Albert did not fade out of the public eye for long, and once again stirred up everyone's nerves. Destined to become the little prince of the headlines, he directly rejected the nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature this time, and when Tom, who is already the editor-in-chief of the entertainment department of the Belgian daily newspaper, interviewed Albert, he just said something that was estimated to make the Nobel Prize judges angry.

"Nobel Prize in Literature nomination? However, this is of no avail. ”

Tom almost spit a mouthful of old blood in his face, and the Belgian prince said this to himself, and other writers probably couldn't help but do it. What is the Nobel Prize in Literature, it represents the highest honor for literary creation, and many writers have worked tirelessly and dedicatedly to it. And at this time, you actually said that there is no use, not to beg for anything.

However, in the spirit of entertainment, Tom still posted Albert's words on the headlines, making him make another headline. The name Albert has become a topic of conversation again, with some saying that the Belgian prince is a man of personality and coincides with the modernist spirit that has become a literary trend, while others think that Albert is proud and conceited, after all, the judges eat more salt than you eat raw after a literary scene.

Albert, of course, was not interested in the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the publication of "The Old Man and the Sea" was only to improve his unbearable public image, and the nomination of the Nobel Prize in Literature was just icing on the cake for him, and it did not play a role. What's more, in his last life, Albert was still angry about the fact that the judges promulgated the Nobel ** to the great monk.

However, Albert did not dwell on this matter any longer, and he now had a more important thing to do, which was to talk to his good brother who had worn the same pair of pants since childhood, John, the eldest son of the Belgian Smith chaebol family, to talk to him about a big deal.

"Look at you Albert, you've been in the limelight lately, not only the great American writers speak for you, but even the judges of the Nobel Prize in Literature have been shocked." Before Albert could enter the door, John began to tease him. John has been haunted by Albert's recent absence, but is happy for his brother after seeing his brother's achievements.

Albert shrugged his shoulders in frustration, "John, you know, I've just wanted to keep a low profile lately. ”

John put his arm around Albert's shoulder and smiled, "Okay, don't come to me in a low-key way." A few pretty bohemian women have been in the red bar lately, are you interested tonight? ”

Albert looked at the young man in front of him who was five years older than himself like a monster, he was sick, Prince Albert is only 13 years old now, okay! What role can that enoki mushroom play, it's too fine to use it as a toothpick for them.

John was furious at Albert's strange gaze.

However, the eldest son, who is almost equivalent to the Belgian finance minister, is definitely the best choice for his company's partner, not only immersed in business since childhood, but also the future heir to the Smith family, who has extensive connections in Belgian politics and business. Except for the usual fake and improper, the others are not bad.

Albert shook his head and said with a serious expression, "Actually, I came to you today because I had a business to talk to you about. ”

"Talking about business?" A playful smile hung on John's lips, "You should also find my father's old fox when talking about business, after all, he is the president of the "Bank of Belgium", could it be that what kind of leather business are you going to do, and you want to pull your best friend on the thief ship?" Oh, Albert, oh dear, no matter how unbearable you are, don't forget your princehood. ”

Albert took out a plan from his briefcase and pushed it in front of John, who picked up the plan and said casually as he turned the pages, "Belgian Strategic Resources Partnership? What an interesting name. ”

But the more he scrolled down, John's expression became more and more serious, and the smile that hung on the corner of his mouth gradually retracted, and after reading it, he threw the plan on the table with a "snap", shook his head and said, "Albert, no, this is absolutely not good." Don't think that if you put on the title of a security company, I don't know that you are going to do mercenary business, which is not a legitimate company in the world. ”

But John was wrong, mercenaries were not protected by prisoner of war treaties under the Geneva Conventions, while private military contractors were protected by the Geneva Conventions.

Although Albert specified in his plan the escort of important people in the company's main business in the war zone and the handling of skirmishes, John, who had a keen sense of politics, immediately saw through the implications.

In fact, the establishment of the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperation Company is a reference to the South African Strategic Resources Cooperation Company, which started in the 90s with war money, and the Blackwater Private Military Contracting Company of the United States.

Albert's purpose was clear, he needed money, lots and lots of money to carry out his plans to become a strong country. In the 20th century, arms trafficking in various areas of armed conflict alone could not satisfy his financial needs, and the emergence of private military mercenary organizations solved this problem very well. Consider South Africa's Strategic Resources Corporation, a rapidly deployable mercenary force with good air protection and armor that quelled the crisis in Rwanda in a matter of days and made tens of millions of dollars. Since the outbreak of civil strife in Sierra Leone in 1991, Government forces have been losing ground. In desperation, the government signed a two-year contract with Strategic Resources in 1995. Strategic Resources sent 300 mercenaries to assist government forces in the fight. Within a few months, the ** armed forces were crushed and had to sign a peace agreement with government forces. Of course, the company was paid a lot of money, not only with $1.2 million a month, but also with the right to mine diamonds. Soon, Papua New Guinea came to the door again and asked for help to encircle and suppress the ** armed forces that had been fighting for independence for nine years. This time, the contract was interrupted by a later coup d'état by the Pakistani government, but Strategic Resources still made a high profit of $36 million. In June 1998, its assistance to the Government of Angola over the past two and a half years finally led to the agreement of the armed forces to negotiate. The Angolan government paid $60 million for this, while the price paid by Strategic Resources was only the death of 20 mercenaries.

When the African national liberation movement began in the 60s, when the whole of Africa was in chaos, it was perfectly the turn of its own private military company to shine, and Albert's company had the simple goal of mining gold and diamonds in Africa. What's more, in 1958, the Belgian colony of Congo also began an independence movement, and Albert, as the prince of Belgium, would never allow this treasure land containing a large amount of minerals to be lost.

And the establishment of such a company is absolutely impossible to bypass the government, and the connections of the eldest son of the chaebol in the political arena are particularly important, coupled with the weight of his own family in the army, it is not a problem to set up such a company on the edge of the gray area.

Albert cleared his throat and asked an inexplicable question, "John, do you think the war is over?" ”

John asked rhetorically, "Isn't it over yet?" Berlin has fallen, and Japan has succumbed. The whole world anti-fascist war was finally won. ”

Albert shook his head, "John, this is just the beginning of another war. ”

"Europe has long been unable to maintain its overseas colonies after the war, what will happen to the yellow-skinned monkeys and the chimpanzees in Africa? Of course, they chose to rise up and resist, and maybe the governments could resist a little in the early days, but later the general trend would declare the independence of the colonies. And what about the colonies after independence? Colonies without a strong independent leader will only descend into chaos and war, and when a weak and incompetent government will not be able to seek the intervention of other countries' armies, our private military companies will be their best choice. ”

In December 1946, the Vietnamese people's war of resistance against France, the Indonesian people's national independence war against Anglo-Dutch armed intervention that began in September 1945, and the Greek revolutionary civil war in 1946, Albert had already selected customers.

John bit his lip and said, "Are you saying we're going to help those yellow-skinned monkeys, or our European allies?" ”

Albert crossed his fingers and said softly, "Whoever pays the highest price will help whom, but if it is the general trend, no matter how high the price is, it must not interfere." ”

"It feels a little immoral." John sighed.

"Immoral? Sorry, John, there is no such thing as good or evil in politics, and truth is only within the range of a bullet. Albert replied unceremoniously that this was a lesson learned by the oppressed countries with hundreds of years of blood and tears.

"And, John, I want you to keep your mouth shut, and don't tell anyone, including your father." Albert, out of an abundance of caution, said more.

"When is the company ready to be formed?" John asked.

"At least until the new firearm I gave FN to design is brought out." Albert replied with a smile.

"You also design firearms?" Hearing this, John was obviously stunned, if it weren't for Albert's plan to open a private military contracting company just now, John would definitely think that this bastard was joking.

Albert smiled at him with a Mona Lisa, "We'll see." ”

"Albert? Why are you here, get out of here. A shrill female voice rang out behind Albert, who turned to see an angry blonde girl standing behind him.

"Sister, His Highness Albert is here to find me." John hurriedly explained.

Anne Smith? Albert instantly remembered John's sister with a pungent personality, when Albert also pursued her, Albert was full of confidence with a large bouquet of roses in exchange for a basin of cold water splashed over and Anne sneered, "I'd rather never marry in this life than stay with you for half a minute." Later, when Albert saw this swaggering young lady, there was a shadow in his heart.

At this time, Albert, who was possessed by Chen Mu, just stood up and smiled at Anne, and bowed very gentlemanly, "Since Miss Anne doesn't welcome me very much, then I will retire first." ”

Albert put away the proposal and winked at John, "Come to me when you've thought about it, the 2nd of next month is also the launch day of my new design firearm, and I hope you two can attend." ”

Anne, who was ready to snarr the sarcastic words, became a little overwhelmed by Albert's unreasonable play, and only scolded for a long time, "Get out, don't let me see you at my door." ”

After Albert left, John spread his hands and said helplessly, "Sister, you really shouldn't have a relationship with a prince like this." ”

Anne glanced at her brother, "As long as he is a prince, he is just a nobleman who does not learn and has no skills." Tell me, what else is there to praise about Albert besides a good skin and a good background? ”

John stared in the direction Albert had left and muttered to himself, "At least he's starting to be different now, isn't he?" Write about a work that can be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature, start a company, design a new firearm, Albert, I really can't see through you more and more. ”