Angola is still in the midst of a civil war, and although Jonas has invested at the invitation of government forces, the area of investment is far from the battlefield.

However, this does not mean that he can sit back and relax, there are thousands of days to be a thief, and there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days.

Even though his main investment area is at sea, he has to set up a logistics base on land.

If the army harasses every day, it will be a fool.

Not to mention anything else, spending a sum of money to buy peace is still necessary.

The mercenary group arranged the past, but it was only to deal with local tribes and Xiaoxiao, if it was really a war every day, the consumption would not be bearable.

In previous lives, many international companies did not invest in Angola until the 90s, mainly because of this.

In the eighties, the army supported by Armenia was still very powerful, and no one knew what the final result would be.

Only Jonas knew that the army could not achieve great things. In the nineties, their power was gradually weakened, and in 2002, even Savimbi was directly killed.

But no one knew about the outcome except Jonas, and they didn't dare to invest, but Jonas wasn't afraid.

In fact, interest groups have survived mainly because of this.

Those big oil companies did not dare to enter the war-torn areas, let alone get into the reputation of making shady money.

So they knew that Persian oil was cheap, so they didn't dare to buy it, so they let people like Richie buy it and resell it to them.

Armenia wanted Richie, but they didn't stop doing business with him.

Including the most famous United Nations "oil-for-food program" in later generations, after the overthrow of Saddam, the Babylonian civil war continued.

To save civilians there, the United Nations launched the "Oil-for-Food Programme".

But the initiator of this plan was Rich, and the United Nations officials acted as intermediaries, and the major buyers of oil were the Armenian oil companies.

There was a war all day long, and the big oil companies did not dare to enter Babylon. But Richie and the others are not afraid.

They have their own armies, their own convoys, and they move between the major powers. Small forces don't dare to provoke them, and large armies don't dare to offend them, the God of Wealth.

Offend them, not to mention the funds, even the bullets for the war, they can't get it.

The world needs people like Rich, those African warlords who have no regard for human life, and they kill hundreds of thousands of people.

They are not afraid of the big countries that talk about the rules, but they are afraid of outlaws like Richie.

Because these civilized outlaws have money, oil, minerals, munitions, and channels.

If you offend a big country, you will only be blocked, and in fact the smuggling channels will not be broken.

If you offend someone like Richie, you can't sell the diamonds in your hand, you can't sell the oil in your hand, you can't buy arms, and no matter how big the power is, it will collapse.

It is also for this reason that the core elements of interest groups may be stinky shit in the peaceful zone, and everyone dislikes them.

But in war-torn areas, they are definitely welcomed by those armies, poisonous governments, and warlords.

Of course, for this reason, they are blamed even more.

Jonas had no intention of whitewashing them, and in fact many of them were indeed perverse opportunists.

This is the main reason why Jonas kept his distance from Richie.

Many governments deal with them secretly, but on the surface, they absolutely do not want to be involved with them.

Listening to Jonas's words, Richie smiled with relief: "Jonas, I'm glad you made the choice today, interest groups do need to be whitewashed, at least when they can operate legally, we are not willing to use illegal means."

I used to think that you were investing in the automotive industry to find a new foothold outside of the oil industry, and I was a little disappointed.

But today your choices show us that you still stand with us. ”

Jonas looked down at Richie beside him and said with a smile, "Uncle Mark, do you remember the first thing I said when I first met you?

But I don't want to be wanted like you, and although we can't be completely whitewashed, I want to make our image a little more perfect. At least, in the minds of the masses, a little more gentle. ”

The first thing Jonas said when he first met Richie was, "Mr. Richie, you are my idol." ”

If Jonas hadn't mentioned it, Richie himself would have almost forgotten. But at this time, Jonas mentioned it again, and his heart was much warmer.

He was just about to speak, but two bodyguards appeared at the top of the stairs, in front of Richie's bodyguard supervisor, Big Ivan, followed by Kaia Young.

Big Ivan pointed to the satellite phone that Kaeya Young was holding, and Jonas understood that there must be an important phone.

Kaeya Young looked around the big people in the hall, not daring to speak. When Jonas walked up to him, he whispered, "It's the phone call from the president of the Rainbow Nation, Porta, who knows about your meeting with Santos and the Soviets and asks to protest to you in person." ”

Jonas glanced at the phone in his hand, muttered for a moment, and said, "Call me." ”

Knowing that it was the call from the president of the Rainbow Nation, Jonas had no intention of going out to answer the phone. Because this Porta is also an old friend of Richie, in the middle, Richie still needs to mediate.

The Rainbow Country and Angola do not have a border, but in the civil war in Angola, Porta served as the Minister of Defense at that time, and promoted the Rainbow Country to participate in the Angolan Civil War.

However, Armenia and South Africa have failed, and the well-trained Cuban soldiers are not comparable to the black uncle who can only fight with the wind.

And the white soldiers of the Rainbow Country did not want to fight for the blacks at all, so later, the Rainbow Country withdrew from Angola in defeat.

This is the most unsuccessful point of Porta's resume, and it is more reproachful than his insistence on apartheid.

"Hello, Your Excellency President Porta, I'm Jonas Hoffmann. ”

"Jonas Jonas, I'm very disappointed to hear the news of your secret conversation with Santos today. ”

"Your Excellency, I am sure that my conversation with Santos did not contain any words related to your country. ”

"But if you cooperate with him, you are pushing my old friend against him, and I don't believe you don't know about the grudge between me and him. ”

This is a bit too overbearing, and the president of a country is too impulsive to call in person.

"Your Excellency, you believe that I have always attached great importance to my relations with your country. But you can't let me be confronted with a lucrative business and choose to refuse, don't you say? Moreover, it has nothing to do with your country, otherwise I would have declined. ”

"Jonas, you don't seem to know that our Rainbow Nation is the country that does the most business with you. We trade a billion dollars a year in gold, coal, and diamonds, but what does Angola have? You can ask Mark carefully, and he should teach you how to be a successful businessman. ”

"Thank you, I'll ask him right away, and then we'll give you an accurate answer in our meeting tomorrow. ”

The phone was hung up, and Jonas watched as Richie shrugged his shoulders and gave the phone to Kaeya Young. "You go to the first floor and wait for me. ”

When Ivan and Kaia Young left, Richie smiled: "Although I don't know what Porta said on the phone, I can guess seventy or eighty." ”

Green nodded and said, "Porta has changed so much since becoming president. He became more and more conceited, unable to listen to any opinions, but not tolerant of the slightest dissent. The point is that his political wisdom is not worthy of his current position. ”

Rich laughed: "The failure in Anguo has become a stain on his life. He is very sensitive to all the news about Anguo, and he can't wait for that country to stay in a primitive society forever.

However, the world did not transfer by the will of someone, and Jonas was really going to stop cooperating with Angola, and he could not afford the blame of the Soviets. ”

Jonas asked, "Well, I can ignore him." ”

Richie nodded and said, "Be tactful, lower your posture." Just think of yourself as one of his soldiers, and just turn around and forget about it. ”

Jonas smiled bitterly: "He's the president of a country."

Rich laughed: "Their mining department is only a peripheral member, but this time he came in person, not to mention that he has no business with you, and he has not put a rand in your company."

What was the purpose? It's not because he knew that Santos was coming, he deliberately came to the ring. In addition to the coal business, I can completely lose the gold and diamond business. ”

Jonas thought for a moment and understood why Richie would say that.

This is mainly because there is a Soviet Union standing behind the country, and compared to the Soviet Union, the rainbow country is nothing.

Not to mention how much business he had with the Soviet Union, just because he had offended Armenia, he could no longer offend the Soviet Union, the only one that could oppose Armenia.

Jonas asked, "So, do we need to discuss the share of the investment?"

Richie tilted his head, took a puff on his cigar, and asked, "Isn't this your business?" Hoffman Investment Bank is responsible for providing the funds, and the transoceanic drilling is responsible for providing the technology, what does it matter to us? However, if the oil fields are really discovered, it would be nice to give us a few oil fields. ”

Jonas asked, "I take the risk alone, is it also in accordance with the rules of business when trading?"

"Of course, if you want to make clean money, we have to make every Swiss franc you earn. ”

Jonas laughed. "Don't regret it then. ”

Davis hesitated for a moment and asked, "Jonas, you don't seem to be worried at all about not having an oil field, are you really not worried about spending a lot of money and ending up in nothing?"

"I love this kind of gambling and I believe in my luck. ”

Davis thought for a while, and said to Hubert Perodo, a core member sitting on the other side: "There should be a lot of short oil companies under your name, are you willing to transfer one to me?"

Perodo smiled and said, "Why isn't it cooperation? Anyway, your identity as an American is not convenient to operate directly." ”