Afterwards, Jiang Yi asked him, "Didn't you refuse to get involved in the insurance and securities industries? In the conference room before, so many people forced you to do it but you didn't back down. Why did you propose to do it this time?"
"I listened to your nonsense and took away most of the money I earned. Why should I take the blame afterwards?"
Li Zehua smiled happily, "It's different now. The resources are in my hands. I can do business reasonably and in compliance with regulations. I can move forward and backward freely. If something goes wrong, you, the person in charge, will take the blame."
Jiang Yi was stunned. "No wonder you pushed me to take the position of managing director of Great Eastern, oh, no, Qingyun Insurance. So you want me to take the blame if something goes wrong?"
"Then don't do it. Let's get someone else. I think Lin He is also quite interested."
Faced with Li who turned his back on him, Jiang Yi had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender, "No, he's going to be the heir to OCBC Bank in the future, so there's no need to bother him with this mess.
Who made me born to work hard? I will work hard in this position even if I suffer a little loss, and try to satisfy you, the boss, so that you won't throw me out as a scapegoat."
As I was talking, I couldn't help laughing out loud.
His father had just explained it to him clearly. With the resources of Qingyun Group and the micropayment platform, the insurance business could earn incredible wealth that ordinary people could hardly imagine.
Although their family is also a director of OCBC Bank, they are a little inferior to Lin Weiyao's family. The two families are fighting openly and secretly for the controlling rights of Great Eastern Insurance and Real Estate and Plantation Agriculture Company.
Ten years later, Great Eastern Insurance was finally acquired by OCBC Bank and privatized and delisted. However, it cannot be said to be a win or a loss, after all, it was profitable to reach an agreement quickly.
Moreover, when the family wealth reaches their level, the various networks of personal connections they control are so complex that it is difficult for outsiders to imagine.
The dividends from various types of companies invested by the family fund alone are enough to ensure that future generations will have no worries about food and clothing for generations to come. As long as the Nanyang Li family still controls the core enterprises, it is enough to ensure the inheritance of wealth.
Just now, Li Yuqing relied on the resources of Great Eastern Life to help Jiang Yi get the position of managing director. If he does it well, the family business will surely reach a new level.
"Don't be jealous, pack up and come back with me in five days. Let's go to the Magic City first to see what conditions they can offer. If not, we can move Qingyun Insurance's headquarters to Xingcheng."
"As for the relocation, my father has to come forward and negotiate with the Yuqing government office and get their understanding before we can proceed."
Jiang Yi was puzzled, "Besides, why are you in such a hurry? Why don't you stay in Lijiapo for a while?
There are also many business friends from Indonesia, Malaya and Siam who are preparing to come and meet you.”
"Although this place is nice, it is a foreign country for me. Qingyun's roots are in China, and a large group of people are waiting for me to return to lead the work. How can I stay here for long?"
Li Zehua is very enthusiastic about doing serious things. This time when he came to Lijiaopo, he gave a lot and gained even more through the exchange and rational use of the group's resources.
In particular, its involvement in the insurance and securities industries has opened up new financing channels for the group. Coupled with the strong endorsement of Fengyi International, it has won a ticket to enter the fast food industry.
Zhongjin International’s board seat will not play a big role for the time being, but once the other two industries are successful, they will be cash cows that produce a steady stream of cash.
He has asked someone to contact the senior management of PICC and is prepared to use 25-30% of the shares in exchange for PICC's support for Qingyun Insurance in obtaining a full range of insurance licenses.
This step is crucial, as it determines whether the future new energy vehicle plan can gain a foothold in the first place, especially the combination of electric new energy and online car-hailing, which involves huge interests.
In this regard, we must obtain the understanding of local traffic management departments and transport management departments, and also get the nod of approval from PICC. Only after we have dealt with these companies can we securely pocket the profits.
However, Qingyun Group is unable to provide the resources needed to buy off local tyrants. It is impossible to win over each of them and register a branch company to divide the shares, right?
If you dare to play like this, don’t even think about successfully listing and raising funds in the future, because the fattest piece of meat has been intercepted at the source, and the remaining trifles will not be attractive to the capital market.
It just so happened that Great Eastern had resources in the mainland that it wanted to exchange, and he also had this need. The two sides hit it off and moved forward hand in hand.
By getting the three major funds of Lijiaopo involved to provide strong endorsement, and splitting the final profits 70% to 30%, there will be enough chips to attract more allies to get involved.
The insurance business is an industry that relies on probability statistics to make money. In this regard, Qingyun Group has an inherent advantage because it has the two largest demand groups under its umbrella.
One is a takeout express delivery business, and the other is an online car-hailing and freight truck business. The probability of traffic accidents in both is relatively higher than in other industries.
If the profits from the insurance business can cover the endless accidents caused by the pursuit of extreme efficiency and profits, it would be a great merit.
Li Zehua does not want to challenge the bottom line of human nature, but he cannot control others. When performance evaluation indicators are lowered, he wants to maintain his high salary and social status.
The management team will also constantly test the patience limits of grassroots employees, such as how many minutes it takes for a delivery driver to complete a delivery task, how much the commission for each delivery order is compressed, and how many people will continue to take orders.
When low-level employees are no longer treated as normal people, all kinds of accidents are inevitable.
He can only try his best to open up more sources of income for the company, and while fully protecting the rights and interests of investors behind it, strive to gain more support and the greatest voice.
Even if he is the absolute controlling shareholder with the most voting rights, he must respect the ideas of others. If he insists on having the final say for a long time, he will not be able to offer enough benefits to buy off the management and investors.
Problems will arise sooner or later. As a founder, he has enough prestige to suppress opponents within the company in the early stages, but this may not be the case in the future.
Moreover, the huge cash flow of the insurance business itself is sufficient to support all the company's future plans. There is no need to seek help from any outsiders. The needs can be met through internal financial management and insurance income.
Once the micropayment layout in Southeast Asia is completed, we will use domestic funds to go overseas to buy up high-quality assets, and then bring the funds earned in Southeast Asia back to the country, one thing after another.
Money that is not used or is used improperly is a waste of resources.
Domestic funds are converted into US dollars, mortgaged to related allies and exchanged for currencies of Southeast Asian countries to buy at the bottom, which is equivalent to buying double insurance.
Funds from Southeast Asia flow into Hong Kong, and are reinvested in the country after being loaned domestically with foreign guarantees, adding a layer of protection to the companies under their names. After all, it involves the rational use of so much foreign capital, and some people with ulterior motives will have concerns.
He can also use his US dollar assets to expand his own power in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
It's a pity that at this stage, the turban-wearing oil tycoon still has hope in America, otherwise he could just throw in a few hundred billion dollars and all his troubles would be solved.
Unlike Lijiapo, who was nominally wealthy but actually stingy with money, it took ten days or half a month to review US$300 million or US$500 million, and he couldn't catch up with the last round of default bond transactions in the Eurozone...
After agreeing on the general framework with Li Yilong and others, the next things became much easier. In the remaining three days, Li Zehua was busy meeting with group chairmen and bosses from all over Southeast Asia.
With each signing of a letter of intent for cooperation, Qingyun gains one more ally.
During this period, Yao Xiangjun, vice president of Qingyun Investment, flew over from Shanghai with his team to be responsible for negotiations with the three major funds in Lijiaopo.
The work of divesting all holding subsidiaries was also carried out in Hong Kong at the same time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Zehua once again transferred the company shares held in his personal name into the fund account.
Not showing off wealth is one thing, but the problem of calculating nominal net worth when going public in the future will be even bigger. Like the richest man who sells water, his family holds more than 80% of the shares, and one company directly makes him the richest man in the country.
That position is like putting yourself on the fire. It's not that you can't do it, but you have to do it in a way that is acceptable to the public, otherwise you will be asking for trouble.
For example, if Li Zehua continues to develop undisguisedly as he is now, within five years, the scale of assets exposed under his personal name will reach a terrifying number.
Not to mention the richest man in the country, even the person with the most wealth in the world would be brought down by him.
By then, wealth will no longer be a symbol of his status, but a shackle. Everything he does will be put under the microscope by people with ulterior motives, and people will be keen to discuss the astonishing scale of his wealth.
Those who are interested will always drool over his property.
Therefore, we need to use both hands to inject funds raised overseas into the country, attract more people to the Qingyun commercial giant, and achieve interest sharing and win-win cooperation.
The mutual shareholding of Qingyun Holdings, Investment Company, and Temasek is just the first step, and subsequent exchanges will be more frequent...
The night before leaving Lijiaopo to return home, Li Zehua took a break from his busy schedule and drove to the border between Lijiaopo and Malaya.
A volunteer service camp under the banner of environmental protection. Zhang Tao has been "staying" here for nearly a week, doing nothing, but has actually traveled across the whole of Malaya.
In the north of Siam, they met up with volunteer teams from Yunnan, Burma, Laos and other places, conveyed the latest orders from the group, and met with the leaders of the local underground group who were quite powerful.
Use money to pave the way and win their cooperation. At the same time, find suitable agents to help find suitable training camps and provide necessary supplies.
At the same time, it helps the group's business negotiation team that is about to arrive locally to prepare for the smooth entry of various businesses, find out the distribution of other local forces, identify potential competitors and clarify the specific situation.
And the most important thing is to secretly develop downlines, take root in the local area in the name of charity, ecological protection, scientific research, etc., expand their influence, and at the same time be responsible for providing security guarantees.
Of course, there is not much they can do in a short period of time. It will take time to fully integrate into the local society.
Now is the latent and silent period, and there will be a steady stream of support coming in through various channels. They will also vigorously develop charity in the local area and absorb available talents.
In short, everything is done to better protect the interests of the group and facilitate responses to various emergencies.
For example, this time Lijiaopo was just testing the waters, but what if someone is serious next time?
And let him do it again to scare everyone by dying together?
It is always good to prepare for a rainy day. If you can have a power that belongs entirely to you in your hands and eliminate your opponent through physical means at the critical moment, isn’t that great?
"How is it going? Are the medium-sized companies on the list willing to cooperate?"
Li Zehua was troubled by Siam's policy because it stipulated that any multinational company entering the local area to operate must seek local cooperation in order to carry out business activities and could not obtain controlling rights.
This forced the group to find other ways, such as the agricultural service company looking for cooperation with local medium-sized companies in the retail industry, and Qingyun Electronics looking for cooperation with local agricultural tycoons.
Focusing on differentiated operations, Qingyun's subsidiaries often seek out two or three local small and medium-sized enterprises from different industries to form joint ventures and thus obtain controlling rights in disguise.
Even if Qingyun Group and the Siamese royal family reach a cooperation, they cannot avoid the restrictions of the terms.
Facing the inquiry from the big boss, Zhang Tao took out his notebook and reported everything, "All 800 million US dollars were spent, and several middle-level managers of the CIA Southeast Asia branch received them.
The people from Yunnan, Burma and Laos did not refuse. It was normal business cooperation and all parties were willing to provide necessary assistance.
Only a few people in Siam thought the money was too little and asked for more. One of them even made a bold statement, saying that if the financial sponsorship he requested was not provided, the group's business would not be able to continue operating locally.
Before I came back, the news spread quickly and many people knew about it. Some of my new friends suggested that they could do it for me, and they would only pay a small extra fee. ”
The first round of expansion was carried out in the name of Pinxixi International. When most people heard that the shareholders behind it were Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America, they took the sponsorship fees without much hesitation.
If you encounter difficult ones along the way, you can just ask the investors to come forward and say hello. There is nothing wrong with that. Multinational companies also have to pay their respects first when they arrive at a place, and it is a common practice to look for strong partners.
It's just that this area is rather weird, with blacks and whites mixed together, making it hard to tell who is who. It seems like everyone has the ability to say something, and the key is that everyone is used to it, which is really a headache.
As for the person who totally refused to give face, refused to cooperate in public, and asked for more, the group didn't want to cause trouble for itself, so it decided to put the development on hold if no agreement could be reached.
But he was determined to die and publicly threatened that the group's business would not be able to be carried out in a certain place in Siam?
"Are you testing me on purpose? Or are you just being arrogant?"
Li Zehua was a little unsure for a moment, but after asking about the other party's specific background, he found out that he was just the boss of a small company in public, but the leader of a gang in private.
He immediately made the decision that was best for him.
"If the tiger doesn't show its might, you're treating me like a soft persimmon?
Let the security forces of the scientific expedition team come forward to resolve the problem!
The kind that can let other groups know that it was us who did it, but they can't find any obvious evidence, do you understand?
After defeating it, use double the funds to sponsor other local powerful figures, and tell them that sponsorship is always available, but it must be provided by the group on its own initiative.
If I don’t give it to them, they can’t ask for it!
By the way, examine the actual combat effectiveness and loyalty of the scientific expedition team. As for weapons, do not use those provided by Dongda and the United States. Transport them from Lijiaopo and use those from Britain, France, and Russia.
Yes, use legal weapons to save it."
Zhang Tao understood it immediately. He had no psychological pressure in doing these things. He just did whatever his boss told him to do.
The first batch of security guards for the scientific expedition team were carefully selected by the group from more than 100,000 people. There are always some who are born to pursue excitement but suffer from lack of ways to make money.
For such people, as long as they have parents, wives and children to worry about, and have fatal weaknesses that can be exploited, they will be recruited into the security team with the strictest confidentiality level and receive secret special training.
In case it comes in handy one day, the group pays the money and they risk their lives. If something really happens, the group will support their families for life. It's just an equal exchange.
“We will follow this method in the future. We need to establish a system. Whenever we arrive at a place, we will first visit powerful friends. It doesn’t matter if they are bribed or threatened. As long as it does not affect the normal business of the group, everyone will be in peace.
But if anyone dares to publicly say that he wants to stop the group’s business, then he will be sent packing.”
Zhang Tao nodded, "I know what to do."
"You can transfer a few more people from China and have them connect with the locals, so that we can slowly build our own network of contacts."
Li Zehua was not in a hurry for the rest of the time. He walked around the volunteer camp. As the group had just extended its tentacles from the domestic market, there were not many people, but each of them was an elite. This was the most critical step for the group to go overseas.
He has a lot of resources at his disposal. Even if a company comes forward to establish a network of relationships, after some time, it can eventually be pieced together into a huge network.
It seems that they are still under the influence and control of their respective partners, but in fact, they are leveraging each other's strengths and slowly infiltrating, and sooner or later they will be able to establish their own exclusive core circle.
"Just give out the remaining sponsorship money. Don't think about asking for help in the early stages. Try to solve problems that can be solved with money internally."
Li Zehua is very open-minded. Some relationship networks need time to slowly develop before they can play a role. He is not in a hurry and thinks time will prove everything.
On the surface, the volunteer team has nothing to do with the group. Later on, when the technology catches up, they will all switch to underground communications. As long as they can't find any obvious evidence, they can play a big role.
For example, by leveraging the developed network, we can help the group and friendly competitors solve problems that cannot be solved through normal channels.
This world has both black and white, and there is a huge gray area in between. The group's resources cannot meet everyone's needs. If Qingyun takes too much in a certain place, someone's interests will be damaged.
The group is not worried about challenges from normal channels. It is within the rules of the game and it cannot offer more resources than its competitors to buy off people, so it is understandable that it is defeated.
But outside of this rule, there are many dirty areas in the city’s sewers and uninhabited places in the wild that are hard for ordinary people to imagine.
Here, as long as you have money, as long as you don't blatantly and recklessly provoke more powerful groups, and as long as you don't openly trample on the rules, you can do whatever you want.
It's just like a certain underground powerful group in Siam who openly challenged the group. No one knows who is standing behind him, but it doesn't matter because no one cares about the background of a dying man.
Not convinced? If you have the guts, speak out publicly!
If they dare to die, the group will dare to bury them!
Would the Siamese royal family give up the huge benefits of cooperation with Qingyun Group for a few small shrimps?
Now many people are watching the group's response. They want to see what kind of person Qingyun Group is and whether it has the ability to solve the problem alone.
If any Tom, Dick, or Harry could rush up and bark a few times, and get a lot of money from the group through threats, then no one would be afraid of the word Qingyun in the future.
"Take out another sum of money to bribe the local six sects and say it's the stability fee sponsored by the group."
Li Zehua's business is neither sad nor happy, as if he is talking about something that has nothing to do with him. "After all, a good business environment requires a stable social security.
After getting rid of those people, arrange them to go out and wipe out the entire gang, at least the core members must be dealt with.
Garbage should stay in the incinerator. Why does it pollute the air?" (End of this chapter)