Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 714 Red Neck

Just as Moore was delighted to have the opportunity to talk to Marcus Beaufort on an equal footing, the miners were no doubt apprehensive when they initiated the strike.

Before that, there had never been a labor movement in southern Africa. The miners did not know the bottom line of the government and the management, and did not know whether their demands would be met. There were only a few dozen people who actually initiated the strike. Most of the miners were actually coerced.

Under such circumstances, it would be self-deception to say how tenacious the miners were. Just as the armored vehicles of the military broke through the gate of the Marcellus Gold Mine, the miners swarmed away, and there was no bloody conflict at all.

Under Roque's behest, when British domestic newspapers poured dirty water on Roque and the Federal Government of Southern Africa, the South African newspapers headed by "The Times" also began to fight back, and Anglo-American mining companies were pulled out to show the public. The information about Nestor Oppenheimer himself was published in detail by The Times, and people noticed that Ernest Oppenheimer was originally a Jew born in Germany.

In the context of the arms race, as long as there is news about Germany, it will immediately cause an uproar in the UK. There is no need to emphasize how important the gold in Johannesburg is. What is tolerable and unbearable.

So overnight, all the newspapers in the UK targeting Rock and southern Africa died down, leaving only the newspapers in Orange still jumping up and down.

But the newspapers in Orange can't get out of Orange at all, so their influence is still limited.

August NO.15, in the face of strong opposition from the Anglo-American Mining Company, the Johannesburg Mining Union held a public auction. The target was a total of seven gold mines, including three gold mines owned by the Anglo-American Mining Company. Of course mines are among them.

After the Boer War, this is the first time that such a large-scale public auction of gold mines has been held in Johannesburg. One can imagine the attention it has attracted. Before the auction, Rock received news that many American consortiums and British nobles would send people join.

The auction was held at the City Hall of the Johannesburg City Council.

At ten o'clock in the morning, those who signed up in advance to participate in the auction began to enter.

Lots of real faces, some never met, and needless to say, these are agents for buyers who don't want to show up.

Before 10:30, the city hall was packed to the brim. The Mining Union did not expect so many people to attend, and even temporarily added a lot of chairs.

"With so many people participating, it is estimated that the price of gold mines will soar to an unacceptable level." Sidney Milner and Rock sat in a separate corner on the second floor, seeing such a Many people, Sidney Milner is really worried. He has been staying in Johannesburg for half a month because of these gold mines.

"Don't worry, what should be yours is yours." Rock didn't worry, the more people the better.

"Of course you are not afraid." Sidney Milner is also rich now, but it is probably not enough to spend hundreds of thousands of rand at once.

There are still a lot of variables in the public auction. Many nobles in the UK have existed for hundreds or even thousands of years, and their accumulated wealth is unfathomable. In this case, Sidney Milner can only let go.

Most of Sidney Milner's money is shady. If Sidney Milner really spends a lot of money, it will definitely have a serious impact on Adelaide.

"Don't worry, are you sure it's Marcellus?" Rock had planned for a long time. It's not difficult to cheat in auctions.

"Marcellus will do—" Sidney Milner was reasonable.

Among these seven gold mines, the best gold mine is obviously the Ignati Woods Gold Mine of the Anglo-American Mining Company. High, the Ignati Woods gold mine will not be of such a large scale.

Since everyone knows that the Ignati Woods gold mine has a high output, the Ignati Woods gold mine will definitely attract much attention, so it is a wise choice for Sidney Milner to avoid the Ignati Woods gold mine.

Relatively speaking, the Marcellus Gold Mine is actually good. In terms of output, the Marcellus Gold Mine is not much worse than the Ignati Woods Gold Mine, but because the Marcellus Gold Mine has just There has been a strike, and it may take some time to resume production, and there will be hidden dangers in the future, so the Marcellus Gold Mine has not received much attention, and it can be won at a relatively low price.

In order to be safe, Rock also made two-handed preparations to prevent someone from maliciously driving up the price.

At 45:[-], Aiden, who presided over the auction, appeared with Johannesburg Inland Revenue Commissioner Brad Shelley.

This Brad Shelley is the same Brad Shelley from Bigwig Town.

Brad Shelley did a great job as tax officer at Bigwig and exceeded his quota every year Brad Shelley became Johannesburg when Marcus Beaufort succeeded Philip as Mayor head of the Inland Revenue Department.

In this auction, part of the proceeds will be turned over to the Johannesburg City Government. Brad Shelley appeared at the auction site and supervised the entire auction process on behalf of the Johannesburg City Government.

"Please keep quiet, gentlemen, we will start right away—" Aiden is not a qualified auctioneer, and he didn't even introduce the specific situation of several gold mines, and immediately entered the procedure.

In fact, this is also good. Those who came to the auction have already known the situation in advance. In order to obtain the qualification to enter the auction, each of them paid a deposit of [-] rand. Retired: "The auction of the Ignatius Woods Gold Mine is now underway. I think you all know the details. The base price is [-] rand, and the price will increase by [-] rand each time. Now—"

No one speaks.

No one raised a sign either.

"Is there no offer? Fifty thousand rand! The first time—" Aiden didn't talk nonsense.

"One hundred thousand!"

Immediately, someone raised their cards, and they doubled at the very beginning.

Many people know the guy holding the placard. He is the deputy general manager of De Beers Consolidated Mining Company.

A few who wanted to raise their placards immediately died down.

In Johannesburg, no one dared to grab the gold mines that De Beers Consolidated Mining Company wanted.

Rock and Sidney Milner both looked at Stoudemire in the opposite corner on the second floor, and Stoudemire toasted to Rock and Sidney Milner.

"De Beers Consolidated Mining Company has too many gold mines. This is not good, very bad." Sidney Milner frowned, obviously unwilling to see the power of De Beers Consolidated Mining Company expand again.

In fact, the problems of the De Beers Unified Mining Company are far less serious than those of the South African company.

In southern Africa, the South African company is a historical issue, and the entire Rhodesia is the sphere of influence of the South African company.

Although Rhodesia is now a part of Southern Africa, the South African company is still powerful in Rhodesia, even over the Rhodesian state government. Ade knows this problem, but it will not be resolved for a while.

On this issue, Roque also played a very bad role. The situation in Nyasaland is similar to that of Rhodesia, or even worse. The South African company only has the right to operate in Rhodesia, and Nyasaland is Roque The private property of Rock and Stoudemire is so close now, so Ade did not dare to start with the South African company.

"It's better than being in the hands of the Americans—" Rock still spoke for Stoudemire. Although Stoudemire is often too selfish, it is better than the Americans who are mercenary.

"One hundred thousand first time!" Aiden picked up the auction mallet.

"One hundred thousand and one thousand!" Someone suddenly raised the price.

The eyes of the audience were immediately attracted.

It was a young man wearing a cowboy hat and a Henry shirt. This kind of attire was very eye-catching among all the suits and leather shoes.

"One hundred thousand and one thousand, is this price increase allowed?" The cowboy hat noticed the gazes around him and repeated in American English.

Everyone was taken aback.

The Ignati Woods Gold Mine was previously the property of the Anglo-American Mining Company, and the Anglo-American Mining Company has the background of the American consortium, so it is normal for cowboy hats to appear here.

"Bang bang bang—" Aiden didn't talk nonsense, and called the security guard with a hammer: "How did this kind of disheveled person get in? Get him out!"

There was an uproar at the scene. Although everyone knew that Aiden was a member of the De Beers Unified Mining Company, but Aiden was the rotating chairman of the Johannesburg Mining Union, and this tendency was too obvious.

Even Sidney Milner was laughing: "Cecile's eating is so ugly!"

Rock also laughed, and turned to look at Stoudemire. Stoudemire was still complacent, as if he didn't realize that there was anything wrong with it.

"I paid a security deposit. I'm your guest. You can't treat me like this." The cowboy hat didn't expect that the British, who always regarded themselves as gentlemen, would be so simple and rude.

"Sir, you have violated our regulations, please leave immediately—" The thick and thick security guards did not give the cowboy hat a chance to correct it.

"I—" the cowboy hat just opened his mouth, and was immediately taken away by two security guards.

When the venue returned to calm, Aiden's expression remained calm: "Now the auction continues, the first time for [-] yuan."

There was no sound in the venue, some people had expressions of resentment on their faces, and more people took it for granted.

Britain is a strictly hierarchical society, and the nouveau riche in the United States cannot understand it.

The reality is so cruel. When the Americans had no money, the British laughed at the Americans as hooligans, thieves, and robbers.

The Americans are finally rich, and the British laugh at the United States as nouveau riche, bumpkins, and rednecks.

When the United States rules the world, I believe the British will still laugh at the Americans.

(End of this chapter)