Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was 1932.
Far too many things had happened over the past year.
By now, Borneo had finally been brought within Li Qiwei's sphere of influence.
Britain and the Netherlands had both completely withdrawn their troops.
There was no helping it. Professor Bruce was now someone they could not afford to provoke.
Summers's smile at the time had looked even uglier than crying.
"Professor Bruce, please forgive me!"
"I shouldn't have been so arrogant back then."
Yet Li Qiwei merely waved a hand and dismissed him.
By now, Summers could only look up at Li Qiwei from afar.
Would a divine dragon remember the mockery of ants?
Meanwhile, the American envoy John felt the joy of having survived a calamity.
Luckily, his attitude had been good back then.
Otherwise, how could he possibly have earned another chance to continue cooperating with Professor Bruce?
Vina, the former King Brooke of Borneo, let out a long sigh. "Professor, you kept this from me so thoroughly."
"I always thought you were researching industrial products."
Li Qiwei smiled faintly.
He had a fairly good impression of Vina.
Vina had given him a great deal of help in the early days.
"Vina, stay."
"I permit you to convert all the assets of your dynasty into a company."
"Call it the Brooke Group."
Vina laughed. "One Bruce Group and one Brooke Group. That's rather interesting."
Then, he suddenly added, "Oh, right, Professor. I'd like to donate half of the Brooke Group's assets as well. Consider it my contribution to Borneo."
"After all, the assets I have today were mainly built upon the strength of Borneo's Chinese people."
Li Qiwei smiled faintly. He understood what Vina was thinking.
This was Vina's pledge of allegiance.
Otherwise, with just