Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 317 Pirate Storm
With the help of the legal team, in order to avoid antitrust laws, Zhang Kaiwu opened several limited liability companies using the identities of Jin Ling and Lin Jingli, separating the responsibilities of each part from Lianneng.

Even the wives and concubines who had not yet arrived, such as Qin Huairu and Chen Xueru, were transformed into various shareholders and given various different company identities.

Furthermore, Zhang Kaiwu used the method of low-share cross-holding to gain actual control over each limited liability company.

The new Borneo Bank headquarters is under construction at full speed.

After signing the thick stack of contracts, the beautiful mother-in-law curiously pulled Zhang Kaiwu into the garden and asked:

"Kaiwu! Since your people have already taken control of the entire situation, why are you doing this left-hand-right-hand thing!?"

"It feels like it's unnecessary for you to do these things!?"

Zhang Kaiwu hugged her and said with a smile:

"Mom! Doing business is not that simple. These things are necessary for business. This matter needs to be reasonable and legal, and cannot be separated from the current social situation."

"In order to avoid being marginalized, our company cannot interfere in other people's affairs in name only. However, using the company's investment and financial management to support Borneo is reasonable and legal."

"And my company has a huge loan in Great Britain. In order to prevent the money from becoming a bad debt, they will also support us secretly."

"From ancient times to the present, those who owe money are all masters! This whole thing is not as simple as you think. It is very complicated to explain. You don't need to understand so many things."

Ning Ping's mother-in-law asked quickly:
"So what do we need to do at home? We can't just do nothing, right!?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Of course there is something! But those people will help you to handle it. You just need to read the broadcast script."

"When you have nothing to do, go to the square and give a speech to promote your princess status."

The beautiful mother-in-law asked quickly:

"I don't know how to give those speeches!? I have never been to school and I only know a few words."

Zhang Kaiwu lit a cigarette and said seriously:

"Don't worry! Many writers can make up stories, and they can make them very touching!"

"In fact, it doesn't really matter whose story is more logical in this world. What matters is that people are more willing to believe stories that are beneficial to them!"

"Find some compelling manuscripts, and you can just read them when the time comes. I'll try to get them to make the stories shorter so they can fill in the blanks themselves."

The beautiful mother-in-law was relieved and said quickly:

"Kaiwu! You guys should have kids soon, or let Jinling take over sooner! I'm already old, why do I have to deal with these things!"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"No rush! This will take at least a few years. If you don't want to read the script, you can find a ghostwriter with a voice similar to yours!"

I persuaded my mother-in-law and watched her slowly leave.

Everyone has been very busy recently. Even my father-in-law, together with several doctors, is busy building the medical system in Borneo.

Next to this large manor, a large villa area is also under construction.

In the future, Jin Ling’s parents, Lin Jingli’s parents, and many other important people will come here.

Suddenly, a radio station appeared in Borneo, broadcasting news to the entire Borneo region. There were two princesses calling on everyone to unite, build homes, build infrastructure, and fight criminals.

They kept using various small stories to encourage everyone, saying that the darkness would soon go away, and promoted the beautiful life in the future.

Everyone is equal, everyone has a job and land, and everyone has a bright future.

The radio station often publicizes the true identity of Princess Ning Ping, saying that this piece of land in Borneo was originally the fiefdom of the princess' family. When the princess' family came to reclaim the land, there were not even any savages here.

Later, they took in various wandering people and ended up becoming the hosts.

She had been suppressed and hidden by villains with ulterior motives in the past, who wanted to murder her in order to seize their land.

It turns out that Lin Jingli Grace Bamburi is also a distant relative of Princess Ning Ping, and her family is also the descendant of a persecuted princess.

Now she has fled Malaysia and is in exile. She is encouraging everyone to launch an independence movement in the future.

It was like Princess Ningping finally ushered in the dawn of victory. With the help of Earl Zhang's company, she defeated the evil enemy and took back her land.

Lin Jingli also took those manuscripts and encouraged everyone from time to time. She had organized a team to overthrow the brutal Count Serra.

Just as Zhang Kaiwu predicted, no matter whether others believed it or not, all Chinese people believed it.

Various versions of princess stories keep coming out, and the evidence is solid!

Even Count Serra often listened to the radio to kill time. He sent two telegrams to Zhang Kaiwu, saying that his image was not so rough and hoped that it could be beautified.

Zhang Kaiwu was too lazy to pay attention to this boring governor.

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Time flies!

In the blink of an eye, it was February 1950. Zhang Kaiwu was busy sending a telegram to Xiaojiu and the others. When he saw the bustling streets, he realized that the New Year was coming soon!

The attack in Borneo had been going on for more than two months, and the situation was getting more and more serious. All the Dutch territory had been lost, and more than 20,000 prisoners of war had been captured.

The Dutch’s property and other personnel were also seized, and all Dutch-registered ships were seized and confiscated, and then re-named and taken over by the princess’s palace.

A large number of prisoners were mobilized to build a large number of permanent artillery positions in the high places on both sides of the Malacca Strait. Although no charges have been made yet, the posture is no joke.

Two months after the action, the desperate Dutch had gone to the British Parliament in London to strongly condemn them for meddling in their affairs.

Because the Dutch discovered that the rebels used a large amount of British equipment, and those heavy artillery were removed from ships.

The Dutch originally had fewer people and fewer guns, and now the war was so one-sided that the Dutch couldn't even enter Malacca.

So the Dutch said that the London City Government violated the original sacred agreement and interfered in the affairs of Borneo.

The atmosphere in the Parliament in the City of London was very subtle, and they immediately contacted Earl Serra to ask what was going on.

Count Serra chuckled and asked the Dutch why they filed the complaint, then contacted Zhang Kaiwu to ask the reason.

Zhang Kaiwu immediately sent an official telegram back to Count Serra, explaining:

"This matter has nothing to do with the business activities of our Kaiwu Company. It was done by Princess Ning Ping and the rebels or the independence army. Our company only has an economic cooperation relationship with Princess Ning Ping. These are all normal business activities. We are a serious investment company."

"As for the rebels using Great Britain's equipment, it's possible that it was lost from our Kaiwu Company. I guess some of the junk we purchased was sold, and two or three armories were stolen by the rebels."

"The rebels may have repaired the scrapped items, but they may have also bought them from somewhere else. For example, they may have bought them from India!? This matter has nothing to do with our company!"

Zhang Kaiwu also sent a telegram to Count Serra, asking him to come to Jakarta secretly to discuss some small matters with him.

Count Serra laughed and sent Zhang Kaiwu's official telegram back to the parliament, with an additional sentence: These things have nothing to do with our Malay war zone, and have nothing to do with me, Count Serra.

Earl Zhang must have something serious to talk to him about, so Earl Serra turned around, got on the plane and rushed to Jakarta Airport.

The Dutch's inexplicable reasons for complaining are just a joke. They violated the basic rules of the game.

The British Parliament looked at Governor Serra's telegram and quickly sent it back to the Dutch.

One more thing: These have nothing to do with the British Parliament, Earl Zhang, or the Governor of Malay. We are not the Dutch's nanny. The members of the London Parliament are also very surprised. How can there be such strange people in the world? You have to find us when you use our things! ?
Do you know how many people in the world are using weapons from Great Britain?
India, Australia, Africa, South America, Borneo, there are really countless poor countries...

At least 50% of the weapons in the world today are left over from Great Britain. Are we responsible for all of them?

There are so many weapons sellers in the world, and America has sold so many advanced weapons, why don’t you go to America! ?

Do we need to consider the Dutch’s opinions when we sell some garbage?
If you don't have the ability, don't have such a big appetite. You are a small country like the Netherlands, with only a few people. Don't you know what's going on?
Great Britain and you Dutch are originally hostile forces that play it safe on the surface but are actually stabbing you in the heart. We have been fighting for more than a thousand years, so how can we have any friendship?! ?
Now the global theme is to launch an independence movement and abolish colonial rule by the colonial powers. Everyone is supporting their own forces to do things.

To put it bluntly, we are now living in a democratic society. The previous methods of colonization are outdated and too costly. Now we rely on advanced economies to colonize.

As for why we do all this, everyone knows it in their hearts, but no one would say these things out loud.

For example, France’s basic national policy is to fully develop Niger’s pomelo mines, treat Niger like its own son, and actively help them become independent.

Then they acquired all the pomelo mines through a company and were responsible for selling them for profit.

Because Niger has the third largest pomelo reserves in the world, these resources make France the world's number one in nuclear power generation.

In order to safeguard its interests there and to resist the invasion of America and Great Britain, France not only deployed a large number of troops there.

They also secretly fought with Great Britain and the United States, and everyone was engaged in various tacit proxy wars.

Even after World War I and World War II, a large number of men were brought in from there to work in France, and they were willing to use visa-free policies for their families and play the emotional card, even at the risk of turning France into a dark country.

The people of Great Britain were drooling over the grapefruit mine and were secretly looking for agents to start a war in an attempt to seize the grapefruit mine from France.

The United States is also causing trouble there, and it is even more severe than that of Great Britain.

but!

Will you talk about these things?!

impossible things!

If independent investment fails and the agent gets killed, everyone will have to bear the loss on their own.

Absolutely can’t say it clearly!!!

Because that's uncivilized.

Plus, Borneo’s location is not a good place because of inconvenient transportation and tens of thousands of small islands.

Apart from some low-value minerals such as coal, aluminum, iron and copper, there is no profit at all now.

Everyone's attention is now on Africa, Europe and the Middle East, the main oil and gas producing areas, and the energy there is the focus of the world.

With the gem and diamond mines, everyone is so busy now, who has time to care about the little things in Borneo! ?
This matter is also related to the cultural background of Europeans. They are basically a predatory civilization.

Their ideas of civilization are different from those of agricultural civilization. They do not have the idea of ​​development and construction. Instead, they all want to take all the good things and resources back to their own homes.

The Dutch are different from others. They insist on carrying out armed territorial colonization despite global pressure. To be honest, everyone looks down on them.

Although everyone looks down on the Borneo region, the way the Dutch eat is so ugly!

Even if Zhang Kaiwu was rich and powerful, he would not use the Dutch's brutal methods, which would easily arouse public outrage.

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Zhang Kaiwu met Count Serra at the airport, gave him a hug with a smile, and took him to the airport cafe.

He smoked a cigar and said with a smile:

"Dear Mr. Sera! I asked you to come here secretly today because I have something good to discuss with you!"

Count Serra smoked a cigar and said with a smile:

"Dear Earl Zhang! You are a respectable person. You have been spreading rumors on the radio every day and slandering me for such a long time. Are you going to give me a bonus?"

Zhang Kaiwu lit up his cigar and said with a smile:
"Dear Mr. Sera! You are so humorous! This publicity will also facilitate Malaysia's future independence movement and allow you to retire with dignity!"

"Don't talk about that crap! You know the Suez Canal, right? How much money have they collected over the years?"

Count Serra said with a smile:

"Of course I know that! That canal is a gold mine! Egypt receives a lot of tolls every year!"

Zhang Kaiwu took a puff of his cigar, took out a map of Borneo, and said:

"Our Strait of Malacca is actually the most important shipping route. If others don't go through it, they have to go through Antarctica. Not only is the journey 7,000 to 8,000 nautical miles, it's also very dangerous!"

"If we charge a little here, 10,000 per ship, at least 100 ships a day, that's 1 million. And of course some big ships will charge more. Just imagine how much income that would be!"

Count Serra looked at him in surprise and said quickly:

"Count Zhang! Although I also want to charge a fee, this is a natural strait, not an artificial canal. If we do this, it will arouse public outrage around the world!"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Of course we won't do things so rudely! But if we help fight pirates, it's reasonable to charge a little fee. According to reliable information, Princess Ning Ping will also fight pirates west of Malacca to maintain order. You fight pirates east of Malacca to maintain order."

"We can repair some places, but we won't help fight pirates for ships that haven't paid. Let them take responsibility for their own safety!"

"Or maybe we should just create some conflicts, like Borneo City wants independence, or rebels control the straits along the way, and put on a show for everyone to see!?"

Count Serra was surprised to find that after Count Zhang said that, if this matter required escort, the fee should be very reasonable! ?
I have escorted you and repaired the Strait of Malacca, so it is only right that you charge me some fuel money!

He probably knew that Earl Zhang was narrow-minded, wasn't it all to block the Dutch? ?

But that was none of Sera's business. Count Sera quickly asked:

"Respected Earl Zhang! You should not be interested in this little toll from the east. I will get you a few better patrol boats as a token of my gratitude someday!"

Zhang Kaiwu looked at him with a smile, handed him a ship charging standard, and said:

"Alright! Don't fool us with some junk, or else the pirate group will be embarrassed when they are overturned by a merchant ship. This is the minimum standard for ship charges, you can refer to it for yourself."

Count Serra took a look at the fee schedule and said with a smile:

"How is it possible? How could our close relationship fool you? I only have one question, why do you want to make the relationship between Princess Ningping and me so tense? "

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"It's all for your own good! First, it's to make it easier for us to collect the fees, and second, it'll be easier for you to get out of this mess once things are done!"

"For example, after two years, if everyone pretends to fight a war, will you be able to take the money and run away smoothly?!"

"If I support a pirate group in Malacca and blockade the Gulf of Thailand and its surroundings, can I justifiably collect the money?!"

Count Serra said with a smile:

"You always have a way! If this escort fee can be successful, I really don't want to leave!"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"You think too simply! After a long time, I guess everyone will unite to protest and cause trouble. The fee is too high and everyone will have opinions and ask for a price reduction. We can't charge that high in the future. This highly profitable industry won't last for many years!"

(End of this chapter)