Making friends with powerful people has many advantages

There are many advantages to making friends with powerful people. In September 1917, Lin Shaoliang was born in a Niuzhai village in Fuqing County, Fujian Province. Although he was poor, his parents insisted on sending Lin Shaoliang to a private school to study, and he read four books and five classics and history, which won the favor of teachers. After finishing his studies at the age of 15, he went to his father's small shop to help.

When the September 18th Incident broke out, the business in the village was seriously affected, so Lin Shaoliang had to close the noodle shop. His father died of illness, and there were not only many floods in his hometown, but also the local government squeezed people's cream everywhere. As the war broke out, officials were trying to recruit young men everywhere. The mother was afraid that her son would be taken to be a soldier, so she asked him to go to Indonesia to join his uncle and brother. With their care, she could also earn some money as a handyman in the shop.

Smoke was everywhere, and war was raging, so everyone was afraid to go out. The business of my uncle's peanut oil shop plummeted. Instead of waiting to die, it's better to fight for it. Since everyone didn't want to go out, we went door-to-door to sell and ask door-to-door if you want peanut oil.

This just solved the problem that everyone was afraid to go out. The business was getting better and better, and his uncle gave him a salary increase. Lin Shaoliang decided to go out for a trip by himself. Every Indonesian household likes to drink coffee. In the evening, he grinds coffee seeds into coffee powder at home and wraps them into small portions with old newspapers.

He peddled along the street before dawn, and he didn't make much money. He also engaged in grocery business such as tofu, bean sprouts and toilet paper, and he could barely support himself. When the Netherlands invaded Indonesia, he risked his life to protect his father-in-law.

The Dutch colonial army imposed various blockades on Indonesia. He proposed to help the Indonesian military to provide supplies, sell peanut oil from the flames of war, and then deliver military supplies. Not only did he put all his possessions on the line, but he also borrowed money from everywhere, bypassing the Dutch blockade and sending Singapore's military supplies to the Indonesian army.

There are many advantages to making friends with powerful people. He not only earned rich wealth, but also gained the trust of the Indonesian military. He met a colonel named Suharto by chance. Unexpectedly, this Suharto became the supreme commander of Indonesia in the future.

Every year, more than 1 billion clove cigarettes are consumed in Indonesia, which is a very profitable industry. Because of the chaos and shortage of materials, cloves are hard to buy and must be transported to Indonesia in large quantities from Singapore and other places, which requires the help of the military to get through the road.

He is a friend in need with Suharto. Through military relations, Lin Shaoliang successfully obtained the patent right of clove import and quickly occupied most of the market. Shortly after Indonesia's liberation, flour was in short supply. Lin Shaoliang set up a flour company. President Suharto not only presided over the establishment of the first flour processing factory, but also asked Indonesia National Bank to lend 2.8 million dollars to support flour production. Lin Shaoliang got two-thirds of the patent right of flour production in Indonesia.

There are many advantages to making friends with powerful people. Through contacts, Lin Shaoliang founded the Central Asian Bank and set up 14 branches in various places, which became a complete financial business network and gradually developed into the largest private international bank in Indonesia, with more than 400 branches.

Lin Shaoliang believes that he can't know many things, and he can't run such a huge enterprise. The main reason for his success today is that he is good at choosing suitable working partners. With the backing of banks, he is even more powerful in the business field.

The bank is the most profitable industry. With huge capital, the business operation can be handy and it is more convenient to expand. He has also expanded his business to Fujian, Shanghai, Guangdong and other places, with an accumulated investment of over 10 billion yuan.

Lin Shaoliang said frankly that by making friends with politicians, seizing the opportunity of rapid economic development of the country, he accumulated huge wealth around traditional industries such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, owned 640 companies with assets as high as $18.4 billion. Such great success could not be achieved without the relationship with President Suharto, and his friendship with the President would definitely help his career.