Chapter 379: The puppet who came to power
The group stayed at the hotel for only one night, and after breakfast the next day, a convoy came to meet them to their destination.
Their destination is in the Special Economic Zone, which has only been established for two years in country T, which is close to the sea, a key area for investment by Jinshan Investment Company and the sphere of influence of the Santos family.
The convoy that came to greet them was the convoy of the security company under the Golden Mountain Investment Company.
Jeeps are the mainstay, but there are also two bulletproof Humvees.
Gu Mu and Fang Hao and other important people entered the two bulletproof cars.
Gu Mu and Fang Hao were sitting in the same car, along with his two bodyguards.
Chi Yanyan, Qu Wan'er, and Luo Xiaohu sat in another bulletproof car.
Liu Qing, Fang Hao's entourage, could only sit in the jeep in the back.
However, the security guards who came from this convoy were basically yellow faces and spoke Mandarin, which did not make him feel uneasy.
After getting into the car, Fang Hao saw the gun in the car and couldn't help but be surprised: "Mr. Gu, there is a gun in this car, will it be investigated?"
Gu Mu laughed: "This country doesn't ban guns, what's there to investigate? And it's good, who will check my convoy?"
His two bodyguards sat in the front, one driving and the other holding the guns in the car, skillfully checking the condition of the guns and ammunition.
This kind of action did not make Fang Hao feel safe, but made him feel even more unsafe.
"Do you need to exaggerate like that?" he asked Gu Mu in a low voice.
"This is not an exaggeration," Gu Mu said, "I was ambushed once in this country, and I almost hung up here." ”
Fang Hao was even more scared.
He felt that when he arrived at Gu Mu's base, he must learn the operation of firearms.
If the gun is in someone else's hand, where is there a sense of security in one's own hand?
There were two jeeps in front of the road, and the Hummer that Gu Mu was sitting in was the third.
This convoy had more than twenty vehicles, and Fang Hao didn't know how powerful the firepower was.
The road conditions in country T are not so good, and in many places there are not even the lowest hardened roads, just dirt roads.
The speed of the convoy was not fast, and the bumpy road made Fang Hao feel like he was riding a tractor when he was a child.
Looking out the car window, there is the countryside, a large area of rural areas.
A lot of the places were barren, and there were some places where blacks were working.
Many of the houses are grass huts, and the accommodation environment is particularly bad.
gave Fang Hao the feeling that it was like the old society described in domestic literary works, which made him feel unreal. Pi Phi Reading.com
I know that many people in this land are poor, but I didn't expect that there will be such a poor place in the 21st century.
The last time I went to the mountains to do charity, the transportation in that place was very inconvenient, and the poverty was indeed poor, but it was not to the point of poverty.
At least the house they live in is a brick house, and the house is also covered with tiles.
After several hours of driving, the road conditions finally improved, and the road was driven onto the asphalt road.
The scenery on the roadside has finally changed, and you can see factories, densely populated towns, and small buildings.
Although most of them are black, there are also many yellow-skinned people.
"It's time to invest in the place," Gu Mu said to Fang Hao, "and when we get to this place, it's basically safe." ”
As he was talking, he saw two helicopters flying in the distance.
Fang Hao asked Gu Mu in a little panic: "There's a helicopter flying over there, it can't be coming at us, right?"
Gu Mu glanced at it and said, "It's coming for us, but it's here to protect us, it's our company's armed helicopter." ”
Fang Hao was taken aback: "Your security company still has an armed helicopter?"
"Isn't this a normal thing?" Gu Mu said, "The poorer the place, the more sinister it is, without such strength, why should we gain a foothold in this place?"
Fang Hao was speechless again.
Gu Mu said: "At our base, our security company has a total of ten armed helicopters, of course, not very advanced, but it will not be worse than the armed helicopters of this country's army, probably a little better." We, the security company, want to protect not only our investments in country T, but also our investments in other neighboring countries, and we need to have such a rapid response force to be able to deter others. ”
"Can the government here allow you to have such a powerful force?" Fang Hao couldn't help but ask.
"The government here doesn't have that much control over the civilian forces, and in fact, until now, the country has a unified government, but it's actually a warlord. Until they become a civilized nation, we cannot give up our armed forces. Gu Mudao.
Whether or not it can become a civilized country is related to the popularization of education in a country, and it is also related to the economic development of a country.
A country so poor that many people starve to death every year expect how civilized they are, that is impossible.
In the case that you will starve to death if you don't rob others, robbing and killing people is only an instinct for survival.
The fight for turf is only an amplified instinct.
The Golden Mountain Investment Company has such a large investment here, and it has not been swallowed up by the warlords here, mainly because they have a strong military force.
"Santos is a good friend of mine, and his family is also the closest ally of Jinshan Investment Company, and this special economic zone is their family's traditional territory, so that if their family has more economic power, they can have a stronger armed force. When they have a crushing advantage in this country, the country will become their family's pocket, so that our security can be better ensured - but only this time they will not fall out with us because of their interests. We keep our armed forces not just against other warlords, but also against them. Gu Mu explained to Fang Hao.
"I feel like you're playing too much, you're risking your life. Fang Hao said in horror.
Gu Mu sighed with emotion: "It's really too big, if it weren't for the old man's layout for so many years, it would have been difficult to ride a tiger, let me choose, I would definitely not play so big." I'd rather not have the wealth here, I have enough wealth to live the life I want to live. But I don't have the right to choose! I'm just a puppet on the stage, behind me, there are all kinds of forces, there are too many interests, all want to push me to the stage to perform the play they want to see, what can I do?"
Looking at him, Fang Hao suddenly had a trace of sympathy.