Chapter 269: Security

Even though he is not as powerful as Jonas, Svensson is also an old man who has been wandering for many years, and now he can be called a dominant party.

He didn't have much pressure in the face of Jonas, nodded and said: "I understand what you mean, and I will let you know that cooperating with me will not make you lose anything." After all these years in Africa, what I have learned the most is to share with others. ”

Jonas laughed, "Then there will be no problems between us." ”

He nodded with satisfaction, glanced at Big Ivan who came over, and said with a smile: "I also need to make a few phone calls, see you in the evening." ”

Ivan is Richie's head bodyguard, but Jonas knows that he has a lot of other responsibilities on him.

For such a capable guy, Jonas likes it very much, compared to him, Plov is a little less shrewd, and Kaia Young is a little worse, not a level of people.

However, Jonas is not in a hurry, he believes that he can meet a shrewd bodyguard like Ivan in the future.

"Jonas, Lombala of Lubango came to visit, and with him several local warlords from the south. ”

Jonas remembers in his mind that this Lombala was the leader of a large tribe in the south of the country, and their territory was rich in diamonds and many small gold mines.

Relying on the wealth brought by these diamonds and gold, he became a boss that neither the government army nor the rebels dared to provoke easily.

Although he is now ostensibly attached to the government army, he has a great deal of autonomy.

Jonas nodded, stood up and commanded Erwin, who came with him. "Let the waiters bring some chairs, and I'll meet them here. Ivan, tell me about the others......"

The Luanda peninsula looks on the map as if the city of Luanda had a golden rod in its hand.

The hotel where Jonas and they stayed was located in a position to the north, close to the mainland.

Because the peninsula is long and narrow, only a few hundred meters wide, it only takes thirty bodyguards to surround the hotel from both sides.

On the periphery of the bodyguards, there are also troops sent by the government army, which are heavily guarded.

The peninsula is quiet and peaceful, but when you look at the city, you can feel the chaos of the African continent.

In the lobby of the hotel, five middle-aged men with large bodies and fat bodies stood together and spoke in a low voice, and behind them, there were two entourages each.

They were dressed casually like Jonas, but each retinue still wore a dark green short-sleeved military uniform in the heat.

Because of his performance in the European Cup, Jonas is no stranger to outsiders.

Although he is young, in Africa, there are not one or two young generals, and these young people are more ruthless than the old ones.

Knowing that Jonas has a lot of money in his hands and is an important figure in Angola's oil development plan, they naturally dare not slack off.

Under Ivan's introduction, the two got to know each other, and at the invitation of Jonas, they came together under the pergola on the beach.

To Jonas's surprise, the purpose of their visit was not for oil, but for a simple visit.

Santos took the country's oil development plan very seriously, and he brought in the Soviets to deter the opposition and tribal forces in the country.

According to his plan, an Angolan oil company will be set up, and all the big domestic forces can join, but no one can directly collude with foreign forces to develop oil privately.

Before Jonas and the others arrived, he had already visited the large forces in the country one by one to clear the obstacles.

Lombhala invested US$20 million and acquired a 1 percent stake in Petronas, which seems to be a small amount, but there are not many people who can come up with US$20 million like him.

Santos has raised $1.2 billion, a fraction of its goal.

Hearing this, Jonas understood that the remaining 800 million dollars would probably fall on him.

Lombhala came over this time, ostensibly to buy another batch of weapons from interest groups, and by the way, he was close to Jonas and them, but in fact, he came to report the news.

Jonas actually prevented this a long time ago, Angola is poor and white, and he is talking about spending two billion US dollars to develop the country's oil, and it would be great if he could really pay half of it.

He came with Credit Suisse people to borrow money from Angola State.

It is currently impossible for their national oil company to go public, let alone allow foreign forces to take a stake.

Therefore, it is impossible for Jonas to get the other party's shares by paying money, at most he can only borrow money, and then find oil, and use it to repay the money.

Eight hundred million dollars, which is not more than Jonas's budget.

Such a huge plan, 800 million US dollars of guaranteed loans, it can be said that it is still below the market price.

One of the more vivid cases of road money in Jonas's memory is Motorola and Nokia, which provided four billion dollars of telecommunications equipment and mobile phones to Turkey's Uzan family in order to enter the Turkish telecommunications market.

But the Uzans are not a law-abiding company, and they have almost monopolized the Turkish market with these devices and mobile phones, and ended up paying only $600 million to the two companies.

Until 2019, the two companies did not ask for $3.4 billion in arrears.

If you look at the mentality of the Chinese people, Lombala's behavior can definitely be called a traitor.

But in Africa, there is no such statement.

Most countries in Africa are not reasonably demarcated, thinking that their borders are drawn by Europe and the United States, and not by ethnicity and tribe.

Therefore, it has led to years of war in African countries for freedom and democracy, and for national struggle.

Most of them do not have the concept of a state in their minds, only the concept of tribes and nations.

Good for the nation, bad for the country, they will all choose the nation, and they will also be recognized as heroes.

Lombala and the other four local warlords were all thinking about the development of their own nation, so they sold out the government without any psychological burden.

If you sell well with Jonas, you can gain the support of interest groups, whether it is selling diamonds, gold, or arms, you can get greater convenience than before, so why not?

For Jonas, it didn't matter to be told that he might have to take on 800 million without borrowing. Because at the latest, in the evening, or tomorrow, Santos will talk to him directly, and then we will know.

But this attitude of the other party is very important.

This time it's a small matter, what if someone is going to assassinate him, or is it someone who wants to destroy the drilling platform?

So this kind of behavior is to be encouraged.

He said in English to Big Ivan, who accompanied him: "Mr. Lombala, they are our good friends, and we should value the friendship of our friends and let them feel the warmth of friends." ”

Although Portuguese is spoken in Angola and English is now spoken as the lingua franca, many people can speak in English.

Hearing Jonas's words, Lombala felt that today was worth the trip.

After sending them away, Jonas wanted to swim in the sea, but the shark net had not yet been laid, and he only dared to soak in the shallow water for a while.

After soaking for about half an hour, Mikiros came over to inform him that the mercenaries sent by Richie had arrived.

Rich's men raised two gangsters, one in Spain and one in Eastern Europe.

There are three mercenary groups, with headquarters in Paris and three divisions in Eastern Europe, Africa, South America.

The largest mercenary group in Africa is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city.

At first, these forces still need Richie's blood transfusion, but when they develop, they can still make money for Richie.

In addition to these forces, the other partners of interest groups, there are many bigwigs of large violent groups, although they can't deal with some sovereign countries, but if they want to deal with someone, it is very easy.

Ivan soon led Kane to Jonas, a typical German soldier about forty years old, who gave a sense of trust at first glance.

He was a little shorter than Jonas, but much more burly. Facing Jonas, he calmly gave a military salute and said, "Hello Mr. Hoffman, Kane Rivni has been ordered to report to you. ”

"No need to be polite. Jonas looked at him and said, "How many of you are here?"

"According to the order, we have thirty people, ten of whom have been ordered to protect your safety while in Anguo, and the others are responsible for protecting the members of the delegation. ”

"In the future, we will invest heavily in the country, and you will need to make a detailed plan for security and defense, as well as communication with the smaller forces in the vicinity," Jonas added. ”

"It's my pleasure. Protecting oil fields is one of the fattest jobs. ”

Jonas nodded and said, "As long as you protect well, I will spare no money." Come and tell me about your organization, I'm very curious about your industry. ”

When Kane sat down, he pulled out two pictures of Jonas in some surprise. "Can you sign it for me? Both of my kids look up to you as an idol and want you to have your autographed photo. ”

The difference between before and after was so great that Jonas couldn't help but pause and laugh. "Absolutely. Erwin, you go get the Polaroid and take a couple of pictures for us, and then I'll give Kane ...... Signature. ”

Kane seemed to have gotten rid of his troubles, breathed a long sigh of relief, regained his serious expression, and introduced his team to Jonas.

They have less than 300 people in the core in Nigeria, but more than 3,000 people in the periphery combined.

Initially dedicated to protecting Ritchie's wells, they grew stronger and outsourced, and now even government officials.

Because it is a purely commercial organization and does not involve local power struggles, they survive well in Nigeria.

Advanced weapons, strong combat effectiveness, and no local forces are willing to provoke them.

Jonas asked, "Do you have a plan for how to do business in Angola?"

"The core members are still recruited from Europe, and the peripheral members are recruited from Angola, but the size depends on the size of the business. ”

Jonas laughed. "Then you start recruiting a lot of people, I believe that Angola has no less oil business than Nigeria. Moreover, the security business, which I can also package to you as a whole, is definitely more than what you would earn in Nigeria. ”