Chapter 633 (1/2)
Tuesday, April 19.
Late last night, William Hurst III still got up before seven o'clock.
Recently, I really don't feel sleepy.
When he came to his study, William III repressed some instinctive resistance from the bottom of his heart, opened an IBM computer on his desk, and opened the homepage of igritte portal. The news that Simon westero will stop the Rwanda massacre in his own name is still at the top of the headlines.
Not long ago, the westrow system was still talking about the naohurst family's incitement to the Spanish American war, but now it has begun to participate in the war in person.
That's hypocrisy.
However, as soon as some moral balance bars were raised, William Hurst III was again depressed.
On Friday, William Hurst III, with a strong determination, shut down three newspapers of the Hurst group that are facing lawsuits, and then began to encourage the employees of the group, trade unions and the federal government to fight against the lawsuit bombing of the westrow system against the Hurst group.
However, the incident was almost completely covered up by the Woodfield estate bombing on the same day last week.
Through the deep-rooted political channels of the family, William III vaguely inquired that this incident might be related to Simon westrow. Unfortunately, he failed to obtain any definite information and evidence, and could only be regarded as a rumor.
Three newspapers with a total value of more than 70 million US dollars were shut down, a bunch of benefits were promised to the trade union, and some of the family's most basic political contacts were used. Originally, they wanted to stir up the story again this week. However, just yesterday, the hateful upstart suddenly concocted the shocking news of the Rwanda massacre, and then acted like a saint It's in Africa to maintain world peace.
This is I don't care about the Hurst family at all.
200 billion vs. 2.5 billion.
Even if one hundred of them did not want to, William Hurst III now has to admit that the strength gap between the Hurst family and Simon Westeros is really big. A series of duels related to the life and death of the Hurst family have little impact on the expansion of the Westeros system.
If at first
If we can reconcile
Now William III's deepest heart is regret.
However, Simon westero has been a firm believer. The Hurst family's several consecutive requests for reconciliation, directly or indirectly, have been mercilessly rejected by the other party.
Last Friday, the three newspapers were closed. Originally, they thought they could win some initiative. As a result, they obviously responded. Just yesterday, when the Rwanda massacre was exposed, the westero system once again provoked three lawsuits against the other three newspapers of the Hurst family. The total amount of claims in the latest three lawsuits was not as high as the first batch, but also reached 120 million Dollars.
Only then did William Hurst III realize that he had made a fool of himself.
Hurst group is unlikely to close these three newly sued newspapers, because one of them is the San Francisco Chronicle. The revenue volume of the West Coast heavyweight daily with a circulation of one million is ten times that of the first three newspapers combined, and the price of the newspaper itself is more than $800 million. This newspaper alone is equivalent to half of the total market value of Hurst group one-third.
Now, there are six lawsuits, and the total amount of claims has reached US $370 million. Not to mention the final result, it's just attorney's fees. According to the evaluation of the legal department of Hurst group, it needs at least US $30 million every year, which may be only half of the expenditure of the Westeros system, but it's a huge burden for Hurst group, and it can't be reduced any more. No It is equivalent to giving up the possibility of winning the lawsuit completely.
In addition, the whole westrow system has banned the Hurst group from all aspects. It can be said that if all disputes can not be settled as soon as possible, the Hurst group will rapidly decline in the next few years.
William Hurst III thought about these things in a complicated mood and unconsciously entered the theme of the Rwanda massacre.
Among the latest important news, the first is the public statement of acting president Theodore of Rwanda.
Theodore completely denied the allegation of the igritte portal that there was a racist massacre in Rwanda, saying that the Rwandese army was just clearing up the rebels.
The acting president also accused Simon westero of serious interference in Rwanda's internal affairs and a kind of naked aggression. Therefore, he asked westero to withdraw his troops from Lake Kivu immediately, otherwise he would lead his troops to attack the westero refugee camp on Lake Kivu.
At the end of the statement, Theodore also turned the spearhead to the US government, accusing the US government of manipulating the incident behind the scenes, and saying that if the US government insists on going its own way, the Rwandese people will let the US Army relish the bitter fruit of the fall of the Black Hawk in Somalia last year.
Fool!
This is William Hester III's first reaction after reading the statement of the acting president of Rwanda.
In William III's view, the only way for the Rwandese government at this stage is to stop the massacre immediately, annihilate the evidence as much as possible, and then apply for the intervention of the United Nations, which is used to dealing with the mud, instead of confronting a madman.What's more, that fool dares to threaten the United States.
The main reason for the fall of the Black Hawk in Somalia last year was that the United States, taking into account the pressure of international public opinion, did not dare to take large-scale military action and did not put in heavy firepower because of the civilian population. Even so, the U.S. armed forces fought more than 6000 Somali militia for 12 hours with a force of only 100 people, and killed thousands of people, losing only 19 soldiers.
From a military point of view alone, this is not a failure in any case.
Now, some lawless bastard has assembled as many as 5000 mercenaries, equipped with no less elite weapons than the U.S. military, and at the same time occupying the absolute moral commanding height. How can the U.S. military, like last year, let a group of African wild monkeys take advantage of all kinds of rules and regulations?
Realizing that his emotions were out of control, William III quickly took a deep breath, turned off the statement page of the acting president of Rwanda, and saw the theme home page again.
The United Nations also issued a statement at about 9 p.m. EST last night, calling once again on the Rwandese government forces to immediately stop the killing of civilians, while directly calling on Simon westero to exercise restraint.
France, which is deeply intertwined in Africa, is also involved.
A French Foreign Ministry spokesman issued a statement at 9:00 a.m. local time a few hours ago, calling on the Rwandese government forces to stop killing civilians. However, he also pointed the finger at Simon westero, criticizing the super rich's behavior as close to aggression, and demanding that the other side should not launch attacks on the Rwandese government forces without authorization, so as to avoid the deterioration of the regional situation One step complexity.
On the other hand, the US government made a routine statement after the news of the Rwanda massacre was exposed yesterday morning.
After pondering for a moment, William Hurst III felt that this might be an opportunity.
Simon westero's unauthorized action has made too many people feel passive, the face of the United Nations has been lost, and other big powers that boast of civilization and justice have also been disgraced. What's more, the boy has avoided his motherland, and instead gathered 3000 former Soviet soldiers who used to be America's old enemy. This is simply a provocation.
Great America can't tolerate a lawless bastard to act all day long. In any case, it's time for all of us to join hands and severely limit the expansion of the Westeros system.
Making up his mind, William Hurst III picked up the phone and asked his assistant to help him prepare the plane for Washington after breakfast.
Almost in the early morning, Simon was already in Washington.
Since he is in the United States, the foundation of the westero system also lies in this. Simon never thought that he would completely get rid of all the rules around him and act recklessly, which would only make him the enemy of everyone.
This report on the massacre in Rwanda unexpectedly diverted the attention of the United States from various vicious events last week, especially the Woodfield manor bombing that shocked the whole country. However, Simon had never thought of achieving this goal before, because he had been planning for a long time.
Raymond Johnston has previously warned Simon that getting involved in African affairs is likely to be a steal. Simon had thought about watching the massacre in Rwanda like many other countries, but he didn't have such a choice in the end.
Not out of sympathy, or whatever.
For two generations, Simon's heart can be so cold as to watch the destruction of the world, not to mention the massacre and turmoil in a small African country thousands of miles away.
I just want to do it. I'll do it.
And since we want to do it, we should be crisp and vigorous.
Of course, there have been trade-offs.
Simon doesn't intend to harm his own interests for this matter, let alone let himself fall into the mire of no return.
For Rwanda, it is a small country with a territory area of only over 20000 square kilometers, only one percent of that of its neighbor, the DRC, and there are no natural resources that others can covet. The only advantage is that its strategic position is relatively important, especially for France.
France's core interests in Africa are mainly concentrated in West Africa and North Africa. No matter in history or in the current period, all countries in East Africa are British spheres of influence, with Rwanda as the boundary. The west of Africa is mainly French speaking countries, and the East is English speaking countries. Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and other countries bordering or adjacent to Rwanda are still the League of Great Britain until now State member states.
It can be said that with the control of Rwanda, France can covet and overlook Britain's traditional sphere of influence in Africa.
Therefore, interfering in the genocide in Rwanda, the westero system will only really offend France. Once the Hutu regime in Rwanda is destroyed, France's investment in the past ten years will be destroyed, and the ambition of this traditional European power to continue to expand to the east of Africa will also be destroyed.
In addition, Simon's efforts to stop the genocide in his own name may make many countries and organizations that claim to be just face down, but will not really be hostile to these forces.
As for the current government of Rwanda, Simon has never been in the eye.The current government can no longer be tolerated since it has created a tragedy of genocide which is totally against the ethics of humanity.
What's more, even if it continues, Simon doesn't care about a group of wild African monkeys.