Huang Yu asked, "You said the other party contacted us first, why?"
At this point, Jimmy's expression turned a bit strange: "I'm not quite sure either. I made some inquiries later, and it seems that the Governor's Office had some involvement."
Hey!
Huang Yu couldn't help but smile. The British were really eager to get rid of him; they were even offering to find him a boat.
It seems the other party is aware of what they've done; they're afraid.
To be honest, Huang Yu has felt unprecedented goodwill from the world these past few days. All sorts of big shots have come to visit him. Even Wang Yuding said that there are fewer obstacles to setting up the company, and the Hongmen is actively avoiding them.
It seems that once you have power, the world becomes more friendly.
Jimmy said in a deep voice, "Master, do you think this could be a British conspiracy to kill us at sea?"
Huang Yu said, "It's possible, but unlikely."
“Barbarians fear our power but do not cherish our virtue. Our strength has already intimidated them, so they will naturally respect us and may even try to please us.”
"Here's what we'll do: I'll check the ship before boarding. As long as there's nothing wrong with the ship, whatever they do won't matter."
Jimmy nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away. We'll board the ship to Europe in two days."
Wu Gensheng laughed and said, "Finally, we can set off. I'm tired of staying in Hong Kong. It's time to start a new journey."
"Tsk, I've almost mastered German recently. Brother Huang, if you could disguise me, I might be able to pass as a German."
Huang Yu asked in surprise, "You've learned German so quickly?"
He looked at Moritz: "Is that so?"
Moritz nodded and smiled, “Mr. Wu and his colleagues are very smart. They have no problem communicating in German in daily life, and they even understand some aspects of German culture better than some Germans.”
Huang Yu understood; this was somewhat unexpected.
All told, Wugensheng and the others had only been learning German for a little over half a month, but they had mastered it so quickly.
However, it makes sense when you think about it. Wugensheng and others are extraordinary people, with their physical and mental abilities and energy being different from ordinary people. Moreover, they have exceptional talent, so it's not surprising that they can learn a foreign language in a short period of time.
It was he who suggested learning a foreign language.
Since they had nothing else to do at the time, Huang Yu suggested that Wu Gensheng and the others learn a few foreign languages, so that they wouldn't be clueless when they arrived in Europe, which would ruin their experience.
As it happened, the three Germans, Moritz and his companions, were there, so Huang Yu pulled them in to give Wu Gensheng and the others a lesson.
Wugensheng and others even held a competition to see who could master German first, and the winner could ask the other person to do something.
As for Huang Yu himself, he had already learned several of the world's mainstream languages, including English, German, French, and Spanish, all of which he learned from foreigners.
……
Two days later, at the Victoria Harbour pier.
A ship was moored on the shore, its chimney belching black smoke.
Huang Yu and his group were carrying their suitcases and preparing to board the ship.
"What do those people do?"
Huang Yu glanced around and noticed that some people were stationed at various key positions on the dock, carefully observing the passing ships.
Jimmy glanced at them and replied, "Those are the picket linemen, they specialize in arresting British ships."
"British ships?"
"Yes, British ships are no longer allowed to leave the port, but ocean liners from other countries can basically continue to operate as usual, although the number of services has been reduced significantly."
Huang Yu seemed to understand something. It seemed that this was the strategy of the Guangzhou side, targeting only the British, rather than standing against all the Western powers, so as to break up the united front of the powers.
Hong Kong was a British colony, and the direct target of this wave of resistance was the Hong Kong British authorities. It was solely aimed at Britain, which clearly demonstrated a clear understanding of the main aspects of the main contradiction.
To put it bluntly, what Guangzhou wants is not a complete blockade, nor can it achieve one; trade must continue.
Guangdong is short of food and coal, and its industrial products cannot be produced in a way that is self-sufficient. Most of its imports from overseas pass through Hong Kong. If all foreign ships were banned outright, it would not only offend all the Western powers, but Guangdong itself would also be unable to sustain itself.
As I was pondering, a broken Chinese greeting rang in my ears.
"Mr. Huang, it's a pleasure to see you again!"
Huang Yu looked up and saw that it was Leo, the playboy from France.
He was accompanied by four followers, who greeted Huang Yu respectfully.
Upon closer inspection, Huang Yu noticed a significant change in Leo's attitude towards him. Previously, Leo was mostly fearful, but now he was more awe-inspiring.
Tsk, it seems many supernatural beings have sensed my ability to defuse the typhoon.
Huang Yu asked, "Leo, are you on this ship too?"
Leo laughed and said, "Yes, this is my family's boat. When my parents heard that I was stranded in Hong Kong, they arranged for this boat to come and take me home."
Huang Yu was speechless for a moment. Damn, this Leo is even more pretentious than him.
But is the Rozier family behind Leo really that wealthy?
Huang Yu believed that the twenty-eight families in the European supernatural world had accumulated wealth over countless years.
I just didn't expect these families to have such a deep penetration into real society.
Huang Yu asked directly, "By the way, what kind of business does your family specifically run? Shipping?"
Leo said, "Leaving aside the world of superhumans, my family mainly deals in shipping and finance."
"finance?"
"Yes, our Rozier family is quite well-known in the French financial world. For example, we are involved in commercial banking, venture capital, financing, insurance, and so on."
Moritz stepped forward and said coldly, "Hmph, all this nonsense about finance is just a bunch of swindlers and loan sharks."
Leo narrowed his eyes slightly, ignoring Moritz, and said to Huang Yu:
"If Mr. Huang has any financial needs, he can come to me. I still have some authority in the family."
Upon hearing this, Huang Yu's eyes lit up.
Although he is not short of funds at the moment, once he invests in various industrial projects, the money will be spent quickly, and he will run out of money sooner or later.
Putting everything else aside, if he could get a sum of money from the French, it would greatly accelerate the development of his forces.
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Huang Yu tentatively asked, "How much can you lend me?"
Upon hearing this, Leo's face lit up with joy. He wasn't worried that the other party had no requests; he was just afraid that the other party had no desires at all.
As long as there is demand, there is room for breakthroughs, and the relationship between the two parties can be brought closer.
Huang Yu's act of using large-scale magic to eliminate the typhoon truly shocked Leo, making him desperately want to establish a relationship with Huang Yu.
It's not the kind of relationship where you just have a meal together; it's a real relationship based on mutual benefit!
Only relationships based on mutual benefit are truly reliable.
Therefore, Leo quickly conducted a private investigation into Huang Yu. It wasn't difficult; the two sides met in Fujian, and Huang Yu and his group were most likely from Fujian.
Jimmy is the general manager of Huateng Group, a public figure, so finding out his identity is very easy.
In short, the more Leo investigated, the more alarmed he became, and he gradually discovered what Huang Yu and his group needed: money!
To develop their own power, they definitely need a lot of money.
And coincidentally, the Rozier family is very wealthy, which is why this chance encounter happened today.
Leo went to great lengths to make this deal.
“Mr. Huang, with your status and wealth in Fujian, I can guarantee you that you can borrow at least two million silver dollars.”
"Of course, this is only within my personal authority. I'll discuss it with my family when I get back, and we should be able to increase the amount to four million silver dollars!"
Upon hearing the amount, Huang Yu quickly did some mental calculations.
Four million silver dollars is a lot of money.
No, it should be considered a lot.
The entire annual fiscal revenue of Fujian is only six million silver dollars...
The total liquid assets of Huang Yu's forces amounted to approximately four million silver dollars, most of which were obtained from the confiscation of property from the Liu family, the Wei family, the General's Mansion, and the Fish and Dragon Society.
In addition, Huateng Group also owns a large amount of land, shops, antiques and other assets, as well as wharves and fleets in Fucheng and Xiamen.
Jimmy leaned closer to Huang Yu and whispered:
“Master, this time I have prepared three million silver dollars to trade with the Germans, but that is just a small part. The real big part is our penicillin technology.”
"Based on the medical effects of penicillin, and with the high-yield strains you cultivated, Master, its value is conservatively estimated at seventy million silver dollars!"
"However, if we could borrow some money from the French, it would greatly boost our confidence."
“We could even bring in the French to jointly develop penicillin, thus creating a tripartite balance of power.”
“I think this young master of the Rozier family is a very good partner. With you keeping an eye on things, these superhuman families will always be wary of your power.”
After listening, Huang Yu had some ideas in mind.
Indeed, as Jimmy said, penicillin was their trump card for this trip to Germany.
In order to cultivate high-yield penicillin strains, Huang Yu spent a lot of time and energy, using his [gene editing] talent, and finally produced several high-yield strains.
If it weren't for a lack of technical capabilities, Huateng Group could have developed penicillin on its own.
However, trying to monopolize profits will ultimately limit the scale of a business. Profits need to be shared. It's not just about lacking technical capabilities; it's also about building alliances to better promote penicillin globally and maximize profits.
Simply put, it's about winning over more allies and getting them to handle the mess and obstacles abroad.
Huang Yu is not worried about his technology being leaked or being left behind by foreigners.
Because the strains will continuously degenerate, and each division will result in random mutations, after several generations of reproduction, the efficacy may gradually be lost, and the yield will decrease by dozens of times.
Preserving high-yield mother stock is like holding someone by the throat, unless they also find high-yield mother stock themselves.
But this was no easy feat. In the original timeline, it took scientists more than a decade to isolate a high-yield strain of bacteria from a moldy cantaloupe.
It took another seven or eight years before people began to use X-rays and ultraviolet light to induce new high-yield mutants. By then, it was already the 1950s.
It's only the 2020s now, DNA hasn't even been discovered yet. Conservatively speaking, Huang Yu could benefit from penicillin for more than a decade.
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