African Entrepreneurship Records 2
Chapter 1152 Gangster
Chapter 1152 Gangster
The United States naturally took note of East Africa's plot. The two countries began to show their talents throughout Latin America, and the Caribbean region became the forefront of the interaction between the two countries.
Under the "care" of the United States, the Caribbean region has been plagued by conflicts, and the entry of East Africa has made the local situation suddenly tense. Under this tense situation, East Africa focused its layout on Venezuela.
Maracaibo.
1914 12 Month 3 Day.
Shortly after the East African fleet arrived in Venezuela, the subsequent East African government immediately made relevant arrangements locally.
Endel, manager of the Venezuelan branch of East African Oil Company, is complaining to the consulate staff.
East Africa has set up a consulate in Malacañang, Venezuela, which is also the only diplomatic embassy in Venezuela.
Manager Endel: "Consul Kwell, we have reached a deal with the local Tres family and purchased a large amount of land at Lake Maracaibo for use as an oil refinery. However, although we have reached a deal, the local gangs are looking for trouble with us."
"They come to cause trouble as soon as our construction starts. We have promised to give them some protection money, but they go back on their word."
"The obstruction of the local gangs has delayed the project, which is a huge loss for us, so we can only come to the embassy for help."
Kwill asked, "Didn't you negotiate with the Maracaibo City Government before?"
Endel said indignantly: "The Maracaibo City Government is a bunch of good-for-nothings who only take money but do nothing. Not only do they not help, but they also blame each other. Otherwise, I would not ask you for help..."
Kwill frowned as he listened to Endel's complaints. He said seriously, "Don't worry about this matter. The safety of our expatriates is the top priority. I will find a way to handle it."
Kerwill also had a deep understanding of the character of the Maracaibo Municipal Government. As the saying goes, the smaller the temple, the more evil the wind; the shallower the water, the more turtles there are. This is the case with many backward small governments.
When it comes to making money, they have all kinds of methods, but when it comes to managing and operating the business environment, they just stay out of it.
As a diplomat, Cromwell was well-informed. Moreover, the unique geographical location of the Malay Lake Kaibo region made the Venezuelan central government's control over the area relatively weak.
"The Venezuelan government has signed an economic cooperation agreement with us before, and our navy conducted a deterrent operation here two months ago."
"So, this is definitely not the Venezuelan government's idea. It should be some scoundrels hiding in the dark to cause us trouble." Kwell comforted Endel.
What gang? Kwell guessed it was just a local gang or some other force that wanted to make a fortune from East Africa.
East Africa has been investing in Venezuela for many years and has surpassed the United Kingdom and the United States to become the largest investor there, so local forces all want to get a piece of the pie from East Africa.
It would be easy to deal with if it was a local dignitary, such as the Tres family that cooperated with the East African Oil Company. Any gang force that dared to blackmail East Africa was simply courting death.
But Kwell knew very well that state-owned enterprises in East Africa were very different from those in Europe and the United States. The East African Oil Company was a semi-official company. To offend the East African Oil Company was basically to offend the East African government.
The local forces are ignorant and think that the East African Oil Company has no background like those private enterprises. This is a big mistake.
"You don't need to worry. We have plenty of ways to deal with these bugs in the sewers. Don't get into conflict with them in the next few weeks. Wait for my notification before making any plans."
Endel sighed and said, "Time is money. Due to the war in Europe, the cost of local materials is relatively high, so it is best to solve it in a short time. In addition, this is the first time our company has built an oil refinery in Venezuela, and it is also the first time that East Africa has built a plant there. This is also a bad start." Kwell said, "Don't worry about this. If everything goes well, we can give you an answer within a few days. Conservatively estimated, it will take less than a month. We are not without a trump card in Venezuela."
As a manager of a large state-owned enterprise, Endel can communicate directly with Kwell. Although state-owned enterprises and the diplomatic department where Kwell is located are two different systems, the cooperation between the two sides overseas is still relatively close.
After seeing off Endel, Kwell's face darkened. As the highest official representative of East Africa in the Lake Maracaibo region, he possesses considerable power. After all, Lake Maracaibo is an important area in the East African government's planning, and a consulate has been set up here alone.
Although the East African Embassy in Venezuela is in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, the Malay Consulate in Venezuela can bypass the embassy under special circumstances and contact the East African government directly.
Soon, Kwell came to the consulate's radio room and reported the situation there to the senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
And Endel will certainly report the matter to the headquarters of the East African Oil Company. As a state-owned enterprise directly under the East African government, the East African Oil Company is obviously an important part of the East African government.
While the two were waiting for news, a rally was taking place in the southwest corner of Malay Kaibo City, where the Laidani gang was.
During this era, Maracaibo was just an ordinary little city located between the Gulf of Venezuela and Lake Maracaibo because its oil resources had not yet been fully developed.
The origin of the name of Venezuela is also closely related to Lake Malakaibo. Among the Europeans who discovered Lake Malakaibo, there was an Italian named Amerigo Vespucci.
When he first saw Lake Maracaibo, he thought of his hometown, the water city of Venice, and called the place "Little Venice", which is pronounced Venezuela when translated into Spanish.
Of course, things began to change starting in 1908, when a group of state-owned enterprises in East Africa purchased land in Maracaibo in the name of investment.
At the same time, a large number of East African oil and gas companies, including East African Oil Company, East African Petrochemical, Oil City Company, Western Great Lakes Province Oil Company, and East African Liquefied Gas Company, began to carry out exploration work in the local area.
In 1909, East Africa developed its first oil well in Lake Maracaibo. So far, East Africa has controlled more than oil wells and a large amount of oil and gas field resources in the area.
In the past, East Africa would directly transport the oil back to its own country for processing, but the quality of Venezuelan oil is not very good and contains many impurities, so the East African Oil Company decided to build an oil refinery here to remove some impurities and then transport it back to East Africa for further processing.
With the development of oil and gas resources in Lake Maracaibo, the city of Maracaibo has become a gathering place for East African companies.
The so-called Laidani gang is the largest gang in the area and existed long before East Africa invested in the local area.
Its leader, Carmen, is considered the leader of the local underworld. It can be said that when doing business in Maracaibo, you cannot avoid the Laidani gang.
Before arriving in East Africa, the Laidani gang was already thriving. As the local underworld boss, Carmen also had a lot of cooperation with local powerful families, and was considered to be a person who could get along with both the black and white worlds.
This is also the main reason why Endel and the local government asked for help, but the Maracaibo City Government blamed each other. No one wanted to offend Carmen for East Africa, and they also wanted to test the quality of East African companies through the Laidani gang.
In recent years, with the exploitation of oil fields, East African enterprises have developed well in the local area. There may be people who want to reap the benefits. After all, East Africa is an outsider, and there are always people who don’t know the importance of it.
The official level certainly cannot take direct action. After all, East Africa is a superpower. If a direct conflict occurs, ordinary people cannot afford it. If it triggers a diplomatic conflict, I am afraid that the Maracaibo City Government will be sold directly to East Africa by the Venezuelan government, and will not end well.
(End of this chapter)
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