Chapter 194 Unite All the Forces That Can Be United

Joe Ga's Versailles-style sarcasm made Lu Jun laugh out loud..."Bro Wolf, this is easy to handle. You're a miner, just get a few sets of large equipment and refine the ore into fine powder, and leave the rest for the Central African Government to figure out. I'll give you a tip, Africa imported 1.3 billion tons of steel last year, and there's a shortage of at least 500 million tons in that. We have, not to mention many, at least a hundred thousand small blast furnaces that are being phased out in our country, and many local governments are willing to pay you to take them away..." Joe Ga was dumbstruck by Lu Jun's business sense and curiously said, "You mean, let me use the money from the African Union Bank to develop a steel plant? The African Union Development Bank at most can lend out 200 million US dollars, how could that be enough?" Upon hearing this, Lu Jun sighed and said, "Bro, my brother, that's not how you do business. Do you see any large enterprise engaging in overseas investment all by themselves? You can't think about doing it all on your own, you're a mine boss, your responsibility is to sell ore. You're not the big sucker, do you also want to develop the industry to save Africa? The Central African Government has no money, their people have no money, but the heads of their tribes are rich. Presidents, the heads of anti-government armed factions, etc., they all have some family fortune. My dad used to say, we are people from China, we do things methodically, we need to unite all the forces we can! The interest on the money borrowed from the Central Africa Development Bank can be ignored, you can use this money to purchase mining machinery, to improve the local living environment, to build a few convenient roads, and even to construct an inland port... You get it?" Sёarᴄh the nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. As Joe Ga listened, a chord in his brain was suddenly struck, and then he felt as if everything became clear in front of him. Isn't this the traditional strategy of China's Africa policy? They're only investing their own money, not only for the benefits of minerals, oil, and gas, and the like but also for the benefits in five, ten, or even thirty years from now, for a mature market that can take on the surplus industrial capacity from their country. Fighting wars every day, not even having clothes to wear, who's going to buy my industrial products? Can selling steel pipes and gas cylinders help the common people live a better life? Compared to the grand strategy of great powers, Joe Ga's small boat was much more nimble; he was investing the African Union Development Bank's money, but he might end up with a steel city in the end. Many people don't understand the benefits here, but Joe Ga felt like he was suddenly enlightened by Xiao Yaozi, as if his governor and conception vessels had been opened... The iron mine is mine, I'm only responsible for refining the ore and selling the iron powder, the business of firing up blast furnaces and steelmaking, rolling steel mills, or even other factories, I leave it all to the natives of Central Africa. I even help you guys find the things needed for the factories and contact the technicians for you, just follow the standards of China in the 1980s; with just your money, we can all get rich together. Central Africa doesn't have the conditions for building large-scale steel plants, but how much is a small blast furnace? Steel is in demand in Africa; once the industry takes shape here, it can form a booming mining and metallurgical city. Even if Joe Ga doesn't fight for control of the city but only enjoys the benefits of the minerals, it would still be an astronomical sum. Those black brothers who got rich with him would form a firm alliance with Joe Ga, keeping anyone who wants to join later on the outside. With this force, even the Central African presidential elections would have to greet Joe Ga. Because by then, what Joe Ga controls won't be just the indigenous people, but Central Africa's rare working class and middle class, who will defend what they have to the death. Of course, there are many difficulties in this, but in the past, Joe Ga always thought of solving them by himself. But now it's different. After changing his mindset, Joe Ga realized that when any difficulty is spread among many people, it's not so difficult anymore. Instead of sitting in a room trying to figure it out by myself, why not bring the actual power holders of Central Africa on board? Some problems that Joe Ga couldn't solve even if he racked his brain became very simple in their hands. Lu Jun is right, 'Only by uniting all the forces that can be united can we truly expand and strengthen.' The short-sighted speculative activities of Westerners have long been proven problematic in Africa. In this impoverished place, only solid investment, construction, and maintenance of stability can reap a long-term dividend in the future. This scale of investment and alliance, Joe Ga certainly couldn't achieve in other countries, but Central Africa is truly possible! There's nothing here that great powers covet, no assets that large companies desire, and the United Nations is also tired of the chaos here. This little brother goes to the United Nations meetings every year, and the most common issues discussed are borrowing money and asking for debt relief; the United Nations Development Fund and the African Union Development Bank are already overwhelmed by it. Now there's someone stepping forward to integrate Central Africa's iron ore resources, to enable self-rescue, just for the hope of repaying debts, the African Union has to give Joe Ga a push on his butt and get him moving..." ``` This is exactly the kind of business Joe Ga likes, I come with guns, take away enough wealth and influence, and as I leave, you all still have to say 'thank you' to me, you might even erect a statue for me! The two enlightenments from young master Lu made Joe Ga feel like he had an epiphany, like a sudden burst of enlightenment! This stuff is common sense for sons of big families, because that's how their families do business back in South SD, so he understands every step of the process. But for Joe Ga, it's different, as a kid from a poor family, not only does he lack this awareness, he's not familiar with the processes, and most importantly, he naturally lacks the willingness and instinct to 'unite all forces that can be united'. All the biographies of famous people talk about individual heroism, as if those big businesses were all built by one person. 'Don't partner in business', this is the most widespread saying in the society. Just fifteen minutes ago, Joe Ga still thought this saying was golden advice! But the operations of Boss Huang and Lu Jun, and all the issues Joe Ga had just figured out, were telling him that one person can't become big and strong alone! Learning to share benefits, integrate interests, and guide them is the only way to truly grow and strengthen! And strangely enough, when you reach this point, as long as you can control your greed and only take your part, you'll find that any action you take will gain support, because by then you aren't representing the interests of one person, but of a group of people. And the most formidable part is, once successful, one also earns quite a bit of respect. Compared to the endless external struggles, restraining the fight within the internal scope, in a place like Africa where Joe Ga holds strong armed forces, he's not afraid at all. All I ask of you is to follow the rules, if you can't do that, then you have no need to stay alive! How simple! Joe Ga used to think his heart and ambitions were big, but now he realizes his ambitions could be even bigger! The excited Joe Ga no longer cared about anything else, he gave his satellite phone number to Lu Jun, then took paper and pen from Xiao Hei and started scribbling on the counter. He wanted to record all his recent inspirations, lest he forget anything, so immersed that he even forgot about the pain in his ribs. Karman didn't know what had happened to Joe Ga, but every time he showed this kind of performance, his business would undergo some change, which was an incredibly good thing. The old guy waved his hand to signal everyone not to disturb the boss, and then he slammed a big bag onto the counter, unzipped it, and revealed bundles and bundles of cash, saying to Xiao Hei, "Go close the door, the business you've done today is enough." Seeing Xiao Hei hesitate, Karman lifted his T-shirt to reveal the Glock on his waist... Xiao Hei didn't seem to be afraid of the gun, but he knew that people with money and guns are generally big shots, so while calling his boss, he apologetically ushered out a few stray customers, and then decisively closed the store's front door. When Joe Ga is surrounded by people he trusts and is fully focused, he easily ignores the external environment. When he finally looked up from his writing, he was surprised to find that it had already gotten dark outside. At the entrance of the mobile phone shop stood several armed policemen, with old Karman posted at the door, his gaze cold and forbidding, preventing them from entering the store. A black woman with a yellow headscarf and wearing an eye-catching golden robe stood in the middle of the shop, waving her chubby hands painted with red nail polish, continuously encouraging the staff to work even harder, promising her employees a ride in a new Mercedes at the end of the year. This black woman was clearly the boss of the mobile phone shop, and though she spoke with a difficult-to-understand accent, Joe Ga thought she had the air of a pyramid-selling guru. Because with her 'encouragement', the staff didn't just clap and stomp their feet shouting slogans, but their eyes began to redden, as if a sense of guilt for letting down the boss's trust was spreading through their hearts. It was as if they would slap themselves a few times and swear to perform better tomorrow as soon as the boss gave the order. Read new chapters at empire If this wasn't brainwashing training, Joe Ga thought he might as well have no eyes. He just didn't know where the black woman had learned it from. If she was self-taught, then her achievements in this unfortunate place called Africa would have been boundless. Karman saw Joe Ga stand up, holding his ribs, and with a frown, he walked over to the boss lady, his dissatisfied gaze putting an end to her motivational speech. Nis took the initiative to help Joe Ga by the arm, saying, "You've been writing for two hours now, Dorian just sent a message, they've found the warehouse of the Belgium Mining Company. He's urging us to discuss what to do at the hotel?" After hearing this, Joe Ga suddenly felt that those tens of kilograms of gold and platinum were just that, having newly opened his governor and conception vessels, he saw things differently... "That's not urgent, I'm a bit hungry, let's find a place to eat something good first, then talk. A matter of metal, where does it weigh against our dinner?" Nis, daunted by Joe Ga's 'imperial aura', said in astonishment, "You came in such a hurry, and now you're not interested?" Joe Ga's mind flashed with images of gold, he smacked his lips and said, "It's not that I'm not interested, hey, you wouldn't understand man's affairs, just follow my lead." Nis blinked her big eyes and meekly said 'okay', then when out of Joe Ga's line of sight, she gave Antar, who had been paying attention to her, a radiant smile. Joe Ga didn't notice Nis's change, and in his buoyant mood, he said to Karman, "Once the stuff is delivered, pay and send them on their way, let's find a place to eat." Karman was just about to nod when the female boss started walking towards Joe Ga, opening her arms wide and loudly said in Mandarin Chinese with a Southern Fujian accent, "Hello, I am the owner, welcome to Yakoma..." ```