50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 657 No Survivors
Seeing that Sun Zhiwei was about to leave, all the residents happily greeted him and said goodbye. They had never seen such a generous company before.

Soon, the helicopter took off.

A few hours later, Sun Zhiwei returned to his hotel in Jakarta Port and checked in. Naturally, the planned visit to the power plant and other public facilities on Subi Island was abandoned.

The city hall staff didn't say much either; they assumed Sun Zhiwei was angry.

That's right, no one would be happy to have wasted $120 million.

He was also very angry. The people below him were outrageous, they were simply exploiting him at every level. He was going to report this situation to Mr. Prabowo and Director Qasim.

Today on Subi Island, if Mr. James hadn't acted decisively and provided funds to quell the islanders' anger, who knows how things would have ended up?

The next day, Sun Zhiwei stayed quietly in the hotel all day.

At noon, Prabowo sent someone to apologize to him, but made no mention of the extra $120 million that Sun Zhiwei had spent.

Prabowo probably thought Sun Zhiwei's move was completely unnecessary; they had plenty of ways to make those troublemakers move out obediently.

Sun Zhiwei didn't care; he was there to wait for news that Subi Island's relocation was complete.

That afternoon, the Navy dispatched a small cargo ship, carrying all 120 residents of Subi Island and their belongings, which departed from the small dock on Subi Island and headed east.

At this point, Subi Island was completely deserted.

On this day, Sun Zhiwei secretly contacted Colonel Latif.

He just delivered a large quantity of weapons and ammunition to Prabovo's side, and once these weapons and ammunition arrive, he will definitely put Colonel Latif under heavy attack.

This was not what Sun Zhiwei wanted to see, so he approached Latif again under the same pretext of buying the island.

As a soldier, Latif wasn't very good at doing this kind of thing, but the weapons and ammunition Sun Zhiwei promised were exactly what they urgently needed.

Fortunately, Sun Zhiwei didn't ask for much; all he needed to do was sign a guarantee that his purchase of Subi Island was legal.

When he produced the Subi Island ownership certificate that had already been processed in Prabowo, Latif signed his name on the certificate.

He couldn't possibly refuse such a lucrative deal: a signature for a ship full of weapons and ammunition.

As for the fact that the law does not allow the sale of the island, he didn't care at all. The country is not his now, so he'll focus on winning this battle first.

That evening, Sun Zhiwei boarded the cargo ship he had taken to get there, left the Jakarta port, and then, after avoiding the port's view, turned east and sailed the ship to Latif.

After unloading 410 containers of weapons and ammunition, Sun Zhiwei led the ship north.

Now that he has secured promises from both sides in Java, the legitimacy of Subi Island is no longer an issue. At the same time, he has added fuel to the fire for both sides in the conflict.

Fight, fight, the more intense the better.

This will give Sun Zhiwei enough time to develop; he needs to establish a foothold in this area before the outcome of the battle is decided.

After leaving Jakarta, Sun Zhiwei returned to Pontianak by cargo ship.

He came here to bring a group of people from the Huang family to Subi Island so that the infrastructure there could be put into operation.

Because whether it's a power plant, a water plant, or a dock, it all requires people to operate it.

Previously, these facilities were maintained and operated by the island's residents themselves. Now that they have left, these facilities have naturally all been temporarily closed.

While you might say the Huang family is utterly hopeless, there are actually quite a few talented individuals within their group. In particular, they've always placed great importance on the education of their descendants, so they can find people skilled in waterworks and power station maintenance.

Just as Sun Zhiwei was recruiting people in Pontianak, a news article caught his attention:

“A small cargo ship carrying passengers ran aground and sank in the Banda Sea, killing all 120 passengers; there were no survivors.”

Although he had anticipated this when the money was distributed, he was still filled with anger when things actually happened as he had expected.

In all his years traveling around the world, he has never felt such anger towards a particular group of people as he does today, people who truly have no bottom line.

Sun Zhiwei closed his eyes and barely suppressed his emotional turmoil. He quickly led a group of people to Subi Island.

In just three days, a thermal power plant, a waterworks, and a dock were all up and running.

Meanwhile, Dong Haoyang and his 15 comrades were on their way.

Accompanying them were 10 Pinkerton veterans, who were talents discovered by the Robert Group when it was integrating Pinkerton's dozen or so training camps across the United States.

Although most of them are older, they each possess a unique skill, and together they can train qualified Pinkerton detectives.

As Subi Island began to operate normally, the construction team he had hired from Pontianak also began construction on the island.

They had two main tasks: to expand the size of the port and to build a small airport with a single runway.

Subi Island is 4000 kilometers from Anatahan Island, within range of his private plane.
In the future, when he comes again, he can fly directly along the entire route from New York-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Anatahan-Subi Island, without having to transfer between different countries.

Three days later, Dong Haoyang and his group finally arrived, and the once quiet town of Subi became lively again.

Sun Zhiwei handed over the entire island's subsequent construction to Dong Haoyang, as he needed to hurry back to China.

It's almost May, and this time he has to finalize the personnel issue.

Because, although he urgently needed manpower, he didn't need just anyone.

It's incredibly difficult for an ordinary soldier to be trained into a qualified Pinkerton detective; they must have a particular skill in at least one area to minimize the time needed for secondary training.

He only has two channels to contact people in China right now: one is through Xu Yimin, which is how Dong Haoyang got in.

The other route is to his father-in-law's place in Qingdao; there will definitely be a group of people leaving from there as well.

In contrast, the navy consists of technical personnel, which are not easy to train. If he can be taken over, he can quickly establish a maritime defense around Subi Island.

These are all part of his plans; he'll have to go back and find out the specifics when he gets back.

At the end of April, Sun Zhiwei arrived at Pujiang Airport by private jet, and then transferred at Pujiang Airport to fly directly to Beijing.

When he met Xu Yimin, he went straight to the point and told him about his recent situation.

"So, you bought another island?"

"Yes."

"Where is it located?" Xu Yimin asked, walking over to a world map with a magnifying glass.

(End of this chapter)