The journey starts from the Titanic

"Marceau, did things go well?" The director of BNP Paribas asked with a smile. If French oil company and the other party reach a cooperation, the French bank will not be far behind and provide loans for the French national oil company.

"I had a quarrel with that kid. What is certain is that they have the ability to provide the crude oil we need." Marceau smiled with a confident face, which is different from the way he looked in front of Situ Nan.

The guy he was talking about, these French people knew about Situ Nan's energy.If Situ Nan were here, he would definitely be surprised. People from the Renault family with whom he had business dealings in the arms business had attended the secret meeting held by Marceau.

"That kid is really crazy, I dare say that for money, he dares to do anything!" Renault said with a puff of smoke with a firm face.

"When we were fighting with the Germans, his guy desperately sold materials to Europe, such as steel, food, cars, aircraft, artillery, and tanks. He was absolutely naked and crazy. When other American arms dealers were still hesitating, he The controlling company Bethlehem went to Canada to establish arms export channels."

Renault added another sentence.

He already knew that Chrysler had cooperated with Citroen, but as the largest industrial company in France, Renault had its own pride.Renault's products cover almost all aspects of the French industry, and they are not comparable to Citroen, which only assembles a few cars.

Moreover, as an arms giant, Renault’s influence in the government cannot be underestimated. Recently they have sold aircraft and tanks to China. The bandit Zhang in the northeast ordered 20 Renault F17 tanks in one go. This is just the beginning.

"Okay, don't be stinky. Are we going to make that difficult guy cheap?" Marceau covered his nose with a handkerchief and hated the second-hand smoke from Renault.

"I'm afraid this is the case. Otherwise, I will find Exxon or Shell, but they are more willing to provide refined oil, which is not so easy to talk about."

The CEO of Industrial Bank said directly.

"In any case, we must increase oil exploration and development, especially investment in South China. South China has the resources we need, and the government hopes to maintain a good cooperative relationship with South China."

The representative sent by the government almost spoke in a concluding manner.

"indeed!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

They also saw the benefits brought by the rapid development of South China, especially the representatives of Cadbury Bank, nodded with satisfaction. These French giants earn a lot of income from overseas investment every year. They also invest one hundred francs. If they can earn money in Paris 5 francs, if you are in South China or other resource-rich areas, you may report several times that of local investment!

"Don't be too optimistic. South Chinese are not like their motherland. Even if we want to invest in South China, it is not so easy. Damn South Chinese, it is not easy for us to conduct oil exploration and extraction on their land. They are almost and The Americans belong to one group."

Marceau reminded.Having said this, he has a headache. Although he has repeatedly proposed to conduct oil exploration and exploitation in South China, the other party just does not let go.

Thinking that the oil companies in the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands can happily extract oil in South China, the French feel unbalanced.

"Damn it, isn't this trade discrimination? We also want to open the door." Someone suggested.

"Ahem, this is actually the case. South Chinese people have recently relaxed a lot. They also demand the same treatment and allow their companies to invest in our territory. The government and the Governor of Indochina have been fighting."

The government official reminded.

"Is it? Why don't I know? Why don't you agree to it?" Marceau was puzzled, forcing South China to open up their oil resources is more important than anything else.

"It's not that simple. The South Chinese also require the Chinese to enter our territory. You know how many poor farmers are behind them. Once they enter our territory, it is easy for them to digest our land. So from Paris to Hanoi, There are such doubts."

The government official explained.The large number of Chinese entering Southeast Asia will inevitably conflict with the aborigines, which is not conducive to Western rule.

South China is a living example. They flooded into the Netherlands, Indonesia and West Asia, and with the support of the Americans, they overthrew the Dutch.

"What's this about us? What we need is profit, not national responsibility. Let's look at what the Americans and Germans do?

Without us, South Chinese can get what they want.Unless we sent troops to destroy them from the beginning, we should now give them a little respect."Renault doesn't care.

As an industrial giant, he values ​​the orders brought by Nanhua’s industrialization to Renault. If they can maintain a good relationship with Nanhua, the French will not only get Nanhua’s oil, but industrial companies like Renault can also export large amounts of industrial products. , Occupying the South China market and improving one's own technical level, is it just for those desperate French farmers in Indochina to give up the low-hanging interests?

Well, the French agricultural group is indeed opposed to allowing Chinese to enter their territory. The hard-working Chinese farmers pose a great threat to the French Indochina farmers.

The relationship between Situ Nan, Chevron Petroleum, U.S. China Petroleum and South China is not a secret in the eyes of these French people. From the beginning, South China has established good virtues, distanced itself from Britain and France, is hostile to Japan, and actively supports southern China. Diplomatic strategy.

"Well, there is no need to think about them too importantly. You have to know that they can't even make small sampans. Almost all industrial equipment is imported. If you want to learn from the Japanese to build a national industry, how can it take 20 or 30 years? At that time, everyone in the room will not know where it is. France is the hegemon of Europe. Isn’t that confident?"

Someone commented.

"Yes! The Chinese have no patience. We sent a small fleet decades ago to bring their Westernization Movement back to its original form?"

Someone agreed...

Chapter 20 South China Railway Progress in the Renewed Conflict

New Tangshan, the capital of South China, has not only been discussing the government's industrial plan, investing in factories, purchasing land, and taking over family members from their hometowns, the Paris Olympic Games, which is thousands of miles away, has also become a hot topic of discussion.

In a shooting competition, Nanhua players won the bronze medal and achieved a zero breakthrough."Guanghua Daily", "South China Daily", "Ta Kung Pao" and other major newspapers often appear on the pages of Nanhua and Chinese athletes on the Paris stadium. The slightest result is a great pride.

The Chinese have been discriminated against by others for hundreds of years, and they are used to seeing Westerners flaunt their powers. Naturally, they are particularly eager to be recognized by others. This is human nature.

In particular, the fight between the football team and the Poles. The news came back to South China and attracted public attention. The Chinese world has a lot of discussions. Some people applaud and talk about it. Some people disagree. Shaodu felt a little relieved. After all, it is rare for Nanhua players to have a rare iron and blood in a white territory.

The South China Propaganda Department realized that this was a good opportunity to enhance national self-confidence and national cohesion, so it seized this opportunity to promote the fighting spirit of the athletes in the Olympic Games and inspire the brave spirit of the young generation.

Sports has also entered a stage of rapid development. Various sports activities have gradually spread on campus, and the Ministry of Education has subsequently increased the proportion of physical education courses.

For those Chinese who have been accustomed to weak scholars shaking their heads and shaking their heads for hundreds of years, this is an opportunity for conceptual innovation: nation building, national self-strengthening requires strong "wild" children who can play and run, and are skilled in manipulating machines, instead of being inactive. , A scholar who knows everything.

The army has benefited the most. Under the active promotion of the South China government, the army has sent military instructors to schools to integrate sports and military education.

For the indigenous people, their attitudes are indifferent and complex, because it is the success of others. The South China delegation is mostly Chinese. Only a few indigenous people with friendly relations with the Chinese have the honor to participate in this event, and the others do not have theirs. Served.

Although they also desire to be able to appear in foreign competitions like the Chinese.They must accept the reality, the Chinese are getting stronger and stronger.

In West Java, with the capital Xintangshan as the center, what the indigenous people see and hear are Chinese characters. A new type of Chinese characters replaces Dutch characters and is becoming more and more popular. The indigenous people saw what is happening in this country from Chinese newspapers. thing.The same thing happened in other major cities. With the development of South China's industrialization, a large number of Chinese people poured into factories and farms, and the traditional backward feudal village society would be disintegrated.

When the topic of the Paris Olympics was hotly debated outside, the South China Cabinet was holding a meeting on railway construction, and the heads of transportation, internal affairs, national defense, justice, intelligence and other departments gathered together.

"Two years ago, New Tangshan has changed. Our factories have been erected one by one, and more and more compatriots have come from the motherland. Now is the time to head inland. How far is our railway plan? ?"

Situ Meideng sighed and went directly to the subject.

"Now our railway plan is progressing smoothly. The Central Java Railway is more than half completed, and most of the railways to the north are connected. In two months, you can take a train from the capital Xintangshan to Surabaya in East Java. Haha. Now the Nanhua Railway Company The bonds have gone up a lot!"

Transportation Minister Huang Zhonghan smiled triumphantly, and turned his head to the always cold and rigid Defense Minister He Wenxiu: "The progress of the railway project is indeed delightful. Here I want to thank the army for its contribution."

The completion of the railway earlier is not only related to his political achievements, but also to the investment of the Huang family in the railway.The Circum-Java Island Railway is divided into two main lines, north and south. The northern line has a certain foundation because of a small section of railway previously invested by the Dutch. The terrain is relatively flat and the construction is relatively easy. In addition, there are large cities along the way, which is crucial to the South China’s economy. It’s important, so the whole country keeps a close eye.

In order to complete the project as soon as possible, the South China government invested tens of thousands of construction engineers, which is the unique construction corps of South China.In some complex environments, especially when the railway passes through the virgin forest, it is necessary to rely on the lives of military elites to complete route exploration.This plan had already begun before Nanhua was founded. More than hundreds of soldiers and engineers were buried in dense virgin forests.

"It is incumbent on the army to contribute to the building of the country." Defense Minister He Wenxiu said lightly, but he was a little unwilling: the army in the peaceful era was used to build roads and bridges, really-thinking of this, He Wenxiu's mind suddenly flew thousands of miles. In addition, there will be a big battle there. Although the protagonist is not the South China National Defense Forces, they will inevitably participate.

"The railway not only changed the indigenous peoples such as Java and Sundanese, but also profoundly changed the Han nationality." At the cabinet meeting, the Minister of the Interior Gao Wei spoke openly.

It is the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior to suppress indigenous independent forces and to stabilize and improve the superiority of the Chinese.

The most concrete manifestation is that after the establishment of the South China regime, the police system of the original Dutch-Indian colonial government was wiped out, first as officers for two years, and then a police system was established by drawing some troops from the second-line troops and the gendarmerie. In total, there are more than 50,000 people distributed in major cities, and the Chinese police have become a role that the indigenous people hate and fear.

The smooth progress of the northern line railway project made everyone feel relaxed, with smiles on their faces and a sense of accomplishment.But soon the atmosphere of the meeting became a little serious.

"The army's contribution is obvious to all, and I hope you will continue to work hard." Prime Minister Stuart Meiden encouraged. "But the southern route does not seem to go well?"