Chapter V: Cooperation
"Yes, absolutely, if you need the protection of the army, it's okay" Capone stared at the banknotes on the table with dead eyes, and agreed to Zhao Zhi's rental of the dock. After getting Capone's assurance, Zhao Zhi and Rowling looked at each other and smiled, this fat governor is really a guy who takes money to do things, as long as he gives enough money, everything can be done.
At Zhao Zhi's suggestion, Rowling pushed the money on the table to Capone's hand, "Mr. Capone, this is just our deposit, if you can help us in other ways, the Lockman family will not forget friends"
"Other help?" Capone resisted the desire to put the banknotes on the table into the drawer immediately, and looked at Rowling with some surprise, the Lockman family's industries are all in Europe, when did they become interested in developing in Southeast Asia? Although Myanmar still has some resources, it seems that it is far from reaching the potential to attract the Lockman family to Myanmar for development, and Rowling's words suddenly made Capone a little undecided.
Capone's reaction had long been expected by Zhao Zhi and Rowling, so Rowling just smiled slightly, "Mr. Capone, there are too many Jews who have migrated from Germany, and the Chinese government simply cannot accept so many Jewish refugees, but these Jews have their own means of making a living, and we would like to ask you for help, Governor, can you let some Jewish businessmen stay in Yangon." That way we can free up our hands to take care of other refugees, and you can also have more taxes here? ”
"That's right," Capone's hand suddenly retracted, and the £10,000 that had been to be put in the drawer was left on the table. If it was just a refugee borrowing and Zhao Zhi to rent the wharf, Capone wouldn't say anything, but asked him to allow so many Jews to stay in Yangon, Capone really couldn't make up his mind. It's not that Capone didn't dare to accept the money that Rowling gave him, but Capone was thinking in his heart why Rowling and Zhao Zhi took care of those Jews like this, Capone's governorship for many years was not in vain, and he had already guessed that what Rowling wanted was not just that the Jewish businessmen stayed in Yangon to do business.
"What the hell are you here for?" Capone, who was grim-faced, suddenly took out a pistol from a drawer, seeing that it meant that Zhao Zhi and Rowling were spies. Like most Britons, Capone is also a very suspicious person, from the moment Zhao Zhi and Rowling entered his office, he felt that something was wrong, but his attention fell on those banknotes, and now listening to Rowling suddenly spoke for the Jews stranded in Yangon, Capone's heart had doubts for no reason, he suspected that Zhao Zhi and Rowling had other purposes for this trip, otherwise they would not have taken out so many banknotes for themselves as soon as they came up.
"Mr. Capone, if you have something to say, could you please put the gun down first?" Zhao Zhi, who frowned, glanced at Rowling, "Ah" Rowling deliberately shouted, Zhao Zhi took advantage of Capone to see Rowling, reached out and grabbed the pistol and twisted it, and the gun in Capone's hand was in Zhao Zhi's hand. "Mr. Capone, you are so rude, how can you point a gun at the person who sent you money?" As he spoke, Zhao Zhi disassembled the pistol he had snatched from Capone into a pile of parts.
"Who the hell are you?" The speed at which Zhao Zhi disassembled the pistol was too much, Capone's eyes couldn't keep up, and he faintly felt in his heart that this young Chinese was by no means just the son-in-law of the Rockman family, but he guessed that he would not know Zhao Zhi's relationship with the Germans.
"Mr. Capone, forget the unpleasantness just now, let's talk about a business, a very big business" Zhao Zhi waved his hand and pushed aside the pistol parts scattered on the table, took out the remaining banknotes from his leather bag and piled them on the table, "Here is 35,000 pounds in cash, I want to get a piece of land in Myanmar to build a factory, after all, so many Jewish refugees can't all move to China at once, find something for them to do"
"I also want to build a power plant and a steel mill here, to provide more electricity to Yangon and smelt steel at the same time, I heard that Myanmar also produces coal, power plants and steel mills can order coal produced in Myanmar" After learning that Myanmar produces coal, Zhao Zhi temporarily decided to build a power plant and a steel mill in Myanmar, which is much more cost-effective than transporting equipment to Xinjiang, after all, Yangon Port has a large number of high-quality iron ore exported every day.
"We will give you a certain amount of shares in the power plant and the steel mill, as long as these two factories are in Myanmar for a day, you will be able to reap the benefits, and all the investment is ours, you just have to sit in the position of governor and wait for the money to be counted" Rowling smiled and changed a cup of hot coffee for Capone, and explained Zhao Zhi's plan in more detail. Before coming, Zhao Zhi had already communicated with Rowling, as long as Capone was a guy who saw money, they didn't mind building a steelmaking plant in Burma, as long as the Yunnan-Burma highway was guaranteed to be smooth, the smelted steel would be continuously transported into Zhao Zhi's tank production base in Kunming.
"Oh, why do I have to agree to your request? I am the governor of Burma, as long as I want, a large amount of money will be sent to me, without my permission, those iron ore piled up on the port will not be able to leave the port" Capone, who seemed to have found the backbone, leaned back in a wide chair, and was robbed of a pistol by Zhao Zhi, which made him very faceless, but as long as he still has the power of the governor in hand, there is always a time to pinch them.
Seeing Capone's intention to retreat, Rowling was a little anxious, so she ignored Zhao Zhi's hint and directly made today's intention clear, "Mr. Capone, I think you already know the news of the war between the British and French forces and Germany, we have just come from Europe, I can reveal you some of the latest war situation, just on Christmas Eve, the German SS has captured your Buckingham Palace, a few days after Buckingham Palace was captured by the Germans, the British mainland was attacked by the German hidden forces one after another, by the time we left the UK, More than 50,000 German troops have landed on British soil, and it seems that Luxembourg and Belgium have surrendered to Germany, and France has lost half of them.
Ignoring Capone, who was as dead as ashes, Rowling glanced at Zhao Zhi and continued to increase his verbal offensive against Capone, "Mr. Capone, Britain used to be an empire on which the sun never sets, but according to the current situation, once the Germans occupy the French seaport, how long do you think Britain can support it?" ”
"No way, we still have a fleet, we still have a strong air force, even if the Germans have landed, sooner or later they will be repulsed" Capone's face twitched, racking his brains to make excuses for himself. He had the impression that the invincible British Navy was the most powerful in the world, and that they would not allow the German landing on British soil to continue, and yes, the valiant British Navy would certainly repel the German troops that landed.
"It seems that due to the sneak attack of the German lurking troops, your British aircraft have suffered great losses, and I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the air raids of the Luftwaffe, and the German troops who landed in the UK seem to have taken several southern seaports, and even the English Channel has been blocked by German submarines, and your fleets are afraid that they have sunk to the bottom of the sea" In the face of Capone, who was a little arrogant, Rowling's words were full of contempt, and said that the British Navy was, and those Klim gangsters lurking in the harbor were not vegetarians, Once Zhao Zhi's order was received, those gangsters would use explosives to blow up the ships docked in the harbor, if it weren't for Zhao Zhi in order to contain the German offensive, I am afraid that Britain would have lost all the seaports long ago.
Rowling's words solved the doubts that Capone had been stuffing in his heart one by one, it seems that the Anglo-French alliance is really not the opponent of the Germans, since the German army has landed on the British mainland, the final outcome is likely to be like what Rowling said, Britain will be defeated by Germany, then his own Burma governor is not the end? After the victory, Germany would never allow the command of the British colonies to remain in the hands of the British.
"Mr. Capone, if you agree to the cooperation between us, this governor of yours will always be in office, and I can use the reputation of the Lockman family to guarantee it" Looking at Capone, who suddenly showed a depressed look, Rowling suddenly felt that she was in a very good mood, and she could say that a governor looked like this in a few words, and she was probably the only one in the past.
Capone is not a child, naturally he will not believe Rowling's words so easily, after Zhao Zhi threw him a German SS certificate, Capone finally believed what Rowling just said to himself, before life, power and self-esteem, the always snobbish Capone obviously chose the former, otherwise he would not personally add hot coffee to Zhao Zhi's coffee cup, he has regarded Zhao Zhi as a member of the German SS, an SS envoy who can control his future and destiny.
"The money is still yours, the cooperation between us will continue as usual, the cost of paying the army is the same, I just need you to immediately recruit the people to start the construction of the factory, and my equipment is still waiting on the ship" Zhao Zhi pushed the banknotes on the table to Capone, it was just a pile of broken paper, if Capone wanted it, Zhao Zhi had more counterfeit bills. Zhao Zhi is not afraid of Capone's remarks, as long as Capone is a person who understands, he knows what he should do, a mercenary villain will not jump to the ship that is about to sink by himself, just for now, Zhao Zhi, who can bring Capone a lot of wealth, is far more attractive than Britain, which has been caught in the war.
Carefully locked the received banknotes into the safe, Capone did not pause to call several of his subordinates, according to Zhao Zhi's wishes, began to mobilize trucks and vehicles to Yangon, Zhao Zhi needed to move those Jews who were not suitable for working in factories to China before the rainy season in May came, this was the first task that Zhao Zhi gave Capone, and Capone, who was eager to show himself, naturally did not dare to slack off.