After the first few classes, Roque rarely attended the graduation ceremony of Nyasaland University, and did not attend even one after the World War.
This time Rock also had no time and could only entrust Owen, the honorary principal, to attend on Rock's behalf.
Roque is indeed very busy. The Southern African Union has just been established, and the Ministry of National Defense is already busy with affairs. Stoudemire and Anton are here to join in the fun again.
Stoudemire is a loyal fan of horse racing. Horse racing also has a good mass base in southern Africa. The Transvaal people were still in the mood to organize horse racing at the most critical moment of the Boer War. The entire city of Pretoria was
People are crazy about horse racing. You can imagine how crazy people are about horse racing.
Stoudemire wants to set up an equestrian league covering the whole country, attracting audiences through fixed events every year. Horse racing has a lot of profit potential. It is not only highly enjoyable to watch, but also allows for betting, so everyone can get what they need.
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Anton also has plans in this regard. Like horse racing, football also has a broad mass base in southern Africa. When Rock was the police chief in Johannesburg, he often held football matches. On the one hand, he could exercise and on the other hand, he could strengthen the relationship between teammates.
cohesion.
Anton wants to form a football league covering the whole of Nyasaland, not for profit, but to enrich the growing cultural and entertainment needs of Nyasaland people.
"We now have the foundation for establishing a football league. There are already dozens of specialized football fields in Los Angeles. Many companies have established their own football teams. The situation in Port Edward and Xuanji City is similar. In colleges and universities, football sports
It is very popular and every game can attract a large number of spectators. My idea is to form a major football league covering all cities in Nyasaland. There will be municipal leagues in the cities. After the champion and runner-up are determined, they will participate in the city league. In the future, there will be more
We can set up a state-level league to attract people to the football field, which is better than letting them gamble on horse racing." Anton was also helpless. Nyasaland people have become rich, and many problems have been exposed.
Gambling is a social cancer that cannot be eradicated. Rather than strictly prohibiting it, it is better to provide healthy guidance.
This is just like playing mahjong. Big gambling harms the body and small gambling brings pleasure. Everyone understands the reason, but some people just can't control it.
Gambling is not allowed in Southern Africa, but gambling is human nature and cannot be completely eradicated, so Southern Africa has recently begun to consider amending its regulations in this regard.
It is better to have control in the hands of the government than in private hands.
What's more, Southern Africa also has an enclave in Europe. This kind of enclave is most suitable for building a casino. The United States has Las Vegas, and Europe can also have San Roque——
"Let's simply organize a sports meeting, just like the Olympics, and invite a few more countries to participate -" Stoudemire is ambitious. The current Olympic Games is not as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as it will be in the future, and its influence is far from the same.
If Stoudemire had not mentioned it, Rock himself would not have noticed that the seventh Olympic Games had just ended in Antwerp, Belgium last year.
Because of the World War, the Sixth Olympic Games originally scheduled to be held in Berlin in 1916 was forced to cancel. The Seventh Olympic Games was originally jointly hosted by Antwerp, Belgium and Budapest, Hungary. Affected by the World War, the Olympic Committee canceled the Olympic Games in 1918.
It was decided at the meeting that Antwerp would host the Olympics alone.
During the World War, Antwerp was occupied by Germany. After that, the Allied forces and the German army fought many battles around Antwerp, causing serious damage to Antwerp.
The budget proposed by the Belgian Olympic Committee is 3.7 million Belgian francs, but the Belgian government can only contribute 1.5 million. The missing part plans to raise donations from the public.
Unfortunately, the people of Antwerp, who had just experienced the war, had no money to donate. The Olympic Committee only raised 5,000, and later had to ask the Allies for help, so that the Olympic Games could be held smoothly.
A total of 29 countries participated in the seventh Olympic Games. Southern Africa did not send a delegation. However, several athletes joined the British delegation to participate in the Olympic Games. Their results were not satisfactory and they did not win medals.
"The British Empire performed terribly in the Olympics. Our results were similar to Finland, and even worse than Sweden. Compared with the United States, there is a huge gap. This is extremely disproportionate to the status of our British Empire." Stoudemire is quite concerned about the Olympics.
Yes, this is normal, war in peaceful times——
"It's just a game, don't take it too seriously." Roque didn't agree with the Olympic Committee's hype about the Olympics.
Truth only exists within the range of naval guns and has nothing to do with sports transcripts.
Rock also loved watching sports games in his previous life, and was once very fanatical about football and basketball.
But then Rock discovered a problem. The rules of these sports competitions were set by sports organizations controlled by certain countries, and then problems emerged.
If your grades are not good, others will laugh at you for your poor physical fitness and for being a sick man.
You have good sports scores, but others suspect you of cheating and seeking benefits through dishonorable means.
Anyway, the right to interpret belongs to those sports organizations that have no strength at all and still like to constantly increase their presence.
Later, Rock didn't care so much about sports competitions, especially international competitions. It was just wishful thinking to expect to gain rankings in international competitions and enhance our country's prestige.
In the past, at the Johannesburg Police Department, Rock organized football matches to improve the physical fitness of the police officers and enhance cohesion within the police station. It had nothing to do with performance.
Later, when he arrived in Nyasaland, Rock's energy was spent on organizing industrial production and immigration, and sports was forgotten.
Nowadays, Nyasaland is developing better and better, and the living standards of residents are constantly improving. One obvious manifestation is that there are more and more obese people.
At this time, it is still necessary to properly promote the development of sports, but the purpose is still not ranking, but for the health of residents.
"Rock, this is not like you." Xiaosi was surprised. She had always thought that Rock was a competitive person who would never admit defeat in anything.
"I just don't want to be led by others -" Rock is still the same Rock, but when looking at this issue, his perspective is completely different from Stoudemire: "-Anton is right about one thing, our purpose is to
Attracting people to the arena, enriching amateur cultural life and exercising at the same time, forget about other aspects, will winning a few more gold medals at the Olympics improve the international status of Southern Africa?"
Rock went straight to the core of the problem. In the past Olympic Games, Britain, like Finland, only won 15 gold medals, Sweden had 19 gold medals, and the United States had a maximum of 41 gold medals.
Although Britain has the same number of gold medals as Finland, no one would think that Finland already has the same international status as Britain. As for Sweden——
Roque can guarantee that 90% of Southern Africans over 40 years old do not know that Sweden exists in the world. The introduction to Sweden in textbooks in Southern Africa is only one hundred bytes at most, and one more will count.
Defeat defeat.
"Okay, okay, you're right, you guys play your football, I'll play my horse racing -" Xiaosi's enthusiasm waned, Roque was good at everything, he just liked to be on the line.
Xiaosi's original intention is just to satisfy his own hobbies. Of course it would be better if he can make some money on the way, but it doesn't matter if he can't.
Roque had a strong sense of purpose in everything he did, which may be why Nyasaland came from behind and surpassed Rhodesia.
Anton came to Pretoria for one more thing.
A month ago, a strange organization called "Human Zoo" came to Los Angeles and hoped to hold an exhibition in Los Angeles.
In this so-called "human zoo", human beings are kept in cages like animals for everyone to watch, and some people even feed them food. These people are indigenous people from all over the world, who were plundered by white people and put in cages in European and American countries.
Exhibition, New York, London, Paris, so-called "human zoos" exist everywhere.
In the "human zoo", the largest population is Africans, especially the short Pygmies. Their adults are only 1.3 or 1.4 meters tall. They are called "pocket people". Some Europeans are now
It is believed that eating certain organs of Pygmies can enhance physical fitness and strength.
Anton hated the "Human Zoo" deeply, and while rejecting this organization, he came to Pretoria to find Roque, hoping to use Roque's influence to ban this organization worldwide.
"Uh, human zoo, I think I've heard of it -" Xiaosi also heard about it, but didn't pay much attention.
"Haha, if a white man was locked in a cage and allowed to watch, and fed food, I believe you would not think so." Rock was not polite, and the paddle did not hit his butt, so of course it wouldn't hurt.
"Are you crazy? What does this have to do with me? It's not a human zoo organized by me." Stoudemire's face immediately turned red. Another Stoudemire would have turned against him.
Rock is really helpless. White people have such double standards, even Stoudemire is no exception.
But do you know who actually banned the "human zoo" in another time and space?
It's a mustache!
"I know it has nothing to do with you. According to the standards of the human zoo, can we Chinese also be put in cages and sent to the world for exhibition?" Roque's face was gloomy. The organizer of the "human zoo" should be put in a cage.
The exhibition allows them to experience the feeling of being locked in a cage.
Anton didn't speak, and some words couldn't be said clearly. In southern Africa, the organizers of the "human zoo" would definitely not dare to put Chinese people in cages, but in Europe and the United States——
If the Chinese want to become truly strong, they still have a long way to go.
Roque doesn’t want to go that far. He has to eat his food one bite at a time and do things one by one. Roque’s power is not enough for this matter. The federal government needs to come forward in an official name to have real influence.
That night, Rock went to find Philip, hoping that Philip would send a letter to London in the name of the federal government of Southern Africa. The reason was that the behavior of the "human zoo" had greatly hurt the feelings of Southern Africans.