Chapter 682 Opportunities in the Mainland Sugar Market

Wang Zhiqun replied: "Currently, the underlying framework of the game has been completed, and the interface operation is still being optimized. There are also some technical difficulties, including both software and hardware;

I have already asked Intel to send engineers who have previously participated in game development from the United States to help us with this. However, Intel has been very busy recently and their time is not very compatible with us. "

"Intel's own tasks are very heavy, and I guess they really don't have much energy." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "If the technical problems cannot be solved, we can also consider poaching people from other American technology companies and bring a few of them to Hong Kong with high salaries. We can still afford this cost."

As a major shareholder of Intel, although he does not interfere with the operation of Intel, he still knows a little about some of its major internal projects, but he only knows the general idea and is not clear about the specific details. Besides, he does not understand them very well.

Intel's previous two chips were successful, and it is now developing the third and even preparing for the fourth in the future. The task is arduous, but it has to work hard because if it is not careful, other chip companies may catch up or even surpass it.

In terms of "volume", the United States in the first half of this century was no worse than the ordinary mainland industries of the future, and the electronic technology industry and the Internet industry in the second half were also very competitive. If you didn't compete, you would be killed by other peers. Of course, the rewards to employees were also high enough.

Intel's current position is still far from stable, so Yang Wendong cannot ask them to cooperate with him too much. After all, his own gaming industry is important, but in the long run, it may not be better than Intel.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Wang Zhiqun agreed.

Yang Wendong added: "It is normal to use overseas technical personnel to work in Hong Kong. The United States is also absorbing technical talents from all over the world. As long as they can be used stably by us in the future, or people in Hong Kong can learn relevant knowledge, it doesn't matter what their nationality is. Hong Kong itself is a relatively open city. In the future, we will also absorb a large number of foreign managers or engineers."

If you want to do international business, you naturally need a certain amount of foreigners. After all, the economy in this era is still controlled by Europe and the United States, and foreign employees have a natural advantage in foreign trade. After Li Jiacheng's industry expanded in his previous life, he also hired a large number of foreigners, the most famous of whom was Ma Shiming.

On February 1973, 2, after the Spring Festival, Hong Kong's economy still showed no signs of recovery and everything was in depression;

Yang Wendong welcomed a guest from Southeast Asia at the Four Seasons Hotel: "Mr. Guo, you look a little worried. What could possibly stump you, the Sugar King?"

Standing in front of Yang Wendong was none other than Guo Henian, who had just been named the "Sugar King of Asia". Guo Henian was very talented and capable in business, and in this life he had partnered with Yang Wendong to build a sugarcane farm in Malaysia on a large scale by hoarding land. With the strong support of Hang Seng Bank, the speed of development might be much faster than in the past.
Just last year, he was named one of the richest Malaysians by a Malaysian newspaper, catching up with many wealthy families that have been running their businesses for nearly a hundred years. His main businesses are sugar and timber industries.
Even though Yang Wendong had formed a joint venture with him, his purpose was only to meet his own needs. He would sell the extra sugar, but he could not compare with Guo Henian in terms of refined operations in this regard, and he had never thought about competing with him. Any consortium might operate many industries, but it was impossible to be proficient in everything, and its own energy was limited. It was enough for Changxing Group to operate its existing core industries well, and it had no intention of achieving top success in so many industries that had little advantage over "time travel."

Robert Kuok shook his head and said, “Alas, what bad luck! At the end of last year, I participated in the bidding for a piece of land near Central at a high price. You should also know this. I want to build a five-star hotel.
Less than two months after the deal was taken, the economic crisis hit Hong Kong, and land prices began to fall. I lost tens of millions of dollars in one fell swoop, and judging by the trend, land prices will continue to fall. Tell me, am I depressed? "

Even though his net worth is not low, tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars is still a huge sum of money for him; and this is his first time making a big property investment in Hong Kong, and he encountered such a thing. It can be said that he has bad luck. The Chinese class is quite taboo about such things.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, “Investing in real estate is like this. Even the price of sugar, which you are best at, fluctuates frequently. It’s similar to any business.
Besides, the core problem of Hong Kong nowadays is the overheated investment before, but in the long run, things will definitely get better and better, so there is no need to worry too much. Just keep building your hotel. It will take one or two years to complete it. I estimate that the economy will definitely recover.

Just like in 67, it seemed to have fallen a lot compared to 65, but didn’t it recover in 70? "

Previously, when Guo Henian wanted to invest in a hotel in Hong Kong, Yang Wendong did not remind him even though he knew that Hong Kong's economy would have problems in the future, because there was no need. The relationship between the two of them was not that good. Even in Hong Kong, only Zhao Lelai, Lin Haoyu and others were reminded by him.

Besides, history changes, and he is not sure about the specific time. There is no reason for overseas capital to wait for a long time without investing. Anyway, in the long run, investing in real estate and hotels in Hong Kong will not be a loss.

"I hope it's as Mr. Yang said." Guo Henian smiled and said, "But what I'm worried about is not this. Even if I lose money on the investment, it's not much. What worries me is something else.

Mr. Yang, I can tell you about this, and I hope you can complete it with me, but if you don’t want to participate, please don’t tell anyone else. ”

"Is it serious?" Yang Wendong was also surprised and asked, "Then I'd better not know, okay?"

Guo Henian shook his head and said, "That's not the case. This matter is about the mainland."

"From the mainland? Tell me about it." Yang Wendong immediately became interested.

Now, there are still 5 years before the reform and opening up of the mainland. With the improvement of relations between the mainland and the United States in 71, it also began to make friends with other Western countries, and trade began to improve. Many trading companies in Hong Kong took this opportunity to make a fortune, including Changxing Trading Company, but not many;

Because the main trade in the mainland now is still importing some materials, in terms of exports, there is no difference from before, and Changxing Trading is mainly good at retail and its own internal sister company-type business, which is somewhat different from the demand type in the mainland.

Guo Henian said: "A domestic official and someone from China Resources found me and said that the country now needs 30 tons of sugar, but this purchase cannot be made public, so they want me to secretly help the country and purchase it secretly."

"So that's how it is." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "This is not an easy task. 30 tons is not a small amount, and it is very difficult to complete it in secret."

After all, sugar is not a staple food. In terms of global production capacity, it is much lower than that of staple food. 30 tons is already a lot.
What’s more important is that although the global production capacity is far higher than 30 tons, additional purchases are very small, because agriculture is basically a pre-order transaction. Both the purchaser and the producer need to sign an agreement before planting. Otherwise, when the agricultural products come out, they either cannot be sold or bought. One of the fundamental reasons for the birth of early futures was to solve the sales problem of agricultural commodities, but later it was magnified by leverage and turned into a highly profitable financial tool.

Robert Kuok agreed, "Yes, once this news is released, the global sugar price will inevitably skyrocket. The mainland has limited funds, so we want to purchase 30 tons at the current stable price."

"Our production capacity is not enough, and we also need it ourselves. Even if we publicly acquire some, it will not help." Yang Wendong frowned and said, "If the mainland could tell us about the demand last year, it would be much more convenient."

Needing 30 tons of sugar is not actually a problem, but we can't be in a hurry. If we need it half a year later, then it is not a big problem to directly purchase futures or find large farms to make reservations.

"I didn't ask much about this matter. It's meaningless to know. Anyway, there is a shortage of sugar in the country now. Now we are considering how to solve this problem." Guo Henian shook his head and said, "Does Mr. Yang have any ideas?"

Yang Wendong said: "I have no other choice. The fact that the mainland came to you instead of me for this matter also shows that you are much better than me in this regard."

Guo Henian laughed and said, "Haha, Mr. Yang is too modest. I have some idea about this matter, but I tell you, it is actually for another purpose.
The domestic demand for sugar is expected to increase in the future, but both land and fertilizers need to be used on staple food, so sugar may still need to be purchased from abroad, so I think we should seize this opportunity. "

"Do you mean expanding our sugarcane farm in Malaysia?" Yang Wendong asked back.

In his early years, he cooperated with Guo Henian to stockpile a large amount of raw land in Malaysia, and then gradually developed it into a sugarcane farm;

The biggest obstacle to progress here is not funding or local policies, but orders. Without sufficient orders, blind expansion is a dead end.

However, the global demand for sugar is still gradually increasing, and there are also many producers. If we can obtain stable orders from the mainland, we can definitely expand our production base significantly.

Guo Henian nodded and said, "Yes, according to the information from the person I contacted, the core task of the mainland in the future is to improve the economy and the quality of life of the people. The demand for sugar will definitely be very high. This is also a golden opportunity for us."

"Okay, that's no problem." Yang Wendong agreed immediately: "How big a base will be needed and how much investment will be needed, have you calculated it?"

In his previous life, he had not paid special attention to the demand for imported sugar before and after the reform and opening up, but this thing is basically a necessity, and coupled with the underdeveloped domestic agriculture, the demand must be getting higher and higher.

"Haha, as long as Mr. Yang agrees, that's good." Guo Henian said, "I haven't figured out the investment yet. The most important thing right now is to buy these 30 tons of sugar from the mainland at a fair price. Then we can discuss long-term supply cooperation later, right?"

"Yes, although it is not necessary, but if we can accomplish this for the country this time, our prices will be similar to others in the future, and then we can get orders from the mainland." Yang Wendong nodded and said.

Although the mainland's per capita economy is not strong, it is a big country after all. The purchasing power of some demands is still very large for ordinary companies. If the news really gets out, the demand for hundreds of thousands of tons of sugar a year will inevitably be competed for by a large number of sugar trading companies around the world, and even the national level may intervene.

If Guo Henian can solve the problem of this urgent need, then he will naturally have a certain priority in the future, which is also a good thing for them. After all, long-term business is the most important;
And the rewards of this matter are not just this. In the past, because of Guo Henian's help this time, the mainland government gave Guo Henian the green light for many large-scale high-quality projects in China after the reform and opening up, including the Yanjing Oriental Plaza project. Unfortunately, Guo Henian did not participate because of financial constraints at the time, and Li Jiacheng benefited in the end.
Of course, Lao Li, Bao Yugang and others actually provided large-scale "assistance" in the country in the early stage of reform and opening up. The simplest one was to build universities. No matter what the purpose was, as long as they provided help in the early stage, they gave these groups great benefits after the domestic economy developed in the later stage. The only pity is that the Bao family, Bao Yugang died prematurely, and because they had no son, the inheritance was broken. In addition, the Wu family did not seize the opportunity, so they did not get this benefit.

Guo Henian added: "I plan to go to Brazil and pretend to purchase a part of the sugar order in my personal name, and then find a way to divert the attention of global sugar capital, and then secretly buy some spot goods, adopt multi-point purchase, and ship them to the warehouse in Malaysia. When the quantity is sufficient, I will ship them to the mainland."

"Is there anything else I can help you with?" Yang Wendong asked.

Guo Henian smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just need to rent your plane so that I can appear to be very wealthy and intimidate the capital from Brazil."

"Sure, don't mention renting it, just use it directly." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "The Malay farm is a joint venture between you and me. Now in order to obtain big customers, we mainly rely on you. So, it is my duty as a shareholder to provide a little help."

If a long-term supply agreement is really reached with the mainland, he will also benefit from it. Naturally, he has to do something and cannot take advantage of others for nothing. After all, it is just a small expense of money.

Guo Henian smiled and said, "Okay, I won't be polite."

For wealthy people of their level, they may not be able to afford a private jet, but leasing one doesn't cost much. Compared with the big things they want to do, this investment is nothing. It doesn't matter to Yang Wendong. He doesn't need to be too polite. Being too polite is sometimes not a good thing.

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