Chapter 655 Thirty Years in Hedong
“The people of Africa are not born to live the poorest life. They can also appear on the world stage with dignity. Mr. Bongo, I am very sure. This, but before that, you need to understand Bai, everything you gain cannot simply rely on what others give, but requires your own efforts. I can help the people of Koluo live a better life and enter modern civilization, but all this has a price... …”
At Grace In the wooden house at Lavender Manor, looking out the window at the beautiful scenery of the sea of flowers blown by the wind, Barron said lightly to Jamei Bongo in front of him:
"Facts speak louder than words. The people of Kolo now, There have been earth-shaking changes from five years ago, and this All changes come from our cooperation. Yes, cooperation, you will never get such conditions with others.”
Jaime Bongo won the Kolo election last year. After that, he started his second term.
This time, Jamei Bongo arrived in Australia for a visit after visiting European countries such as England, France, and Germany. He took the time to come to Barron to meet with the British Duke.
It can be said that compared to Jammeh Bongo’s trip five years ago when the new Kolo government was first established, his trip this time received a warmer welcome from those countries.
After all, at that time, Jammeh Bongo was just the president of a small African country, one of the least developed countries in the world. But now, after having relatively rich oil resources, Europe, which has a huge demand for energy, As far as the country is concerned, his status is becoming more and more important.
Especially in England, during the period when the subprime mortgage crisis occurred, international oil prices remained high, and the cold winter also made it increasingly difficult for ordinary people in England.
Color's oil and natural gas resources, its status as a member of the Commonwealth, and its close relationship with Barron, the British Duke, also made Brown attach great importance to Jamei Bongo's visit.
After meeting with Barron, Jamei Bongo will start his trip to Asia, and the first stop will be China.
Speaking of which, although Kolo was one of the least developed countries in the world, they were very lucky to have discovered oil in their territorial waters.
And Kolo itself is a small country with a population of only about 7 million, so their oil resources are enough for the people of Kolo to live a good life - a country of this size has enough resources , or when you are leading in a certain field, it is easy for your own citizens to live a good life.
Unlike China, whose population will increase to 1.4 billion in the future, those that can currently be called developed countries only have a total of "golden billions". Just like later, Aoguanhai Frankly speaking:
"It is impossible for all Chinese people to live an American life, otherwise Americans will not have a good life, and the whole world may even fall into disaster."
His words indeed represent the thoughts of many Americans and even Westerners.
After all, with less than 6% of the world's population, the United States consumes up to one-third of the world's resources...
Even if we don't talk about the wasteful lifestyle of Americans, if For everyone in China to live the average quality of life of developed countries, it means that it is far from possible for China to just be the "world's factory". It must occupy many high-profit industries-those currently controlled by developed countries. field.
After all, the growth of global resources is relatively slow. It can be said that under the "zero-sum" thinking, if all 1.4 billion people in China have achieved the living standards of developed countries, it will be impossible for the West to continue to "lie down" "To seize the most profitable parts."
Are Chinese people not qualified to live such a life?
The answer is obvious, and conflict is inevitable.
But again, because Kolo is a small country, it is impossible for them to really fully enjoy their resources - don't forget, even the tycoon countries in the Middle East are rich in oil resources. , and also need to constantly pay various "tributes" to the United States... And most African countries, even if they are rich in resources, can hardly have even a smaller proportion fall into their own hands.
Is it true that after Colo discovered the rich oil reserves, he was never coveted?
As far as Jammeh Bongo and Barron know, the French mining companies that remain in Colo have many contacts with Colo’s top management, including Jame Bongo’s biggest competition. The leader of the Socialist Party of Colo, Thomas Kabore.
Even Jamei Bongo himself has been explicitly or covertly offered "cooperation" at times.
As for the United States, that is, the United Energy Group, which holds a relatively high proportion of the shares of Colo Petroleum Company, also has American capital joining. Otherwise, I am afraid that the CIA would have taken more active actions long ago. .
So just like what Barron said to Jamei Bongo, the deeper meaning is that he can help Colo obtain their part of the interests stably - the Colo government through the Colo country The Development Investment Company holds 40% of the shares of Kolo Petroleum Company, and through related special taxes, it can obtain a total of about 50% of the oil benefits. This is enough to make the lives of the people of Kolo jump from one of the least developed countries to It is one of the richest countries in Africa.
What Barron needs is to ensure 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 Colo, including Jamei Bongo, will "backlash" in the future.
Because from the perspective of Kolo's national system, it has been ensured that Barron is not worried that the other party will escape his control. What's more, Kolo's military force, the Kolo Army, is still controlled by Barron, which also prevents The occurrence of a "coup".
You must know that the current Western-style "democratic system" itself is the basis for America's global dominance, because under this system, weak countries cannot escape being controlled through various means. Destiny, and the United States, is the strongest existence in this system - in essence, the United States is not a country composed of Americans, but a community of interests of the world's top capital under the system of capital.
This is why Barron's previously needed to be integrated into Wall Street capital to some extent.
Because they are not regarded as "one of our own", it will be difficult to develop at all.
Especially on the premise that Barron is a British person in this world - after all, Britain is not China, and it no longer has the ability to fight against Wall Street capital.
Back to Colo, with Barron's current power in Colo, there is no need to interfere in Colo's internal competition - just like when Thomas Kabore "expressed his loyalty" to him before the election last year, Barron didn't say anything clear.
Because now that he has significant influence over Kolo's media, economy and military, he only needs to have a dialogue with the winner within Kolo.
All he needs to do is to eliminate the possibility of being influenced by other forces internally, and then make the winners within Kolo become his collaborators and obtain corresponding benefits.
After all, judging from the United States’ previous interference in many countries, the more frequently it “points fingers”, the greater the backlash from internal local forces will be.
(End of this chapter)