African Nationhood

Chapter 48 The Dagger Appears
  "This should be possible, provided Mr. Thomson agrees, otherwise it is just empty talk."

William Constantine's eyes lit up with excitement when he said these words, as if he was afraid that these words were not enough.

He went on to add: "Mr. Thomson is a relative of the general manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The two are cousins."

Hearing this secret, Shi Jintang nodded slightly, "Then what is Mr. Theo Thomson's hobby?"

"He, I don't know much about his hobbies. After all, I just joined the company not long ago, and this is my first business trip with him."

Hearing this, Shi Jintang couldn't help but frown. This commercial spy was still too immature and his role was limited.

"So are there any other ways that can help me reduce railway costs?"

William Constantine shook his head, and soon he seemed to realize something, and hesitantly said: "Land."

Land is indeed a solution to reduce the cost of railway construction, but only if there is room for appreciation in the value of land will capitalists be interested.

Walvis Bay and Anhai Town (Swakopmund) are both in the Namib Desert. Starting from Walvis Bay to Hot Springs (Windhoek), less than half of the land is desert.

This plan is destined to fail, and all that is left are mineral resources. Apart from gold mines, the only valuable diamond mines on his territory are valuable.

But the diamond mine is a double-edged sword. He is unwilling to expose the secret of the diamond mine in advance before he can protect himself.

Shi Jintang wanted to smoke again, but his lighter was still lying on the ground.

He resisted the urge to smoke, then stood up and began pacing the room.

William Constantine was also racking his brains to think of a strategy. If he could come up with a plan that was acceptable to the Easterners, he could try to negotiate with the other party.

After pacing for a long time, Shi Jintang finally made up his mind. He instructed William Constantine: "You sign the confession first, and then go out and clean up your appearance. I will ask someone to find you later."

William Constantine wailed in his heart when he heard this. After all, he could not escape the trap of this Oriental.

But he was unable to resist, after all, he had fallen into the other party's control.

In desperation, he walked to the desk step by step, and then signed his name on the confession with great difficulty.

He didn't even have the courage to read the confession clearly.

After William Constantine signed it, Shi Jintang picked up the confession and looked at it before putting it in his pocket.

"It depends on your performance from now on. By the way, I gave you that lighter, and this box of cigarettes."

After speaking, Shi Jintang took out the flat metal box from his arms, placed it on his desk, and strode out.

The white guard picked up the lighter from the ground, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the table, and lit it himself.

"Well, this cigarette is indeed good to smoke. BOSS's stuff is good. You should be glad that you still have some use value. People like me can only be a guard for the rest of their lives."

These words were extremely harsh in William Constantine's ears. He smiled dejectedly, then grabbed the lighter from the guard's hand, picked up the cigarette case on the table, and left.

The white guard looked at the fading background, smiled and cursed, "Idiot!"

……

Soon William Constantine received several quotations from other railway companies.

For example, the Central Railway Company in the United States, the Birmingham Railway Company in the United Kingdom, the South-Eastern Railway Company in France, and the Prussian Railway Company in Germany.

The prices offered by these companies were significantly lower than those quoted by the Pennsylvania Railroad.

In addition, their price also includes land development rights along the railway line for a period of 30 years.

The visitor told him that these documents could be shown to his boss Theo Thomson, but they could not be given all at once. They needed to be revealed slowly and not impatiently.

In addition, these documents also include a prospecting list for Southwest Africa, which includes extremely large copper mines and gold mines.

At this moment, William Constantine finally understood the true intention of the Oriental Boss Shi. He had prepared a trap early in the morning to lure himself into the trap.

This net also intends to catch Mr. Thomson together. They used dirty tricks on themselves, but used clear tricks on Mr. Thomson. William Constantine organized his thoughts, and then he knocked on his boss's door.

"William, why is your nose hurt?"

"Nothing, I've been thinking about Robin Trudeau these past two days and found out that he has a lover.

So I found someone to use a little trick and now I have gained the favor of that woman. "

Hearing this, the old vampire was immediately moved, "William, your efforts are admirable. If this cooperation can be achieved, I will apply for the company to give you a special award."

William Constantine smiled cooperatively and said, "Thank you, Mr. Thomson."

……

In the next few days, the handsome man with blue eyes ran to his boss every three days to report the situation.

Today the approximate quotation of the American Central Railway Company is disclosed, and tomorrow the quotation of the Deutsche Prussian Railways is revealed.

Finally, he revealed an even bigger surprise to his boss: a second gold mine was discovered in Southwest Africa.

The old vampire immediately became excited and asked his blue-eyed subordinates to find out the details as soon as possible.

The handsome man with blue eyes immediately said that Trudeau’s lover was very greedy for money and that such important news would require more money.

The old vampire immediately and painfully took out another $1 for information fees.

William Constantine "tearfully" collected information fees totaling more than 20,000 US dollars. For the first time in his life, he realized that making money is so easy.

All of this is thanks to Boss Shi. Without his guidance, I would never have thought of it.

In the past few days, apart from going to the bar to drink, he just spent time with Srina.

The two of them also changed from being polite before to colluding with each other.

William Constantine's style in bed also changed from conservative to wild.

Beating and cursing, Slina was tortured to a state of disgrace.

But Slina was happy with it and enjoyed it quite a bit.

This situation not only surprised Trudeau, but even Shi Jintang was alarmed.

After understanding it clearly, Boss Shi couldn't help but sigh that these two guys are really destined to have a bad fate!

……

Soon, the old vampire Theo Thomson asked to see Shi Jintang again and got permission.

"Dear Mr. Shi, I have a new quotation here. I hope you can take a look at it."

In this quotation, the unit price of railway construction was reduced to US$3.3 per kilometer, and the cost of locomotives was controlled within US$150 million, with miscellaneous expenses included in addition.

The total price of the 200 kilometers of railway has dropped by more than % compared to before, and the compensation plan is to obtain the mining rights of new gold mines.

As well as the priority for subsequent railway construction, this contract is very reasonable for Shi Jintang.

But he couldn't agree to the Americans just because the Nanhua Company was a colonial company chartered by the British Royal Family.

If it gives up its gold mining rights to American companies, not only the British government will be angry, but other British bigwigs will also not be happy.

So after sending the Americans away with a smile and a gift, he went to the Cape Colony with the quotation.

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