"Hello! Mr. Karamzin, may I know what happened here?" Wang Hongbo asked politely after shaking hands with Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin.
"It's like this. Originally, we had negotiated with the residents of Inikaya Island, and they all agreed to relocate and leave the island, but today they suddenly went back on their word!
They said that their ancestors lived here for generations and were unwilling to leave the island!" Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin did not hide anything and told the truth.
Inikaya Island is now owned by Huayu International Development Group. Naturally, according to the contract, the residents of the island must also leave the island.
It is the obligation of the Mozambican government to mobilize the residents of the island to relocate.
"Are they unwilling to leave, or did they impose other conditions?"
"It would be nice if we put forward conditions. There is always room for negotiation. I just don't want to leave!" Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin said distressedly and glanced at the Western reporters who were interviewing the villagers there.
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Without the involvement of these Western reporters, they would have had many ways to get the villagers to agree to the relocation, and there would have been 10,000 ways to empty Inikaya Island.
Wang Hongbo looked at the Western reporters who were filming and interviewing them. These guys were afraid of chaos in the world.
If this matter cannot be solved perfectly today, I don’t know how these guys will blacken the Huayu Group and China!
"I know! I remember there are more than a thousand residents on this island, but there are only a few hundred people here. Can they represent all the residents?"
"It should be possible. The leader is the chief and leader of several tribes on the island!"
"Well, since they are unwilling to move, then they won't move!" Wang Hongbo thought for a while and said to Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin.
"Not moving?"
Wang Hongbo then added: "However, this requires them to hold a referendum. This is the 21st century, and we also need to talk about democracy!
If a few old people in their tribe are unwilling to move, can they let the entire tribe stay with them?
It’s not fair to other people!”
Wang Hongbo knew that this was probably caused by countries that could not see China's good intentions, or by his company's competitors in Africa.
As Huayu's influence in Africa grows and the interests involved become larger and larger, it is inevitable that many competitors will appear.
This can be seen from the pressure faced by security companies.
Last month alone, security companies had two conflicts with unknown militants.
Even the rocket launcher was used!
It can be seen that the scale of the conflict is not small.
"Mr. Wang is right! I will organize them to hold a referendum right now!" Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin thought for a while and nodded in agreement with Wang Hongbo's suggestion.
Although he knew that a referendum was of no use at all, in Mozambique, the tribal chiefs spoke better than they, the government officials.
However, Wang Hongbo represents Huayu International Development Group and is the largest investor in Mozambique. Wang Hongbo’s face must be taken into account.
Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin walked up to the group of black people making trouble and talked a lot. Wang Hongbo didn’t know what he said. Anyway, black people like to use body language when talking. People who show their teeth and claws look like
It's like a quarrel.
After coming over for a while, the black people making trouble let out bursts of cheers, as if celebrating victory.
There were some younger black men swaying their buttocks and dancing there.
Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin also returned and reported the results of the negotiations to Wang Hongbo.
The islanders, or tribal chiefs, agreed to a referendum.
"Then ask them to choose a place! Instead of holding referendums one by one, the five tribes gather together and hold a referendum! Let's hold a referendum today!" Wang Hongbo said simply.
This matter cannot be delayed, it must be resolved today, otherwise we will not know how those Western media will distort the facts tomorrow!
"Okay! I'll make arrangements right away!" Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin didn't expect Wang Hongbo to be so anxious, but he still agreed to Wang Hongbo's request.
"I remember we brought a camera?" Wang Hongbo turned around and asked his assistant Xiao Shi.
"I brought it, and I brought several cameras!"
"Go, gather all the cameras and record the entire referendum!" Wang Hongbo had to be more thoughtful and record the entire referendum process to avoid being quoted out of context later to discredit the company.
Wang Hongbo also gained wisdom after learning from the mistakes he made. He had suffered this loss before.
"Yes! I'll make arrangements right away!" Xiao Shi agreed and turned around to find the camera.
Soon, Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin negotiated with the chiefs of five small tribes and held a referendum in the largest tribe.
Wang Hongbo brought six cameras, a squadron of security personnel, assistants, and translators to the largest tribe on the island.
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"Hello everyone! I am the general manager of Huayu International Development Group!
China and Mozambique have a profound friendship, and we at Huayu came to Mozambique to help you build your homeland.
Our slogan at Huayu is common development, joint efforts, and common prosperity!
Rather than what you think, I am here to seize your homes and destroy your lives..." Wang Hongbo first spoke a lot of high-sounding Mandarin clichés with the help of a translator.
"Unfortunately, I just heard the news that many of you are unwilling to leave this island and live in Maputo City.
They are unwilling to accept the new house we built for you in Maputo City and the work we arranged for you.
It doesn't matter, we respect everyone's choice!
In order to better reflect democracy, I suggest that all the people of your five tribes hold a referendum!
If the result of the referendum is to stay on the island, then on behalf of Huayu Company, I agree that everyone should stay on the island!
If the result of the referendum is to leave the island, then I hope that those who are unwilling to leave will not delay everyone's pursuit of a better life because of your personal reasons!"
After Wang Hongbo finished speaking, there was a commotion among the people from Inikaya below. Wang Hongbo could not understand what was specifically said.
Anyway, I only saw a small commotion below, but it soon calmed down under the chief's suppression.
It can be seen that the prestige of these chiefs in the tribe is still very high, much higher than the prestige of the village chiefs and secretaries in China.
“The referendum begins now!
The box here agrees to be relocated and leaves the island, but the box here does not agree to be relocated and is unwilling to leave the island!
Everyone, just throw the shells in your hands into the corresponding boxes!
Then we will tally the results!" Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin loudly announced the rules of the referendum.
It's that simple!
It’s so complicated that even the illiterate Inikaya people can’t understand it.