Facing the eastern morning light, the Gulfstream 550 landed at Abuja International Airport. Although it is an international airport, there is only one runway, but there were no planes taking off or landing in the early morning, so the plane landed directly on the runway without wasting time.
As a guest of the president, the airport staff quickly completed the immigration procedures and did not dare to blatantly ask for red envelopes. However, Elini still prepared some ten-dollar bills and handed them out to everyone. The armed security guard received a tip of ten dollars and a satisfied military salute.
A liaison secretary from the Presidential Palace and Cassinari, who arrived earlier, came to the airport to greet him. A thin gold necklace from Elini immediately made the secretary smile. He even told the president what he had eaten yesterday and what underwear he was wearing.
Cassinari shook hands with Jonas and said: "This meeting is scheduled at the Sheraton Hotel, and the room has been arranged. You decide whether we should go back to the hotel to enjoy breakfast or go and experience African breakfast."
"Go back to the hotel." Jonas smiled and said, "I didn't say that it would be fine as long as the driver comes to pick you up. If you come from Abuja so early, you must not have slept well last night."
Cassinari smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm used to it." Jonas was satisfied to understand whether she was used to getting up early or used to come to serve him.
There were three cars on the right that came to pick up Jonas, a Mercedes-Benz, a Toyota SUV, and a convertible like a Beijing Jeep. There were four heavily armed soldiers in charge of protecting them.
Jonas got into the car and found that it was a bulletproof Mercedes-Benz. He asked strangely: "Is this President Obasanjo's car?"
Cassinari smiled and said: "No, this is our company's car, and the protection measures here need to be better."
"Didn't you say that the security around Abuja is very good?"
"That's only relative. Last night when Haddon went shopping, he was robbed of 110,000 naira and lost a Dior belt." Cassinari laughed. "Poor Huddleton, he was really embarrassed when he returned to the hotel with his trousers, and this belt was a fifth wedding anniversary souvenir given to him by his wife."
Jonas asked: "You don't seem to care about the security here at all?"
Cassinari smiled and said: "When you get used to going in and out of various dangerous situations, you will even fall in love with this exciting feeling. Jonas, in our line of work, you must get used to this."
Jonas looked at Gammada, the Second Secretary of the Presidential Palace who was sitting in front, and did not ask any further questions. Gamada turned back and asked: "Mr. Hoffman, we have two routes back. One is closer, but passes through more residential areas, and the other is further away, but it can pass Zuma Rock, the symbol of Nigeria."
Jonas smiled and said: "I also want to see your Nigerian sacred stone with my own eyes." Gamada arranged the route on the intercom, and the jeep drove ahead and drove out of the airport.
When he saw Zuma Rock in the picture, Jonas didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was just a huge stone. But when he saw this mountain-like stone standing in front of him, a small feeling of weakness couldn't help but arise. This sense of oppression left only fear in his heart.
Jonas stared at the boulder for almost ten minutes before waving. "Let's go back."
Cassinari asked: "How do you feel? I saw that you seemed very serious just now."
Jonas sighed. "Individuals always seem small in front of nature."
Cassinari nodded. "But human power is huge."
Gamada seemed to have just finished praying, and turned around and said: "In front of the sacred mountain, any power is ineffective." She pointed to a hotel-style building facing Zuma Rock and said: "There used to be a businessman here. A hotel was built, but many people died during the construction process. After it was built, residents died again, and it ended up becoming a haunted house. Everyone said that this was because the hotel faced the sacred mountain and was disrespectful to the sacred mountain. , and these are the punishments sent down by the sacred mountain."
Jonas asked: "Do you believe it?"
Gamada nodded and said, "I believe it. God told me that people must be afraid."
"you are Christian?"
"Yes, nearly half of the people here are Christians. This is not surprising."
Abuja is a city that was built only ten years ago. When I entered the city, I realized that it didn¡¯t look like a poor African city at all, but like a beautiful European city. Beautiful buildings are surrounded by lush parks and the streets are impeccably clean. Only some buildings with African features reminded him that this was chaotic Africa.
Sheraton Hotel¡¯sThe location is equivalent to the center of the city, with many office buildings such as the Presidential Palace and the Parliament nearby. A futuristic warship-style building was built that caught Jonas's attention. After asking, he found out that this was actually the Ministry of National Defense building of Nigeria. If it were used to shoot a Hollywood blockbuster, there would be no need to set it up.
A house with a Chinese flag diagonally opposite the Ministry of National Defense building also caught Jonas's attention. Gamada introduced: "That is the Chinese Embassy, ??and next to it is the American Embassy." Jonas endured I couldn't help secretly complaining about how the embassy was built like the houses built by the nouveau riche in the countryside.
The car arrived at the Sheraton Hotel. The hotel building was also very stylish, like two sloping buildings merged together. The hotel is very big and grand. There is no such big hotel in Switzerland. Looking along the way, if Jonas had not already understood the actual data, he would never have imagined that more than half of the country's population lives in poverty.
Since the discovery of oil in the 1970s, hundreds of billions of oil revenue have been pocketed by various governments and military governments. The lives of the people have not changed at all. It is no wonder that anti-government armed forces in various places have broken out in resistance and carried out riots one after another.
The room arranged for Jonas is a large suite with three bedrooms, which has a bar, a kitchen, a reception room and a conference room. It is more than enough for Jonas and Elini, including two bodyguards, Boggs and Hank.
Garmada waited for Jonas to sit down before standing up to leave. "Mr. Hoffman, downstairs, we have reserved rooms for your crew members. Here, you can enjoy yourself. Tonight, His Excellency the President will hold a welcome dinner in the hotel, and I will prepare a welcome dinner for you at that time. You serve.¡±
Jonas nodded and said: "Please convey my gratitude to President Obasanjo. If it is convenient, I hope to have the opportunity to interview him alone."
"I will definitely convey your wishes and I will notify you in time if there is any news."
Elini enthusiastically sent Garmada out of the room, and Cassinari asked: "Jonas, do you want to have breakfast first, or do you want me to introduce Mr. Rich?"
"Let the staff bring breakfast to the room. I want to hear the godfather's arrangements first. I haven't slept well in the past two days, and I am afraid that I will live up to his expectations of me."
Cassinari said with a smile: "Mr. Rich doesn't need you to make any achievements. This time I also want you to see more and get to know the big shots in this circle. The situation in Nigeria is not bad at the moment. Our company is in The relationship here is very good with all walks of life, and Mr. Rich just wants you to have more contact with them. If there is any trouble in the future, he doesn¡¯t need to come over in person, and you can handle it directly.¡±
Jonas laughed and said: "No, no, Cassinari, this is definitely not what the Godfather really meant. In the company, he has many right-hand assistants, and it is completely impossible for a young man like me to handle these things. , I can¡¯t just steal the jobs of those veterans, it¡¯s unfair to us all.¡±
Cassinari smiled and said: "Then I don't know what your husband really thinks. He just told me this. After breakfast, I will introduce you to some of the company's directors. Mr. Rich I have also prepared some gifts that you need to give to some of the tribal leaders here. If you don¡¯t want to go in person, I can also arrange for staff to send them there.¡±
Jonas asked: ¡°Are you going to many places?¡±
Cassinari said: ¡°It is mainly concentrated in the three states of Delta, Rivers State and Bayelsa State. Most of our investments are also there, but the environment there is harsh and the conditions are somewhat difficult.¡±
Jonas said: "I just feel a little sad that you have to suffer with me."
"After the meeting is over, I will go back to Spain. Mr. Ricci still needs me," Casinari said with a smile.
Jonas smiled and said: "Okay then. In fact, I think the scenery in Africa is pretty good. If you walk more places, you can enjoy more scenery."
¡°I hope you will still think so when the time comes,¡± Cassinari said with a smile.
¡°I heard there are a lot of bugs and mosquitoes here,¡± Elini said with some worry.
Jonas smiled and said: "You don't have to accompany me to places with difficult conditions."
Cassinari looked at them with a slightly teasing look and handed Jonas a stack of information. "This is information about those tribes. You need to look at it carefully. It will be very helpful to you." She handed two pieces of paper to Elini and said, "This is some top-secret information. You need to keep it in your mind." Then destroy the information, remember to remind your Jonas at any time."
When she said this, Elini smiled sheepishly. After taking the two pieces of paper, I read them carefully, but after a while, my face became a little nervous.? And panic. Jonas walked over and took a look, and felt awe in his heart, because the thing on it was really something that would knock off his head. These two pieces of paper are a list of arms provided to several tribes.
Jonas knew that Rich had this business. He had always relied on arms and food, and maintained good relations with many tribes on the African continent. These tribes were not only the security for his business in Africa, but also his mercenaries. It is one of the sources of troops for the Defense Regiment. Although there are not many soldiers with high military quality here, there are many cannon fodder regiments. The veterans of Israel and Russia are Rich's real support.
Jonas knows this, but it doesn¡¯t mean he can accept it. He has never done a serious business personally, and the first thing he did was to sell arms. Jonas raised his head, and Cassinari was looking at him with a smile and said: "You can still choose not to go now. Mr. Rich said that you can make your own choice."
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off. If you want to truly integrate into Richie's power, you don't rely on sweet words, emotional wooing, or earning power, but you have to get on the same boat with him and have the same interests as him. If Jonas doesn't do it, Richie may still agree with him, because he may make more money for Richie, but he can only be a partner.
Jonas thought he was close to Richie, but there was still a gap between the two. If you do this, you will really be able to become the heir to Rich's career, inheriting not only his huge business network, but also his huge underground power. Jonas didn't know what to choose for a moment.
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