Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"Beautiful Miss Siweina, welcome to my manor."

While his company was busy completing the tasks assigned by Sun Tong, Sun Tong was entertaining guests from the Netherlands in the Sun Mansion in Magic City.

"It is a great honor to receive your invitation, Mr. Sun. I would like to extend my greetings to you on behalf of my father and my brother."

Svenna came from a count's family in the Netherlands. Because their family had served the Dutch royal family for generations, in front of outsiders, their family members could be regarded as representatives of the Dutch royal family.

This time, Sivina visited the Sun family on behalf of the royal family.

It is said that plans cannot keep up with the speed of change. Originally, Sun Tong had not planned to have any connection with the Netherlands. In his opinion, after the outbreak of World War II, the Netherlands would naturally lose all their colonies in Southeast Asia. At that time, he could support the local Chinese in Southeast Asia to establish an independent country and complete his previous plan.

But the problem is that he has sent too many Chinese to the Southeast Asian region over the years.

So much so that people in the Netherlands have begun to worry that the local Chinese will overthrow their rule there that has lasted for hundreds of years.

For the Netherlands, which has now fallen to third-rate in Europe, this kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable.

So the question is, how do they solve this problem?

The best solution is naturally to eliminate these Chinese, but the problem is that the Netherlands is no longer glorious. They can transfer troops from their homeland, but the Chinese in Southeast Asia are not made of clay. With the support of the Huayou Company behind them, they are not short of weapons and equipment. With enough weapons, if they want to form an army, isn't that a matter of minutes?

It is precisely for this reason that the Netherlands had no intention of taking action from the beginning. After all, if they won the war, it would be fine, but if they lost, they would have to say goodbye to Nanyang completely.

Since the first path is not an option, can we learn from Da Ying and make a colonial deal?

For the Netherlands, their most important colonies in the South Seas are Java and King Island. As long as there are no problems with these two colonies, they can give up their colonies in other parts of the South Seas. After all, although the other colonies are vast in area, they have not been able to bring them enough benefits for many years.

Instead of continuously investing money into these areas to maintain their stability, it would be better to take these places out and exchange them directly for money.

This time, the Dutch royal family sent Svenna as a representative to the Sun family, showing full sincerity.

According to the other party, except for Java and King Island, all other colonies of the Netherlands in Southeast Asia can be used as trading subjects. As long as Huayou Company can afford the money, they are willing to sell these places to Huayou Company.

Sun Tong was totally unprepared for the Netherlands's bold move.

Originally he was planning to get it for free, but now what happened is that the Netherlands directly predicted his prediction.

For Sun Tong, the money spent on purchasing these colonies was nothing. After all, the Netherlands's offer for these places was only 380 million US dollars, which was a drop in the bucket for him, the great master Sun.

But the question is what he should do after buying these places.

Build a country directly based on the territory of Southeast Asia?

Wouldn’t all his previous investment in Longhua be in vain?

But if he doesn't build a country here, what's the point of him buying these places.

He can't buy the place and let others build a country here, wouldn't he be a complete fool, paying only for others?

The Netherlands took into consideration that some small islands in the South Pacific are now actually occupied by Huayou Company under Sun Tong's name, so in this transaction, the price asked for these islands by the Netherlands was not high.

The main subjects of the transaction between the two parties this time are Xialaiwu and Borneo. These two islands are not only huge in area, but also have been developed to a certain extent. The key is that there are many Chinese populations in Borneo. As long as Sun Tong buys these two islands, he can develop these two islands with a clear conscience.

"I have already felt the sincerity of the Netherlands, but I still hope Miss Svenna can give me a few days to think about it."

"I understand, but Mr. Sun, it would be best if you could give me a clear answer within a week. After all, Her Majesty the Queen is still waiting for news from me."

"A week is enough time. I will consider Ned Land's proposal carefully."

After sending Si Vina to rest, Sun Tong began to consider the pros and cons of this transaction.

At the beginning, Sun Tong considered the issue from his own perspective. For him, if he made this deal, it would be purely giving money to the Dutch royal family for free.

But when Sun Tong thought of his children at home and the suffering that Longguo had endured during World War II, he suddenly felt that if he made the deal now, he would have more time to fight the Japanese, and then he would have more power to help Longguo.

Compared with national justice, personal gains and losses are not a big deal.

Now he is no longer short of money, and he even has so much money that he can't spend it all. In this case, isn't it something to be happy about if he takes out a little bit of money to help his motherland?