Chapter Fifteen: Creating Something Out of Nothing

  After settling all matters, Zhou Yu checked his luggage and prepared for his trip to the United States.

  New York's Ellis Island, touted as the "Island of Freedom", attracts millions of immigrants and gold rushers from around the world every year.

  Monday, April 17th, 1881, at a little past eleven o'clock in the forenoon, New York having just finished its Sabbath rest, began again its round of busy activities.

  On the bustling Liberty Port dock, Zhou Yu stepped onto American soil with the crowd, gazing far away at the gigantic metal statue of the Statue of Liberty, which symbolized freedom and democracy, as well as the distant skyscrapers of Manhattan, the financial center of America.

  Silently thinking in my heart: I have arrived, China has arrived, a new era of China is coming!

  Just as Zhou Yu was indulging in excessive pleasure, a genuine Mandarin Chinese voice startled him awake. Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhou Yu?

  Oh! Yes! Zhou Yu turned his body towards the person who asked the question and found that there were two very young Chinese people in front of him.

  I'm Zhou Yu, who are you and what brings you to me? Zhou Yu thought to himself, I was thinking of striking a blow in the US and then changing locations, but they came as quietly as ghosts! Is the US intelligence department that powerful?

  One of the taller young men stepped forward, "Hello! Mr. Zhou, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Chen Xiru, but everyone calls me Tony. This is my good friend Zhang Kangren. I'm here on behalf of my father, Chen Fang, to pick you up."

  Chen Xiru thought to himself: This person is so young, Father says he's the hope of the Chinese people, and all those incredible things about him, isn't it a bit exaggerated?

  Oh! You are Mr. Chen Xiru, I often hear Mr. Chen Fang mention you, now you are a top student at Yale University in the United States, I have long admired you!

  Mr. Zhang Kangren, I also know that you were a child who went to the United States in 1872. You were a first-year student at Columbia University Law School when you were summoned back to China, and it was only with your brother's help that you returned to school to continue your studies, right?

  The two of them were shocked at the same time: they thought simultaneously that the rumor was true and this person is not simple!

  Zhou Yu asked Zhang Kangren again: Mr. Zhang's diligent and meticulous heart is admirable, but after all, the United States is not a paradise for Chinese people. I hope Mr. Zhang will remember that you are a descendant of the dragon with yellow skin and black eyes, even if you have joined American citizenship, you are still an unadulterated Chinese person.

  Your roots are planted in the East, and when the day comes that China needs you, I hope you will unhesitatingly throw yourself into the great cause of reviving the Chinese nation!

  Zhou Yuna's nonsensical words left Zhang Kangren stunned. "Mr. Zhou, how did you know me? And how did you know I wanted to naturalize in the US? Even Tony doesn't know about this! I just had a preliminary idea!"

  Zhou Yu took a deep look at Zhang Kangren, don't ask me how I knew, I have my own channels of information. Also, I want to tell you that currently the United States is brewing a 'certain bill'.

  I know that at the latest within these two years, it may be passed by the US Congress and implemented. At that time, as a Chinese person, you will be deprived of all your rights, and your ideals will also be shattered.

  Then Zhou Yu solemnly said: We were born in this chaotic world, the corruption of the Qing dynasty led to the shame of the Chinese people being a third-rate nation.

  You two are the pillars of my China, you should strive for the rise of China and work hard to change the fate of Chinese people all over the world. I have something else to attend to, so I won't disturb you two anymore, goodbye.

  Having finished speaking, he turned and left before the two could react, leaving the two people there with their heads bowed in contemplation.

  Someone muttered while walking: I hope to spread the spark of Huaxia! My butterfly effect, can it change some yellow-skinned white-hearted banana people's white dream?

  Just like some so-called university students in later generations, they would rather be a small white-collar worker in the city than go to rural areas for development and construction. Is it shameful to be a peasant or a yellow-skinned Chinese?

  Morgan sat in his luxurious office on the top floor of the Manhattan headquarters, puffing on a Cuban cigar, with his feet propped up on the wide desk, lost in thought.

  The young and beautiful secretary, Miss Jessica, knocked on the door and came in with a twisted expression to report: There is a Chinese person who wants to see him. That Chinese person said it's about the trade of steel, oil, and gold. Do you want to meet him?

  Morgan's heart moved, he had been wanting to get involved in the steel and oil industries for some time, but was thwarted by oil tycoon Rockefeller and steel magnate Carnegie. He had always held a grudge against them. What could this Chinese person possibly do? Should he see him or not?

  Miss Jessica, just call him in! After some deliberation, Morgan, with a try-it-out mentality, decided to meet this Chinese person. Although Morgan was not a racist, he had no intention of getting along with those Qing Dynasty Chinese who wore a small braid at the back of their heads.

  When Miss Jessica knocked on the door and came in again, behind her was a tall, handsome and capable Asian youth with short hair. Morgan thought to herself, no wonder Jessica is different from usual, it turns out that she was attracted by this Chinese handsome guy! He didn't even have a queue, what a strange Chinese person!

  "After Jessica left, the young Chinese man spoke in authentic New York-style English to introduce himself. Please forgive my intrusion and thank you, Mr. Morgan, for seeing me despite your busy schedule. I think this is not a loss but a gain for you."

  Here, first of all, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Zhou Yu, and I am a Chinese person. I am engaged in the business of machinery, electronics, chemical engineering, textile, steel, petroleum processing and research, as well as mining raw materials, mine exploration and development.

  My research and production base are mainly in Hawaii, Vietnam and mainland China.

  Today's visit! The focus is on discussing with Mr. Morgan about whether there is a possibility of cooperation between us in business.

  Morgan looked at Zhou Yu with interest and asked, "I'm very interested in what Mr. Zhou has proposed, but I don't think Mr. Zhou can help me much? Besides, I don't lack anything?"

  Zhou Yu stretched out his right index finger, shook it in front of his chest and said, "No, no, no. Please, Mr. Morgan, don't rush to conclusions so early. Let me finish my words. If you're still not interested, I'll leave immediately. I think my topic will be very interesting to Mr. Rockefeller."

  Zhou Yu knew that Morgan and Rockefeller, although they came from the same organization, the Sixth Empire, but now the two had a great business rivalry and had some conflicting foundation, why not make good use of it!

  Our mineral exploration team has discovered that there are several large oil fields in the United States and Mexico that have not been discovered yet. In some countries and regions of North America, we also found several larger gold mines and other ore deposits, and roughly estimated their reserves. I wonder if Mr. Morgan is interested?

  Morgan felt his heart beating violently, the cigar in his hand dropped to the table with a "pop", and he sprang up suddenly. He was stimulated by the words of this young Chinese man.

  He made a slight effort to calm down his excited mood, and after being stunned for a moment, he still didn't quite believe Zhou Yu's words.

  Mr. Zhou is really good at making jokes, I remember today isn't April Fool's Day!

  Zhou Yuzheng said seriously: What I said is true, Mr. Morgan, do you have the intention to cooperate now? If not, then it's disturbing. He turned around and prepared to leave.

  Morgan hastily ran in front of Zhou Yu and blocked his way, repeatedly apologizing:

  I'm extremely sorry, Mr. Zhou. I offer my sincerest apologies for the disrespect earlier. If possible, let's discuss the topic we were on earlier properly. Please take a seat, Mr. Zhou!

  Finally, I was allowed to sit down. From Morgan's change in attitude towards himself, Zhou Yu saw how embarrassing the international status of Chinese people was at this time, and his conviction for reform became even stronger.

  Damn the white people, damn the Manchu, I want to make the world tremble under China's iron hooves, just like some weird netizens and angry youth of later generations said, I want to make the world speak Chinese in the style of Jay Chou, write Chinese characters in the style of oracle bones, and use a brush to write, I want the blood of the Huaxia nation to flow with Hitler-style aggressiveness, rather than that so-called misunderstood doctrine of the mean.

  Zhou Yu ended his daydream and sat down, asking Morgan, "Mr. Morgan, have you thought it over and decided to cooperate?"

  Morgan hastily replied to Zhou Yu, Mr. Zhou said with a smile, yes, I am very willing to cooperate with Mr. Zhou, if the mine is true.

  Paralyzed, as expected! The Jews are really too realistic. Zhou Yu was secretly criticizing Morgan in his heart.

  Two cunning businessmen went through initial probing, mid-term haggling, and final deal-making.

  After two days of negotiations, a formal contract was finally signed:

  Zhou Yu's proposal includes small and medium-sized oil fields in Nevada, California, Wyoming, Alaska, Oklahoma, Texas and other states, as well as iron ore, pyrite and gold mines.

  There are also oil and gas fields in the shallow waters of Mexico's Gulf of Mexico, as well as some of Canada's oil and gas fields. These are all about to be discovered under current conditions that make them easy to extract and explore, including oil fields, gold mines, iron mines, metal mines and non-metallic mines.

  According to Zhou Yu's preliminary estimate, it is worth over $800 billion and has a reserve of over 100 years.

  Morgan had originally planned to swallow all the company's shares, but Zhou Yu, cunning as a fox, took advantage of loopholes in US and other American countries' laws, and used an American named George to rush to buy up the mining rights in these places, now it's just waiting for Zhou Yu's cash.

  Morgan knew afterwards, in his own office, he was so angry that he scolded his mother, and finally he had no choice but to reluctantly pay the bill and sign a contract to buy the mining rights.

  The content of the contract they signed is:

  One, a large mining group called Morgan Chase Universe was specially established for all resource mines. Morgan is the legal person of the group, and all matters including investment and sales are handled by Morgan Company. Zhou Yu appointed people as deputy general manager and financial deputy general manager.

  2. All investment funds, equipment and personnel are the responsibility of Morgan; Morgan and his company collectively hold 80% of the company's shares, while Zhou Yu holds 20%.

  Morgan will first pay $200 million in cash, and another $200 million worth of precision machinery and various minerals to Zhou Yu, which will be paid off within five years.

  Morgan will help Zhou Yu provide training for 200,000 technical personnel of all kinds.

  Five, Zhou Yu shall provide specific technical development materials and relevant standard drawings.

  6. After the survey results are confirmed, this contract shall come into effect immediately.

  There are also a series of contract terms and details. In addition, there is an attached full power of attorney for Zhou Yu to purchase land in Central and South America, which means that Zhou Yu's land purchases in Central and South America were made under the name of Morgan Stanley.

  Zhou Yu told Morgan that he was preparing to go to Central and South America to explore energy, mines, and oil fields. After the exploration of the mine, he would develop it with Morgan together. For this reason, Morgan even prepaid Zhou Yu $10 million in advance for the initial activity expenses. Zhou Yu accepted it without hesitation, thinking that not taking advantage of such a good opportunity would be foolish.

  In fact, Zhou Yu was deceiving Morgan, what he wanted was this full authorization letter from the American Morgan company. With this authorization letter, in a legal sense, Zhou Yu could use the company's name to carry out his strategic plan freely in Central and South America.

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