50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 632 Undermining Your Own Partner

Starting in December, Sun Zhiwei began to integrate his businesses and establish the Robert Group.

He consolidated all the security businesses of his various companies into Pinkerton.

From now on, security for all his domestic and international mines, branches of Rose Jewelry, branches of Cathay Bank, Anatahan Island, LaGuardia Airport, and the Maria Foundation will be provided by Pinkerton.

This not only integrated its own armed forces, but also gave Pinkerton a large security business out of thin air, and also led to the establishment of two overseas branches of Pinkerton.

In this way, Pinkerton's deteriorating situation was immediately reversed.

At the same time, four bodyguards, including Bud Anderson, the former security captain of the California mining area, Carlos Davidson, the security captain of LaGuardia Airport, and Dong Haoyang, recruited by the Maria Foundation, will all be employed by Pinkerton.

This effectively disperses Pinkerton's original management and provides a check on the current interim vice president, Aaron Powell.

However, the security for the original Borneo gold mine was always provided by Huang Hongxuan's side, which was the reason why he promised to let the mine area demonstrate their military training.

However, now that the Huang family has officially entered the Pontianak municipal government, many mining security personnel have also joined the local security force.

Therefore, the mining area gradually ceased to be the main training ground for the Huang family, and they were able to send their subordinates to train their guards in Pontianak legally.

It seems like it's time to cut ties with them; it's better to protect your own mine yourself.

However, there's no rush. The Huang family still needs to rely on their foreign connections, and the previous incident greatly deterred Huang Hongxuan, so the Huang family probably won't bring it up on their own initiative.

In this way, he can systematically establish the Pinkerton Borneo branch and gradually take over the mine security business in Borneo.

Moreover, he set his sights on Borneo's geographical location, which is the gateway to Southeast Asia's golden shipping route.

If an island could be established in the northern waters of Borneo as a base, whether as a training ground for Pinkerton or a supply port for Southeast Asia, it would play a significant role in the future.

Unfortunately, islands in Southeast Asia are hard to buy.

There are two main types of private island transactions: freehold and leasehold.

Freehold means permanent ownership, where the land and any buildings on the island belong entirely to the buyer. This type of ownership is common in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe.

The two islands owned by Sun Zhiwei belong to this type of property rights, making him a legitimate island owner.

Leasehold means leasing ownership, where the buyer only temporarily occupies the island. Islands with this type of ownership are relatively inexpensive.

In some Asian and Oceanian countries, non-residents are only permitted to purchase islands through leasing, with ownership periods ranging from 10 to 99 years.

In countries like Thailand and Malaysia, if you want to buy a permanent island, you must cooperate with local citizens; foreigners are not allowed to buy islands on their own. Java, in particular, does not allow the buying and selling of islands.

If you cannot have legal permanent ownership, the purchase agreement may become invalid during a change of local government.

If you are not a citizen of this country, you can only purchase a leasehold property, which means you can rent it out.

As we all know, any rental, whether it's a house or an island, has liability exemption and force majeure clauses. The property owner could evict the tenant at any time, which would be too risky.

Java has the most islands in Southeast Asia, consisting of 17,508 islands. It would be great if they allowed free trade of islands. Currently, if he wants to buy a freehold island in Java, Java's national policy would have to change.

Thinking about this, Sun Zhiwei paused for a moment. It wasn't impossible.

It seems there's still fighting in Jakarta, and the two factions on Java Island show no signs of reconciliation.

Although the fighting is currently mainly taking place on Java Island, the situation is showing signs of spreading. What would happen if he got involved?
War requires a large number of people, and right now he can only establish a security branch in the local area at most. But things will be different next year, when there will be a million soldiers starving for supplies.

He didn't need many; 1 people would be enough to get things started. After a brief thought, he made the idea a mental note.

He plans to find some time to discuss it with his family to see if this is feasible.

Without his family's consent, he can't leave easily. Moreover, if he really wants to do it, he needs his family to back him up.

Putting all that aside for now, he needs to get his businesses running smoothly. Things like the annual inspections of his businesses can no longer be done by him alone; it's too much of a waste of time.

Once the group company is fully integrated, there will naturally be corresponding group departments and subordinates responsible for the annual industry inspection work, which will save him a lot of time.

He took the time to meet with Huang Mingyu, the president of Cathay Bank's New York branch. Huang had been in the position of branch president for more than ten years, and his abilities were beyond question.

The key is that he is very obedient. Whenever Sun Zhiwei asks him to handle any personal matters, he handles them perfectly.

Moreover, his financial and legal teams are exceptionally effective; Attorney Smith is his chief lawyer, which is a ready-made corporate framework.

Therefore, he decided to transfer Huang Mingyu to set up the group headquarters. Of course, he had to communicate with him in advance.

Huang Mingyu can be considered a typical example of someone who lacks ambition. He has cultivated his comfort zone for decades, and it's not easy to persuade him to leave.

On the morning of December 1st, Sun Zhiwei invited Huang Mingyu to have dinner in Chinatown in the Lower East Side.

New York's Chinatown, also known as Chinatown, now has more than 20 streets, and is not far from a Jewish Quarter, a Puerto Rican Quarter, and an Italian Quarter.

According to memories from his previous life, by the 21st century, New York's Chinatown had completely absorbed the three surrounding areas, becoming a super-large community spanning 45 streets and covering an area of ​​over 4 square kilometers.

It is conceivable that such dramatic expansion and changes over several decades could not have been accomplished solely through real estate transactions.

It is certain that New York's Chinatown underwent fierce competition between New York City Hall and underground interests before it was able to expand smoothly.

Sun Zhiwei and Huang Mingyu made an appointment at Wanliyun Restaurant in the old Chinatown of Chinatown. It is a century-old restaurant that has been open since the late 19th century.

At the time, the most famous Western restaurant in all of New York was called Delmonico's, and Wanliyun called himself Chinese Delmonico's, the most upscale restaurant in Chinatown.

When the restaurant opened in 1897, New York City Mayor William Strong attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Chinatown tycoons often hosted banquets for Chinese and American officials at Wanliyun. When Li Hongzhang, a minister of the Qing Dynasty, visited New York, he was once hosted by Chinese people at Wanliyun.

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