At the end of the year in southern Africa, there are all kinds of dazzling celebrations.
The perfect fusion of Eastern and Western folk customs is most vividly reflected in southern Africa.
White people in southern Africa will also post door gods and Spring Festival couplets on their doors during the Spring Festival in recent years. White children love fireworks and firecrackers as much as the second or third generation Chinese.
The proportion of Chinese in southern Africa who believe in religion is also increasing year by year.
The Chinese are more familiar with Taoism.
Taoism has many benefits. Taoism advocates respecting Tao and virtue, imitating nature, governing the country and self-cultivation based on the law of purity and inaction, dealing with ghosts and gods, and dealing with the relationship between man and nature.
The key point is that Taoism does not have a poll tax, nor does it allow people to participate in religious activities on weekends to be brainwashed. Many loyal believers of a certain religion will donate part of their fixed income to the church as the cost of becoming a believer.
This is amazing. If you believe in religion so much, you probably don’t treat your own father that well.
At the end of the year in Pretoria, the streets and alleys were decorated with lights, and strings of red lanterns stretched from the Square of Justice to the train station. This alone cost the Pretoria city government as much as R50,000.
Fifty thousand rand doesn't sound like much, but when converted into gold it's about 50 kilograms.
So when Vargas and Fernando Gomez looked at the strings of red lanterns, their eyes looked like they were seeing piles of golden gold ingots.
Brazil, which lacks industrial capacity, is indeed unable to manufacture aircraft and cannons.
But you can’t even make a lantern.
Not just lanterns, fireworks, spring couplets painted on the door, crosses, bells on the Christmas tree——
The bell doesn't work.
The bell is still a bit technical, and I don’t think Brazil can make it.
It would also be a good idea to make some fireworks and spring couplets with door paintings and sell them to southern Africa.
"Don't even think about it. The management rights of all special products used in Southern African festivals are controlled by Bullard's office. This is specially approved by the Palace of Justice. Bullard's office relies on these things to raise funds." Brazilian Ambassador to Southern Africa
Torres Vargas is the nephew of Getulio Vargas.
"Are these things very profitable?" Fernando Gomez was too curious.
This is Vargas and Fernando Gomez's first experience of a Southern African festival.
Different from their usual suits and ties, both Vargas and Fernando Gomez put on checkered shirts and overalls. Vargas didn't know why, but Southern Africa has such a soft spot for checkered shirts.
Probably because of the kilt——
This is Vargas's only link between southern Africa and Britain.
"It's so profitable. These things are not produced by Brad's office, but by East India. Brad's office just does the opposite and easily earns millions of rands every year." Torres Vargas
The expression is complex.
These are just some inconspicuous gadgets that are rarely used in daily life and only sell well during festivals.
This year alone there were millions of rand profits.
People in southern Africa have a lot of money to make.
Vargas also felt heavy-hearted.
During this time in southern Africa, Vargas realized how expensive the rosewood in the southern African market was.
Brazilian rosewood, shipped from Victoria Port, costs less than one rand per cubic meter.
When shipped to southern Africa and made into furniture, the profit generated by one cubic meter of mahogany will increase at least ten times.
In the early years when there were no restrictions on timber extraction in southern Africa, there were still people who were willing to build houses with mahogany.
It is impossible to be so luxurious now. Even middle-class families can only use mahogany floors at most.
By the way, the price of mahogany flooring has also increased in the past two years.
"Can we find a way to grab this business?" Fernando Gomez looked envious. Several million rand a year is a lot for the Brazilian government.
"It's difficult. The Huang family of East India has a very good relationship with Southern Africa. In recent years, Southern Africa has gradually moved its less profitable, less technical, and more polluting enterprises abroad. Whatever remains in Southern Africa is all profits.
In a relatively high-end industry, it is difficult for us to steal orders from East Indians." Torres was also envious, but it was a pity that envy was useless.
The country with the best relations with southern Africa is not Britain or Najd, but the East Indies.
East India is the same as southern Africa. The majority of the population is now of Chinese origin. East India itself became independent with the help of the umbrella company, so the relationship with southern Africa is naturally very good.
Moreover, East India is also the bridgehead for protecting southern Africa's core interests in the Indian Ocean.
Southern Africa attaches great importance to East India. Including Changi Naval Base, Southern Africa already has more than ten military bases in the East India region, stationed with tens of thousands of troops. For Southern Africa, East India is very important.
Sex is on par with the Persian Gulf.
Think of Persian Gulf oil.
You will know how important the status of East India is.
"Nothing is impossible. Whatever the East Indians can do, we in Brazil can also do it." Vargas is confident that Brazil can also lower costs to a surprising level.
Rock also attaches great importance to this issue.
There are actually many labor-intensive enterprises in Southern Africa, such as clothing factories, textile factories, mines, etc.
Probably since the outbreak of the economic crisis, southern Africa has been quietly upgrading its industry.
This has a lot to do with the massive decrease in African-American workers.
In the past, in southern Africa, due to the large number of African-American workers, the employment costs of enterprises were reduced to an extremely low level. The products produced were low-priced, high-quality, and naturally sold well.
After the economic crisis broke out, Southern African companies began to consciously reduce the use of African-American workers and leave more jobs to Southern Africans, which caused the costs of companies to soar.
Workers in southern Africa were paid well, but workers in East India were paid very low.
As a result, labor-intensive enterprises in southern Africa began to relocate to East India in large numbers.
The labor-intensive enterprises here are not all manufacturing industries.
Enterprises with truly high technology content and high added value should stay in southern Africa. While adjusting industrial upgrading, Rock is also trying its best to avoid industrial hollowing out.
"I plan to move some of the food processing plants to East India. Now the business environment in southern Africa is getting worse and worse. Workers' salaries are getting higher and higher, benefits are getting better and better, and the annual fishing ban on Lake Nyasa is long.
For eight months, even fishing has been fined. You are so lenient!" Stoudemire was very dissatisfied with Rock. To protect the environment, he had to give up some things.
"What does this have to do with me? You should go to the Nyasaland State Government." Roque shirks his responsibility. Roque is so busy working every day that he can't even pay attention to this little thing.
"Isn't Nyasaland still your fiefdom?" Stoudemire had a good reason. Rock is still the Marquis of Nyasaland in the British Empire.
"Southern Africa is now a federal country!" Roque did not want to accept the identity of Marquis of Nyasaland.
Simply a remnant of feudalism!
It's almost 1934, and we're still working on the knighthood system. "Lord" comes and goes "Lord" all day long. Doesn't that sound awkward?
With three days left before 1934, Rock took Phyllis and the children to visit Stoudemire's manor——
By the way, Gavin and Qiao Xi's child will be born in the next year. According to the British title system, this child will also be the first heir to the third generation Marquis of Nyasaland.
If this child is really a boy.
Although there is no relevant machine to determine the gender of the child, Su Xian, who has been promoted to the dean of the Johannesburg Medical College, has his own unique skill and has determined that it is a boy early on.
Qiao Xi and Luo Ya were also present. Luo Ya was now the mother of two children, so the family was prosperous.
"More and more companies are moving out of southern Africa. I wonder how many southern Africans will lose their jobs. Aren't you worried?" Stoudemire deliberately found trouble. Roque almost never lost his temper in front of Stoudemire. Stoudemire wanted to see it.
See what Rock looks like when he loses control of his emotions.
"This is an unavoidable process. Businessmen want to pursue profits, and workers seek more wages. We cannot guarantee that it will be fair to everyone, but at least we can be relatively fair." Roque has done his best, and this is also
Inevitably, as long as it is beneficial to southern Africa in the long run, Roque will choose to sacrifice the interests of some people.
It sounds cruel, but in fact the sacrifice is not that big. Governments at all levels of the Southern African federal government have taken action, and various unemployment relief offices and vocational skills training have begun work. The losses are not as serious as imagined.
The key is that southern Africa has a strong foundation.
After the annexation of West Africa, southern Africa ushered in another round of land carving up. Many new immigrants who immigrated to southern Africa in recent years finally got the farms they dreamed of.
This is where Southern Africa’s confidence lies.
Almost every family in southern Africa has their own farm.
Even if they lose their jobs in the city, they can still survive on their farms.
And he lived a very happy life.
The leisurely and contented pastoral is the life that many urbanites dream of, but it can be easily obtained in southern Africa.
What Rock is really worried about is the distribution of benefits.
A fair society must ensure to the greatest extent that everyone who works hard can get the rewards they deserve.
On the premise of ensuring the funds required for the company's normal development, the company under Rock's name has distributed profits to its employees as much as possible, and the portion taken away by Rock himself is very small.
At this time something wonderful happened.
The higher the income of employees, the higher their enthusiasm for work, the more competitive the company becomes, and the more profits it makes.
Rock has not received a penny from Nyasaland Military Industries and Nyasaland Aviation for many years.
On the contrary, Nyasaland Military Industries and Nyasaland Aviation donate large sums of money to the foundation under Phyllis' name every year. Last year, Nyasaland Military Industries and Nyasaland Aviation donated a total of 4,500
million rand.
This means that even if employees are given generous salaries and the company retains the necessary funds for development, the profits of Nyasaland Military Industry and Nyasaland Aviation last year still reached 4,500.
million rand.
This does not include the more profitable Rand Bank and Nyasaland Corporation.
Many people may not believe that the salaries of the so-called "gold collars" of Rand Bank and Nyasaland Corporation are not even as high as those of engineers at Nyasaland Military Industry and Nyasaland Aviation.
This is also understandable.
Southern Africa has a cautious attitude towards finance.
Finance does make money, but it also causes many other problems. If entrepreneurs all rush to finance, who will engage in traditional manufacturing?
In another time and space, the hollowing out of the manufacturing industry in the United States is not to completely abandon the manufacturing industry, but to gradually eliminate companies with low profits and low technological content, and concentrate all efforts on developing high-tech industries with higher profits, so that technology can continue to be maintained.
Leading the way and consolidating America’s status as the world’s policeman.
Southern Africa is no different now.
"So, the future is for the Southern African Union countries to support our southern Africa together -" Stoudemire certainly doesn't know how serious the consequences of the hollowing out of the manufacturing industry will be, but judging from the current situation, the prospects seem to be very optimistic.
"Don't say it so harshly, we are allocating industrial production capacity rationally." Rock was not satisfied with Stoudemire's choice of words. Could you please show some respect to your allies?
"What's the difference?" In Stoudemire's concept, this statement is called hypocrisy.
In fact, hypocrisy is not bad. It is just like pretending to be a good person. If you can pretend to be a good person all your life, you are a good person.
"Cecil, we can't make all the money." Rock reminded vaguely.
Stoudemire's treatment of his employees is far less generous than Rock's.
This is also a stubborn disease left over from the era of Cecil Rhodes Sr. The South African company founded by Cecil Rhodes Sr. was called a country within a country. By the time of Stoudemire's generation, the situation has not fundamentally improved.
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The main reason is that the colonial consciousness is deeply rooted, and the subconscious mind believes that the colonial natives can be exploited at will, so naturally there is no problem of improvement.
Stoudemire is a nice person, but he is far inferior to Rock in terms of treating employees. The company under Rock's name provides continuous benefits for three holidays and two birthdays every year. All issues such as employee housing, children's education, medical care, etc. are all-inclusive to solve all employees' worries.
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The company under Stoudemire's name is very unfriendly. Among other things, Stoudemire's approach of relocating the food processing plant to East India this time made Rock very dissatisfied.
Of course, this may not be Stoudemire's problem.
After all, Stoudemire now has a big family and a big business, so it is impossible for him to do everything by himself. Stoudemire himself may not know many things.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Si was sensitive, and Rock's words obviously had a special meaning.
Rock smiled and said nothing. Although the companies under Stoudemire's name were indifferent, they were within the scope allowed by the laws of southern Africa.
Don't forget that Stoudemire is still the Minister of Justice of Southern Africa. It is impossible for the Minister of Justice to break the law knowingly.
ps: I have to go on a long trip in the past two days, so the update may be unstable. There is only one update every day. Please forgive me, brothers. I will definitely make it up when it stabilizes. This time, I guarantee the fish quality——
