471 Coffin book
France used to be the most powerful country on the European continent, but since the French Revolution of 1789, France has been caught in a cycle of alternating revolutions and coups, and for more than a hundred years, royalists and the new bourgeoisie have taken turns to come to power, coupled with ordinary people who are not willing to be lonely, it seems that anyone who is dissatisfied with the situation in France can ask the government authorities to respond as he wishes.
If the response is not satisfactory, then overthrow the government.
It can be said that for more than 100 years since 1789, the French have been dying in various ways, but even in this case, France still relied on its expansion in Africa to establish a colonial system second only to Britain.
Until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, the Germans broke the halo on France with their own hands, and France's foreign power and cadres were exposed in the Franco-Prussian War.
With huge colonies around the world, France quickly came out of the shadow of the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, but the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War also cast a shadow on the French colonies.
With the advancement of science and technology, the emergence of automatic weapons has completely changed the battlefield situation, and dozens of whites using automatic weapons can fight against thousands, or even tens of thousands of colonial natives.
But if an outside force intervenes and arms the natives of the colony, it will really be impossible to effectively rule the colony with the small number of whites in the colony.
The situation in Madagascar is not the same as that of the French colonies in North Africa.
Before the French conquest of Madagascar, Madagascar was a unified country, and the Kingdom of Madagascar at that time could already effectively rule the entire island of Madagascar, so the French colonization of Madagascar did not go well, and the third uprising that broke out in 1896 spread almost the whole island, and it was not until 1904 that this uprising was basically suppressed, but the guerrilla activities continued until 1915.
Topographically, Madagascar is next to southern Africa and far away from the French provinces of North Africa, so French companies in Madagascar have been on high alert and refuse to allow capital from southern Africa to enter Madagascar.
The largest enterprises in Madagascar are now Marseille and Lyon, which control the economic lifeblood of the island, with Madagascar and France accounting for three-quarters of Madagascar's total trade, and France earning an average of more than 1 billion francs a year from unequal trade.
Therefore, it is very difficult for southern African capital to enter Madagascar, and Jean Casimir Perrière was also desperate, so he could only choose to cooperate with Roque.
After the death of Jean Casimir Perrière, the Perrière family began to gradually decline, if the Perrière family could still keep to themselves at this time, then Roque would not mind taking the Perrière family to make a fortune, but now the Perrière family has violated Roque's interests, so Roque will definitely fight back.
A week later, Elvis arrived in Pretoria, but only got fifteen minutes.
"I'm sorry, but the Lord has a busy schedule of official business, and he will be attending the Council of Ministers in a moment, so he only has fifteen minutes." Zach's sister Bella is now Roque's personal secretary, and Roque's time is divided between Bella.
Of course, Roque's work is so busy that he can't catch up with Ade, Ade has endless work, and Roque has limited time to work every day, so he can only give Elvis fifteen minutes.
Fifteen minutes was certainly not enough, and Elvis spent nearly ten minutes merely explaining the difficulties that Casimir Perrier was currently experiencing.
"So, the root cause is still a lack of funds, how much money does the company need to solve the problem now?" Roque is simple and straightforward, and the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem, of course, Roque will definitely not give it in vain, Elvis wants Roque to pay for it, so he has to give up the management of the company.
"Now, at least five million francs are needed." Elvis was also helpless, and could only pin his hopes on Roque for Jean Casimir Perrière's sake and open up to the Perrière family.
Roque smiled and didn't speak, five million francs was not much, but Roque would definitely not pay for nothing, for Jean Casimir Perrière's sake, Roque could tolerate Oliver's misappropriation of the company's funds, but if it caused difficulties for the company to run, then the Perrière family would have to bear the price.
To put it bluntly, Roque also deliberately created an opportunity for Oliver to embezzle funds, otherwise there would be no excuse now.
"If not, 2.7 million francs will do—" Elvis only had fifteen minutes, and he couldn't afford to waste it, and the 2.7 million was not used to compensate the families of the employees who died in the Ankailica riots, but to pay Roque as last year's company profits, so that at least the Perrière family's management of Casimir Perrière's company could be maintained for a while.
"I'm sorry, Lord, the Prime Minister and the other ministers are waiting for you—" Bella knocked on the door just fifteen minutes after she arrived.
"Lord—" Elvis looked at Roque with a begging look.
"I'm sorry, but let's talk about this again when we get a chance." Roque decisively refused, the game for adults has rules for adults, and those who do not follow the rules will be eliminated.
Elvis then tries to see Roque again, but never gets a chance to meet Roque again, and the person in charge of handling the matter becomes Christian.
Roque was somewhat kind to Elvis, and Christian was simple and rude, directly asking to take over the management of Casimir Perrier's company.
"It is impossible that Casimir Perrière's company belongs to the Perrière family." Elvis was still struggling at the end, and although his words were decisive, there was not much deterrence.
"Good!" Christian doesn't talk nonsense either, Roque's time is precious, and Christian's time is equally precious, and it won't be wasted on Elvis at all.
Then Elvis began to run for a long time, but in southern Africa, no one could help Elvis in any way.
In mid-June, Casimir Perrière's company rioted again at the Maruvuai mine, and this time Robert didn't even bother to say hello and went straight to Mayotte for a vacation.
"I heard that Elvis is contacting Marseille and Lyon, trying to get help from Marseille and Lyon—" Jonathan is very aware of the situation in Madagascar, and Marseille and Lyon are also clients of Umbrella, and Umbrella's intelligence capabilities are still very strong.
Although southern African capital was denied access to Madagascar, Marseille and Lyon could not refuse the services of the umbrella company.
In fact, the situation in Madagascar is not stable, and the mines of Marseille and Lyon are often attacked by guerrillas, so almost all large enterprises in Madagascar have to accept the services of umbrella companies, otherwise the attacks will be particularly fierce.
This is actually a protection fee, everyone knows it, otherwise the development of the umbrella company would not be so fast, and even the French colonial government in Madagascar often has to rely on the umbrella company to ensure the stability of Madagascar.
The current umbrella company is like a child who asks for candy on Halloween night, and makes trouble if he doesn't give candy.
"Marseille and Lyon are not charitable organizations and will not inject money into Casimir Perrière, so Elvis's efforts are doomed to be in vain, regardless of the process, the result will not change, and Casimir Perrière is no longer part of the Perrière family." Robert is not in a hurry, compared with Roque, the eating appearance of the Marseille company and the Lyon company is more ugly, and if the Perrière family cooperates with the Marseille company Lyon, there will be no scum left.
Working with Roque, at least Roque can ensure the interests of the Perrière family, and I hope Elvis will realize this as soon as possible.
"Marseille and Lyon also don't want to see capital control of Casimir Perrière in southern Africa, so it's hard to say what the outcome will be." Jonathan is still worried, and it's not impossible.
"If Elvis really dares to do that, then he will be prepared to bear the Lord's revenge." Robert wasn't too worried, unless Elvis had water in his head, or he would be burned.
Whether Elvis has water in his head or not, Robert doesn't know, Oliver must have water in his head, Elvis has not yet enlisted the assistance of Marseille and Lyon, Oliver released the news that Casimir Perrier is going to sell the mine in Ankelica.
"Confused, the sale of the mine must be agreed by the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, you release the news now, even if someone buys it, it will not be able to buy it at a good price." Elvis was anxious, there was so much going on during this time, Elvis was very tired, if it wasn't for wiping Oliver's ass, Elvis really wanted to transfer the management to the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, and then sit on the dividends every year.
If it had been a month ago, then Elvis would have done it, and Roque would have been happy.
Now even if Elvis wants to get this result, it will be difficult, if he has the management of the company, then Roque will definitely hold Oliver responsible for transferring the company's assets, and according to the current French law, Oliver will be imprisoned.
"If we don't sell, we can't sell it, we have a problem with our investment in North Africa, and if there is no follow-up capital injection, then the investment in North Africa will be lost-" Oliver hung his head, he has proved that he is indeed not an investment genius.
But the price of this fact was too great, and the entire Perrière family was dragged into the abyss by Oliver to be buried, and if Jean-Casimir Perrière knew, I wonder if he would have jumped out of the coffin in anger.