Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 429 Resonance

The De Beers Hotel, located in the center of Johannesburg, was responsible for the reception of all VIPs during the election period.

You can tell whose industry it is by looking at the name. Like the De Beers Unified Mining Company, the word "De Beers" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in southern Africa. In Kimberley, Johannesburg and other southern African mining areas, "De Beers" These few words have stronger credibility than the government.

The security work of the De Beers Hotel is jointly carried out by the Johannesburg Police Department and the new [-]st Cavalry Division. Although the new [-]st Cavalry Division has a strong combat effectiveness, it is not so handy for security work, so it is only responsible for the security of the core area. Peripheral security work is entirely in the charge of the Johannesburg Police Department.

Since July 20th, some VIPs have stayed at the De Beers Hotel. On July [-]th, the monitoring team from London arrived in Southern Africa under the leadership of Joseph Chamberlain.

Joseph Chamberlain resigned from his post as Minister of Colonial Affairs last year, and is currently forming a "Tariff Reform Alliance" with his supporters to launch a massive tariff reform movement.

This "tariff reform" is doomed to fail, not only splitting the Conservative Party, but also causing the biggest parliamentary split in Britain since the Civil War in the 17th century.

Of course, this evil result has not yet appeared, so Joseph Chamberlain’s reputation is still very high. Promoting Australian autonomy and promoting the implementation of democratic representative systems in southern Africa are the two greatest achievements of Joseph Chamberlain during his tenure, so Joseph Chamberlain will be in charge The head of the inspection team led the team to Johannesburg.

Like the last time Joseph Chamberlain visited southern Africa, Neville Chamberlain and Joseph Chamberlain came to Johannesburg together.

It has been two and a half years since Neville Chamberlain came to Johannesburg last time. In the past two and a half years, Neville Chamberlain has been paying attention to Johannesburg. He also has investments in Johannesburg. After all, the description on paper is different from the actual situation. The difference, so after seeing Rock and Stoudemire, Neville Chamberlain was very surprised.

"It's really unimaginable. In just over two years, Johannesburg has undergone earth-shaking changes. If I hadn't been to Johannesburg two years ago, I would never have believed what was happening before me. In doubting my eyes, the London City Government should really send someone to take a look. In terms of urban construction, Lord Matilda is definitely an expert, and he should go back to China to become prime minister." Neville Chamberlain began to tout when he saw Rock , being a prime minister is a bit overestimated, and being a governor in other colonies is more than enough.

Compared with two and a half years ago, Johannesburg has indeed changed a lot.

Two and a half years ago, Johannesburg had just started to rebuild, and the whole city was a large construction site. At that time, the road from the railway station to the city hall had not yet been repaired. The Johannesburg city government received Joseph Chamberlain and his party, and even borrowed Cecil Rhodes' villa, so later Joseph Chamberlain agreed to give more loans to Transvaal and Orange on the basis of compensation.

Now the reconstruction of Johannesburg has been basically completed. Around the main road between the railway station and the city government, the city government of Johannesburg has never stopped construction in the past two years. The municipal government has various functional departments, the headquarters reception desks of major enterprises, and brand-new residential areas. The huge park and the biggonia trees all over Johannesburg, as expected by Rock, Johannesburg is becoming a very livable city, which is in stark contrast to London.

London--

In this era, London is the most famous "foggy city". This word is not a commendatory term, but a downright derogatory term. That is, there is no PM2.5 detection in this year, otherwise London will become the most unsuitable place in the world. city ​​of residence.

"Thank you Neville, I will tell Lord Matilda what you think of him." Rock and Stoudemire came to find Neville Chamberlain together, and Neville Chamberlain received Luo Ke in his guest room without hesitation. Ke and Stoudemire, it would probably be impossible to replace them with other people.

"I haven't congratulated you yet. You are so lucky. Your Excellency Phyllis Matilda is very famous in London. I didn't expect to become Mrs. Nyasaland now. Don't go back to London now, otherwise There will be a lot of heartbroken boys and you duel." Neville Chamberlain laughed and teased Roque, Neville Chamberlain didn't come when Roque got married, but he sent a telegram to Roque.

"It doesn't matter, there are always many guards around me." Roque was very proud. The nobles can find someone to replace them in a duel. Roque will not be as stupid as Pushkin himself.

"Okay, the time for bragging is over, let's talk about something that makes people happy-" Stoudemire is here to pay the bills, and Neville Chamberlain also has shares in the mining company that Rock and Stoudemire partnered with.

Of course, it's all dry stocks, and Neville Chamberlain didn't invest even a penny.

Even dry shares are worth it. Rock and Stoudemire are not stupid. They are willing to give Neville Chamberlain shares, not because Neville Chamberlain is so capable, but because Neville Chamberlain has a father who is the Minister of Colonial Affairs , and an elder brother who is also in an important position, Neville Chamberlain is also engaged in the metal smelting industry. Without Neville Chamberlain, Rock would not have been able to obtain weapon steel so quickly.

Neville Chamberlain's greatest contribution is to provide enough talents for Fawalt Steel Works. This cannot be done with money. Rock and Stoudemire are both rich, but in terms of talent introduction, Southern Africa have irreparable disadvantages.

"The Mineral Resources Company has entered a profitable period since the end of last year. It has been nine months now. The company has made a profit of 37 pounds. It is said that it should be a dividend at the end of the year, but this time the situation is special, so Locke and I have unanimously decided to give you what you deserve. The dividends were taken out in advance, and a round number was rounded up for you, a total of 4 pounds." Stoudemire took out a check from the Rand Bank, which can also be drawn in London.

Although Ada's daily life revolves around Arthur, there is nothing she should do less. Now that Rand Bank has entered Europe, it has established branches in London, Paris, Berlin and many other big cities. The number of branches is not large, but the development prospects are huge. European bankers have noticed the expansion trend of Rand Bank and hope to invest in Rand Bank.

All these investments were rejected by Ada. So far, Rand Bank has only four shareholders, Rock, Stoudemire, Henry, and Ada. If others want to invest, all four must agree. If anyone wants to reduce their shareholding , other shareholders have the right of first refusal, so if there is no accident, the number of shareholders of Rand Bank will not increase.

"Thank you——" Neville Chamberlain beamed with joy. No one had any grudges against money, let alone such a large amount of money. When Joseph Chamberlain was Minister of Colonial Affairs, his annual salary was only 5000 pounds. It can be said that Joseph Chamberlain All these years as Secretary of Colonial Affairs did not add up to as much money as Neville Chamberlain earned in nine months.

Money is not everything, but most of the time, money is a full reflection of personal value and social status. Joseph Chamberlain has now resigned from the post of Minister of Colonial Affairs. In the future, the Chamberlain family will only rely on Neville Chamberlain to maintain their influence My brother can't do it alone, so Neville Chamberlain is also preparing to enter the political arena.

The money came at just the right time.

Neville Chamberlain had amassed a similar amount of net worth over the years he ran the metal company.

"Our goal now is self-government. If the Transvaal can be self-governing, then the profits of mineral resource companies will further increase. London officials are too conservative. They should allow Transvaal self-government now so that we can Expansion." Stoudemire didn't shy away from Neville Chamberlain.

"It's good to get to this point now—" Neville Chamberlain didn't say much.

Stoudemire may not be clear, but Rock certainly knows that Johannesburg can implement a democratic representative system, and Neville Chamberlain and Winston have played a big role.

It is precisely because Joseph Chamberlain and his supporters formed the "Tariff Reform Alliance" and launched a massive tariff reform movement that Congress did not focus more on southern Africa, but was busy fighting for it in Congress. For their own interests, this allowed Southern Africa to take advantage of the loopholes.

Otherwise, Johannesburg may have to wait for a while to implement a democratic representative system. As far as the efficiency of the British Parliament is concerned, even if it is a good thing, the Congress will probably discuss it for ten months in the first half of the year before giving a definite answer .

"Anyway, it's a good start and we'd like to be eligible to join the 'Tariff Reform Union' and give our opinion in the Transvaal on this issue instead of the gentlemen in London sitting in their offices Pointing fingers, to be honest, I find it hard to accept that our hard-earned money is easily taken away by those gentlemen, at least we should have the right to decide how much to let them take, not how much they want, we You have to give as much as you want." Rock didn't talk about the democratic representative system, and to be honest, Neville Chamberlain probably didn't care about the democratic representative system in the Transvaal. It was the achievement of Joseph Chamberlain and had little to do with Neville Chamberlain.

Compared to Joseph Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain cared about money, cared about taxes.

"Yes, we should decide how to spend our money!" In this regard, Stoudemire resonates too much.

(End of this chapter)