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Chapter 307: Establishing a foothold in Southeast Asia

In October 1945, Lu Cheng flew to Singapore and met with Mr. Chen, a representative of the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. They exchanged views for several days, and he also met with the overseas Chinese mechanics who had returned to Southeast Asia. He then joined the Nanyang Chinese General Association.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng bought property in Singapore and officially became a member of the Nanyang Chinese. With the support of Mr. Chen and the group of Nanyang mechanics he had helped before, he soon gained a certain status in the Nanyang Chinese Association.

Later, Catherine also came to Singapore on behalf of the Campbell family.

At the same time, a massive anti-colonial movement broke out on the Malay Peninsula, with strikes and school boycotts, and relations with the British colonial government became increasingly tense.

At this time, because the time was not ripe, Lu Cheng and his men were in a latent stage and did not engage in large-scale armed struggle.

In December 1945, Lu Cheng took Catherine and flew from Singapore to Hong Kong.

Catherine finally met Xiaozui, who was sent to Hong Kong in advance.

There was no conflict between the two girls, and Catherine soon discovered that Chen Xiaozui, a simple Chinese girl, did not pose any threat to her, so the two soon became sisters. Even with Lu Cheng's special arrangement, the two girls quickly formed a deep friendship, fighting side by side and sleeping in the same bed.

After arriving in Hong Kong, Lu Cheng first met with his old subordinates, and then established a real estate company and a jewelry company. He used the wealth at hand to purchase land and invest in business.

At this time, Hong Kong had just driven out the Japanese invaders and restored colonial rule. Everything was in a period of prosperity and was waiting to be rebuilt.

Lu Cheng recorded various business information on the tablet computer in his cross-border backpack, and combined with his own understanding and control of the future situation, he quickly began to lay out in multiple industries.

In 1946, Lu Cheng established a global ocean shipping company. Through the relationship with the Campbell family, he purchased some ships and started ocean shipping in various countries in Southeast Asia.

Some of the veterans under Lu Cheng who did not want to continue serving in the army joined Lu Cheng's company and worked in various suitable positions.

In July 1946, Stilwell, who was far away in the United States, was diagnosed with gastric cancer. While receiving treatment, he thought of his old friend Lu Cheng, contacted Lu Cheng, and asked Lu Cheng if he could use traditional Chinese medicine to treat him.

At this time, even in the developed United States, the cure rate for cancer is quite low.

At the beginning, Lu Cheng only gave Stilwell simple treatment and did not cure his disease. He was also waiting for this day to come.

The effects and benefits brought by curing a minor stomach problem and curing cancer are absolutely worlds apart.

To save people, one must help them in an emergency; to help people, one must help them when they are in trouble. Lu Cheng certainly knows this principle.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng flew directly to San Francisco, came to the hospital where Stilwell was receiving treatment, and treated Stilwell personally.

At first, the doctors there were skeptical about the medical skills of the young man Lu Cheng, but after Lu Cheng showed off his skills and demonstrated his abilities, the doctors were completely convinced.

Afterwards, under Lu Cheng's personal treatment and conditioning, Stilwell, who had been sentenced to death by doctors and believed that he would not live more than four months, was getting better day by day.

Two months later, Stilwell completely defeated the disease. The malignant tumor in his body shrank and dried up little by little, and was finally removed by a minor operation.

This process astounded the American doctors. Major hospitals in San Francisco extended olive branches to Lu Cheng and begged him to stay, but they were all rejected by Lu Cheng.

After this treatment, Stilwell became obsessed with traditional Chinese medicine and believed in Lu Cheng's miraculous medical skills. He also introduced Lu Cheng to his friends.

Lu Cheng also cured some rheumatic joint diseases and various difficult and complicated diseases for Stilwell's friends, and soon he had a certain network of contacts in the upper class of American society.

When Lu Cheng returned to China, four-star General Stilwell and a group of naval and army generals came to the airport in person to see him off.

Not only that, General Darcy of the Navy also contacted the shipyard for Lu Cheng and helped Lu Cheng purchase several medium and large transport ships at a very low price.

At the end of 1946, Lu Cheng returned to Hong Kong and has been traveling between Singapore and Hong Kong ever since. On the one hand, he expanded the Lu Group's business in all aspects, and on the other hand, he was also actively involved in the Nanyang Chinese Registrar's Association, working to safeguard the collective interests of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.

In 1947, with the support of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, Lu Cheng established a comprehensive hospital focusing on traditional Chinese medicine in Singapore.

In the same year, all aspects of Lu Group's business began to develop rapidly.

At the end of 1947, Lu Cheng and Catherine's first child was born, a mixed-race boy named Lu Junxuan. Not long after, Chen Xiaozui also gave birth to a daughter for Lu Cheng.

At this time, the anti-colonial movements in Southeast Asian countries were becoming increasingly fierce, and people from all over the world were seeking independence.

As early as 1946, Laos declared independence, but was soon invaded by France, and Laos began an arduous struggle.

In early 1948, Burma declared independence.

After that, guerrillas on the Malay Peninsula began to become active.

At the same time, Singapore also held its first election.

In the summer of 1948, with the killing of three European plantation supervisors on the Malay Peninsula, the colonial government declared several organizations on the Malay Peninsula illegal, and the Malay people's struggle turned from peaceful to armed struggle.

Soon, the British colonial government discovered a serious problem. The guerrillas on the Malay Peninsula seemed to be supernatural beings. Their combat effectiveness was extremely strong and their tactics were quite flexible, causing great losses to the British army.

Moreover, these guerrillas became more and more numerous, and later they even directly attacked the colonial army and blew up a British warship.

The British army was furious and sent more troops to clean up the area, but it didn't have much effect.

The mountains and jungles on the Malay Peninsula became the best cover. The colonial army could not catch the guerrillas at all and were constantly ambushed and killed in the jungle.

In 48 alone, more than two thousand British soldiers died on the Malay Peninsula, leaving a serious psychological trauma on the colonial army.

In 1949, the Malay guerrillas united directly and formed an army.

In the subsequent struggles, the Malay guerrillas successfully attacked the British colonial army's arsenal many times, and their weapons and equipment became better and better.

At this time, senior officials in Britain were also arguing about whether to give up the Malay Peninsula.

However, most senior officials still held opposing views at this time. After all, there were still many British colonies in Southeast Asia. If the Malay Peninsula were allowed to become independent, it would have a very bad impact on other colonies.

At this time, the Campbell family has not yet come forward to express their position.

At the end of 1949, as the great Eastern powers made their voices heard to the world, the situation in the entire East began to change.

By 1950, with the outbreak of a new war in the East, the struggle on the Malay Peninsula became more intense.

In this era, if a weak country wants to gain independence and freedom, it often needs to go through a long struggle and learn to take sides.

At this time, Lu Cheng had already prepared a detailed intelligence and books, and sent Xia Chen to China in person to hand them over.

Not long after, in that 1V17 battle, some changes began to appear.

At this time, Lu Cheng was living in a newly built manor in Singapore, waiting for Catherine to give birth to his second child.

Life is a cycle, there is death and there will be rebirth. Old things will be gradually eliminated, and new things will be built step by step...