Chapter 1274: Partners

"Good, Yu, you have a lot of ideas, and I fully support them.'

'I'm happy to be your first soldier. What do you need me to do?'

Xia Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying, 'Forget about being the first soldier. You are all the core founders of the organisation and the consortium.'

'Haha...'

'Then I will thank you again.'

Bao Yugang couldn't help but laugh heartily.

'Yu, I owe you enough, so I won't mention the word thank you. What do you want us to do?'

Huo Yingdong sighed.

Xia Yu also did not beat around the bush and directly assigned the division of labour.

'I will come up with a preliminary plan for the constitution of the consortium and organisation. This shouldn't take long. The key is to select the right people.'

'I have analysed it and, based on the level of difficulty, the Southeast Asian consortium should be established first. Once it is established, the prototype will be ready.'

'As for the Blue Star Society, it involves not just the business community, but elites from all walks of life. The workload is huge. Fortunately, I have collected and studied information on Southeast Asian countries, and my plan is to come up with a skeleton system first, which can be postponed.'

'Therefore, the most urgent task is to form the Southeast Asian consortium.'

Bao Yugang and Huo Yingdong nodded in agreement.

'What are the selection criteria?'

Huo Yingdong asked.

'In Southeast Asia, apart from countries like Myanmar and Cambodia that are still under severe control, each country should select one or more families. The number depends on the country's population and economic level, and needs to be considered comprehensively.'

'It's not just about Chinese families, but also those who can work for the welfare of the Chinese, not those who collude with the natives and betray their ancestors.'

'In addition, we also need to consider the industrial structure, so that after our consortium is established, it can cover all walks of life, and the internal competitive pressure should be as small as possible. If two families are too antagonistic, even if their strength is similar, only one will be selected.'

'That's all for now. Do you have any other opinions to add?'

After Xia Yu finished speaking, he looked at Bao Yugang and Huo Yingdong.

The two men did not immediately reply, and they fell into deep thought one after the other. After a long while, they shook their heads to indicate that they had no opinions.

'No other opinions, we support it.'

'I support it too.'

'Then let's put it to rest for now. The two of us will make a list and then meet up to go through it.'

Xia Yu immediately gave the go-ahead.

'Good!'

...

After agreeing, the three of them made the creation of the consortium their top priority.

Xia Yu was in a better position, after all, he had the benefit of prior preparation.

Another thing.

His Jiuding Think Tank had been conducting increasingly in-depth research on the world's political and business circles over the past two years, with a particular focus on the countries surrounding Xiangjiang.

If he points to a country at random, the think tank can quickly come up with the required information. The history of the rise of a certain family is the most basic thing, and information such as social status, political and business connections, and enemies has been organised.

Without going to the bottom of the matter, it can be confidently said that the control of information about a certain family can be ranked among the top.

Compared to Xia Yu, the screening of Bao Yugang and Huo Yingdong is more difficult.

Fortunately, they both have the advantage of age, and are well-informed, so they already know a lot about the situation of many families.

The busy two days passed in a flash.

Bao Yugang and Huo Yingdong took advantage of the night to come to Xia Yu's house again.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the three of them took out the lists they had compiled and exchanged them for a look.

Xia Yu froze for a moment, unable to help but look up at Huo Yingdong.

Seeing that the latter did not notice, Xia Yu lowered his head again and took a look.

After reading the lists recommended by the two men, Xia Yu knew what to do.

Generally speaking, the people recommended by Bao Yugang and Huo Yingdong overlapped with most of his recommendations, but there were also some differences.

'Everyone has finished reading. We can skip over the people recommended by both of us, and discuss the differences one by one.'

Xia Yu said with a faint smile when he saw that both Huo Yingdong and Bao Yugang had finished reading.

'No problem, let's start with Aomen.'

'Okay.'

'Both Lao Bao and I recommend the He family, and Lao Huo recommends the Ma family, so let's start with these two families.'

'Lao Huo, you go first and explain your reasons.'

Under the watchful eyes of Xia Yu and Bao Yugang, Huo Yingdong spoke his reasons: 'This is what I was thinking before. Of the three families in Aomen, the Cui family is the oldest, but the biggest pillar is the construction industry, so an alliance with them would be of little value. Although the He family is the strongest, on balance I recommend the Ma family.'

The He family of Aomen, who started from scratch, or grew up in the Dafeng Silver Bank established by the Ma family, and eventually took control of Dafeng Silver Bank, gradually getting involved in hotels, real estate companies, bus companies, water companies, oil companies, etc., and their strength surpassed the Ma family.

'Lao Bao, what about you?'

After Huo Yingdong finished speaking, Xia Yu looked at Bao Yugang.

Bao Yugang smiled and said, 'My considerations are not as complicated as Lao Huo's. It's because the He family has the strongest business strength, and we are forming a consortium, so strength is the most important thing.'

Huo Yingdong's eyes flickered slightly, and he thought of the key point, unable to help but shake his head and smile wryly.

Before Xia Yu could give a reason, he said directly, "I was thinking too much. I'll change my attitude and go with the He family.'

Xia Yu smiled and said, "Lao Huo, the Ma family does not have the same potential in business as the He family.'

'The Ma family is not suitable for joining the consortium.'

'I know.'

'No problem, where is the next one?'

Huo Yingdong said with a carefree attitude.

'Let's just do Xiangjiang, the differences here are the greatest.'

'I'll go first this time!'

...

The selection of candidates for Xiangjiang is indeed the most diverse, who made Xiangjiang the most densely populated area of Chinese families?

After discussion, the controversial Zheng Yutong, Guo Desheng, Wang Dehui, Lin Baixin and Zhuang Siping were all excluded.

It wasn't that Zheng Yutong, Guo Desheng and Wang Dehui were weak, but because the three main industries were real estate,

the reason Huo Yingdong and Bao Yugang recommended them was also considering their strength and strong capital flow, wanting to bring them back and find a way out for them

However, both were persuaded by Xia Yu.

The reason is simple. Li Zhaoji also engages in real estate, but after seeing their collective suppression of the real estate industry two years ago, he took the initiative to seek change. Although he is still engaged in the real estate industry, he is mainly engaged in commercial real estate, and has cut back on residential real estate business. He is increasing investment in other industries.

Compared with Li Zhaoji, Zheng Yutong, Guo Desheng, and Wang Dehui are clearly inferior.

Therefore, Li Zhaoji got all three votes

The final result is that, apart from the three families in Hong Kong, they have also won over Hu Yingxiang, Li Zhaoji and Dong Jia, making six in total.

Other established families, as well as the Zhang Yuliang family, Li Jiacheng, Cao family, etc., have not even won a single vote because they have already formed their own cliques or for other reasons.

Everyone uses their own methods!

Apart from Hong Kong and Austria.

Thailand has elected the Chearavanont family, the Cheng Xinping family, the Wong family and the Tan family.

Malaysia elected two families, namely the Kuok family and the Lee family.

The reason why Malaysia, a country with the second largest Chinese population in Southeast Asia after Thailand, elected only two families is that the Chinese population in Malaysia is much higher than that in Thailand.

That's because the Star City, surrounded by Malaysia, elected the Khoo family, the Lee family and the Kuok family.

Although these three families are clustered in Star City, their companies have penetrated Malaysia and their influence is not low.

In total, Malaysia has elected five families, one more than Thailand.

Indonesia has elected three families: the Huang Huizhong brothers, the Xie Jianlong family, and the Huang Yicong family.

The Philippines elected the Hsu family, the only Chinese family among the three oldest consortia. In addition, it brought in Henry Tan, who is currently second only to the Hsu family. Although there are some conflicts between the two, in the long run, it is just right.

In other countries, such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, the social structure at this time was not suitable for the survival of capital, so there were no large Chinese families that emerged. It is possible to pick the tall one out of the short ones, but they are not powerful enough to become the founders of the Southeast Asian consortia in the beginning.

Brunei, the remaining country, has a population of only a few hundred thousand people and only gained full independence on 1 January this year. It is impossible for it to become a dragon, not to mention the fact that the local Chinese are not allowed to get involved in the resource sector, as most of it has long been occupied by giants such as the Sultan of Brunei and the United Kingdom and the United States.

In fact, within Southeast Asia, there is another family with extremely strong power, which can even be said to be the number one Chinese family in Southeast Asia, namely the Lim family of Indonesia, which is known as the 'Rockefeller of Asia'.

Bao Yugang recommended him, but Xia Yu passed on the opportunity.

The reason was simply a matter of position.

Xia Yu didn't want to be friends with him!