Chapter Eighty-Seven: Rondebrok
The Jew smiled: "I know that Mr. Cang has always been very courageous!"
Cang Hao didn't need to be greeted by the Jew, he went straight to the Bentley Continental, opened the car door and sat in.
There was an old man sitting in the car, with gray hair, wearing a custom-made suit, and his gestures were very elegant.
"Introduce yourself......" The old man opened his mouth in Mandarin Chinese: "My name is Long Debrock, the current Speaker of the Diamond Alliance Parliament. ”
Cang Hao smiled: "It's indeed higher than Gross's level." ”
"You've had a few fights with the Diamond League, so we should know something about what the council means. Rondeblok smiled: "Of course I'm higher than Gross!"
"In the same way, you should know something about me, how to do things. Cang Hao smiled, but there was a murderous aura in his smile: "I admire your courage to dare to come to see me!"
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Rondeblok spread his hands, "Of course, we had many misunderstandings, but they can all be clarified. ”
"It's not as simple as a mistake that you used something like the Spear of Ares!"
"This has nothing to do with me!" "I know you have a great prejudice against the Diamond Alliance, and it's all because of Gross, who is arrogant about starting a war against you, and I don't agree with this!"
"You sing white face, he sings red face, right?" Cang Hao smiled sarcastically: "One red face and one white face, this kind of trick is very common!"
"It seems that you still don't believe in my sincerity!"
"Why should I believe it?"
"Okay......" Rondeblok sighed, "We can talk openly and honestly, but before that, we need to make sure we are safe for each other." ”
"I have a weapon on me!" Cang Hao admitted calmly: "You want me to hand it over?"
"If there is no gun on him, Mr. Cang should have no sense of security, I can accept this. Rondeblok said, took a small electronic device, and fiddled with it a few times: "But I'm talking about information security!"
Cang Hao recognized it at a glance, it was a detector that could determine what electronic equipment he was carrying.
Sure enough, Long Deblok immediately said, "Can Mr. Cang hand over your mobile phone?" "Afraid of me recording?"
Rondebrok nodded: "That's right. ”
Cang Hao didn't hesitate, handed the phone to Long Debrock, Long Debrok turned it off directly, and then knocked on the car window.
The very personable man came up to him, hunched over and asked something in Hebrew.
Long Debrock handed over the mobile phone to him, probably to reassure Cang Hao, and directly instructed in Chinese: "Help Mr. Cang keep it for the time being." ”
Cang Hao smiled: "You're too cautious, aren't you?"
Long Deblok raised the window and said lightly: "Even if the mobile phone is turned off, it is not safe, Mr. Cang should understand this." ”
Then, Longdebrock fiddled with the detector again, and nodded after a moment: "Now I am sure that Mr. Cang does not have any electronic devices on him, including mobile phones, voice recorders, or bugging...... This detector is very sensitive, as long as it is something that uses electricity, even if you have a battery on you, you can detect it. It's good that way, our conversation goes smoothly and not a word leaks out. ”
Cang Hao questioned: "You don't have it either?"
"You can test me. Long Debrock handed the detector to Cang Hao: "However, I don't think it's necessary, if the content of our conversation leaks out, it will have no impact on Mr. Cang, but it will have a great negative impact on the Diamond Three Alliance and me personally." ”
What Long Deblok said was right, so Cang Hao didn't take the probe: "Let's start talking directly!"
"Okay. Rondeblok put the detector aside, opened a small box, took out a cigar, cut off one end himself, and then handed it to Cang Hao: "First of all, I apologize to you for what Gross did, and once again, this is definitely not from me. The Diamond Alliance is not responsible for Gross's own actions, and I hope you can accurately distinguish this difference, Mr. Cang. ”
"Good. Cang Hao smiled sarcastically: "I hope you profiteers will keep your word this time." ”
Rondeblok visibly froze: "Profiteer?"
"Isn't it?" Cang Hao shrugged his shoulders: "In the past hundred years, you have speculated a worthless pebble to a sky-high price and exploited the money of dicks all over the world, what are you not profiteers?"
"Okay, then please answer me a question Mr. Cang......" Long Debrock didn't care about Cang Hao's attitude, laughed, and then took out a book and put it in front of Cang Hao: "Have you read this book?"
The book is in English, and Cang Hao can see it at a glance: "Hugo's "Les Miserables", I have read it three times, what do you say this is for?"
"Books in China are cheap, but in Europe and the United States, they cost five euros. So, the cost of paper and printing may only be worth a euro, why should this be sold for five times?" asked Rondbrok word by word, "Isn't this a windfall profit?"
"Copyright fees. ”
"The author was copyrighted when he was alive, but fifty years after his death, the copyright is no longer protected. Rondbrok took the book back and flipped through it casually: "Anyone can publish it, you can publish it if you want, why still make a profit?"
"The book contains the author's thoughts, which is not measured by money!" Cang Hao said without hesitation: "I think Hugo's book is worth fifty euros!"
"Well said, I also have great respect for this great French writer......" Rondeblok took the study aside and nodded with a smile: "You respect Hugo and are willing to pay a high price for his works." So is there any difference in the fact that diamond consumers think that diamonds can bring them happiness and are also willing to pay a high price for them?"
Cang Hao couldn't refute for a while: "This ......"
"Why is Hugo a man of letters? Because everybody loves his books! If everybody thinks diamonds are valuable, then diamonds are really valuable!" Rondblok continued: "We are not only selling diamonds, but also the symbolic and cultural values they contain, and if you think what we are doing is wrong, then most businesses in the world will go out of business!"
Cang Hao smiled bitterly: "It seems to be true." ”
"For example, if your oil company goes up in the world, the price of their oil goes up. World oil prices have fallen, but they have not fallen, or only a small part of it......" Sighing, Rondeblok said with emotion: "More importantly, what they buy from abroad is low-quality crude oil, and the price is not expensive, isn't it even more lacking in morality?"
"It's really lacking, but we're talking about diamonds right now, so don't change the subject. ”
"Then back to the diamonds. "We found such a commodity as diamonds, packaged it for marketing, and let people all over the world know that there is such a thing, and become a testimony of love, which is just a commercial practice, and there is nothing illegal about it," said Rondebrock. From your life perspective, it should not be difficult to know that there are many such things in the world, and the Diamond Alliance is just one of them. ”
"What you're saying is not unreasonable. ”
"The difference between the Diamond Alliance and you is what Gross has done. Rondeblok paused for a moment and said very sincerely: "The Diamond Alliance sincerely hopes to cooperate with you, but unfortunately Gross has adopted the wrong way, thinking that you can be accused and used, and you have proved that you cannot be accused and used. ”
Cang Hao nodded: "Go on." ”
"You know enough about the Diamond Alliance, so I might as well say a little more......" Rondebrok also slipped a cigar for his gun and put it in his mouth: "The Diamond Alliance used to support the Ghost King Party in the past, but the Ghost King Party rebelled, which made us face a very embarrassing situation. We need to have our own force, and the Blood Lion mercenaries are undoubtedly the best option. ”
"I'm not going to be anyone's henchmen or pawns!"
Rondeblok smiled and shook his head: "Not his subordinates and pawns, but collaborators." ”
"That's what Gross said at the beginning!"
"I'm not like him. Long Deblok shook his head again: "I am very sincere, if Mr. Cang is willing to agree, he will be rewarded handsomely." ”
Cang Hao asked very pretending to be B: "Do you think I look like a person who is short of money?"
"Mr. Cang is a successful person, of course he is not short of money, but he is ......" Long Deblok said in a long voice: "Who doesn't want more money?"
"Do you just forget what you've done before?"
"Of course I won't forget it, but they are them, and I am my ......" Rondblok said here, and lowered his voice: "The Diamond Alliance is actually a corporate alliance, composed of many related companies, De Beers and Australian Diamonds are the two largest of them, and De Beers is the oldest and most famous in this industry. Each member of the parliament represents one or several companies, and everyone guarantees the interests of the companies they represent in the parliament, and I represent Australian companies. ”
Cang Hao asked, "What about Gross?"
"Gross is backstage with Schwartz, and the two men are close to De Beers. ”
"Oh?" Cang Hao smiled: "It seems that one of the largest shareholders of Xintai Mining is Australian Diamonds, but it is in the past!"
"That's the problem......" Rondbrok's voice became a little displeased: "The actions taken by Schwartz and Gross are not only completely mistaken and cause huge losses to the Alliance, but also unnecessarily enmity with the Blood Lion mercenaries. Also, the losses caused by the two of them are basically borne by Australia. ”
Speaking of this, Cang Hao understood that there were contradictions within the coalition parliament, and Long de Blok was very dissatisfied with Schwartz and Gross.
Xintai Mining's two major shareholders in the past were De Beers and Australian Diamonds, and after Chavali found out that the military was corrupt in country T, De Beers immediately transferred its shares to Cang Hao.
Later, Canghao coerced Australian Diamonds to withdraw from Xintai Mining, so far, the Diamond Alliance has no relationship with Xintai Mining, and Canghao has obtained a complete controlling stake.
On the surface, the two major companies of the Diamond Alliance have suffered losses, but the difference is huge.
De Beers' shares were sold to Cang Hao, and Australian diamonds were donated to the king of country T free of charge, and the loss of Australian diamonds was undoubtedly greater.