Chapter 1203 Taking advantage of the situation
"This matter is not something that cannot be discussed-" Fan Wubing replied hesitantly while considering the pros and cons of this matter.
The situation is very clear now. If you do not have the ability to control the SARS epidemic and cure these SARS patients who suddenly appear, you will not have the courage to take on this burden. After all, no one can make an accurate estimate of the prospects of this SARS epidemic, except Fan Wubing.
Just as Singapore Prime Minister Oh Zuo Tong said, it will take two to three years for China to control the SARS epidemic, and in this disaster, thousands of people will die.
There are no precedents, no treatment methods, and no accurate research on the SARS virus. Judging from the current development trend, the destructive power of this SARS epidemic should be very great. This is also the consensus of the medical community around the world. Even the current domestic senior officials are worried about this matter.
Although the US military has launched a crackdown in Iraq, China has no longer had the leisure to take into account the affairs there. Now the entire government has focused all its forces on the work of preventing and controlling the SARS epidemic.
The new Prime Minister's opinion is very clear. The Ministry of Health must be able to effectively solve various current problems in accordance with the central government's deployment and effectively implement the general policy of curing diseases and saving lives, and not be as mediocre as his predecessors, or even conceal the epidemic and interfere with the decision-making of senior officials.
Although Fan Wubing didn't say anything about this, he felt a little dissatisfied. You should know that in the early days, he and his father Fan Heng urged the relevant parties to pay attention to this matter. However, everyone was busy preparing for the Two Sessions at that time, and no one took this seriously. Now that a big mess is coming, they are all eager to find themselves as lobbyists.
However, Fan Wubing thought about it again and said that when this critical moment, he stood up and turned the tide, so that the new leaders could have enough respect for him. After all, the old leader has passed away. If he does not get along with these people, it will be difficult for him to continue to support his father Fan Heng to stay in this position.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Fan Wubing took the initiative to take on this task.
But Fan Wubing is not a person who works in vain. He asked directly, "Does Wu Zuotong from Singapore say a wild word? Does the central government have no attitude at all? If you do this, it will make everyone very sad."
The new Prime Minister suddenly didn't react to what Fan Wubing said, but just replied, "The issue of national policy. After all, Singapore is still useful to us. It is not beneficial to us to break up at this time."
"This is an irresponsible attitude." Fan Wubing directly pointed out the problem. "Singapore has become a bridgehead for international champions. If you let it go, not only will the domestic people have a serious confrontation, but overseas Chinese will also be disappointed with the central government. After all, the outbreak of the SARS epidemic has cast a grievance on the central government. If you cannot actively respond to this matter, the dignity and prestige of the country will be deposed and the influence of the central government will be hit unprecedentedly."
"Is it so serious?" The new prime minister obviously suspected that Fan Wubing was exaggerating the facts.
"It's even more serious than this!" Fan Wubing replied without hesitation.
Then Fan Wubing pointed out the key issues, indicating that the reason why the central government cannot see clearly on this issue is because the Singapore government has already established a large number of interest spokespersons in China and pointed out that the Temasek consortium is eyeing China's financial industry.
"I heard that the Temasek consortium's investments around the world have suffered huge losses. The losses this year are about hundreds of billions of dollars, but they are planning to focus all their energy on entering the domestic banking industry and strive to obtain about 200 billion yuan in three years." Fan Wubing told the new Prime Minister.
"Temasek is planning to enter the domestic banking industry, but you may have no basis for saying this, right?" the Prime Minister asked with a frown.
"I also heard that Temasek plans to spend $1.5 billion to acquire 5% of the shares of the Bank of China?" Fan Wubing asked directly.
"There is such a thing, but it's still being discussed. $1.5 billion is our bottom line, and they probably don't want to spend so much money." The Prime Minister replied.
Fan Wubing immediately said, "I pay $2 billion and I also hope to obtain 5% of the shares of the Bank of China."
"This matter is not that simple. Temasek has rich experience in financial management. This is also a resource that the Bank of China hopes to introduce. It is not as simple as spending money to buy shares." The Prime Minister smiled.
Fan Wubing asked with confidence, "In terms of ability and scale, Fan Investment Group has the largest team of financial experts in the world and has experience in banking acquisitions. At the same time, our asset appreciation is the world's first-class and the scale is huge. Temasek's total assets are not as good as our annual income. I think we are more qualified to cooperate with the domestic banking industry."
"With that being said, there are actually some difficulties in operation-" the Prime Minister hesitated, "We also need to respect the bank's choices. After all, this is their duty. In some practical work, the central government cannot overstep its affairs."
"In other words, the central government does not care about the low selling of state-owned assets in banks?" Fan Wubing asked, "The Singapore government has shown a positive situation. Could it be that the central government will allow Temasek, the official consortium of Singapore, to come to China and plunder state-owned assets frantically with the cooperation of some interested people?"
"What you said--" The Prime Minister was amused and crying by Fan Wubing's words.
If it were ordinary people, they naturally did not have the courage to speak out like this. But Fan Wubing was different, and his status was there. Not to mention anything else, there were a lot of relationships between the old leaders, especially when he stood on a very just standpoint, no one dared to underestimate his power.
After thinking for a while, the Prime Minister felt that if he did not face Fan Wubing's problem, he would probably not agree to help so easily, especially if this matter affected Fan's Investment Group's investment in China, it would be a loss.
As a senior executive, he knew very well what the Temasek consortium was, that is, a consortium that was engaged in capital operations. Its own strength was not very strong, and its total assets were only 50 to 60 billion US dollars. Even if the current central government took out 50 to 60 billion to invest in a project, it would not be difficult.
It is just as a banking reform, if you want to make the four major banks list overseas, this is an established policy. The goal to achieve is not only to develop and grow, but also to establish contact with overseas capital groups and form an inseparable network of relationships. In this way, after you have me and I have you, you want to influence and cooperate with each other. Even if you encounter some difficult political problems, you can achieve the result of curve resolution through economic communication.
"If you have a way to make Temasek withdraw, personally, I will be optimistic." The Prime Minister finally stated.
Fan Wubing nodded and agreed.
After deducting the phone number, Fan Heng asked about his son, "What are you going to do?"
"Of course I have to use some tricks. Don't ask for specific questions." Fan Wubing replied.
"Why do you think of it? You must target Singapore?" Fan Heng was a little curious about Fan Wubian's attitude.
Fan Wubing replied, "This is very simple. It is precisely because Singapore is a country dominated by Chinese and is a pioneer. Therefore, China uses Singapore as a breakthrough point and counterattacks against international forces, so the side effects of counterattacks against international forces are relatively small. It thinks it is superior and always points fingers at others. There are few people in the world who are truly willing to drift water for it. There are almost no countries that sacrifice their own interests to get millet from the fire. Therefore, counterattacks against Singapore will not provide many shells to **, but it can teach those Chinese elites who rely on their ** to make a good lesson. Don't look at you who are cheering and paying bills all day long, it's really bad that no one will pay you!"
In fact, Fan Wubing saw it very clearly that Singapore can only gain the greatest benefits in a bureaucratic society like China. Otherwise, with their current state, they have suffered serious losses in international investment and cannot find a basis for profit. Apart from colluding with officials and businessmen in the mainland to plunder state-owned assets, they really cannot find any way to make money.
Since I have understood their wolfish ambitions, I naturally have to attack them. How could I let them do whatever they want?
Since it has been decided to look good to the Singapore government, Fan Heng naturally doesn't have to wait for Oh Zuo Tong's former secretary envoy to come to Hong Kong to explain, so the father and son cleaned up and took a special plane back to Beijing.
When the secret envoy of the Singapore government came to Hong Kong, he found that there was no object to explain.
Just when he contacted Singapore and discussed whether he needed to go to the mainland to continue the unfinished mission, he found that China's mainstream media, especially online media, had changed direction in unison and began to report on the ugly behavior of the Singapore government and Oh Zuo Tong himself before and after SARS.
What is even more shocking is that this time the media seemed to have become smart all of a sudden, revealing the old foundation of the Temasek consortium and exposing their plans to acquire banking shares at a low price. They also deeply analyzed the profit model of the Temasek consortium and pointed out incisively that the Temasek consortium is facing a wall everywhere in the international arena. The losses are heavy, so they turn their attention to mainland China, trying to achieve their own goal of turning losses into profits through collusion between officials and businessmen.
Chapter completed!