Chapter 488: As they wish

Pang Jinting was not excited about Zhou Hao's words, but frowned deeply. Get rid of the predicament of the Indonesian Chinese and improve the social status of the Indonesian Chinese. Pang Jinting and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce have been unable to do this for decades. Pang Jinting does not believe that Zhou Hao can do it, even if he is close to the Zhao family. Relationship.
Seeing Pang Jinting's reaction, Zhou Hao guessed that he didn't believe his words. But Zhou Hao was not in a hurry, nor irritated. Instead, he smiled and said, "Pang, since the Indonesian Chinese Chamber of Commerce has helped Suharto and his family deal with the huge amount of funds, then you must have a lot of evidence of Suharto’s corruption, right? ."
Pang Jinting snorted: "Actually, Suharto’s corruption is no secret at all, but he controls the Indonesian army and is also a dictator. No one dares to expose him at all. We do have a lot of information and evidence. , But what's the use? Before Suharto's powerful political and military power, these evidences would not work at all."
Zhou Hao leaned back in his chair and smiled and said to Pang Jinting: "Pang, you are very familiar with the situation in Indonesia, so I think you also know that Suharto is not popular with the people now. Because of the military's aggressive involvement in politics and In the economic field, the harm caused has already made the Indonesian people hate it."
He stretched out his index finger and said: "If what I said becomes a fact, Indonesia has really become the starting point of the second wave of the financial turmoil. Then in the case of a sharp economic recession, the Indonesian people have been The dissatisfaction will definitely burst out immediately."
This is also the main reason why Suharto wants to divert people's attention through anti-Chinese incidents.
"At that time, if all the evidence of Suharto and his family's embezzlement were exposed, then Suharto would have no hope of staying in office, and he would have to step down." Zhou Hao said.
Pang Jinting took Zhou Hao's words deeply. If what Zhou Hao said really happened, then Suharto might be ousted. He said: "However, even if Suharto stepped down, the people who took over as President would not be those who hate the Chinese? Today, in Indonesian politics and the military, no one holds a pro-China attitude. ."
Zhou Hao nodded, the situation Pang Jinting said did exist. Before and after the resignation of the previous life of Suharto, Indonesian political circles and the military were in intrigue to fight for the presidency, especially the military, which originally held a huge force in Indonesia.
The last representative is Suharto's son-in-law, the commander of the Army's Strategic Reserve Forces, and Lieutenant General Prabowo who was the commander of special forces. In the 1998 anti-Chinese incident, Prabowo tried to create chaos in order to win the presidency, so that the commander-in-chief of the armed forces Wiranto, who was also interested in the president, could not restore security in the capital. Bovo can force Suharto to declare military control, and then he can control the situation.
At the same time, this can also embarrass Suharto's political opponent and Habibie who is also Suharto's adopted son.
Prabowo, Wiranto, and Habibi are not politicians who have a close attitude towards the Chinese. If they are allowed to control the Indonesian government, the situation of the Chinese will not be improved in any way. Especially Prabowo, if he is in power, the life of the Chinese will be even more sad.
Zhou Hao asked Pang Jinting: "Pang, if Suharto steps down, who do you think is most likely to take over as president?"
I saw Pang Jinting stretch out four fingers: "There are four people most likely to take over as president, first of all Wiranto and Prabowo. Wiranto is the commander-in-chief of the Indonesian armed forces, and Prabowo is the Army’s Strategic Reserve Force. He is also Suharto’s son-in-law. These two men have a great influence in the military. I think that although Wiranto is young, his ambition and city government are very deep. If he wins the president If he is in the position, I am afraid that he will become the second Suharto. Not to mention Prabowo, let him be president, it will be more brutal than Suharto."
"The third is Megawati, the daughter of former President Sukarno. Although she is a woman, she has outstanding skills in handling interpersonal relationships and creating a personal image." Pang Jinting said: "As for the last one, Suharto The adopted son of Habibie, the reason why he has the opportunity to fight for the presidential position is not because of his outstanding personal ability, but because he has no ability and weak personality, so the cabinet guys want to control him to win The presidential seat, and then use him as a puppet."
Zhou Hao also knew something about Megawati. This strong woman is the fifth president of Indonesia and is very popular in Indonesia. However, Zhou Hao didn't like Megawati, at least at this stage. Megawati did not have enough courage to clean up the mess left by Suharto, nor did he have a strong hand to suppress the Indonesian military.
When she succeeded Wahid as the fifth president of Indonesia, Indonesia's military has been weakened a lot after Wahid's "baptism".
If according to the development of the previous life, Habibi will take over Suharto as the president of Indonesia, so that Prabowo's presidential dream will finally be shattered. But Habibi became Wiranto's string doll, and then, the sudden emergence of Wahid defeated Wiranto as the fourth president of Indonesia.
In Zhou Hao's mind, Wahid is the most suitable candidate to be the president of Indonesia.
Because Wahid’s attitude towards Chinese is better than others, he abolished many anti-Chinese policies after he took office and allowed Indonesian Chinese to reply to Chinese names, and he was hailed as the savior of Indonesian Chinese. Moreover, Wahid's ancestors were also Chinese.
Of course, Zhou Hao did not think that Wahid’s kindness to the Chinese was selfless, and all politicians would not be selfless, all for their own purposes.
He even wondered whether the reason why Wahid abolished the Chinese exclusion policy was to obtain assistance from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. If this is the case, then the Chinese Chamber of Commerce may have been in contact with Wahid now.
So Zhou Hao immediately asked Pang Jinting: "Old Pang, do you know someone named Wahid?"
"Wahid?" Pang Jinting said, "I know a Wahid who is the chairman of the Indonesian Islamic Teachers' Association and is now a member of the Indonesian People's Consultative Conference."
Zhou Hao nodded repeatedly: "It's him."
Pang Jinting asked in confusion: "Brother Zhou, do you know him?"
"I have heard of him and I also know that he has a high reputation among Indonesian Muslims." Zhou Hao said.
Pang Jinting nodded and said, "Brother Zhou, I won’t lie to you. In fact, this Wahid is one of many politicians deliberately wooed by our Chamber of Commerce. He was re-elected as chairman of the Islamic Teachers’ Association. strength."
Zhou Hao was also pleasantly surprised when he heard that, Pang Jinting and the others had already been online with Vahidara. But now it seems that Pang Jinting and the others don't pay much attention to Wahid, they just regard him as a politician who can be wooed.
And Zhou Hao did not intend to tell Pang Jinting that Wahid would become the President of Indonesia, because this "foresight" is his own advantage, and Zhou Hao wants to use this foresight to maximize his own interests.
"Pang Lao, let's not talk about this. Now we all have a consensus. The financial turmoil will hit Indonesia again, and Indonesia's economy will definitely collapse at that time. If this is the case, should we plan earlier to help Get the most benefit." Zhou Hao said with a smile.
Pang Jinting said with interest: "Brother Zhou, what do you think?"
"My idea? Haha, I dare not be it." Zhou Hao smiled: "But I guess that when the financial turmoil hits Indonesia again, not only the Indonesian stock market will plummet, but the Indonesian rupiah will also collapse completely. So, I want to add two. Take advantage of the fall in the Indonesian rupiah exchange rate to make a profit. Let’s not hide from you, I have already loaned a large amount of Indonesian rupiah from Indonesian banks and gradually converted it into US dollars.

Pang Jinting raised his eyebrows. If the Indonesian rupiah really fell, then Zhou Hao would be able to make huge profits from it.
The vast majority of the funds in the hands of the Indonesian Chinese Chamber of Commerce were originally US dollars, not Indonesian rupiahs. Because the US dollar is more secure than the Indonesian rupiah. So even if the Indonesian rupiah fell sharply, it would not have much impact on Pang Jinting and the others.
However, Pang Jinting also has a bank. If the Indonesian rupiah falls sharply, he will suffer heavy losses.
Zhou Hao said: "Pang, if you also operate a bank in Indonesia, then I would advise you to convert all your bank deposits into U.S. dollars, and at the same time lend out Indonesian rupiahs to other banks to convert them into U.S. dollars. When it fell sharply, not only did you not lose, but you also made a fortune."
But Pang Jinting frowned and said, "But if this is the case, isn't it equivalent to scraping all the Indonesian people's money?"
Zhou Hao shook his head: "I believe that many of the people who deposit money in your bank are Indonesian Chinese. Think about it, if your bank suffers a heavy loss, it is not them that will suffer? You are protecting them like this. As for other Indonesians, even We do nothing, and we can’t prevent the outbreak of the financial turmoil. It’s better to profit from it to the greatest extent. Besides, isn’t your Chinese Chamber of Commerce still investing locally? With more money, you can better rebuild society. what."
Speaking of this, Zhou Hao sneered:
Moreover, didn’t the Indonesians say that the Chinese controlled their economy? Then simply control their economy as they wish. If you want to get political power or even military power, yes. Money is indispensable."