Chapter 340 The Price
"Okay, let's not go around the corner." President Kagame held the phone and sighed helplessly: "30% of the development rights of the Congo occupied area and priority procurement rights. These should satisfy you and your friends, right?!"
Benoit on the other end of the phone chuckled: "No, no, no... Your Excellency the President, you must know that if it were just these, it would not be enough to fully impress them. Do you know?! Now the country on the other side of the Atlantic has begun to show dissatisfaction with this matter."
"I want my friends to help, at least they feel that helping this is worthy of being embarrassed with that country." Benoit, on the other end of the phone, whispered: "This matter will not end so soon. We still need to communicate with many friends. Try to extend your time in Congo, which is in your interests and our interests."
Holding the phone, President Kagame fell into silence. The heavy breathing sounds from both sides followed the current signal. After a long time, President Kagame seemed to have made up some determination and said hoarsely to Benoit on the other end of the phone: "Fifty percent of the development rights cannot be added!"
"There is also full acquisition." Benoit on the other end of the phone whispered: "We need some interests to impress mineral companies, and Europe is also an aerospace region. We also need a lot of rare minerals. Only enough amounts and enough profits can make some friends think it is worth taking risks for us."
"No! This is impossible! The asking price is too high. If you give it all to you to acquire, then what are we?!" President Kagame almost shouted at Benoit: "Rwanda was bleeding and sacrificing, and our soldiers were fighting on the front line! But in the end our interests were damaged! This is definitely unacceptable!"
Benoit on the other end of the phone did not seem to be affected by President Kagame's anger, and he was still so slow: "His Excellency President, I cooperate with you with 100,000 sincerity. You need to know that we also need to protect the interests of our friends. What will happen if we refuse to help. I believe you are very clear."
Yes, President Kagame knew very well. What would happen if Benoit and his friends refused to help. Now Rwanda can have the advantage, which is inseparable from Benoit and his secret assistance. Once this assistance is disconnected, they will face the direct threat from the country on the other side of the ocean alone.
The death of the president in Rwanda and the subsequent massacre were actually the result of the game behind these capital forces. The French lost that time. Although they tried their best to help the Hutu people, unfortunately, the Hutu people still lost the war so unscrupulously.
The reason why the Congo president, who had been in high positions for decades, was also a game behind the capital - Europe was dissatisfied with the United States' direct control of the entire Congo's minerals. They wanted to re-dividate the distribution of minerals, but the Americans didn't think so.
This led to the Tutsi people assisted the guerrillas in killing the Congo's president. But the Rwandans were too anxious and tried to support each other as puppets. This caused a counterattack from the new president, followed by the intervention of the Electronics Association. In the end, the Europeans who could not bear it finally launched a direct conquest of Congo.
Of course, European troops were not directly involved. The group of people represented by Benoit were responsible for this matter. Some of them were arms brokers and some provided information. Benoit participated and infiltrated deeper, earlier, and Benoit, who had helped the help, chose to intervene at the same time while arms and force were intervened.
"It is definitely not possible to acquire the full power. If so, I would rather withdraw from Congo now." President Kagame said in a hoarse voice after a long silence: "I would rather give up all sacrifices than withdraw. My soldiers are sacrificing, and I always need to be worthy of their sacrifice."
When Benoit heard this from the other end of the phone, he whispered: "We have always been extremely lenient to our friends, President Kagame. We do not occupy all of this income. I have a national higher mining school in Paris, and of course! There are also certain scholarships. We really hope to cultivate Rwanda's own mining talents."
"2% of our income will be invested in public welfare undertakings, such as the Angel Fund that helps young people start businesses. Oh ~ By the way, in order to avoid young people's worries, we will also provide them with an apartment on St. Michel Avenue in the fifth district of Paris, a good means of transportation. There is also a regular monthly allowance. At the same time, after graduation, he will be arranged by us to intern in the company Pessini."
After a pause, Benoit whispered: "I believe that under our cultivation, young people will quickly grow into the backbone of Persini Company. Maybe we will give young people more opportunities, such as starting their own mining company? What do you think?!"
President Cagame's hands were trembling with his phone. Can he refuse?! How could he refuse?!Pesini is the only and largest aluminum manufacturer in France and Europe. At the same time, it is also a comprehensive company that produces metal materials and nuclear energy, a large multinational enterprise. Its business is spread all over the world and is deeply involved in mining, processing, manufacturing, secondary smelting, and other industries.
Benoit's meaning is very clear. He will get a place, and Benoit doesn't care who it is. The person designated by Cagame will get everything Benoit provides. The fifth district of Paris is the famous Latin district, which is the strongest area in the entire Parisian academic, artistic and cultural atmosphere.
There are many universities, as well as a large number of museums, bookstores and monuments. The apartments on St. Michel Avenue in the fifth district are worth imaginable. The apartments are all like this, so what the car will be like imaginable. Not to mention the opportunities to be arranged to intern at the Persini Company, with monthly allowances.
He would even be invested in establishing a mineral company! Kagame was panting, and after a while he pulled the button on his collar and smiled bitterly at Benoit on the other end of the phone: "I have to admit that you touched me. This condition made me very moved..."
"I said that we will be lenient with our friends. We will never treat our friends badly, which is why our business can continue for a long time." Benoit on the other end of the phone whispered: "You don't have to answer me so quickly, you can think about it for a while."
President Kagame was silent for a while and said, "No need to consider it, the quota will be increased to five. The apartments do not have to be in the fifth district, but the average student apartment is just fine. The car is not needed, and the allowance is divided into five servings for each of them. Including internship opportunities, there is no need for mining companies. That's it, what do you think?!"
This time, it was Benoit's turn on the other end of the phone and was silent. He seemed to be unable to accept it. Suddenly, someone would choose to give up the apartment in the fifth district and give up the car. He even had to set the quota of five places and share the allowance equally. The proposal made by Benoit actually gave Kagame's own immediate family.
However, Kagame's approach is undoubtedly to expand this benefit. In fact, this is lower than the conditions proposed by Benoit just now. But for Rwanda, it is a better way. Of course, Kagame will have to give up some of his own interests for this purpose.
"I have to admit that you are one of the most peculiar heads of state I have ever seen." After a while of silence, Benoit sighed: "I will try my best to meet your conditions, okay! I said directly, I will meet your conditions. There is no problem at all. You will get what you want, and the needs of my friends will not change."
Kagame closed his eyes in pain and whispered: "Yes, they will get everything they want!"
"Maybe this is inappropriate, but I still want to say: Happy cooperation!"
After hanging up the phone, Kagame and Benoit thought differently. In Benoit's view, Kagame was in vain. The overall situation in Africa was there. This is not something that one or two people could change by getting the opportunity to learn. Maybe they could change something, but they would eventually be overwhelmed by the tide of capital.
To achieve real change, they need generations or even generations of time to work hard, struggle, and even sacrifice. But Benoit does not believe that Africa can produce such generations. In his opinion, it is already amazing to have a generation do this.
But in Kagame's view, this was a glimmer of opportunity. Yes, Africa was just a colony in the eyes of Europeans. Apart from the colonies, Africa was nothing. In order to completely control Africa, Europeans chose to study in Europe by their chief children. They even cultivated local colonial troops affiliated with them.
In the end, these people saw the world clearly and drove them out of Africa completely, which triggered a wave of independence in the entire Africa. Indeed, there was only a little change. But if you didn’t even do this little change, then how could you expect the country to truly develop?!
Their views were not wrong. The collapse of the colonies after the war was indeed related to the African soldiers who had seen the weakness of Europeans and saw the outside world. But more of it was the efforts made by emerging American capital to enter Africa, a traditional European colonial area.
After the war, Europe was the weakest time and the strongest time for the United States. At that time, European capital had to pinch its nose at the intervention of American capital. But now, Europeans who have recovered naturally cannot still watch the Americans occupy so many resources. The cake is so big, if you eat more, I will eat less.
Chapter completed!