Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 261 Radium

There is no need to explain the role of the bank. Rock has been tossing around in Johannesburg for so long, and now he finally has all the conditions to establish a bank.

The gold in the basement of the Rock Gold Mine is the capital of the Rock Start-Up Bank.

The Chinese in Johannesburg are the natural service targets of the bank.

Ada filled the most important link. Whether it was Roque or Stoudemire, it was not appropriate to come forward to prepare for the bank. Ada was the most suitable candidate.

"Great Locke, a bank, is that why you called me from Cape Town?" Ada winked.

"Of course not, I hope you can come, just because I miss you—" Roquedo looked into Ada's eyes affectionately, and stroked the back of Ada's hand across the tea table.

Ada was so elated, she leaned over and kissed Rock hard on the face, and then continued to write at the desk.

"It's very simple to set up a bank. The most convenient way is to buy it directly. You don't have to worry about it. Let me handle it. There is a Rand Gold Mine in Johannesburg. It is very necessary to set up a bank. Your lover Scarlett Li seemed to be working in a bank before, do you want Scarlett to be the general manager?" Ada seemed to mention it casually, and she didn't seem to mind much.

"Come on, I really have nothing to do with Scarlett, put away your petty thoughts." Rock was keenly aware of the details, and his desire to survive was also very strong.

Adajiao came back with a smile and wanted to give Rock a superficial reward, but she was stolen by the Rock people, and then——

Indescribable!

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In the evening, Rock took Ada to visit Henry.

Henry didn't feel dissatisfied when he saw Ada, just like receiving an ordinary friend, he didn't seem to worry that Ada would affect the relationship between Rock and Phyllis.

It seems that this kind of thing is really normal.

"Establish a bank? No problem, I will invest as much as you invest." Henry and Rock maintained a high degree of agreement. This is obviously a chance to make a fortune at your door, whoever wants it is stupid.

"Well, I'm going to invest 100 million, add your 100 million, and see how much Stoudemire is willing to invest." Rock came to Henry for this purpose, and of course he would not reject Henry's investment.

If there is no accident, Stoudemire's investment will be around 100 million pounds. In this case, this bank whose name has not yet been confirmed will have a share capital of 300 million pounds.

What is the concept of 300 million pounds?

The most successful investment bank in Britain at this time was Barings Bank, whose total share capital was only 290 million.

When Rock and Henry were talking about these things, Ada and Lacey didn't interrupt. They looked at the two men with pride. After all, not everyone is qualified to casually talk about a business worth 100 million.

Rock and Henry were indeed casual. They confirmed the matter in a few words, and then changed the subject.

"The second phase of the cement plant is about to be completed. Next, the output of the cement plant can reach [-] tons per month. Will Nyasaland run out?" Henry was elated when he mentioned the cement plant. Now the cement plant has become Henry's. There is a "gold mine".

It is too simple to start an industry in Johannesburg these days. As long as you spend money, you can buy any technology and equipment. There are almost endless Zulus who provide cheap labor. When the cement factory was built, Henry didn't take it seriously, but now Henry is full of gratitude. Rock has indeed found a new source of income for Henry.

"Yes, as much as you want." Rock is not polite. There is never too much cement. Nyasaland is undergoing large-scale development, and the gap in cement is very large. Because of Rock's shares in the cement factory, Rock Taking cement from the cement factory is equivalent to [-]% off, so you can use it freely.

"The railway is about to be completed. It seems that it has passed through Salisbury a few days ago." Henry is very concerned about the railway. After the railway is completed, Nyasaland and the Transvaal will be connected as one.

"Soon—" Rock didn't talk much about this topic.

The South African company went all out, and the speed of repairing the railway was still very fast. It took less than four months for Stoudemire to cover nearly 500 kilometers from the border of Transvaal and Rhodesia to Salisbury.

The reason why the speed is so fast, the price paid can be imagined. To put it bluntly, this railway was laid with the lives of Zulu people, even if it is not to the extent that there is a Zulu under every sleeper. almost.

Rock didn't know how many people died because of this railway, and he didn't want to ask, and the South African company didn't have records in this regard, so let these black materials disappear into the long river of history.

The next day, Stoudemire came to Pretoria from Salisbury and happily assumed the share assigned to him.

It is really a distribution. If possible, Rock, Henry, and Stoudemire are all willing to invest more, but it is a pity that any one person's additional investment will not be agreed by the other two, so the final distribution plan is Rock, Henry and Stoudemire. Each person has 30.00% of the shares, and the last [-]% belongs to Ada.

In order to obtain the 35% shares, Ada personally contributed [-] pounds. This money does not need to be paid by Rock, as Ada herself has the financial strength.

With the addition of Stoudemire, setting up a bank is far easier than Ada and Rock imagined. Rock didn't know how to set up a bank at all. Ada originally planned to acquire a bank and then renovate the bank. For Stoudemire, there is no need to buy at all. Stoudemire just sent a telegram, and someone immediately sent all the procedures required for the establishment of the bank. There is no need to report to the Imperial Bank or apply to London. Within a day, the company A bank called "Rand" was registered in Salisbury.

I almost forgot that Rhodesia is the kingdom of Stoudemire. Even the consul of Rhodesia needs to be appointed by Stoudemire. It is not too easy to set up a bank.

So the next thing came naturally. Within a week, Rand Bank completed site selection in four cities including Salisbury, Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape, and started construction.

The bank's recruitment also started at the same time. Ada really asked Scarlett to come over to serve as the deputy general manager of Rand Bank, and she herself served as the general manager of Rand Bank.

"What's the matter, can't bear it?" Ada observed Rock's expression with great interest.

"No, it's just that once Scarlett leaves, it will be more troublesome for me. Scarlett is now in charge of the financial work of the gold mine and reservoir. I don't feel relieved to hand over this work to other people." Rock still said to Scarlett. Very trustworthy, the Crocodile Co. is okay, there are too many secrets in the Locke gold mine, and Rock doesn't trust others.

"Don't worry, I will send special financial staff to the gold mine and reservoir. Don't worry about loyalty, there will be absolutely no problem, I guarantee." Ada vowed.

"What if something goes wrong?" Of course Rock trusted Ada, but what about the others.

"If something goes wrong, I'll pay you myself—" Adajiao replied with a smile.

Luo Ke immediately felt hot, this witch must be executed on the spot.

Banks in places like Salisbury had not yet been built, and the Rand Bank had opened its doors in Bigwig.

In fact, Rock has already done all the preparations for the establishment of the bank. After changing the brand of the agricultural cooperative, the branch of the world's first Rand Bank opened smoothly.

With a bank, of course there must be business. Rand Bank's first business came from the Rock Gold Mine, and the business content was to pay salaries on behalf of others.

Salary payment on behalf of others is commonplace in the 21st century, and it was definitely the first in the early [-]th century. Rock still needs to convince Ada to agree to open accounts for so many miners at the same time.

"God, five thousand customers, I don't know if the Imperial Bank has so many customers in Cape Town." Ada didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

In the age without computers, it would be a disaster for a private bank to manage so many accounts at the same time.

Therefore, banks at this time basically serve large customers. Generally, small customers are not eligible for banks to provide services. Other banks are not saying that they do not accept small customers, but use various small means to raise the threshold, such as high The account opening fee and the management fee after account opening are enough to discourage most small customers.

The same is true for the Imperial Bank of Cape Town. At least when Rock was in Cape Town before, he never went to the Imperial Bank in Cape Town. With Rock's salary, he would not give a good face if he went there.

"This is just the beginning. In the future, there will be Crocodile Bay Company, Ziwei Hospital, and Ziwei Public School—all companies that can pay their salaries on their behalf will pay their salaries on their behalf." Rock didn't mind the trouble, compared with this increased salary However, Rock pays more attention to data. If everyone in Johannesburg is willing to open an account at the Rand Bank, then Rock will have more detailed information than the Ministry of the Interior.

Of course, if the Ministry of the Interior wants to ask Rand Bank for information, Rand Bank will definitely not give it to you. Rock's ideal bank is a private bank in Switzerland. Regardless of how bad the Swiss private bank is, but in In terms of loyalty to customers, Swiss Bank has indeed achieved the ultimate.

"Lock, have you considered how much this will increase our costs?" Ada now feels that the bank is a pit, not to mention whether it can make a profit, or whether it can survive is a problem.

"It will increase some costs, but it's not that serious. Account opening of this scale is only in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Pretoria, and even London and Paris in the future. What should we do? The people of Johannesburg must get used to using the Rand Bank and become dependent on the Rand Bank, so that the bank is meaningful." Rock opened the bank not to make money, but to make money, Rock has a lot of ways to use the Rand Bank to indirectly influence Johannesburg. It is Rock's purpose.

A very simple fact, the world in the 21st century can be said to be controlled by bank capital, and people cannot live without banks in every aspect of their daily necessities.

At the beginning of the 21th century, the influence of banks on society was far from reaching the level of the [-]st century, and many people did not notice this trend at all, but Rock certainly would not ignore the role of banks, Rock wanted to take advantage of this gap In the future, we will try our best to promote the development of Rand Bank and prepare for the future.

"Let ordinary people rely on banks?" Ada has not yet accepted Rock's idea.

"Yes, let ordinary people rely on banks, just like the rich and middle class now, and don't think that the miners and farmers in Johannesburg are poor, those miners may have no money, but those farmers are at least middle class , you can go to Scarlett about this issue, Scarlett is a big landowner in Johannesburg." Rock can only lament the wonder of fate, in order to accommodate those Boer women, Scarlett bought more than 2 acres of farms, In the whole of Johannesburg, Scarlett is the second largest landowner after Rock. Those farms look inconspicuous now, but in the future, the value of those farms will make gold miners crazy about it.

"Okay, I will find out." This is Ada's strengths, she is assertive but not stubborn.

On the last morning before leaving Pretoria, Rock Aida washed up together. Rock was horrified to find that the mouthwash Ada used contained the element "radium".

"Fuck, who gave you this thing?" Rock was furious and threw the mouthwash into the trash can.

"Oh, why, it's very expensive—" Ada was still reluctant.

"Let me tell you, in the future, anything that contains 'radium' is absolutely forbidden to be used, especially something that needs to be imported. You are afraid of death, right?" Rock observed Ada carefully, and there seemed to be no change. She was still so beautiful, her skin was still flabbergasted, her hair was still moist and smooth, and even the corners of her eyes that were raised a little because of anxiety were so vivid.

"What's wrong?" Ada realized the seriousness of the matter at this time.

In 1898, Marie Curie discovered the radioactivity of radium, and then someone discovered that radium could actually treat tumors.

Things began to spiral out of control, and for the next few decades, radium was believed to strengthen the body, prolong life, rejuvenate youth, and achieve immortality.

Not just mouthwash, radium was added to toothpaste, chocolate, cosmetics, and medicines. At this time, doctors even had to prescribe radium medicine (tonine water) to patients to make them feel satisfied.

Rock didn't know if radium could treat tumors, but he knew that the element radium, because of its radioactivity, would be extremely harmful to the human body, so Rock would reject all foods and cosmetics containing radium.

"Aside from mouthwash, what else uses radium?" Rock dared not be careless. At this time, people hadn't realized how dangerous the element "radium" was.

"No—yes, it seems to be on the watch—" Ada was inexplicably surprised.

"Watch?" Rock was going crazy. Watches are not edible. Why use radium?

"Radium can emit light. As long as you paint the pointer and dial with radium, you can see the time even at night." Ada finally found a reason.

"Throw it away, if your bones don't want to become a hornet's nest." Rock was not alarmist, radium was just so dangerous.

Rock suddenly realized that if Ida had so much radium added here, everyone else should have it too.

For the health of his friends, it is necessary for Rock to remind them.

No, it seems to have overlooked something.

(End of this chapter)