In order to help farmers in southern Africa survive the drought, the federal government can make concessions that benefit the people, formulate policies that benefit farmers, and even directly send money to farmers, but Roque cannot force Stoudemire to be a saint.
As a businessman, Stoudemire should pursue profits, but he should also do so in moderation. Some money can be earned and some money cannot be earned. Professional managers may not have this awareness. Stoudemire, as the attorney general of the federal government, should have this awareness.
The next day Rock invited Xiao Si to have lunch at Rock’s Palace of Justice.
"The distance here is too far. It takes half an hour to drive. It's a waste of time." Xiao Si was very casual. He and Rock are now sons and daughters, and the two families are like one family.
Roque also moved the Palace of Justice from the city center to the Governor's Palace in order to escape the peace.
This is somewhat of a selfish decision and is not a good thing for the staff of the Palace of Justice. Most of them live in the city center and now spend a lot more time commuting every day.
Fortunately, the salary of the staff of the Palace of Justice is still very generous. The popularity of private cars is very high. Even young people who have just worked for a short time can use installment payment. They are all high-quality customers of banks.
"When did you learn to save time?" Rock was curious. Stoudemire didn't work so hard in the past.
In his last life, Rock saw a piece of news in which a man who seemed to be a crown prince or something said very proudly that he worked very hard, more than four hours a day, and was called the most diligent person in the world.
Don’t be angry. For ordinary people, they have to live in a company every day and worry about being eliminated by society.
But for a crown prince, if he works more than four hours a day, he is indeed considered diligent.
As far as Rock knows, Stoudemire only spends about four hours on work every day. For a super-rich second generation like Stoudemire, he can be called a model worker.
"What else should I do? Even if you are fishing, you have to stay eight hours a day, otherwise the Ministry of Supervision will come to your door. As the Minister of Justice, I can't break the law without knowing it." Stoudemire half-joked, and the Minister of Justice took the lead in fishing.
This is not a good sign.
Rock is not angry, as long as there are no problems with the Department of Justice, Stoudemire can fish whatever he likes.
“How is your business?” Rock hesitated, not knowing what to say.
“Why are you asking this?” Xiao Si was curious. Rock had never cared about Xiao Si’s business before.
When the business has reached the level of Stoudemire, as long as he does not commit suicide, the company will continue to develop according to inertia. The near-monopoly environment is enough to ensure the company's profits, and Rock does not need to worry at all.
“Have you read the newspaper recently?” Roque reminded vaguely.
Southern African newspapers are very sharp and dare to tell the truth when it comes to criticizing current ills. Roque has always hoped that the news media can play a real supervisory role. With Roque as his backing, the editors of The Times are indeed brave enough to speak out.
Said, otherwise there would be no news about Rhodesia Company during this period.
“Oh oh oh, I understand, I will remind Frank later.” Stoudemire was very smart and immediately understood Rock’s intention.
Frank is the manager of the Rhodesia Company, Stoudemire's most important right-hand man, and his status is similar to that of Anton to Roque.
"You can't make enough money, just get it." Rock doesn't force it. Stoudemire's personal moral cultivation will determine the ultimate height of Stoudemire's career. He will be as strong as old Cecil Rhodes and die in another time and space.
After that, he still ended up in a mess. Rock didn't want to see Stoudemire repeat the same mistakes as the old Cecil Rhodes.
"I don't know the specific situation, you have to give me some time." Xiaosi didn't lie. He has dozens of companies, large and small, under his name, so it's impossible for him to know everything about them.
This is just like Rock, who may not know as much about the property in his name as Zach does.
Rock also knows about Xiao Si's situation. Xiao Si himself is not a bad person and will not make money from such a national disaster.
When southern Africa is suffering from drought, other countries are actually having a hard time too.
Also in December, heavy rains occurred frequently in many places in India, causing serious floods and countless property losses.
Severe snowstorms occurred in the Great Lakes industrial areas of the United States. Road traffic was cut off, factories were forced to shut down, and hundreds of people froze to death.
What plagues London is still smog. Unlike other cities known as "smog cities", London's heavy smog is mostly caused by industrial pollution. Hundreds of people die of respiratory diseases every winter. Even so, it has not caused the UK's heavy fog.
government's attention.
At this time, the competition is about the country's management capabilities. The United Kingdom and the United States are better. After all, they have deep foundations and strong disaster resistance capabilities, and they can get through it if they hold on.
India is a complete tragedy. While enduring floods, it is also being exploited by the British. The poor cannot even fill their stomachs and are struggling desperately on the verge of death.
By comparison, Southern Africa has been the least affected. Although farmers have suffered heavy losses, people will not starve to death. Food prices have not been greatly affected, and the market is basically stable.
Also in December, under the witness of southern Africa and the United States, representatives of seven countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Poland signed the Locarno Convention in Locarno, Switzerland.
The "Locarno Convention" is the collective name of eight documents. It was an attempt by the European Allies and the emerging countries of Central and Eastern Europe during World War I to confirm post-war territorial boundaries and strive to restore normal relations with Germany.
These eight documents are the "Mutual Assurance Treaty" signed by Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, and Britain. The Taoyue stipulates that Germany, France, and Belgium mutually guarantee the Derby, the borders between Germany and France are not infringed, and the "Versailles Peace Treaty" is abiding by.
Under the provisions of the demilitarization of the Rhineland, Britain and Italy acted as guarantors and assumed the obligation to assist the invaded country.
In addition, Germany and Belgium, France, Poland, and Czechoslovakia signed "Arbitration Treaties" respectively. The treaty stipulates that Germany and Belgium, France, Poland, and Czech Republic shall resolve their disputes through peaceful means. Each group of contracting states shall establish a standing mediation
The committee handles issues between the parties.
Finally, there is the "Guarantee Treaty" signed by France, Poland, and Czechoslovakia respectively, which stipulates that either side must support each other when resisting unprovoked attacks.
The signing of the "Locarno Convention" was of great significance to the peace and stability of post-war Europe. The conference marked the reconciliation of France and Germany. Enemies became friends again. The "Locarno spirit", that is, the spirit of goodwill and reconciliation, replaced the past.
It seems that the resentment and pain caused by the First World War are over, and an era of peace and reconciliation is about to come.
Don’t be too optimistic, it’s just a seeming thing. History has proven countless times that a contract cannot bring real peace, and the same goes for the Locarno Convention.
Of course, the "Locarno Convention" still has positive meanings. At least after the signing of the "Locarno Convention", the United States and Southern Africa both increased investment in Germany, and Roque finally fulfilled his promise to Krupp.
Fully loaded cargo ships continue to sail from southern Africa to Germany.
In a peaceful atmosphere, time came to 1926. On the first day of the new year, Abu brought a Russian named Vladimir to Roque and brought him Vladimir's invention of television.
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Strictly speaking, television was not invented by Vladimir, and it is not even clear. As early as last year, the British Baird publicly demonstrated the television he invented. Baird is also known as the father of television.
"Baird's invention is a monster made of an old biscuit box and a scanning disk. It has no technical content at all. Vladimir is a real genius. He obtained the patent for the photoelectric camera tube the year before last and obtained the patent last year.
With the patent of the picture tube, these two things are the core of the TV. In terms of effect, the TV invented by Vladimir is clearer and more technologically advanced than the TV invented by Baird. Baird's TV can only play pictures and does not maintain the
Latimer’s TV can play moving images.” Abu highly praised Vladimir.
Rock was so surprised. He had pinned his hopes of inventing the television on Nikola Tesla and didn't even know about Vladimir.
Vladimir was born in Russia in 1889. He came to Nyasaland in 1919 and worked at the University of Nyasaland. He obtained Southern African citizenship last year.
“Is there any image now?” Roque had mixed emotions. He could finally watch TV again. It felt like he was in another world.
“Yes” Vladimir turned on the television he invented.
This TV is actually a huge box, and the screen is pitifully small compared to the box. After Vladimir turned on the TV, a picture of a puppy running on the lawn appeared on the screen. As Rock said,
The picture is black and white, and there is no sound.
This is also normal. Any new thing is very rudimentary when it first appears and needs constant improvement before it becomes what Rock remembers.
“We are studying the simultaneous transmission of sound and images. Give us some time and the TV technology will be more perfect.” Abu is confident in Vladimir, but he still underestimates the speed of development of TV technology.
In two years, the British Broadcasting Corporation will begin to broadcast the program continuously for a long time, and within five years it will begin live broadcasts. Humanity is about to enter a new era.
"Very good. Nyasaland University will give enough support to Vladimir. If it needs help from the federal government, the federal government can also support it." Roque knows what kind of changes television will have on human life. Many
People live on breastfeeding, which is one of the ways the ruling class avoids class conflict.
In another time and space, in 1996, the term "global music" first appeared in the book "The Globalization Trap" co-authored by "Der Spiegel" journalists Peter Martin and Harart Schumann.
Here "**" refers to addictive entertainment and sensory stimulation products (such as the Internet, TV and games), filling people's lives with these things, diverting their attention and dissatisfaction, and making them
Being immersed in "happiness" unknowingly loses the ability to think about real problems.
