Chapter 304: Initial Results
"These guys, they're really ......."
Osaba didn't know how to describe it, because many times, people have to do something differently, but on the contrary, these Somali fishermen seem to be a little eager to become pirates, even as if they were born pirates.
"Mr. Osaba, we did it, so what's next?"
"What's next?"
Osaba was a little speechless for a moment, he thought that these people had a well-thought-out plan of action before they started, but he didn't expect that these guys were all working with blood, but now that the boat has been robbed and people have been kidnapped, everyone doesn't know what to do next.
"That's not going to work!"
Osaba shook his head as he looked at the pirates.
"There is no cultural requirement to be a pirate, but at least you should learn something, and it doesn't hurt to earn money to buy some books!"
Osaba is telling the truth, he was born in the colonial period, although he was oppressed as an inferior citizen, but at least he still has the opportunity to study in a colonial school, which is why Shepard has always used him, because this guy even completed his college courses by self-study, which is why Osaba has a bunch of small problems but can still live well, who doesn't like hard work?
At this point, Osaba didn't care about anything else, and immediately brought a group of familiar pirates to his grocery store.
Underground, he made a small secret room, which was originally used as a warehouse and a safe house, but now it has become a so-called classroom.
Osaba knew that Shepard just wanted to make himself a master of the arch fire, and it was better not to go too deep into the Somalis to make trouble in the Gulf of Aden, but in line with the principle of doing things perfectly, Osaba still decided to teach these guys a good lesson and let them understand that the future of piracy is only to move towards specialization and scale and operate in an assembly line mode.
So, Osaba started by teaching with a ransom letter.
"Remember, we are Africans, and we are Africans who have lived an extremely miserable life, so the blackmail letter should be expressive and show our character!" ap.
"What's the feature?"
"That is, we didn't volunteer to be pirates, we were all forced!"
"But we do it voluntarily, how good it would be to be pirates!"
"Then you don't want to get the ransom!"
Looking at the guy below who was in opposition to him, Osaba was not polite, and immediately stepped forward to slap him twice.
Looking at their comrades whose faces were swollen after being beaten, the pirates who came to study did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately shut up and began to listen carefully.
"The Europeans have colonized us in Africa for so many years, and we have made our lives so miserable, we just want to show this, tell them that we are pirates because we can't survive because of colonial oppression and economic oppression!"
Immediately, Osaba beamed and wrote a sample essay.
In the text, Osaba tells the other party from the perspective of a novice pirate that he was forced to embark on this path because he was unemployed and could not find a job, but even if he became a pirate and robbed the other party's ship, he still has a good conscience. Therefore, instead of persecuting the crew members who are being taken hostage, they will ensure their physical and mental safety, for which they will have to pay a ransom.
And the amount of the ransom is also particular, Osaba didn't come up and said tens of millions of dollars, it is very simple to ask for hundreds of thousands of dollars, in addition, if you can, you also need to add some more rice and flour medicines.
The purpose of this is also to show weakness and tell the other party that he is cornered, so as long as his conditions are met, then everything is easy to say.
After receiving this letter, the other side will inevitably be divided into two factions, one will want to solve the problem with money, and the other will decide to solve it by negotiation or force.
Osaba focused on the second way to deal with it, that is, to create public opinion, if the other party does not agree, then let the crew write a letter to the family, and then stab the media, accusing the other party of ignoring human life, after all, what he asked for was only a few dollars, but what the other party did not have was life!
In addition to the hostages, the hijacked freighter also needs to be carefully arranged, and the long coastline of Somalia gives the pirates countless natural hiding places, so the pirates need to find a few more places for themselves to hide the cargo ship and do a good job of camouflage, so as to prevent the other party from trying to rob the cargo ship.
In addition, there are so-called confidential lines, one-line contacts, branch contact points, etc., Osaba has been with Shepard for several years, and the latter's whimsical ideas have also benefited him a lot, and now there is no problem to learn the same!
The hijacked South Korean cargo ship also happened to be a testing ground for the pirates, and then a ransom letter was delivered to South Korean embassies abroad after many transfers.
The latter didn't pay much attention to it after receiving the letter, after all, there are so many Koreans working overseas, if everyone has something to do and comes to the country, how can they be busy, for the sake of the country's economic development, the people should endure it!
But soon South Korea discovered that the cargo ship was missing along with the 28 crew members on board, and then the ransom letter was sent to Chun Doo-hwan, a former senior South Korean general who had just completed a coup d'état and successfully ascended to the presidency.
The head of the military junta was no fuel-efficient lamp, and he knew that his coup d'état was controversial and that he could not be used as ammunition by his political opponents.
Immediately, he sent an envoy to pay the amount demanded by the pirates, and demanded that the matter should not be further publicized.
The pirates who got the money naturally cooperated very much, not only returned the crew and the ship intact, but even bowed and apologized to the crew members to show their gratitude, and even a few pirates who could act also tearfully hoped that the Korean crew would come again next time.
The crew was frightened for many days, and at this moment, for fear that the pirate would turn his face and not admit it, they could only nod their heads in agreement.
The hijacking was perfectly resolved in less than two months, and both sides of the incident were satisfied, the pirates got the money and supplies, and the South Korean government said that it had resolved the matter through diplomatic pressure, without spending a dime on taxpayers, and that it had gained a good reputation, while the crew was safe and sound, and even the cargo on board was not lost.
Although this incident did not make any waves in the international arena, it set off a storm in Somalia, which was like a light in the dark night, pointing the way to countless Somalis.