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Chapter 233 Money! Make money first! (Second update, please subscribe)

Sometimes, people are afraid of being forgotten.

As soon as you are remembered, someone may come.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

A B24 bomber was flying above the sea. Amidst the roar of the engine, the passengers in the cabin desperately covered themselves with blankets to resist the cold at high altitude.

"God bless you, but you must not touch a Japanese plane."

While Lord Bilster covered his body with a blanket to resist the cold wind coming in from the shooting window, he was worried about Japanese planes that might appear at any time - after all, many places, including Sulawesi, were under the control of the Japanese army. under control.

Worried about his own safety, Lord Bilster thought to himself,

"Why did I get so confused that I accepted this assignment from the board of directors?..."

Errand, what kind of errand is it?

Of course, it was to take back the oil fields and refineries belonging to Royal Shell Oil Company from General Lee.

Lord Bilster is a title that Marcus inherited from his grandfather, Marcus Samuel Sr., who was the founder of Shell Oil Company. Although he had to avoid bankruptcy more than 30 years ago, It is not merged with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, but the Samuel family has always been an important shareholder of the company.

The oil fields in Borneo are the most important oil fields of Royal Shell. After the Allied forces began their counterattack, the board of directors had been looking forward to returning to Borneo, but soon, the news from Asia made them dumbfounded.

Because the Dutch East India Army was unable to attack Borneo, the task was handed over to the Australian Imperial Army by the Allies. However, due to the Australians' refusal, the task fell on the Borneo Guard Force.

Where did this army come from?

It took them a long time to figure out where this force came from - mercenaries from the North Borneo Company.

As soon as they heard about the North Borneo Company, the Royal Shell Board of Directors became nervous. They knew all too well what the oil fields in Borneo meant to the North Borneo Company.

It's wealth!

For a business, nothing is more important than making money.

Will North Borneo Corporation willingly return those oil fields and refineries?

No one knew the answer, but after learning that they were denying the Dutch East Indian troops access to Borneo, the board of directors of Royal Shell had to seriously consider the issue.

It is obviously impossible to get the oil fields back as soon as you open your mouth. The other party will definitely put forward some conditions.

Probably to blackmail them.

In the end, they sent a special envoy. After all, some things had to be faced.

Lord Bilster is their special envoy because he holds a title from the British Empire. The British Empire's brand name is enough to make the other side fear it.

After all, the North Borneo Company was a British colonial company. It would certainly be easier for the British to resolve some issues than for the Dutch to do so.

However, neither the board of directors nor Lord Bilster thought at all what they would encounter here.

When Lord Birster's plane landed at Sandakan Airport, Li Nian was on the plateau inspecting the construction progress of the university - Nanyang University. In the construction plan of Borneo, this university is the real No. 1 project. , because this university is linked to the future of Borneo.

The future lies in talents. It is impossible to support an industrial power by relying solely on German scientists and engineers. Only by cultivating its own talent team can we achieve truly sustainable development.

The planned Nanyang University is a large-scale comprehensive university that can accommodate 2.4 students at the same time. As for the student source, Li Yi'an is not worried. Not to mention that the domestic student source is absolutely sufficient, even among the German search and troops , can draw out tens of thousands of young people who are college-ready. They did not enter college, not because of lack of ability, but because the number of university enrollments is too limited-for example, Southwest Associated University only enrolls a few hundred people every year.

The only problem is the school building. In order to allow the university to start teaching as soon as possible, there are more than 5,000 construction workers on the university's construction site, working on multiple teaching buildings at the same time. After inspecting the construction site, we almost walked nearly ten kilometers.

Dragging somewhat heavy steps, Li Yi'an and Sun Yujie, director of the Preparatory Office of Nanyang University, walked into the wooden room together. Here, Li Yian received a call from the secretary's office.

"The special representative of Royal Shell Oil Company, the British Lord Bilster, arrived in Sandakan by special plane and requested to meet with Li Nian."

"Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, but he came after all!"

Li Yian stood up and said.

"I will return to Sandakan now... No! Let that Lord come to see me!"

Li Yi calmed down and sat back on the chair again.

"There are a few things that we must seize the time to do now. First, speed up the construction of the school building and strive to put the school building into use before March next year. Second, notify Zhu Yihai and ask him to start recruiting students in China. The number of places is tentatively 20000. This It is the lowest. The more students, the better. In the future, we will not only have a Nanyang University, but also a junior college. Third, speed up the immigration introduction work. We must not stick to the formality and introduce immigrants and labor force as quickly and as much as possible. Fourth... …”     Compared to that Lord Bird, the construction of the university is the most important right now. He is just an expired nobleman. Is it necessary to see him?

There's no need for that at all.

Yes, people always get a little excited when there is an opportunity to extort money.

Lord Bilster's first meeting with Li Yi'an was on the university's construction site. When he first saw this huge construction site and knew that it would be a university, he had a feeling that this person was different from anyone he had come into contact with before.

"At least this is a person who has received Western education, so he should be able to talk."

Lord Bilster has such confidence,

"It looks like this trip won't be in vain."

But soon, he realized that he had thought too much. In other words, I think of things too simply.

"Your Excellency, you are here just in time. I have a bill here."

"What? Bill?"

Lord Bilster was a little confused.

"My army, I mean my army, sir, you know, my army is not affiliated with any country, he is a mercenary of the North Borneo Company, for a just cause, we are here to help you We drove away the Japanese, but now we need to settle a score..."

What account?

Of course it was the war debt. In fact, Li Yi'an originally planned to discuss this debt with the Dutch officials, but after he refused the request of the Governor of Dutch East Indies to station in Borneo, the other party stopped bothering him, leaving him with no money at all. Opportunity handed over the bill, and now Lord Bilster came just in time.

Royal Shell Oil Company...that's from the Netherlands too!

Let him send a signal to the Dutch first.

After all, we are businessmen, not robbers. Absolutely no robbery.

“First of all, when I attacked Taragan Island, in terms of ammunition, I spent about 1.5 tons of ammunition. The ammunition alone was more than 3000 million U.S. dollars, which also included pre-war training, troop transportation, and personnel. The total expenditure on casualties, pensions, and other aspects was US$5124 million. Secondly, during the attack on Balikpapan, we fired more than 25 artillery shells alone..."

After briefly introducing the expenditures for recovering Dutch Borneo and the oil fields, Li Yian said with a smile.

"At present, our company has spent a total of US$3.5 million to recover Dutch Borneo and your company's properties. It is expected that after the territory recovers Banyan, the total expenditure will exceed US$10 billion,"

Did it really cost that much?

The answer is of course no, but the bill must be that much.

There are at least a hundred very shrewd German accountants in Sandakan, and they are producing the bills there with the unique German shrewdness.

As we all know, during a war, a lot of money is spent!

"Mr. Lord, about 40% of it involves your company's property. When will you pay this debt?"

what?

Debt!

Lord Bilster almost exclaimed.

"Your Majesty General, what does the expenditure on war have to do with us? This is war, it is military expenditure..."

"But we are not an army, nor a country. In business terms, you and the Dutch government must pay for this money."

Li Yian shook his head.

"After all, hiring mercenaries costs money, and mercenaries are very expensive, and the cost is increasing every day!"

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