174 episodes. I guess I should paint a bigger picture.
“What are you doing here?”
Park Sung-chan smiled at my question and asked.
“What must the boss man come here to do? Is there anything Jin will also see at Sherrit Inter?”
“Is it… Amatobi Gun?”
“…then that one too, jeep.”
Unknowingly, my expression contorted in response to that.
Bosco International, which is in the same boat with a gritty Louis heel gun, became a competitor.
“President, are you okay? Bosco rejected the resource diplomacy project at the group level using Louis Hill as the pretext. But if you come and take over the shares of Sherrit Inter, how will you see it from the other side?”
“It’ll be fine. The mining of Louis Hill hasn’t started yet, and the Ammatovy mine was carried out as part of a resource diplomacy project, but the contract was canceled. No. There is also Choi Soo-hyeok, chief of staff, if there is any other car…”
He doesn’t seem to want to leave.
That is why the Ammatovy nickel mine is so attractive.
“The Madagascar government announced that the contract would be annulled, but what would you do if you took over the stake and became a piece of paper? Will you yield to me?”
“Hey, what kind of words. It’s not even confirmed yet, but it’s a piece of tissue paper. Why don’t you worry about me and give it to CEO Jin?”
Very sparks from the eyes.
Business has no permanent enemies or allies.
“Wow, then I’ll just ask you one thing.”
“Please speak.”
“If you get a stake, do you plan to move with Korea Mineral Resources Corporation or Sumimoto Corporation?”
“If we get the stake, we will be in the same situation, so it is highly likely. Isn’t it the same for CEO Jin?”
“I plan to return it to the government once I get the stake, free of charge.”
Park Sung-chan’s eyes widened at my answer.
“Yeah? You’re just giving it back to the government? For free? Representative Jin, if you think that the government will appreciate you for doing that, you’re mistaken.”
“That’s up to me to take care of, and the boss will tell you. Is there any other way than paying a bribe if you’re moving with that side?”
“Haha, don’t you think bribes will work? Here’s Africa, CEO Jin. That’s one of the poorest countries, Madagascar. In a country that pays less than two dollars for a meal, 2,000 dollars is too much money to imagine. “
“The previous administration was overthrown due to corruption. But do you think the current administration will commit the same mistakes?”
“It’s a crime. That’s why the lobby works so well.”
“Is that Andrea Reggioelina?”
“No, he’s a puppet, and Robbie should go to the military.”
As expected.
As he said, the Korea Mineral Resources Corporation and Sumimoto Corporation are also targeting the military.
“President, the public sentiment is the law that drives the policy of a country. In my view, President Andrea is young, but he has the ability to move the people’s hearts.”
“I know that President Andrea is good at image-making. Because he is a person who sits there with that. But it will be difficult to defeat the military, who has real power. It’s a familiar experience in our country… Oh, I don’t know because President Jin is young. good.”
“Yes, I’m not from Dr.’s generation, so I don’t know. But I do know one thing. If one or two people who have won the support of the people like President Andrea come together, the military can’t do anything recklessly.”
“Even children know that the politicians in this country are immoral. Is there anyone other than President Andrea? It’s not just politicians, but businessmen.”
I grin and finger myself,
“I… Oh, I almost made a mistake.”
No, he turned and pointed at Jackie.
“Here you are, that person. Here Miss Berry will represent All Mining and win the hearts of the people. And support President Andrea.”
Pointing to himself and speaking in Korean, Jackie was puzzled by what he was saying.
I grabbed her shoulder and spoke to Park Sung-chan.
“Doctor, Miss Berry will be like the Little Prince’s flower in Madagascar, because I’m going to make it that way.”
“……?”
“Please keep the shares of Sherrit Inter in Bosecointer. We will return as it is.”
“Is that true?”
“Instead, if you change your mind later, don’t be afraid to come and visit me.”
“……Yes.”
I turned around without hesitation and got back into the car.
And I told Jackie and Lucy about the conversation I had with Park Sung-chan.
“CEO, if we have to return the shares for free, then Berry’s popularity will rise sharply. Is it okay without it?”
“Lucy, don’t worry, the stake will be brought to you as a gift from Bosscointer.”
“……yes?”
“Mr. Park is a smart person. Nickel has narrowed his vision right now, but if you think about it over time, you’ll realize which one is better and come to you on your own.”
“Oh, then!?”
“Yes, I saved money. So, let’s get rid of all the money we were going to spend on the stake as relief supplies. The sooner the rumors spread, the sooner Mr. Park will come.”
Now I’m doing something I couldn’t do when I was in college.
Overseas Volunteer.
Also against a country.
***
one month later.
“When did you arrive?”
After finishing the call to my question, Lucy said.
“They say they will arrive at the airport in two days.”
I nodded.
Tomorrow, the private plane of the P&B group, loaded with relief supplies and food, will arrive.
There was also a medical staff on board, recruited through the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders with the help of the Frederick Harlow Foundation.
“What about a boring machine?”
“It departed by ship, and is expected to arrive in a week.”
“How many units did you say you had in total?”
“Three hundred and thirty-five generations.”
“As soon as you arrive, attach a technician and move them to the places marked on the map.”
On the map spread out on the table, one or two red dots were stamped on the nearby towns of large and small towns.
It was the place I found myself running on my own feet.
“Edward, I’ve compiled a list of borehole locations and depths.”
“Good job. Make a copy and let Jackie deliver it to the drillers when they come.”
“If all the places marked here turn into wells, there’s going to be a riot? Ho-ho.”
Jackie was truly delighted to be able to quench the thirst of Madagascars.
Madagascar is a water scarce country like the African continent, and water was as scarce as food.
“Isn’t it going to end in a riot? I’m looking forward to it, because I’ll turn you into a goddess.”
“It’s the kind of treatment that Edward deserves.
I gently shook my head.
“No, I’m Korean, so I’m only going to live with antipathy. I’m just digging the ground for nothing.”
“I’ll reveal it to you later. The person who planned and implemented this was Edward.”
I just smiled at her words and moved on with her.
There, local workers were preparing the clinic and the ward as temporary tents.
Places like this were being built not only here, but all over Madagascar.
I looked at it and said to Jackie.
“You know what I’ve been thinking about, looking back at Madagascar over the past month?”
“……?”
“This is me in Africa, but I thought it was very different.”
“In what way?”
“First of all, the climate is not as hot and dry as in the African continent, and above all, people are hardworking. Personally, I am familiar with rice because the staple food is rice.”
“……”
“Besides, the natural environment is well preserved and underground resources are plentiful like Australia.
“You mean there’s potential for development?”
“Yes, this place was neglected during the French colonial era, and it seemed like a place where I could live well enough if the previous governments didn’t take care of me.”
I turned to Jackie and continued.
“Leave this to Lucy and let’s go together for a while.”
“Where?”
“I have to paint a bigger picture. Shouldn’t I have more cards that I can use?”
There is a place where I made a dot through a month’s exploration.
“Madagascar will be the outpost for All Mining’s conquest of Africa.”
***
‘What if…’
Park Sung-chan was walking back and forth in the hotel room with his back luggage.
On a table to one side was a newspaper, and there was an article titled Helping Hands from Australia.
‘Does this make sense? More than 3,000 wells were dug simultaneously in less than a month?’
It was written in the article about how much the drought-stricken Madagascars were benefiting from the wells.
furthermore,
‘It is said that thousands of people’s lives were saved through medical service in more than five hundred places…’
This also happened almost simultaneously across Madagascar.
All broadcasting, news and media focused on a company called All Mining from Australia.
Occasionally, it was said that the mining company was aiming for their own resources, but that was only part of it.
It was because there were many people who benefited from the volunteer work of All Mining.
‘If you return the stake in the Ambatovy mine here for free, it would be a real fire dragon.’
As Jin Yu-seong said, it was clear that the support of the Madagascar people would skyrocket.
Returning the stake in the mine will also wipe out the image of foreign speculative capital targeting the resources of this land.
-Turrr. Turrrrr.
Then the phone rang and the phone rang.
He was the CEO of Bosco Cheon Kyung-deok.
“Hello? Yes, bro. Fold.”
-Uh, Doctor. Are you in Africa now? did you hear the news?
“What news are you talking about?”
– All-mining. I heard that playing in Madagascar is no joke, you know?
“…Oh, I know. I’m in Madagascar right now.”
-okay? But why didn’t you help? If it had only taken one step, it would have been a great book in Korea.
“That’s what…”
Park Seong-chan told Chun Kyung-deok what happened to Jin Yu-seong.
Then a sigh escaped the phone.
-Hey, you boring person. I don’t know if I even met Jin. That friend is no ordinary. Even if you catch it, why do you hold onto the rotten cord and throw away the golden cord?
“It’s a rotten copper cord. Madagascar’s power is overwhelming no matter what anyone says.”
– Because of the military, countries on the African continent do not recognize the Andrea regime as a coup?
“That’s because of the former president, Arc Navalomana. They’re talking about a coup d’etat on the subject of exile to a foreign country.
-Okay, as you say, that’s it. But, how much do you think you will benefit from following Vice Minister Sohn and Mr. Sumimoto?
“……!”
-It’s not just the mining industry that’s high-risk, high-return. Guys, it seems to me that you are blinded by nickel mines, but the important thing isn’t profit. Why do smart people overlook it?
“……!”
Park Sung-chan looked like he had been hit in the back of the head.
Deputy Minister Sohn was also Vice Minister Sohn, but he had completely forgotten the existence of Sumimoto Corporation in the industry.
-Okay? Especially Sumimoto. Vice Minister Sohn, that nobleman didn’t get more shares than that. Negotiations are notorious for messing around, so why do you want to bury your shit?
“I understand what you mean, bro. I was so focused on nickel mines.”
– Representative Jin, take my hand. We haven’t lost anything with that friend. In terms of money and people, Representative Jin is much better than that.
“Yes, bro. I think I have opened my eyes thanks to you. Thank you.”
-Yeah, when you come to Korea, let’s have a drink after work there.
As soon as Park Sung-chan hung up the phone, he grabbed the Ambatovy equity contract and left the hotel.