Fan Wubing looked around everyone, smiled and said, "To be honest, I did plan to invest in the construction of an iron ore production company in Western Australia before, but after that, something small happened, so it disrupted my plan."

Everyone, including Governor Hobbit, listened in a slight manner, hoping to hear any reasonable explanation from this super rich man.

"Everyone knows that I am a Chinese," Fan Wubing said to everyone, "Everyone should also know that China is currently carrying out reform and opening up and actively introducing foreign investment to develop."

"We have heard of this." Governor Hobbit nodded and said yes.

China's development has also attracted worldwide attention in recent years. Australia's pace of entering the Chinese market is obviously a bit conservative. Due to policy factors and Australia's distance from mainland China, the contact between the two sides is not close, so the conflict of interest between the two sides is not large.

In recent years, as the Australian government has been committed to its domestic economic reforms and active immigration policies, many Chinese students have begun to develop into Australia, and the contact between the two sides has gradually increased and they have more understanding of each other.

It should be said that as a pure immigrant country, the Australian government has a relatively relaxed attitude towards immigration, so once it becomes an immigrant, it can enjoy various preferential treatments provided by the government to citizens, which has attracted many people, including Chinese, to move to Australia.

However, because the welfare benefits of citizens are too high, the Australian government has suffered heavy economic burden. Recently, the Howard government has begun to cut this part of the budget and formulated a series of policies to distinguish the treatment of citizens and immigrants in an attempt to reduce the burden so that the economy can take channels for healthy development and provide more development funds.

Despite this, there are still many Chinese people who have moved to Australia, and a large part of them are second-generation children who have made a fortune in mainland China. The ancestors who have become rich in advance hope that their children can receive Western education, learn some modern management experience, and then return to China to manage domestic company business. Therefore, there are still many children of wealthy and luxurious people here. Sometimes when it is late, you can see many expensive sports cars racing on the road, most of which are the children of these Chinese.

Therefore, in Hobbit's eyes, the Chinese are relatively rich, so he feels that Fan Wubing is rich but does not invest economically. This matter looks a bit suspicious, which makes him feel a little uneasy. As the successor of a governor, he has not experienced the previous cooperation process, nor does he know if there is any insider information in it, nor does he know whether the former governor had any conditions for exchanges between Fan Wubing, so he is now in a hurry to see Fan Wubing, just to figure out this matter.

After all, Fan's investment in Western Australia is not small. If the entire company is operating, it will require at least 2 billion Australian dollars to operate, which is not a small amount. What is more noteworthy is that once the mine is operating, the benefits will be very considerable.

Although the production capacity of the iron ore development company of Fan's Investment Group is relatively low, Hobbit has reason to believe that as long as it obtains huge market demand, Fan's production capacity can be increased rapidly.

Moreover, judging from the fact that Fan Wubing's company built transportation railways and ports to sea, their investment plans are relatively long-term and should be trustworthy. However, no matter what, he also needs to contact Fan Wubing himself to implement this matter.

After learning about Hobbit's concerns, Fan Wubing made a mistake and explained to them, "There is a great demand for funds in China. Various industries in various places are on the eve of an outbreak, so it requires a large amount of external funds to promote it. Therefore, the desire to introduce foreign capital to develop the economy is very great! In many places, when examining the political achievements of local officials, you must see how much the other party contributed to the investment promotion. What is very coincidental is that my father is one of the important leaders in China. Although the population of Jiangnan Province he is responsible for is less than 70 million, and although the place is not large, it has more than 300,000 square kilometers. As such a local leader, you must make certain contributions to the local investment promotion work."

After hearing what he said, everyone looked surprised. Although many people knew that Fan Wubing had an amazing wealth, they did not expect that his father was such a large official, with a population of more than 70 million. As for Australia's own population, it was only 20 million.

Seeing that everyone was moved, Fan Wubing continued, "Under this situation, some of my investment behaviors must consider whether there is any conflict with my father's political achievements. When a large amount of funds are needed for development in China, if I invest too much overseas, many forces will have very large objections, which is extremely unfavorable to my father's development in China. Therefore, I have to control the amount of investment overseas, reduce this number as much as possible, and solve this problem through other channels."

After hearing what he said, Hobbit felt that it was clear. This was a bit similar to when he was in charge of Western Australia. He also wanted to introduce development funds as much as possible to support the development of Hebdo, but did not want the locals to have money but invest in other provinces.

But there is another thing that Hobbit finds difficult to understand, "Then why do you invest so much money in Indonesia? Does the domestic government have no objection to this matter? You should know that your investment in Indonesia is far more than ten times that in Western Australia."

Fan Wubing had long expected that he would ask this question, so he said hesitantly, "Some inside information about Indonesia is not suitable for disclosure. It is no longer just a business act. Can Mr. Hobbit understand that if I say that?"

After hearing Fan Wubing's speech, the old man with red nose Hobbit suddenly wandered around and immediately thought of the problem. Or, the Chinese government has a tacit understanding with Fan Wubing, and the investment in Indonesia is not only economic factors, but also political demands? Of course, this matter is indeed not easy to ask much.

So the old man nodded and smiled, "I understand this way, because it is a bit abrupt to invite Mr. Fan to Sydney in this matter. But does Mr. Fan have further financing plans? The stock market is average now, does Fan have any influence in Australia before? I am worried that the market financing may not be able to be satisfactory."

Fan Wubing waved his hand and said, "I am not worried about this. I believe that local investors in Australia are still very sensible. At the same time, I will also make a special report on this issue so that investors can understand how we operate more easily and enhance their confidence. Another point is that if the market financing is not satisfactory, I will still invest enough funds to develop the iron ore business in Western Australia in the end, and this general direction will not change."

The old man Hobbit was like Fan Wubing's words. He immediately smiled when he heard this, "Our Western Australian Government has no doubt that Fan's Investment Group's enthusiasm for developing Western Australian iron ore resources. As the host, we will also provide some convenient conditions for the development of investors as much as possible. Please rest assured by Mr. Fan."

After that, the two sides held good talks on government-enterprise cooperation. Both sides felt that the other party was of great sincerity, and in-depth consultations were conducted on some policy-level support, making historic progress, which was far more convenient than the conveniences given by a state government.

After these people left, Fan Wubing heard his subordinates return that Hobbit is now Howard's opposition, so he hopes to make some amazing careers in Western Australia and have the opportunity to win the next Australian Prime Minister.

Fan Wubing smiled and said, "The old man looks quite honest and has a good ambition. Not enough, it is a good thing to be a big ambition. If we help him, maybe we can really make an Australian Prime Minister!"

However, Fan Wubing also knew very well that without major changes, Howard's position in Australia would be unshakable. After all, the economic reform he advocated is undoubtedly extremely correct for the current Australia. Just like China's economic reform, this matter always needs to be promoted by a wise leader. He is now what the Australians want.

Of course, if there are substitutes, I believe that Australians may not have the chance to be so nostalgic.

Although the old man with red nose Hobbit is not good-looking, if it can make Western Australia's development a step further and create brilliant achievements, I believe that voters hope to change a new leader.

After all, economic reform may not be what many people like, especially when it touches their own interests. The degree of dislike will gradually deepen, and his attitude towards Howard will change from support to opposition.

In any case, Hobbit still has a certain opportunity. The most critical question is whether Fan Wubing's investment in Western Australia can really give him the political capital to make a big comeback.

After all, the current demand for international iron ore is not very hot. The mainland Chinese market, which is the market with the largest demand for iron ore in the future, has not yet become popular at this time. The amount of iron ore imported from Australia in the mainland Chinese market is also limited and cannot bring much boastful income to Australia.

Under such circumstances, everyone is still waiting and watching, and no one knows what the future will be like?
Chapter completed!