African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1153 Thunderous Means
In terms of diplomatic conflicts, Venezuela cannot afford the wrath of East African powers. In this era, it all comes down to who has the bigger fist.

Even a big country like the Far Eastern Empire was bullied by the great powers, let alone a poor and weak country like Venezuela.

Venezuela has no backing. It was once a Spanish colony, but like other countries in Latin America, it gained independence from Spain long ago.

Regardless of whether Venezuela is independent, even if Venezuela is still a Spanish colony, East Africa will not be timid here. After all, Spain cannot be tough in front of East Africa.

Although Spain is the goalkeeper of the great powers, it is completely incomparable with top powers like East Africa. If it is a new power like Japan, perhaps the two countries can still compete with each other.

As for the city of Maracaibo, it is quite special. Maracaibo is located in the northwest of Venezuela and is also the capital of Zulia State. For about four hundred years, the Maracaibo region has been isolated from other states in Venezuela, and only ferries or other means of sea transportation can transport on the lake and thus connect with the outside world and the capital.

Therefore, the East African Navy’s previous visit to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, had little impact on the city of Maracaibo.

This also makes the local forces lack some understanding of the great powers like East Africa, but it is not a big problem, as East Africa will help them make up for this lesson.

"Boss Carmen, it's not good for us to cause trouble for the East Africans like this! After all, East Africa is a world power. If they want to deal with us, we won't have an easy time either." Rhodes, one of the leaders of the Laidani gang, said worriedly.

Carmen, the gang leader, said slowly, "Humph, you are surprised by what you have seen. We have dealt with Americans, British, and Spanish before. All of these three countries are powerful countries. East Africa is just a country with only a few years of history. How could it be more intimidating than other powers?"

Carmen, the gang boss, was not illiterate, but he had not read many books. He was originally a dock worker, and later joined the Redani gang. He relied on his strength and ferocity to gain a foothold in the Redani gang.

She was appreciated by the former boss of the Dani gang, Laidani, and quickly became the second-in-command of the gang. Later, Laidani died, and Carmen took over his position.

In the past few years, under Carmen's leadership, the Dani gang has achieved rapid development. There are more than 200 core members alone, and if peripheral personnel are included, there are more than 1,000 people.

The city of Maracaibo is not big, so the Ladani gang naturally became the largest criminal force in the area.

In short, Carmen's rise in Maracaibo was due to her ferocity and cruelty. Her knowledge is almost negligible, and her knowledge of history, geography and the like is a mess.

East Africa is originally an emerging country, which only came to the fore after the South African War. Although its national strength has developed rapidly in recent years, it has no reputation in some remote areas of the world with backward transportation.

This is also the main reason why Carmen doesn’t know much about East Africa. Of course, East Africa has become one of the top powers after all, so Carmen would not have never heard of this African country.

Carmen said to Rhodes, "A powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Even if East Africa is extremely powerful, they can't cross the Atlantic Ocean to show off their power here. Besides, the East African Oil Company is just a company. Can they mobilize the government to help them?"

Before investing in East Africa, there were really no large enterprises in Maracaibo, and the local finances were almost entirely supported by agriculture and some primary industries.

Therefore, the companies that Carmen has seen are generally not very powerful, and Carmen is a local boss, which makes him feel even more confident.

Carmen went on to say, "That East African Oil Company is also very tactless. They have the money to build such a big office building, but they only give us such a small amount of money. It's like sending away homeless people, especially that guy named Endel, who is dressed like a human being and still complains to me about being poor."

This is actually Carmen's misunderstanding of Endel. The East African Oil Company is indeed wealthy, but the money has nothing to do with Endel. Moreover, as a state-owned enterprise in East Africa, the East African Oil Company has a sense of pride in its hearts.

In addition, as one of the major powers in East Africa, the East African Oil Company does not want to deal with these people in the cesspool. It usually contacts official figures or big capitalists of a country.

Endel was willing to contact Carmen, a monster like her, which was a great honor for Carmen. As for paying more "protection fees", that was not up to Endel. As a state-owned enterprise, every sum of money of East African Oil Company was recorded. It was not like some private bosses with enough autonomy. Carmen said proudly: "In this small area of ​​Maracaibo, even the governor has to give me some face. How can I be scared by some foreign businessmen?"

"So the East African Oil Company wants to build that factory, but if they don't pay us the trade price, they can forget about starting the construction. Listen to me now, my friends."

"Whenever I have some free time, I go to their construction sites and cause trouble, so that they can't start work. If they have any supplies, I'll take them away, even bricks and sand, and I'll charge some interest first."

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As a result, over the next few days, the construction site of the East African Oil Company was delayed in starting work. Every day, people from the Dani gang were watching nearby, and once there was any movement, they would call a large number of gang members to come and cause trouble.

They even directly withheld a lot of construction materials from the East African Oil Company. Endel was so angry that his face almost turned green. However, after enduring for half a month, he finally got help.

"Are you Endel?" A middle-aged man with a cold face came to the East African Oil Company.

"Are you the person recommended by Consul Kwell?" Endel asked.

Endel judged that this man looked like someone who was not easy to deal with. He even seemed to sense a murderous aura, but he did not dare to ask more questions.

"This is a handwritten letter from Consul Kwell. You will understand after reading it." The man took out a letter with the wax seal of the consulate from his pocket.

Endel took the letter with some fear and began to read it. The letter did not contain much information, only telling Endel to fully cooperate with the man's request and not to ask any other questions.

The middle-aged man asked, "Tell me everything you know about the Laidani gang, and you don't need to worry about it in the next few days."

Endel already had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't dare to say too much. He honestly told the man in black some of the situations he had learned before.

The man in black didn't say much. After understanding the situation, he left alone. Even though Endel had a lot to say, he didn't dare to ask. And there was no movement from this man for two days after he met Endel.

On the third night, Endel had already begun to forget the incident, and just as he was about to lie down on the bed to fall asleep.

"Bang bang bang..."

A burst of fierce gunfire rang out in the city of Maracaibo, startling Endel, who had just begun to feel a little sleepy. Without even bothering to put on his clothes, he hurried to a window near the gunfire and opened the curtains to check the situation.

All I could hear was a continuous burst of gunfire and noise coming from the intersection of the slums and the urban area in the southwest of Maracaibo. The gunfire lasted for less than five minutes, and some sporadic gunfire could be heard afterwards.

After a while, a raging fire broke out in the southwest corner of Maracaibo. Endel stood by the window. His pajamas were already soaked with cold sweat. A terrible thought arose in his mind. After the fire was over, it took him a long time to recover.

That night, like Endel, many citizens of Maracaibo did not sleep. The fierce gun battle in the city made everyone terrified. Just listening to the density of the gunfire, it was probably that there were at least hundreds of people fighting.

The next day, just after dawn, a brave Malaysian Kaibo arrived at the place where gunshots were heard yesterday and was scared to death.

Outside the gathering place of the Laidani gang, bodies of gang members were lying in all directions, and the gang building was dead silent due to smoke and fire. The Laidani gang was completely wiped out!
(End of this chapter)