The De Beers Hotel in the heart of Johannesburg hosted all VIP guests during the election period.
Just by looking at the name, you can tell whose industry it is. Like De Beers Unified Mining Company, the word "De Beers" is deeply rooted in southern Africa. In Kimberley, Johannesburg and other mining areas in southern Africa, "De Beers"
These few words have stronger credibility than the government.
The security work of the De Beers Hotel is jointly handled by the Johannesburg Police Department and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division. Although the new 1st Cavalry Division has strong combat effectiveness, it is not so good at security work, so it is only responsible for the security of the core area.
All peripheral security work is handled by the Johannesburg Police Department.
Since July 10th, some distinguished guests have been staying at the De Beers Hotel. On July 20th, an inspection team from London arrived in southern Africa under the leadership of Joseph Chamberlain.
Joseph Chamberlain resigned as Minister of Colonial Affairs last year and is currently forming the "Tariff Reform League" with his supporters to launch a massive tariff reform movement.
This "tariff reform" is destined to fail, not only splitting the Conservative Party, but also causing the largest parliamentary split in Britain since the civil war in the 17th century.
Of course, the consequences have not yet appeared, so Joseph Chamberlain's reputation is still very high. Promoting Australian autonomy and promoting the implementation of democratic representative systems in southern Africa are the two biggest political achievements of Joseph Chamberlain during his tenure, so Joseph Chamberlain will serve as
The leader of the inspection team led the team to Johannesburg.
Just like the last time Joseph Chamberlain visited southern Africa, Neville Chamberlain came to Johannesburg with Joseph Chamberlain.
It has been two and a half years since the last time Neville Chamberlain came to Johannesburg. Over the past two and a half years, Neville Chamberlain has been paying attention to Johannesburg. He also has investments in Johannesburg. After all, the description on paper is different from the actual situation.
Difference, so after meeting Rock and Stoudemire, Neville Chamberlain was very surprised.
"It's really unimaginable. In just over two years, Johannesburg has undergone earth-shaking changes. If I hadn't been to Johannesburg two years ago, I would never have believed what was happening in front of me. Even I couldn't believe it.
In my doubtful eyes, the London City Government should really send someone to take a look. In terms of urban construction, Lord Matilda is definitely an expert. He should return to his country and become Prime Minister." Neville Chamberlain began to praise Roark when he saw him.
, I guess being a prime minister is a bit much, being a governor in other colonies is more than enough.
Compared with two and a half years ago, Johannesburg has indeed changed a lot.
Two and a half years ago, Johannesburg had just begun to rebuild. The entire city was a large construction site. At that time, the road from the train station to the city hall had not yet been built. The Johannesburg city government received Joseph Chamberlain and his party, and even borrowed Cecil...
Rhodes' villa, so later Joseph Chamberlain agreed to give additional loans to the Transvaal and Orange on the basis of compensation.
Now the reconstruction of Johannesburg has been basically completed. Around the main road between the train station and the city hall, the Johannesburg city government has never stopped construction in the past two years. The city's functional departments, the headquarters reception halls of major enterprises, and brand-new residential areas.
With huge parks and bigster trees all over Johannesburg, just as Rock expected, Johannesburg is becoming a very livable city, which is in sharp contrast to London.
London
In this era, London is the most famous "smog city". This word is not a complimentary term, but a completely derogatory term. That is to say, there is no pm2.5 detection these days, otherwise London will become the most unsuitable place in the world.
City of residence.
"Thank you Neville, I will convey your evaluation of him to Lord Matilda." Roque and Stoudemire came to see Neville Chamberlain together, and Neville Chamberlain received Roque in his guest room without hesitation.
Ke and Stoudemire, this would probably not be possible if it were anyone else.
"I haven't congratulated you yet. You are so lucky. Your Excellency Phyllis Matilda is very famous in London. Unexpectedly, she has become Mrs. Nyasaland now. You must not go back to London now, otherwise
There will be many broken-hearted young men dueling you." Neville Chamberlain laughed and teased Rock. Neville Chamberlain did not come when Rock got married, but he sent a telegram to Rock.
"It doesn't matter, I always have a lot of guards around me." Roque was very proud. Nobles can find someone to replace them in a duel. Roque will not be stupid like Pushkin.
"Okay, the time for bragging is over, let's talk about something that people like to hear." Stoudemire is here to report the accounts. Neville Chamberlain also has shares in the mining company that Rock and Stoudemire partnered with.
Of course, they were all dry stocks, and Neville Chamberlain didn't invest even a penny.
Even shares are worth it. Rock and Stoudemire are not stupid. They are willing to give Neville Chamberlain shares not because of how capable Neville Chamberlain is, but because Neville Chamberlain has a father who is the Minister of Colonial Affairs.
, and an older brother who also holds an important position, Neville Chamberlain, are also engaged in the metal smelting industry. Without Neville Chamberlain, Rock would not have been able to obtain weapons steel so quickly.
Neville Chamberlain's greatest contribution is to provide enough talents for the Fawalt Steel Plant. This cannot be done with money. Roque and Stoudemire are both rich, but in terms of talent introduction, Southern Africa
It has irreparable disadvantages.
"Mineral Resources Company has entered a profit period since the end of last year. It has been nine months now. The company has made a profit of 370,000 pounds. It is supposed to be a dividend at the end of the year. But this time the situation is special, so Locke and I decided to give you the dividend you deserve."
The dividends were taken out in advance and a round figure was collected for you, totaling 40,000 pounds." What Stoudemire took out was a check from Rand Bank, which can also be drawn in London.
Although Ada's daily life revolves around Arthur, she still does nothing less than what she should do. Now Rand Bank has entered Europe and set up branches in many big cities such as London, Paris, Berlin, etc. Although on the surface,
The number of branches is not large yet, but the development prospects are huge. Some European bankers have noticed the expansion trend of Rand Bank and hope to invest in Rand Bank.
All these investments were rejected by Ada. To this day, Rand Bank still has only four shareholders: Rock, Stoudemire, Henry, and Ada. If anyone else wants to invest, all four must agree. If anyone wants to reduce their shareholding,
, other shareholders have the right of first refusal, so if nothing unexpected happens, the number of shareholders of Rand Bank will not increase.
"Thank you" Neville Chamberlain beamed with joy. No one has any grudge against money, not to mention such a large amount of money. When Joseph Chamberlain was the Minister of Colonial Affairs, his annual salary was only 5,000 pounds. It can be said that Joseph Chamberlain was the colonial minister.
The office minister has not earned as much money in these years as Neville Chamberlain has earned in these nine months.
Money is not everything, but most of the time, money is a full reflection of personal value and social status. Joseph Chamberlain has now resigned as Minister of Colonial Affairs. In the future, the Chamberlain family will only rely on Neville Chamberlain to maintain influence.
My brother cannot do it alone, so Neville Chamberlain is also preparing to enter politics.
This money came at just the right time.
Neville Chamberlain has accumulated a net worth similar to this figure during his years of running a metal company.
"Our current goal is self-government. If the Transvaal can be self-governing, the profits of mineral resources companies will further increase. Officials in London are too conservative. They should allow the Transvaal to self-government now so that we can
Expanding aggressively." Stoudemire did not shy away from it in front of Neville Chamberlain.
"It's good to get to this point now," Neville Chamberlain said without saying much.
Stoudemire may not know it yet, but Rock certainly knows that Neville Chamberlain and Winston played a big role in Johannesburg being able to implement a democratic representative system.
It was precisely because Joseph Chamberlain and his supporters formed the "Tariff Reform League" and launched a massive tariff reform movement that Congress did not focus more energy on southern Africa, but was busy fighting for it in Congress.
This has allowed Southern Africa to take advantage of its own interests.
Otherwise, if Johannesburg wants to implement a democratic representative system, I am afraid it will have to wait for a while. Regarding the efficiency of the British Parliament, even if it is a good thing, I am afraid that the Parliament will discuss it for ten months in the first half of the year before giving a definite answer.
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"Anyway, this is a good start. We also hope to be eligible to join the 'Tariff Reform Union' and put forward our Transvaal opinions on this issue instead of letting the gentlemen in London sit in their offices.
Pointing fingers, to be honest, it is difficult for me to accept that our hard-earned money is easily taken away by those gentlemen. At least we should be qualified to decide how much they want to take, not how much they want. We
You have to pay as much as you want." Rock didn't talk about the democratic representative system. To be honest, Neville Chamberlain probably didn't care about the democratic representative system in the Transvaal. That was the achievement of Joseph Chamberlain and had little to do with Neville Chamberlain.
Compared with Joseph Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain cared about money and taxes.
"Yes, we should decide how to spend our money!" In this regard, Stoudemire resonates so much.
