African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1190 Southern National Gala
City of Dar es Salaam.

In October, the city of Dar es Salaam was decorated with lights and colors everywhere. The city of Dar es Salaam put a lot of effort into preparing for the World Expo.

The cityscape, which was originally in a mess due to the new economic policy, has now been completely transformed after the city government's governance.

Under the new economic policy, economic development is given priority in everything. Therefore, in order to save costs, many entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals that have sprung up in East Africa choose to set up stalls in Dar es Salaam to make a living. This way, they can save on rent and other related expenses. At that time, East Africa chose to turn a blind eye to this situation.

This has put tremendous pressure on the city's sanitation, transportation, and public security. Coupled with the influx of foreign businessmen, the entire city of Dar es Salaam is inevitably in chaos.

But now that the World Expo is being held, it certainly cannot go on. After two months of governance by the Dar es Salaam Municipal Government, the order of the entire city seemed to have returned to the era of completely planned economy overnight.

"Mr. Pereira, welcome to East Africa!" said Carls, the second prince of East Africa. "We are very happy that the Brazilian government, as our friend, can actively participate in the Dar es Salaam World Expo."

Pereira is the representative sent by the Brazilian government this time, and Brazil is also one of the South American powers that East Africa values ​​most, although Argentina is now very powerful in South America and is far ahead in terms of economy.

However, compared with Brazil, its potential is ultimately limited. Brazil's land area is nearly three times that of Argentina. Although it has not been effectively developed, this is exactly the partner that East Africa hopes for.

If it were Argentina, it would be completely different. Precisely because Argentina appears to be particularly "rich and powerful" now, the Argentines are not as "aware of the times" as the Brazilian government when facing other countries.

Argentina has even compared itself to some European countries and considered itself a big shot. After all, many European countries are not as wealthy as Argentina is today.

Therefore, in its contacts with East Africa, Argentina naturally believed that the two sides should have an equal relationship. After all, this was the attitude of Britain, France and other countries towards Argentina.

Brazil is different. It is a typical "poor and backward" big country. This is the impression Brazil gives to the world today. Many years ago, East Africa was almost the same in the eyes of the outside world.

Pereira was also surprised by East Africa's generosity. He said to Karls with some surprise: "I didn't expect that your country would send a prince like you to preside over this East African Expo. I am really flattered."

Karls is the second prince of East Africa. His identity and status can be said to be quite dazzling. After all, the Rhine royal family used to be sparsely populated, and this changed only in Ernst's generation. Therefore, Ernst gave important positions to several princes of the royal family.

Several princes worked hard for Ernst, and were even involved in some government affairs. After all, in Ernst's plan, except for Crown Prince Friedrich, other princes would be granted fiefdoms overseas in the future, and they would not be able to do this without being familiar with government affairs.

Carls said politely, "Mr. Pereira is too polite. Our East African government also attaches great importance to this World Expo, and each country invited is carefully selected. So when you come to participate in the event, you should also relax a little. Win-win cooperation is the mainstream of the future relationship between our two countries."

In fact, excluding some special countries, this East African World Expo can be called the "Southern Countries Expo".

The Southern countries are actually a vague concept of backward countries in the previous life. Many underdeveloped countries are concentrated in the southern hemisphere or to the south of the economically developed countries in the north.

This is also what Karls meant by "carefully selected". In order to get the southern countries to participate, East Africa has spent a lot of effort. Basically, all those who could be invited were invited, and those who had no money were also paid extra to help them travel to East Africa.

Moreover, for the countries in the southern hemisphere, or some special markets, such as the Far East Empire and some Middle Eastern countries, East Africa has also specially dispatched a large number of personnel to provide one-on-one services, fearing that their trip to Dar es Salaam might not give them a deep enough understanding of East Africa.

A total of 43 countries and regions in East Africa were invited to participate in this event. This number is not small, because many regions are actually colonies of certain major countries, such as India, Vietnam, Australia and so on.

Among them, the British colonies were invited the most, after all, the British colonies along the Indian Ocean were the most numerous, such as Egypt, Oman, Aden, which were relatively small colonies or semi-colonies. The countries and regions invited by East Africa can be summarized according to this logic, and in terms of importance, they are the countries and regions along the Indian Ocean, the countries and regions in the southern hemisphere, and the countries and regions in the south.

Among these countries, Brazil, the Far East Empire, Australia and India stand out because of their large size.

Prince Carls said to the Brazilian exhibitors, "I have important things to do next, so I can't keep you company. This is Deputy Minister of Commerce Rhodes, who will lead you to continue your journey."

Carles has a heavy task, as he will have to receive people from almost every country and region, so it is naturally impossible for him to be a nanny for the Brazilians.

Pereira naturally knew this, so he did not feel unhappy. In fact, being able to meet the prince of East Africa was enough to make him satisfied.

At this time, the tool man Rhodes stepped forward and began to communicate with the Brazilian exhibitors. He said to Pereira: "We have prepared accommodation, vehicles, catering and other services for your country."

"Your accommodation will be arranged at the Oriental Hotel in Dar es Salaam, which is one of the best accommodations in Dar es Salaam. Food and drinks will be specially provided during your stay to ensure that you will feel at home."

“At the same time, we have prepared special vehicles and drivers for you. If you want to go anywhere, you can greet the driver. Traveling in Dar es Salaam is very convenient.”

As he spoke, Rhodes led everyone to a team of government luxury cars and helped the Brazilian exhibitors carry their luggage. Just by seeing these luxury cars, the Brazilian exhibitors were greatly shocked, and they also felt the sincerity of the East African government.

With the help of the East African staff, their luggage was placed in the trunk, and Rhodes invited Pereira to sit in the second car, while the lead car was naturally used to lead the way.

There is still some distance from the landing site to the Oriental Hotel, but this journey was an eye-opener for Pereira.

He said to Rhodes in amazement: "I have been to many countries, including many big cities like New York, London, and Paris, but I have never seen a city with such heavy traffic as Dar es Salaam."

On both sides of the convoy, cars were passing by. Cars that were rarely seen in other countries were like cabbages in East Africa.

Seeing Pereira's surprised expression, Rhodes asked complacently: "Mr. Pereira, I'm afraid you have never been to East Africa?"

Pereira nodded and said, "Really not."

Rhodes said: "If you have been to East Africa, especially at the beginning of this century, you will not be so surprised, because we are the kingdom of cars in East Africa, and our car production far exceeds that of other countries. Therefore, in East Africa, cars are not luxury goods, but a means of transportation that many people need in their daily lives."

"Even ordinary people can save enough money to buy a car if they work hard for a few years. Today, there are more than tens of millions of registered cars in our country."

Rhodes' words made Pereira feel astonished. What does tens of millions of vehicles mean? You have to know that the national population of Brazil is only about 30 million.

So through a simple data, Pereira has a deep understanding of the national strength of East Africa. I am afraid that in the automobile industry alone, East Africa can be compared with the national industry of Brazil.

As of 1914, there were only more than factories in Brazil, which was basically the level of East Africa in the s.

(End of this chapter)