Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 499 High-profile appearance

Hoover is still in the Qing Dynasty, but he is no longer in the Kailuan Coal Mine. Instead, he works directly for the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, and is mainly responsible for organizing immigrants from the Qing Dynasty to Nyasaland.

Although Roque despises Hoover's character, he has to admit that Hoover's work is still very capable. Nyasaland Agricultural Company now has more than a dozen agents in the Qing Dynasty, and Hoover's work is the most effective. Nearly three-tenths of the Chinese in Nyasaland were sent by Hoover. With the cooperation with the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, Hoover made a lot of money, and he should start his own business earlier than in another time and space. Political career.

In another time and space, it was after the outbreak of World War I that Hoover began to emerge in the political field. Now that Hoover has better conditions and more sufficient funds, there is no reason why he should not be as good as another time and space.

Rock knew the fate of Hoover in the future, but Ida definitely didn't know, so Rock made a mistake and Ada kept asking what was going on.

"Hoover is still very capable. Mining coal in the Far East is really a waste of talent. I'm going to let Hoover try to develop in the political world to see if he can play a bigger role." Rock casually found a reason to put this Back in the day, it’s normal for business to excel in business. There is a saying in the United States that first-rate talents go to business, and second-rate talents go into politics. This statement is actually not accurate. Power and wealth are a pair of symbiotic twin stars, and one is indispensable. .

"The Rand Bank still has to expand its business to the United States in advance, just as it paves the way for Hoover." Ada doesn't care whether Hoover can succeed in the political field. The operation of the company is also a kind of investment. It is good to be successful, and there is no loss if it is not successful.

Since the 80s, the gross national product of the United States has surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the world's largest.

It’s just that the British goods are still self-sufficient now, so the vast majority of British people don’t have any personal experience of the fact that the U.S. gross national product has jumped to the first place in the world, and ordinary British people can’t understand what Americans call What is the "industrial scale"? The importance of the United States to Europe will not be highlighted until the First World War begins.

In the First World War, two countries can be said to have turned over from salted fish, one was Japan and the other was the United States.

Although the British always say that London is the center of the world, it is no longer the economic center. Now the world's economic center has begun to shift to the United States. Of course, Ada will not ignore this point. In the future, Rand Bank will definitely put its business Developed to the United States, so the so-called "paving the way for Hoover" is actually a matter of passing along.

"Come on, when I return to Johannesburg, I will discuss the share structure with Henry and Stoudemire, and then you will become a real banker." Rock actually felt guilty, although Ada's running around the world was obviously They have selfish intentions, but Rock, Stoudemire, and Henry, the three real shareholders, are a bit too indifferent to the Rand Bank compared to Ada, the general manager. It is also appropriate to increase Ada's shares.

"No need, this is fine now. The current Rand Bank is no longer the original Rand Bank. Every percentage point change may cost millions of pounds in the future. Are you sure Cecil and Henry will agree?" Ai Da didn't care about his own shares, but cared more about the relationship between Rock, Stoudemire, and Henry.

Now the situation in southern Africa seems to be becoming more and more clear. Nyasaland is the territory of Rock, Rhodesia is the private property of Stoudemire, and the Matilda family is in the Transvaal. Together, Adams and Henry can almost control the future of southern Africa, so what is a Rand Bank, Ada will not be so short-sighted.

The Earl of Selborne is still very bold, and the proposed plan for the joint self-government of the southern African colonies, of course, also includes Rhodesia and Nyasaland, another time and space, Nyasaland and Rhodesia are a whole, southern Africa After self-government, the British government let the South African company decide its own destiny. At that time, Cecil Rhodes Sr. had also died, and Stoudemire was in the review of Cecil Rhodes by the British government after the Boer War. China's indifference, choice not to merge with Southern Africa, and independence from Southern Africa eventually led to Rhodesia being taken back by the British government.

Now Roque will definitely not let Stoudemire make this mistake. If southern Africa is self-governing, Roque will definitely persuade Stoudemire to let Rhodesia merge into Southern Africa, so that Rhodesia will naturally obtain the status of autonomy. In the Federation of South Africa, whether to separate from the Federation of South Africa and become a country in the actual sense depends on the future situation of the Federation of South Africa.

Rock is now preparing for the Chinese in southern Africa. If the Federation of South Africa after self-government still develops according to the inherent trend, then Rock will push the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland to separate from Southern Africa and become An independent country, at that time, Rock will be the real world where the sea is wide and the sky is high for birds to fly.

"They will definitely agree." Rock has confidence in Stoudemire and Henry, not only because of their friendship, but even Ida can see the benefits of joining forces with Stoudemire and Henry. Rock doesn't believe in Stoudemire. Si and Henry can't see it, so the cooperation is still based on fairness. Friendship or family relationship will actually change with the passage of time, and only interests are the eternal core.

A week after Ada arrived in Calcutta, the Indian branch of Rand Bank was established on the same day as the Indian branch of Umbrella Corporation.

The headquarters of the two companies in India are both in the North District of Calcutta, which is a rich area of ​​Calcutta and has the reputation of "City of Palaces". They bought a Mughal Dynasty each through Earl Minto, Rand Bank and the Umbrella Company The palace, left over from the period, served as the headquarters of two companies in India.

At the level of the palace, it must be grand and magnificent in various scales, and it can still be worthy of the size of the two companies.

More conveniently, the two palaces are in the same block, almost diagonally opposite, which is more conducive to the coordination and cooperation between the two companies.

Rand Bank’s business in India must require Umbrella Corporation to provide security services. Not only in India, the development of Umbrella Corporation is actually accompanied by the rhythm of Rand Bank. No matter where Rand Bank develops its business, Umbrella The company will also be stationed there, and the Rand Bank is the largest funder of the umbrella company.

In other words, Umbrella Corporation is Rand Bank's strongest thug.

Now the Umbrella Company is also strong and strong. Regardless of the scars on the senior management of the Umbrella Company, the employees who can perform assignments must be carefully selected. Physical strength is the basic condition, and they can use basic English to communicate with people. It is also a necessary condition. These days, in the Qing Dynasty, you can be a translator if you have a good sentence. Therefore, the Chinese in the umbrella company can basically be regarded as high-tech compound talents, and it is reasonable to get a high salary in the umbrella company.

The Umbrella Company is indeed confident. The new First Cavalry Division and the Rhodesian Northern Division now have to queue up to buy the "Tiger". The Umbrella Company only has as many as they want. Twenty "Tiger" military vehicles and specially modified armored vehicles lined up at the entrance of the company, and the whole of Calcutta was shocked for a while.

Soldiers these days, or any group related to the military, actually do not have a high status in society. The British navy is better, and the army is raised by stepmothers, and they are not welcomed anywhere, so that many Officers serving in the army can't hold their heads up, and report all day long asking to be transferred to the navy.

This is true of the regular army, not to mention the colonial servants, or related military organizations. The reason why the British troops in India are all composed of Indians is so unbearable, which has a lot to do with the British government's use of the troops in India. relation.

An army composed entirely of Indians is standard cannon fodder in times of war, and servants of white officers in peacetime, doing chores to serve people. In this case, it is impossible to ask for more.

The emergence of the new First Cavalry Division has partially changed the perception of white Indians towards the colonial servants. The high-profile appearance of the Umbrella Company has once again refreshed the perception of white people in Kolkata on the security industry.

A large part of this change is due to the emergence of armored vehicles.

The reason why the navy is so tall has a lot to do with the navy's more and more advanced equipment. A battleship costs hundreds of thousands of pounds. Millions or even millions of pounds, so of course the navy has confidence.

In the past, the army, it can be said that it was millet plus rifles, and the combat method of queuing up and shooting caused the army's casualty rate on the battlefield to remain high. Injury, such a situation has led to the army not having much sense of honor, so it is better to think about how to survive after chasing those illusory sense of honor.

The emergence of armored vehicles has fundamentally changed the way the Army fights. Soldiers sitting on an armored vehicle overlooking other people have completely different psychological effects than sitting on a sampan looking up at a battleship high above. What's more, the umbrella company provides all employees with Unified standard clothing. When designing clothing, Roque was lazy again, and directly took the standard clothing of the German army during World War II from head to toe as the standard clothing of the umbrella company.

Of course, the color can’t be wrong. Iron gray itself is also a color that Rock likes very much, so it is estimated that a certain mustache will have a headache in the future.

It is said that Mustache will also participate in the First World War, and it is not certain whether he will have a chance to survive the war.

(End of this chapter)