Hoover is still in the Qing Dynasty, but he is no longer in the Kailuan Coal Mine. Instead, he works directly for the Nyasaland Agricultural Company and is mainly responsible for organizing immigrants from the Qing Dynasty to Nyasaland.
Although Rock despises Hoover's character, he has to admit that Hoover is still very capable in his work. Nyasaland Agricultural Company now has more than a dozen agents in the Qing Dynasty, and Hoover's work is the most effective.
Nearly three-tenths of the Chinese in Nyasaland were sent by Hoover. By cooperating with the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, Hoover made a lot of money and should have started his own business earlier than in another time and space.
Political career.
In another time and space, it was after the outbreak of World War I that Hoover began to emerge in the political field. Now that Hoover has better conditions and more funds, there is no reason to be worse than in another time and space.
Rock knew about Hoover's fate in the future, but Ada definitely didn't, so Rock accidentally revealed the secret, and Ada kept asking what was going on.
"Hoover is still very capable. Mining coal in the Far East is such a waste of talent. I am going to let Hoover try to develop into politics to see if he can play a greater role." Rock casually found a reason to say this.
When everything goes well, it is normal for people who excel in business to become officials. There is a saying in the United States that only first-rate talents go into business and only second-rate talents go into politics. This statement is actually not accurate. Power and wealth are a pair of symbiotic twins, and one cannot exist without the other.
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"Then Rand Bank still needs to expand its business to the United States in advance, just to pave the way for Hoover." Ada doesn't care whether Hoover can succeed in the political field. In Ada's view, Roark is interested in Hoover.
The operation of a business is also a kind of investment. It’s good if it succeeds, but there’s no loss if it doesn’t.
Since the 1980s, the gross national product of the United States has surpassed the United Kingdom and become the world's largest.
It’s just that the UK is still self-sufficient in goods, so the vast majority of British people have no personal experience of the fact that the United States’ GDP has become the first in the world. Ordinary British people cannot understand what Americans mean.
What is "industrial scale" about? The importance of the United States to Europe will not be highlighted until World War I begins.
In World War I, two countries were able to make a comeback, one was Japan and the other was the United States.
Although the British often say that London is the center of the world, this is no longer the case economically. Now the economic center of the world has begun to shift to the United States. Of course, Ada will not ignore this. In the future, Rand Bank will definitely expand its business
It was carried out to the United States, so the so-called "paving the way for Hoover" was actually a matter of helping others.
"Come on, when I return to Johannesburg, I will find Henry and Stoudemire to discuss the share structure again, and you will become a real banker by then." Rock actually felt guilty, although Ada was obviously traveling around the world.
They have selfish motives, but compared to Ada, the general manager, the three real shareholders, Rock, Stoudemire, and Henry, are a bit too indifferent towards Rand Bank, and it is appropriate to increase Ada's shares. p>
"No, that's fine for now. The current Rand Bank is no longer the original Rand Bank. Every percentage change may cost millions of pounds in the future. Are you sure Cecil and Henry will agree?" Ai
Da doesn't care about his own shares, but cares more about the relationship between Rock, Stoudemire and Henry.
Now the situation in southern Africa seems to be getting clearer and clearer. Nyasaland is Rock's territory, Rhodesia is Stoudemire's private property, and the Matilda family dominates the Transvaal. Rock and Stoudemire
Together with Henry, they can almost control the future of southern Africa, so what is a Rand Bank? Ada will not be so short-sighted.
Earl Selborne is still very courageous. The plan for joint autonomy of the southern African colonies, of course, also includes Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In another time and space, Nyasaland and Rhodesia are one whole, and Southern Africa
After Self-Government, the British government allowed the South African Company to decide its own destiny. Cecil Rhodes Sr. had also died at that time. However, after the Boer War, the Cape Review of Cecil Rhodes by the British government
China was indifferent and chose not to merge with Southern Africa and become independent from Southern Africa, which ultimately led to Rhodesia being taken back by the British government.
Now Rock will definitely not let Xiaosi make this mistake. If Southern Africa becomes autonomous, Rock will definitely persuade Xiaosi to merge Rhodesia into Southern Africa. In this way, Rhodesia will naturally obtain autonomous status. Will it remain in the future?
In the Union of South Africa, whether to break away from the Union of South Africa and become a country in a practical sense depends on the future situation of the Union of South Africa.
What Rock is preparing for the Chinese people in southern Africa is that if the Union of South Africa continues to develop according to its inherent trend after autonomy, then Rock will push the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland to break away from southern Africa and become
An independent country, at that time, Roque will truly be able to let fish jump in the sea and fly in the sky.
"They will definitely agree." Rock has confidence in Xiao Si and Henry, not only because of their friendship, but even Ada can see the benefits of Rock and Xiao Si and Henry joining forces. Rock does not believe that Xiao Si
Si and Henry can't see it, so cooperation is still based on fairness. Friendship or family affection will actually change over time, and only interests are the eternal core.
A week after Ada arrived in Calcutta, the Indian branch of Rand Bank and the Indian branch of Umbrella Corporation were established on the same day.
The headquarters of both companies in India are in the North District of Kolkata, which is a wealthy area of Kolkata and is known as the "City of Palaces". Through Count Minto, Rand Bank and Umbrella Company, they purchased a Mughal Palace each.
The palace left over from the period serves as the headquarters of the two companies in India.
At the level of a palace, it must be grand and magnificent in various scales, and it can still match the scale of the two companies.
What’s even more convenient is that the two palaces are in the same block, almost diagonally opposite each other, which is more conducive to the coordination and cooperation of the two companies.
Rand Bank's business in India must require Umbrella Company to provide security services. Not only in India, the development of Umbrella Company is actually accompanied by the rhythm of Rand Bank. No matter where Rand Bank develops its business, Umbrella Company
Companies will also move in, and Rand Bank is the largest financial backer of the umbrella company.
In other words, the umbrella company is Rand Bank's strongest thug.
Now the Umbrella Company is also very strong. Regardless of the various scars on the top management of the Umbrella Company, the employees who can perform foreign assignments must be carefully selected. Being physically strong is the basic requirement, and they can use basic English to communicate with people.
It is also a necessary condition. These days in the Qing Dynasty, you can work as a translator if you can't speak a lot of sentences in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the Chinese in the umbrella company can basically be regarded as high-tech compound talents, and it is natural to get high salaries in the umbrella company. p>
The Umbrella Company is indeed confident. The newly established First Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesian Division now have to queue up to buy "Tiger". The Umbrella Company can get as many as they want. On the opening day, in order to show their strength, Xia Jiu went to the Umbrella
Twenty "Tiger" military vehicles and specially modified armored vehicles were lined up in front of the company, and the entire Kolkata was shocked for a while.
Soldiers these days, or any group related to the military, actually do not have a high status in society. The British Navy is better, but the Army is just a stepmother and is not welcome anywhere, so many people in
Officers serving in the army can't even hold their heads up, and they make reports all day long asking to be transferred to the navy.
This is true for the regular army, not to mention the colonial servant army, or related military organizations. The reason why the British troops in India, all composed of Indians, performed so poorly has a lot to do with the British government's use of the troops in India.
Relationship.
An army composed entirely of Indians is the standard cannon fodder when war breaks out. In peacetime, they are the servants of white officers, doing chores like serving people. In this case, it is impossible to ask for more.
The emergence of the new 1st Cavalry Division has partially changed the way white Indians view the colonial servant army. The high-profile appearance of Umbrella Company has once again refreshed the white people's understanding of the security industry in Calcutta.
A large part of the reason for this change is the emergence of armored vehicles.
The reason why the Navy is so advanced has a lot to do with its increasingly advanced equipment. A battleship costs hundreds of thousands of pounds. The "Dreadnought" shipbuilding plan just approved by the Ministry of the Navy means that the cost of a warship is
Millions or even millions of pounds, so the Navy certainly has the confidence.
It can be said that the army in the past used Xiaomi plus rifles, and the combat method of queuing up and shooting, which caused the army's casualty rate to remain high on the battlefield. After a battle, not only the entire army was annihilated, but all the soldiers in the front row died.
Even if they are injured, such a situation means that the Army does not have much sense of honor, so it is better to think about how to survive in pursuit of those illusory sense of honor.
The emergence of armored vehicles has fundamentally changed the way the Army fights. Soldiers sitting on armored vehicles overlooking other people have completely different psychological effects than riding on sampans and looking up at battleships. What's more, the Umbrella Company provides all employees with
Unified standard clothing. When designing the clothing, Rock was lazy again and directly took the standard clothing of the German army during World War II from head to toe as the standard clothing of the umbrella company.
Of course you can’t go wrong with the color. The iron gray itself is also Rock’s favorite color, so a certain mustache will probably have a headache in the future.
It is said that Mustache will also participate in World War I. It is not certain whether he will have a chance to survive until the end of the war.