Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1370 The choice of smart people

According to Roque's plan, if 15.00% of the shares are set aside for the federal government, then Nyasaland Company can get about 30.00%, South African Company 20.00%5.00, and the combined shares of Hamilton and Vincent are only about [-]%. The rest is divided among state governments and minority shareholders.

Of course Hamilton and Vincent don't think so.

Hamilton and Vincent believe that the railways in southern Africa, except Cape State, are basically at a loss and rarely make a profit, so it is not fair to only give Hamilton and Vincent 5.00%.

Hamilton and Vincent demanded at least [-] percent, and also required separate accounting for the railways in Cape State, so as to guarantee the interests of Hamilton and Vincent.

After the integration, the total capital of the United Railway Company is about 5000 million rand.

In other words, Hamilton and Vincent believed their share in the Cape Railway Company was worth R500 million.

This valuation is obviously too high. The accountant of Nyasaland Company gave the Cape Railway Company a total valuation of less than 4000 million.

Most of the 4000 million miles belonged to the South African company, and Hamilton and Vincent combined only accounted for a small part.

"I will do the work of Hamilton and Vincent, and you are responsible for coordinating with the federal government. 15.00% is our final bottom line, and the federal government cannot interfere with the operations of the Consolidated Railroad Company." Stoudemire and Rock have a clear division of labor, and he knows what to do Deal with guys like Hamilton and Vincent.

Rock nodded silently. Philip underestimated the resistance to the establishment of the United Railway Company. Even if all parties reached a consensus, there were still many problems to be solved, and this was just the beginning.

The next day, Roque came to the Palace of Justice again. Philip had no objection to the 15.00% ratio, but he had a tough attitude towards the operation of the Union Railway Company, insisting that the Union Railway Company must operate under the leadership of the federal government.

"Why?" Rock was puzzled. The status quo in Transvaal and Orange has proved that the federal government is not a good operator.

Wouldn't it be good to completely let go of everything and wait for dividends every year?

Rock does not completely reject the intervention of the federal government. The federal government can send supervisors to the railway company to supervise the operation of the railway company and protect the interests of the federal government. Rock does not object to this.

"What businessmen want to protect is their own interests, and only the federal government is for all southern Africans." Philip clearly expressed his distrust of businessmen.

"You mean that people like Cecil and I don't fully consider the interests of southern Africans?" Rock was really disappointed, and Philip was also selectively blind on this issue.

"No, I'm not targeting you. I'm talking about Cecil and Cape's gang. They have been drifting outside the federal government and rejecting the federal government. As the Prime Minister of Southern Africa, I must change this situation." Philip It was cryptic, but Roque understood what Philip meant.

What Philip wanted to target was not the Southern African Railway, but the South African company controlled by Stoudemire.

The South African Company established in 1889 was a freak. Queen Victoria issued a charter for the South African Company in that year, stipulating that its scope of activities was north of the British Pena, west and north of the Transvaal Republic, and west of Portuguese East Africa. South Africa, and enjoy the privileges of contracting, organizing local governments, forming the army and police, doing business, establishing banks and joint-stock companies, building roads, and mining land, forests and mineral deposits.

In the circumstances of 1889, the charter to the South African Company was a necessary means for the British government to maintain the rule of the above-mentioned areas, and it was also a reward for Cecil Rhodes himself.

The charter is still valid now, but Southern Africa in 1921 is completely different from Southern Africa in 1889.

The actual control scope of the current South African company has broken through the restriction of the charter, annexed Portuguese East Africa, West Africa, and part of the Congo Free State, which is equivalent to a country within a country.

This country within a country is not the same thing as Nyasaland. Nyasaland is Rock's territory and is essentially owned by the British government, subject to the supervision of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

In the areas controlled by the South African company, the federal government has no right to intervene. Even Nyasaland has implemented elections. The governor must be elected through elections. The governor of Rhodesia, however, can be directly appointed by Stoudemire.

Philip wanted to end the South African company's privileges in southern Africa.

Stoudemire probably also understood this, so he firmly rejected the federal government's interference with the Consolidated Railroad Company.

"What do you think?" Philip was also dealing with the South African company and had to win Rock's support.

"The management of Cape State can be strengthened, but Rhodesia, we still have to be cautious and not act too hastily." Rock partially agrees, but he still has reservations about the issue involving the South African company.

In terms of individual economic strength alone, South African companies are undisputed giants in southern Africa.

Although there are many companies under Rock's name, because they are scattered in multiple fields, their individual strength is still slightly inferior to that of South African companies.

As I said before, the South African company is a freak. Stoudemire can form a local government, have its own army and police, and is quite powerful in finance, food, land and forest development, and mining of mineral resources. It will cause chaos in southern Africa and affect the stable development of southern Africa, so the loss outweighs the gain.

And considering the special relationship between Rock and Stoudemire, once Rhodesia controlled by the South African company is targeted, Nyasaland will be very embarrassed.

At that time, Nyasaland will become the target of public criticism.

"Locke, I want to spin off the South African company for your consideration—" Philip's excuse obviously didn't satisfy Rocke.

The South African Company has privileges in Rhodesia, and Rock has them in Nyasaland.

The entire land of Nyasaland is Rock's private territory. In this way, Rock has more privileges than Stoudemire.

After Stoudemire was knighted, Rhodesia nominally became Stoudemire's private territory.

However, the scope of Rhodesia identified by London is much smaller than the current Rhodesia. In fact, this is digging holes for southern Africa and artificially creating conflicts.

Stoudemire and Adelaide were well aware of this, so when Adelaide was prime minister, they did not take any action against the South African company. Unexpectedly, Philip was fooled instead.

"The South African company can be split up, referring to the US government's treatment of Mobil Oil, but it cannot affect the South African company too much. There are millions of people living in Rhodesia, and they all work for the South African company. We must consider This." Roque automatically brought into the role of prime minister, and he also treated southern Africa as his own territory.

There are now more than 2000 million Chinese living in southern Africa. For the happiness of these 2000 million Chinese, Rock does not allow anyone to mess up southern Africa.

Not even Philip.

"The U.S. government did split Mobil Oil, but it didn't break up the Rockefeller family's monopoly on U.S. oil. On the issue of Mobil Oil, the U.S. government has become a laughing stock." Philip was ambitious, but unrealistic.

"The US government's handling of Mobil Oil has at least given the public a clear explanation, which is enough. Do you want to directly obliterate the South African company?" Rock's understanding of social structure is deeper than Philip.

In the social structure of the United States, the government actually serves enterprises, so the U.S. government must guarantee the interests of American enterprises, and dare not really attack a trust like Mobil Oil.

The same is true for southern Africa. It is never the federal government that really promotes the development of southern Africa, but commercial institutions such as Rand Bank, South African Corporation, and Fawalt Group. Philip hopes that the federal government will play a greater role. It is not wrong, but it cannot harm the interests of enterprises Interest, Rock is also interested in this aspect.

"There shouldn't be such freaks as South African companies in Southern Africa now!" Now that Rock had pierced the window paper, Philip no longer kept secrets.

"Then is Nyasaland out of date in southern Africa?" Rock directly flipped the table. Now that he wants to dismember the South African company, is the next step going to target Rand Bank and Nyasaland? Will it happen in the future? Do something about Fawalt Steel Group?

Philip is crazy, he even beats his own people.

"The situation in Nyasaland is different from that in Rhodesia—" Philip finally had reason, and Philip would not do the self-destruction of the Great Wall.

But for southern Africa, South African companies are also the Great Wall.

"There is no difference. Rhodesia is Cecil's territory, and Nyasaland is my territory. They are all the same in essence. The South African company will not become an obstacle to the development of southern Africa, but has played an important role in the development of southern Africa. , We have to admit this.” Rock is firm. When the Southern African Federal Government was established, Rock and Stoudemire discussed this issue, and concluded that Rhodesia and Nyasaland must hold together for warmth and advance and retreat together.

Now that Philip wants to target Rhodesia, Roque will definitely not sit idly by, because Roque believes that if the prime minister of southern Africa is not Philip but someone else, when the prime minister wants to target Nyasaland, Stoudemire will also make peace. Roque made the same choice.

Discussions with Philip have yielded nothing.

Rock is not surprised. Everyone has their own thoughts. They look at problems from different angles and come to different conclusions. It will take time to unify their thoughts and reach a consensus.

That night, the dispute between Rock and Philip in the Palace of Justice was formed into a report and placed on Stoudemire's desk.

Stoudemire remained silent after reading it, and sat alone in the office for a long time.

The next day, Stoudemire took the initiative to go to the Ministry of Defense to find Rock, and he was shocked when he came up.

"I've decided to spin off the South African company—"

This is the choice of the wise.

(End of this chapter)