Chapter 953 Expectations
It is worth mentioning that in the competition for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the biggest competitor in Glasgow, Scotland is Abuja, Nigeria.
However, at the Commonwealth Games Federation meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, all 71 Commonwealth member organizations voted. In the end, Glasgow successfully bid for the right to host the Games with 47 votes in favor of Abuja and 24 votes in favor.
Then in 2010, Kolo, who had become wealthy through re-export trade and the oil mining and processing industry, also participated in the bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
After all, Kolo, which is committed to building itself into a maritime center and financial center in West Africa at this time, needs to start establishing its own national image and popularity, and is therefore willing to actively participate in and host these international events.
But with Kolo's current strength, it is completely unrealistic to host the World Cup and Olympic Games, and it is even less likely to win the right to host it.
Then through the platform of the Commonwealth, it is a more appropriate choice for them to host the Commonwealth Games, which has a reasonable number of participating countries but not many major events and occupies an irresponsible venue.
This time the opponents competing with Colobulita for the 2018 Commonwealth Games include Australia's Gold Coast and Sri Lanka's Hambantota.
Especially Australia’s Gold Coast. Barron remembered that in the original time and space, the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held there
You know, Queensland’s Gold Coast is a famous tourist destination. It’s a resort. Barron and the others have visited there. The scenery is still very pleasant. Colo's success in this competition was due to Colo's increasingly obvious importance in the British energy security system and Barron's behind-the-scenes operations, and Colo's promise to invest a total of 10 billion in the Bulita plan. Kolo Shilling, the construction includes a comprehensive stadium, a racecourse, swimming pool and other related facilities.
This time Barron will also attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the comprehensive stadium named Bulita's "Fantasy Eye" and the nearby swimming pool.
The "Fantasy Eye" is expected to be completed in 2016, in time for its opening before the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Of course, the construction of these sports venues, including the "Fantasy Eye", is not just built specifically for the Commonwealth Games. After that, these venues will also be open to the public and host some events.
This is also part of Kolo's "revitalizing culture and sports" plan. This plan includes Kolo launching a national football league - the Kolo people themselves like playing football very much, and the Kolo national team is still there. Both the World Cup in Germany and the World Cup in South Africa successfully entered the finals.
When Colo was still an underdeveloped country, many children in Colo could only play football barefoot on the streets. Next, the Colo government will invest special funds to build new facilities for every school. Football field and construction of football park.
And a special sports fund will be established to build larger football venues in some cities above a certain size and lease them to local football clubs as their home stadiums.
The "Fantasy Eye" will also be the home stadium of Bulita's football club in the future.
“After successfully obtaining the qualification to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, we are also strengthening the construction of football venues and preparing to compete for the right to host the 2019 African Cup...”
It must be said that even if it is only obtained in 2018 However, because it defeated its strong rival, Australia’s Gold Coast, in the competition, Colo’s popularity among the people of the Commonwealth countries has also increased a lot. This has increased from recent official statistics of Colo. This can be seen from the significant increase in the number of people from Commonwealth member states who enter the country for short-term tourism.
So this greatly encouraged Kolo - after all, Kolo's environment is still very good, and tourism can also drive many industries and increase income.
In a conversation between Colo President Thomas Kabore and Barron, he also expressed interest in Colo's bid to host related events.
It can be said that the current mentality of Kolo in Africa and the Commonwealth is somewhat similar to China's mentality in the world, that is, the country has accumulated strength and hopes to improve its own image and at the same time inspire its own citizens. Pride. Of course, in terms of their own strength, there is no comparison between Kolo and Huaxia. Kolo is a bit similar to the "big dog" in the Middle East, but he is not that powerful and can only be said to be a small rich.
At the same time, Thomas Kabore's enthusiasm for this can also be seen in his expectations for his re-election.
After all, one and a half years later, that is, 2015, will be another election year for Colo. Only then will Thomas Kabore be re-elected, and he will be able to see Colo host the Commonwealth in 2018. As for the scene of the sports meeting, as for the 2019 African Cup, even if Kolo gets the right to host it, since the African Cup is usually held in June and July, it will definitely be a matter of the next president.
But if Thomas Kabore can lead Kolo to win the right to host the Commonwealth Games and the African Cup in succession, Thomas will also be recorded in the history of Kolo as the president who gained a sense of presence in the international community.
Thomas naturally understands that the key to whether he can achieve his wish and win re-election does not lie in the general election in a year and a half, or "public opinion", but in the Duke beside him.
......
A video that was obviously shot secretly from a certain angle was playing on the screen, and the content of the screen was a bit unsightly...
When the video appeared on the screen Wearing a blue dress... When the former commander-in-chief of the United States paused, Barron was a little stunned. He pressed the remote control and the picture on the screen turned dark.
"Now you can confirm the authenticity of these things in my hand, Your Highness the Duke."
At this time, Barron was in a secret safe house, and the person beside him who spoke was a blond woman.
“What do you want?”
Barron asked with a smile.
Yes, apart from the superficial purpose of Barron's visit to Kolo this time, the most important thing is to meet someone.
It is the woman named Leslie Grove who is standing next to him now. When the other party contacted Barron's people stationed in the United States, she said that she had something very important in her hands, but she needed to communicate with Barron in person. He would only take it out when he met Lun, so there was this meeting between the two parties.
Leslie Grove’s identity was Epstein’s personal assistant.
“I want a safe guarantee.”
Hearing Leslie’s words, Barron asked:
“It is said that Epstein took care of everything. , even though he was charged with some charges, he was sentenced to less than two years in prison and had already been paroled..."
(End of this chapter)