Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 629 The Catfish Effect

At the end of June, the flight team from Southern Africa finally returned with great honor. After successfully flying across the English Channel, the flight team from Southern Africa conducted more than 20 flight demonstrations in France and the United Kingdom. Many countries were attracted by the advanced aircraft in Southern Africa, and The Nyasaran Aviation Research Institute is negotiating agreements on the purchase of aircraft and employment of pilots.

The Aeronautical Research Institute is very firm in this regard. It is okay to buy a plane, but not to hire a pilot. However, Nyasaland can help train pilots, which of course requires payment.

Nyasaland now has more than 100 Italians and Persians receiving pilot training. Of course, the training is limited to basic operations, and more advanced tactics are not involved at all.

Rock will not cultivate enemies for Southern Africa. In North Africa, Italy and the Ottoman Empire are on the brink of war. Both countries want to buy planes from Nyasaland and hire pilots. If Nyasaland agrees to them All requirements, then when the war breaks out, it will be Nyasaland people who will fight each other in the sky of North Africa.

There are still very few pilots in Nyasaland, and every pilot is precious, so Rock will not let them work for money.

Also at the end of June, Elvis voluntarily resigned from the post of chairman of Casimir Perrier, and transferred all the shares of the Perrier family in Casimir Perrier to Nigeria at a price of 300 million francs. Asaran Agricultural Company.

On the night when the contract was signed, Elvis left Madagascar together with Oliver and Ellis, and the company of Casimir Perrier officially changed its name to Mayotte Company.

In fact, it doesn't matter what the name is, as long as it doesn't involve southern African elements. Compared with Marseille and Lyon, Mayotte is not far from Madagascar, and it is more like a purely Madagascan company.

As the general manager, Robert just took office, and immediately began to make drastic changes.

The power of the Perrier family in the entire company was completely wiped out. During Oliver’s tenure as the general manager, all those cronies hired by Oliver also resigned. Mayotte signed a new contract with the umbrella company. The total contract amount was still 350 million francs. The number of mercenaries is no longer limited.

At the same time, Robert also disbanded the security department previously established by Casimir Perrier, and handed over all security work to the umbrella company.

Then the Mayotte company began to make great strides. While multiple mines started working at the same time, the Mayotte company purchased a large amount of land in Madagascar to develop plantations and grow coffee, vanilla, tobacco and other cash crops.

In fact, it is very simple to develop diversified operations. There is no need to go to the distant North African provinces. It is enough to manage locally in Madagascar, so Oliver is really not wronged.

The change of Mayotte has also attracted the attention of other French companies in Madagascar. The general manager of Marseille, Brown Joel, publicly stated at a reception in Antananarivo that Marseille will not cooperate with Mayotte. business of any kind, and called on French businesses in Madagascar to unite and drive Mayotte out of Madagascar.

Because of Marseille's status in Madagascar, some companies did say they would respond to Brown Joel's call, but more companies had an ambiguous attitude. After all, for Madagascar, the southern African market is also irreplaceable.

The trade volume with France accounts for three-quarters of Madagascar's foreign trade volume, and southern Africa occupies a large part of the remaining quarter, and the profits of this piece must not be discarded.

"Gentlemen, since the self-government, southern Africa has shown more and more aggressiveness. Portuguese East Africa, Tanganyika, Southwest Africa, Congo Free State and other regions bordering southern Africa have suffered greatly. Therefore, we must resolutely resist the invasion of capital from southern Africa, and refrain from any cooperation with all companies including Casimir Perrier, otherwise Madagascar will become the next Lorenzo Marquez." Brown Joel He also suffered heavy losses in the civil war that broke out in Lorenzo Marquez, so he has a firm attitude towards southern Africa.

Everyone who heard this looked at each other in blank dismay. Whether Madagascar will become the next Lorenzo Marquez, no one can be sure now, but it is unrealistic to stop cooperation with southern African companies. Umbrella is also a southern African company. Marseille The company itself does business with Umbrella, so Brown Joel's statement is a bit contradictory.

"Casimir Perrier is now Mayotte—" Lyon's general manager, Leo Parker, did not respond positively to Brown Joel's words.

"This fully demonstrates the ambitions of southern African capital. If Casimir Perrier does not cooperate with the Afrikaners, then the Perrier family will not lose Casimir Perrier." Brown Joel is stealing concepts.

"Come on, if Mr. Jean Casimir Perrier hadn't cooperated with Lord Nyasaland, then the Casimir Perrier company would not have survived in Madagascar at all. As for the Perrier family losing Casimir Perrier Perrier company, that is the fault of the Perrier family, everyone knows that Oliver is a fool, only Mr. Oliver himself and his father Mr. Elvis don't believe it." Andrew Charlie, the senior manager of Umbrella Company, retorted.

"No one can verify what you said. The reality is that the Perrier family has lost all shares in the Casimir Perrier company. The company founded by Mr. Jean Casimir Perrier is now the southern African business.” Brown Joel is convinced that what he sees is what others say.

"Well gentlemen, it doesn't make any sense for us to discuss this matter, every day companies close down and new ones start up every day, the main business of the Mayotte company is in Nyasaland, not Marseille, so Mr. Joel You don’t need to worry.” Leo Parker didn’t want to offend Rock, Lyon hadn’t invested in Lorenzo Marquez before, so Lorenzo Marquez’s civil war didn’t cause any loss to Lyon, Leo Parker It doesn't matter whether the capital behind the Mayotte company comes from southern Africa or from mainland France, as long as the Mayotte company does not compete with the Lyon company for business.

One of the conditions that Roque agreed to cooperate with Jean Casimir Perrier at the beginning was that the minerals mined by Casimir Perrier must be sold to Nyasaland, not to mainland France.

Jean-Casimir Perrier had no objection to this condition, which arose because of the French monetary policy in Madagascar.

After Madagascar became a French colony, the franc became the common currency in Madagascar.

However, this franc is not the franc issued by the French government, but the franc issued by the Governor-General of Madagascar.

In 1896, Madagascar became a French colony, and the French government appointed General Joseph Simon Gallieni as its first governor.

Because France had just lost the Franco-Prussian War at that time, and its financial situation was not optimistic, the French government was unable to give too much support to General Joseph Simon Gallieni, and even Joseph Simon Gallieni had to pay for the French army in Madagascar. The general raised money by himself, so General Joseph Simon Gallieni issued Malagasy francs in Madagascar, and then forced the Malagasy people to pay taxes in this franc without any guarantee. Madagascar established its own monetary economic system in this way.

The franc used in Madagascar can only be used locally in Madagascar, and leaving Madagascar is a piece of paper. Therefore, including French companies in Madagascar, they are very disgusted with this economic policy.

The transaction between Jean Casimir Perrier and Roque was settled in pounds, so Jean Casimir Perrier did not reject this transaction.

"If you think so, then you are wrong. We used to be able to get along peacefully with Casimir Perrier Company because we have a tacit understanding with each other and do not violate each other's interests. Now Casimir Perrier Company It became the Mayotte company, do you think we can still maintain the tacit understanding before? The Mayotte company has now started to buy land to operate the plantation, believe me, it will not take long before you will feel that the Mayotte company threats." Brown Joel was stubborn, and he couldn't say that his worries were all groundless, but they were also mixed with too many personal factors.

At this moment, Robert and Mitch Byron, Minister of Mining and Agriculture of Madagascar, walked into the banquet hall talking and laughing.

The Mayotte Corporation, which bought large quantities of land, is now a major client of the colonial government of Madagascar, and Mitch Byron is clearly pleased with the deal just struck.

Unlike companies in Madagascar, the colonial government of Madagascar is not disgusted with southern African capital. Whether it is a local French company or a southern African company, as long as it operates in Madagascar, it must pay taxes to the colonial government of Madagascar. In Lun's eyes, there is no essential difference between southern African companies and local French companies.

If we must find the difference, then it is because the local French companies can exert influence on the French government, so they often do not cooperate with the work of the Governor-General of Madagascar, which annoys Mitch Byron.

Therefore, capital from southern Africa entered Madagascar. Although some people opposed it, the colonial government of Madagascar was happy to see it. Now Madagascar is full of sardines in the cabin. The colonial government of Madagascar hopes that the capital of southern Africa can become catfish in the cabin. The colonial government of Madagascar is in the best interest.

(End of this chapter)