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Sure enough, as Situ Nan expected, simplified Chinese characters have been opposed by a lot of voices, and in comparison, pinyin is easier to accept.

Qian Xuantong highly admired simplified Chinese characters, believing that simplified Chinese characters are conducive to popularizing education, developing Chinese literature and disseminating scientific and technological knowledge.

With the support of the Ministry of Education in South China, Qian Xuantong simply stayed in Nanhua to carry out Chinese character reform and pinyin promotion. Nanhua lacked a stubborn tradition, and most of the Chinese were either merchants or overseas workers, which they were relatively easy to accept.

Despite some resistance, Nanhua's Chinese character pinyin reform was still able to proceed smoothly, which greatly benefited the later education for all.

The reform of Chinese characters in South China has caused great controversy among the Chinese in Singapore, Malaya and other places on the other side of the strait.

Situ Nan put down a Chinese-language newspaper issued in Singapore and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I didn't show my head, otherwise I would have been scolded as a digital dictionary and forgot my ancestors." ”

He Xiangu stood beside Situ Nan, put a glass of iced juice on the table, and said with a smile: "I think it's good." New characters and pinyin are used to it. Young Master, if your name is made public, you will definitely become a university scholar like Mr. Qian. ”

Situ Nan smiled without saying a word, picked up the juice and took a sip of it.

After staying too bored in New Tangshan, he went surfing in Sumatra, and by the way, he also inspected the industrial construction of Palembang and the exploitation of the Dury oil field.

Situ Nan's "prodigal friend" Mike? Brown had always longed to surf in Sumatra, and he followed. With his father Handar? After Brown talked, he seemed to be much more sensible and was about to go to work at the oil company, where he was discussing the construction of the Dury field with Professor Williams, a technical consultant for oil field construction.

"The yachting, the surfing, the beauty, the view, I'm getting more and more fond of it." Richard? Mellon sat next to Situ Nan, glanced at He Xiangu, and shook his head with a smile.

"I think you're coming for my oil field!"

Situ Nan glanced at Richard, closed his eyes gently, and enjoyed the evening sun, which was warm and not spicy at all.

"Huh. You're not honest. If I hadn't run faster, wouldn't all the oil in Sumatra have been swallowed up by Western oil and American and Chinese oil? Haven't all fallen into your pocket? Richard laughed.

Gulf Oil and Occidental Petroleum cooperated in the development of the Minas oil field, and the Minas oil field and the Duri oil field were very close to each other, so after the discovery of the Duri oil field. Gulf Oil soon got the news.

Richard hurried over from the United States to get a piece of the pie.

"I know. We'll talk about it in the evening. Situ Nan looked at the somewhat flattering cousin-in-law in front of him lightly, smiled slightly, closed his eyes again, and fell asleep, he had already vented a lot of energy to the waves during the day, and now he was tired.

Richard saw that Situ Nan was actually asleep. Shaking his head, he left.

Situ Nan had a dream, dreaming that volcanoes erupted everywhere on the Nanhua Islands, and the huge waves in the sea were raging, submerging the islands one by one, a scene of the end of the world, and finally the entire continent sank, leaving only a calm sea water.

"Young Master. Are you awake? He Xiangu stood in front of Situ Nan. When he woke up, he was soaking wet.

The sun went down to the sea, and only a faint light was left on the horizon. Situ Nan looked at the sea that was gradually falling into darkness, and his heart was a little dazed.

"Young Master, are you having a nightmare?" He Xiangu looked at Situ Nan with a concerned face, she bent down and wiped the sweat on Situ Nan's face with a handkerchief, with a gentle expression.

With a faint fragrance in his nose, Situ Nan's heart slowly quieted down, looked at He Xiangu's concerned eyes, and comforted: "It's okay, it's just too hot." Help me with that glass of water. ”

After He Xiangu left, Situ Nan recalled the scene in the dream, and sneered in his heart: "Hell's dream!" If you want to die, those scum will die first, and their retribution is coming. ”

Back in Palembang, Stuart and Richard talked about the exploitation of Sumatran oil, pointing to a top-secret map and saying, "Nanhua is ready to build Palembang into the center of the oil industry." Western Petroleum has reached an agreement with the South China government to build two large oil refineries in Palembang, and most of the oil from the Minas and Duri oil fields will be transported to Palembang through guò steamships, and then refined and then sold to all parts of South China, including the Malay Peninsula, India, China and Japan, and it is believed that in a few years, Palembang will become an important oil industry in Asia. ”

"Palembang is a good choice, and it seems that Gulf Oil is going to focus its investment on Palembang."

Richard smiled, he stood on the deck and saw the oil port under construction not far away, busy workers laying pipes to connect the refinery on the shore.

"The Dury oil field is so big, you kid can't eat it alone, right? Why not—" Richard laughed again.

"You're late! I will not give up the Duri oil field, I will use the money from the sale of the oil field in exchange for the funds and equipment for the construction of Nanhua industry, and the contract has already been signed. Situ Nan said with a smile.

"Don't you just want money? I have the money, I also have the equipment, and it's easy to discuss. Haven't we always had a good time working together? You have to give me a little bit of the Duri oil field! Richard didn't give up.

He already knew about the Dury oil field.

"Uncle, don't be so greedy. The interests of the Dury oil field are not used in exchange for the capital technology of the Bethlehem company, I remember that the Mellon National Bank is also the majority shareholder of the Bethlehem company, right? ”

Situ Nan politely refused.

Bethlehem is the only monopoly giant of American Steel, and its business covers all aspects of heavy industry, and its strength is not far behind that of American Steel.

In view of the tradition that American oligarchs are not allowed to eat alone, Situ Nan had no choice but to bring the Mellon family in and jointly control the Bethlehem Company.

"Didn't you take all the big heads?" Richard was not reconciled.

Although the Mellon consortium has only gained benefits in South China than the William consortium, more than the Rockefeller consortium, where does anyone have more spare money?

"Huh." Situ Nan smiled faintly and looked at Richard calmly, but he didn't let go.

Seeing that Situ Nan didn't enter, and said good things several times, Richard was angry and threatened: "If I return disappointed this time, the consequences will be very strict!" ”

"How strict is zhòng?" Situ Nan said with a smile.

"When I go back to Los Angeles, I will make a special trip to see my cousin and my little nephew and tell them that someone has been so well in South China that they have almost forgotten about them."

Richard smiled darkly. With his ability, it is naturally not a problem to know that Situ Nan is hiding Jiao in Nanhua Golden House. Besides, this is all an open secret of the upper echelons of South China.

Mistresses were very common, and apart from Andrew, who had been hurt emotionally, and the old Puritanical Rockefeller, Situ Nan really didn't know any of the people he knew who didn't do it. At least, President Harding's mistresses, Stuart Nan, knew it clearly.

Situ Nan went to Nanhua this time. deliberately didn't bring his family with him, and he ran away for more than half a year, and when he heard Richard say this, he couldn't help but miss the United States a little.

Seeing that Situ Nan was silent and his face was ashamed, Richard showed a conspiracy success smile.

He's not a good bird, they're just each other.

Situ Nan gave Richard a blank look. This kind of thing if Laura doesn't know. Kill him and won't believe it. Of course, I don't believe that Richard would be so stupid to tell such a thing.

It's time to go back and see.

Situ Nan sighed in his heart. Thinking of this, he shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, showed a somewhat resigned expression, and suddenly straightened his face: "If you want Duri Oilfield, no way!" ”

"You-" Richard was slightly teased and looked at Situ Nan with some anger.

Situ Nan smiled slightly. "Don't worry! I have good news to share with you. Let's be honest, although it has not been fully explored, the upstream area of Palembang is also rich in oil resources. I'm ready to leave it to Occidental Petroleum for future development. But aren't we family? ”

"Yes, yes, family, then sell it to me!" Richard smiled, his tense face immediately softened, and he looked at Situ Nan expectantly, with indescribable enthusiasm.

"No problem. As long as you promise me one condition: lend me 20 million dollars. Situ Nan said briskly.

Richard hesitated for a moment, thinking of the oil promised by Situ Nan, he gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty million? No problem! ”

"I'm not done yet. The money is for five years and has no interest. ”

Situ Nan said with a smile. He took a puff of his cigar and looked at Richard's slightly twitching face, and his heart was indescribably happy.

Now Situ Nan's stall in Nanhua is very large, just in time to knock on Richard's bamboo pole.

The US$20 million will be enough to meet the operation of the Java Railways invested by Situ Nan in the next three to five years, and some of the funds will be raised from other sources. The construction of the railway around the island of Java is also guaranteed.

"You guarantee the oil fields upstream of Palembang?"

Richard took a deep breath and stared at Situ Nan, this is a big business, and it really hurts him to borrow 20 million for nothing. Well, who knows if you'll be able to take it back then.

"Forget it, I'd better go to Little Rockefeller! He has coveted Sumatra oil for a long time and is sure he will agree. Situ Nan said lightly and glanced at Richard proudly.

"Good! You're ruthless! Richard gritted his teeth. He was right, Situ Nan really didn't plan to pay back the money.

"That's going to be the end of it. My railroad company is waiting to use it now. Situ Nan urged, seeing that Richard was a little angry, he smiled and comforted, "By the way, there is still good news to share with you, I hope you are prepared." ”

"What's the good news?" Richard's eyes lit up, and his tense face softened immediately.

"Prepare the money! I'm going to split Occidental Petroleum, one in which I'm fully owned and one that I'm sharing with my friends that the Mellon family will get no more than 10 percent of the shares. ”

Situ Nan said with a smile.

He has been thinking about this question for a long time, and he has also made a lot of preparations in secret, just waiting for the time to be ripe.

"Oh! That's great. Richard said excitedly, his thick black beard couldn't hide the red light on his face at all, if it was really like what Situ Nan said, this would be a step closer to the Mellon family's right to speak in the oil industry.

"I'm going to tell Sù Andrew, that's great, what wonderful news." Richard laughed.

"No, I've already discussed it with him, but he's hesitant." South Szeto Road.

"Why?" Richard asked.

"Because I need a stake in Mellon National Bank." Situ Nan explained.

"Think beautifully." Richard was a little angry, Mellon National Bank is the root of the Mellon family, how can it accept outsiders to take shares.

"That's why I said he's still thinking about it!" Situ Nan smiled faintly, and said, "Now it's time for me to make up my mind, I don't need much shares in Mellon National Bank, I want shares in Tire Company or Westinghouse Electric, or Alcoa." ”

Seeing Richard's increasingly strict appearance, Situ Nan hurriedly changed his words: "Forget it, I don't want the shares of the aluminum company, but I need the technology of the aluminum company." ”

"That's something to consider." Richard breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "We can give up some of the shares, but we have to go back to discuss before we can make a decision." ”

"Don't be too happy. It's just an idea, and there are a lot of questions I haven't figured out yet. Situ Nanyan said.

I thought about it in my heart, California, Texas, Venezuela and other major oil-producing areas have a large number of industries of Occidental Petroleum Company, basically Situ Nan merged all the large oil fields that can be circled into Occidental Petroleum Company, so even if he is not in the United States, Occidental Petroleum Company's development momentum is still rapid, except in terms of technology, slightly inferior to Exxon Oil, but most people feel that the potential of Occidental Petroleum Company is more than Mobil Oil or Exxon Oil.

In South China, the blessed Occidental Petroleum Company has left Mobil Oil and Gulf Oil far behind, and in the Asian market, Occidental Petroleum has surpassed Mobil Oil in market share.

The only thing that upset Situ Nan was that most of the oil was sold to Japanese companies, who said they were the only industrial country in Asia.

In short, after obtaining the abundant oil resources of the Indonesian archipelago, coupled with the land he secretly bought in the Middle East, the oil empire that Situ Nan painstakingly managed has surpassed Rockefeller.

In fact, since Situ Nan, a young man from Mobil Oil in his previous life, came to this world, he has been secretly devouring the potential of several giants such as Mobil Oil, Shell Oil, and Texaco Oil, which has not yet risen, and turning them into his own.

It's time to adjust. Situ Nan thought to himself.

It's not that he didn't want to take it to himself, but he still gave up and pulled Mellon in. In the United States, if a consortium monopolizes and monopolizes a certain industry, it is easy to attract hatred and become the target of public criticism.

In Situ Nan's previous life, DuPont was a good example. The DuPont consortium wanted to monopolize General Motors, and after holding more than half of the shares of General Motors, it was still not satisfied, and wanted to turn General Motors into a family business like DuPont Chemical, but even the federal government could not see it, and the joint court insisted that the DuPont consortium give up part of the shares of General Motors, although the DuPont consortium was legally responsible.

Although this only happened after World War II, and GM is still not as good as Ford, since the collapse of General Motors decades later and the Standard Oil empire ten years ago, Situ Nan has never wanted Occidental Petroleum to compete to be the boss of the oil industry, and would rather split Occidental Petroleum into two top oil companies.

Although the ranking has been lowered, the strength will not be damaged, but it will be slimmed down, and it can be swallowed up by several medium-sized oil companies with good strength. He already has a goal.

After digesting the oil fields accumulated before, the strength of Western oil companies will naturally catch up, even if the ranking is not as good as Mobil and Exx for a while, but the strength will not be too different.

Thinking of this, Situ Nan clenched his fists and secretly made up his mind. (To be continued)

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