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Chapter 1657 Overseas Little Chang'an (Third update, please subscribe)
"Damn it, you can still find me for something that happened 20 years ago!"

After Police Officer Zhu and his colleagues left, Sun Botao sat down in the boss chair while complaining.

Twenty years ago, he was the gang's best fighter. After he turned himself in, although he was not held accountable, the police did not relax their surveillance on him.

Even twenty years later, the past can still come back to haunt you.

Not long after the initial three-year surveillance period ended, he went abroad and stayed there for more than ten years.

He didn't return to China until last year, and he thought these people had forgotten him. But he didn't expect that even so, the police still came to his door.

"Boss, what do we do now?"

The younger brother standing next to the boss asked.

"The police are watching you, will it? If the boss is unhappy, it will be terrible."

In fact, even though they called him the boss and were his younger brothers in the past, they no longer lived on the edge of a knife.

Now that he is called the boss, he is actually their boss.

We are all doing legitimate business.

But there is a bigger boss behind the boss.

Listening to his younger brother's words, Sun Botao frowned and said:

"Don't worry about the boss. I'll go see him in the next two days. Please help me take care of the business here."

Two days later, Sun Botao flew to Bangkok.

The plane was packed with passengers. Every holiday, many people would go to Siam for vacation. From Bangkok to Chiang Mai, and even Shan State, SEA tourists were everywhere.

Now, Siam is replacing Saigon at an alarming rate and becoming the paradise of SEA.

There are not only many entertainment activities here, but also low consumption, so it always attracts many people to come here for vacation.

Two hours later, the plane arrived at Bangkok Airport.

When passing through customs, the customs inspection was also symbolic. It was just a simple two-question check and then a stamp was stamped on Sun Botao's passport.

Bangkok is the capital of Siam.

Although it is the capital of a foreign country, for Sun Botao, it does not feel foreign at all - Chinese characters are everywhere on the streets, and although the taxi driver says "Sawadee Ka", the rest of the words he speaks are in Chinese.

In recent years, Siam has been modernizing at an extremely astonishing speed. It has abandoned the backward Sanskrit, embraced Chinese, and abandoned the old surnames. Even the royal family has returned to orthodoxy and restored the Zheng surname, although there are different opinions on this.

But in any case, Siam today is completely different from the past, and even together with Bangkok, it is called "Little Chang'an".

But on the other hand, they still retain some Siamese national characteristics, such as clothing and dance. In fact, it is not because the locals want to preserve these things, but because this exotic style can attract tourists from abroad.

For the Siamese people today, they would rather look up their family genealogy to prove that they have Tang ancestry and then return to their roots.

Because of this, more than 80% of Siam’s population is either Chinese or has Chinese ancestry.

On the other hand, due to their livelihood, they have to retain some Siamese national customs to attract SEA tourists.

"Little Chang'an, you are worthy..."

Sun Botao muttered to himself, but what he was thinking about was what he should say when he met the boss later.

As the taxi moved forward, Sun Botao looked at the city outside the window. Although Bangkok was far less prosperous than Chang'an, it was also a very prosperous city. Although there were no skyscrapers, there were high-rise buildings everywhere. Most of the cars on the streets were cheap cars such as Wuling and Rongguang.

Of course, sometimes some Alfa, BMW, Porsche and other cars pass by. In the past decade or so, with the development of the economy, Siam, which was once poor, has once again seen a large number of rich people opening factories and running businesses.

Most of these people had Tang ancestry. Although their factories were closed down and their properties confiscated during the Republican era, after the restoration of the kingdom, they developed rapidly with their personal intelligence and talents and became the backbone of the country's society.

Soon, the car arrived in front of an office building. After getting off the car, Sun Botao went straight to the 11th floor. As soon as he got out of the elevator, he ran into the boss, who was leading a few people towards the elevator.

"Boss Ding."

"Oh, it's Manager Sun!"

Seeing Sun Botao, Ding Renjun was stunned at first, then he greeted him and introduced him:
"This is Tong Guowei, Mr. Tong."

Sun Botao bowed quickly and greeted;

"Hello Mr. Tong."

Tong Kewei nodded.

"Hello, Manager Sun."

Ding Renjun nodded and said:
"It just so happens that I'm going to the industrial park with Mr. Tong. You can come with us."

Although Sun Botao was a little confused by the boss' invitation, he still followed the boss into the car. The two BMWs drove all the way to the industrial park. On the way, Sun Botao learned that this boss Tong was the chairman of Dahua Rice Industry.

Dahua Company was the largest rice company in Siam. It was confiscated during the Republican period and its owner, Basongjie, fled to SEA with his family. After the restoration of the kingdom, the company was returned to its original owner and Basongjie changed back to his original name Tong Jiye.

Due to the vigorous development of grain exports during the Republican period, Dahua Rice Mill was expanded, and the capital was dozens of times the original when it was returned. Therefore, Tong Jiye acquired official shares by introducing SEA capital. After years of development, Dahua has also changed from a grain company to a comprehensive group.

Now, the industrial park they are going to is the flat glass factory under Dahua, which is also the company that Boss Ding wants to buy.

When the car entered the industrial park, Sun Botao suddenly recalled his past memories - there were clothing factories, shoe and hat factories everywhere, which looked very similar to the industrial park in Changan. After he turned himself in, he worked in a clothing factory for three years, and it was there that he met Boss Ding. Later, he went to Saigon with Boss Ding and did some business in Saigon.

Soon the group arrived at the factory. After entering the production workshop, they felt the rising heat and watched the workers working hard on the production line. Sun Botao, who followed the bosses, discovered something unusual about Boss Tong.

He always finds out where his employees make mistakes.

"Put on your safety glasses! What if the broken glass hits your eyes?"

"You have to wait until the machine stops completely before you can go in..."

Tong Kewei reminded the workers to pay attention to safe operation and said:
"Boss Ding, everyone says that Dahua started from a rice factory, but not many people know that this glass factory is actually the foundation of our Dahua's development and growth."

"Boss Tong, I have heard a little about it. I heard that before Mr. Tong returned to Bangkok, he had already reached an agreement with Chang'an's glass company to introduce production lines and technology to build the first float glass factory in Siam. At first, it was specialized in export. Later, with the development of Siam, the demand for glass increased. The glass factory gradually developed into the current Dahua Glass, which is also the largest glass manufacturing company in Siam."

Ding Renjun did not forget to flatter him and said:

"Mr. Tong had a unique vision back then, which really impressed me a lot!"

"This is not my father's vision, but my brother's suggestion."

Tong Kewei said proudly:

"My younger brother graduated from Nanyang University and is an engineer at BMW, researching aircraft engines! His achievements are far beyond what my brothers and I can compare to."

"Ah, your brother actually graduated from Nanyang University. This is really enviable."

Nanyang University is the best in Southeast Asia, and even in Asia. My envy for it comes from the bottom of my heart.

Tong Kewei nodded and said:
"Float glass was SEA's exclusive technology at the time. At that time, only Fuguang Glass Company and Schott Glass Company had this technology. At that time, Chang'an was called the "City of the Future" because of its many glass buildings, and it all benefited from this."

Although the technical principle of float glass was proposed as early as the 19th century, half a century later, William Hull obtained a patent in the United States for continuously flowing glass through a tin bath to obtain a plane-parallel surface, but this patent was never used for commercial purposes.

In 1944 and 1946, in order to speed up urban construction, Chang'an's Fuguang Glass Company further developed the float glass process so that it could be used for large-scale industrial production. That year, it began to use the float process to mass-produce flat glass, and subsequently granted production licenses to other flat glass manufacturers, which completely changed the production method of flat glass.

This production process directly made flat glass very cheap, and flat glass has thus developed into a multifunctional building material that can be produced and used on a large scale. Therefore, it can be said that float glass has brought revolutionary changes to the glass and construction industries.

"At that time, float glass had an extremely advanced production process worldwide. My brother's vision was very accurate. Later, Boss Ding, you all know that from this factory, Dahua Glass became the largest glass production company in the country. Hmm..."

Tong Kewei turned his head and looked at the manager of Dahua Glass beside him and asked:

"Manager Song, what was our production last year?"

Song Yaolun said proudly:

"Boss, our output last year was 20 tons. In terms of output, we are the sixth in Southeast Asia. In terms of market share, we are the first in the country. 75% of the glass in the country is produced by Dahua. Moreover, we have just developed automobile windshields. I believe that with our price advantage, we will soon be able to obtain orders from SEA automobile companies."

Facing Manager Song's answer, Sun Botao frowned, and then heard Boss Tong say:

"So, Mr. Ding, why should I sell Dahua Glass to you?"

"This……"

Ding Renjun frowned, and just as he was thinking about how to convince the other party, Sun Botao said:
"Boss Tong, although Dahua Glass has a good development momentum, it is well known that SEA's automobile companies have their own supply chain. They will never use your products just because Dahua's windshields are cheaper. Even if they are twice as cheap, it will be difficult to sell them. Not only will automobile manufacturers not purchase them, but automobile repair companies will not purchase them either. You know, in SEA, "industrial cooperation" has never been an empty talk!"

Sun Botao's words made Tong Kewei frown and his expression turned a little ugly.

What is the so-called industrial cooperation?
It is the partner system, which avoids mutual infighting and price wars among enterprises by establishing partners. Large companies in SEA have always ensured the profits of partners by means of quick settlement and appropriate profits. At the same time, they encourage them to improve the technical level of their products through technological research and development, and are willing to give a technology premium.

As for the so-called price war, there is no prospect for it in SEA. It may even be regarded as a "business rule breaker" and boycotted by the industry. Once boycotted, it means that the company is stuck in sales, financing and other aspects, which basically means the company's bankruptcy.

Moreover, once SEA companies have established partners, they will not change them easily unless the other party's product technology cannot keep up and cannot meet the technical requirements. Under this cooperation system, small companies only need to specialize in technology and improve products, and basically do not need to consider the market.

Thanks to this mechanism, a large number of small companies with distinctive products and technologies have emerged in SEA. They live a comfortable life relying on their unique products and technologies as well as orders from large companies.

Therefore, if anyone wants to start a price war in SEA, it will not work at all.

Why did Sun Botao know all this... Because he owns a car repair shop, which is also a partner of spare parts manufacturers. They also have their own "cooperation constraints". If any repair shop uses cheap parts imported from foreign countries and starts a price war, what awaits him is not only resistance from the entire industry, but also termination of cooperation by insurance companies.

Therefore, Sun Botao knew very well that their windshields could not be sold.

"So, Mr. Tong, windshields will not become your new flagship product."

Facing Sun Botao's directness, Tong Kewei did not feel the slightest bit embarrassed. He just said quietly:
"SEA has industrial cooperation, but other countries don't. It's cheap... Isn't this the fundamental reason why Boss Ding wants to acquire this company?"

Listening to Tong Kewei's words, Ding Renjun smiled.

"Boss Tong is right. The market in this world is huge. We can export to more than just the market near our home. We can also export to the United States and Europe. It is because I am optimistic about this market that I hope Boss Tong can give me a chance."

Although Ding Renjun had earned a considerable fortune in Saigon over the past decade, compared with Boss Tong in front of him, his belongings were basically nothing.

And now that I have chosen this place, I need some local connections.

The Tong family is the one we need to befriend.

"Chance……"

Tong Kewei looked at Ding Renjun in front of him and said:

"Please take some time to come to my house in a few days."

(End of this chapter)