Chapter 948 The prototype of the alliance

Although Van Diemen was still dissatisfied with the conditions proposed by Schneider, he also knew that if he was excluded from the future South China Sea Trade Alliance, the East India Company's trading situation in the Far East would be difficult, let alone keeping the north.

It is hard to say whether the colonies and routes in Batavia can be preserved. 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 benefit from the maritime trade between the East and the West.

Get profit.

Even after days of negotiations, the two sides still have many differences on specific conditions and details. Fortunately, the basic intentions of both parties are consistent, and Van Diemen also agrees with the prospects of this trade organization. In the face of sufficiently large interests,

The Dutch finally decided to temporarily put aside their past hatred and chose 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 navigation and shipbuilding skills are certainly tempting, but Van Diemen also knows that he has nothing good to exchange with the Haihan people now. He didn't even mention it at all, because he probably expected Haihan to

What terms of exchange will be proposed?

Since the emergence of the Haihan people, they have never stopped expanding outward, and Van Diemen does not believe that they will stop at the Strait of Malacca and the Sunda Strait. The purpose of Haihan's attempt to control maritime navigation in these two straits should not be

It is just to control the maritime trade between the East and the West, but also to prepare for the next step of continuing to push the maritime control zone westward. If Van Diemen attempts to request the transfer of military and navigation technology to Haihan, then the Haihan people will probably also

In exchange, the Netherlands will be required to hand over data on ocean conditions in the Indian Ocean and beyond.

The Dutch have spent hundreds of years opening up the long route between the East and the West. The various navigation information they now have are the hard work of several generations. Its strategic value cannot be measured simply in terms of money, and Van Diemen is naturally not willing to give it up.

These valuable information are handed over to his competitors. And he believes that Haihan's various advanced technologies will gradually spread in the future. After all, there are other countries that have close relations with Haihan and will receive the transfer of relevant technologies.

It would be better to spend money to buy from the black market when the time comes than to be coerced by Haihan now.

After the public briefing, the private consultations with all parties took far longer than Haihan expected. Even though Schneider worked around for many days, he still failed to fully coordinate the opinions of all parties. Instead, he

He fell ill from exhaustion. Yan Chujie had to step in and temporarily take over this arduous task. However, he was not the one who made the entire plan. Naturally, he was not as able to understand and negotiate the terms of the plan as thoroughly as Schneider.

The process will inevitably slow down.

Fortunately, Yan Chujie was also prepared. Since the negotiations had slowed down, he first arranged for the representatives to visit the development status of the island and explained to them Haihan's plan to build Ampurna Island. Haihan expected it to take two to three years.

During the period, more than five million yuan was invested on the island 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 they are only renderings, the novel architectural appearance and grand scenes still bring great visual impact to visitors. The designs of these hotels, casinos, amusement parks, and safari parks have just been sent to Amborna Island

The pictures are all designed by Tao Donglai who personally organized the elites of the Ministry of Construction. The reason why the renderings were specially produced was to take advantage of this multi-party meeting to carry out a wave of investment activities.

In fact, Haihan is not short of this development cost. Although the budget is up to several million yuan, Haihan's own existing economic capacity is enough to afford it. If not, there are Qiong Lianfa, Nanhai Business Alliance, etc., which Haihan controls.

Investors, these commercial organizations have a lot of hot money to use, and as long as it is a development project of Haihan, there is no need to worry about the investment enthusiasm of the bosses. After all, the projects operated by Haihan are high investment and high returns, and the income is stable

, you don’t need to worry about whether you will lose everything if you invest.

Despite this, the Haihan Ministry of Commerce still hopes to absorb a certain amount of investment from neighboring countries, especially the member countries that are about to join the South China Sea Trade Alliance. Only by making the interests here closely related to all parties can we better ensure the future.

Business and safety here will be basically guaranteed.

"Everyone, after the construction projects planned here are completed, Ambona Island will become the premier entertainment paradise in the South China Sea. As long as you have money here, you can enjoy the best services, food, and wine in the world.

There are all kinds of beauties. If you want to seek excitement, the wildlife park in the south of the island also has wild hunting activities organized by us. You can choose from various weapons and prey. You can experience the most primitive hunting pleasure while ensuring your personal safety!"

The person in charge of explaining the project to guests from various countries is Li Dagui, who used to serve as Roger's deputy on the island. In addition to being responsible for the intelligence work of the Security Department, he is also the deputy director of the Ambrosia Island Investment Promotion Office - the official position is held by Roger himself.

Part-time. However, Roger is currently presiding over the work in Xingdao and cannot return for the time being, so he will come forward to assist the Ministry of Commerce in the investment promotion activities on Ambona Island. And the goal he wants to achieve is to attract these guests to participate in these activities.

Investment in projects still under planning.

"Isn't it... too remote to operate these projects on Ambona Island? This is in the South China Sea. You have to take a boat for several days to get here. Who would have such leisure?" The representative from Aceh took the lead.

Questioned this.

However, to Li Dagui's ears, this kind of questioning was not bad news, because what the other party questioned was not the quality of the projects themselves, but the geographical location of Ambona Island, for which Haihan had already been prepared.

rhetoric.

"I am sure that the representative of Aceh is not the only one who is concerned about the traffic problem, but I would like to remind everyone that it is precisely because the location of Ampurna Island is not within the borders of any country that we have the possibility to implement this plan." Li Dagui

He spoke eloquently: "Just like why everyone here can feel free to come here to participate in this meeting, this is the same reason. This place does not belong to any country, and you don't need to worry about being targeted by anyone here. Even our old rival Dong

India Company, isn’t it also attended by Mr. Governor in person this time?”

When Van Diemen heard Li Dagui mentioning himself, he just snorted and had no intention of cheering for him.

Li Dagui did not feel dissatisfied and continued: "We believe that relations between countries will tend to become tense or even lead to armed conflicts. More often than not, it is due to lack of communication, which leads to a certain degree of misjudgment of the situation by decision-makers. Nowadays,

One of the purposes of our establishment of this trade alliance is to provide a channel and platform for countries to communicate. And Ambona Island is the place where everyone can achieve this purpose. Not only can everyone speak freely and exchange opinions here,

You can also relax and enjoy your life here. As for transportation issues, we will gradually open shuttle boats from Ampur Island to major seaports in various countries, and strive to ensure that guests traveling to and from Ampur Island do not have to worry about this. Of course, we

I believe that when the time comes, many people will be happy to stay on this island and never want to leave again."

Putting aside the bragging about Ampurna Island in Li Dagui's words, most people still agree with what he said about international relations. There were frequent wars in Southeast Asia. In the past, no international organization could mediate these disputes and conflicts, but if there really were

Such a venue 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 also well aware of the implications of Li Dagui's words. If this place can really become the neutral place claimed by Haihan in the future, it will give diplomatic envoys from various countries - that is, people like them, a reasonable public expense tour.

Opportunity. If the future situation requires it, maybe some of them can stay permanently in this place described by the Haihan people as the "South China Sea Paradise". This will become one of the reasons for them to promote the implementation of this plan.

Haihan's Ministry of Commerce has experienced veterans like Schneider, and various marketing methods from later generations have always been widely used in Haihan's business activities. The model of investment promotion was originally copied from later generations, among which

Naturally, some 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 difficult to resist its effects. Although Li Dagui's eloquence ability is far less than that of Schneider and others, he followed

Having been with Roger for a long time, he has learned a lot of skills and is more than enough to deal with these envoys.

In order for these envoys and representatives to continue to promote this plan after they return, and even take the initiative to invest in shares, Schneider and others believe that it is not enough to rely solely on the attractiveness of the project itself. They also need to make them aware of the impact of the development plan of Ambon Island.

They all have immediate interests that link the benefits they can obtain with the development plan of Ambrosia Island.

At times like this, Haihan always has people who take the initiative to stand up and cheer for him. The first person to express his position this time was Annan Zhengzha: "I am very interested in the project mentioned by Director Li. I wonder if I can invest in it?"

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

This kind of investment is not like the agricultural and forestry project investment invitations organized by the Haihan Ministry of Commerce in the past. The specific investment policies and quotas will not be disclosed to the public. All conditions are negotiated one-on-one in private. Therefore, Li Dagui will not immediately talk to Zheng

Zha had an in-depth exchange with Zheng Zha. However, Zheng Zha’s statement was enough. At the beginning, representatives from Daming also expressed interest in the Ambona Island project. Of course, this is also reasonable. After all, Anbu

Among the existing foreign investment projects in Na Island, most of the funds actually come from the Ming Dynasty business community that has cooperated with Haihan for a long time. Now the Haihan people want to play the game of Ambu Na Island even bigger, and they have already tasted

People who are too sweet will naturally follow suit and raise bets. The people from the Ming Dynasty are said to be representatives of the government, but in fact they also represent the Ming Dynasty investors who have invested heavily in the areas under the rule of Haihan. They will not miss this kind of betting after Haihan.

Good opportunity to eat meat.

After so many companies expressed interest in joining, the remaining people were not to be outdone and asked Li Dagui for relevant information. They may not all be clearly aware of the investment prospects here, but since representatives from other countries have expressed their attitudes, they should

This shows that this place is indeed worthy of attention.

Li Dagui repeatedly agreed and did not forget to continue to tout his own project: "In fact, as we all know, we in Haihan are not short of money. The reason why we give external funds a chance to join is to unite the member countries of the South China Sea Trade Alliance and make everyone realize that they can work together."

The benefits of doing business. By the way, I would like to remind everyone that only members of the Trade Alliance are eligible to invest in the business projects I just explained in Ambon Island."

Schneider's idea is to turn this business organization into a high-level membership club in the region, so that all countries will realize that only after becoming a member can they enjoy various internal benefits, such as the investment plan in Ambrosia Island.

Of course, the benefits provided by this huge international club go far beyond this. The Haihan Ministry of Commerce is also gradually improving its systems and operating mechanisms.

After three days of recuperation, Schneider finally recovered and returned to work. At this time, Haihan's negotiations with various countries were actually at an advanced stage. All the showdowns had been made, and all bottom lines that could be given had been given.

After that, all that's left is to sign the framework agreement.

On January 17, 1634, the South China Sea Trade Alliance Cooperation Agreement, led by Haihan and participated by nine other countries, was signed on Amborna Island, including the Ming Dynasty, Fuzhou and Guangzhou provinces, Annan, Champa, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Mata

Blue, as the first group of countries to join the alliance, while Siam, Aceh, and Johor are temporarily serving as observer countries. They will decide whether to join after the envoys attending the meeting return to China and report to their superiors.

It is worth noting that this framework agreement only generally stipulates the operating system of the alliance, the obligations and responsibilities of member states, as well as the most basic trade opening, mutual market between countries, etc. As for the specific operational details, each country still needs to

Conduct long-term consultations and adjustments, and slowly promote and implement it. 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 in the next decades or even hundreds of years.

.Although the existing South China Sea Trade Alliance is only the 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, setting the stage for the next step.

The founding of the country laid a good foundation for the international environment.
Chapter completed!