After Andre successfully completed the task assigned to him by his boss in Barxi, he immediately returned to London with Alexander and the others.
At the Imperial Hotel in London, Vladimir held a grand dinner for them, and the wives and girlfriends of those who were imprisoned for him were also invited to the scene.
It has to be said that his method was very successful in winning people's hearts. At the dinner, not only Alexander and others had tears in their eyes, but even the butler Sergei once again felt that the young master is a person who values affection and righteousness. Although sometimes his
Personality and temper are too grumpy.
After the dinner, he did not return to the manor immediately, but met with Prince Hussein's two envoys, the steward Bazar and his business agent Abdullah, in the office.
It was rare for the two confidants around the prince to get together.
This time they made a special trip to London. In addition to spending time with their family to relax, they also wanted to seek his opinions on the revision of the emirate's oil protection law.
Of course, asking about Renato's situation was just a matter of course.
Previously, under Vladimir's suggestion, Prince Hussein decisively adopted the approach of "law revision and diplomacy" going hand in hand.
Diplomatically, they have frequent contacts with some of the world's major oil-producing countries, and they have ignored the warnings of the Americans.
When it comes to amending the law, it proposes a sustainable energy development strategy and implements a quota system for oil companies. This means that once the newly revised law is successfully passed, the annual output of Emirates Oil Company will have to be decided by the Petroleum Commission of the emirate.
, and the oil license held by the oil company must be reviewed every two years. In addition, there are other supporting rules and regulations. It can be said that this law restricts the Emirates Oil Company in the hands of the Americans in all aspects.
However, the current problem is that the support rate for this law is not high.
The main reason is that the pro-American forces in the country are too large, and Americans have very frequent business dealings with them. For example, several of King Aleman’s brothers are also oil, natural gas and other energy tycoons. They deal with Americans all year round.
There are also many assets in the United States.
To put it bluntly, these guys with huge wealth are just Americans wearing Middle Eastern robes.
Getting them to support this law is almost impossible.
Abdullah shook his head and sighed: "Vladimir, the current number of votes for the cabinet is 85. We are sure that we can get 30 votes, and there are 10 swing votes. As for the remaining 45
It is too difficult to get votes. They are all oil tycoons. If the revised law is passed, it will be equivalent to letting them tie a rope around their own necks, and they will not be willing to do so."
Bazar also agreed with Abdullah, "So we have been revising this law in secret. We are worried that if it is made public, if it fails to pass, His Highness the Prince's prestige will plummet."
"How likely is it that all 10 swing votes will be won?" Vladimir actually did not expect that there are many American spokesmen and lobbyists in the emirate. No wonder they adopted delaying tactics from the beginning.
Not paid attention to.
"Actually, these 10 votes mainly depend on whether we can get 3 votes from the 45 votes. If we can, then it won't be a big problem."
"43 votes to 42 votes?" Vladimir smiled.
Both Abdullah and Bazar couldn't help but nodded, "That's right, as long as it's over half."
"To be honest, the requirement of more than half is too low."
These two confidants also agree with this sentence. After all, Prince Hussein is already the crown prince and the future successor of the emirate. If someone does not give him face at this time, it is foreseeable that even if he is in power, he will face many difficulties and problems.
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"But those are all oil tycoons, what can be done?" Both Abdullah and Bazar also knew that the oil tycoons in the emirate have more or less royal blood, and their network of relationships is criss-crossed.
If you're not careful, you might end up stabbing King Aleman.
"This may be an all-round reform." Vladimir smiled.
Abdullah and Bazar were surprised. They might know the meaning of their old friend's words.
But right now they need clarification, not guesswork.
"Old man, there are only three of us here, you might as well be more clear."
"Okay, let me tell you the truth. Anyway, I am not from your emirate." Vladimir laughed.
It turns out that he just wanted to take this opportunity to let Prince Hussein launch an anti-corruption campaign in the country. Although the emirate is extremely rich and full of oil, 80% of the country's wealth is in the hands of 20% of the population.
, the remaining 80% of the population only has 20% of the wealth.
According to the world's per capita annual income rankings, the emirate is just a few dozen places away. Such data is obviously completely disproportionate to the country's huge wealth.
"Anti-corruption?" Abdullah and Bazar were a little confused when they heard it. Their butts were actually not clean. What they were worried about now was whether they would also fight against it?
"Of course, it is a targeted anti-corruption, which can not only redistribute wealth in a centralized manner, but more importantly, eliminate dissidents. I believe that under this high-pressure situation, Prince Hussein's prestige will reach unprecedented heights
."
Vladimir's so-called "targeted anti-corruption" naturally gave Abdullah and Bazar a temporary reassurance.
However, regarding the view of "anti-corruption", they still tend to have a neutral attitude for the time being.
"Besides fighting corruption, are there any other solutions?"
Vladimir smiled: "The current solution is either to have a direct showdown with the Americans, or to engage in a fierce internal struggle. Other than that, there is no other solution."
"Okay." Abdullah let out a long breath. He really had to discuss the anti-corruption with the Bazar around him. Otherwise, he would have killed a thousand enemies and suffered a loss of eight hundred.
Before the conversation ended, Abdullah naturally asked about Renato's situation. As usual, Raheel did not say a word and was imprisoned in the well-shaped prison.
His family's request for Raheel's release was unceremoniously rejected by King Aleman.
King Aleman firmly stated that if Raheel did not cooperate, he would never allow him to come out.
If you cooperate, there will be no problem at all as a civilian with no worries about food and clothing.
Several of Raheel's wives also tried to comfort him, but their comfort was of no use at all. In the emirate, the status of women was generally not high.
"How's the situation over there Renato?"
"It's a pity that it failed." Vladimir sighed.
"Failed?" Abdullah and Bazar couldn't help but look at each other.
"Yes, we have blocked his escape from the front and back. Who knew that Renato was too cunning. He directly made a hidden cave in the middle of the tunnel and escaped from there. Now I have more than ten
The guy is still being held in a police station in Rio."
"It seems that Renato is not a simple guy." Abdullah said with some regret, "But old man, you should hurry up. The longer it takes, the worse it will be for us. In addition, our main purpose this time is not to practice law and thunder.
Nato, I just want to tell you something again."
"What's the matter?" Vladimir seemed to sense from the serious expression on Abdullah's face that this matter was not trivial.