Chapter 397 Indonesian Lin

  In the big cities in Kalimantan such as Machen and Kuching, Habibi is a respectable surname. The Habibie family has been rooted in Kalimantan for eight generations. Because of their smarter minds and advantages in shipping than the local aborigines, the Habibie family soon took control of Kalimantan's olive oil. , coconut and rubber businesses, and became a leading landowner.

  After the arrival of foreign colonists, the Habibie family, together with other local tyrants, actively moved closer to the Westerners, including sending younger generations of the family to study in the West, marrying whites, and opening up markets to foreign capitalists. The colonists naturally embraced and let the patriarch of the Habibie family sit on the position of the ruler of Kalimantan Island.

  After the British withdrew, like many countries with awakened nationalism, the Habibie family, as the representative of capitalists, became one of the targets of the new government's liquidation. But at that time, the Habibie family had already managed the entire Kalimantan Island like a rock, ignoring the threat from Java Island at all, and even threatened to separate from Indonesia and merge into Malaysia in the north. After judging the situation, Jakarta had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​liquidation.

   After the military president Suharto came to power, it is even more impossible to take action against such local tyrants. Naturally, the central government will not let this kind of family grow stronger and stronger. In the end, under the division and long-term pressure, the Habibie family gradually gave up some businesses such as olive oil, coconut and rubber. Of course, they also got compensation, that is, natural resources such as oil and shale gas.

  Currently, the Habibie family controls oil fields such as Handi and Bakapai in eastern Kalimantan, and owns three oil companies, including the Pertamina Petroleum Company, with total assets estimated to reach as much as $7 billion.

Yusuf Habibi, the patriarch of this generation of Habibi family, did not hold an official position in the current bureaucratic system of the Indonesian government. The governor of Kalimantan Island was also sent by Jakarta, but anyone who has lived here for more than a year knows that , the actual leader of the island is Yusuf Habibie.

"Welcome, my friend!" At the exit hall of Sepinggam Airport, before Zhong Shi and the others could react, Yusuf Habibi greeted him with a large number of entourages. It's hands clasped together, before the person is in front of him, the fluent English greetings are blurted out.

  Land Rover, who was walking in the front, waved his hand, and the bodyguards were automatically divided into two rows. Zhong Shi came out from the crowd. When he saw Yusuf with his palms clasped together, his expression was slightly astonished, but he reacted in the next second, and quickly clasped his palms together and said, "Hello, Mr. Dato."

  Datu is a title popular among Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, and the object is often people with social status and high prestige. Originally, it was the awarding system of the British in these areas, which was later quoted by the local government and royal family, and gradually became a tradition in this area.

  With Yusuf Habibi's status, he naturally deserves the title of Datuk. Therefore, when Zhong Shi called him Dato, the gray-haired old man was still a little excited, held Zhong Shi's hand, and said with emotion: "I can't think that Mr. Zhong is so young. It's too surprising. The young people are indeed terrifying!"

"You are also growing old and strong!" Zhong Shi smiled, held the other party's hand with the same enthusiasm, flattered the other party quietly, and then said meaningfully, "Mr. Dato, I don't think your ambition is here. Right. But having said that, with the prestige and status of the Habibie family today, your title of Dato can't set off your identity."

The two communicated in English, and Yusuf naturally heard what Zhong Shi wanted to express clearly. He was moved in his heart, but there was nothing strange on his face. He still smiled and said, "Oh? Mr. Zhong, according to you Look, what title is more suitable for me?"

"Of course it's Mr. President!" Zhong Shi blinked at Yusuf, with a half-smile on his face, and he didn't know whether he was joking or talking seriously, "President of the Indonesian country, such an identity can meet the needs of people like you. Such a big man."

   "Haha, Mr. Zhong is not only young and promising, but also very humorous!" Yousuf's expression was slightly stagnant, and he burst into laughter in the next second. But the strange thing is that even though he laughed so hard, he never let go of the hand holding Zhong Shi. If you observe carefully, you can find that he is holding Zhong Shi's palm tightly with one hand, while the other hand is holding Zhong Shi. Zhongshi slapped rhythmically on the back of his hand.

   This is definitely not a joke, and both parties involved know it well.

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  After exchanging pleasantries, Zhong Shi and his party were connected to the Lin's Hotel in the center of Machen City. This hotel is one of the few five-star hotels in the area. In addition to the level of the hotel, what Zhong Shi paid more attention to when booking was that it was a hotel controlled by a Chinese consortium.

  The Lin family, the third largest family in the Indonesian Chinese consortium, owns 13 hotel chains including the capital Jakarta, with star ratings ranging from three stars to five stars. In addition to hotels across Indonesia, they also have hotels in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

  In addition to being a hotel tycoon, the Lin family is also a well-known patriotic overseas Chinese. As early as the War of Resistance Against Japan, Mr. Lin Leyi, the patriarch of the Lin family at that time, mobilized patriotic overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia to donate money and strength to the Chinese government at that time. This feat was highly unanimously praised at that time, and even his story was once written into the textbook.

  Although after Lin Leyi passed away, the contacts between the Lin family and the two sides of the strait gradually decreased, but no matter what, the Lin family was still the target of both sides' efforts to fight. Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the car of Lin Shi'en, the head of the Lin family, can freely drive in and out of the Chinese consulate in Indonesia.

   "You are Zhong Shi?" Lin Shien looked at the young man in front of him, and his eyebrows raised involuntarily. "The economic advisor of the Hong Kong government?"

   "That's right, I am!" Zhong Shi has long been used to this kind of questioning, so he just shrugged slightly, and then said, "Mr. Lin, let's go in and talk first!"

This is the presidential suite on the forty-eighth floor of Lin's Hotel. After being notified by the consulate in advance, Lin Shien came to visit Zhong Shi with a dispensable attitude. This so-called wizard "helped the Hong Kong government defeat international speculators twice". .

  Although I don’t know what the other party’s situation is now, but after hearing the news that Dato Yousuf personally greeted him at the airport, Lin Shien realized that the other party might not be in vain. But when he saw the real person in person, he was still a little surprised.

Lin Shien is a red-faced man in his forties. His face does not have the characteristics of a South Asian with a snub nose, small eyes, and thick lips. This is because they can only intermarry with pure Chinese blood for generations, so there is not much change in their faces. reason. He is fluent in Cantonese and understands Mandarin, but speaking it is difficult.

  Two bodyguards walked in first, taking the bathroom with them. After checking inside and out, they nodded to Lin Shien and closed the door from the outside.

"This is your hotel, and you still have two bodyguards with you?" Zhong Shi kept silent during their inspection, and only after Lin Shien and him were left in the room, Zhong Shi jokingly said, "Mr. Lin, are you too cautious?"

   "Mr. Zhong is from Hong Kong, so he may not know the situation here." Lin Shien apologized slightly, and explained in a low voice, "This is not a country that is polite to the Chinese."

  Although he said it very implicitly, Zhong Shi understood immediately, and naturally asked: "I don't know what Mr. Lin said, what does it mean to be impolite?"

"Hey!" Lin Shien sighed, turned his head to the side, shook his head, and said, "It's hard to explain. If there is a chance, Mr. Zhong should go to research by himself. By the way, I don't know if Mr. Zhong is here this time. What is it for? They say that you are a distinguished guest who helped the Hong Kong government repel the attacks of international speculators on the Hong Kong dollar. I wonder if it is true?"

   "Of course!" Zhong Shi admitted without hesitation, without changing his face, "In fact, I am not alone in the credit. The huge foreign exchange reserves of the Hong Kong government have also played a lot of role."

  The corner of Lin Shien's mouth twitched slightly, with disdain in his eyes, he was speechless to Zhong Shi in his heart: This is naturally due to the huge foreign exchange reserves, how could it be due to you? Judging by the way you look like taking other people's work for yourself, nine out of ten you are a liar.

Thinking of this, Lin Shien wiped his chin, pretended to be very interested, and said, "Since Mr. Zhong is so interested, why don't you give me some pointers, so that I will suffer less losses? You also know that due to the recent Indonesian rupiah Floating, my hotel industry suffered heavy losses and was almost closing down!"

"It's simple!" Zhong Shi slapped his chest, and agreed in a big way, "Except for the local currency transactions that cannot be avoided, everything is settled in US dollars. In addition, it is to keep cash reserves as much as possible, of course. , if possible, it is best to do currency forward risk hedging.”

   These are conventional methods, and Lin Shien naturally knows it well. His original intention was to break Zhong Shi's "pretending to be a ghost" trick. Seeing Zhong Shi slipped into a trap, his expression changed immediately, and his tone of voice became cold, "Mr. Zhong, don't you know that just today, Indonesian In order to control the instability of the foreign exchange market, the government has announced that the dong will change from a free floating state to a fixed exchange rate system, which means that everything you just said is in vain.”

   "Really?" To Lin Shien's surprise, Zhong Shi wasn't surprised at all, but instead had a calm expression on his face, as if he was waiting for the other party to say the result. Immediately afterwards, Zhong Shi's words made his heart sink, "Mr. Lin, how long do you think the Indonesian government's foreign exchange reserves can maintain this exchange rate system? Even if they can control the hype of international speculators, they can Can the flight of foreign investors be controlled?"

  Lin Shien's face suddenly turned pale.

"You also said before that the Indonesian government is not polite to the Chinese!" Zhong Shi directly ignored his paper-like ugly face, and still said to himself, "If the Indonesian government can't keep the fixed exchange rate system by then, what do you think? What will they do?"

   "You mean..." Lin Shien looked at Zhongshi, his voice stopped abruptly, obviously thinking of a terrible possibility.

  In fact, since February, the voice of finding a scapegoat for the current economic difficulties has not stopped at all, but this time, it may really be different.

  As one of the largest financial groups among Indonesian Chinese, Lin Shien naturally knows why the Indonesian government suddenly announced the implementation of a fixed exchange rate system at this time. But he never thought about what the consequences would be if this fixed exchange rate system failed, and thinking about what happened to the Chinese as second-class citizens here, he was already a little shuddering.

"In case there are thugs who attack your hotel collectively, I'm afraid Lin's hotel will disappear forever." Just when Lin Shien was sweating and trembling with panic, Zhong Shi's emotionless voice It sounded again, "Uprooting your foundation, I believe it is more unbearable than destroying you physically?"

   Thank you book friend Si Wuxie for casting monthly tickets for several days in a row! No matter what the situation is, as long as I can spare even a little time, the author will try my best to persevere, and I hope everyone will continue to support~

  

  

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