African Nationhood

Although Chairman Shi expressed his position with a smile, the three white people present did not dare to make a random offer.

After all, there is a huge disparity in status, and Boss Shi has become the company's de facto largest shareholder by merging Cecil Rhodes' shares.

But Cecil Rhodes still played a trick. He only transferred 20% of the equity in the transfer agreement.

Therefore, Shi Jintang only holds 50% of the company's equity, and Dr. Jameson still holds 5% of the equity.

Shi Jintang said that he would fully acquire the Rhodesia Company. The reason why everyone felt relieved was that after the establishment of the South China Dominion in the past few years, the Rhodesia Company has been sucking blood.

The South China Dominion often instructs David Bell to mobilize black laborers within the territory to work for free at the Lunda Administration without paying these blacks.

The income of Rhodesian companies has become negative. They are losing money instead of making money. This is more uncomfortable for the capitalists than killing them.

But they can't do anything to Chairman Shi, because Chairman Shi is the major shareholder and he occupies half of the company's equity.

The combined shares of the other three people were equal to Chairman Shi, and they did not provide additional help to suppress Chairman Shi.

After all, they are just businessmen, not national leaders.

And behind Chairman Shi are countless Nanhua soldiers who defeated Daying. Such people are acting like hooligans. What can you do?
I can only bear with it.

Now that Chairman Shi has shown mercy to them, they are naturally relieved.

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"Your decision is wise, and it is also the best news we have heard in the past few years. At what price does Chairman Shi intend to acquire our shares?"

James Maguire was the first to ask.

Shi Jintang smiled and said, "We are all businessmen, so naturally we have to do business in business. Why don't we value the company based on its rate of return?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the three white capitalists suddenly changed, and they couldn't help cursing in their hearts.

Dr. Jameson said softly: "Chairman Shi, if you do this, it will be detrimental to us. You know best the income of Rhodesia Company in recent years."

Shi Jintang became unhappy when he heard this, "Of course I know what the rate of return is. I am the company's major shareholder and I have the biggest loss. Did I say anything?"

The three capitalists were furious, shameless Chinese, you have no shame, it is you who caused us to suffer losses.

They were furious in their hearts, but they dared not express it with their mouths.

Alfred Beit winked at the other two white shareholders and looked at Shi Jintang with a smile.

"Chairman Shi, please listen to me first. Rhodesia Company's income has indeed declined in recent years.

But the nature of the land is still there and has not changed. You want to acquire the Rhodesian Company wholly, and what you value is the value of the land, not the income on these books. "

It was the Jews who saw through it, Shi Jintang smiled and nodded, "Mr. Beit is right. Although my South China Dominion has been established, it is very lacking in population and mineral resources, so I want to expand as much territory as possible.

And those black indigenous people will be very good labor force. I want to mobilize these black labor force for my use more easily. "

These words made several white people couldn't help but secretly curl their lips, bah, you are a colonist in yellow skin, what you do is no different from Americans.

If the Rhodesian Company is given to you, you will only massacre black people more simply.

"Whatever you intend to do with those black natives, Lord Henry, is of no consequence to us.

But if you want to buy the Rhodesian company at a lower price, that is impossible. Our rights and interests must be met. "

Throwing away a piece of watermelon rind, Shi Jintang wiped his hands, "Okay, let's talk about the conditions."

The three white shareholders looked at it, and Dr. Jameson was the first to speak: "I need to build a large college in Rhodesia. I own the property rights of this college and the land of the college.

Even if I die, I cannot take it back. I will set up a foundation before my death to continue to manage this college.

All students trained by this college must abide by the legacy of Mr. Rhodes and uphold the honor of Mr. Rhodes.

In addition, Mr. Rhodes’ cemetery needs to be placed there permanently and is not allowed to be moved. "

Rhodes' cemetery is located on the Binga Mountain at the junction of the Matabeleland region and the East African Administration. The mountain is as high as 2436 meters, where you can overlook the entire Rhodesian Company.

Most of the Rhodesian Company's land is plain, even if some of the mesas are low.

In order to fulfill Rhodes' last wish, Dr. Jameson buried him on Binga Hill.

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Dr. Jameson made this request mainly because he wanted to establish a monument for Cecil Rhodes, hoping that he would continue to enjoy the respect of the world after his death. Cecil Rhodes of the original time and space enjoyed decades of glory through the continuous promotion and packaging of the foundation established for him by Jameson.

However, as the ideological trends in the international community changed, the carefully packaged Rhodes eventually lost his halo and became a despised colonial leader and imperialist.

Dr. Jameson, Cecil Rhodes' "widow", has been busy over the years managing the image of Cecil Rhodes.

What Shi Jintang did was worse than Rhodes, so he would not let Rhodes be defeated.

On the contrary, he will help Dr. Jameson maintain the image of Cecil Rhodes.

"Yes, I promise you. In addition, I also welcome your foundation to set up scholarships at universities in the South China Autonomous Territory.

To support more students and achieve academic progress and scientific research results. "

Dr. Jameson did not expect this Chinese politician to be so open-minded, "Okay, thank you for your openness and tolerance."

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Seeing Dr. Jameson finish speaking, James Maguire also spoke: "I hope to get investment opportunities in South China, including but not limited to mining and railways. I even hope to invest in plantations."

Shi Jintang shook his head, "Sorry, the land in Nanhua is either state-owned or allocated to Chinese immigrants. I do not welcome foreigners to invest in land in Nanhua.

As for mining and railway investment, they are open to you to invest. You can also choose to invest in our infrastructure, such as roads or ports. "

Hearing this, James Maguire was a little disappointed, but he still refused to give up and continued to ask.

"What about the plantations within the Rhodesia Company? I currently own several estates within the Rhodesia Company."

"It will be nationalized by then, and white people will not be allowed to own large plantations in our territory. This is my bottom line."

James Maguire was slumped. This Chinese chairman was so shameless.

But there was nothing he could do. He had no way to compete with the Chinese chairman.

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"Mr. Beit, what conditions do you have?"

Alfred Beit smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I want to continue to operate the banking industry in South China. Currently, your South China has not banned this aspect."

Hearing what the Jew said, Shi Jintang still shook his head and refused.

The financial industry in Nanhua Kingdom is not mature at all.

After the establishment of the Nanhua Dominion, Shi Jintang instructed the financial department to remove external financial forces from the territory. They could redeem or acquire them, but they were not allowed to operate in Nanhua.

The Imogen Family Bank, which was previously established by British capital in South West Africa, has already been acquired by the financial department and integrated with the original South West Africa Bank to form South China Bank.

The proportion of wealthy people among the people is still very low, and the proportion of the middle class is also very low. He cannot allow the financial industry to suck blood in Nanhua.

"Although I can't let you set up a bank in South China, I can relax the restrictions in Bahrain, Qatar, the Mariana Islands and the Sultanate of Sulu overseas, and you can set up a bank."

Hearing Shi Jintang's seemingly joking words, the smile on Alfred Beit's face immediately dissipated.

People overseas in Bahrain, the Sultanate of Sulu and other places are poor and have no oil and water to extract.

"Chairman Shi, you..."

Shi Jintang was very wary of these Jews. He smiled and asked: "What's wrong with me? I said, I will agree to what I can, and there is nothing I can do if I can't."

You can choose to continue to hold shares in Rhodesia Company, I am not in a hurry. "

As soon as he said this, James Maguire and Alfred Byter stopped recruiting.

They could only accept it while Shi Jintang was still talking to them in a pleasant manner.

Otherwise, if Chairman Shi really acts like a hooligan, their losses will only be more severe.

After more than half a month of negotiations, the four parties reached an agreement:

The four parties valued the Rhodesia company at 400 million pounds. Chairman Shi Jintang invested 220 million pounds to fully acquire James Maguire and Alfred Byte. Ander Sal Jameson acquired Rhodesia. 50% of the company's shares.

At the same time, the four parties signed a supplementary agreement, including some additional requirements from the three shareholders. So far, Rhodesia Company has become a wholly-owned company of Shi Jintang.

Next came the Dutch, and it was time to take back their small colony on the upper Zambezi River. (End of chapter)