History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 275
He Dingxian saw that Mr. Chen picked up a piece of wife cake, bit it slowly with his front teeth, smiled, picked up a candy from a plastic plate, unwrapped the plastic wrap, and fed the candy into his mouth.

"Master Chen, the candies are delicious."

The candies these days are all pure grain sugar, without black technology.

Mr. Chen smiled happily, put down the biscuit, and said: "Mr. He, I heard that you also set up a free school on Hong Kong Island, and you are a member of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals."

"You and I chat like friends, without having to talk to each other. It feels like the bureaucracy of the old society."

He Dingxian smiled: "Okay, Mr. Chen."

"Mr. He is here purely for education, or does he want to return to his hometown to invest?" Chen Jimei, as the director of the Overseas Chinese Committee, has the duty of connecting overseas Chinese businessmen, and his speech is very straightforward: "If you have investment plans, what department do you need?" support."

"I can come forward to coordinate."

He Dingxian took a sip of tea, and the sweet taste in his mouth was refreshing.

"Mr. Chen, I have no plans to return to the mainland to invest. In fact, my business in Hong Kong Island is not small, and I need money everywhere. At present, the market is still dominated by overseas markets." Returns are higher on Hong Kong Island.

Moreover, the mainland is not suitable for doing business recently, at least in the mid-70s.

Unless it's a political investment.

But that kind of investment is not big, it belongs to a good relationship, you can find anyone, there is no need to find Mr. Chen.

Mr. Chen laughed and said, "I understand."

"Now the overseas market is really booming. The economic environment in the mainland is relatively poor. The war has just ended. All industries are waiting to be boomed."

"Mr. He's father-in-law is Mr. Chu Weinan?"

He Dingxian nodded: "Yes, business matters are all dependent on father-in-law."

Mr. Chen nodded: "Mr. Chu has paid back a lot to his hometown. Young people are just when they are motivated. It is right to choose a big market. To put it bluntly, my business in Nanyang has also been handed over to my son-in-law."

Fujian Province is on par with Guangdong Province in patriarchal patriarchy. If there is no son, the son-in-law is the first heir.However, Mr. Chen's son-in-law "Li Guangqian" is indeed a capable person. At first, he was only an employee of Mr. Chen's company. Later, he was appreciated by Mr. Chen for his hard work and business talent.

It can be said that he is the PLUS version of "Shark Gallbladder Zheng"!
"Mr. Chen, in fact, I also have some business in Nanyang." He Dingxian put down his teacup and said straightforwardly: "The main thing is to do water business and cooperate with the Chinese Labor Front."

Mr. Chen knew it was a gray industry like smuggling, but he didn't have any resistance in his heart, let alone surprised. He just said: "So, Mr. He has some troubles in Nanyang, and he hopes to ask me to solve it?"

He Dingxian laughed lightly: "It's not my trouble, it's the Chinese Labor Front. Some time ago, they organized a parade and had an impulsive relationship with the authorities. Hundreds of people were arrested. I hope Mr. Chen can help mediate and bail them out."

"Hahaha." Mr. Chen laughed out his only two teeth, put down his wife's cake, sipped his tea and said, "People from the labor front dare not come to me, so I entrusted you, a Chinese businessman from Hong Kong Island, to contact me?"

He Dingxian smiled wryly and said, "I'm just helping to get in touch. To be honest, I'm one of the arrested brothers. But if it's inconvenient for Mr. Chen, I'll find another way."

"I know that Mr. He has a public position in Hong Kong Island and has a lot of influence, but I don't know that he even has business in Nanyang." Mr. Chen said: "I can make this call and let the authorities release him. However, Chinese laborers Why didn't the front line dare to come to me, do you know?"

He Dingxian straightened his face and said, "I would like to hear the details."

The more thorough the understanding of all parties in Nanyang, the better the management of Nanyang.

"Because the Chinese labor front is tough internally and weak externally, it is not a big weapon." Mr. Chen sighed: "The people in the labor front are mostly compradors of foreign firms, and they were helpers for foreign firms to squeeze Chinese in their early years."

"Later, because of the constant riots among the local aborigines in Nanyang, the compradors sensed an opportunity and formed a Chinese labor front, using the Chinese to bargain with ghosts for personal gain."

He Dingxian frowned. He didn't expect that the government that won independence in the future would have the same filth behind it.It seems that the overseas Chinese with real aspirations and ideals in Nanyang either returned home at the end of the war or died on the battlefield of the uprising.

For example, Mr. Chen's son-in-law, since he has stayed in Nanyang, chose to be a Nanyang native.

"Whether it is for self-interest or not, anyone who strives for one point for the Chinese is one point. In the world, there are very few people who are selfless." He Dingxian poured tea on Mr. Chen, and laughed at himself: "Mr. Chen, I am also a self-seeking person. people."

"This sentence is not wrong." Mr. Chen took a sip of tea, but said calmly: "As long as the path is correct, it is a good thing to be ambitious, so I will also call the Nanyang authorities. At least I am trying to win over the Chinese. On the right to participate in politics, the labor front has not gone wrong."

Mr. Chen did not mention the matter between the Labor Front and him, but presumably there was a conflict of ideas in serving the country.After all, it cannot be expected that all overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia will be willing to contribute, and the funds raised in the early stage are indeed in vain every time.

In some years, some people even used the Nanyang overseas Chinese fat sheep to pluck their wool every now and then.

What He Dingxian didn't know was that after the Chinese Labor Front formed a coalition government with the "Umno" and the Malaysian Chinese trade unions, the Labor Front changed from its previous toughness and implemented a policy of appeasement towards Britain. Lim Yew Hock, then Chief Minister, betrayed the Singapore-affiliated Christmas Island cedes territorial rights to Australia.

Just like this, the labor front aroused strong opposition from the Chinese, leading to the eventual loss of rights.Boss Li, a hawk at the time, succeeded in taking over the power of Singapore in one fell swoop.The Action Party formed by Boss Li even wants to continue to win the whole of Malaysia.Malaysia was so frightened that Singapore was kicked out of the Federation of Malaysia and established an independent country.

In fact, the reason why Singapore was able to obtain sovereignty was because it worked with the four regions of Malaysia, Brunei, and Sarawak.Later, the five regions also formed a federal state, but at that time, Malaysia found that the Chinese in Singapore had already set out to swallow the whole of Malaysia, and Singapore had to be divided out for self-protection.

Boss Li is really good at handling things.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen for your advice." He Dingxian talked with Mr. Chen for two hours. He not only learned about the situation of the Chinese in Nanyang, but also understood the problems that Nanyang will face now and in the future.I have a different idea of ​​Singapore in my heart.

"Perhaps the Nanyang Chinese should own not only Singapore."

"If the Nanyang Chinese can win a larger territory, not only will the economy and welfare be better in the future, but the geographical space will also be operable. Apart from the port economy, they will not be stuck everywhere, and the big deal is to import from the north."

He discovered that being patriotic doesn't necessarily mean that you can only work hard in the interior and outside, and expand the territory for the nation. Isn't it a kind of sentiment?Mr. Chen stood up and said, "I don't dare to teach you, it's just how old I am."

"The cafeteria should already be open. Mr. He, please take someone to eat with you."

He Dingxian said: "Mr. Chen, I have already issued a HSBC check for the 50 Hong Kong dollars donated to Jimei University."

Mr. Chen did not go to pick up the check that He Dingxian took out, but asked in surprise, "Mr. He doesn't plan to run a school in the Mainland?"

He also thought that He Dingxian had a school in Hong Kong Island, and he would run his own school when he came to the mainland.You know, if 50 yuan is donated to Jimei University, no one will remember him, He Dingxian. If he goes back to his hometown and runs the school directly, he can run a very good vocational school.

He Dingxian shook his head: "No."

"To tell you the truth, I always invite names when I run a school. I have something to ask for when I come back to see you, and I have to ask for names again. It seems a bit shameless."

Mr. Chen laughed loudly, asked the secretary to accept the check, and said, "Mr. He, there is nothing wrong with asking for a name. I asked for a name at the beginning, but I didn't ask for it when I had enough names."

"If Mr. He believes in karma, then fame is a kind of reward for good deeds. It is natural and well deserved for doing good deeds. Jimei University will be used to build school buildings and playgrounds. "

"I will leave a name for you for every school building that is built."

He Dingxian no longer refused after hearing the words: "Thank you, Mr. Chen."

The first "Dingxian Building" in the mainland was built in Jimei, Xiamen, which even He Dingxian himself was somewhat unexpected.After all, he is not a person who does good deeds for no reason, and he thought that the charity fund's projects in the Mainland would not start until the 80s at least.

He Dingxian came to the school cafeteria with two followers and accompanied by several janitors.He glanced at the students, and did not pretend to eat in the hall, but went upstairs with the school leaders to open a small stove.

Pretentious acting in the cafeteria hall will not have any effect except to make the students feel restrained.Students will neither think that it is simple for a big boss to come to the cafeteria to eat, nor will they think that the big boss eats small stoves and is superior to others.

People with different identities have different treatment themselves.

The college students here will go out in the future and become leaders, so they won't eat small things?Funny!

That night.

He Dingxian returned to Hong Kong Island by boat, and as soon as he got off the Kowloon Tong pier, Jiang Tiansheng trotted forward with an umbrella in hand: "Boss, it's been a hard journey."

"no big deal."

He Dingxian bent down and got into the car, and waved for Jiang Tiansheng to get into the car.

Jiang Tiansheng hurriedly put away the umbrella, handed it to his subordinates, bent down to get into the car, and said with a smile, "The brothers from Nanyang have already called, and the police station asked the association to pay the bail fee, and they can take people back."

"So fast?"

He Dingxian was slightly surprised, took out a cigar from his bosom, bowed his head and lit it.

"Huh..." He spit out the white mist, and said bluntly, "Mr. Chen is sharp enough, and he does things quickly and well."

Jiang Tiansheng flattered: "Ordinary people can't get along with Mr. Chen. The big boss earns enough face for the brothers in Nanyang. In addition, that batch of goods has already entered the high seas, and it will be delivered to the brothers in less than seven days."

"Call if you need something." He Dingxian glanced out the window: "It's a little bit more to earn."

"Yes."

"Boss." Jiang Tiansheng nodded.

(End of this chapter)