South Africa.

Located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, this country is known as the "Rainbow Country" because of the peaceful living of different ethnic groups in this beautiful country.

As the second largest economy in Africa, South Africa has a well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transportation industries, as well as a complete hardware infrastructure and stock exchange market, which is extremely rare in African countries. In terms of natural resources, the reserves of gold, diamonds, platinum, manganese, vanadium, silicon, aluminum and other reserves are ranked first in the world, and the production of gold and diamonds is also in the leading position in the world.

Johannesburg, the largest city in the Republic of South Africa, was originally a prospecting station in the northeast on the upper Vaal River, but gradually became a city as gold was discovered on a large scale. To date, it has become the world's largest gold mining area and the economic center of South Africa, and the industrial output of this and satellite cities accounts for more than half of South Africa's industrial output.

"It's much cooler than you think!"

The plane landed in Oliver. Reginald. At Tambo International Airport, the moment the hatch opened, Zhong Shi suddenly felt a chill hit his face, and subconsciously complained.

"That's because you weren't prepared!"

Land Rover handed Zhong Shi a trench coat and said lightly, "This is the southernmost point of the African continent, and the temperature is much cooler than those near the equator. And Johannesburg is also at a high altitude, so it's no surprise that the temperature is low. ”

Without waiting for Zhong Shi to answer, he snapped his fingers into the cabin again, "Brothers, we have arrived in South Africa, the environment here is very complicated, and weapons can be used at any time if necessary. I've spoken to the local security company. ”

Because of Mandela, the original Boer regime became a predominantly black government, and despite the racial accommodation, the law and order environment in South Africa deteriorated rapidly, and even in a capital like Cape Town, daytime robberies were common.

And because South Africa is the center of southern Africa. Several neighboring countries have been mired in civil strife, so South Africa has naturally become the mercenary center of the whole region, and many of the world's famous security companies have set up their African headquarters here, such as the famous Blackwater Company, the South African private armed company, and the Israeli IZO mercenary company.

So this time Zhongshi came, and Land Rover has been making safety preparations. Not only did Shihu protect his elite strength, but he also spent millions of dollars to hire a top-notch security force from Blackwater's South African branch to ensure Zhongshi's safety during his stay in South Africa.

"Yes, boss!"

With Land Rover's order. Dozens of sturdy men stood up in unison and responded loudly.

John. When Paulson saw this, his face once again unconsciously showed a look of envy, and then he looked back at Zhong Shi, who had already walked down the gangway, and opened his mouth, unable to speak for a long time.

After much persuasion, Zhong Shi finally decided to follow John. Paulson, take a trip to South Africa for myself. Paulson recently decided to raise a fund dedicated to gold futures. Coupled with the acquisition of a stake in Anglo Gold, his funding gap is not small. So it took a lot of effort to persuade Zhong Shi to continue to invest in him.

However, Paulson also solemnly promised that there will be a very big surprise waiting for Bell Stone in South Africa. It is precisely because of this that Zhong Shi worked tirelessly and traveled thousands of miles to South Africa.

Within a few steps of the gangway, Paulson gained a deeper understanding of Bell Stone's pomp. Two strong men with muscles and muscles, dressed in camouflage T-shirts, exuding a fierce atmosphere all over their bodies, soon greeted them, followed by a line of soldiers dressed as loaded guns and live ammunition, after bowing their heads and saying a few words to Land Rover, the group quickly hugged Zhong Shi and walked towards the VIP passage.

John. Paulson smiled wryly and hurried to follow. The team followed Zhong Shi away. If he doesn't leave, there will be no one to defend him.

The group marched through the VIP passage and completed all the formalities, only to meet the greeting staff of the Anglogold Company who had arrived in a hurry at the exit. The men hadn't figured out what was going on, but when they saw the Blackwater logo, there was a visibly frightened look on their faces.

After asking for the address, and the reception staff of the Anglo Gold Company, there were as many as thirty or forty people, who surrounded Zhong Shi and Paulson and others, and each got into dozens of bulletproof cars, and headed towards the hotel.

"The scenery is good, but it's just ......"

Revealing the glass and looking at the scenery outside, Zhong Shi sincerely sighed, "The environment seems to be a little bad." ”

"Industrial cities inevitably have all kinds of problems!"

Looking at the rows of chimneys in the distance, Land Rover rarely echoed, "Don't say anything else, the security is really bad." Except for the slightly better city centres, the local policing in the suburbs is almost equal to none, where every house has a gun. And the mining areas far from the city are even more chaotic. Looting happens almost every day, so much so that the gold and diamond mining areas are guarded by special armed forces. Large corporations almost all have their own armed forces, and each transport vehicle is guarded by a Humvee with machine guns, and even then, robbers are often able to get their hands on it. ”

"It's so confusing?"

Zhong Shi suddenly became interested, looked at Land Rover and said, "You won't be here before, will you?" How do you say it like something is happening? ”

"Of course I've been here!"

Land Rover didn't think about it, and immediately admitted, "At the beginning, Shihu Security used to develop mercenary business, and several colleagues and I once came to South Africa for inspection. Of course, we were going to do a defensive job, but while we were on our way, we saw a case of hijacking gold ore with our own eyes. ”

Although it has been happening for a long time, when he thinks of the original scene, Land Rover's face still shows a palpitating expression, "In order to deal with the armed guards, those robbers even used RPGs and directly hit a Humvee." Tsk, if we hadn't joined, maybe those guys would have succeeded. ”

"So dangerous?"

For the first time, Zhong Shi's face showed a solemn expression, "It's so rampant? Doesn't the local government care? ”

"Tube? How? ”

Land Rover sneered and replied, "Black people here make up more than half of the population, and they are very dissatisfied with white mining. Now that the black government is in power, all kinds of chaos in management can be described as anarchy. Although the new chief executive has repeatedly claimed to crack down on criminals and maintain law and order. But you also know that if there is a robbery, if you wait for the police to come. The criminals have long since known where they have gone. In conclusion, here it is better not to count on official help. ”

"Back to the topic just now, although we fought off the robbers together with the escort forces. But they still calmly retreated, do you know what happened next? The more Land Rover spoke, the more excited he became, and he gestured hand in hand, "They dispatched helicopter gunships, indeed helicopter gunships, swept through the air, and directly shot all the robbers who wanted to retreat." Not a single living mouth remained, not even a single intact corpse. ”

"Even so, every year there are outlaws who want to rob ore carts!"

After Land Rover's excitement, he was helpless, "After seeing such a scene, we completely broke off the idea of developing business in South Africa." Although we originally lived a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, no one would be afraid of death or anything. But compared to the level of well-equipped and ruthlessness, we are far from being comparable to Blackwater and South Africa's private armed companies. ”

"And in terms of relations with the government. We don't even think about it. They have been working here for many years, and they have been working on it many times. The relationship has long been handled in all aspects. Not only the South African government, but also the governments of several neighboring countries such as Botswana, they have already taken care of everything. ”

Land Rover finally said, "As far as I just said, not only was Blackwater not held accountable after the incident, but even the newspaper reports on this incident did not say a word. Such PR capabilities. It's chilling. ”

Zhong Shi listened, and did not say anything for a long time.

Although he can use money to open the way and help Shihu Company open up the situation in the short term, the consequences of doing so seem to be good or bad. Land Rover did not ask him for help. That's enough to say the trick.

While the two were talking, the convoy had already driven into the city.

Johannesburg's city centre is not too bustling, at least not as much as Hong Kong, New York, Yenching and other places. However, there are still a lot of modern buildings, and the Boers ruled here for many years, leaving a lot of modern imprints on the city, leaving a lot of European-style buildings, so the whole city looks like a combination of classical and modern, not much different from most other cities in the world.

"Welcome, my most distinguished friend!"

The moment the convoy stopped at the hotel, a group of black men in suits immediately surrounded them, and the division of labor was very clear, some went to park, some had umbrellas, and the rest gathered at the door of the Humvee.

As soon as Zhong Shi got out of the car, he saw a chubby black man coming up, stretching out his thick palm at Zhong Shi, speaking fluent London English, "Your Excellency is Mr. Zhong Shi Zhong, right?" ”

"I am, hello, this gentleman is ......"

Zhong Shi hurriedly smiled, stretched out his hand and shook the other party "warmly", and then the next sentence showed the bottom, he didn't know where the other party was sacred, and he was stuck on the spot.

"This is the chairman of the Anglo Gold Company, Tito. Mr. Mbowini. ”

John. Paulson quickly pushed through the crowd and approached Zhong Shi to introduce him, "Mr. Mbowini flew in from London to welcome us. ”

Because he had already had a few contacts with the other party before, John. Paulson was familiar with each other and acted as a bridge between them.

Mbovini complimented Zhong Shi again and again, but he was secretly surprised in his heart, and the other party always had an arrogant attitude in the process of contact with Paulson. It's no wonder, after all, Paulson is currently the most popular fund manager in the world. And now in front of the Eastern face, Paulson's attitude is very low, and even plays a similar role of an intermediary, which is really much unexpected to him.

Before the contact, Mbowini also knew about Zhong Shi's background materials, and only knew that this gentleman was a financial tycoon, but a financier in Hong Kong. Now it seems that the information collected on his side is quite incomplete, at least in terms of Paulson's relationship with Zhongshi, and the investigation is very incomplete.

Who the hell is this guy? There are so many Blackwater company guards, it is obvious that the origin is not simple, and the pomp is bigger than that of some national leaders!

Such a question suddenly crossed Mbowini's mind.

Land Rover and the others had already formulated a division of labor, some of Shi Hu's security guards around Zhong Shi, and the other part of the people went with the experts of the Blackwater Company to check the surrounding environment and the safety of the room where Zhong Shi and the others lived.

After everything was ready, Zhong Shi, Mbowini and the others walked into the room with a smile and began a secret conversation that really belonged to the three of them. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the secret tip! It's still not any better, it won't be the end of the year, everyone is busy and has no time to read, right...... Could it be that the author is going to be miserable again......