Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1210 Dead Bass

Bloemfontein, Monapee Street, Orange Journal headquarters.

"Orange Daily" is the only newspaper published in Boer language in southern Africa, so its sales volume is not high. It only has a market among Boers, and its influence is limited to Orange State. The sales volume of each issue is about About 3000 copies.

This sales volume is not worth mentioning in southern Africa. In the whole of southern Africa, not to mention the "Times", "Nyasaland Daily", which sells more than [-] copies a day, and the "Rand Morning Post" headquartered in Johannesburg Around [-] copies.

In the morning, Fern Tours, the editor-in-chief of the "Orange Daily", came to the office at eight o'clock as usual. The Daily News and the Rand Morning Post were placed on Fern Tours's desk. Fern Tours read these two newspapers every day.

Unlike the "Times" with branches all over the world and the powerful "Land Morning Post", the "Orange Daily" is small in scale and weak in size, with serious shortage of funds. Many times, it has to reprint news from other newspapers, translate it and publish it in Although the "Orange Daily" is less time-sensitive, this is how many small newspapers survive.

The "Times" is backed by the Times Media Group, the "Rand Morning Post" is backed by the Johannesburg Mining Union as its financial backer, and the "Orange Daily" has limited sources of funds. Fern Tours has to live on a budget.

In the past few days, Fern Tours has been in a pretty good mood. After the "Orange Journal" published the news of Louis Botha's death, sales have increased slightly, and the daily circulation has increased to about 4000 copies. This Although the sales volume of "The Times" is still not worth mentioning, it is already a big improvement for the "Orange Daily".

The headline on the front page of "The Times" was that Louis Botha's body will be transported to Walvis Bay on January NO.15, and then sent to Pretoria by plane. According to Louis Botha's will, Louis Botta The remains of the tower will be buried on the outskirts of Pretoria.

This news made Fern Tours uncomfortable. In Fern Tours' opinion, as a Boer, Louis Botha should have his body buried in Orange.

However, Pretoria used to be the capital of the Transvaal Republic, so it is normal for Louis Botha to choose Pretoria.

After the body of Louis Botha arrives in Pretoria, the federal government will hold a state funeral for Louis Botha, and the city of Pretoria has decided to name the street in front of the railway station as Louis Botha Street to commemorate the In memory of Luis Botha's contribution to the City of Pretoria.

During the Second Boer War, it was Louis Botha, then commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition forces, who ordered the voluntary abandonment of Pretoria, which prevented Pretoria from being completely destroyed by the war.

The headline on the front page of the "Rand Daily" was that the Johannesburg Mining Union decided to start investing in the Kingdom of Madagascar and Mozambique, and jointly established the Madagascar Company with the South African Company, Nyasaland Company and Rand Bank to invest in the mineral resources in the Kingdom of Madagascar and Mozambique. for development.

Strictly speaking, this is not news. With the weakening of France, the French colonial rule in Madagascar has collapsed. In Madagascar, companies with similar strength basically have southern African backgrounds. Companies named after "Madagascar" do not know how many.

In the inconspicuous corner of the "Times", a piece of news caught the attention of Fern Tours: the Ministry of Defense decided to send troops to Freiburg to quell the ongoing riots in Freiburg.

When he saw the news, Fern Tours felt a little distraught.

Freiburg is the last stronghold of the traditional Boers. If there is an accident in Freiburg, the last stronghold of the traditional Boers will soon disappear.

There will be fewer Boer speakers by then, and fewer sales of the Orange Journal, whose only gimmick will be gone with the disappearance of Freiburg by then. disappear.

"Malachi—" Fern Tours opened the door and called the secretary in.

Malaki, in his early 20s, in formal attire, was at Fern Tours's desk in no time.

"Did you get the interview pass?" Fern Tours wanted to go to Freiburg himself to see what happened in Freiburg.

In other words, Fern Tours wanted to see how the Ministry of Defense would quell the "riot" in Freiburg.

The reason for adding quotation marks is that Fern Tours does not think that there is a "riot" in Freiburg at all. How can free people bravely speak out with "riot"?

"Sorry, sir, not yet. The city government does not allow reporters to go to Freiburg for interviews at this stage." Malaki is an outstanding young man who just graduated from University College London the year before last.

"Interviews are not allowed? Why can the reporters of The Times go?" Fern Tours was dissatisfied. The reporters of The Times always had privileges.

Malaki has nothing to say. The editor-in-chief should have some AC numbers in his mind about the size of The Times and the size of The Orange Journal.

"Prepare a gift for Harold. Anyway, I want to get a permit to go to Freiburg." Fern Tours was positive. Harold was an official in charge of media in Bloemfontein.

"Sir, we have no money in our account, only 150 rand." Malaki was in a dilemma. The "Orange Daily" has more than a dozen employees, and 150 rand is not enough for next month's salary.

"Has the money from Bernard's company not arrived yet?" Fern Tours was not surprised. In addition to the income from selling newspapers, the "Orange Daily" also usually receives some donations, but the amount of donations They are all very small, unlike The Times, which can be tens of thousands at every turn.

Bernard Company is one of the biggest financial backers of the "Orange Daily". Some time ago, it published several advertisements in the "Orange Daily", but the fees have not been settled yet.

"Bernard's company went bankrupt and has entered bankruptcy liquidation procedures. Mr. Bernard has also disappeared, and many creditors are looking for him." Malaki looked sad, and the situation of the "Orange Daily" was indeed a bit difficult.

"Call the police and arrest him, you bastard!"

"The police are looking for him too—"

Fern Tullston felt desolate at the moment, and he didn't know who to call when he picked up the phone. It was really a leak in the house and it was raining all night, and the boat was late and the wind was blowing.

Just as I put down the phone, the phone rang suddenly.

"Hello—" Fern Tours picked up the receiver angrily.

"Fern, go, the police are going to arrest you—" the voice on the other end of the phone was hurried, and hung up hastily after finishing speaking.

"Hey—what did you say—hey—what the hell is going on—" Fern Tours panicked, and the most worrying thing finally came.

As the only newspaper in Southern Africa published in the Boer language, Fern Tours has a clear positioning for the Orange Journal.

First of all, the "Orange Daily" must abide by the law and support the federal government in order to survive.

But this is contrary to the interests of the Boers. If they want to survive, they must use the federal government, but if they want to survive well, they must be good at making use of the resistance of traditional conservative Boers.

The "Journal of Orange" has always done a good job in this regard. For example, when reporting the news of the death of Louis Botha, the "Journal of Orange" used some instructive cryptic language.

The Orange Journal has always done that.

"Sir, what should we do?" Malachi looked shocked, obviously hearing the voice on the other end of the phone.

How can the voice of the magnet phone be so loud? It's unscientific——

"It's okay, calm down, calm down, the more critical the moment, the more we need to keep calm—" Fern Tours said to be calm, but in fact his heart was in a mess.

People who walk on the edge of 404 are probably like this. They are very comfortable when coding, but they start to be afraid after coding.

But they still can't make money, they are all code farmers, they are all 996 blessings, look at others, and then look at themselves, people are more popular than others.

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Before Fern Tours could think of a way, the door of the office was pushed open, and several policemen in khaki uniforms swarmed in.

Fern Tours had a terrified expression, and his body trembled unconsciously while sitting on the chair.

"Mr. Fern Tours, we need your cooperation in the investigation. Please come with us immediately." The sheriff who led the team looked serious, looking at Fern Tours as if he was looking at a criminal Same.

This is an occupational disease, and the police look like criminals to everyone.

"Why? What mistake did I make?" Fern Tours had a strong desire to survive.

"It's nothing, I'll give you a cup of coffee—" The sheriff smiled, but it must have been a smirk in Fern Tours' eyes.

"I didn't make a mistake, you have no right to take me away—" Fern Tours resisted.

"Follow me honestly, don't force me to handcuff you." The sheriff still saved some face for Fern Tours, after all, they are all decent people.

Fern Tours gave in, and when he followed the sheriff out of the office, he was still uttering incomprehensible words, such as "right of publication" and "freedom of speech", which caused the policemen to burst into laughter, and the office was full of joy. air.

In fact, the newspaper office was already in chaos at this time. The employees on the first floor were busy packing their things. Two policemen were preparing to put a seal on the door. Stretching his neck, one skinny man even opened his mouth wide, like a dead schooner.

ps: I am full of trivial matters, my side is still not well, and my old father has a problem with his health. Yesterday, his blood pressure was as high as 190, and he has to go to the hospital in a while. Try to change it at noon——

(End of this chapter)