Question: What has the following functions: thought deprivation, spirit giving, energetic, physical excitement, exhaustion, and refreshment?
The answer is charm.
To Stana, that woman not only looks charming, but is absolutely a charm, active and has a strong fighting consciousness, but her fighting ability is a little poor.
After the endless panting ended, after a while, George reluctantly got up from the warm bed, turned off his mobile phone, rubbed his messy hair, yawned and walked into the bathroom...
When he walked out of the bathroom, Stana, who was lying on the bed and weak, looked at his broad and strong back, and only deep fascination flashed in her beautiful eyes.
"Dear, I received an invitation from the lady yesterday. She invited me to attend a reading club held at her place. If everything goes well, our products have almost entered the upper class of London."
Turning over, Stana didn't mind exposing her body to the sun, she said with emotion.
"Originally, I thought I was the only one who lost everything, but compared to them, I am very lucky. By the way, dear, do you know? Her husband is Robert Smith, the Governor of North Borneo. When North Borneo was occupied by the Japanese, Sir Smith surrendered to the Japanese in Sandakan, but he was very unlucky. He died of disease in a prisoner-of-war camp a few months ago..."
It was just a dog-eat-dog fight between imperialists. George, who was brushing his teeth, ignored Stana's sigh.
He sneered in his heart.
Died of illness?
You are too naive. When have the Japanese devils been so kind.
"Because North Borneo was occupied, the company had no income, so naturally it could not pay salaries, and of course it could not pay the Sir's pension..."
"What? The company pays salaries? Shouldn't the British government pay him?"
Spitting out the foam in his mouth, George asked in cooperation.
"My dear, North Borneo belongs to the company, not to the UK. It is a chartered company, okay..."
"What is a chartered company?"
If he was just cooperating before, George is now a little curious.
Turning sideways with her head resting on her arm, Stana said.
"It is a company with a royal charter. The company rules 30,000 square miles of land there. Everything there belongs to the company. The company manages everything there like a country. In fact, Jason is also an employee of the company."
That is to say, it is almost the same as the East India Company?
George really didn't expect that there are still similar companies in the 20th century.
"In the British colonies, there are such companies?"
"My dear, North Borneo is not a British colony. Although it holds a royal charter, legally speaking, it is just a company, a company responsible to the board of directors, the UK..."
Stana sneered.
"When Sandakan fell, the Army or the Royal Navy did not send even a company of troops there. For Britain, it was just private land, not a British colony at all."
Stanner's words were full of dissatisfaction with the British government, so much so that she did not notice that George, who was sitting beside the bed, was a little distracted by her words.
Private land, not a colony.
Doesn't this mean that the land does not belong to any country?
At least to a certain extent, it does not belong to the country. It is just a company. If it is a company, then... there is a possibility of trading!
"The most painful people now should be the members of the board of directors. In the past, they could get dividends of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of pounds every year, but now they not only can't get dividends, but also have to bear bank interest,"
Stanner's words startled George and he asked quickly.
"What interest?"
"Bonds, that is, corporate bonds issued by the company before the war, a full several million pounds. Although the company was occupied, the directors must bear the company's debts, including paying the bond interest. The last time I had afternoon tea with Mrs. Dent, I heard her say that the company's debtors once again refused to stop paying interest. After all, everyone's life is not easy now, and everyone needs money. Although the directors are rich, they can't just live off their wealth and pay the bond interest, which is also a big burden. I heard from Mrs. Dent that if there is a fool who is willing, she will sell the shares immediately..."
Stanner's eyes slit, turned around and lay on the bed, opened her arms, completely exposed her perfect body to the sun, let the bright sun sprinkle on her body, and said lazily.
"But, where are there such fools in this world?"
"Maybe, there are such fools!"
"What? How could there be such a fool!"
Slapping Stan's hips hard, feeling the trembling and elastic touch, George said thoughtfully.
"Help me learn more about the company in the future."
"What?"
Stana turned over quickly and said hurriedly.
"My dear, you, you don't want to be that fool, do you? Don't think this is a bargain. Even those ladies know that after the war, Britain will definitely let the colonies govern themselves. Without the support of the British government, the company will definitely not be able to operate. At that time, those shares will definitely be worthless!"
Looking at Stana's concerned look, George smiled.
"Isn't it worthless now? Not only is it worthless, but it is also a negative asset that constantly overdraws their wealth."
Negative assets, that's also an asset!
Although George clearly knew the direction of the future and knew that the British colonial empire would quickly collapse after the war, it did not prevent him from becoming interested in the North Borneo Company. At first, he really didn't know where it was.
After Stana's popular science, he learned that the so-called North Borneo was the northwest of Borneo, with an area of about 75,000 square kilometers. And Borneo is the Kalimantan Island in another world-the second largest island in the world with an area of more than 700,000 square kilometers.
I don't want to think about such a big island now, but North Borneo, that's more than 70,000 square kilometers of land!
The most important thing is not the land!
It's the local tyrant!
If you can take advantage of this opportunity to take the North Borneo Company for yourself, then you can get rid of the biggest dilemma-the possibility of becoming fat meat.
In this era, as a Chinese, whether in the United States or other countries, being rich is not necessarily a good thing. If you are very rich, you may become a thorn in the eyes of others, or at least make many people jealous.
How can you keep your property under the gaze of a group of greedy people like wolves and tigers? If you are not careful, you will become the fat meat in their mouths!
George has to be on guard against this!
Before, our people had no choice, but now... the opportunity has come!