Chapter 358 [Part ] The Nanyang Chinese Federation was established. Since then, the Nanyang Chinese have respected Lu Yaowen as their leader.

Inside a villa on Zengmu Island.

“Mr. Lu!”

“Counselor Lu!”…

When everyone walked into the villa and saw the young man sitting on the sofa, they all bent down and bowed to him to greet him.

It was not only because Lu Yaowen took over Zengmu Island and became the second Chinese to take root in Southeast Asia after the Li family, but also because Lu Yaowen acquired a large number of high-quality assets in Southeast Asian countries by shorting the Thai baht.

Today, Lu Yaowen is the major shareholder behind the Xie family, Chen family, Guo family, and Huang family. The wealth he controls is beyond the imagination of most people.

This is also the most important reason why Chinese in Southeast Asia have invested in Zengmu Island.

These investments not only reflect their confidence in the future development of Zengmu Island, but also serve as a token of their loyalty to Lu Yaowen.

“Mr. Xie, Mr. Chen, Mr. Guo…”

“You took the trouble to come to Zengmu Island by boat to see me. Please sit down.”

Lu Yaowen was also very polite, with a warm smile on his face.

“I asked you all to come see me this time because I have something to discuss with you.”

After everyone sat down, Lu Yaowen got straight to the point.

“Mr. Lu, if you have anything to say, just tell us directly.”

The speaker is Chen Zhongjie, a wealthy Chinese businessman from Luzon. The Chen family almost monopolizes the retail industry in the Philippines, and Chen Zhongjie’s father is also known as the “retail king.”

Among the wealthy businessmen invited to the island by Lu Yaowen, Chen Zhongjie was the youngest and had the least experience, so he kept a low profile.

“You are all the backbone of the Chinese in Nanyang, and you are the partners that I, Lu Yaowen, am optimistic about. If I want to do something in Nanyang, I naturally have to discuss it with you first.”

Lu Yaowen said politely, and then continued: “Have you ever thought about this, we Chinese control half of the wealth in Nanyang, why are we still suppressed by these natives in Nanyang in all aspects?”

“…”

After hearing what Lu Yaowen said, everyone present fell silent. They knew that what Lu Yaowen would say next would be the purpose of his meeting with them this time.

“Chinese doing business in Southeast Asia usually go through two stages. The first stage is almost the same for all of them, which is the primitive accumulation of capital.”

“The second stage is to find the right backers and gradually monopolize one or even several industries, thereby earning huge wealth.”

“Among them, everyone present here has a cooperative relationship with their backers, so they can maintain their independence, but many people have become compradors. It is precisely because of this that the Chinese in Southeast Asia have never been able to unite their forces, but have to fight on their own.”

“This led to the dispersion of Chinese power. Coupled with the suppression of America and Eagle Country, the former suzerain states in Southeast Asia, we Chinese gradually became weaker and were driven out of the core circle of power.”

At this point, Lu Yaowen sighed: “We originally had a chance in Xingcheng and Malaysia, but unfortunately…”

The reason why Star City’s Lee Ka Yao agreed to merge into Malaysia was that he wanted to compete for the position of Prime Minister of the Malaysian government. However, the Malaysian natives found something wrong and directly expelled Star City from Malaysia.

After Star City gained independence, Li Jiayao not only turned directly to the Western white people, but also suppressed the traditional Chinese in Star City, resulting in the tens of millions of Chinese in the entire Southeast Asia not having a country of their own.

“…”

After listening to Lu Yaowen’s words, all the wealthy Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia who were present were silent. As witnesses of the development of Southeast Asia over the past few decades, they felt just as much as Lu Yaowen about these things.

“Everyone, I plan to establish the Nanyang Chinese Federation to unite the Chinese in Nanyang, so that we can help each other and fight for the rights and interests of the Chinese in Nanyang.”

After some preparation, Lu Yaowen stated his ultimate goal.

The establishment of the Nanyang Chinese Federation will unite the Chinese in Nanyang, which is not only beneficial to the Chinese in Nanyang, but more importantly, Lu Yaowen can use this federation to build Zengmu Island into the center of the Chinese in Nanyang. Then, with the help of the Chinese in Nanyang, he can absorb the wealth of Nanyang into Zengmu Island and allow Zengmu Island to develop rapidly.

The reason why Hong Kong Island once experienced economic boom was not only because it was the window of the mainland to the outside world, but also because many Southeast Asian Chinese regarded Hong Kong Island as a safe house and invested a lot of assets in purchasing real estate and building their family businesses in Hong Kong Island.

After the Eagles disrupted Hong Kong Island, many Chinese in Southeast Asia had no choice but to transfer their assets to Star City, which led to Star City replacing Hong Kong Island in the future and becoming the economic and financial center of Southeast Asia.

“Mr. Lu, I completely agree with your suggestion.”

After Lu Yaowen finished speaking, Chen Wei De from the Siamese Chen family immediately spoke with a smile.

“I also fully agree with Mr. Lu’s proposal.”

After Chen Wei De finished speaking, Huang Zhongan from the Java Huang family also spoke immediately.

The Chen family’s Pangu Bank and the Huang family’s Central Asia Bank were the companies that suffered the most from the Nanyang financial crisis. Because of this, they needed to give up more shares to Lu Yaowen in order to survive.

This also makes their connection with Lu Yaowen closer.

Led by Chen Weide and Huang Zhongan, people from the Xie family, the Guo family and other families also nodded in agreement.

The establishment of a federation will definitely bring more benefits than disadvantages to them. Even if the governments of various Southeast Asian countries are wary, with Lu Yaowen’s financial and military power as a guarantee, they dare not act rashly. Instead, they, the Chinese, can start to “conquer cities and territories” and “show their strength” without having to worry about the local government “turning the table”.

“It is better to do it today than to choose a day. In the next few days, we will draft a charter and formally establish the Nanyang Chinese Association.”

Seeing that everyone present supported him so much, Lu Yaowen’s smile became even brighter.

Lu Yaowen had already drafted the association’s charter, and everything that followed was just a formality.

Soon, the Nanyang Chinese Federation was established on Zengmu Island. This news immediately attracted the attention of various countries in Nanyang, especially the Li family in Xingcheng. However, because Lu Yaowen had snatched Zengmu Island from the Javanese government, the governments of these countries did not dare to act rashly and were all waiting for opportunities.

……

On the other side, Hong Kong Island, an apartment building near the Island University of Hong Kong.

A man and a woman walked into the apartment building, arrived at the door of an apartment with ease, and knocked on the door.

“Come in.”

After Zhao Zhiren looked through the peephole and saw the appearance of the man and woman at the door, he opened the door and spoke.

“How are you guys progressing?”

As soon as the young man and woman walked into the apartment, Zhao Zhiren immediately asked.

“It went very smoothly. The Russians were so poor that they were willing to sell anything as long as the money was in place.”

The man’s tone was very calm.

“The money will be in your account soon. Ask Maozi to deliver the thing as soon as possible.”

Zhao Zhiren said slowly.

“Professor, I want to know, what do you want that thing for?”

After hearing Zhao Zhiren’s words, the man looked at Zhao Zhiren and asked.

“To make this world a better place, of course.”

As he spoke, Zhao Zhiren’s eyes flashed with madness. “?”

After hearing what Zhao Zhiren said, a hint of doubt flashed in the eyes of both the man and the woman. They couldn’t understand how that thing could make the world a better place.

“Even if I tell you now, you still won’t understand. Wait, and then you can see for yourself.”

Zhao Zhiren obviously didn’t intend to explain more. After saying this, he turned around and walked to the desk, picked up a folder, and handed it to the man: “Engrave the contents above into your mind.”

After the man took the folder, he didn’t say anything, but just nodded slightly.

A few hours later, the man and woman left Zhao Zhiren’s apartment. Not long after they left, Zhao Zhiren grabbed a suit jacket beside him, put it on, and got up to leave the apartment.

Twenty minutes later, in a church at Hong Kong Island University.

“Father, I want to confess to the Lord.”

Zhao Zhiren walked into the confessional with a pious look on his face.

“The Lord will forgive the lost believer and pardon his sins.”

A voice came from the other side of the confessional.

“Father, I…”

Zhao Zhiren explained in detail the agreement he had made with the Russians to purchase a nuclear warhead.

Then, Zhao Zhiren continued: “Using this nuclear warhead, can it really make Hong Kong Island a better place?”

“People in the world are foolish, so the Lord sent down a flood to destroy the heaven and earth and create a new world. But my Lord was merciful and gave His will to let Noah build an ark, leaving mankind with a glimmer of hope.”

“It’s the same as what you are doing now. Great governance comes after great disasters. Hong Kong Island has gone astray. We must save Hong Kong Island.”

The foreigner’s voice was quite generous and contained a strong hint of temptation.

“Father, I understand what you mean.”

Zhao Zhiren nodded slightly, then stood up and left the confession room.

After Zhao Zhiren left, the priest next to the confessional immediately took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

“Zhao Zhiren came to see me just now…”

The priest recounted in detail the conversation he had just had with Zhao Zhiren.

“okay, I get it.”

On the other end of the phone, William showed a smile on his face. After that, he hung up the phone and dialed another number.

“Blake, it’s me.”

After the call was connected, William spoke immediately.

“Mr. William, what can I do for you?”

Blake’s voice came from the receiver.

“Blake, our plan has been more than half successful. Now I need you to transfer $100 million to the Swiss bank account I gave you earlier as quickly as possible.”

William, or the Eagles’ plan was simple, which was to use a nuclear bomb to launch a terrorist attack and completely send Hong Kong Island into the “Eighteen Levels of Hell”, where it would never be able to recover.

After this, the Eagle Americans sent another governor to Hong Kong Island to criticize the mainland and win over the hearts of the people. They might even find an opportunity to coerce the mainland and regain control of the “governing power” of Hong Kong Island.

“Okay, William, I’ll arrange it right away.”

Blake’s voice came from the receiver.

The Eagle Country government promised the Keswick family that as long as the Eagle Country’s power could return to Hong Kong Island, the Keswick family would gain huge benefits.

“Ah.”

William said “hmm” and hung up the phone.

“Ask the Lord for forgiveness, haha!”

Thinking of what the priest had just repeated, a sneer appeared on William’s face.

The most ridiculous thing about these “Western-worshipping dogs” is that everything they do is obviously for themselves, but they still have to find a high-sounding reason for themselves.

What they said was for the good of Hong Kong Island was all nonsense. What the Chinese and the “Western-worshipping dogs” wanted was for Hong Kong Island to return to its past “racial system”. The Chinese were first-class people, the Western-worshipping dogs were second-class people, and the Chinese in Hong Kong Island were third-class people.

Only by becoming a “superior person” can the distorted psychology of “Western-worshipping dogs” be satisfied.

……

For the following period of time, Hong Kong Island and Southeast Asia were calm, with only one small incident causing a little disturbance.

Lu Yaowen sent an orphan camp to occupy several islands near Zengmu Island, and purchased one of the islands from the Zengmu Island Autonomous Region for US$100 million, turning the island into Lu Yaowen’s private territory.

Lu Yaowen planned to turn this island into the Lu family’s base camp, an area completely controlled by the Lu family.

In Hong Kong Island, after Huo Tianren and Zhao Zhiren met for the first time, he did not completely believe the words of the professor from the University of Hong Kong.

However, after a period of investigation, Huo Tianren discovered that Hong Kong Island today does have many of the problems that Zhao Zhiren mentioned, and the biggest problem is unfairness.

Although the Eagles and the Western-worshipping dogs were driven out of power and left the center of power, their positions were immediately filled by others. Although Lu Yaowen founded many vocational universities, children from ordinary families in Hong Kong Island could also complete university, learn a skill, and get a good salary.

But these ordinary people still have no chance of reaching high positions.

This rekindled Huo Tianren’s fighting spirit. During his second meeting with Zhao Zhiren, he asked Zhao Zhiren his own question: “Professor Zhao, what kind of Hong Kong Island do you want to see?”

“A Hong Kong Island with hope.”

Zhao Zhiren slowly stated his answer, but he did not tell Huo Tianren. The hope he referred to only represented himself.

Originally, this professor would soon be able to teach at Oxford University in the Eagle Country, and then become famous internationally, reaching the pinnacle of his life and becoming a superior person.

As a result, his future was ruined because of the departure of the Eagles. Thinking that he would have to stay in Hong Kong Island for the rest of his life as an unknown professor, Zhao Zhiren was extremely unwilling and he had to make a name for himself.

“Hope, what a precious word.”

Huo Tianren smiled and shook his head, then continued: “Professor Zhao, what are your plans?”

“Professor Huo, my plan is very large and cannot be completed by a few or dozens of people. We must find more like-minded people to help us.”

“Hong Kong Island is extremely unfair nowadays. I believe there are many people who have been treated unfairly and they all want to give Hong Kong Island hope again.”

At this point, Zhao Zhiren looked at Huo Tianren with a sharp gaze: “Professor Huo, what I need you to do is to find these people who have been treated unfairly, pull them into our team, and give them… hope again!”

(End of this chapter)