Chapter Eighty-Eight: When Money Comes Out to Talk

It can be said that in fact, Long Deblok is holding back a fire, but he is very self-contained, and he does not obviously express it: "Schwartz and Gross's behavior directly led the Diamond Alliance into the wrong line, and I, as the Speaker, have the responsibility and obligation to correct this mistake!"

Cang Hao smiled: "Why does it sound a bit like you're going to usurp power?"

When Rondeblok heard this, his expression became a little unnatural, but it was fleeting: "I believe that Schwartz will destroy the Diamond Alliance, I don't want to see this day, I have to do something." ”

Cang Hao nodded: "Then you need to have foreign aid." ”

"If the Blood Lion mercenaries are willing to cooperate with the Diamond Alliance, they can prove my method right and shut up Schwartz. After a pause, Rondblok continued: "This situation is a win-win!"

"But I still don't understand...... Cang Hao looked at Long Debrock's expression, and said thoughtfully: "You are the Speaker, the most powerful person in the entire Diamond Alliance, isn't it easy for you to bring down a councilor?"

"Mr. Cang should understand that who has the most power does not depend on his position, but on his strength!" Long Deblok shook his head with a wry smile: "It's a pity that the most powerful person in the Diamond Alliance is Schwartz, because De Beers is the largest enterprise in the whole alliance, and of course the richest. Moreover, Schwartz can directly influence some other small member companies, which even I can't do, and it is not so easy to defeat her. ”

Cang Hao smiled meaningfully: "Understood." ”

"You see, you should believe me when I say something like this......" Rondeblok took a puff of his cigar and lowered the window to let the smoke out, "I've united the other three councillors, and I can expel Schwartz from parliament if I can prove that I'm right." In fact, I don't hate her as a person, but I firmly oppose her views and lines. ”

"Since Schwartz is so powerful, why don't you just be the speaker?"

"The election of the speaker should be considered in all aspects...... "Rundblok explained helplessly, "there should be a certain proportion of men and women, and the region to which the speaker belongs should also be considered balanced, so as to ensure the fairness of member companies as much as possible." Of course, there are trade-offs as to which company the speaker represents...... The previous speaker came from a small company, and it was supposed that De Beers could put forward a new one. The problem is that if the speaker is a woman, then the speaker must be a man this term, and Schwartz has no chance as a woman. ”

Cang Hao asked a little sarcastically: "So you are purely lucky?"

"In a certain way, the parliament is equivalent to a political group, and what position each person can sit in is not only determined by personal ability, but also by various factors. Long Deblok said with a smile: "In the words of your Chinese people, it is - the time, the place, the people, all have to have it." ”

"Okay, you are indeed very sincere, then I will answer sincerely......" Cang Hao said word by word: "We can't cooperate!"

Long Deblok was slightly stunned: "Why?"

"Some of what you just said is indeed very reasonable, and it also complements some of my concepts, but in fact, there is nothing in manipulating commodity prices in itself. But ......" paused, Cang Hao emphatically emphasized: "Please pay attention to this 'but', the original sin of the Diamond Alliance is not to manipulate the price of diamonds, but to resell blood diamonds. ”

Rondeblok was a little embarrassed: "Is this ......?"

"Africa is rich in diamonds, but instead of bringing wealth to the African people, diamonds have brought untold disasters. The warlords knew that diamonds could be sold for a high price, so they forced the locals to mine them day and night, and then took them out in exchange for weapons to support their own civil war......" Shrugging his shoulders, Cang Hao continued: "Your Diamond Alliance has made a lot of contributions, and it is you who sell blood diamonds all over the world that give these African warlords motivation. ”

"Then let me ask you, even if there is no Diamond Alliance, wouldn't the African warlords be peddling blood diamonds?Or further, even if there are no diamonds, there will be no warlords in Africa, and the black Africans will be able to live happily?"

"Obviously, you're prepared for today's conversation and know what I'm going to say. And your level of thinking is far beyond that of Gross......" Cang Hao smiled and said indifferently: "Your reasoning is actually not wrong at all, but even if I can't change this world, at least I can do it without participating." ”

"I know you are a person with a great sense of justice, but I have to correct that a sense of justice is often a burden. ”

"Even if a sense of justice is a burden, I still persevere and pursue the truth. ”

"Truth is more fragile. Long Deblok said with a little disdain: "When money comes out to speak, you have to shut up every bit of truth!"

Cang Hao smiled bitterly: "It seems that this is really the case!"

"Joining the Diamond Alliance can make you more wealthy, why not?" Rondeblok spread his hands: "You can use this money to do what you like, and you can even go out to do chivalry, isn't it more meaningful! Also, if you don't agree, there will be many people who will be happy to cooperate, but it's hard to say what they will do after they get the money!"

"I can't deny that your words are quite attractive, but I need to think about it. ”

"I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer!" "Since I have said so much, I will say one more thing, traditionally, the Diamond Alliance is not about politics. Yes, we do have good relationships with a lot of politicians around the world so they can help us do business. But we do not interfere in government affairs, nor do we interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, this is a conformist bottom line. ”

Cang Hao nodded: "Go on." ”

"Schwartz is different, he is a very ambitious person, and he has always had a strong interest in politics!" said Long Deblok, taking another puff of his cigar, and seemed a little nervous: "I know what he wants to do, it's dangerous, I have to stop her, otherwise it will ruin the Diamond Alliance." ”

"Oh?" Cang Hao was very interested: "What does she want to do?"

Rondeblok didn't answer, but said, "Although you don't like the Diamond Alliance, if you cooperate with us, at least we can guarantee that the Diamond Alliance will not become more hateful!"

Cang Hao nodded vigorously: "Your words are the most convincing!"

"Then Mr. Cang can seriously think about it?"

"I can't give you an answer right away. Cang Hao suddenly thought of something: "Since you have said so much, I have a question now, I don't know if I can answer it?"

Long Deblok said directly: "As long as it doesn't involve trade secrets, it's fine!"

"And what can you say?"

"Except for how we operate and how the profits are distributed, any problem can be solved. After a pause, Rondblok added, "Even if you want to know about my personal life!"

"I'm not interested in your personal life, but I'm very concerned about business issues, since I don't want to talk about the details, let's talk about it......" Cang Hao smiled: "I want to know what corporate members the Diamond Alliance has?"

Without hesitation, Rondeblok said the names of more than a dozen companies, De Beers and Australian Diamonds were of course in the first place, and the rest of the companies Cang Hao basically had never heard of them.

Considering that these small businesses have a limited say within the Diamond Alliance, the battle is mainly between De Beers and Australian Diamonds, and these two companies are also the biggest beneficiaries.

From the beginning of this conversation to the present, the true nature of Rondeblok is revealed, so to speak, for people like him.

It must be admitted that Rondebrok's attitude is indeed sincere, and many words have shown that there are internal contradictions in the decision-making level of the Diamond Alliance, which should be kept highly secret.

But when it comes to business, Rondelbrock doesn't say much, because money is directly involved.

That is to say, Rondblok did things differently from Schwartz, but the essence of their pursuit of wealth was the same.

Cang Hao smiled slyly: "What I really want to ask is not actually this ......"

Rondeblok was not surprised in the slightest: "And what do you care about most?"

"Ghost King Party. ”

"If you can cooperate with the Diamond Alliance, the first task is to annihilate these traitors of the Ghost King, and I agree with Ms. Schwartz on this matter. ”

"That's not what I care about. Cang Hao shook his head and said, "I want to know who the members of the Ghost King Party are?"

Long Deblok immediately counted out a list of names, and every Cang Hao knew that all of them had been subdued except for the red-faced ghost and the mirror ghost.

Then the question arises, who is in that life support system?

Cang Hao asked tentatively, "Did you miss something?"

Rondeblok shook his head: "No!"

"Well, I'll tell you a little bit more, something strange happened the other day. The police raided a drug-making warehouse, believed to be related to the Ghost King Party, and found something inside......" Cang Hao described the life support device, and then asked: "The Ghost King Party has actually existed in name only, only the mirror ghost and the red-faced ghost remain, and there are some other people around them, and most of us know who it is." So, I can't figure out what's going on with that device, you know?"

"Could it be ......" Long Deblok was stunned, and after a long time he muttered, "Could it be that the red-faced ghost released the first ghost king party?"

"What is the first generation of the Ghost King Party?"

"The earliest Ghost King Party was a group of tough killers, and it was difficult to control. Later, the alliance modified their bodies with drugs, but because of this, they became more unruly......" Long Deblok took a deep breath and slowly spit it out again: "In this case, we cultivated the second generation of the Ghost King Party, that is, the black-faced ghosts, and then imprisoned the first generation. ”