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Chapter 676: Chapter 580: Chess Player and Food Snatcher (Please Subscribe!)_1
Everything suddenly clicked into place.
Tang Kai felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He no longer had to worry about this and that, or spend a significant portion of the jewelry company’s profits on buying jade and gemstones from Ling.
In the past, he was worried that if he didn’t buy enough, and Ling’s inventory built up, Ling might find new partners and his advantage would be lost.
However, Tang Kai wouldn’t dare to be careless in the future.
He does feel more confident now. When it’s time to buy, he still needs to buy because Ling probably wouldn’t keep a huge production volume in the warehouse just for him, he might even need to buy more.
To dispose of the excess huge production, his strategy is to expand his business beyond Asia and into the world, to become a world-class jewelry wholesaler.
As he observed Tang Qing’s calm demeanor.
Tang Kai suddenly felt an unreal sensation. His young nephew was outstanding in every aspect, significantly stronger than his peers and so mature that he himself felt inadequate in comparison. It must be from the good genes of the Tang Family.
Upon seeing his uncle’s puzzled gaze, Tang Qing gave a smile and said, "Uncle, you are overthinking. I didn’t tell you these things earlier because I was afraid you might think these results were achieved simply because of me. Now, I realize it’s also not good for you to be kept in the dark.
Telling you all this is just to reassure you to concentrate on your business, and not worry about the other difficulties. At least in the current line of business, no one can threaten your position. What you need to think about now is how to absorb so much production, this is the most important task."
Tang Kai nodded approvingly.
"Tangtang, really, thank you, you’ve been a great help to your uncle. If it wasn’t for Ling’s life-saving supply back then, my company probably would have been dissolved by now. Half the credit of the money I earned goes to you. If ever you need anything, do not hesitate to ask," Tang Kai said with deep emotion.
Having someone like Tang Qing in the family was indeed a great blessing.
"Alright, no problem," Tang Qing nodded, although he didn’t think much of it. In his current life, maybe in the early days after his rebirth, he might urgently need funds, but now? What is money to him?
He has already moved beyond the stage of making money, and started ’playing’ with it.
Controlling currency.
The game has already begun, he just waits for his harvest time, and Myanmar has basically no chance of turning the tables.
The next step is to make the Asia Dollar a world-recognized reserve currency, and if possible, let it become the national currency of more countries. This might seem impossible, but with careful analysis, it’s not too difficult to operate.
This would be nearly impossible for developed countries due to their well-established financial systems, and the Asia Dollar currently has a low international position, there’s no way to start from there.
It would also be difficult with developing countries, they generally have stable internal situations. Unlike Myanmar, where the internal situation is a bit chaotic, and the Asia Dollar was born within, it has a local advantage, it’s not a ’foreign species’, so replacement is relatively easy.
After the Asia Dollar replaces the Myanmar Kyat, Tang Qing’s next target is the circulating currency in some backward countries, especially in many African countries where inflation is extremely severe, and the regime is incapable of controlling it, they can only keep printing money, leading their currency to become worthless.
Even the price of printing banknotes exceeds their purchasing power.
It’s really a wonder.
So, for these countries with serious currency problems, with proper management.
There is a possibility for the Asia Dollar to make its way in.
The ’African Protection Umbrella’ plan serves this cause. Multiple efforts working together, it’s not about hunting for power, but hunting for currency.
Then, through currency... control power.
"Tangtang, how many projects do you think Ling is willing to give to us? After all, Ling might have other good partners."
Tang Kai suddenly thought, as he knows Ling, and Tang Qing’s friends also know Ling, perhaps Ling knows many others. If they all came to participate in sharing the cake, how much cake he and Wangsa could receive would be an unknown.
Tang Qing pondered for a moment, then responded:
"Anything under 4 billion Asia Dollars shouldn’t be an issue. As far as I know, many road projects will be assigned to local construction companies, as well as some strong Thai partners. Mainly to establish good relations, because Ling also needs to balance the interests of all parties."
General infrastructure projects don’t require high technology, so Tang Qing prefers to let local parties handle it.
It’s simple.
He wants to support local enterprises and form a good economic internal loop, without disappointing the local merchants who grew prosperous. Long-span bridges and tunnels and some earthwork projects are mainly for some Thai families, because they have experience.
Even some railway projects and hydroelectric projects, Tang Qing prefers to let Huaxia handle them. The entire investment is not just the 10 billion Asia dollars Tang Kai imagined, but the entire development plan of the territory might multiply several times over several phases of projects.
This construction of the territory.
It’s not just construction.
It’s also a ’benefit-sharing’ relationship with nearby neighbors. It’s not that Tang Qing is unwilling to hand over all projects to his uncle to make money for his own people...
Now that Tang Qing had risen to his level and started to possess the qualifications of a chess player, he had to consider concepts such as "geopolitics," "exchange," "balance," and the "overall situation," things that he didn’t usually have to think about.
If he were a competitor...
He would rush for whatever appeared tantalizing, treating the marketplace as a battlefield, victimizing anyone who got in his way – making money was the most important goal.
But now, he was the one who divided the spoils.
He was the helmsman, holding the rights to allocation and numerous resources.
His thoughts could not be stuck at just reaping profits. He had to elevate his perspective, think through every detail, allocate each time purposefully — thereby encouraging his followers to support him and achieve a balance.
Being the only one to eat...
That is the stage of a competitor.
Sharing with everyone...
That is the stage of a chess player.
That’s the difference between a chess player and a competitor.
"That’s excellent! Forty billion Asia Dollars, enough for us to relish for a long time. I don’t know if they will allow us to use a large number of domestic workers, their efficiency is impressive," Tang Kai was already ecstatic about the number.
Forty billion Asia Dollars...
This equates to a forty billion RMB project. Even if not much, with the part that came to Tang Kai, achieving a several hundred million profit per person was not impossible. Once the money was in hand, it could be converted into fruit wine, and then sold for foreign currency.
"That’s certainly not a problem. Ling doesn’t have experienced workers for large-scale projects, and they are all agricultural workers initially. Once Ling negotiates with Myanmar, the Chinese workers will be able to go there directly from Yunnan," Tang Qing said.
"Isn’t that smuggling?" Tang Kai asked.
He was planning to go there from Thailand. As for Myanmar, forget it. The ports or borders are all located in the Kachin and Shan states, considering Myanmar’s relationship with these two states, if they knew that the workers were going to work for Ling’s company, who knew what would happen?
It’s unlikely they’d harm the workers, but the likelihood of finding some excuse to detain them is high.
Tang Qing explained, "Don’t worry, Ling will persuade Myanmar to submit an application for a port building project to China. As long as the intent is expressed, it will be normal overseas travel and China will also expedite things on their end. After all, they are going out to make money."
Tang Kai was genuinely surprised at how well Tang Qing knew so many ’secrets’. He voiced his last concern: "Tangtang, there is another matter. How long do you think the Asia Dollar will last? Do you think they will cancel it after Ling and Myanmar cooperate?"
This was a big deal. If the money they earned was no longer usable, that’d be a load of nonsense! He trusted Tang Qing, but didn’t fully trust Ling.
Tang Qing did not exhibit impatience; these concerns were natural. It seemed that his second uncle had previously possessed strong insecurities. And honestly, it made sense. After all, wasn’t it normal to be cautious when doing business with a warlord in a foreign country?
He regretted not saying it earlier. How good it would have been if he had eased his second uncle’s worries sooner!
"You can rest assured about that as well. The Asia Dollar is not a toy; it can even be said to be the foundation of Ling’s existence. He would never give it up." Tang Qing said with undeniable certainty. 𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝒸𝓸𝓶
Receiving this confirmation, Tang Kai finally put his last bit of doubt aside. He trusted Tang Qing.
Truth be told, he was somewhat optimistic about the Asia Dollar, or even very optimistic, because behind it was the Myanmar Bank Group, an economic giant that had permeated every aspect of its territories.
What kind of company was this?
Tang Kai had naturally looked into it, or it could be said, it couldn’t really be considered a company at all. It was a large organization, consisting of currency, enterprises, technology, resources, and an armed force. Considering all resources were owned by the Myanmar Bank Group, all resources in the territories above and beneath the ground were theirs.
Not just resources, they near dominated production and technology in their territory. Each company was a blood vessel of the Myanmar Bank Group, rooted at the grass-roots level with the territory’s traders surviving by drawing blood from these vessels.
The birth of the Myanmar Bank Group had already determined that it would be a super monopoly. Even though Ling’s power was small initially, it could only be said to be a small hegemon. But now that Ling had commanded such a large area, including Su Yu, his territory had increased several-fold.
In total, over thirty thousand square kilometers of land...
If all resources above and beneath the ground fell into the hands of the Myanmar Bank Group, how vast would that wealth be? At very least, it would be in the hundreds of billions, if not the thousands of billions.
At that thought...
Tang Kai trembled all over.
Thousands of billions...
Although he didn’t want to admit this number, it wasn’t far-fetched. The resources of the Myanmar Bank Group, along with its technological strength and derived wealth, even a valuation in the trillions wasn’t impossible. Even if it reached that much, at Ling’s growth rate, it would be quickly surpassed.
Lin Jiaxue, who was sitting by his side, listened to the seemingly bizarre conversation and didn’t quite understand. But she knew it probably had something to do with business, so she decided to let it be. It was the men’s business after all, and her duty was to simply stay by Tang Qing’s side.
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