoning abilities .
He cleverly used the rules of memory to falsify everything that happened in the past, exonerating himself and the daughter of his classmate who had been killed by mistake. "
KiKi nodded her head. "I've seen it before. It seems to be called Bollywood Manslaughter or something. I was wondering why she looks so familiar. She looks a lot like the female police villain in the movie. Uncle, who is she?"
“Rich Indian woman.”
KiKi asked curiously, "How rich?"
"It's just so-so." Nan Yi said casually, "It can't be compared with the WeChat business tycoons in our country. I know a female tycoon who earns enough money every day to buy a hundred Maseratis."
puff!
KiKi sprayed out the drink she had just drunk. She glanced at Nan Yi, wiped her lips, and said angrily, "Uncle, please don't tease me. Only the top and middle managers can make money in WeChat business, and they don't make that much. Those who can make hundreds of millions a year are the best among them."
Nan Yi was surprised and asked, "You know a lot about WeChat business?"
"Last year, I spent several months investigating micro-business projects. I originally wanted to start a facial mask brand, but my father disagreed. He said that micro-business was too risky, and there was only a fine line between legal and illegal, so it was easy to get into trouble."
"Did your father go to Pearl City or Goose City when he was young?"
"How did you guess that? My parents met in Pearl City and stayed there for several years."
Nan Yi suddenly realized, "No wonder."
"No wonder what's going on?" KiKi was confused.
"Zhucheng is the birthplace of MLM in China. Even if your father has never done it, he must have seen it. The tactics of WeChat business are actually not much different from those of MLM back then. It's just that the model of recruiting downline people has integrated the concept of Internet+. Your father was right to stop you from doing it. It's really easy to get into trouble with WeChat business."
KiKi said jokingly: "Uncle, you know a lot about it, have you ever worked in WeChat business or MLM?"
"Don't guess." Nan Yi took the bag from KiKi, put the unfinished drink into his backpack, and took out a mask from it and handed it to the other party, "You go to a few places with me today, and I will play with you tomorrow."
"Where are you going? Why do you need to wear a mask?"
"You'll find out in a moment."
We got in the car and drove towards the airport. After several traffic jams, which are common in Bangalore, we arrived at Bellandur Lake.
Perhaps it was because Mr. Hu was in a good mood today, or perhaps it was because he was hospitable, but as soon as Nan Yi and his companions got off the car, sparks of fire ignited in many places in the lake, a few here and a few there, with the potential to spread across the prairie.
Nan Yi put on a mask and motioned KiKi to do the same. Then, he pointed at the lake and said, "I solemnly introduce to you the most magical place in Bangalore. It was also the most beautiful scenery a hundred years ago, the Burning Bellandur Lake."
Before Nan Yi finished his words, the spark in the lake had already spread into a large area. Above the strange blue flames, billowing white smoke like water vapor floated into the sky.
Fortunately, the white smoke was drifting in the opposite direction of Nan Yi and his group, so there was no need to avoid it.
KiKi was surprised and asked, "Uncle, is there natural gas here?"
"There is no natural gas, but there are a lot of chemicals. There are many chemical factories upstream of the Bellandur Lake runoff. A lot of chemical wastewater with a very low ignition point is discharged into the river. It accumulates for a period of time and will burn when the weather is good."
KiKi sniffed when she heard that. A strong and stimulating smell entered her nostrils and the corners of her eyes instantly became moist.
"It stinks and it hurts my eyes."
"Don't sniff or inhale too hard. There's ammonia in the lake."
Nan Yi squinted his eyes and observed the surface of the lake for a while, then his eyes followed the direction where the smoke was drifting.
After observing for a while, he took out his mobile phone and studied the electronic map for a while.
Nan Yi called Qin Chengying to his side, pointed to the apartment complex in the distance, and then pointed to the electronic map: "This place is called Iblur. The main residents of the apartment are IT practitioners who work in the Whitefield neighborhood. Their English level is not bad. You can pretend to be a self-media and do an interview and ask them about smog pollution and their daily water use.
It’s mainly about water. Try to ask as clearly as possible. If the person being interviewed doesn’t bring up the smuggling water mafia, you can guide them.”
Qin Chengying asked: "Uncle, what is the smuggling gang?"
Nan Yi explained: "After 2000, Bangalore developed very quickly, but the development plan was not well done. Hundreds of lakes were filled in for land development. Now there are only 81 left. Even among these 81 lakes, more than half are polluted and the water in them is not drinkable at all.
Urban roads are paved with concrete or asphalt, which hinders the infiltration of surface water. The water level here has dropped sharply in recent years, and if you want to pump groundwater, you have to drill to more than 450 meters.
The municipal water network here is not only poorly developed, but also riddled with holes. Some newly built communities have relatively stable water supply, but the old communities have problems with water supply. The taps are almost just for show, and many communities have to rely on water trucks to deliver groundwater to the community's water tanks.
The water transport business is not controlled by the government, but by private individuals. I don’t need to tell you the rest, right?”
Qin Chengying nodded, he understood clearly in his heart that a rigid demand market with little regulation means huge profits, but it also means that there will be fierce fighting in the beginning. After a group of people are eliminated, the remaining people will suffer heavy casualties and pay too high a price, so they will naturally sit down to negotiate. Everyone will form a cartel to monopolize the private water supply and maximize their profits.
Seeing Qin Chengying nod, Nan Yi continued, "There should be other business models for the water here. I want to make a little money by getting involved. I'll count you in. I'll tell you in detail when I figure out how to do it."
"Thank you, uncle."
"Go ahead and take care of yourself."
After Qin Chengying left, Nan Yi took KiKi to a well where a water truck pumped groundwater.
Two packs of cigarettes made the taciturn water carrier very talkative. Nan Yi asked the water carrier his name, Manju Nath, and also asked about some things in the water tanker industry. He also learned that Manju Nath was mainly responsible for supplying water to the two adjacent industrial parks of Huayao and Huayi.
Nan Yi has been eyeing Indian Telecom for a long time. The reason why he and Priyanka have an intersection is not without the reason that her mother Sayira Sharma is a senior executive of Indian Telecom VSNL.
After years of planning and waiting, India started privatization in 1991, but VSNL Telecom was not listed in the catalog. It lay dormant and continued to wait for another eight years. In 1999, India implemented the "Public Sector Divestment Plan", which was to sell some assets originally belonging to public utilities to private enterprises. Only then did the privatization of VSNL become possible.
After nearly eight years of struggle, Nan finally united the Indian interest network and snatched VSNL from its rival Tata Group.
After Nan became the major shareholder of VSNL, it naturally had to take care of its cousin unit. VSNL would give priority to purchasing any equipment that Huayi could provide. It was for this reason that Huayi established an industrial park in Bangalore to produce equipment nearby.
After chatting with Manju Nath, Nan Yi rushed to several other wells that he had learned from the other party.
The water wells were scattered all over the place, so a lot of time had to be spent on the journey. Nan Yi only went to three wells, and it was already eight o'clock in the evening. The KiKi people who followed him also became listless.
Hurrying back to the hotel where there would be no shortage of water, Nan Yi asked KiKi to take a shower first. He took out two self-heating pots he brought with him and poured his own water into them. While the pots were heating themselves, he took out his mobile phone to check the information about the water.
A large amount of groundwater is extracted in Bangalore every day, but it is not effectively refilled. Many institutions have predicted that if the water resources situation in Bangalore is not improved, the groundwater will be exhausted in five or six years.
This was quite depressing news. When Nan Yi thought of the scene of extreme water shortage, he couldn't help but shudder all over. A feeling of sadness swept over the corners of his mouth, so that the corners of his mouth curled up disobediently, revealing an evil smile.
Pick up the remote control and turn up the temperature of the air conditioner, and the coldness in your body will instantly disappear by half.
Bangalore’s water shortage is not caused by Nan Yi, and it’s not that there is no way to improve it. It’s just that the old problems of caste system and corruption, as well as the selfishness of some residents, caused the “rainwater recycling plan” implemented ten years ago to fail halfway. The water resources situation can definitely be improved.
Therefore, Nan Yi’s ideological level regarding the water resources situation in Bangalore was very low, and he only thought about how to gain some benefits from the water for the Wuzhi Trust.
