African Nationhood

The old white assistant was very efficient, and the date for the City Hall banquet was quickly fixed, just a week later.

All Dutch business owners with a certain level of wealth in Zambezi Company territory have been notified.

They were told: This is the first meeting with the general manager of South China Zambezi Company. You and your family must attend on time, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.

The Dutch business owners who received the notice naturally did not dare to delay. They dressed up and tried to make a good impression on the new general manager of Zambezi Company.

After Huang Kaijia left this matter to the old white man's assistant, he didn't care about it anymore.

In his view, the first banquet should not only express goodwill but also let the Dutch business owners participating in the banquet know the direction of his future policy.

He spent two days studying the large Dutch business owners in the Zambezi Company. He focused on the major shareholder of Zambezi Bank, Alan Johnson, the coal mine owner and coal merchant William Van Pelt,

Several large business owners include Heitayanke Wendel, the owner of a large gold mine, Open von Dick, the owner of a large copper mine and director of a copper smelting plant, and Tarawi Smith, the owner of a large manor and grain merchant.

These people are the main representatives of the Dutch businessmen in Zambezi Company, and their opinions can represent the opinions of the majority of the Dutch people. Therefore, Huang Kaijia wants to communicate well with these Dutch people this time.

As for future major policies, Huang Kaijia believes that electricity will be his key project after taking office. He will build a thermal power plant near the capital.

He plans to locate the thermal power plant in Fingui, a small town southwest of the capital.

That side is closer to the planned "Cahora Bassa Reservoir", and it will be more convenient when it is connected to the grid in the future.

Thermal power generation projects can also make use of existing coal resources in Zambezi and close relations with Dutch business owners in the territory.

And electricity is a symbol of progress and the foundation of electrified life.

The mainland is vigorously developing thermal power and hydropower, and the cabinet's long-term planning goal is to achieve universal electrification throughout the territory.

The fact that he took the lead in electrification here in Zambezi is in line with the cabinet’s future plans, which will give him extra points.

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Before leaving, he and Chairman Shi asked for policy support.

All the profits and taxes of the Zambezi Company in the first five years were retained locally. In addition, the local government also provided an annual financial subsidy of 5000 million yuan to the Zambezi Company.

As long as this money is used properly, Zambezi Company can definitely be successful.

After he came here, he arranged for his financial staff to check the financial income accounts of Zambezi Company.

After the financial personnel checked, they found out that the former general manager of Zambezi Company and the company's management had worked together to make false accounts.

After their operations, it was impossible for the Zambezi Company to make a profit, and there was no need to pay taxes to the Dutch government.

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The financial staff from Nanhua were very good at checking such accounts, and they quickly restored Zambezi Company's true financial income.

The total fiscal revenue of the Zambezi Colony was 2424 million Dutch guilders, equivalent to 200 million pounds.

For a colony of tens of thousands of square kilometers, the fiscal revenue of 200 million pounds a year is not much, and there is still great potential that can be tapped.

At the very least, the plantation economy can be vigorously developed. There are not many black indigenous people here, only more than 30.

The major mines took away a quarter, and the remaining three-quarters of the black indigenous people were allowed to survive freely. This was a huge waste.

He must have these indigenous manpower in his hands. The indigenous people who build roads and farm land will be a great help.

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Huang Kaijia asked someone to find the commander of the garrison, Bao Hua. After the meeting, Huang Kaijia was not polite and asked directly.

"Are all the indigenous people in Zambezi Company under control?"

Bao Hua nodded, "We have already started to establish and control the indigenous people after we settled in. We can hand them over to the government for control at any time."

Huang Kaijia thought for a while, "Don't worry about it now, you can help us keep him in custody for a while.

I need to work with government staff to plan roads and subsequent plantations first. In addition, I need to contact the local area to transport immigrants. "

Bao Hua nodded, "Okay, I can cooperate at any time." Huang Kaijia talked with Bao Hua about some trivial matters, and then summoned his civilian staff to hold a seminar on Zambezi Company's major policies.

After several days of seminars, Huang Kaijia formulated the Zambezi company's road and plantation plans for the next few years.

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The days passed and the scheduled town hall dinner finally arrived.

All the well-known Dutch business owners in Zambezi Company came, and many Dutch business owners who were not invited wanted to come in and become familiar with each other. Unfortunately, the security of this banquet was very strict, and no one without an invitation letter was allowed to enter.

At the same time, the Dutch who were able to enter were also routinely searched to prevent someone from assassinating the new general manager.

The Gendarmerie specially arranged for female escorts to search the Dutch female family members at the entrance of the city hall. Although the Dutch business owners were somewhat dissatisfied with this, they would not give up this important opportunity.

When everything was ready, the freshly dressed Huang Kaijia, accompanied by his old white assistant, came to the hall of the city hall to meet with many Dutch business owners.

The old white assistant is worthy of being an old office worker here. He very competently helped Huang Kaijia open up the situation.

General manager Huang Kaijia easily called out the name correctly. Everyone felt that they had received special attention from the new general manager of every Dutchman who smiled at him.

Seeing that the time was up, Huang Kaijia gave a warm welcome speech in English, and then invited the many guests who arrived to enjoy today's dinner.

He held a glass of red wine and held further talks with several Dutch representatives.

After the old white man introduced several representatives of Dutch business owners into General Manager Huang Kaijia's office, he left wisely.

"Hello everyone, I don't think I need to introduce myself anymore, everyone knows me."

Several Dutch business owners laughed and said in unison: "We all know you, General Manager Huang."

Huang Kaijia nodded with a smile, "First of all, on behalf of Nanhua Kingdom, I would like to welcome you all.

We South Chinese people welcome any businessman who is willing to cooperate and obey. I hope that everyone can make money and develop in Zambezi Company with peace of mind.

I have just arrived in Zambezi, and I would like to assure you that the established policies here in Zambezi will not be changed within five years. Please rest assured. "

Several Dutch business owners breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Huang Kaijia's statement.

The old and thin Alan Johnson said to Huang Kaijia: "I heard that white people are not allowed to control the financial industry in South China. Will you take back the controlling stake in Zambezi Bank in five years?"

Huang Kaijia nodded and said: "This policy is formulated locally and we cannot violate it.

But I can tell you that in addition to the financial industry, you can also participate in other industries, such as electricity. I have made a development plan for the next five years, and electricity will be my key promotion project.

This project requires a large amount of capital investment in the early stage. Are you willing to manage this project? "

Alan Johnson pondered for a while: "I need to think about this issue."

Huang Kaijia nodded and said with a smile: "That's no problem. Even if we want to take back the controlling stake in the financial industry, we will adopt a redemption policy and will never plunder. So Mr. Johnson, you can relax."

Alan Johnson nodded, "Okay, I understand."

The obese middle-aged man William Van Pelt looked at each other with the tall and slender Heitayenko Wendel and the old Oupen von Dick, and then said: "In those five years, what will you do with the mining operations?" What policies or attitudes does the business have?”

"We in Nanhua do not have any discrimination against mineral operators. As long as they pay taxes normally, you can rest assured."

Talavi Smith, a fat grain merchant, asked: "What about the land policy? I heard that South China does not allow white people to own large amounts of land?"

Huang Kaijia nodded and said: "Yes, this policy is mainly to prevent land annexation and also for national security.

After all, agriculture is related to the foundation of the country's survival, and the control of large amounts of land by large estate owners is very detrimental to national security.

However, we have no prohibitions on the grain business, so you can try to transform early.

Or turn to light industry, transportation, and food industries. These are all investment industries welcomed by the government. "

After listening to Huang Kaijia's introduction, several Dutch business owner representatives had different ideas, but they all knew that change was unstoppable. (End of chapter)