Beiyang reactionaries

Very important.

When Duan Xun was in Sichuan, he attached great importance to attracting investment.If not, how could a large amount of funds flow into Sichuan and make Sichuan develop so fast within a few years.

After eating and drinking well, Duan Xun will talk to these wealthy Nanyang merchants.Talk about how to keep them, talk about how to make them pay willingly.If tens of millions of pounds can be introduced, it will definitely have huge support for Duan Xun's economic development.

"Mr. Chen wants to invest in building a natural rubber plantation in Qiongya?"

265 Overseas Chinese Rich Businessman 2

"Yes."

Chen Jiageng nodded slightly.

The rich overseas Chinese businessmen who came to Wuchang this time are all the top richest people in Southeast Asia.These people left their hometowns to work hard in Nanyang, and they have different feelings about the country.Especially in the First World War, the assets of these people have doubled several times.

Some people will be displaced during the war years, but some businessmen can get rich during the war years.This is the case with these wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen, who became rich during the First World War.

How rich are these rich Nanyang merchants?

So rich that even the big powers are salivating.

After the end of the First World War, the great powers returned to Southeast Asia. After seeing the astonishing wealth of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, they were all surprised.None of them thought that these rich overseas Chinese businessmen were so rich.Because the assets of these people can even enter the world rich list.

Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia controlled finance, natural rubber, sugar, shipping, pineapple, timber, and grain in Southeast Asia. It can be said that the economic lifeline of Southeast Asia was in the hands of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.If these powers allow overseas Chinese businessmen to mine minerals, overseas Chinese businessmen can even control the resources in Southeast Asia.

Therefore, after these great powers came back, what they thought about was how to take away the money of these rich overseas Chinese businessmen.For example, the Netherlands stipulates that rich overseas Chinese businessmen should pay taxes, pay war taxes, and pay a lot of taxes.If overseas Chinese wealthy businessmen really pay this tax, many wealthy businessmen will have to pay one-third of their property.Huang Yizhu, the richest man in Indonesia, left Indonesia because the Netherlands was so aggressive.A wealthy businessman like Huang Yizhu will have to pay tens of millions of taxes if he pays taxes according to the requirements of the Netherlands.It is too much.

The same goes for the French.

They are more direct.Confiscate the money of rich overseas Chinese businessmen in various names, confiscate their land, and add crimes to them.Speaking of which, the French have done a lot more than the Dutch.Unwarranted charges were directly imposed on wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen, and then their property was confiscated.

Britain is the most polite.

But Britain is not a good bird either.In other words, the food in the UK is much better than that in France and the Netherlands.After they came back, it was stipulated that certain business Chinese were not allowed to get involved.However, many wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen already have large businesses in the fields stipulated by the British.In the past, the British did not have regulations, but now they stipulate that the Chinese are not allowed to get involved. This is not playing with people.

What should I do?

If the British don't allow it, it is illegal to do it.

Although rich overseas Chinese businessmen were rich, they could not and did not dare to confront the British directly, so they could only give up their business, and they could only transfer it at a low price.In the end, these businesses were all taken over by British businessmen.The overseas Chinese businessmen lost a lot of money, and the British businessmen used this method to seize the assets of the overseas Chinese businessmen.

At this time, the wealthy Nanyang merchants were naturally divided into two groups.

One faction believes that the world is now ruled by the great powers. Britain, France, including the Netherlands, are all world powers, and China is not an opponent at all.If you want to do business in Nanyang safely, if you want to survive in Nanyang, you can only rely on them, you can only go to them.Therefore, many wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen choose to change their nationality and choose to join them.There's nothing wrong with that, and they shouldn't be blamed.Because this is the cruel reality, they can only choose this way, and there is nothing they can do.

The other faction deeply felt that without a strong country, people like them outside, no matter how rich they were, could not protect their own interests.Therefore, these people deeply hope that the country will be strong and are willing to do their part for the country's prosperity.

Willing to invest in China and help the domestic economy develop.

Otherwise, they would not have been supporting the Revolutionary Party since the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Most of the wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen who returned to China this time are such people.After they came to Duan Xun's place, they also talked with Huang Yizhu.In addition to doing business in China, many people are also willing to invest in education and public construction.

Overall they are most interested in railways.

They are very supportive of Duan Xun's vigorous development of railway construction.And Duan Xun's conditions have already been listed.Duan Xun promised to give 40 years of operation rights to the railway invested and constructed by the private sector.

In the eyes of many people, this is a sure-fire deal.

Huang Yi lived like this, and so did other rich overseas Chinese businessmen.Building bridges and paving roads has been a matter of virtue since ancient times.Moreover, building railways can make money, so why not do it.Therefore, these people are planning to jointly establish a Nanyang Overseas Chinese Railway Company in Wuchang to build the Zhengyu Railway, which starts from Zhengzhou, goes south through Ruzhou and Nanyang, enters Xiangyang and Jingmen in Hubei, enters Kuizhou, and connects Wanxian.Finally, I got in touch with the Yuwan Railway.

Duan Xun is of course supportive.

Duan Xun has no money for such a large railway.If you want to build such a railway, it should be seven or eight years or even ten years before Duan Xun can plan and build it.But with private investment, Duan Xun can completely ignore it.

As long as the quality of the project is well grasped, nothing else is a problem.

As for the 40-year operating right?

Just give it.

It's not for the big powers, so there won't be any problems.But Duan Xun also has a condition, that is, they don't want to operate the railway in the future, but they can't transfer the railway operation right to foreign governments and foreign businessmen.

Either it is transferred to the government, or it is transferred to domestic businessmen.

And just after negotiating about the construction of the railway, Tan Kah Kee proposed another investment project with Duan Xun.As the king of natural rubber in Malaysia, he wants to build natural rubber plantations in China.

The choice is Hainan Island.

"Mr. Chen, although I'm not an expert in this field, I've heard of some things. According to the weather and soil, it seems impossible for our country to cultivate natural rubber?"

natural rubber.

With the current industrial development, the demand for natural rubber is very large.It's just that China's industry has not yet developed, so there is not much demand for natural rubber.

Demand for natural rubber in the United States is staggering right now.

Because after the end of World War I, the American automobile industry will develop by leaps and bounds.When the automobile industry develops, there will be a lot of natural rubber needed.

Many of these Nanyang wealthy businessmen headed by Tan Kah Kee made their fortunes by planting natural rubber.They control most of the natural rubber in the world at present, control a large number of rubber plantations, and become a wealthy party.

Not to mention now, until decades later, natural rubber will be used as a strategic material.

However, it is generally believed in the world that natural rubber, especially the three-lobed natural rubber produced in Brazil, can only be successfully planted within 10 degrees north and south latitude.Because the production areas of Brazilian clover natural rubber are all within 10 degrees north and south latitude.It's not that no one has tried planting in other places, but without exception they all failed.Therefore, this is the common sense recognized internationally.However, if natural rubber wants to be successfully planted in China, it is basically above 16 degrees north latitude.

"Yes, many people currently think so. But this is not absolute."

"Oh?"

Of course Duan Xun knew that this was not absolute.

Historically, New China has planted natural rubber in Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi and even Guangdong and Fujian.Moreover, the planting area is large and the output is very large. China has become the world's top five natural rubber producers.But at that time, New China was building natural rubber plantations with the power of the whole country.

Because Western countries block China and prevent natural rubber from entering China.Including the lack of natural rubber in the Soviet Union at that time.Therefore, the Soviet Union not only advised China to plant natural rubber, but also sent many experts to help China.The same is true for China. China's industrial development needs natural rubber. If others don't give it to you, you can only solve it yourself.But now someone is eyeing Qiongya, that is, Hainan Island, Duan Xun is quite surprised.

After all, the planting of natural rubber in New China was more than 30 years later.

"General, in fact, someone has successfully planted natural rubber in Qiongya."

"is it?"

Duan Xun was very surprised.

Although the price of natural rubber is getting higher and higher internationally, the demand is also increasing.But there is not that much demand in China, or even little demand.So the local government didn't care much, and Duan Xun never knew about it.

Duan Xun also just took control of Hainan Island.

Therefore, it is impossible for Duan Xun to pay attention to this kind of thing, and it is impossible to know.Duan Xun only knows a little bit about the history of natural rubber.