Jakarta is also known as the City of Coconuts. www (_) is the largest city in Southeast Asia. Most of the residents are Javanese, and a few are Chinese, overseas Chinese, and Dutch. The official language is Indonesian. The influence of Nanyang Hongmen here is very important, and Chen Zhantang is more
It is the largest Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Coconut City and the head of the Western Indonesian Chinese Chamber of Commerce. It owns many industries including the Sihanouk Shipyard with tens of thousands of employees. In the past decade, Indonesia's economy has developed rapidly, and the Chinese businessmen are smart, hard-working, simple and dedicated.
Many of them have created a lot of wealth from scratch. Although the way for the Chinese to participate in politics in Indonesia has long been blocked, Chinese businessmen with strong capital have found another shortcut, secretly integrating themselves with many Indonesian political families through cross-share swaps in business financing and other methods.
Tied together, they are gradually expanding the influence of the Chinese. Chen Zhantang and Ye Li are among the leaders. Ye Li bets his money on the authorities, while Chen Zhantang uses the huge black market arms trade to communicate with indigenous warlords and representatives of these people all over Southeast Asia.
The interests of non-ruling parties are closely related.
In a mansion located in Nuwa District, east of Coconut City, Chen Lili is helping Li Huqiu and Shang Nan tutor in the modern history of Chinese Indonesians and analyze the current situation they are facing.
Speaking of Indonesian politics, we have to talk about the Berkeley gang that has been in charge of Indonesia for 32 years. The term Berkeley gang comes from the rule of a group of Indonesian neoliberals who studied at the University of California, Berkeley, sponsored by the Ford Foundation in the 1950s.
Suharto and his family were the leaders of the Berkeley gang in Indonesia for thirty-two years. The New Order political reform he advocated lasted for thirty-two years, changing the situation of extreme poverty across Indonesia, and also brought about a new era for the Suharto family.
It can be said that the power and wealth of the Suharto family was entirely created by Americans, and Suharto himself was a staunch anti-Chinese faction. The most notorious 1965 Blood Bowl in history
The incident that resulted in the massacre of 300,000 Chinese was directed by Suharto's military government after it came to power. However, in recent years, with the acceleration of Indonesia's domestic economic construction, the Chinese have become more and more important in trade circulation and manufacturing. Suharto
The government has relaxed its anti-Chinese policy. My master, Ye Li, has always been a promoter of this matter. For this reason, he has a very close relationship with some people in the Suharto family.
"I'll tell you something that you may not like to hear. Your master is a man who is very good on the outside and empty on the inside. He is not suitable for practical work, especially if it has anything to do with politics."
Chen Lili was not angry and said: "Your evaluation is similar to what my father said."
Li Huqiu continued: "Although he wandered around the world when he was young, he has always been under the protection of Ye Zhenlin and the two Lao He. Apart from studying gambling, he has hardly experienced hardships. He knows the dangers and hardships of the world, but
But he was just talking on paper, but when it came to actual work, his face was not thick enough, and his heart was not black enough. He Bin once belittled him for not understanding current affairs and could only talk but not practice. This is what Ye Dechao would do to his uncle.
The real reason for the article.”
Chen Lili said: "It may not be as bad as you say?"
Li Huqiu said: "I said this just to show his courtesy. Take this Gambling King Competition as an example. Ye Dechao manipulated Ye Zhenlin to launch the competition. The targets were two Lao He in Ao City and Ye Dechao on Gongdao Island.
In order to invite Ye Li to come out, he must have used his golden left hand to win the competition and knock down He Bin, whom he hated the most. In fact, from that time on, he started planning to make Ye Li take a huge blame."
Chen Lili agreed: "Ye Li is the elder of Ye Dechao's family and has a high reputation among Nanyang Chinese businessmen. He is indeed the best person to take the blame."
"Ye Dechao's personal purpose in organizing the Gambling King Competition is to bring down Lao He and get back everything he thinks is rightfully his, but at the same time, more importantly, it is to complete the task assigned by his master behind him to stir up anti-Chinese sentiment in Nanyang.
For these two goals, he didn't care about scheming against anyone! As for Ye Li, his eyes only focused on the gains and losses on the gambling table. On the day the gambling ended, he accepted Ye Dechao's arrangement and returned to Jakarta, completely unaware that there was something bigger beyond the gambling table.
Gambling game, he once told me at the gambling table that we are all losers no matter what. I think he has some understanding of Ye Dechao's identity and what they are going to do. I guess he is still fantasizing about this cooperation.
How many benefits can be gained by marrying Americans? It is naive and foolish to seek skin from a tiger and bring others down!"
Chen Lili sighed: "My master has been famous for nearly forty years. He has swept the world's gambling world since he was in his twenties, and is respected as a genius not seen in a century. He prides himself on his talent, and always thinks that he can be in the gambling world in his lifetime.
His ideal is to open the door for Indonesian Chinese to enter politics. To this end, he worships Ge Qingzhu of the Qingzhu Gang, hoping to use Ge Qingzhu's status as the "Island's Independent Godfather" to make friends with Americans.
, he always believed that it was the Americans who could play a decisive role in the Southeast Asia region."
Li Huqiu said: "We have been trapped on the island for a few days, and we have been here for nearly a week. Ye Dechao and others should have returned long ago. Is there any news from your senior brother?"
The classical beauty shook her head and said: "No, Nanyang Hongmen has seven halls in Yecheng. Two to three thousand brothers have been sent out, but Ye Dechao and the people from the headquarters have not been found."
Li Huqiu said: "It's normal that we can't find it. After all, American intelligence agency personnel were involved in this incident. (_)" and asked: "What was the 1965 Blood Bowl incident you just mentioned?"
"Putting blood bowls is a custom of the local Daya people. Placing a red earthen bowl filled with chicken or dog blood in front of the enemy's house is a symbol of revenge for the Daya people. Any Daya people who see the red bowl have the responsibility to enter the house.
The people inside were driven out and killed. At that time, there were rumors in the society that a Chinese had killed nine elders of the Daya tribe, which triggered the Daya tribe's revenge against the Chinese, which eventually turned into a brutal massacre under the promotion of the military.
This is the origin of the Blood Bowl incident." When Chen Lili talked about this incident, his tone was obviously more hateful, "When the Sukarno regime leaned towards the communist camp, the Americans began to carry out the pseudonym 'Xu Tuzhi'
The plan of senior CIA agents supported the Suharto military government to come to power. Not long after Sukarno was ousted, the Blood Bowl incident occurred. The deaths of hundreds of thousands of Chinese triggered a great exodus of overseas Chinese. My master had not yet told his wife
After getting married, he met the daughter of a Chinese businessman in Jakarta. Later, the Blood Bowl incident broke out and the girl was raped."
Chen Lili took a deep breath to suppress the grief and anger in his heart and continued: "When my master arrived, the Chinese businessman's daughter had already been tortured to death by those beasts. Afterwards, they chopped off her head and put a wine bottle in
In her body." He paused for a while and then said: "Li Huqiu, you really shouldn't look down on my master. Back then, my master had just won the gambling showdown with Masao Asano, and his reputation was at the top of the world. But he resolutely left him behind.
The older brother who was raised to adulthood gave up his prosperous career in Macao and came to Indonesia, where he stayed for thirty-two years. Even if he failed to achieve practical results, his ideals were not wrong, and his persistence and
Persistence deserves more respect from you."
"So we have more reason to stop Ye Dechao's plan." Li Huqiu stood up, looked outside the door, and suddenly asked: "The security where we live is very poor?"
"No?" Chen Lili said in surprise: "Why do you ask?"
Li Huqiu looked at Jimo's gunman flashing outside the gate and said with a smile: "It's nothing, just ask on a whim."
Chen Lili followed his gaze and asked, "What? Is someone here?"
Li Huqiu said: "You are amazing. I just found out that he is here. Can I ask a question?"
"casual."
"Does your senior brother wear that sword in any place?" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Gangfeng walked in from the gate and said: "There is an event in the Nanyang martial arts community tonight. I have to be there. If you are interested, you can go and watch it together.
look."
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When the sunset filled the sky, Li Gangfeng came to the temporary residence of Li Huqiu and others again, still holding the sword on his waist. He still cherished words like gold, picked up Li Shang and the others, went out and got in the car and headed west to Java West Port
A comprehensive club in the district.
Halfway through, Li Huqiu once asked what kind of activity it was, and Li Gangfeng's answer was simple and straightforward: martial arts competition!
Li Huqiu rolled his eyes at Senior Brother Hongmen. This old man has the style of a top master that does not belong to modern times. Not only does he not like to talk nonsense, he is even reluctant to say anything, especially when the person sitting next to him is always in front of him.
Li Huqiu pretended to keep a distance from Chen Lili. In fact, Li Huqiu didn't know that the reason why Li Gangfeng didn't like talking to him was not only due to Chen Lili, but there was another reason. Senior brother didn't like to watch thieves.
Wang's bright eyes seemed to be able to see into his senior brother's heart. Li Gangfeng liked others to see the coldness in his eyes, and didn't like people other than Chen Lili to notice the warmth in his heart.
A martial arts competition? Who is competing with whom? Is it a moral battle or a battle of honor? Is it a life-and-death showdown or a one-on-one fight? Li Huqiu followed Li Gangfeng into the club with many questions.
Walking into the venue, Li Huqiu saw Chen Zhantang standing in the middle of a group of half-elderly old men with a smile on his face. A large banner was pulled above his head, which read: The Nanyang Martial Arts Joint Conference and the Chinese Mainland Baguazhang and Wudang Ancient Boxing Masters Competition. Busy
Asked what Li Gangfeng meant? Senior brother rewarded him with two words: "Li Li!"
Chen Zhantang walked down from the main seat and came to Li Huqiu with a face full of joy. He grabbed his hand and smiled very proudly. "The wind started to blow as soon as I pulled up the sail. Whatever you want, it will come." He pushed Li Huqiu in front of everyone.
, introduced: "Everyone knows that there is a wild girl in my family who is spoiled by me. Fortunately, all the brothers and sisters do not dislike it and want to marry me, Lao Chen. To be honest, this matter really embarrasses the brothers.
Regardless of whether the girl is happy or not, I, Lao Chen, don’t want to offend any of the brothers and sisters here, so in the past two years, no matter which senior brother or brother comes to propose marriage, I, Lao Chen, always say the same thing, run away, girl.
Let’s wait and see if someone comes back. I guess you have all heard that the girl is back. I, Lao Chen, am the one who keeps his word. We decided in front of all the brothers and sisters which family’s child has the most ability.
, the girl will be promised to whichever family, but things have changed a bit now. This girl has found a boyfriend by herself. It is said that she is also the disciple of Master Dong Zhaofeng, the best master in the world. Well, this young man next to me is Li Li’s boyfriend.
My friend's name is Li Huqiu. Among the nephews here today, whoever can beat him or his brother Shang Nan in one and a half moves will be my Chen Zhantang's son-in-law!"
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In the ring, Brother Xiao Nan is competing with Fang Liang, a disciple of Nanyang White Crane Sect. In the audience, Li Huqiu is standing next to Chen Zhantang, an old and cunning Hongmen boss and a powerful figure, and a young and talented Xia Thief King. The two are having a secret conversation.
"What do you mean?"
"Please do me a favor!"
"What age are you still dating?"
"This is Nanyang, and many traditions have not changed."
"What should I do if Li Li finds out?"
"That's your business."
"In that case, why should I help you?"
"Because you asked me for help first."
"So there is news about Ye Dechao?"
"Not yet, but in Nanyang, if I, Chen Zhantang, can't find anyone, let alone others."
"Because of your empty promise, we two brothers suddenly offended the entire Nanyang martial arts community?"
"It's better to offend you than to offend me. The martial arts community is the patron saint of the Chinese in Nanyang. When trouble breaks out, I, Chen Zhantang, will say that the sixty-six martial arts halls in Coconut City can become a refuge for tens of thousands of Chinese."
"Understood."
"Do you really understand?"
Li Huqiu clapped his hands in the audience. Shang Nan took two steps back and signaled to his opponent to pause. Li Huqiu whispered to him: "Keep your hands, but don't be polite. The sooner the better."
When the various masters watching the battle were still guessing what instructions Li Huqiu was giving to Shang Nan, they never expected that Shang Nan, who returned to the competition arena, suddenly looked completely different from the previous one. With every move he made, the man on the stage changed his mind.
A senior disciple from the White Crane Sect was thrown out of the ring. Then came the Eagle Claw Sect, then Tai Chi Sect, Tongji Fist, Wing Chun, Southern Shaolin Tiger Shape Fist, Crane Shape Fist, several of them came up in a row, the slowest one was Nan
The successor of Shaolin Crane Boxing insisted on two meetings.
Li Huqiu has been dealing with Zhang Yongbao and others in the past two years. Although his eyes are broad, he also knows that these figures in front of him are the foundation of the martial arts world. They are down-to-earth and can be seen and heard by ordinary people. They will not complain when they see injustice.
The Hou generation all live among warriors at this level. These talents are the disseminators of Chinese martial arts.
In the audience, Chen Zhantang's face became increasingly ugly.
"You said you understood?"
"yes!"
"What is Shang Nan doing?"
"I want them to understand too."
"Understand what?"
"Understand that this world is cruel, and there is always a bright future. If you stick to an authentic brand and rest on your laurels, you will be eliminated by this cruel world sooner or later. Domestic martial arts has become a performance event. Nanyang, a land of tigers and wolves, does not need so many martial arts performers.
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"What you said makes sense, but they don't think as deeply as you think. They will feel insulted."
"That wasn't my doing."
"You **** are shameless!"
"Hey, brothers are here to betray you." He said and jumped onto the ring. "Stop, stop for a moment, everyone, I have a few words to say."
The leader of the Nan Taiji Sect, who was already furious, said displeasedly: "Young man, what do you want to say?"
"Seniors in the world of martial arts, I am Li Huqiu, a registered disciple of Master Baguazhang Dong in Beijing. I am a junior who has no name or surname and is not worth mentioning. This is my brother Shang Nan. He has a great background.
Master Dong, the contemporary successor of the ancient Wudang boxing technique, once praised him as a martial arts genius that has never been seen in a century. I believe all the masters have seen it just now, but he has already reached an extraordinary state in his weak years."
"What on earth do you want to say?" a middle-aged Wing Chun master said impatiently.
"What I want to tell you is that my brother has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has been practicing martial arts since his mother's womb. He has worked hard for twenty years and has taken treasures like thousand-year-old wild ginseng. Therefore,
He only has the physical strength he has now, but this is actually not the key reason why he won by chance. The most important thing is that we all understand that martial arts competitions in the ring are about focusing on the point. Therefore, your disciples will not go all out to show their true skills in life and death fighting.
, but Shang Nan was walking around the world for the first time, and he didn’t understand the rules. He didn’t know how to hold back when he started making moves, which is why all the senior students were caught off guard. It’s really embarrassing to say that.”
Some of the hall owners in the audience were really understanding and pretended to be confused, and some were really confused and pretended to be understanding. Without exception, Li Huqiu’s words made these people feel better. Fei Zizhen, the owner of Baihemen Hall, said to Po Xialu: "
Since you said that, it must be like this. It is said that those who don’t know are not guilty. But having said that, this little brother Shang Nan’s real kung fu is still pretty good. Those present are all masters who have practiced martial arts for many years. This kind of insight
There are still some.”
Li Huqiu said: "So, masters, can you forgive me, my brother?"
Fei Zizhen said: "Young people are just starting out. When a big roc spreads its wings, it hates the sky. It's okay for a pony to feel that the road is narrow. It's okay to be a little more energetic. As elders, we should have such a mind."
Li Huqiu reprimanded Shang Nan: "What did I tell you just now? Do you understand until the point is reached? Now all the masters are tolerant, why don't you hurry up and apologize to others?" Brother Xiao Nan was clumsy but not stupid, scratching his head.
He said: "Brother Xiaohu, what should I say?" Li Huqiu thought to himself: "You have already said it very well."
As expected, all the masters in the boxing gym in the audience were twitching their beards and laughing. They were laughing that Shang Nan was indeed an innocent boy just starting out, and he couldn't even say a few falsehoods.
Chen Zhantang stood up, raised his fists at everyone, and sang a song, which made him feel ashamed. Fei Zizhen, the leader of Baihemen Pavilion, returned the courtesy and said: "There is no need to be polite, the leader. The matter of my disciple's proposal to my concubine is over." Chen Zhantang apologized repeatedly.
, Thank you Brother Fei for your magnanimity. As the leader of the Nanyang Hongmen Association and the head of the local chamber of commerce, no one present can match Chen Zhantang’s reputation and strength. With his popular reputation in the past, he can make such a gesture today.
This is all to save the face of everyone present, and more importantly, to maintain the mutually supportive relationship among the overseas Chinese present. Furthermore, the two young talents on the stage spoke beautifully and had great skills. They were just pretending to be stupid.
The treacherous people all noticed that they were extraordinary, and wondered how their disciples were their rivals. The rest of the people only regretted that they did not express their opinions first, and were overtaken by Fei Zizhen, the curator of Baihemen, so they all expressed that they would not climb higher again.
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Chen Zhantang received Li Shang and the others in the club's reception room.
Chen Zhantang: "This matter was done well."
Li Huqiu: "As long as we agree."
Chen Zhantang: "Now that I think about it, what you did was right. On the surface, they didn't lose face, but secretly, you let them understand that their own skills are still far behind."
Li Huqiu: "I'm trying to figure out what you mean."
Chen Zhantang: "I don't want to get involved in the matter between you and Li Li****"
"Master." Li Gangfeng interrupted: "Would you please consider this matter again?"
Chen Zhantang's face turned gloomy and he sighed: "Gangfeng, the child will eventually grow up. You can't control her for the rest of her life. Everyone only has one chance to be young. Her destiny is her own. No one can tell what to do for her.
This is the correct path in life. Let her choose by herself. What we should do is help her bear the responsibility and consequences."
Li Gangfeng: "Yes, Master."
Chen Zhantang: "I heard that Li Li said that after the matter here is over, he will return to China with you?"
Li Huqiu: "That's what she said."
Chen Zhantang smiled and said casually, "Can you consider leaving early?"
"No." Li Huqiu simply said: "Should you tell me what I should know? Where is Ye Dechao?"
Chen Zhantang was quite surprised: "Are you sure I found Ye Dechao?"
Li Huqiu said: "I also know that there is nothing you can do against him."
"How can you see that?" Chen Zhantang chuckled and said confidently: "Although there is no one who can make me helpless in this three-acre land, I still want to hear the basis for what you said."
"Elder brother never leaves his body with his sword. I think it is to be ready to guard against powerful enemies at any time. Who is worthy of his never leaving his body with his sword? I can't think of anyone else except my subordinate Chao. In addition, there are at least six people in the front and back yards of where we live.
Ten gunmen are protecting you, this is not the norm; and the people from the martial arts gym came too neatly, and they are all trying to negotiate terms with you because of something. I guess it is because you have to organize a lot of people to do a big thing recently.
We need the help of these people; there are not many enemies in Nanyang that you can take so seriously. It happened that something like Ye Dechao happened again. He has his own Chao by his side. The senior brother is no match for the fat man with his bare hands. Ye Dechao is from CIA, and he is very
He wants the lives of the three of us, so ****”
Li Gangfeng couldn't help but praise and said: "Master once said that the great road is invisible, the divine machine is clear, and the sincere divine way can indeed be seen before it is seen and heard before it is heard."
Chen Zhantang nodded with satisfaction and said: "In this way, I can feel more confident about handing over Li Li to you. Li Huqiu, you are right. We have already contacted Ye Dechao, and we know that he is indeed as you said, and wants to take advantage of him."
Sutulu and several other natives who died in the Gambling King Contest made a fuss and put the blame on Ye Li. The story behind this matter is not as simple as you think. The people behind Ye Dechao want far more than just a mere Aocheng Erhe.
This storm in Nanyang will be unstoppable once it happens, and we have already begun to prepare in advance."
"You do it knowing you can't do it." Li Huqiu's eyes were determined: "You think it's unstoppable, but I still want to try."
"what you up to?"
"Kill Ye!"
"Ye Dechao?" Chen Zhantang shook his head, "He is protected by people like Benbuchao, and killing him will not solve the problem at all."
"No! It's Ye Li, kill him and see who else they make an issue of!"
"Him?" Chen Zhantang was quite surprised. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "A crime that will not lead to death!"
Li Huqiu was unmoved and asked: "If killing a good person who is going to kill many people can save countless lives, what choice will you make?"