No matter how powerful Brad is, he can't cover everything in detail. There are always some blank areas that cannot be monitored.
After the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company launched their attacks on the East Indies, Roque had actually made repeated orders to strengthen monitoring of the Dutch activities in southern Africa. However, due to the relationship between the Dutch and the Boers, this work could not be comprehensive.
, there are always some corners that surveillance cannot reach.
Only in the Transvaal, this job is relatively easy. After all, the Transvaal is Rock's base camp and there are very few Boers in the territory. If the riot in the Marcellus gold mine is really related to the Dutch, then
The person in charge of Bullard in the Transvaal must be responsible.
This is just a guess. Before the truth is found out, Rock still trusts Bullard and the Johannesburg Police Department. The workers involved in the riots will be handled by Johannesburg. What Rock and Stoudemire want to start to rectify is the Johannesburg Mining Union.
This time Rock couldn't be lazy and attended the plenary meeting of the Mining Union with Sidney Milner.
The meeting was still held at Olympus Palace. When Rock and Sidney Milner walked into the venue, all other mine leaders were already present, including the head of the Anglo-American Mining Company named Ernest Oppenheim.
Silent.
Ernest Oppenheimer is another wealth myth in southern Africa. Ernest Oppenheimer was a Jew born in Germany. He worked for the Dinkelsbuehler Company in London at the age of sixteen. Dink
Dinkelsbuehler was a company specializing in diamond jewelry. In 1902, just after the Boer War, Ernest Oppenheimer came to Kimberley and became the head of Dinkelsbuehler in Kimberley.
Two years ago, Ernest Oppenheimer cooperated with an American consortium to establish the Anglo-American Mining Company, which officially set foot in the gold mines of Johannesburg. It has developed rapidly and now controls three gold mines.
Now Ernest Oppenheimer is still not well-known, but Rock is very familiar with this name. In another time and space, it was the Anglo-American Mining Company founded by Ernest Oppenheimer that annexed De Beers.
Uni-President Mining Company completed the poor boy's counterattack against the princess, and the Oppenheimer family once monopolized 90% of the world's diamond industry market share.
With Rock's presence, the scenes that took place in another time and space are unlikely to be repeated in this time and space. Rock had to remind Stoudemire early on to pay attention to the new Anglo-American Mining Company, so today's meeting was held. At the beginning of the meeting, Stoudemire did not target the Anglo-American Mining Company, but instead targeted the Marcellus Gold Mine where riots had just occurred.
Blake, the general manager of the Marcellus Gold Mine, knew nothing about this. He even used the reason that the Marcellus Gold Mine had just suffered huge losses and was unwilling to bear the aftermath costs collectively borne by the mining alliance.
"The loss of the gold mine was caused by you and has nothing to do with anyone else. You should know what the Mining Union did for the Marcellus Gold Mine when I was detained with you. All of this was because of Marcellus.
Les Gold Mine, will have a great negative impact on the operations of all gold mines in the entire Rand mining area in the future, so you not only have to bear this part of the cost, but also pay an additional fine as compensation for other gold mines
." Aiden, who was presiding over the meeting, seemed to be kind to Blake, but in fact he wanted to have his skin cramped. If it weren't for Blake, Aiden wouldn't be in danger.
"Fine?" Blake still doesn't understand what this is.
"Yes, fine. In order to deal with the aftermath, the Mining Alliance raised 180,000 rand. If you don't bear the money, then the Mining Alliance will auction the Marcellus Gold Mine and use the funds from the auction to provide funds to other parties."
Compensation from the mine." Aiden was committing murder. The other mine managers were happily watching the fun, seemingly unaware that what happened to Blake today might also happen to them in the future.<
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Of course, as long as they don't offend the Mining Alliance, the Mining Alliance will not attack its members casually. The situation in the Marcellus Gold Mine this time is too bad, so we must kill them as a warning to others.
This is almost everyone’s consensus.
"No, the mining union has no right to do this." Black was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that a mere strike would lead to such serious consequences.
"The Mining Alliance has power. Go back and take a look at the membership agreement of the Mining Alliance. It seems to be signed by you." Aiden smiled. Don't underestimate the various associations in southern Africa. They really have the power of life and death for their members.
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"Then our Marcellus Gold Mine will withdraw from the Mining Alliance now." Black's face was ashen.
"You think joining the Mining Alliance means staying in a hotel?" Aiden sneered. If you get on the Mining Alliance's pirate ship, you can't escape unscathed.
"I'm going to court to sue." Black has not yet realized the background of the mining alliance.
"Go ahead, I wish you success." Aiden simply didn't bother to talk to Black. The Deputy Minister of Justice was at the scene to observe. Without Roark's permission, the Mining Alliance would not attack the Marcellus Gold Mine.
"You are blackmailing——" Blake roared crazily.
Aiden nodded to the guard at the door, and immediately two strong men in black took Blake away.
The roar of laughter in the conference room became smaller now. Although Blake had himself to blame, others could not help but feel a bit cold.
"Okay, let's forget about those unpleasant things, and now let's move on to the next one." Aiden knocked the gavel slowly, and it felt good to use the name of the collective to eradicate his opponents. No wonder the French love democracy so much. p>
"When will the auction start?" Some politically insensitive mine owners couldn't wait and immediately attracted other people's attention.
"To be determined——" Aiden's eyes were meaningful. It's really time for the Mining Alliance to rectify it. Everyone has it.
Rock and Sidney Milner looked at each other and smiled, and then Stoudemire hurried over.
"Sorry, I got up late -" Xiaosi showed no apology on his face.
Rock and Sidney Milner were simply speechless. They could oversleep at this time, and their hearts were indeed a bit big.
"You missed the best part." Sidney Milner was in a happy mood. The Marcellus gold mine he just dealt with was at least half as big as Sidney Milner's.
Or maybe a whole one, it depends on the progress of the next meeting.
"In the first half of this year alone, the Johannesburg Police Department detected gold smuggling eleven times, with a total weight of more than five tons of gold seized and a total value of more than R700,000. Mr. Ernest Oppenheimer, do you have anything?
Want to add something?" Aiden closed the information in his hand and asked Ernest Oppenheimer directly.
"No." Ernest Oppenheimer's expression was calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
"Very well, I don't want to emphasize the significance of Johannesburg's gold to London and the federal government. Southern Africa is southern Africa of the British Empire, not anyone else's. Johannesburg's gold must first serve the British Empire. Ernest O
Mr. Benheimer, do you have any objection to this?" Aiden pressed forward step by step.
"No." Ernest Oppenheim said concisely.
"Okay then, now I am announcing the mining union's decision on the gold mine involved. The Chesterton Gold Mine will be fined fifteen thousand rand -" Aiden was not in a hurry.
"Wait, why?" The person in charge of the Chesterton Gold Mine immediately objected, and there was a lot of discussion in the venue. The mine owners finally felt that everyone was in danger.
"On January 15th this year, the 3,500 ounces of gold seized by the Johannesburg Police Station in Lihetenberg came from your Chesterton Gold Mine! Don't say that gold has nothing to do with the Chesterton Gold Mine, Taylor, I'll give it to you again
Will you accept this fine once you get a chance?" Aiden was tough, with the gavel in his hand half-raised, ready to knock down at any time.
Taylor, who had gained a lot of weight, and his waistline was probably about the same as his height, glared at Aiden, put his hands on the table and gasped, with veins on his hands exposed.
It’s really rare that someone so fat can still see it.
Aiden was neither anxious nor flinching, looking at Taylor coldly.
It took half a minute for Taylor to calm down.
"Okay, I accept."
Just after Taylor said these words with difficulty, the conference room fell silent.
Rock could even hear Sidney Milner taking a deep breath of relief.
"Very good, next is the Ignati Woods gold mine, with a fine of R111,000." Aiden said sharply. Ignati Woods is one of the three gold mines operated by Anglo-American Mining Company.
The atmosphere in the conference room immediately became tense again. One hundred and eleven thousand rand is not a small amount, and the exchange ratio between rand and pound is one to one. For a smaller gold mine, the profit for half a year is estimated to be only this small.
Unfortunately, the Ignati Woods Gold Mine is such a relatively small gold mine.
As a company that has only been established for two years, the big gold mines are definitely out of reach. That is to say, the small gold mines that Rock, Stoudemire, Henry, and the others looked down upon were the turn of the Anglo-American Mining Company to acquire them.
Is it great to have an American conglomerate background?
Don’t forget that this is 1910, and Britain is the leader in the world. The name of the Anglo-American Mining Company does not mean that the British and American governments will endorse this company. It just means that British capital and the United States
It’s just capital.
"Mr. Eden, this fine is too much. The Ignaty Woods Gold Mine cannot afford it." Ernest Oppenheimer finally couldn't bear it. When the Anglo-American Mining Company bought the Ignaty Woods Gold Mine, it was too much.
It cost less than 100,000 rand, and now it is being fined 110,000 rand. This is a pace that will bankrupt Ernest Oppenheimer.
"Mr. Ernest Oppenheimer, I want to remind you that if you refuse to pay this fine, then the Mining Alliance will auction the Ignaty Woods gold mine." Aiden is welcome, Ignaty Woods
The gold mine is what Xiaosi said, where "four or five thousand workers work in shifts, and only one or two tons of gold are mined every year."