Chapter 343 I Wanted to Refuse, But He Offered Too Much
There was a bloody storm inside the black ship .
On the other hand, the Sapiens Company also reported the attack on Hongku Port that evening.
Regarding this incident, the result announced by the Sapiens Company was that vicious capital forces disguised themselves as pirates and attacked the patrol ship in Hongku Port, causing the patrol ship to sink and 32 soldiers to be killed.
As for whether there were any casualties, the video released by Sapiens shows the truth. Soldiers wearing exoskeletons landed on the fishing boat, and then the fishing boat suddenly exploded.
On the same day, in the name of protecting Hongku Port, the Zhiren Company sent an additional 6,000-man reinforced regiment and two Manila-class frigates to the local area. It also planned to build a military airport around Hongku Port and station an aviation division here in the future.
Faced with this news, Egypt could only swallow its anger.
And that very night.
A patrol ship of the US Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf was also sunk by a mine.
When the Pentagon saw this intelligence, they knew that it must have been the work of Homo sapiens, but they had no way to deal with it.
After all, without any real evidence, Sapiens can just deny its fault.
The Pentagon also refused to take responsibility for the Hongku Port incident.
Both sides are just retaliating equally.
But the actions of the Sapiens company did not stop there.
Egypt has been refusing to give in before, but now that it has an excuse, of course it will do more.
Hongku Port.
Matlu has received instructions from his superiors to appease the Homo Sapiens company as soon as possible to prevent them from going crazy, and he can give them some comfort as appropriate.
After all, the Sapiens company has a history of attacking US fleets.
In response to this, Matru cursed Homo sapiens and America in his heart. You can just fight if you want, but why harm the innocent? Now you want me, an innocent passerby, to appease you. This is simply outrageous.
But what does it matter if I'm angry? This is the reality of this world, and the strong can do whatever they want.
In Xu Yingcheng's office.
"Xu, I'm sorry! I didn't expect those pirates to be so crazy."
"Mr. Matruh, the pirates in the Red Sea are too rampant. Our previous preparations were indeed correct, otherwise the losses today would be even more serious." Xu Yingcheng squeezed out a few crocodile tears with great effort.
Although Matruh wanted to curse in his heart, he continued to comfort her: "We are also deeply sorry for your experience. We will strengthen coastal patrols in the Red Sea Province in the future."
The two sides struggled for more than ten minutes.
Xu Yingcheng finally revealed his true intentions. He wiped away his non-existent tears and said to Matruh:
"Mr. Matruh, you are also often bullied by Europe and the United States. You should be able to empathize with what Homo sapiens is experiencing, right?"
I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense, who can relate to you, Matlu laughed in his heart.
But Xu Yingcheng continued to speak: "I think it is necessary to strengthen the depth of our cooperation to deal with various threats from Europe and the United States in the future."
Gulu! What do you Homo sapiens mean by this? Matruh was shocked.
Obviously he thought of a possibility. After all, in the past six months, Homo sapiens has successively annexed seven countries including Mada Island and Dongba.
Xu Yingcheng saw that Matruh was panicking, and smiled and comforted him, "Don't worry, our company is still very caring towards our friends. The company has no plans to fully enter West Asia and North Africa for the time being."
I don't trust you, Matruh complained in his heart, but he still smiled dryly and asked:
“How would you like to deepen cooperation?”
"Our company can sign a memorandum of cooperation with you to ensure that we will not actively change your internal management system in the next 20 years."
Matruh thought quickly in his mind.
Obviously, this memorandum of cooperation was meant to reassure them, but Matrou was not a fool. He did not believe that Homo sapiens would give up the idea of completely controlling Egypt.
In other words, this is equivalent to a notice of suspension of execution of the death penalty. Twenty years later, Sapiens will definitely take action.
No, not even 20 years.
After all, what Xu Yingcheng said just now is that it cannot be changed actively, but it can be changed passively.
Once the Homo Sapiens Company enters Egypt on a large scale, it will certainly recruit employees on a large scale. With the recruitment scale of the Homo Sapiens Company, it will absorb all the local young labor force in Egypt in a few years.
By then, Homo sapiens will be able to play the voting game as long as they pass employee training or something like that.
Although he knew that the Sapiens company had evil intentions, Matrouh was very powerless. After all, Egypt needed to import about 20 million tons of food every year to barely maintain the food and clothing of its 110 million people.
When Egypt was still an oil exporter, it had ample money on hand, thanks to the tolls from the Suez Canal, and could buy large amounts of food from the international community.
Now Egypt needs to import oil every year because of its booming population and depletion of oil and natural gas resources.
Its annual domestic oil production will drop to around 27 million tons in 2023, while its annual consumption of petroleum products will increase to 52 million tons, which means that the gap of 25 million tons will need to be imported from outside.
The outbreak of the Kiev War caused a surge in global oil and gas prices.
This made Egypt's finances, which were already not rich, even more stretched.
The Matrou family was engaged in the development of offshore oil fields in the Mediterranean, so they naturally knew the difficult situation Egypt was facing at the time.
Food, oil and gas prices have skyrocketed, while the tourism industry and remittances, which are one of the main sources of income, have declined significantly due to the impact of the global economic crisis.
Spending is rising, but revenues are plummeting.
If it weren't for the large supply of low-priced mixed flour from Sapiens, Egypt might have already experienced a food crisis.
Therefore, although Matlu knew that the Sapiens Company had bad intentions, he could only bite the bullet and ask:
"Manager Xu, if we agree to sign a memorandum of cooperation, what support projects does your company have?"
Obviously, Matrou knew that it would be difficult for him to refuse, so his subtext was that your Homo Sapiens company should quickly offer us a price that we cannot refuse so that I can do my job after I return.
Xu Yingcheng smiled and said: "Our company will provide a comprehensive support plan, please see..."
A document was handed to Matruh.
After opening it, you will see a series of support projects on top.
[Second Suez Canal Project…Northern Canal Project…Southern Canal Project…]
[The agricultural development project in the Wadi Hairit Plain…the development project in the Kharji Oasis Area…the development project in the Farafila Oasis Area…the development project in the Qattara Depression…].
[Build 80 new cities, 240 large hospitals, 240 comprehensive colleges, 80 civil airports, 80 thermal power stations (with a total generating capacity of 40,000 megawatts)...].
[Build 4,000 kilometers of high-speed railways, 20,000 kilometers of expressways, and pave...].
Gollum! Matru was stunned by the generosity of the Sapiens Company.
He had previously thought that it would just be some aid construction projects, but he had not expected that the Sapiens Company would make such a huge investment all at once.
But he was not too happy. After all, the more Sapiens invested, the more the other party would not let go of Egypt.
This is almost built according to the local conditions of the Sapiens company.
Especially the 80 new cities, which are all equipped with hospitals, schools and power stations. It is obvious that they plan to come and don’t want to leave.
Do you accept it?
Or accept it?
Matlu couldn't think of any reason to refuse, nor did he have the courage to refuse. It was obvious that the price offered by the Sapiens Company was too tempting.
As long as the Sapiens Company launches a public opinion offensive now, there will definitely be a lot of people in Egypt who agree with it.
After all, with the arrival of the Homo Sapiens Company, ordinary people no longer need to worry about their livelihood issues.
Anyone who dares to publicly make statements refusing Sapiens to enter will be killed by ordinary people without Sapiens having to take any action.
Matruh said: I wanted to refuse, but he offered too much.
"I don't have many opinions on these collaborations, but some people are worried that your company will infringe on their interests."
Xu Yingcheng smiled: "What are you worried about? Are you worried about not having enough bread to eat? Don't worry, they won't starve to death."
Matruh heard the hidden meaning of Xu Yingcheng's words.
That is, even if Homo sapiens infringed upon their interests, as long as they behaved themselves, they would not have to worry about starving to death.
As for other ideas, it is best to look at your own strengths and weaknesses.
