The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 927 The Ten Richest People
Liu Tao looked at these ten Indonesian Chinese tycoons with a serious expression.

Each of these Chinese tycoons is a great man of his generation, not a mediocre person. A mediocre person cannot achieve such great results in a good environment, and cannot make a name for himself in a bad environment.

Among the ten people, the one with the lowest wealth has US$30 billion, while the one with the highest wealth has US$300 billion.

Among them, at least half of their wealth is located outside Indonesia, especially in Hong Kong.

Lin Shaoliang, Indonesia's 'cement king', 'real estate king', 'financial king', 'banking king', 'trade king', etc., has been the richest man in Indonesia for more than 30 years and has achieved excellence in ten areas.

Huang Yicong, Indonesia's 'edible oil king' and 'paper king', owns the world's largest palm oil industry chain. The oil palm planting area in Indonesia alone is equivalent to 8 Singapores.

Cai Daoxing, along with his brother Cai Daoping, inherited their father's business and became the "cigarette king" of Indonesia, monopolizing the entire Indonesian "cigarette" market. The annual production of cigarettes of the Yancang Group they controlled reached 1000 billion sticks, with sales exceeding US$20 billion and profits exceeding US$3 million. The various companies under their command have more than 10 employees.

Huang Huixiang and his younger brother Huang Huizhong took over their father's business after their father Huang passed away in 1963 when the Zhenji Cigarette Factory was burned down by a fire. Now they are Indonesia's "cigarette kings", with an annual production of 1000 billion cigarettes, sales of more than US$20 billion and profits of more than US$3 million. Together with the Cai family, they dominate the entire tobacco market in Indonesia, and their companies cover businesses in many fields including tobacco, real estate, banking, electronics, palm oil, etc.

Chen Dezong, Indonesia's "computer king", "game console king" and "electronics king", is also a partner of Panshan Group. At that time, Chen Dezong was only a relatively famous businessman who attached great importance to reputation. He moved from Hong Kong to Jakarta to do business in 1980 and became a partner of Panshan Group in 1981, acting as the agent for Panshan Group's Jinlong computers, game consoles, telephones, televisions, DVD players, VCRs, radios, tape recorders, stereos, mobile phones and other products.

Yang Yaozu, Indonesia's 'Motorcycle King' and 'Car King', is a partner of Panshan Group. He is the sales agent of Panshan Group's motorcycles and cars, and is also responsible for the after-sales service of Panshan Group's motorcycles and cars. He is the largest motorcycle seller and the largest car seller in Indonesia.

Wang Nianzu, Indonesia's 'home appliance king', is a partner of Panshan Group. He sells various home appliances, including fans, hair dryers, air conditioners, refrigerators, water heaters, etc., and almost monopolizes Indonesia's home appliance market.

Chen Huaming, Indonesia's 'Grain King', 'Aquatic Products King', 'Meat King', 'Coffee King' and 'Rubber King', monopolizes half of the market share of grain, water plants, meat, coffee and rubber in Indonesia.

Huang Jiming is Indonesia's 'coal king', 'oil king', 'natural gas king' and 'diamond king'. More than half of Indonesia's oil, natural gas and coal are produced by the companies under his command. In addition to meeting Indonesia's local needs, coal, oil and natural gas are also exported to various countries in Southeast Asia.

Lin Huangjin, Indonesia's "hydropower king" and "communication king", monopolizes Indonesia's water supply, electricity supply and communication markets.

Each of them is extremely wealthy, possessing staggering wealth. They have great influence among the Chinese in Indonesia and even in the entire Nanyang Chinese community.

Liu Tao hopes that they can be more vigilant, gain more armed forces, and thus have the ability to protect themselves.

In recent years, with waves of people coming to Indonesia, the number of Chinese in Indonesia has reached 2000 million, accounting for almost 10% of the total population of Indonesia. These people mainly come from Hong Kong, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hainan, Guangxi and other provinces, and are mainly distributed in eight places: Jakarta, Central Java, East Java, Xiawa, Banten, Bangka-Belitung, Riau Province, and West Kalimantan.

2000 million people, but only armed forces, is undoubtedly too few and not enough to have the ability to protect themselves.

Because the Chinese are hardworking and capable, good at creating wealth and doing business, all Chinese in Indonesia live a good life and have a lot of wealth, which will undoubtedly be coveted by jackals.

Only by possessing a strong armed force can we deter jackals and have the ability to kill them when they dare to attack.

Moreover, these ten richest businessmen own large tracts of land, and even many islands. It is easy for them to train thousands or tens of thousands of armed forces on one island. Twenty thousand people is too few. At least one hundred thousand armed forces are needed, and two hundred thousand armed forces would be the best.

There are 17508 islands in Indonesia. If they are dispersed among 100 islands, only 2000 people are needed to be trained on one island, which means there will be people!

Liu Tao's words made the top ten richest businessmen frown and look solemn.

They are not blind to the crisis, but as businessmen, they always hope for harmony and wealth, and they always hold on to a fluke mentality.

But Liu Tao was undoubtedly destroying the hope in their hearts.

They all experienced what happened in the 60s, so they naturally knew that if something like that broke out, even if they were able to flee Indonesia, they would suffer heavy losses in their assets.

But if we strengthen our armed forces, things will be different.

In particular, Liu Tao promised to help them and painted a big rosy picture for them in his words, which made them feel excited.

To be honest, their careers have reached their peak at this point, and it would be very difficult to make a breakthrough.

But if we could turn the tables and control the whole of Indonesia, even just a quarter of it, it would be different.

When Liu Tao saw the expressions of these Chinese businessmen, he immediately felt relieved. He was most afraid that these people would not be tempted. As long as they were tempted, then things would be easy afterwards.

If you want to do something from the outside, it is not easy. After all, you have to consider your reputation now.

But if it is an internal matter, it is someone else's internal affairs. Even if Europe, the United States and other countries are unhappy, they have nothing to say.

There is much more room for operation here, and there is a lot of room for maneuver.

As for the bloodshed and sacrifices that will occur in the process, Liu Tao will not take it to heart. If he wants to accomplish something, how can there be no bloodshed and sacrifices!
Liu Tao has been paying attention to this place over the years and has invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources here, organizing a large number of people to come here, hoping that there will be earth-shaking changes here.

As for guns, bullets, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery shells, and various cannons, that is no problem at all.

The world has been generally peaceful in recent years, and Panshan Group's warehouses are filled with weapons and ammunition. If this continues, Liu Tao will have to worry about the sales of weapons and ammunition.

As long as things can be done, he will promote it even if it doesn't make money, because it involves survival and development space.

(End of this chapter)