You can't blame Brian for being so reckless. It's really because the French have so few chips in their hands. Under normal circumstances, it's impossible to get what they want.
What France covets is Madagascar's rich resources, but the French are unwilling to pay and try to use blackmail to force the Madagascars to submit.
Francis is not a freeloader. With the full cooperation of Brad's office, Francis knows Brian's bottom line very clearly. If you can't get it on the battlefield, you will definitely not get it at the negotiation table.
Roque ignored the negotiations between France and Madagascar. Unlike the smooth sailing in the previous two times when he took back the power of Bloemfontein and Cape Town and redefined the administrative planning, the adjustment of the federal government's shareholding in public utilities suffered from the beginning.
to huge resistance.
The biggest resistance comes not from Roque and Stoudemire, but from state governments.
As mentioned earlier, the relationship between the federal government and state governments is not simply a superior-subordinate one. State governors and members of state assemblies are not appointed by the federal government, but elected by each state.
This leads to the fact that state governments and state parliaments are actually responsible to state voters, not to the federal government.
While the federal government's finances are tight, the finances of the states are also very tight. For example, the shares of Bloemfontein Airport are now divided into four parts, owned by Nyasaland Airlines, Air Rhodesia, Bloemfontein Municipal Government, and Austrian Airlines.
Owned by the Orange County Government.
If the federal government wants to take a stake in Bloemfontein Airport, the shareholding ratios of the Bloemfontein Municipal Government and the Orange State Government will be reduced accordingly, which will definitely affect the Bloemfontein Municipal Government and the Orange State Government.
government revenue.
However, this does not hinder Roque's determination. Roque now has time to slowly adjust. After redefining the administrative divisions, the 11 states in Southern Africa have increased to 20 states. These newly added states have not yet started elections. All elections have to wait.
After completion, Rock will be officially implemented.
Of all the states, Edward is the state that Rock is most concerned about.
As the most important port on the Indian Ocean coast in southern Africa, Port Edward is responsible for the import and export business to the entire Indian Ocean periphery and Asia.
Asian immigrants in southern Africa mainly enter southern Africa through Port Edward.
Commodities from southern Africa are also sent to the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia through Port Edward.
In recent years, in order to reduce circulation and transportation costs, Nyasaland Automotive and Nyasaland Heavy Industries have opened branches in Port Edward. Port Edward itself has a developed shipbuilding industry and metal smelting, and Madagascar's mineral resources are also sent to Port Edward.
After initial processing in Port Edward, it is sent to the hinterland of southern Africa.
By various coincidences, Port Edward's income ranks among the best in southern Africa. The only places that can rival Port Edward are Johannesburg, Los Angeles and Milner.
The reason why Johannesburg’s income is high has a lot to do with the Rand Gold Mine and the Johannesburg Pharmaceutical Company.
Milna City came from behind to rely on the military industry and aviation industry. After Nyasaland Military Industry and Nyasaland Aviation moved from Los Angeles, they both moved to Milna City. Although this city is not well-known in southern Africa, it is actually
Status is very important.
After the partition of Rhodesia, the city of Milner was also designated as the capital of Northern Rhodesia.
As for the candidate for governor of Rhodesia, Roque’s favorite choice is Qian Huangshan, chief of staff of the Northern Rhodesia Division.
After the World War, there was a major disarmament in southern Africa. As a senior general, Huangshan was hired by the Nyasaland Military Industry as the general consultant after his retirement.
Huangshan’s competitors include Alfred Leighton, the former deputy general manager of the South Africa Company, Paul Cairns, the former interior minister of Rhodesia, and Tony Harper, the former deputy commander of the 202nd Division who also retired after the world war.
“How is it, do you have confidence?” Of course, Luo Ke fully supported Huangshan, not only because Huangshan was a soldier, but also because Huangshan was Chinese.
There is still only one Chinese governor in southern Africa, Anton.
This situation is very abnormal. You must know that the Chinese in southern Africa now account for more than half of the total population. In theory, out of 11 states, at least six state governors should be Chinese.
It’s a pity that the calculation is not like this. Southern Africa is still part of the Commonwealth. When Roque arranges cabinet members, he must pay attention to maintaining a certain proportion of white cabinet members and try to avoid Chinese-American cabinets. The same goes for every state. White people serve as governors.
, in fact, it is more conducive to dealing with the local country and other countries.
This situation is also inevitable, although as more and more ethnic Chinese enter government departments, there is still a long way to go for ethnic Chinese to achieve a political status commensurate with the population.
"There is definitely confidence, but it still needs the support of the federal government. Alfred has the support of South African companies, Paul has the support of Salsbury, and many white employees of Nyasaland Military Industry and Nyasaland Aviation support Tony."
, but this is not a problem, as long as I have the support of the Chinese." Huangshan is still very confident. The population of Northern Rhodesia is not large, about 2 million people, about 70% of whom are Chinese.
When the federal government was established, the total population of Rhodesia was less than 200,000.
In order to enrich Rhodesia, many Chinese immigrants came to southern Africa and were directly arranged to settle in Rhodesia. As a result, more than 80% of the farmers in Rhodesia were Chinese.
After Nyasaland Military Industry and Nyasaland Aviation moved to Milna, the proportion of Chinese in Northern Rhodesia has decreased, but overall they still have an absolute advantage. Unless several other candidates cheat, it is impossible to win.
Huangshan.
In other newly formed states, the situation is actually similar to Northern Rhodesia. Bullard's office predicts that after all elections are completed, there will be at least six Chinese governors in southern Africa and as many as eight, which is Kimberley.
The governor of the state may be a white man.
It is only possible.
"This is easy to handle. What you have to do now is to get as much support as possible. If it doesn't work, just find Alfred or Paul to form a coalition government. Don't worry about other things." Roque has ordered Nyasaland Telecom and "
"The Times" fully cooperates with the promotion of all Chinese candidates.
E campaign is actually a competition for the right to speak. No matter how good the policy agenda is, there must be channels for all voters to know about it.
In southern Africa, the most powerful communications company is Nyasaland Telecom, which owns six radio stations.
As for the newspaper with the largest circulation, The Times is undisputed. In southern Africa alone, the daily circulation of the Chinese version of The Times has reached 300,000, which is a terrifying figure.
Think about it, in 1925, there were not many people in southern Africa who could read or read newspapers.
In other words, almost every Chinese who has reading habits will subscribe to the Times. This influence is very terrifying.
Not all people who can read newspapers have reading habits.
Chinese has a huge advantage over English or Boolean in this aspect. There are actually more than 3,000 commonly used Chinese characters. If you learn 3,000 Chinese characters, you can basically read and read newspapers without any problems.
English is much more difficult and obscure. In 1920, the "English-Chinese Bilingual Dictionary" was published in Southern Africa. It included 50,000 commonly used English words, and the number was still increasing. This virtually added a lot of pressure to learning English.
Especially for many academic journals that use a large number of proper nouns, even professionals can’t say they can fully understand them.
Chinese does not have this pressure, which is also an important reason why Chinese is becoming more and more popular in southern Africa.
"Governor Anton held a fund-raising event for me in Los Angeles a few days ago and received a total of nearly 3 million rand in campaign funds. I haven't figured out how to spend the money yet." Huangshan was uneasy, 3 million rand.
It's not a small number.
Campaign funding is another deep-rooted disease of American democracy.
To participate in an election, you need huge financial support. Most of the time, candidates have no money, so they need to raise campaign funds from the society, which will lead to many problems.
Donating to candidates is actually an investment. Since it is an investment, it needs to be returned. For example, Nyasaland Insurance can give Huangshan a large sum of money. Then after Huangshan is successfully elected as governor, the people of Northern Rhodesia will only need to buy
For cars, you can only buy Nyasaland insurance.
Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? It seems to be blatant favoritism for public affairs.
In fact, this is a very normal operation in the United Kingdom and the United States, and people do not think it is **, but an open political exchange, which is completely reasonable and legal.
This situation is also common in southern Africa. Roque has not yet calmed down. Once Roque finishes the things at hand, he will definitely solve this problem.
“I have only one request from you. You must not turn your political donations into a tool for personal gain. In that case, I would rather you lose the election.” Roque’s attitude was clear, with a hint of warning.
Huangshan is not stupid either. He listens to the voice and immediately understands what Luo Ke means.
"Okay, I will donate the money to Madam's foundation for charity." Huang Shan was too careful, but Luo Ke really didn't mean this.
The foundation under Phyllis's name has donated more than 100 million rand to charity over the years, and its investment scope is mainly in education, health, and other public undertakings in the three northern states.
In recent years, the foundation under Phyllis's name has donated more than 10 million rand to the University of Nyasaland and the Johannesburg Medical School alone, earmarked for the research of new technologies and drugs, and the rapid development of health services in Southern Africa.
, the foundation under Phyllis’s name is indispensable.
In terms of education, the foundation under Phyllis's name also plays a huge role. Ziwei Public School has more than 100 branches in Southern Africa. Phyllis has set up more than 20 scholarship programs in major universities in Southern Africa.
Students have benefited from this, and Phyllis also received the Congressional Medal from the federal government of Southern Africa last year.
ps: The plan couldn’t keep up with the changes, so I was forced to clean up in the morning and prepare for the New Year. I feel sad every New Year. I give out New Year’s money every day, and I can’t see how I can turn back——
