Chapter 309: Going out to sea

Chapter 309: Going out to sea

Chapter 309: Going out to sea
Siam, Bangkok.

The first overseas branch of Hailufeng Company was established here. At the same time, the investment bank that was previously acquired in Hong Kong through a shell company also completed the transfer of equity in September this year.

Jiang Miao became the bank's largest shareholder, with an individual stake of 80%. Of the remaining shares, Lin Shuya held 10% and Jiang's Investment Company held 10%.

Jiang's Investment Company is also a company that Jiang Miao personally controls, but part of the company's shares are in the hands of Jiang Miao's parents and Lin Shuya.

Anyway, Jiang Miao is an only child, so this kind of thing doesn’t matter.

The bank has now been renamed "Jiang's Commercial Investment Bank".

In fact, in the past few years, the bank has made huge profits around the world through Jiang Miao's layout and a lot of insider information. However, Jiang's Bank's main investment areas are Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.

After all, the main income in the international market is US dollars, euros, and Japanese yen. Therefore, Jiang's Bank not only kept a portion as investment reserves and working capital, but also quickly invested the remaining foreign currencies in the stock market.

For example, last year Masayoshi Son sold all of SoftBank Group's Alibaba shares, and Jiang's Bank took the opportunity to take up a large portion of it. Combined with the shares acquired through other channels, Jiang's Bank currently holds approximately 4.3% of Alibaba Group's shares.

Other companies that were also taken advantage of include Samsung Group in South Korea and Tokyo Electron in Japan.

Previously, Hailufeng Company was operating in secret, but now it doesn’t even bother to pretend. It has simply torn off its vest and started to expand and invest massively in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.

As for whether these investments will go down the drain.

With Seris' current influence in these two regions, if anyone dares to resort to underhand tactics to deal with Hailufeng Company and Jiang's Bank, Jiang Miao probably won't even need to ask for help, as someone will take the initiative to volunteer and give these ungrateful guys a good beating.

Bangkok.

As soon as Hailufeng Company came in, it made very big moves.

“Recruiting agricultural technicians…”

“Recruiting construction workers…”

The streets and alleys are full of recruitment flyers for the Siam branch of Hailufeng Company.

Not only Hailufeng Company, but also state-owned and private enterprises including COFCO Group and New Hope Group have entered Siam, and they are also recruiting local employees on a large scale.

In addition, a large number of mechanical processing companies also came to set up factories. Fortunately, Siam’s education industry has developed well, and it has a certain industrial foundation and has accumulated a large number of industrial workers. This time, a large number of them were assigned to the mechanical processing industry.

These mechanical processing industries are parts processing industries extended from the Asian Road and Bridge Project and the Antarctic Solar Energy Development Project.

For example, the production of screws and various hardware parts, the establishment of these industries will bring huge employment opportunities.

Of course, the country does not completely let these low-end industries go their own way, but has comprehensive considerations and plans.

First, we must ensure that these small forces do not have access to a relatively complete industrial chain to avoid being unable to get rid of it.

Second, we must ensure that there are alternative or backup related industrial layouts in the country.

Third, we must fully integrate these foreign companies into the domestic industrial chain to prevent them from getting out of control.

As long as we completely control their economy and food, these small forces will have no room for resistance.

Even though Hailufeng Company came to Siam to open a branch, it would not promote food crops locally, and crops with strategic value would not be promoted in these areas either.

So what did Hailufeng Company come here to invest in?
The answer is naturally tropical fruits, mineral resources, garbage recycling, power services, etc.

For example, in the case of electricity services, it was not Hailufeng Company itself that invested, but Minqin Group that invested.

Minqin Group plans to deploy a large number of photovoltaic thin-film towed airships around Bangkok, which will not only realize solar power generation, but also firmly control the local power industry.

This is much better than building thermal power plants, hydropower plants, etc. locally.

After all, the photovoltaic airship can fly back to the country at any time. Even in an emergency, we can consider activating the airship's self-destruct system to instantly destroy Siam's photovoltaic power generation capacity.

Thermal power plants and hydropower stations are fixed assets. If an emergency occurs, they cannot be destroyed in a short period of time, which will instead benefit local forces.

This is also one of the unspoken rules for export investment by major domestic companies.

For example, the power system can either use ultra-high voltage lines built from domestic sources, or use photovoltaic airships to generate electricity.

However, fixed assets such as hydropower stations and industries with basic attributes are not allowed to be established abroad.

Of course, energy storage systems are not within the scope of the restrictions.

After all, if photovoltaic power generation is to be adopted, the storage system must be built locally, otherwise the electricity generated by photovoltaic power generation cannot be regulated and used. The Siam branch of Hailufeng Company plans to build a large energy storage station in Bangkok.

Inside the staff recruitment and training center.

At this time, the gate was almost crowded with people. Even though the sun was scorching outside, there was still a constant stream of people queuing up to apply for the jobs.

A nervous local young man came to the diversion point with a bilingual resume in Chinese and Thai.

The staff at the diversion point had a blank expression on their face and asked directly in Thai: "What position are you applying for?"

“I’m applying for an electrician position…”

The staff directly printed out a queue ticket: "Take this queue ticket and queue up in Room 207."

"Sakadiva..." the young man hurriedly thanked him.

"Don't dawdle, there are people behind you."

"Sorry, I'll leave right away..." The young man trotted up to the second floor.

Soon he found Room 207.

The seats at the door of Room 207 were already full, so he could only stand in the corridor near the door. Fortunately, the air conditioning in the corridor was very cold, which relieved the heat in his body.

Among the applicants who came up later, a middle-aged man saw the young man, approached him, and asked curiously: "Young man, do you also want to work in the power company?"

"Uh..." The young man turned around and saw the middle-aged man in work clothes. He asked nervously, "Yes, I'm here to apply for the electrician position. My name is Zheng Anmin."

"Chinese?" The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows.

"No, I'm only a quarter Chinese. My grandfather is Chinese." Zheng Anmin scratched his head shyly.

"So how's your Chinese?"

"I can understand some of it, and there's no big problem with it." Zheng Anmin replied honestly.

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Then why did you apply for the electrician position? Wouldn't it be better to apply for the technician assistant position?"

"Ah? Is this okay? My Chinese is not very good."

The middle-aged man looked at you and said, "Haha, now all the people in Siam who can speak Chinese and Thai are being recruited by the Seris companies. You have the basics, so you can just go to night school and study hard for a month or two. Why do you have to do such hard work as an electrician?"

Zheng Anmin was confused and doubtful: "Is that so? But I have already submitted my resume..."

"Just tell the interviewer directly. After all, talents like you are very popular nowadays." The middle-aged man suggested.

"Thank you, uncle." Zheng Anmin hurriedly thanked him.

“No need to thank me. We are half fellow villagers. I am half Chinese, and my damn dad forced me to learn Chinese. Now I have a good opportunity. If I weren’t 45 years old, I would really try again.” The middle-aged man lamented the sudden changes in his life.

"I see." Zheng Anmin suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked the other party's name yet, so he quickly asked, "Uncle, what's your name?" "My name is Lin Haibin, and my ancestral home is in Fuzhou, Fuzhou Province."

"Fujian Province? I have heard of it. My grandfather's family seemed to have migrated from Fujian Province, but I forgot where exactly."

"Your last name is Zheng, right? It's your grandfather's last name, right?"

"Huh? Yes." Zheng Anmin scratched his head embarrassedly.

Lin Haibin did not show any reaction to this situation, because many people in Siam are now trying to establish connections with the Chinese, and blood ties have become a shortcut.

There are many people like Zheng Anmin whose ancestors have Chinese ancestry in Siam.

In the past, it was because of the suppression by the Siamese government that these people did not mention their Chinese ancestry. Now that the Siamese government can no longer suppress it, many people have transformed themselves and become Chinese again.

Just this month, the number of name change applications received by Siam’s household registration department suddenly increased by dozens of times.

This shows that the trend of attaching oneself to Chinese descent has already formed a wave within Siam.

After all, Siamese and Chinese had very common intermarriage in history, and they are all yellow people. If some locals really want to force it, then a large proportion of the locals do have more or less Chinese ancestry.

This is another impact of being a superpower.

Especially when the race of the people in this superpower is similar to one's own, it is natural that some people will try to cling to their status.

If it was America, then even if the Siamese people talked about their ancestors, the white people in America would not acknowledge the identities of these people.

But if this superpower is Seres, it would be very easy for the Siamese to blend in.

Even after centuries of de-Sinicization, Siam could not stop Serbia from becoming a superpower.

It is estimated that in the next decade or so, the "Chinese" population in Siam will grow rapidly.

You have to know that even if the Siamese government persisted in assimilation, there were still 12% to 14% of Chinese and Chinese descendants in Siam, and their identities were still clear.

If everyone with a little Chinese ancestry is considered Chinese, then it is estimated that the proportion would be more than 80%. After all, even the Siamese royal family has Chinese ancestry.

Therefore, Lin Haibin did not think there was anything wrong with Zheng Anmin's approach. After all, water flows to the low places and people go to the high places. If their Chinese identity can help them, they will naturally pick it up themselves.

Including Lin Haibin himself, he was unwilling to learn Chinese before, and it was only after his deceased father beat him with a stick that he reluctantly learned Chinese.

This was also a common situation among many second and third generation Chinese in Siam.

Coming back to his senses, Lin Haibin smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your grandfather should be from Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and he is a fellow countryman of Zheng Chenggong of the Southern Ming Dynasty."

"I see."

Lin Haibin reminded: "If you really want to use your Chinese identity, then go ask your mother, she should know something, and then find an opportunity to go to your grandfather's hometown to recognize your ancestry. When you have a family tree, you don't have to worry about being criticized."

"Thank you, Uncle Lin for the reminder."

Before they knew it, they had been chatting for over an hour.

"number 46…"

Zheng Anmin looked at the queue ticket in his hand, found that it was his number, and walked quickly into Room 207.

The three interviewers looked down at the resume.

One of the middle-aged interviewers wearing glasses only looked at the personal profile of the resume, then raised his head and asked:
"Do you speak Chinese?"

“I can read, but my speaking is not very good.”

"It doesn't matter. I'll write a paragraph in Chinese and you translate it into Thai." The middle-aged interviewer wearing glasses quickly wrote a sentence on a piece of draft paper and handed it to Zheng Anmin.

Zheng Anmin looked at it for a while, and quickly organized his words in his mind: "What does this mean? What is the name of the school you graduated from?"

"That's right, the translation is very good. It seems that you have good Chinese reading and writing skills."

Another female interviewer asked, "Do you want to apply for an electrician position?"

Zheng Anmin quickly expressed his thoughts: "No, I didn't know the conditions for your company to recruit technician assistants before. I just learned about it and now I want to apply for the position of technician assistant."

After hearing this answer, the last Mediterranean interviewer slowly said, "Technician assistant? Although you graduated from a technical school, you have a basic knowledge of Chinese. After a few months of training at the training center, you should be able to do this job."

After discussion among the three interviewers, Zheng Anmin passed the interview.

The Mediterranean interviewer handed him a document and said, "This is the interview pass certificate. Bring it with you tomorrow and go to the employee training center next door for a three-month training."

"Thank you."

"Okay, when you go out, tell No. 47 to come in."

"Okay." Zheng Anmin nodded slightly and left Room 207 with his things.

As soon as he came out, he shouted, "No. 47, go in!"

Applicant No. 47 pushed the door open and walked in.

Lin Haibin looked at Zheng Anmin, who was smiling: "Xiaomin, did you succeed?"

"Yes, Uncle Lin, I will come to the training center tomorrow to attend the training, and I wish you success in passing it."

"I accept your good words."

"I'll leave first."

"Be careful on the road."

"Thank you."

Looking at Zheng Anmin's back as he left, many people showed envious expressions.

At the same time, I was thinking whether I should sign up for a Chinese class.

After all, although Lin Haibin and Zheng Anmin spoke in a low voice just now, several people around them still heard it.

Although Hailufeng Company is recruiting a large number of people, it does not mean that all applicants can pass the interview. Currently, the number of employees recruited by Hailufeng Company in Siam is 2.4, which is roughly equivalent to about 5.2% of the total number of employees of Hailufeng Company in China.

That is to say, Hailufeng Company has about 46 employees in the country.

Other Seres companies in Siam also plan to recruit about 15 people in the coming months.

However, Siam's unemployment rate this year is too high. Coupled with the fact that agriculture has been hit by natural disasters and man-made calamities, as well as competition from Hailufeng Company, the current number of unemployed people in their country has reached nearly 400 million.

Therefore, Hailufeng Company only recruited 2.4 people locally, but received about 60 resumes.

This shows how terrible the unemployment rate in Siam is.

Fortunately, with the advancement of the later industrial consortium plan, and the development of the tropical fruit industry by agricultural groups such as Hailufeng Company, the local unemployment rate will soon drop to a relatively safe range.

(End of this chapter)