Chapter 2014: Chapter 1837: Tang Qing’s Strategy Two hours later. Ancient castle. Night was deep. Switzerland and Sudan are in adjacent time zones, but the time it gets dark is roughly the same. "You’re still so dashing, Director Tang." Jack Ma said with a smile. Getting off the car. Thinking back to last year, it was here as well. Tang Qing said it was a long-term rental, but Jack Ma felt it was as if Tang Qing bought it, with renovations all around to suit his taste. Usually, when renting, you wouldn’t make such big changes. Of course. You can’t look at Tang Qing with common sense, or you won’t understand. Four years ago, who would have thought that a high school student would, four years later, possess wealth so enormous it makes you dizzy—unimaginable. "Please." Enter the house. A fighter served tea. Though it was late. Jack Ma wasn’t a bit sleepy, having slept enough on the airplane, and the two began discussing the details of this purpose. According to the plan, Tang Qing was to roughly settle cooperation partners in dozens of countries within these days. Likewise. Ali also had to keep up. Otherwise. There would be Hummingbird. No E-Commerce. No logistics. What would they sell? Therefore, this was a battle with quite a difficulty. Dozens of countries, possibly hundreds of collaborators. Fortunately, Tang Qing only needed to discuss the framework, the details were with Sky Eye. Otherwise. It wouldn’t be possible to complete. "Which of these do you know?" Tang Qing handed over a document. Opening it. Jack Ma glanced through. Unfamiliar. Unfamiliar. Never heard of. Never heard of. Never heard of. Never heard of. ... Having attended this forum, he considered himself, even if unfamiliar, he should have at least heard of most of the famous tycoons. However, at a glance, there were twenty names per page, and he only knew two. The names were unfamiliar. The occupations were strange too. -Senior Executive. -Chairman. -Government personnel. -Vice President? Wow! And there’s a President. Looking further down. -Minister. -Diplomat. -Secretary. -Professor. "..." At this moment. Jack Ma’s forehead, not sure if it was the fireplace burning too hot, or psychological tension, started sweating. He was here to discuss business, but found that the negotiation counterparts seemed to be very few business people. What’s going on? Are my eyes blurry? No worries. Couldn’t understand the first page, that’s okay, can look at the second page, shouldn’t be so ’peculiar’; however, after finishing the second page, there was even more sweat on Jack Ma’s forehead, wrong way to open it? Third page. Fourth page. Fifth page. Sixth page. Done. Having closed it. His mind was still a bit dazed. Jack Ma felt like all those forums he attended were fake, but after looking again at their positions, he looked up and queried, "Director Tang, did you perhaps take the wrong one?" This remark. He spoke with lack of confidence. Took the wrong one? The probability is really small, but the content is indeed different from what he imagined, so he could only confirm. Upon hearing, Tang Qing smiled, "No, this is the list I drafted." "But..." Jack Ma hesitated. He wanted to say. But why don’t I recognize a few? Also, can these people do business? "Not many you’re familiar with?" Tang Qing pointed out straightforwardly. "Mm." Jack Ma nodded. "That’s normal." Tang Qing smiled. Normal? Jack Ma straightened his face: "Please enlighten me." It seems. He was indeed dull. "Doing business in unfamiliar places." "Of course, you need strong partners, especially when such business involves some legal issues. First, to solve problems, second, not to fear local malicious competition." "In the world of capital, capital resolves." "On this list." "All were found out through special channels, their identities differ, but they all share a common feature---the families behind them possess the power to influence their country’s politics." "Hummingbird." "Ali." "What do we fear?" "Fair competition?" "No, we aren’t afraid, our greatest fear is the upper class forces of those countries. They make the laws, a huge uncontrollable factor. So, that’s why you see this list." "It can be said." "As long as they can join, establishing a business in that country will be without any obstacle." At this moment. Jack Ma was stunned. So that’s what Tang Qing meant, no wonder he didn’t recognize most, because many high-ranking executives of firms who came here were under the control of these families, just not front and center, so unfamiliar. Now. Skipping those CEOs, directly finding the right person. Simple. Convenient. No, not simple at all, to find out such a wealth of information, the difficulty is by no means low. At least he never thought of it this way before. Originally, his focus was mostly on big enterprises of each country. Tang Qing, however, looked directly at the families behind them. Vision. Execution. The difference is clear. He considers the long-term stability of the enterprise. "The people on this list are mostly direct members of those families. In some countries, there’s only one collaborator, in some there are multiple. After all, most times, it’s hard for one family to dominate." "Additionally." "Some big families I didn’t include, because I also need to consider suitability for cooperation. If they are too greedy, inconsiderate, authoritarian, and arrogant, that’s asking for trouble." In the world. There are always some people who don’t adhere to rules. However. It doesn’t mean shutting the door completely. A rule-breaker, as long as joined by a few who follow rules, combined with a sufficiently powerful counterbalance, Tang Qing wouldn’t mind bringing them in. If the counterbalancers and they are absolute opponents. Then. Weighing it. Of course, the unruly ones are removed. In short, his goal is to let the enterprise have fewer wicked ideas, not afraid of problems, just afraid of flies frequently flying over, hovering on the rice. To swat. Or not to swat, that is the question. "..." Jack Ma nodded. It seems. Tang Qing’s preparations are indeed very thorough, very good, following Tang Qing, and it turns out everything is relaxed, just going along, the outcome surely won’t be bad, proven time and again before. Take one step. See ten steps. Perfect in handling matters, that’s what kind of person Tang Qing is, Jack Ma was almost starting to worship Tang Qing. "Being unfamiliar is no problem." "Take it slow." "Anyway, these people are just bridges." By rights. Tang Qing could also directly contact the families, however, the effect wouldn’t be as good as approaching the lineal of the family. This way, having the lineal as the ’mediator’, once convinced, he will pay attention to this matter. In the future. There might also be some care, rather than being a barren ’family investment outcome’. "Understood." Jack Ma said. Then. Gave a few reminders. Tang Qing went upstairs, while Jack Ma continued to look at the list, browsing the internet in passing, as the data contained quite a bit of information, numerous personal details, even parents’ occupations, recent activities, and so forth. Tang Qing said. Just to look. No photographs allowed, nor would they be retained, collected back the next morning. To this. Jack Ma found it very reasonable. These materials were surely not cheap, and with other investigation results not written, even a million RMB, he’d find it worth it; that’s the value of information. Diving in. With a fairly decent memory, he started to ’get to know’ these people. Goal. ---To recognize, if possible.