Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1482 The Sadness of No Resources
The so-called arrogance and arrogance of the Anglo-Saxons also depends on who they are dealing with. For the Japanese, the British must be arrogant. Buckley's interest in food and drinks in the banquet is obviously higher than that of Kawasaki Ichiro and the Japanese.

Of course, Barkley's interest is limited to tasting, and then he just blindly belittles it. It is unrealistic to expect to hear a positive evaluation from Buckley's mouth.

"What is this? Sake? This should be for women—"

"Ha, look at these rice balls, isn't this called sushi? Uh—it's actually raw—"

"What the hell kind of thing is this? I suspect these things are eaten by savages!"

Barkley complained while eating, but in fact it was not that bad. Buckley probably wanted to express his disdain for the Japanese.

Ichiro Kawasaki does not seem to know French, no matter what Barkley says, he will happily not refute, and will he echo it.

Fortunately, there is Sha Cheng. Compared with Barkley, Sha Cheng is more polite, at least not so obvious.

"Mr. Sha, the Republic of Congo has abundant natural resources. We can pay the highest price in the world and bring more profits to Martinus. Please speak well about this. Kawasaki Co., Ltd. must be rich. Report—" Kawasaki Ichiro hoped to open a breakthrough from Sha Cheng, but he didn't look at Sha Cheng differently because of Sha Cheng's Chinese identity.

"If the price offered by Kawasaki Co., Ltd. is high enough, we are of course willing to cooperate with Kawasaki Co., Ltd." Sha Cheng was still cautious and did not make any promises.

"It's great. I'll go back to visit Mr. Barkley next year. I hope we can have a good talk then." Kawasaki Ichiro is full of confidence. In business, Martinus will not refuse the money sent to the door.

"Unfortunately, tomorrow morning, Mr. Buckley and I will go to Kyoto, and the day after tomorrow, Mr. Buckley and Mr. Oshima from Oshima Co., Ltd. will meet." Sha Cheng's seemingly inadvertent disclosure immediately made Ichiro Kawasaki nervous stand up.

As mentioned in the previous chapter, there are many trading companies engaged in the import of special metals in Japan. Oshima Co., Ltd. is the biggest competitor of Kawasaki Co., Ltd.

"Mr. Sha, can you take a step to speak?" Kawasaki Ichiro lowered his voice.

"Sorry—" Sha Cheng couldn't help, he was Barkley's assistant and had to stay by Barkley's side.

Ichiro Kawasaki smiled and nodded seemingly casually to a young man next to him.

The young man led the way, and soon there was music, and then a group of Japanese women in kimonos filed in.

Oh oh oh, yes, this is a dinner prepared for the reception of foreigners, music and women must be indispensable.

Then Barkley was surrounded by all kinds of warblers and swallows, and he couldn't care about Sha Cheng for a while.

Sha Cheng and Kawasaki Ichiro were whispering in the corner of the banquet hall.

Kawasaki Ichiro was direct, and as soon as he sat down, he put a check in the denomination of one thousand pounds on the table and pushed it in front of Sha Cheng.

Sha Cheng first glanced at the number on the check, and then looked embarrassed: "Your Excellency President, you make it difficult for me to do this—"

Ichiro Kawasaki's face remained unchanged, and another two thousand pounds was pushed over.

"Okay, what do you want?" Sha Cheng was finally satisfied, three thousand pounds was quite a lot, and Sha Cheng's current annual salary was only about five hundred pounds when converted into pounds.

"All kinds of special metals, the more the better." Kawasaki Ichiro has a big appetite.

"Hehe, President, I'm afraid you don't know that the Southern African Union has quotas for exporting special metals. 80.00% of the special metals in the Republic of Congo are sold to Southern Africa. It's not a question of whether the price is high or not—" Sha Cheng couldn't help , Small favors can help, such a big matter, not to mention Sha Cheng, I am afraid Barkley can't make the decision.

Ichiro Kawasaki expressed his understanding that although the Republic of Congo is a member of the Southern African Union in name, it is actually similar to a colony in southern Africa, and no matter what happens, it depends on the face of southern Africa.

"Mr. Sha, I know this is difficult, but I believe you can find a way." Kawasaki Ichiro did not believe that Martinus Company would be so honest.

Sha Cheng immediately looked embarrassed. There was indeed a solution, but it was not prepared for Kawasaki Corporation, otherwise Sha Cheng and Barkley would not have come to Japan.

"Mr. Sha, if the matter can be done, I will have another reward here." Kawasaki Ichiro also made a lot of money, which can also reflect from the side how urgent Japan's demand for special metals is.

Here is an explanation. If possible, the main guns of battleships should all be made of alloy steel containing nickel and chromium. However, both nickel and chromium in Japan need to be imported. High, the Wu Naval Factory was forced to use a double-layer gun barrel. Only the inner tube was made of nickel-chromium alloy steel, and the outer tube was made of other lower-cost alloy steels, thereby reducing the cost of the gun barrel.

This double-layer gun barrel is an absolute secret of the Japanese Navy. Even Ichiro Kawasaki is not clear. The Japanese Navy has done a good job in intelligence.

The production of battleship main guns is a complex and huge project. For the 410mm main guns of Nagato-class battleships, each main gun barrel needs to prepare 44 tons of iron filings, 33 tons of high-quality steel filings, and 2 tons of nickel and chromium. 36 tons of auxiliary materials such as limestone for decarbonization and deoxidation of iron slag, totaling 115 tons.

Preparing the materials is only the first step, and the next step requires the close cooperation of hundreds of workers and dozens of procedures to produce a qualified gun barrel.

Moreover, the gun barrel produced with such great efforts cannot be used for a lifetime. Nagato's main gun has a life span of more than 200 points, and it will be scrapped after firing two hundred rounds. Or the navy is burning money.

In fact, the same is true for the Air Force. The aircraft engines of the Air Force also have a lifespan, and they need to be replaced when the time comes. It is almost like burning money to fly.

"I'll try my best—" Sha Cheng's face was full of smiles, the check was still warm in his pocket, whether it could be done or not, he had to give it a smile.

"Please!" Ichiro Kawasaki was able to bow at [-] degrees while kneeling on the ground. In Sha Cheng's eyes, this movement was as miraculous as Barkley's watching Sha Cheng squat in Asia.

"Why don't you tell me the exact price first?" Sha Cheng tried to get more information.

Kawasaki Ichiro obviously hesitated: "The more the better——"

Back at the company's residence at night, Barkley, who was still dissolute just now, instantly sobered up.

"Have you gained anything?" Barkley was so excited that Sha Cheng could not deny it: "I just saw that the old man gave you several checks—"

It's really hard for Barkley, surrounded by several beauties, he still has the heart to observe Ichiro Kawasaki.

"There are only two checks, and nothing else. The old man is very tight-lipped, and he can't find out anything—" Sha Cheng poured himself a glass of milk to sober up. This is not random writing, it has scientific basis.

Especially yogurt, the effect of sobering up is very good.

"Not necessarily, the old man may not know." Barkley was also very regretful, but he was not too disappointed.

During the dinner, Sha Cheng asked Kawasaki Ichiro what he wanted. At that time, if Kawasaki Ichiro listed some data, then experts in southern Africa could infer something from the data provided by Kawasaki Ichiro. It's still very professional.

"Then do you want to have further contact?" Sha Cheng was not reconciled. The Wu Naval Factory was in Hiroshima, but Sha Cheng had no way to get in. This feeling was very bad.

"Of course, not only to further contact, but also to give the Japanese a little bit of sweetness." Barkley was reluctant to leave the child without a wolf.

Sha Cheng also knows that it is necessary to give the Japanese a little sweetness, but thinking of the disaster-stricken hometown, she can't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

Sometimes it is really helpless. Why don't the Chinese in southern Africa want to give more help to their hometown, but in this era, once southern Africa is too urgent, it will attract the attention of all European countries.

There is no way, the total population of the Chinese is too much. If the resources of southern Africa are added to the population of the Chinese, it will not take many years for the Chinese to rise again. It is hard to say who will have the final say in the world .

So not writing about East Asia is really not about that, but because the Anglo-Saxons are too small-minded. If you look at the Lion City in another time and space, you will know how difficult it is for a country composed of Chinese to survive in this world.

"Where is Oshima Co., Ltd." Sha Cheng cheered up, and it was important to complete the task.

"I'm going to Kyoto tomorrow, you stay and see if there's a chance." Barkley wants to divide his troops into two groups, and he can't hang his hope on a tree with a crooked neck.

The next day, Buckley boarded the ship to Kyoto, forget about the plane, Japan has not yet opened civilian airlines, but some dignitaries bought private jets.

Private jets are a new product launched by Nyasaran Airlines. Compared with the general public, the time of those who can afford private jets is obviously more valuable.

Therefore, after the launch of private jets, the sales volume is very good. The private jets sold in Southern Africa are provided together with crew members and ground staff. This objectively finds a well-paid job for the pilots in Southern Africa. Let’s not talk about Europe. In East Asia, the annual salary of a pilot is about [-] pounds.

What is the concept of [-] pounds? The deputy director of the Southern African Ministry of Defense has a normal income of [-] pounds a year.

The emphasis on normality here does not mean that there are still many gray incomes that cannot be calculated, but that there are also variable incomes such as welfare and overseas allowances. These are also normal incomes and must be taxed.

Sha Cheng was not idle either. As soon as Buckley left, Ichiro Kawasaki came to the door.

This time Ichiro Kawasaki was well prepared. The list provided included all kinds of special metals. Nickel and chromium must be indispensable. The demand for niobium and tantalum was also great, as well as oil, which was most urgently needed in Japan.

The importance of oil to industry needs no emphasis.

The embarrassing thing is that Japan also does not produce oil, and even in the whole of East Asia, only the East India currently produces oil. The relationship between Japan and the East India is very stiff because of the German colony. Japan wants to buy oil from the East India It is also difficult.

(End of this chapter)