When the servant came to inform Li He, he was sleeping soundly. He had to rub his eyes and take a dip in the water to clear his mind. Finally, he reluctantly put on his clothes and tie.
The evening banquet was not as splendid as Li He had imagined. In his eyes, it was more like a gathering of fellow countrymen from Fujian. They met and chatted with each other.
He didn't understand a single word.
Even though there were a lot of people inside, most of them were just guests. Some of them were family members and relatives. There were only six people who came to discuss business. Li He couldn't understand a single word of what they were talking about in Hakka and Hokkien, so he could only accompany Guo Dongyun and drink.
After a while, Guo Tangwang came to him with six people.
He pointed to a short, slightly hunchbacked old man and said to Li He, "Mr. Li Wenzheng, chairman of Libao Group, chairman of the Asian Bankers Association."
"Hello, I've heard a lot about you." Li He reached out his hand. Li Wenzheng was one of the top ten Chinese tycoons in Indonesia. He was the second biggest banker in Southeast Asia after Lin Shaoliang.
"This is Mr. Lin Shaoliang, chairman of Sanlin Group and economic advisor to the Indonesian government." Guo Tangwang introduced the old man to Li He again.
"Hello, I've heard a lot about you." Li He had taken over the Kangnian Bank from the old man. Now, the Commercial Bank in his hands was reorganized from the Kangnian Bank.
Lin Shaoliang was now the richest man in Indonesia and one of the top ten richest men in the world. He was not known to the public. In China, he was most famous for his Bank of East Asia.
Guo Tangwang introduced them one by one from left to right. Gambling king Lin Wutong, chairman of Genting Group, Huang Yicong, chairman of Golden Group, and Huang Huizhong, chairman of Needle Group.
The last one was Peng Yunpeng, chairman of Barido Pacific Group, who owned 6.5 million hectares of forest which was equivalent to the land area of Switzerland. He had 68 plywood production lines and more than 40,000 employees. The annual production of plywood was 1.6 million cubic meters, which accounted for 21% of Indonesia's total plywood production.
He is one of the three giants in Indonesia's financial and business circles, ranking behind Lin Shaoliang of Sanlin Group and Huang Yicong of Golden Light Group.
"It's an honor to meet all of you." Li He shook hands with them one by one.
The seven people in front of him, including Sugar King Guo, had supported half of Southeast Asia's economy. They were all influential figures in Southeast Asia.
All of them were worthy of his respect. Moreover, these people donated money without hesitation, which made him respect them even more.
Of course, on the other hand, Li He didn't want to offend people because of etiquette. Although he wasn't afraid of offending people, there was no need to make enemies, especially inexplicably.
The Southeast Asian tycoons strived to pursue the image of a kind godfather. They may be gentle in the eyes of the public, but only he knew that in the real business world, there was no such thing as a friendly lion.
Li Chaoren was not, and neither was Guo Tangwang.
Each was more ruthless than the other.
What he lacked the most right now was this kind of ruthlessness.
Guo Tangwang's introduction of Li He was very simple. The founder of Yuan Da Investment Group, the founder of Tsinghua Financial Group, the founder of Hong Kong Treasure Island Trading Group, and the founder of Baltic Shipping.
These were the most famous companies under Li He's name. Any one of them was enough to shock people.
Pan Youlin, Huang Bingxin, and Guo Dongyun had been expanding vigorously in recent years. Their scale had already surpassed Shen Daoru's Yuan Da Group and Yu Dehua's Golden Deer Group. These tycoons present were all familiar with them and had contacts with each other.
But they would never have thought that the real mastermind behind the scenes was the young man in front of them. If it wasn't for Guo Tangwang's solemn introduction, they wouldn't have believed it.
Therefore, at this moment, they were not arrogant, but very polite.
He felt that it was normal for Guo Tangwang to introduce other industries under his name, but why did he introduce Baltic Shipping with only a few dozen broken ships?
Even if he had reached a strategic cooperation with Charter Shipping, it was still difficult for him to go on stage.
"Mr. Li, you are indeed young and promising." The first to speak was Huang Yicong.
"Thank you for the compliment." Li He felt that the phrase "young and promising" was not an overcompliment.
The waiter came over and everyone took the wine glasses one by one. Guo Tangwang laughed and said, "Let me give you a toast first."
Everyone raised their glasses together.
Very quickly, they started chatting. No one talked about business topics. In essence, the content of the conversation was no different from those of the seven aunties and seven aunties. It was nothing more than a million USD for a golf stroke, how much they lost to whom, or who they met at a certain party.
Li He was bored to death listening to them.
But when someone talked about their tenth son or twentieth daughter, he pricked up his ears to listen.
This opened the door to a new world for him!
Compared to these people, he was like a pure little sheep!
He, the Second Brother Li, only had three sons and two daughters!
They were free to do whatever they wanted along the way. Guo Dongyun joked, "How is it? Are you envious? "
He had been observing Li He's expression the entire time.
Li He waved his hand. "I can't afford it. Forget it."
"What if someone admires you? What if they don't need you to raise them? "Guo Dongyun did not know what was going on. She suddenly became nervous and drank the wine in her glass in one gulp.
It was obvious that she drank red wine like beer, which was not in line with her usual image.
"Is there?" Li He smiled and said, "If there is, please introduce a dozen to me."
"Really?" Guo Dongyun asked in return.
"The more the better." Li He was emboldened by the wine, so he was naturally not afraid.
"That's great." Guo Dongyun pointed to a group of girls in the distance and said, "Look, they're all staring at you."
"I'm handsome? They're all staring at me? "Li He did not believe Guo Dongyun's words.
Guo Dongyun said with a smile, "There aren't many young people who can drink with seven super-rich people at the same time. Just based on this, you're worth their attention."
"Nonsense." Although Li He said that, he actually believed it in his heart. Because he casually glanced and found that those girls were indeed staring at him.
He was so scared that he quickly put down the glass and went to pee.
After coming out of the toilet, the banquet hall was filled with soft music and men and women were dancing.
A waiter came over and whispered something into his ear before bringing him into a tea room.
Everyone was drinking tea in a circle. Guo Tangwang stood up and smiled at him. "Please sit."
The waiter came over to move a chair for him. He sat down and nodded at the crowd.
Sitting down, he picked up the teacup and leaned against the back of the chair, listening to the conversation of the people in front of him. This time, it was mostly about business.
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