At this time, the door was wide open, and Li Lihua was wearing a gorgeous European palace dress with European curly hair, and walked out from behind the door. Originally, Li Lihua's face was very beautiful, and at this time she looked even more beautiful and beautiful. The dozen young men waiting at the door immediately stretched out their right hands and invited her to dance.

However, Li Lihua did not reach out, but bowed slightly, smiled apologetically at them, then gently lifted the hem of the skirt with both hands, jumped over everyone, and walked forward quickly. Everyone turned their heads and looked in her direction. It turned out that a man in military uniform came over, and Li Lihua stretched out her left hand and put it on his hand, obviously accepting his invitation. When everyone saw this, even though they were dissatisfied, they had to bow their heads and turn to invite other girls.

When the music started, Qian Guoyu put his left hand on Li Lihua's waist, and held Li Lihua's hand with his right hand, dancing gracefully in line with the rhythm of the music. Although Qian Guoyu's dancing skills were average, Li Lihua obviously had received more formal training and was quite familiar with it, so the two of them danced in a good manner. At this time, the others also found their dance partners. For a moment, people came and went, advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, their steps moved lightly, their skirts were swirling, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.

Zhang Zhijun did not end up dancing, but someone invited Huang Qingping, and John Smith and his wife also left, so only Zhang Zhijun sat alone in the seat. At this time, George Smith came to Zhang Zhijun to sit down and smiled, "The dance party has begun, I can finally relax. Why didn't Mr. Zhang dance?"

Zhang Zhijun smiled and said, "I can't dance, so I have to sigh. If Mr. Smith is fine, he can chat with me."

George Smith nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang, there have been some misunderstandings between our two families in the past. Perhaps because of our unintentional mistakes, it has caused some trouble to Mr. Zhang's family. Here I apologize to Mr. Zhang. If the losses are caused, we are willing to compensate."

Zhang Zhijun smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Smith's past has passed, so don't mention it anymore. We should all look at the future, right? And I think our two companies have extensive cooperation space. I hope we can cooperate sincerely in the future, so that we can bring huge benefits to both of us."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and they were all silent.

George Smith said: "Our family still has some channel relationships in Europe, so we can provide you with the best European goods and ensure that the price is at least 20% lower than the market price."

When Zhang Zhijun heard this, he was overjoyed. Opening up trade channels in Europe has always been the biggest wish of the Zhang family. After all, Europe is the main place for the world's goods. Therefore, if you can obtain European goods, it will certainly make the Zhang family's business empire go further. In the past, the Zhang family has always shown goodwill to the Smith family. In addition to wanting to ensure its status in Java, it is also an important goal to open up trade channels in Europe.

Of course, Zhang Zhijun also knew that this was because the Zhang family took over the East China government, which made the Smith family surrender. However, the Smith family was deeply rooted in Java after all, and the Mushuo East China government had very limited influence in Java, so he could not forget it too much. Since the Smith family mainly showed goodwill and made significant concessions to the Zhang family, the Zhang family should naturally repay their kindness and express their feelings.

So Zhang Zhijun said, "Mr. Smith is so polite. I wonder what reward the Smith family needs?"

George Smith was very satisfied when he heard this. Although Zhang Zhijun is not old, he is obviously a knowledge-based professional, so it is easier to communicate with him. So he said, "We hope to enter the Chinese market."

Zhang Zhijun also nodded. The request was not too much and said, "This matter is easy to say, but our path in China is just the same. When it comes to overseas Chinese, they seem to have some power in China. Why not invite them to come and talk together."

While speaking, the first song ended, Huang Qingping, Qian Guoyu, and Li Lihua also returned to their seats, so George Smith and Zhang Zhijun also stopped talking and turned to some other interesting things. George Smith also said to Li Lihua: "Christina, are you having fun?"

After chatting for a while, the music started again. At this time, someone came to invite Li Lihua to dance, and Li Lihua couldn't refuse anymore. She looked at Qian Guoyu and saw him nodding, so she accepted the invitation. However, Qian Guoyu was not interested in asking other ladies to dance, so she also stayed in the seat. Not long after, there were very few people left in the seat.

At this time, Zhang Zhijun said: "Mr. Smith had an idea of ​​doing business in China, and I wonder if you can provide some convenience."

Huang Qingping smiled and said, "We are all soldiers and do not understand business matters. However, our East China government welcomes businessmen from all over the world to do business and invest. As long as it operates legally, we only need to respect our legal system."

Qian Guoyu also said: "Now there are many businessmen from various countries in Shandong doing business and investing, among which there are many British businessmen. If Mr. Smith is interested in investing in Shandong, we will certainly welcome it."

George Smith nodded. If opening up trade channels in Europe has always been the biggest wish of the Zhang family, then opening up the Chinese market is the Smith family. Although China's national borders had already been opened at this time, and the UK occupied most of the Chinese market, not all British merchants could successfully enter the Chinese market. Only large enterprises and large groups of money in the British government could enter the Chinese market in the form of big capital and receive strong support from the British government; of course, there is another type that is free merchants who can enter the Chinese market in personal capacity, but free merchants have small capital and do not receive full support from the British government, so it is difficult to become bigger and stronger.

Of course, the Smith family's financial resources are not bad, but there is not much resource relationship in the UK, so they have never been able to enter the Chinese market in the form of big capital, and they are disdainful of small talks, so they can only sigh. Moreover, during this period, the Smith family also learned some information about the East China government through their own relationship channels, and had a certain understanding of the East China government. If they can get along with this line, it is indeed a good opportunity to open up the Chinese market. Although they have to make concessions to the Zhang family, if they borrow the relationship between the Zhang family and Li Lihua, the interests of entering the Chinese market are far greater than excluding the Zhang family in Java. So George Smith said: "I don't know what conditions are needed to go to the East China government to do business?"

Huang Qingping shook her head and said, "We don't know much about the conditions, but Mr. Smith can send trustworthy people to Shandong for inspection. We will have special personnel to take charge of the reception and answer your questions in detail. Or after our office in Java is established, there will be special people going to deal with commercial issues and can also answer them clearly."

George Smith was very satisfied when he heard this and said, "Okay, I will think about it seriously." As he said that, he raised his glass again and said, "I hope you can enjoy the whole party."

After the dance, after Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu returned to the farm, Luo Yue announced that in accordance with the requirements of the Qingdao Military Commission, the deputy battalion commanders of three combat battalions were left in Java, and Qian Guoyu was appointed as the commander, responsible for the security of the East China Government's office in Java and the training of the farm guard team. Of course, the most important thing is to seize the farm guard team and maintain the influence of the East China Government among the Chinese in Java.

Of course, they will not be left alone. One squad will be drawn from each battalion, plus a 60 mortar team and a machine gun team. The medical team also sent a time traveler and three medical personnel to form the escort force of the Java office, with a total of 55 people. Although the [Batavia Treaty] clearly stipulates that the East China government shall not garrison troops in Java, and after the agreement is signed, the People's Army should all evacuate from Java, but the Java office is a diplomatic agency, and it is customary to send escort forces, and only 55 people are left in total. Therefore, the Dutch colonial government is not too confused. The other staff of the office will be appointed by the East China government and can take office within about one month.

The address of the office is located in Dagon Town, because the location of the farm is remote after all, and the East China government does not want to set up the office in Batavia City, mainly because it is inconvenient to train the farm guards. Dagon Town is only 40 kilometers away from Batavia and more than 20 kilometers away from the farm. The road traffic is very developed, and the population here is large, mainly Chinese, and it is also a region where commodity distribution is distributed. After all, trade is also one of the main functions of the office, so this location is also more suitable.

The Zhang family also generously rented a shop to the East China government as the office location. The Zhang family originally planned to give the shop to the East China government for free, but the East China government insisted on doing business, so they could only charge rent at the usual price.

After dealing with these matters, the People's Army began to evacuate from Java. Before leaving, they were given a grand gift from the Java Chinese. There were more than 6,000 Java Chinese to the dock to send off the People's Army. They also gave the People's Army countless plaques, flags and other items to express their gratitude to the People's Army. Many of them were crying. They gathered on the shore and watched the warships and ships leave the dock one after another until they disappeared at one end of the horizon, and were reluctant to leave for a long time.

The British fleet left Java at the same time as the People's Army's fleet, and the farewell ceremony was no less than that of the People's Army fleet. After all, if there were no British fleet this time, Java might have really changed hands.
Chapter completed!