The journey starts from the Titanic

He organized his daughter’s birthday banquet today, which also meant showing the energy of the Huang family and befriending the local government of Singapore.

"Mr. Huang wants Zong Xiao to become strong. It's actually very simple. You just need to cultivate his martial arts spirit." Situ Nan suggested, "You tell me, I just came from Penang, and I have discussed with Hu Guolian to build a fine The martial arts school cultivates the martial arts spirit of Chinese youth. I think strict training will make Zong Xiao a man."

"Jingwu school? Strict training?" Huang Zhonghan understood what Situ Nan meant. The son of the Huang family had been eating meat since he was a child. The youth who came up lost a kind of toughness and cruelty.

"Good or good, but is it too rushed?" Huang Zhonghan thought, a good idea, but the school hasn't opened yet?

"Not in a hurry, not at all. In fact, what I want to say is that another school, Zhi Gong Middle School in San Francisco, USA, is a militarized school that specializes in cultivating the civil and military talents of Chinese youth. I also run it. It's just that I intend to introduce it to Nanyang. If Mr. Huang intends, I can promise to return you a strong man." Situ Nan promised.

"Oh? There is such a school? Why haven't I heard of it?" Huang Zhonghan came with interest.

"Because we generally rarely recruit students and do not advertise. The young people trained there are our children, and the number is small, only 200 per term. After graduation, some students are recommended to go to military academy, and some continue to enter. For further studies in university, if Zong Xiao can first stay in Zhigong Middle School for a period of time, and then enter William University, it would be best." Situ Nan's few words designed a training program for Huang Zongxiao.

"This-I have to think about it." Huang Zhonghan looked at Situ Nan's conspicuous expression, not as if he was lying to himself, and was a little moved.He was touched by Situ Nan's kindness.

They talked and talked about business.

"Meihua Company is going to invest in sugarcane planting in Leizhou Peninsula, but we don't have much experience in this area. It would be best if we could cooperate with Jianyuan Company." Situ Nan said with a smile.

The sugar industry is the core business of Huang Zhonghan's family and the greatest achievement in his life.After Huang Zhonghan's father Huang Zhixin failed to participate in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he fled to Java. He started as a salesman and worked hard. He gradually made a fortune in Java. After his death, he left Huang Zhonghan with 7 million US dollars in fortune.

After Huang Zhonghan took over Jianyuan Company, he invested heavily in introducing machine-made sugar from Europe, using the current corporate management methods, and while other Chinese sugar merchants went bankrupt under the blow of the Dutch colony "Sugar Industry Decree", he developed and expanded all the way. Achieved Huang Zhonghan's achievement as the king of sugar industry.Today, Jianyuan’s sugar factories are spread all over Java, with an annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons, directly controlling 70% of Indonesia’s sugar market and 30% of Nanyang’s sugar market.

Meihua Company had previously cooperated with Jianyuan Company to sell sugar imported from Nanyang to mainland China. In addition to sugar, many materials purchased by Meihua Company from Nanyang were also obtained from Jianyuan Company.

"What? Meihua also intends to enter the sugar market?" Huang Zhonghan looked at Situ Nan with some caution.

"How do you say? It's a bit of this kind of thinking, but we are not interested in Nanyang, we just want to invest in some industries in Leizhou Peninsula." Situ Nan smiled.

"Oh, that's fine too." Huang Zhonghan nodded and agreed.The two discussed some and jointly established Leizhou Sugar Company. Since Huang Zhonghan was not optimistic about the situation in the mainland, he did not make any demands on the shares. As a result, Meihua Company held 60% of the shares and the remaining 40% belonged to Jianyuan Company.

The sugar company was just an appetizer for Situ Nan. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and put it down gently.Pointing to the cup on the table, he smiled and said: "Mr. Huang, I once heard a saying that our life is like this tea table with cups on it."

"What?" Huang Zhonghan looked at Situ Nan suspiciously.

"Cup! Nanyang Chinese are like cups." Situ Nan took a bite into the cup, dip his finger in tea, and wrote a sad word!

Only then did Huang Zhonghan understand, he smiled dumbly and patted his head, "So it's like this! Interesting, interesting..."

After talking about two interesting things, his voice gradually weakened, his eyes dimmed, and Situ Nan's metaphor directly penetrated his heart.

"It's still like this, the situation is not better than people, how can it be?" Huang Zhonghan sighed quietly, a sentence expressing the bitterness in my heart.His sigh is not unreasonable. The development of the Huang family consortium has surpassed the tolerance of the Dutch colonial government. If it weren't for Huang Zhonghan's own savvy and capable, it would be two things to say whether the Huang family could survive.

The First World War made Nanyang Chinese businessmen a lot of money, especially Jianyuan Company, which made no less. For such sweet pastries, the Dutch colonial government has coveted them for a long time.

In 1917, the Dutch and Indian government levied a "wartime income tax" as the name, stipulating that operators who earned more than 30 million Dutch guilders a year from the beginning of the war must pay 30% of the tax and take the opportunity to looting; only after two In 1991, Huang Zhonghan was required to pay 35 million Dutch dongs "war tax" and "income tax".If Huang Zhonghan feels unable to do so, the government is willing to purchase Huang's enterprise at a price of 7 million Dutch dongs.(1 Dutch Guilder equals US$0.4) The colonial government became more shameless and greedy. What they did made Huang Zhonghan angry, but was helpless. They could only begin to transfer assets to Malaya, while trying to deal with the colonial government.

"Mr. Huang, to say something bad, Jianyuan Company is now carrying a golden doll on the street, but without protection, the better you develop, the greater the disaster and the sooner it will come. As we all know, the Dutch on the island They are all descendants of the East India Company. They are no different from their brutal and greedy ancestors in their bones. Even if you spread your property to other areas, but after you leave Java, will Jianyuan Company still be Jianyuan Company? Yours simply cannot move. Yes." Situ Nan smiled mysteriously, as if looking at Huang Zhonghan sarcastically, as if he had seen the day when the Huang clan died.

In the real history, shortly after Huang Zhonghan’s death, the heirs of the Huang family were unable to succeed. Under the pressure of the Dutch colonial government, the Great Depression of 1929, the Japanese, and the indigenous Javanese of Indonesia, they changed from a huge economic empire to people’s ears. Unfamiliar memories come.

How could Huang Zhonghan not understand what Situ Nan said?He shook his head, wondering why he just refused the shameless request of the Dutch when Situ Nan came to the door?

"This is naturally not as good as Meihua. With the support of the American consortium, Meihua should not worry about the Dutch and the British?" Huang Zhonghan smiled bitterly.

"Meihua is similar to Jianyuan, and Meihua has suffered all kinds of hardships in the United States. There are more and more tribulations over there. The self-helpers are God's help, whoever depends on themselves, Meihua is taking a road against the sky." Situ Nan solemnly Looking at Huang Zhonghan, "Cooperating with us is the only way to save the Huang family and change our destiny."

"You, who are you?" Huang Zhonghan seemed to feel that Situ Nan had some secrets to open to himself.

"Can I trust you? Mr. Huang. Although the Huang family is under the oppression of the Dutch colony, don't forget that it was also born by the Dutch colonial government. At least, in my opinion, the big smokehouses in Java are not Shaohuang’s family, right? We have countless resources. My property is more than ten times more than yours, but we will never accept opium dealers as our partners!” Situ Nan finished, staring at Huang Zhonghan, then The cold eyes are like the cold light reflected by the blade cutting on Huang Zhonghan's heart.

Huang Zhonghan looked at Situ Nan in surprise, the other party seemed to be about to change his face all of a sudden, he actually felt the threat of death from the gentle and elegant young man!

This is incredible!But reality tells Huang Zhonghan that this is true!

"Can I trust you?" Situ Nan said again.

Chapter 54: Huang Zhonghan's Decision

"Can I trust you?"

This is not only Situ Nan asking Huang Zhonghan, but also himself.

Although Huang Zhonghan was suppressed by the Dutch and Indian colonial government, the Huang family had a close relationship with the Dutch and Indian authorities. While being exploited by the Dutch and Indian authorities, Jianyuan Company also contracted opium, forestry and fishery from the Dutch and Indian authorities. The franchise of materials.Without these franchises, Jianyuan Company could not develop so quickly.

Huang Zhonghan just took over the family business in his early years. Before investing heavily in the sugar business, he bought opium parcels in Semarang, Yogyakarta, Solo, and Surabaya. In more than ten years, he made a profit of 18 million Dutch dongs. huge.

Huang Zhonghan entered the sugar industry on a large scale after accumulating huge amounts of funds from the opium business and became the king of the sugar industry.

Zhi Gong Dang has been paying attention to the Huang Zhonghan family and has collected a lot of information on the Huang Zhonghan family. To this day, the Huang family is still operating the opium business, so Situ Nan has not a good impression of the Huang Zhonghan family, and hesitates to cooperate with Huang Zhonghan.

"Opium is a harmful thing, so my impression of your Huang family is not very good, but this will not affect our cooperation with the Huang family, which is nothing compared to Bayer's blatant drug sales. Meihua is a very large organization and is very dissatisfied with the Dutch and Indian authorities. If the Huang family cannot make up their minds to part ways with the Dutch and Indian authorities, our Meihua company will not assist Jianyuan Company, and at the same time, it may be ruined. Without you Before the guarantee, I cannot disclose Meihua’s secret to you."

Situ Nan looked at Huang Zhonghan solemnly.

Under Situ Nan's suggestion, Huang Zhonghan vaguely felt that the target of Situ Nan and the organization in his mouth might be the Dutch and Indian colonial government, and might be the bloody enemy of life and death.

"Can you beat them?" Huang Zhonghan asked a bit spineless.As Situ Nan said, the roots of the Huang family are all in Java, and their fate is held by the Dutch and Indian colonial authorities. He cannot destroy the Huang family because of his own impulse. The first thing he must consider is the interests of the Huang family.

"This kind of thing doesn't treat me 100%, only 100% hard work. I can't participate. It's stupid to always pin my hopes on others. I am a weak person. Even if I succeed, I won't get much return. How many We are very confident that even if the Huang family does not participate, we will succeed, because behind us are thousands of descendants of Yan and Huang who have the courage to give and fight to the death. We must stand upright in Nanyang. .

To tell the truth, we have reached consensus with many families in Malaya.If you look at places other than Java, you will find that some things are not as difficult as we thought. The glory of the sea coachman has been a matter of hundreds of years.Situ Nan smiled.

This is the end of the story, and all that should be said, it depends on how the head of the first Chinese family in Java decides.

"This matter is too involved, I can't give you a definite answer at once, but although the Huang family sells opium in Nanyang, it has a ugly reputation, but it is definitely the descendants of Yanhuang and Huang, and it is impossible to do things that help you." Huang Zhonghan said firmly. .

He also needs time to determine whether what Situ Nan said is true, and the transfer of assets is also a difficult problem, which will not be completed in a short while.In any case, he never thought of helping the Dutch and Indian authorities, let alone telling the truth. Now the Dutch and Indian authorities are Huang Zhonghan's enemy.Although the fortune of the Huang family was once related to the other side, but now the greedy Dutch want to seek the wealth of the Huang family, Huang Zhonghan will naturally not sacrifice his life for the Dutch.

Before confirming Situ Nan's strength, Huang Zhonghan would not rashly participate in the organization Situ Nan said, but only to maintain business cooperation with Meihua Company.

After Situ Nan left, Huang Zhonghan thought for a long time. After his father Huang Zhixin failed to participate in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he had to go abroad to make a living. After half a lifetime of hard work, he finally started the business of the Huang family.

I was born in Java and married the daughter of a local Chinese family. Since childhood, I have lived in Nanyang, and the roots of the Huang family are also rooted in Java. However, since I became sensible, I felt that the life of the Chinese was too hard.In addition to the lack of material, it is more that the spirit and thought are not stretched, caught between the white people and the natives, living hard and tortuously.

Huang Zhonghan has taken over the family business for decades, and this experience is particularly profound.Maybe it's time to change, right?If you can't change the situation where the man is the sword and the me is the fish, the glory of Huang's will not last in Nanyang.In order to continue the glory of the Huang family in Nanyang and to make the Huang family a real family in Nanyang, let's fight it!

Thinking of this, Huang Zhonghan gritted his teeth, looked at the distance firmly, and said in his heart, "I hope you won't let me down."

After walking out of Huang's house, Situ Nan was not lost, and Huang Zhonghan's attitude was also expected by Situ Nan.After all, the other party is a big man, and it is impossible for him to be shocked, and he will be able to convince Huang Zhonghan if he is out of control.

The next day, Huang Zhonghan rushed to the William. He found Situ Nan. The two had been in the room whispering for a whole day. It was only in the evening that they came out of the room talking and laughing, like long-known friends.

"Uncle Huang, if you join us, the confidence of success will be greater." Situ Nan smiled.

"Haha. Your kid is really cunning. He hides so deeply. I knew you had done so much preparation and you were so strong. I was afraid of what the Dutch would do. In short, I can muster the courage and fight hard. Even if it doesn't, I will be proud to see the old man below." Huang Zhonghan smiled boldly.

"Hehe. Your Huang family really has an excellent tradition of revolution. I think the old man will be very pleased to know your decision." Situ Nan smiled.