Chapter 440 Britta
“I don’t know any earlier than you, but I can say with certainty that this matter will probably have a great impact on the outcome of the meeting...”
"Your Highness the Duke, as far as I know, you have a good relationship with the eldest lady of the TP family, um, the 'young genius investor', Miss Ivanta."
Barron and Ivan The relationship between Ta and Ta will be kept secret in public, but John Bogle is not surprised that he knows something, but he will not admit it explicitly:
"Miss TP and I do have some business There is no essential difference between our cooperation with the Pilot Group. I can’t influence your decision, right?”
"But we know that Miss Ivanta had a meeting with David Smith two days ago. At that time, the news that IC Capital would enter the Sinclair Group's board of directors had not yet been made public. Now it seems that her The intention is somewhat worth pondering."
"Mr. Bogle, no matter what, the interests of the Pilot Group in the Sinclair Group will not be harmed, it is just about whether it can get more. It's a question of interests. I told John Smith that I would stand on the side of the winner. On the other hand, I believe you think so too, but who will be the winner?"
Barron no longer wants to continue playing guessing games with Bogle, an old fox:
"I I can only say that no matter what, we still have mutual friendship. Under this premise, if you want to get the shares of SEM Group, I will not object... As for the results of the Sinclair Group board of directors meeting, Wish us good luck”
…
This was the message Barron gave to the Pilot Group before this.
As for Ivanta’s question...
It’s also easy to understand. Just like Barron said, no matter what the outcome of the board meeting, the interests of the Pilot Group will not be affected. Too much damage, unless, they choose to be on the loser's side.
It is precisely this way, after noticing the emergence of the variable IC Capital, and Ivanta asked for a final vote according to Barron's suggestions, in this case, the Pilot Group will not be able to win At that exact moment, when John Smith's proposal can get a majority of votes - the choice of IC Capital and DS Capital is no longer under their control - then the safest option is to abstain.
Although they will not be on the side of the winner, at least they will not be on the side of the loser, which is the safest way.
When the Navigation Group made its choice, the choices made by Amber Sheehan and Ivanta, who represented DS Capital, were already determined.
This result is also good for Barron. DS Capital can choose to abstain. Although it has temporarily given up on John Smith, it is not completely on the side of David Smith. It is considered a neutral attribute. .
It also allowed John Smith to retain the hope of a comeback - provided he was willing to show enough sincerity.
“Dear, then we will proceed as planned?”
“Yes.”
...
After hanging up the phone, Barron continued to read what he had not read before, about the plan for the new capital of Colo...
Yes, the Colo government had done this before, Announcing plans for their new capital, they will move the country's main administrative branches from Loti to the central city of Bullita within the next three years.
In fact, Colo has long had the idea of moving the capital, but it was difficult to promote it due to historical reasons.
First of all, Loti's location is not suitable for being the capital of a country.
Because Loti is not only a coastal city, it is almost immediately adjacent to the border between Kolo and neighboring Ghana...
There is a saying that a cannonball is fired from Ghana. , you can fall directly into the presidential palace in Colo - it is only one kilometer from the border, and their parliament building is only two kilometers from the border. When Barron helped the Colo Liberation Front successfully launch a coup, it was also because of the geographical location of the capital Loti...
There are historical reasons for the formation of this situation. The earliest At that time, the entire Crow area was a German colony.
They landed from the sea at that time, chose Loti to build a port and carried out key development.
After Germany's defeat in World War I, the Colo area was divided between Britain and France.
Among them, the relatively rich western Kolo region belonged to the British and was incorporated into the colony of Ghana.
Lotti and the relatively barren eastern Colot region belonged to France and became French Colot.
Because Loti had been run by the Germans for many years and was the largest city there, it was set by the French as the capital of French Collot.
After World War II, the independence movement in Africa emerged. After the two sides became independent from Britain and France, they are now Ghana and Kolo.
Another reason is that after years of development, Loti, the original capital of Colo, has gathered a large population.
The entire population of Kolo is less than 7 million, and 2 million people live in the city of Loti.
Nowadays, the entire country of Kolo is economically strong in the south and weak in the north. To be precise, it is concentrated in the coastal area centered on Loti.
Other areas, especially the north of the Central Province that has long been occupied by the "rebels", are mainly agricultural and very poor.
On the one hand, although Loti has a large population, its layout is messy, which is not conducive to short-term re-planning.
On the other hand, the Colo government also hopes to increase the development of areas outside the Maritime Province.
In this way, it would be a good move to move the capital and move the administrative functions of the government to the hinterland of Colo.
Of course, the main reason why this measure can be truly implemented is that the Colo government has money...
After the offshore oil fields are more and more fully developed, and now it is As oil prices rise, the Colo government has received a generous special tax on oil extraction and a high profit share from Colo Petroleum Company. This also gives the Colo government the ability to implement the policy of relocating the capital. Create a new city.
Their new capital was chosen in Bulita, located in the Central Province. It was originally just a small town. Next, large-scale construction will begin there. Within three years, most of the capitals of Loti Functionality will be moved there.
Prior to this, Golden Africa Real Estate Group has taken the lead in purchasing more than 40% of the land in Bulita, and will be the real estate company that will benefit the most from the construction of the new capital.
Another Jupiter Building, built by Golden Africa Real Estate Group, is a 25-story "residential building" that will become Barron's residence in Colo in the future.
In addition, they will also start building commercial areas, office buildings and mid-to-high-end residential areas in Bulita.
It is worth mentioning that after the announcement of the construction plan of the new capital Bullita, the Loda Expressway and Loda Railway, the main artery running through the north and south of Colo, will also be built first from Loti to Bulli This section of the tower was designed to speed up the connection of the new capital with the largest city.
(End of this chapter)