Chapter 579: Have You Ever Heard of a Professional Think Tank?
This historic defeat of the Afghan guerrillas has become the hottest topic in recent days, from Fort *** to Damascus, from Istanbul to Riyadh, almost all of them to the Arab countries know that in Afghanistan, the guerrillas were devastated by the Soviets.
More than a dozen guerrilla leaders were captured alive or executed, thousands of guerrillas were killed or captured, and most importantly, the guerrilla zones established by these guerrillas were destroyed.
Those captured Afghan guerrillas, many of whom were farmers who took up arms, did not have any anti-torture training at all, and after being taken to the KGB or the local garrison barracks to recover their memory, they would immediately actively and passively spit out a lot of things, and after excluding a lot of trivial information, the KGB could know a lot of information.
From the transportation route, to the middleman, and even someone revealed his training place in ****, these things were leaked, which means that a whole line was dug up by the Soviets, and maybe even the KGB is already sending people to assassinate those guerrilla leaders in third countries.
And once these charismatic leaders fall, it will be very difficult for the guerrillas to recruit people if they want to regain their strength!
"So, Mr. Shepard, what do you think we should do right now?"
"Uh, there's so much to do, Mr. Osama! Why don't you start with a program?"
A well-known pilot who had already begun to prop up his forces in Afghanistan immediately invited Shepard in Chad again after learning that some of his followers had suffered heavy losses because they had not moved in time.
The latter had just signed a package of construction agreements with Europe on behalf of Chad's military junta, well, Shepard is now not just a military contractor, and the think tank company owned by Shadow Company has its first national client in Chad.
General Déby signed an employment agreement with the think tank, which will provide consulting services for Chad's post-war reconstruction, among other things.
Although it is nominally a consultation, in fact, it is subcontracting, and although the prestige of the head of government is good, it is really not good to engage in economic development and construction.
And at this moment, the Shadow Company gave him a condition that he couldn't refuse.
The Shadow Company first contracts projects including infrastructure and telecommunications at a low price, and then uses the name of the think tank to bid for the project, and contracts the project to a foreign company for construction, and the foreign company will receive a certain year's income from the infrastructure, and the bidding fee will be divided between the Shadow Company and the Chadian military government.
This is also a better condition that the Chadian military government can choose at present, Déby has not thought of supporting his own enterprises in the country, but thanks to Habré, he vigorously ran his own enterprises during his administration, and merged Chad's own enterprises, resulting in a mess of Chad's private economy, and it is difficult for Déby to support the private sector, but about this, Shepard also helped him.
Foreign-owned companies that contract projects must work in the name of local joint ventures and employ a certain number of local workers.
Of course, those foreign investors are not called if they want to be called, and the main reason why many foreign investors come to Chad to invest is because they also have shares or positions in the think tanks of the Shadow Company.
The goal of the think tank established by Shepard is very clear, and it does not have to be a long-term expert or scholar, but it must be a bigwig with connections and power.
They are listed in the think tank department of the Shadow Company, and they usually receive a modest salary, and they can do whatever they want, even if they don't go to the office in the Florida Seaside Manor, because their real work is not a decision.
The work of these bigwigs is to rely on their own connections to invest, like Morgan, who has not yet retired, and is already in the name of a think tank in the Shadow Company, or the kind of community work that volunteers for, and Shepard usually puts a small amount of coffee money into the other party's account.
But when the Chadian government began to absorb foreign capital on a large scale, Morgan's own private construction company contracted the Chadian government's road construction projects, and they would exchange billions of dollars for the number of roads
Ten years of operation, and the right to use the land on both sides of the road, which also means that the right to operate the land where there is mineral oil or something, is also the construction company.
After the construction company used to bid for the project, after being divided between the Chadian government and the Shadow Company, a portion of it will go back to Morgan's hands, which will be regarded as his labor cost as a consultant.
As for the Chadian government, although it is suspected of betraying the country by selling land and water conservancy, in Africa, especially these small countries that are unable to complete their own modernization process because of the war, if they want to develop, they can only do so!
Not to mention, in order to collect more than two years of benefits, Shepard still chose a very sustainable path, to ensure that there are also a group of people in Chad who can enjoy the dividends, so that they can get rich first, so that they can help outsiders attract a lot of firepower.
Of course, the so-called think tank companies are not all such bigwigs and predators, Shepard still recruits a considerable number of young talents, including religious and sociological experts, as well as scholars such as economics and agriculture, as well as former military personnel, who will receive a decent salary, and their work is the so-called auxiliary assistance that Shepard is ready to recommend to the latter.
Shepard is ready to persuade Mr. Osama to integrate the Afghan militia guerrilla forces he supports, and it is best to make a so-called program of action, which is equivalent to the core structure of an organization, and if you want to change your organization from informal to regular, that is, the so-called Tubalu guerrillas into the main regular army, the program is indispensable!
Shepard's think tank will not be like most Western scholars and experts behind closed doors and deliberately follow stereotypes, his think tank will focus on the local people and help the local people to complete the implementation and formulation of such a so-called program.
In a sense, it is an organizational action model with Afghan characteristics, where think tanks will not participate in any program decisions, but only provide a framework model and content, which will be filled in by the locals themselves!
"I think you can try our think tank solution first!"