Return to Singapore 1995

When Abde and Anise met Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi in the hotel lobby earlier, they felt that they had a very good temperament, but they looked similar to ordinary Singaporean young people, like two innocent college students.

In fact, a girl from a family like Tang Xinyi has no sense of famous brands. She prefers to wear clothes that are unique and comfortable. She is not sensitive to price or brand, and she does not need to deliberately wear famous brands. Dese.

Today, Tang Xinyi and Li Xiaofan are wearing white T-shirts and jeans. This is the outfit they agreed on yesterday. It is a standard outfit for young people on the streets of Singapore nowadays. The only difference is the pattern and brand on their white T-shirts.

The two of them are carrying on one shoulder the casual and lightweight John Peters backpack that is currently the most popular among young people in Singapore. They look like college students or young lovers who have just come out of campus. Young people dressed like this can be seen everywhere on the streets of Singapore. They are too common.

So at the beginning, Abde and Enise had doubts about the strength of Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi. Is it reliable to do business with two such ordinary young people?

After sitting in Tang Xinyi's Lexus, Abde and Enise's perceptions had changed.

The cost of owning a car in Singapore is very high, not to mention that Tang Xinyi drives a top-notch luxury sedan among Japanese cars.

Singapore's unique "Certificate of Ownership" system is probably the first city in the world to implement license plate lottery, and there is an additional charge for driving into the central restricted area of ​​Singapore's city center CBD during peak hours.

Singapore has implemented a car ownership certificate system since 1990. This was done to control traffic congestion and limit the increase in the number of cars. Singaporeans must first bid for a car ownership certificate before they can buy a car, and the authorities then use electronic road tolling to control road traffic flow.

At that time, the price of a "Certificate of Ownership" in Singapore was equivalent to that of an ordinary car, costing tens of thousands of Singapore dollars, and there were also expensive parking fees. Therefore, ordinary working-class families in Singapore at that time could not afford to own a car. Automobile.

Finally, when Abde and Enise were led by Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi into the Minghua Holdings office building on the 36th floor of the OUB Building in Raffles Place, they were completely shocked!

It feels like these two of them are really different from each other!

Abboud took a sip of coffee and praised: "Mr. Li, your company is really powerful. It works in such a high-end area in the center of Singapore. The scenery here is so beautiful!"

"Haha, it's not bad..." Li Xiaofan smiled.

"Mr. Li, is your company's main business the glasses industry?" Abboud's beautiful wife Enise suddenly asked. She finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and spoke for the first time.

Enise's standard London accent is much better than Abboud's Dubai accent.

Li Xiaofan smiled and shook his head: "No, if we rely solely on the glasses industry, how can we afford to rent such an expensive office building..."

He turned to Tang Xinyi and said, "How about asking my partner, Ms. Tang Xinyi, who is also a shareholder and director of Singapore Minghua Holdings Pte. Ltd., to answer this question?"

Tang Xinyi smiled and said to Anise: "Miss Anise, our company's main business is the energy industry!"

"Energy industry?" Enise opened her eyes wide.

"Well, it's actually coal! Our group's main business is the coal mining industry. In fact, our group's real main business is in Kalimantan, where our group owns a coal mine with large coal reserves. And our Singapore Minghua Holdings Private Limited Company is the window of the group in Singapore. The company's main business is the trading and logistics transportation of coal mines, as well as the import, export and re-export trade of some other commodities. The sunglasses business you mentioned is an emerging business that we have recently developed and operated. fashion industry!”

When they heard about the coal mine, Abde and Enise were in awe. No wonder their company was so rich and placed its office in such a luxurious top office building in the center of Singapore.

Enise continued curiously: "Why are you interested in the glasses industry? There seems to be a big gap between the two industries, coal and glasses..."

Tang Xinyi explained with a smile: "Because I studied industrial design when I studied in Milan, Italy, I am more interested in the fashion and design industry. Recently, I am particularly interested in the sunglasses industry! And my boyfriend Mr. Li and his family are in There are factories in mainland China producing various sunglasses for export, so our two families have recently started to cooperate in the sunglasses business. A few days ago, we just registered a new company to specialize in and develop the sunglasses business!”

Tang Xinyi's amazing assist sounds very reasonable. When Li Xiaofan heard Tang Xinyi directly call him her boyfriend, his heart skipped a beat: Has she already considered herself her boyfriend?

Enise took a sip of coffee: "Oh, so that's what happened!"

Tang Xinyi asked back: "Ms. Anise, your English sounds very comfortable and nice. It sounds like a standard London accent. Have you been in the UK before?"

"Well, Miss Xinyi, after all, we are still traveling together! I previously studied jewelry design at the University of the Arts London!"

"Wow, no wonder your English is so good! Actually, as a girl, I am also interested in jewelry design, but I am more interested in Italian industrial design, so I chose industrial design! I hope that within the next two years, I will have a product design that can win the Red Dot Award, IF Award or the American IDEA Award..."

"Miss Xinyi, you are great! In fact, I think your choice to study design in Italy is very correct! Italy is the cradle of European culture and the birthplace of the Renaissance. It has a profound cultural heritage and is recognized as a paradise for global design masters. Famous fashion brands such as PRADA, Gucci, GiorgioArmani, Versace, Dolce \u0026Gabbana, Valentino... these big brands are all from Italy, too numerous to mention! The design masters there are so respectable! "

"Yes, Miss Enise, you are so right! In addition, the world-famous luxury car brands, such as Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc. are from Italy..."

"Yes, yes, I once went to a small town called Modena in northern Italy with my parents. This town with a population of more than 100,000 is so shocking! Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, and Pagani, the world's four most famous super sports car brands, were designed and produced..."

"So you have been to Modena, I have been there several times! There is also a Ferrari Museum there!"

After the two girls found a topic of common interest and started chatting enthusiastically, Li Xiaofan and Abude had nothing to do with the two men.

Li Xiaofan took out a box of handmade Havanas cigars given to him by Tang Jiaming and asked, "Mr. Abud, do you smoke cigars?"

"Wow, Havanas!" Abud was actually a connoisseur, "Well, thank you, then have one!"

After Li Xiaofan lit up Abud with a cedar match, Abud took a puff of the Havanas cigar and praised, "Well, authentic handmade cigars, taste very good!"

The two young couples started chatting and actually forgot that they were here to discuss the sunglasses business.