1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 948 The prototype of the alliance
Although Van Diemen still has a lot of dissatisfaction with the conditions proposed by Schneider, he also knows that if he is expelled from the future South Sea Trade Union, the trade situation of the East India Company in the Far East will be difficult, let alone keep the north. It is hard to say whether the base of Batavia can be kept or not.Therefore, even if the conditions offered by Haihan are very harsh, the East India Company must join this trade organization in order to continue to obtain profits from the maritime trade between the East and the West.

Even after several days of negotiations, the two sides still have many differences on the specific conditions and details, but fortunately, the basic intentions of both parties are the same, and Van Diemen also agrees with the prospects of this trade organization.In the face of sufficient interests, the Dutch finally decided to temporarily put aside their past hatred and choose to cooperate with Haihan—of course, it was only limited to trade, transportation, and finance, and did not include the more sensitive military and technical fields.

Haihan's sailing and shipbuilding skills are indeed very attractive, but Van Diemen also knows that his family has nothing good to continue to exchange with the Haihan people. What quid pro quo will be offered.

Haihan people have never stopped expanding outward since their appearance, and Van Diemen does not think they will stop at the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Sunda.The purpose of Haihan's attempt to control the navigation of the two straits should not only be to control the maritime trade between the East and the West, but also to prepare for the next step to advance the sea control area to the west.If Van Diemen tried to ask Haihan to transfer military and navigation technology, then Haihan would probably also ask the Netherlands to hand over information on ocean conditions in the Indian Ocean and beyond in exchange.

It took the Dutch a hundred years to open up the long route between the East and the West. The various navigation materials they now have are the accumulation of generations of hard work, and their strategic value cannot be measured simply by money. Give these valuable information to your competitors.Moreover, he believes that Haihan's various advanced technologies will gradually spread in the future. After all, there are other countries that are closely related to Haihan will get the transfer of related technologies. It is better to spend money to buy from the black market than to be affected now. Haihan is coercive.

After the public briefing, the time spent in private consultations with all parties far exceeded Haihan's expectation. I was tired and fell ill.Yan Chujie had no choice but to get on the horse temporarily and take over this arduous task for the time being.It's just that he is not the maker of the whole plan, and naturally he does not have a thorough understanding of the terms and conditions in the plan, and the negotiation process will inevitably slow down.

Fortunately, Yan Chujie was also prepared. Since the negotiations were slowing down, he first arranged for the delegates to visit the development status of the island, and explained Haihan's plan for the construction of Abunna Island to them.Haihan expects to invest more than 500 million yuan on the island in two to three years to build a series of leisure, tourism, and entertainment facilities. Yan Chujie even showed the design renderings of some of the facilities to everyone.

Although it is only a rendering, the novel architectural appearance and grand scene still bring great visual impact to the visitors.These hotels, casinos, amusement parks, and the design drawings of the wildlife park just sent to Ambuna Island are all designed by Tao Donglai personally organized by the construction department. Taking the opportunity of this multi-party meeting to carry out a wave of investment promotion activities.

In fact, Haihan is not short of this development cost. Although the budget is as high as several million yuan, Haihan's existing financial capacity is enough to afford it. No matter how bad it is, there are Qiong Lianfa, Nanhai Business Alliance, etc., which are controlled by Haihan. These commercial organizations have a lot of hot money to use, and as long as it is a Haihan development project, they don't have to worry about the investment enthusiasm of the bosses.After all, the projects operated by Haihan are all high-input and high-return projects, and the income is stable, so there is no need to worry about whether you will lose your money if you invest in it.

Despite this, the Haihan Ministry of Commerce still hopes to absorb a certain amount of investment from neighboring countries, especially the member countries that will soon join the South China Sea Trade Alliance.Only by making the interests here closely related to all parties can we better ensure that the business and security here will be basically guaranteed in the future.

"Everyone, after the construction project planned here is completed, Ambuna Island will become the premier entertainment paradise in the South China Sea. In this place, as long as you have money, you can enjoy the best service in the world, food, wine, There are all kinds of beauties. If you want to seek excitement, there are also wild hunting activities organized by us in the safari park in the south of the island. You can choose various weapons and prey, and experience the most primitive hunting fun under the premise of ensuring personal safety!"

Li Dagui, who used to be Roger’s deputy on the island, is in charge of explaining the project to guests from various countries. In addition to being in charge of the intelligence work of the Ministry of Security, he is also the deputy director of the investment promotion office of Abunana Island. concurrently.However, Roger is currently in charge of work in Xingdao and cannot come back for the time being, so he will come forward to assist the Ministry of Commerce in the investment promotion activities on Abunana Island.And what he wants to achieve is to attract these guests to invest in these projects that are still under planning.

"Isn't it too remote to operate these projects at the location of Ambuna Island? This is in the middle of the South China Sea. It takes several days to get here by boat. Who would be so carefree?" Aceh representative took the lead questioned this.

However, to Li Dagui, this kind of questioning is not bad news, because what the other party questioned was not the quality of these projects themselves, but the geographical location of Ambuna Island, and Haihan had long been prepared for this. rhetoric.

"Presumably the representative of Aceh is not the only one who is concerned about traffic issues, but I would like to remind everyone that it is precisely because the location of Ambuna Island is not within the borders of any country that it is possible for us to implement this plan." Li Dagui He talked eloquently: "It's just like why everyone here can rest assured to come here to participate in this meeting. This place does not belong to any country, and you don't need to worry about who is being targeted here. Even our old opponent Dong India Company, isn’t the Governor-General personally present this time as well?”

When Fan Dimen heard Li Dagui mentioning himself, he just snorted and didn't plan to take the words for him.

Li Dagui didn't think it was disobedient, and continued: "We believe that the relationship between countries will become tense and even armed conflicts will occur. Most of the time it is due to lack of communication, which leads to a certain degree of misjudgment of the situation by decision makers. Today One of the purposes of our establishment of this trade alliance is also to provide a channel and platform for countries to communicate with each other. And the island of Anbuna is a place for everyone to achieve this purpose. Here, you can not only speak freely and exchange ideas, You can also relax here and enjoy your life. As for the traffic problem, we will gradually open the liner boats from Ambuna Island to the main seaports of various countries, and strive to make the guests traveling to and from Ambuna Island do not need to worry about this. Of course, we I believe that when the time comes, many people will not want to leave after they come, and stay on this island and don’t want to leave again.”

Leaving aside the bragging about Ambuna Island in Li Dagui's words, most people still agree with his statement about international relations. There have been frequent wars in Southeast Asia. In the past, no international organization could mediate these disputes and conflicts. Such a place can allow all parties to sit down and negotiate calmly like this meeting, which is indeed a good way to solve the problem.

Of course, everyone is well aware of the implication in Li Dagui's words. If this place can really become the neutral place that Haihan claims in the future, it will be given to the diplomatic envoys of various countries-that is, they, a reasonable public-funded tour. Chance.If the future situation requires it, perhaps some of them may still be able to stay permanently in this place described by the Haihan people as the "Paradise of the South China Sea". This will be one of the reasons they promote the implementation of this plan.

Haihan's business department has an experienced veteran like Schneider sitting in the battle, and various marketing methods of later generations have always been used a lot in Haihan's business activities.The model of investment promotion was originally copied from later generations. Naturally, some of the tricks are not something that people of this era can take the initiative to guard against. When they realize that this is a temptation, it is actually hard to resist its effect.Although Li Dagui's eloquence is still far behind Schneider and others, but he has been with Roger for a long time, and he has learned a lot of skills, which is more than enough to deal with these envoys.

In order for these envoys and representatives to continue to promote this plan after returning home, and even take the initiative to invest in shares, Schneider and others believe that the attractiveness of the project itself is not enough. They all have an immediate interest in linking what they can gain with the development plan for Abunana Island.

At times like this, Haihan will never lack supporters who take the initiative to stand up and shout for him. This time, Annan Zhengzuo was the first to express his opinion: "I am very interested in the project Director Li mentioned. I wonder if I can invest in it?"

What Li Dagui was waiting for was someone who took the initiative to mention this issue, and immediately responded: "If Prince Zheng is interested, we have prepared a detailed investment plan, and we will send you a copy to your residence later."

This kind of investment is not like the investment promotion for agricultural and forestry projects organized by the Ministry of Commerce of Haihan in the past. The specific investment policy and amount will not be disclosed to the public, and they are all privately negotiated one-on-one. Therefore, Li Dagui will not immediately talk to Zheng Oak for in-depth exchanges.But Zheng Zuo's statement was enough. At the beginning of his speech, representatives from Daming also expressed their interest in the Ambuna Island project.Of course, this is also a reasonable thing. After all, most of the existing foreign investment projects on Abuna Island come from the Daming business community that has cooperated with Haihan for a long time.Now the Haihan people want to play the game of Ambuna Island even bigger, and those who have already tasted the sweetness will naturally raise their bets.And the person from Ming said he was a representative of the government, but in fact he also represented the investors of Ming who spent a lot of money in the area under Haihan's rule. They would not miss this good opportunity to share their meat with Haihan.

After several companies expressed their interest in joining, the rest were not to be outdone, and asked Li Dagui for relevant information one after another.They may not all be clearly aware of the investment prospects here, but since the representatives of other countries have expressed their attitudes, it should be able to show that this place is indeed worthy of attention.

Li Dagui repeatedly agreed, and did not forget to continue to tout his own project: "Actually, as we all know, Haihan is not short of money. The reason why we give external funds a chance to join is also to unite the member states of the South China Sea Trade Alliance and let everyone realize the importance of teamwork. The benefits of doing business. By the way, just to remind everyone, only members of the trade union are eligible to invest in the business projects I just explained on Abuna Island."

Schneider's idea is to turn this commercial organization into a senior member club in the region, so that all countries can realize that only after becoming a member can they enjoy various internal benefits, such as the investment plan of Ambuna Island is one of them.Of course, the benefits provided by this huge international club are far more than this, and the Haihan Department of Commerce is also gradually improving its system and operating mechanism.

After three days of recuperation, Schneider finally recovered from his illness and returned to work. At this time, the negotiations between Haihan and various countries have actually been in full swing. Out, all that remains is to sign the framework agreement.

On January 1634, 1, the South China Sea Trade Alliance cooperation agreement led by Haihan and participated by nine other countries was signed on Ambuna Island. Blue, as the first batch of countries to join the alliance, while Siam, Aceh, and Johor are temporarily serving as observer countries. After the envoys attending the meeting return to China and report to the higher authorities, they will decide whether to join.

It is worth noting that this framework agreement only generally stipulates the operation system of the alliance, the obligations and responsibilities of member states, and the most basic trade opening, mutual market between countries, etc. As for the specific operating rules, countries still need to Carry out long-term consultation and adjustment, and slowly promote the implementation.Schneider believes that this process may take as long as two to three years, but if it can be successfully implemented, it can at least affect the political, economic and trade pattern of Southeast Asia for decades or even hundreds of years in the future.Although the existing South China Sea Trade Union is only a prototype of an international organization, it already has extraordinary significance in Haihan's view, because it also means that Haihan's international status has been recognized by many countries, laying a foundation for the next step of the country. It has laid a good international environment foundation.

(End of this chapter)