Rebirth of England.

Chapter 655 Thirty Years in Hedong

"Africans are not born to live the poorest life. They can also appear on the world stage with dignity, Mr. Bongo. I am very sure of this, but before that, you need to understand that everything you get cannot be simply obtained by relying on others, but requires your own efforts. I can help the people of Kolo live a better life and enter modern civilization, but all of this also has a price..."

In the wooden house of Grace Lavender Manor, looking at the beautiful scenery of the sea of ​​flowers blowing in the wind outside the window, Barron said to Jammeh Bongo in front of him lightly:
"Facts speak louder than words. The people of Kolo today have undergone tremendous changes compared to five years ago, and all these changes are due to our cooperation. Yes, cooperation. You will never get such conditions from other people."

Jammeh Bongo began his second term after winning the Kolo election last year.

This time, Jammeh Bongo arrived in Australia for a visit after visiting European countries including Britain, France and Germany. He took time out to come to Barron and meet with the British Duke.

It can be said that compared with Jammeh Bongo’s visit five years ago when the new government of Kolo was just established, his visit this time was more warmly welcomed by those countries.

After all, at that time, Jammeh Bongo was just the president of a small African country that was one of the least developed countries in the world. But now, with relatively rich oil resources, his position has become increasingly important for European countries with huge energy needs.

Especially in Britain, during the period of the subprime mortgage crisis, international oil prices remained high, and coupled with the cold winter, life became increasingly difficult for ordinary people in Britain.

Brown also attaches great importance to Jammeh Bongo's visit because of Colo's oil and gas resources, its membership of the Commonwealth, and its close relationship with the Duke of England, Barron.

After meeting with Barron, Jammeh Bongo will start his trip to Asia, with China as the first stop.

Speaking of which, although Colo was previously one of the least developed countries in the world, they were very lucky to have discovered oil in their territorial waters.

Moreover, Kolo itself is a small country with a population of only about 700 million, so their oil resources are enough for the people of Kolo to live a good life - a country of this size, with sufficient resources or a leading position in a certain field, can easily make its citizens live a good life.

Unlike China, whose population will increase to 14 billion in the future, the number of countries that can be called developed countries is only the "golden billion". As Ao Guanhai said later:

"It is impossible to let all Chinese people live an American lifestyle. Otherwise, Americans will not have a good life, and even the whole world may fall into disaster."

His words do represent the thoughts of many Americans, and even Westerners.

After all, America, with less than 6% of the world's population, consumes up to one-third of the world's resources...

Even without mentioning the wasteful lifestyle of Americans, if all Chinese were to live the average quality of life of developed countries, it would mean that it would be far from possible for China to simply be the "world's factory" and it would have to occupy many high-profit industries - those areas currently controlled by developed countries.

After all, the growth of global resources is relatively slow. It can be said that under the "zero-sum" mentality, if all 14 billion Chinese people can achieve the living standards of developed countries, it will be impossible for the West to continue to "ly down" and grab the most profitable parts.

So do the Chinese people not have the right to live such a life?

The answer is obvious, and conflict is inevitable.

But at the same time, because Kolo is a small country, it is impossible for them to really enjoy all the resources that belong to them - don't forget, even the wealthy countries in the Middle East with rich oil resources need to constantly pay "tribute" to the United States... and most African countries, even if they are rich in resources, it is difficult for even a smaller proportion to fall into their own hands.

Is it true that after Colo discovered the rich reserves of oil, it has never been coveted?

Just from what Jammeh Bongo and Barron know, the French mining companies that remain in Colo have had frequent contact with Colo's top leaders, including Jammeh Bongo's biggest competitor, Thomas Kaboré, leader of the Colo Socialist Party.

Even Jammeh Bongo himself has been asked to "cooperate" either explicitly or implicitly.

As for the American side, the United Energy Group, which holds a relatively high proportion of shares in Colo Oil, also has the participation of American capital. Otherwise, the CIA would probably have taken more active actions a long time ago.

Therefore, as Barron said to Jammeh Bongo, the deeper meaning is that he can help Kolo obtain their share of the benefits steadily - the Kolo government holds 40% of the shares of Kolo Oil Company through the Kolo National Development Investment Company, and through relevant special taxes, it can obtain a total of about 50% of the oil profits. These are enough to make the lives of the people of Kolo leap from one of the least developed countries to one of the richest countries in Africa.

What Barron needs is to ensure that he gets his share of the benefits, so he defines the relationship between himself and Kolo as a form of cooperation.

And Barron is not worried about whether the local forces in Kolo, including Jammeh Bongo, will "backfire" in the future.

Because from the perspective of Kolo's national system, Barron has already guaranteed that he does not worry that the other party will escape from his control. What's more, Kolo's military force, the Kolo Legion, is still controlled by Barron, which also prevents the occurrence of a "coup".

You must know that the current Western-style "democratic system" is itself the basis for America's domination of the world. Because under this system, weak countries cannot escape the fate of being controlled in various ways, and America is the strongest existence in this system. In essence, America is not a country composed of Americans, but a community of interests of the world's top capital under the capital system.

This is why Barron needed to integrate into Wall Street capital to some extent before.

Because if we are not regarded as "one of our own", it will be difficult to develop.

Especially since Barron is an Englishman in this world - after all, England is not China, and he no longer has the ability to fight against Wall Street capital.

Back to Kolo, with Barron’s current power in Kolo, there is no need for him to interfere in the internal competition in Kolo - just like before last year’s election, when Thomas Cabore "expressed his loyalty" to him, Barron did not make any clear statement.

Because now that he has significant influence over Colo's media, economy and military, it is enough for him to have a dialogue with the winner within Colo.

All he needs to do is to prevent the possibility of being influenced by other forces within the organization, and then make the winner within Colo become his collaborator and obtain corresponding benefits.

After all, judging from America’s previous interference in many countries, the more frequent its “meddling”, the greater the backlash from internal local forces.

(End of this chapter)