Chapter 63: Training Camp
When Gracia joins Zhou Zhou from Colombia, it means that Zhou You is about to leave Los Angeles and return to Singapore for the Chinese New Year. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info returned with them on the same plane, as well as Liang Hao and Yan Miaojing, as well as Yang Enquan and his rich second-generation girlfriend.
Yan Miaojing gave birth to a big fat son to Liang Hao, which made Liang Hao happy, but the relationship between their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been tense.
At the beginning, Yan Miaojing's family looked down on Liang Hao, which was the root cause at the beginning. One is a poor rural person from the mainland, and the other is a small tyrant born and raised in Yangcheng with a few houses.
However, now Liang Hao has become one of the top sports stars in China, in addition to Yao Min, Liu Xiang, who has been more popular in recent years, can compare with him. In terms of making money, the top stars of the UFC can make more money than Yao Min and Liu Xiang, and even Liang Hao, who can earn dollars in the United States and RMB in the mainland, is no less than them. At the very least, Americans still look for Liang Hao to shoot advertisements, but they will never find Yao Min and Liu Xiang to shoot advertisements.
At this time, the status of the two sides was reversed, and Liang Hao's mother thought that Yan Miaojing was not worthy of her son. Especially Yang Enquan found a rich second-generation girlfriend, and the superior conditions of the woman's family made Liang Hao envious, and he looked down on Yan Miaojing more and more.
Of course, Zhou You didn't have the heart to care about these dogskin things, Liang Hao knew that Liang Hao listened to Zhou You's words, so he wanted to persuade Zhou You first, and when he got on the plane, he was verbose in front of him.
But Gracia had a group of imposing secretaries stand in front of the tour, and a circle of people communicating with each other in English and Spanish, so that his mother was bored and retreated.
She didn't want to think about it, just her son's egg-hurting personality that his grandmother didn't love his uncle and didn't love, he really had such a rich second-generation girlfriend, and she couldn't look down on him. What's more, he can't serve women, and it is impossible to expect him to be as affectionate and loving to a woman as Yang Enquan.
On the evening of returning to Singapore, Zhou You participated in his company's year-end year-end teeth. Because Zhou You has already realized that he will participate, there are countless high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen who come to participate in the end of the year.
In the next few days, Zhou You spent every day in entertainment, only the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year hid for two days to relax.
On the evening of the first day of the new year, the young head invited guests and traveled around the whole family to be a guest. At the family banquet that night, the two sides confirmed that they would officially launch the military base in the Kahuzbega Forest Park in the northern part of Bukavu, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, after the Spring Festival.
Although the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not small in area and has a large population, it is said to be the eleventh largest country in the world, but because it is too poor, although it is only a circle of small countries around, it is one that is often bullied.
Just like a few years ago, Rwanda, which was only one percent of their size, was able to defeat them and was overwhelmed, occupying nearly half of their country, and only later did they have to return to their own land under the mediation of the United Nations.
Although Zhou Yu remembered that their eastern region would be fighting again this year, he couldn't remember when. But if you decide to get involved, the sooner you prepare, the better.
Singapore has garrisons in South Africa and Egypt, but this garrison is a commission, not a conquest. Because Singapore's territory is too small, there is no place for the army to be placed, so Singapore's army is all friendly countries stationed abroad.
France, Great Britain in Europe, Egypt and South Africa in Africa, the United States and Canada in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand in Oceania, and even more in Asia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and even Wanwan, they all have different armies stationed.
However, this kind of garrison has to pay a training fee, and not only the actual combat training on various terrains in peacetime, but also the barracks where they live, they have to pay high rent.
Now he wants to set up a large base in the Congo, not only does he not need a penny, but he also has to pay a little fee to them, which can also save some of Singapore's tight military spending.
Therefore, they are ready to send the American artillery unit, the army with a tropical rainforest climate, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
After a busy Spring Festival, a group of women shouted that they had gained a little weight again, and asked Zhou You to use internal strength to help them massage and lose weight. Zhou You is busy every day, and there is no free time, but this Spring Festival is even more tiring.
After the eighth day of the new year, everyone began to go their own way, and only then did Zhou Yu take time to comfort Le Yao and Yang Mi in the mainland. Then he took Paris who was going to the Oscars to the United States, comforted Mildew, Nicole, and them, and settled the inner courtyard.
During the Spring Festival, the Federal Reserve held several meetings, and the six major mortgage banks in the United States announced a "lifeline" plan to prevent foreclosures, and Buffett was willing to reinsurance $80 billion of U.S. municipal bonds.
The Federal Reserve's proposal for a new rule to prevent risky mortgages is the most comprehensive remedial measure since the subprime mortgage crisis began.
But just as he was traveling to the United States, the German state bank was in the midst of a subprime mortgage crisis. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke vowed to cut interest rates even if inflation accelerated, and announced two new measures to increase liquidity, one was a regular tender tool and the other was a decision to start a series of regular repo transactions.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other regulators will propose stricter regulation of bank capital, joining the other four major central banks in announcing that they will continue to inject liquidity into the market and ease pressure on global money markets.
The market did not give them face at all, the number of ADP jobs in the United States fell by more than 20,000 in February, and the dollar hit a new record low against the euro.
Immediately afterward, Bear Stearns could not hold on, and they sought emergency financing from JPMorgan Chase and the New York Fed, deepening concerns about the health of the US banking sector.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to buy Bear Stearns for about $240 million, a sum of less than 5 percent of Bear Stearns' net worth during its booming years.
At this time, the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Commission could not hold on, allowing the U.S. Federal Home Loan Banking System to increase its holdings of more than $100 billion in MBS issued by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and for the first time, it agreed to allow mainland capital to enter the industry.
This also means that the livelihood industry, which is related to the domestic security of the United States, has opened its door to mainland capital for the first time.
The response to the decision was modest, with only a few criticizing it. This was unimaginable before. Because everyone knows that the only government in the world has abundant funds and crimes, and if we want to end this financial crisis, we must move away from the forces of the mainland.
But at this time, Zhou You ended all his previous year's opening contracts in London and fulfilled his agreement with the U.S. government. This decision was also strongly appreciated by European and American countries, and the German government also sent a special envoy to meet with Zhou You in London, saying that he was willing to expand technical support and investment in South America and Africa, and welcomed Zhou You to invest in Germany.
Due to Spain's close relationship with Zhouyou, and Zhouyou's stake in Santander, Spanish companies have a large share of their investments in South America and now in Africa.
This makes other countries very envious, jealous and hateful. The United States was excluded because of political reasons, but Britain and Germany, France, they didn't have a problem with that.
Although the French did not flatter Zhou You, it is because of their support for Betancourt and their good people-to-people relations in Colombia that they have now entered the high-speed Colombian market.
Although they are not as good as Spain, let alone the mainland government, and only have similar interests as Singapore, they are satisfied with the current results because of the overlap between their enterprises and Spain.
But Germany is different, they are the most technologically advanced country in the world, but now they are excluded. Now that the financial crisis is coming, they are also in a hurry.
If you want to join in, you must have an exchange of interests, firstly, it is certain to allow Zhou You to take a stake in their bank, and secondly, there is some exchange of interests in industrial technology, so that the company and the Spanish company can give up a certain share.
In mid-March, the tour plane landed directly at an airstrip on the shores of Lake Kivu in central Africa. It is located on the west side of Lake Kivu, across the lake from Rwanda, and on the west side by the jungled Kahuzbega Forest Park and the rugged mountains.
The base, which was named Nanyang Training Camp by Zhouyou, is located at the throat of the main traffic artery, and has an airstrip with a runway of 3,500 meters, which can be used to ground any type of aircraft.
The base has three barracks areas, two equipment logistics areas, a command center dug out of the mountains, and a dedicated satellite line to provide 24-hour uninterrupted service.
Since there has been no publicity, although many people know that a base is being built here, they think that this is just an ordinary camp for training security guards, just like the bases in Spain and Colombia.
Zhou You also adheres to the practice of making a fortune in a muffled voice, and will not expose it to affect other people's judgment until Kabila does not purchase arms. If, for his reasons, the rebels do not act this year, then he will be blind.
Just in January of this year, the Congolese Government convened the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of North and South Kivu in Goma, the capital of the eastern province of North Kivu, and a ceasefire agreement was signed between some illegal armed groups in the region and the Government.
Zhou You can't remember whether there was such a meeting in history, after all, this incident had little impact on the whole world, and he had no impression of this in his previous life.
Kabila, who traveled around and made a special trip, visited the entire camp together, and for less than half a year, the construction department was able to build such a base, and the construction personnel were also commended.
The head of this place is Billy Yang, who was also appointed by Zhou You as the head of this base, and is not under the jurisdiction of the headquarters of the security company.
Kabila is envious of this modern military camp, you must know that more than half of their army is still living in shacks, and the so-called military camp has no function except to shelter from the rain. Their soldiers, who can have an AK47, are the main force.
"Mr. Zhou, when can we arrange for people to come over, and when can we carry out the installation?"
After the base was built, there was no hurry in other aspects, because in his plan, it was to wait until the rebellion began, and then carry out the installation. "The manpower will be in place after a week and will be trained for two months, and as for the installation, it depends on the results of the training."
Kabila was a little anxious. "I mean, arms purchases can start now!"
Zhou You laughed: "Of course, but the specific purchase quantity and procurement catalog, I still need to carefully study with my consultant team to determine."
Just kidding, what if you buy a large batch of aircraft artillery now and scare those rebels?
In fact, Zhou You had already determined his own procurement catalog, because his procurement could not be simpler than the weapons that a country would be equipped with.
First of all, he does not need fighters, nor all sorts of surface-to-air, air-to-air missiles. Secondly, he does not need all kinds of warships, and after the salvage mission of the Ranger is over, it can be converted into a frigate, a troop carrier.
Except for those strategic weapons, the most he can do is to buy advanced individual equipment, and then buy a small amount of heavy weapons. For example, tanks and howitzers, a few of them are enough for him.
The most heavily procured heavy weapons should be the kind of all-terrain combat vehicles that can be loaded both with people and directly into battle. But this kind of tank, the Mustang all-terrain tank licensed from Singapore is the world's first-class, and even the British have bought many of these tanks from Singapore.
In terms of strategic deterrence, no matter how much development one person has, it cannot be compared to a small country, a small Singapore, with an annual military investment of nearly $10 billion, which can only be regarded as a small regional hegemon. To travel around is to be armed again, and those big countries will not be afraid of him.
Therefore, if you want to make those countries afraid, the individual combat ability that he should improve should be turned into a-stirring stick, so that no one will easily offend him.
Since late March, outstanding security guards selected from the mainland, South America, and Africa have been flown to the DRC. At this time, seeing the scale of 2,000 people, everyone was surprised to find that this base was larger than all the bases that traveled around the world.
Many reporters made requests for interviews, but Yang Billy unceremoniously rejected them all. In cooperation with the DRC government, nearly 100 square kilometers around the base have been designated as a military zone.
The training bases that traveled around the past didn't mind interviews with reporters for the sake of publicity, but this time there was a 180-degree turn, which made everyone a little confused.
Then, the reporters found that this base is not like the previous base, it recruits some ordinary military training, and the people who come here for training are all excellent soldiers carefully selected from the company.
At this time, Zhou You's intentions were revealed, and everyone knew that this was the advanced training camp of his security company, but they didn't know what his trained security guards would be arranged for.
In an interview with the media, Zhou You tried to downplay the incident, saying only that the training camp was set up in order to protect African investment.
But anyone who understands knows that this is not the same thing at all.