Chapter 969: Two Victors
"Victor, I have officially expelled the team of former French President Francois Mitterrand's son in Luanda, which is enough to show my sincerity. So, what I want to know is, what is the intention behind Cameraga's visit to the United States next month?"
Angola, inside the presidential residence in Luanda, the capital of Angola.
After a sumptuous luncheon, Angolan President José dos Santos was in a lavishly furnished reception room for a private meeting with Victor Merisisis.
Relying on the excellent results of the plantation in southeastern Angola for more than a year, Victor Meriss, who was originally self-nominated, gained more and more trust from Simon, and likewise, because of his Angolan status, it was easier for Victor Merisis to break into the Angolan upper echelons, even though he was a standard white man.
Victor Meriss, who was busy on the plantation today, suddenly received an invitation to lunch from the president, which was actually expected.
Since the war in Rwanda two years ago, the situation in Africa has never been better at all.
Internally, the opposition Savimbi forces entrenched in the south are still active even though their living space has been reduced to a minimum, and there are sometimes some clashes with government forces, and in the east, relations between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have begun to deteriorate, and war may break out at any time.
Even internally, Angola's economy has been at its lowest due to the perennial civil war.
Even if Africa is rich in products, there are inevitably people who will go hungry, and once they are hungry, they can do anything.
Victor Merissis leaned back on the comfortable leather sofa with a cigar in his hand, and waited for a petite black maid to bring coffee and then left the room like a cat: "Mr. President, this is actually obvious, the United States has decided to overthrow Mobutu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in fact, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is a kind of inevitable twist, there is only one superpower in the world now, the United States, although it seems that there is still the United Nations as a counterbalance, but this kind of containment is actually very small, the strong are respected, this is the most obvious norm in this world." ”
Dos Sandos's eyes flashed, both confirmed and a little worried, and then he quickly showed a mouthful of white teeth to Merissis and asked, "In that case, Victor, what do you think we should do?"
"Oh, Mr. President, I'm just a farmer, and frankly, that's not something I can point fingers at. ”
"So, what does Mr. Westeros mean?"
"The boss will definitely be very concerned about this matter, but how to ...... exactly" said Victor Meriss, who did not too much of the African head's appetite, "I can only say, Mr. President, if you have any questions, I can help pass the word." ”
"As I said earlier, expelling Mitterrand's team and cutting off the secret arms deal with the French side is my attitude," dos Santos said, "I have also learned one thing in the past two years, and working with Mr. Westeros is definitely a very good choice." ”
"Yes," Victor Merissis also laughed, "because our boss is basically just a businessman, as long as everyone has the same interests, they can coexist, and they just want to continue to colonize Africa, such as France, which is absolutely intolerable." ”
Meriss's words were both a bit broken and a reminder.
In fact, both sides know it.
Since the establishment of relations with the Westeros system, after the initial vigilance, dos Santos has found many benefits, different from the trade-offs with various countries, like France, before 1994, although the United Nations did not impose embargoes and sanctions against Angola, Angola wanted to obtain all kinds of materials, and had to deal with difficult Western countries.
The son of former French President François Mitterrand once secretly controlled an arms export route from Eastern Europe to Angola, and the Angolan government had to be coerced by the French government in order to obtain these arms.
After establishing ties with the Westeros system, the Angolan government maintained this relationship in order to avoid constraints and other scruples.
Until the death of Mitterrand at the beginning of this year, the influence of this powerful politician in French politics disappeared, coupled with the recent changes in Africa, dos Santos, who has been observing the Westeros system for a long time, completely decided to choose a side, and he was very shrewd to stand on the side of the Westeros system, rather than the side of the United States too clearly, although Dos Santos had visited the United States under the matchmaking of the Westeros system before.
The benefits of this are clear.
The powerful Westeros system has a fairly strong influence in the United States, and relying on the Westeros system is actually equivalent to relying on the United States, and at the same time, Angola does not need to be constrained too much by the US government, everything only needs to be transited through the Westeros system.
As for Simon Westeros, Dos Santos was initially wary of the fact that the young super-rich man had overthrown a government in Rwanda.
However, after two years of observation, dos Santos gradually discovered the truth about Westeros's intervention in Rwanda, which was not to save Tutsi refugees who had been slaughtered, but to show the influence of the Westeros system. In the final analysis, when did those white people in the West care about the life and death of black people.
Discovering this only reassured Dos Sandos.
Doing deals with Western countries can be abandoned at any time, just like the Mobutu regime in the DRC at this time, which is already crumbling, but cooperating with the Westeros system can not only get the benefits of cooperation with the United States, but also do not need to have too deep ties with the U.S. government, those politicians can eat people more than businessmen without spitting out too many bones, and turn their faces ruthlessly.
Now, as long as the Dos Santos family guarantees the interests of the Westeros system in Angola, and even deepens this interest involvement, then the Westeros system will be the most solid umbrella for the Dos Santos family, and unless Simon Westeros intends to give up his property in Angola, which is obviously not too easy in the view of Dos Santos, then the possibility of a break between the two sides is very small.
The recent news that Rwanda's new president, Limeja, is planning to visit the United States next month has strengthened dos Sandos's thinking.
The two of them were very vague in the reception room, and after chatting for more than an hour, Victor Merissis got up to take his leave. Dos Santos also made a gesture and personally put Merissis on a helicopter parked on the tarmac of the residence.
There are no four seasons in Africa, only rainy and dry seasons.
Angola is in the middle of the dry season, and this year's drought has been significantly more severe.
Victor Merissis left the Angolan capital by helicopter, looking down on the country as it was devastated and devastated, but his gaze did not fluctuate much.
It is almost a thousand kilometers from Luanda to the plantation in the southeast, and it takes two stops to refuel before finally arriving at the plantation.
There is a team of 120 U.S. private troops stationed here, all of whom are from Ukraine, and another UFMS vice president, Viktor Kostalev, is the top UFMS executive that Simon has been quietly supporting to counterbalance Klim Derevyanko, but this Uyghur private army executive, who is also from the former Soviet special forces, obviously prefers to go to the front line in person, rather than play a balance in Ukraine according to someone's wishes.
In fact, Viktor Kostarev did not have such a consciousness at all, preferring to be a purely military man.
Simon actually likes it, too.
Because of the purity, Viktor has a strong appeal in the Vyalist private army, and has enough military loyalty, which also means that if one day, Simon needs Viktor Kostalev to replace Kerim Derevyanko, the process will be quite smooth.
Although there was a tacit agreement with the Savimbi forces, which were entrenched in the south, the 600-square-kilometer plantation far from Luanda was not at peace because of the division of African princes.
600 square kilometers of land, 120 Uyghur private soldiers, simply can't be seen.
With Simon's authorization, Viktor Kostarev and Viktor Merissis worked together to gather a group of supernumerary guards, numbering as many as 600 people, because they were all local blacks, and there was no official establishment, and most of the time there were incarnate farmers working on the plantations, so they did not attract much attention from the authorities.
Of course, Dos Santos is not a fool, although he originally set aside a large plantation for Simon in the area bordering Savimbi's forces, but he still did not feel at ease, and deliberately set up a team of government representatives here, nominally to assist in the construction of the plantation, but in fact to monitor.
It's a pity that people are poor and short-sighted.
The team in charge of monitoring was easily co-opted by the plantation side to become close partners, and with the fact that the Emperor was far away, Luanda's side would not get any useful information at all.
Compared to the withering of other areas, the scenery immediately changed when the helicopter entered the sky above the plantation.
In addition to the coffee trees that had already been planted, the other areas that had not had time to be developed were not abandoned, but were planted with corn and other food crops, and when viewed from the air, Victor Merissis's expression softened a little.
This is a scene from memory.
Rich Africa is supposed to be like this, not like a wilderness by a bunch of black monkeys.
The helicopter landed at the Uighur private army station in the plantation, and it was already evening, and the other Victor happened to return with the team patrol, and the two Victors, who got along well, hugged each other and entered the barracks together.
Said to be a barracks, the conditions are actually very superior, and even air conditioning equipment is installed.
Simon's treatment of the Uyghur private army is actually better than that of the U.S. military, as long as these people work for themselves, they should be given no less preferential treatment, so although the management of the Uyghur private army is very harsh, it is quite stable internally.
In addition to a few vacations during this period, Viktor Kostalev has been in Angola for more than a year, and as an excellent soldier, Viktor is also very capable of learning, in addition to English and French, he is also very proficient in Portuguese conversation.
"So, how about today's meeting?"
As soon as the two of them sat down in the living room of the barracks, Viktor Kostarev asked.
Speaking of which, Kostarev's potential level of authority on the Angolan side is higher than Merisiss's, but Simon attaches great importance to maintaining the independence of the Uighur private army, and does not allow the Uyghur private army top brass to contact the local government without authorization unless authorized, and Viktor Kostarev is very loyal to enforce this clause.
Similarly, there are many people in charge of the Angolan side who are more senior than Kostarev, such as those who are in charge of arms deals with the Angolan government, or the management of other enterprises, but those who are basically unable to contact Simon directly.
All in all, the Westeros system is now intertwined.
Victor Merissis took a few sips of the bottle of purified water he had just taken out of the refrigerator before saying, "Dos Santos expelled the team of former French President Francois Mitterrand's son and cut off the arms deal with France. ”
Hearing this, Kostarev smiled and said: "Some time ago, there was a conflict between the boss and the French government, and Dos Sandos will choose the right time to express his sincerity. ”
After all, it is from Ukraine, Viktor Kostarev can still get some relatively accurate information, and the French government has really not stopped in Ukraine in the past two years, which directly annoyed his own boss. Speaking of which, this is also more or less due to the fact that France's arms trade chain in Angola was encroached upon by the Westeros system.
Many disputes, in the final analysis, are about interests.
Merissis also laughed and said: "Dos Santos is actually scared, in fact, these African heads of state know very well that if Western countries want to watch them, none of them can run away, and they actually don't have too many Jade Emperors left and right, since France's influence in Africa is getting weaker and weaker, and the United States is also known as the only super strong in the world, which side to take refuge in, there is no need to think much about it." Compared with dealing directly with the U.S. government, cooperating with our boss is undoubtedly the most convenient. ”
Viktor Kostarev nodded.
Although they are Ukrainian, whether it is Kostarev or Merissis, even if Simon still has not publicly preached the concept of a certain 'Westerosian', because the Westeros system is too strong, the two have subconsciously regarded themselves as 'Westerosian'.
After all, a former homeland collapsed, faith collapsed, and a former country completely lost its purpose, and a person already had a deep estrangement and even hatred for the country they were in, so when the Westeros system provided them with a belonging, the two naturally developed a tendency to belong.
Everyone, in fact, needs a place of peace of mind.