Chapter 413: Fortune and Misfortune (10)
There are not many sandy beaches along the Red Sea coast, and most of the scenery is made up of red rocks on both sides of the Red Sea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThese mountains are not very high, but they are absolutely barren, and Port Sudan was built in a gap in the mountains on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is said that it is a gap, but it is only lower than its mountain range, and the whole is also on the slope. So from the top of the hill, you can see the whole of Port Sudan from a high vantage point.
Wei Kun's office in Port Sudan is located on a high position in Port Sudan Port, and when he looked out, Wei Kun noticed a pure white cruise ship elegantly parked at the berth of the port, this cruise ship named Rainbow Princess was Wei Wenrui's favorite cruise ship when he traveled, and it had been parked there for several days. Wei Kun had to come to Port Sudan for the work of the three counties of Sudan, and Wei Wenrui was originally said to have come to Port Sudan at Wei Kun's request to discuss cooperation in the sale of agricultural products, and then Wei Kun was busy here, and Wei Wenrui was also busy.
Thinking of this, Wei Kun sighed slightly, he lowered his head and began to continue typing the outline on the letterhead. As the county guard of the three counties of the Sultan, the work is really heavier than Wei Kun imagined, and it is a bit of a day and night. Just as Wei Kun raised his eyebrows at the scratch paper and bit off the tip of his pencil, the guard came in and told him that the deputy mayor of Port Sudan had come to ask for a meeting.
Wei Kun asked the deputy district chief to come in, but the deputy district chief immediately handed Wei Kun a resignation letter after coming in. While Wei Kun was reading his resignation, the deputy district chief said, "Secretary Wei, I have been in East Africa for several years. I've always wanted to go home, and now I've decided to go home to take care of my parents, and I ask for your permission. ”
"Alas...... it is normal to take care of your parents. I can understand your thoughts, I agree. Wei Kun said with that very open-minded expression.
The deputy district chief's expression fluctuated slightly, he didn't expect Wei Kun to agree to his resignation request so easily. The deputy district head was amnesty, thanked him and hurriedly left Wei Kun's office.
The guard was a little overwhelmed, he looked at the back of the deputy district chief, and muttered, "This is the fourth one to resign today." Secretary Wei, you can really put it down. ”
Facing the guards' complaints, Wei Kun smiled: "Even if I forcibly keep people, it's useless." It's better to comfort myself with the old not going to the new and not coming to me. After speaking, Wei Kun sat back at his desk and continued his work.
The hillside of Port Sudan is lit up from the porthole of the Rainbow Princess, the first city in Africa to have a power supply system, which can still support street lights and indoor lighting, even if the power system is not large. There are stars in the sky and there are also on the ground, and it is interesting to look at the buildings on the hillside at night.
The Port Governor of Port Sudan and Wei Wenrui sat together in the lobby of the Rainbow Princess, enjoying the wind brought by the electric fan. Perhaps because he had seen too much of the night view of Port Sudan, the head of the port district did not look outside, but looked at Wei Wenrui, and asked bluntly: "County Lord, why do you want these people to leave their posts?" ”
"Didn't those people want to leave Africa and return home for a long time? What's so bad about letting them get what they want? Wei Wenrui didn't withdraw her gaze, she just replied slowly.
This answer is clearly coping, which is not very acceptable to the district chief. However, just as the district chief was about to think of a new way to ask, Wei Wenrui spoke again, "How much you have taken from me over the years, you must know very well. Now my uncle is bent on showing his strength in Africa, as the saying goes, a new official has three fires, what do you think he will do if he wants to establish his authority? ”
These words made the district chief's face change slightly. Without waiting for the district chief to express his opinion, Wei Wenrui continued: "As far as the money they got, they are not losing money now. And after these people are gone, Port Sudan is understaffed. Unless he wanted to vent his anger, or completely disregarded the result, my uncle Wei Kun would not do anything to the remaining comrades. ”
The district chief no longer had the feeling of being deceived at this time, and he had to admit that he really didn't expect this kind of means of retreating as advance. After thinking about this, the district chief couldn't help but ask a question, "Secretary Wei Kun won't hold on to the previous things, right?" ”
Anyway, Wei Kun is the son of His Majesty Wei Ze after all, if this prince is really unrelenting, the district chief thinks that he can't deal with such a situation. The departure of other people is a sign of non-cooperation, and the cooperation of the district chief is because he can do something more effectively because he stays in office, and it is not a matter of supporting Wei Kun.
Wei Wenrui glanced at the district chief coldly, "Hmph, if you are worried about such a thing, then handle the things I have entrusted to you." My fourth grandfather wasn't a strict man, but he wasn't the kind of person who had to put mud up the wall. If Uncle Wei Kun really doesn't have the ability to solve African affairs, my fourth grandfather won't have to leave my Uncle Wei Kun in Africa. ”
Listening to such a straightforward speech, the district chief only felt some inexplicable coldness on his body. He didn't expect that the head of the port district of his small harbor would actually get involved in the royal affairs, and getting into such trouble was the last thing the district chief wanted to happen.
In the next two days, two more people asked to resign, and Wei Kun still readily accepted. To Wei Kun's surprise, Wei Wenrui left Port Sudan on a boat after leaving the company. And Wei Wenrui told Wei Kun that she returned to China this time for a private matter, and she would return to Europe after the matter was completed.
As soon as Wei Wenrui left, the district chief immediately felt much more relaxed. In addition, although several mid-level cadres have gone, the number of ships passing through the Red Sea has decreased considerably due to the recent intensification of war in Africa. Port Sudan isn't as busy either, which makes the whole port area more relaxed. What's more, Wei Kun, as Wei Wenrui said, did not become angry or retaliate. He just inspected the port area every day, talked to the staff, and spent the rest of the time writing what he wrote.
Wei Kun's not strong performance made the district mayor very impressed by Wei Wenrui's departure, for these people who are working hard in Africa, what they want most is probably to return to China, but this is a very difficult thing for these people. Seeing Wei Wenrui's ship leave the harbor and draw a white trail on the sea as it sailed south, the district chief found that all he had was jealousy, intense jealousy. This kind of royal child can go as much as he wants, and go home when he wants to. These extremely difficult trips in the eyes of the district mayor are just a matter of leaving for Wei Wenrui.
Compared to this shocking and casual behavior, Wei Kun's actions were ordinary and boring to the district chief. However, just two days after Wei Wenrui left, Wei Kun's actions made the district chief understand one thing. Naturally, the big names have their differences.
Wei Kun convened a meeting and put forward his plan at the meeting, "I want to use the currency of East Africa in East Africa, although there are many advantages to using the yuan, but there are also a lot of inappropriate places." The central government will never allow us in East Africa to hold so much renminbi, so they will not loosen our financial constraints on East Africa. If we use the currency of East Africa in East Africa, the central government will consider loosening the restrictions on us. And we can actually use more flexible means of payment in currencies for many foreign trade......"
The district chief didn't understand much about the use of multiple currencies that Wei Kun raised later, and he didn't listen to it. When he heard that Wei Kun was going to use East Africa's own currency, he felt a huge blow to his nerves. Wei Kun's words were easy to understand, and the district chief also understood the main points of Wei Kun's words.
The reason why Wei Wenrui can have such a big influence in Africa is that she has mastered the capital channels for African export products. Sell more and sell less, give late and give early, all of this is controlled by Wei Wenrui. Naturally, these African cadres came here to make money, so they didn't dare to fight Wei Wenrui. Even if you can't see the situation clearly, you will find that fighting against Wei Wenrui is largely fighting against the central government. Everyone is not stupid, Wei Wenrui is Wei Ze's niece and granddaughter, and Wei Changrong's daughter, this is the person who is really relieved by the central government to manage money thousands of miles away.
Now what Wei Kun has to do is not only to take away the financial power from Wei Wenrui's hands, but also to win the financial power of the East African administrative region from the central government. When Wei Wenrui held the financial power, the cadres in East Africa had to listen to Wei Wenrui. When Wei Kun seized the power of the East African administrative region, it was self-evident who the East African cadres would listen to.
"This is really a group of people who can't be messed with." The district chief sighed in his heart, and became even more uneasy. This dispute between the dragon and the hungry tiger was far beyond his level, and Wei Kun said that he had no intention of forcing this gang to fight. Wei Wenrui, on the other hand, made it clear that he would try to prevent Wei Kun from seizing power in East Africa. When Wei Wenrui returns, what kind of fight will break out. And what will the district chief be driven to do in this fight?
“…… For such work, Port Sudan, as the most important channel for the export of Sudanese alfalfa, has to take responsibility. I now ask the comrades to make their own reports based on the idea that East Africa will adopt its own currency. After the report of the comrades is collated, I will submit a report to the capital of the East African administrative region. At the end, Wei Kun expressed his work requirements for his comrades.
Seeing that Wei Kun was playing for real, the only thought in the district chief's mind was to try to find a chance to run away. Then the district chief saw that the section chief in charge of finance raised his hand and asked to speak. After receiving permission, the section chief stood up and asked in a confused tone: "Secretary Wei, if you do this, won't the central government be able to make money from the alfalfa business?" ”
Wei Kun said with a smile: "The currency of East Africa was originally to be printed by the central bank, they bought alfalfa from us, and gave us the currency of East Africa, all they printed were banknotes, and what they exchanged was products, so where did they not make money?" ”
This answer made the people present at the meeting not know what to say, and everyone felt that all kinds of ideas were flying in their heads, and they couldn't agree or oppose Wei Kun's opinion. Then everyone listened to Wei Kun and said: "You don't have to worry, I will discuss the work carefully with you in the next few days, and try to communicate things as well as possible." ”
On April 24, Wei Kun's draft was sent to the central government. Regardless of whether the comrades in East Africa understood it or not, the comrades in the Central Committee quickly understood what Wei Kun meant. Any independence is probably marked by military independence and economic independence. Governor Wezedu never advocated the incorporation of Africa into China's territory, and the central authorities were very unanimous in this matter. It is too difficult to civilize barbarians, and there are many barbarians in Africa. For peace of mind, it's good that East African administrative regions are independent of China.
It's just that this kind of independence decided by the Central Committee is different from Wei Kun's purposeful completion of independence, and although a considerable number of Politburo members have not yet been able to consider a clear reason, they all feel a sense of being offended. Since it was Weese's son who offended the central authority, or Weese's son who agreed to send to East Africa, there was a debtor and a master, and everyone's eyes fell on Weese's face.
Weeser did not run away, he said: "Comrades, are you willing to include East Africa in Chinese territory? ”
Faced with this question of principle, the faces of the crowd became ambiguous. None of them expressed a willingness to include East Africa in Chinese territory, let alone to turn black brothers into Chinese citizens.
"Have you heard of the legend that Wang Mingshan had an affair with a European banking woman?" Weeser continued.
More than half of the Politburo knew the news, so the small half who didn't know showed a confused look on their faces. Weser looked through some of the documents for everyone to see, and then asked, "Does anyone think they need to be pursued?" ”
Same as last time, still no one answered. If this incident happened in China and was so openly poked out, it would be the turn of the disciplinary committee to intervene. However, this incident is in distant Africa, and it is really strange that Wang Mingshan was arrested from Africa and returned to Asia for investigation for this reason.
Finally, a comrade from the supervision department asked, "Won't Comrade Wang Mingshan take up other posts in China?" ”
"Yes!" Weeser replied categorically.
Receiving a clear answer from Weizer, the comrades of the supervision department resumed their silence. Everyone also understood what Wei Ze meant, and no one came out to speak.
With this done, Wei Zecai continued to promote his idea, "I have heard a saying that whoever can control the right to issue currency controls a country. I think in Wei Kun's plan, the East African administrative region has its own currency, but the right to issue the currency is in our hands. This means that East Africa cannot be truly independent. So I'm more inclined to support his opinion. ”
"Wasn't the previous policy good?" Zhou Dahe, the successor governor of the central bank, felt he had to come out and speak. It is not easy to control a region, especially an area of several million people and a population of tens of millions like East Africa. So Zhou Dahe's attitude is more conservative.
"There were two problems with the previous policy. First, we are not effective in the management of European financial institutions. Second, European financial institutions are lying on their stomachs in East Africa to suck blood, leaving East Africa with no incentive for further development. Now that the comrades in East Africa have changed their intentions, we might as well support them. Weeser continued to push his ideas.
As soon as these words came out, Wei Changrong was better, his face was just calmer. As long as they know that Wei Changrong's daughter Wei Wenrui is the head of a European financial unit, the faces of those Politburo members are not good-looking. Weeser is nakedly expressing his distrust of European financial institutions, and everyone is reluctant to think about what will happen to those who are openly distrusted. At least the association will make everyone understand the result.
Weeser continued: "Comrades, the authority of East Africa can be used as an attempt, and after temporarily agreeing to East Africa's demands, we can see the effect. If it works, we can of course continue to do it, and if it doesn't, we can terminate it and restore the previous system. There's no need to beat young people to death with a stick, we need to give them room to show themselves. ”
As soon as these words came out, many people's faces looked better. Just when those who thought more thought about it felt that this was Wei Ze adjusting Fang Cai's words and giving Wei Wenrui another guarantee. Weeser continued: "After the policy adjustment in East Africa, our control over East Africa has increased. Based on this increase, I believe that European financial institutions should also be relieved of their control over East Africa. It would be better to have a system in place for the management of people in European financial institutions, and the task of the pioneers is now almost over, and it is time for us to enter the development stage. ”
The people who thought that Wei Wenrui was still valued by Wei Ze changed their faces greatly, and they just had to say that Wei Wenrui would step down. Of course, there are also people who don't care about Wei Wenrui's personnel appointment, judging from their thinking expressions, these people are probably thinking about who Wei Wenrui's successor will be. Europe's financial institutions are in charge of a lot of money, and whoever takes over the job will be a big deal.
As soon as the memories were scattered, Wei Changrong found Wei Ze. In front of Wei Ze, Wei Changrong showed a somewhat uneasy expression, "Fourth uncle, what happened to Wen Rui?" ”
"It's still within the acceptable range, but I don't think it will be acceptable in the future." Although Weeser did not explain in detail, he also said it clearly.
Wei Changrong couldn't help but show a somewhat painful expression on his face, but after all, he had been working hard for so many years, and after a while, this pain turned into firmness, "Fourth uncle, tell me what she did." ”
"Wen Rui spread the matter of Wang Mingshan and the woman, and there is a princeling party centered on her, probably seeing that Wen Rui has such a huge amount of money, these people hope to rub oil."
When Wei Ze stopped, Wei Changrong asked, "Is that all?" ”
"There's something she hasn't done yet, but I'm not going to give her a chance to finish it. Let her finish all those things, I want to give her a round. If Wen Rui reaches the point where the circle can't be rounded, I probably won't be able to let them go for that small gang with Wen Rui as the core. Maybe I'm too soft-hearted and don't want to get things done like this. After saying that, Wei Ze couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just when Wei Ze said this, Wei Changrong said, "Fourth uncle, when did you start investigating Wen Rui?" ”
"Huh?" Wei Ze didn't expect Wei Changrong to ask like this, he was stunned.
"Fourth uncle, if you weren't worried about Wen Rui, you probably wouldn't have investigated in such detail." Wei Changrong had to explain two sentences.
Looking at Wei Changrong's painful expression, Wei Ze patted Wei Changrong's shoulder first, and then said, "This, professional managers are not credible. I've never trusted professional managers. For professional managers, it is best to change blood every few years. I've had an idea about this for a long time, but I'm just a little softer, a little bit of procrastination, and I've let things get to this point. ”