Chapter 388: Chaos, Smuggling

This parade was led by people from the French phosphate industry chain, and others followed suit.

They take the lead because they have the strongest assets, but although the group of people who follow behind them can't compare with them in a single asset, they can't stand up to the number of people!

The total assets far exceed them!

These people are divided into many industries, some are engaged in transportation, some are engaged in warehousing, some are engaged in shipping, some are engaged in customs clearance, some are engaged in vegetable business, some are engaged in handmade products, and some are engaged in light processing...... Not to mention the variety, there are more industries involved.

For example, if you are engaged in transportation, you will be involved in car maintenance......

Therefore, they are the main force of the parade, and they are also the foundation of this grand parade!

Now, these people are also divided.

Sean's instruction to Murlay Heardy was to divide first.

The confiscated assets can be selectively returned to them after investigation, but there is no way to talk about this kind of thing together.

After all, confiscation is not a sentence, it is done with the cooperation of many people in Morocco, even if it is a government department, there must be a division of interests.

Of course, it is definitely not possible to negotiate one by one, and in the end, Morocco is divided into 8 industries and negotiated by industry, and the French can only keep up.

After the differentiation, it is a union, so that people from 8 industries can talk to the people of the 'mining' when the negotiation progresses to 90%, which is called differentiating a group, winning over a group, and fighting a group!

It's all the wisdom of the ancients!

Mullay Sidi admires the five-body throw, not that the leaders of a country don't understand fart, nor can it be said that they have no vision, it can only be said that they are limited.

Although they are in a high position, the environment they are in is indeed limited, and their position in the international arena is lower, so even if the scope of seeing is far away, the width is not enough.

Every time the Moroccans go to the negotiating table, they are at an absolute disadvantage, and this is the first time that they have been so confident that they have set the tone for the entire negotiation before they go to the negotiating table.

It feels like one word, cool!!

What is called golden thighs, now in the eyes of Moroccans, Sean is golden thighs, the kind of pure gold.

On the other hand, Sean is a 'demon' in the eyes of the French mining company, a demon who wants to eat them in one bite and doesn't even spit out the bones.

Now, businessmen from other industries in France are putting pressure on them, and the government is putting pressure on them in order to calm the effects of this incident as soon as possible, and even the military is putting pressure on them.

After a confrontation exercise at sea, the French and Spanish militaries both recognized the combat effectiveness of the umbrella company, so even if they knew that several sides would not really clash, they still had to enter a state of combat readiness and become completely nervous.

It's like the southeast coast, the confrontation between the rabbit and the eagle sauce, it's like shouting slogans while purchasing red flag soldiers......

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(PS: Don't associate it, it's really a plot push, without any metaphors, thank you!) )

In Geneva, in a large suite of a five-star hotel, a dozen men with serious faces gathered in a room filled with smoke.

Representatives of 3 fertilizer processing plants, 5 ore selection companies, 4 mining companies.

The situation turned out to be more than the French had anticipated.

The door to the bedroom inside was pushed open, and a man walked in, looking at the smoky air and frowning but not saying anything, not bothering about these things now.

"I brought everyone here today to discuss, there is a lot of pressure on us from all sides, a lot, you know, everyone wants us to put the overall situation first, so we need to talk to that gentleman."

Here, Sean's name is replaced by 'that one', and no one wants to mention it, upset.

"Fuck the big picture!" The director of a mining company cursed viciously: "Damn it, these guys who don't plant, they just know to surrender, surrender!" ”

One Frenchman scolded another group of Frenchmen for surrendering too quickly, huh.

"Talk to that guy." A group of people said babbling.

"What's there to talk about, that guy has such a big appetite, and he can still give up the innermost meat."

"Then we have to talk about it, and as soon as possible, we're in big trouble!" Finally, the man who walked in and called Henry said coldly.

He is a shareholder of the Edwin Mining Company, the richest of all the people here, and has the highest status.

"Trouble, what's the trouble, our property in Morocco has been swallowed by people, what's the trouble?" One asked, puzzled.

"It's a big problem, if we don't get it right, our industry in France will be damaged." Henry sighed, raised his hand and rubbed his face, "It's so unlucky, I never thought we would be so unlucky, now it's not just the problem of the Moroccan industry, we are being taken advantage of!" ”

"What the hell is going on, you tell me clearly!" The others looked at each other and asked eagerly.

"I just got a call that someone had attacked our mines and factories in Morocco with a bazooka and fired a dozen shots."

"Huh??" Everyone in the room looked confused, and their expressions were extremely weird, what is this?

"Why would anyone attack a factory in Morocco and who is it?"

"Isn't the factory all eaten by that man, why do you still make us suffer?"

"Does anyone think we attacked our factory?"

"Yes, that's it." Henry shook his head with a wry smile, and stretched out his finger to point to everyone present, "Some of the evidence left at the scene, the target is us, to be precise, we are not angry that the person robbed us of our property, and was forced by our own people, and in a fit of anger, someone took revenge." ”

"Uh......" Everyone looked at each other, to be honest, they really had this kind of thought, if it wasn't for reason to tell them that guy was ruthless, and if it was Moroccan, they would definitely take revenge.

"Well, don't look at it, it's not our people who did it, it's someone else, and they don't want the peace talks to end so quickly." Henry said.

"No, what the hell is going on, how do I feel that the factory has been robbed and I am an outsider in this matter, nothing has anything to do with me, I can't understand anything?" One asked irritably, and the others looked at Henry in unison.

What someone doesn't want to make peace talks successful.

Those who have suffered want the negotiations to end as soon as possible and get back their assets in Morocco, even if only a part.

The government also hopes that the matter will end as soon as possible, and the pressure on law and order and society is very high, and the people are very dissatisfied with the sharp increase in the prices of seasonal vegetables and fruits, and this government is under great pressure.

The military also wants to end it as soon as possible and return to normal.

Even they want to end this bullshit, and they believe that the Moroccans don't want to continue, so who doesn't want it to end?

"I just got a set of data, and as soon as I say you know, since the total cessation of commercial contacts, the price of seasonal fruits and vegetables in the southern region has increased by an average of three times, five times at the peak, and consumption has increased by 20% year-on-year."

"Wait, I can understand that the price has increased, but why has the consumption increased so much?" There was one who was confused.

"Because the price of things has risen, everyone, all the people know that there is a shortage of fruits and vegetables now, and there will be people rushing to buy them in the market, and everyone feels that it is more fashionable and precious to eat fruits and vegetables at this time, which can better reflect their living standards and show their worth."

"Hurry up, those children who don't like to eat vegetables on weekdays have started to eat with them, understand!" Henry said with a depressed face: "In addition, the transportation channel is not smooth, and the rot damage rate on the road has increased, so the consumption is higher than normal. ”

"But, damn it, what does that have to do with us?" Everyone looked at Henry with puzzled expressions.

"Huge!" Henry's expression changed from anger to helplessness, from pain to decadence, and finally he sighed heavily, "Do you know how many people there are in the south of France?" ”

All:???

If it weren't for Henry's highest status at the scene, everyone would have jumped up and beaten Henry hard, and the most fucking annoying thing was that someone was talking upside down.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't want to, but, it's complicated, understand!" Without waiting for an answer, Henry continued: "Last year's census showed a total of 57.3 million people in France, and a total of 24 million people lived in the south of France. ”

"It is well known that the main source of vegetables for the daily consumption of these people is Morocco."

France has plains, rich in wheat, and exported to Morocco in large quantities, but France does not produce vegetables, and local vegetables are very expensive.

The reason is that wheat can be mechanized on a large scale, and one person can manage hundreds of acres, which keeps the price of grain very low, but not growing vegetables!

There's no way to drive a tractor into the vegetable patch to harvest cucumbers, and not even tomatoes!

Fruit is not good, you can't cut down the fruit tree and suck it all at once!

It takes a long time from the beginning to the end of the harvest, and it can be picked every day, and this work can only be done manually, which requires a large number of people, and 50% of the population of Morocco is engaged in agriculture-related work.

Labor accounts for a particularly large part of the production cost of vegetables and fruits, so vegetables and fruits in developed countries or regions have always been more expensive than cattle.

The poorer the place, the cheaper the fruits and vegetables.

Therefore, we will find that the places where vegetables and fruits are exported have always been economically backward areas.

Henry said, "Have you calculated how many vegetables you have to consume in the south of France every day?" We don't mention fruits, only vegetables. ”

Everyone shook their heads, they were in the fertilizer business, and no one cared about this.

"Let me tell you, 24 million people, based on the calculation of 250 grams per day without anyone, then the daily consumption is 6,000 tons, and this is still not counting the waste."

"So, now that the two sides have stopped trade, where will the fruits and vegetables needed in the south come from?" Henry spread his hands helplessly, "This is fruits and vegetables, this thing is not bread, not a car, not a random source of goods from somewhere, seasonal fruits and vegetables, this thing needs to grow, they need time, even the transportation time is fixed, it is not fresh after a long time, and the price difference is several times, so it is impossible for us to change the source of origin at all." ”

Several people shook their heads again, and at this time, everyone's expressions became solemn, and there was a faint bad feeling in their hearts.

"Calculate, 6,000 tons, 2 times more profit, do you know how much it is? According to this number, it is 12 million, but in fact, the figure I got is that it consumes more than 7,000 tons per day, and this industrial chain earns 15 million more per day! ”

"With the addition of fruits, the total is not less than 20 million!"

"It's every day, my friends, do you know, this special one earns faster than pan-poison, after all, not everyone has to eat poison, and vegetables and fruits are different!"

"And how did these fruits and vegetables get into the south of France without a total cessation of commercial activity?"

"Smuggling!" One person said subconsciously.

"Yes, smuggling!" Henry nodded, "There are a large number of people who are smuggling fruits and vegetables in the Mediterranean Sea now, but we all know that the French military has deployed a lot of troops in the Mediterranean, especially during this period of high tension in the military, but in this state, how did those damn ships carrying vegetables and fruits pass through the naval defense line?" ”

"Are those smuggling ships with a deadweight of hundreds or thousands of tons going to be invisible, so the navy's various radars can't find them?"

"No, it's that the profits are too huge, and many people have made a fortune in this emerging industrial chain."

"From the military to the docks, from the customs to the police, from government officials to the mafia, a huge, complex industrial chain, and more than 10 people die every day because of the struggle in this industrial chain!"

Henry waved his arms excitedly, "They, they don't like the end of the lockdown the most, because once the blockade opens, their business can't be done, 20 million dollars a day!" ”

"Nobody wants to stop, these people are crazy now, crazy about counting money."

"Now you tell me, for the sake of such a large sum of money, will anyone take the risk and go to Morocco to wreak havoc!"

Everyone gasped...... The smoke, the smoke that originally lingered in the city, was clarified a lot.

It's just too likely!

This is not like a pan-poison, a fixed industrial chain has been formed for decades, and now this is a windfall, whoever catches it, catch it one more day, then make a fortune one more day.

"Everybody knew we didn't want to compromise and wanted to get the property back from that man, even if it was just a part." Henry looked around, "Well, I thought so half an hour ago. ”

"Now, friends, we're in big trouble, those smugglers have planted us and we can't come up with evidence to refute it."

"So, we have to get this over as soon as possible, if we don't want to be the enemy of everybody and then be abandoned by everybody and become a scapegoat."

The atmosphere in the room is very depressing, everyone has ugly faces, and the people in this room are all big names in the industry, all of them are quite rich, and they are all at the highest level of the company.

Not to mention that smuggling has nothing to do with them, even if this kind of thing is placed in front of them, they will not touch it, and if they can make 1 million legally, they will definitely not make 5 million illegally.

Because the 1 million can be earned all the time, and 5 million is likely to send him to prison, and there will be no chance to earn 1 million again.

Risk-profit is not proportional.

But they were roasted on the fire, and everyone wanted to cut a piece of meat from them to eat, so it was strange that they were in a good mood.

The most important thing is that they didn't provoke anyone, but they became the coveted delicacy on the table for no reason.

"Talk, we must talk, we must clarify, this matter has nothing to do with us, even if there is no evidence, we must clarify." A guy slammed the table and said with an ugly face.

"Yes, it must be clarified, and then find the gang of smugglers, and I'm going to send them all to jail."

"Don't think about smuggling." Henry shook his head, "You're angry now, calm down and you'll know that there's no way, there are too many people involved, no one dares to move, most of them are not professionals, they don't know what it means to shut up." ”

"Once they are caught, they dare to say anything in order to reduce their sentences, and in the end everyone will be implicated, and the result will be chaos in the underground world, customs chaos, chaos in the military, chaos in the government, chaos in everything, and the impact will be several times or even higher than now."

"Therefore, as long as you have a little political wisdom, you will never dare to investigate, for the government, this matter can only be regarded as not seeing!"

"It's not right or wrong!"

This is politics, there is no right or wrong in politics, the fundamental purpose of government employees is to make society run smoothly and orderly, and everything must run around this.

Right or wrong, good or evil, that's God's business, not the government!

You can't make a mess of society just because of the question of right and wrong, you will only be picked out and thrown into the alley, or simply sent to death!

"How do you talk to that person?" Someone pulled the topic back.

"We need a middleman."

"Moroccans?"

"Don't think about it, it's a bunch of puppets."

"Find the military!" Henry whispered.

"Huh? I heard from the military that they did not spare their hands during the exercise, and the whole exercise was reported to the highest level and received great attention. ”

"I got the news that the military exercise is indeed true, but it is also true that they have private contact, normally the military's original alert level should not be so high, but these two are pushing to raise the alert level if they are nothing." Henry said in a low voice: "There is a problem here, I don't know the specific situation, but there is an invisible tacit understanding between the two sides." ”

The matter was settled, but instead of going straight to the door, they discussed it and called Thompson Jarvis.

Sure enough, Thompson Jarvis promised to help say hello to Sean.

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The next day, Henry and his party of 12 people flew to Casablanca, Morocco.

Sean was indeed in Geneva a few days ago, but the factory and mine were attacked, and Sean went back to Casablanca to deal with it.

As early as 1920, when Morocco was still a French colony, the first phosphate mining company was established in Casablanca, and the first mining area was built at that time, the Khouribga mine, and the ore was shipped directly to France at the port of Casablanca.

Casablanca has a population of 5 million, more than double the population of the capital, Rabat.

In the villa estate sent by Moulay Sidi on the outskirts of the city, Sean meets with Henry and his party.

The vehicle stopped, and the group got out of the car and was stopped at the door of the villa.

Search, no matter what the identity of these people is, how rich they are, it is an extraordinary time, and someone has just attacked his factory and mining area, of course Sean has to be strictly inspected.

Of course, this kind of thing doesn't need to be ordered by Sean, Torre will arrange it.

It's just that this kind of thing is a bit unacceptable for the arrogant French, when will the French be searched in Morocco!

They had been in Morocco for decades, and they would not be searched even to see the king, and they were angry at the habit they had formed for a long time, but they had to see Sean in order to negotiate......

Not bothered to talk to a bunch of inferior security guards who didn't have any right to decide, in their minds, this was what Sean had arranged, just to humiliate them.

A group of people were searched with black faces before being taken to the living room.

When they arrived in the living room, no one greeted them, no one even brought them a cup of coffee, so they sat dry, feeling more and more angry and uncomfortable.

They were robbed of their property, excluded by their own people, framed by others, and not only had nowhere to seek justice, but also found the culprit who robbed them to explain the situation......

It's not an exaggeration to say that it is groveling, it is very angry.

It took Sean half an hour to come down from upstairs, and to be honest, he really didn't mean to hang this group of people.

Morocco is not Western Sahar, Casablanca is not Laayoune, and Sean can't stop all the middle and senior management of the mining group and the chemical plant.

When he took over, most of the middle and senior management and technical personnel ran away, and there was a danger to personal safety, and the company could not force employees to take risks.

They're serious companies, and they're not as aggressive as the boss of an unnamed private security company.

So, when Sean took over, it was a mess, production was basically stagnant, and the reason why he stayed in Morocco was to reorganize the company, except to help Moulay Sidi.

As a result, the day before yesterday, the company was attacked, he was really busy, the wounded were compensated, personnel were comforted, equipment was repaired, and production was resumed......

Walking downstairs, Lorraine followed Sean's side, and Henry and the others looked up, and several French faces became even more ugly.

They were waiting downstairs, this woman who was still playing upstairs!

Lorraine is indeed a secretary, and she is indeed beautiful and charming, so it is really normal for them to think so.

Walking to the main seat of the sofa, Sean sat down, crossed Erlang's legs, looked around and finally fell on Henry, but before he could speak, a voice full of resentment and mockery sounded, "Mr. Sean's villa security is really strict enough, and guests have to be searched, heh, I'm really afraid of death, is it because there are too many enemies?" ”

Sean opened his mouth, swallowed back what he was about to say, and looked up and down at the person who spoke, about 50 years old, his hair and beard were meticulously arranged, even if it was windy and sandy here, he still looked so bright and neat, and he looked like the elite of the social elite.

Henry wanted to stop it, but after thinking about it, he gave up, negotiating, even if it was out of a weak position, he couldn't come up and surrender, so it was good to try it.

Sean sighed, "I don't like your tone. ”