Selling oil across Libya

Chapter 40 Useless

In the National Assembly's propaganda, the Numidian Brigade was portrayed as a demon from hell, utterly inhuman.

Influenced by the National Congress's propaganda, many Libyans firmly believe that the reason Tripoli has become a ghost town is due to the brutality of the Numidian Brigade.

Faris and Aisha only learned after they were sent to Hums that there were already thousands of Libyans like them who had come from Benghazi to Hums.

Most of them were young men and women.

There are also many highly qualified individuals who see through the hypocrisy of Western democracy, yearn for the era of the colonel, and hope to return to Tripoli.

For example, Fatah Mukhtar, a former professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tripoli.

Unlike Jalil, Mukhtar firmly believes that although the colonel is arrogant, he brought 40 years of peace to Libya, making it the most developed country in Africa and allowing Libyans to enjoy welfare benefits that even ordinary people in Europe and America dream of. Therefore, the colonel should not be treated like this by the Libyans.

Although Mukhtar believed that the colonel had done a good job in Libya.

However, after the outbreak of war, Mukhtar not only failed to protect the colonel, but also joined the Transitional Council led by Jalil and served as the Deputy Minister of the Interior in the provisional government.

Why?

Since you support the King of Kings, why have you joined the opposition?

Musa was curious and couldn't understand Mukhtar's thought process.

"I hope Libya can become a better place."

Mukhtar smiled wryly; he, like Jalil, was an idealist.

"Several years ago, Western media began to expose the extravagant lifestyle of the King of Kings' family;

When you see those luxurious villas, rows of luxury cars, and beautifully landscaped golf courses on TV;

You might then wonder if this is the hard-earned money of the people?

Then you'll start to think, "Would it be better to do it another way?"

Mukhtar's smile grew increasingly bitter; both he and Jalil had underestimated the greed in human nature.

"After the establishment of the provisional government, the operating rights of the oil fields in the Sirte Basin were handed over to Total and Royal Dutch Shell, which had never happened before during the reign of the King of Kings."

Many people opposed it at the time, but to no avail;

The Benghazi coup once again proves that the situation will not only not get better, but will only get worse;

Many people have begun to miss the King of Kings;

Following Ambassador Stevens's death, Benghazi accelerated its descent into the abyss.

No, Benghazi is already in the abyss;

No one knows how deep the abyss is or how long the fall will last.

And, will it bottom out and rebound?

Mukhtar's eyes were blank, as if he were in a fog, unable to see the direction of the future.

"Professor, I'll send someone to Zawiye; perhaps you can find the answer there."

Musa was not confused and was always preparing his troops for war.

Haftar's control over Benghazi is not as strong as he imagined.

During the civil war, the opposition claimed to have a million soldiers.

Libya has a total population of only 600 million, and after the outbreak of war, a large number of people fled to Europe and neighboring countries, so the figure of one million is clearly an exaggeration.

There are still tens or hundreds of thousands.

The forces loyal to Haftar number only 5.

The number of troops opposing Haftar is far greater than that.

When the Numidian Brigade purchased anti-aircraft missiles, several armed groups simultaneously issued statements opposing the National Congress and launched an attack on Benghazi.

Haftar had no choice but to redeploy the Zintan Brigade stationed in Misrata back to Benghazi to strengthen the city's defenses.

Payne approached Yuri again, hoping that the Numidian Brigade would immediately launch an attack on Misrata.

Payne provided live images of Misrata, proving that the Zintan Brigade had moved to Benghazi and that Misrata was now a ghost town.

"Now is not the best time; we should wait until Haftar and his rebels are both weakened."

To capture the Sirte Basin at minimal cost.

Yuri's target was not Misrata at all, but the oil fields in the Sirte Basin.

"Two Black Hawk helicopters, five Chinooks, and ten Brahms have been loaded onto the ship and should arrive in three days at the latest."

Payne was smug; Mobil was indeed incredibly powerful.

I wonder if these two Black Hawk helicopters were obtained from the Middle Eastern black market.

who cares!

Let's get the equipment first.

It is said that although capital is shameless, it is really generous when it comes to investing.

Of course, if investments don't yield returns, the retaliation from capital can be quite brutal.

Like Mobil, Europe is also trying to win over Numidian Travel.

All employees of the United São Paulo and Eni Group are from Europe.

To meet the religious needs of his employees, Carkani proposed building a Catholic church in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli.

"Is it not possible to not build it?"

As soon as Qin Rui finished speaking, a line of small red text, "-10000," suddenly appeared next to the "Evolution Value" balance, appearing faintly.

Qin Rui immediately changed his question: "What's the budget?"

How can a civilized society imprison people's minds? It must support people's pursuit of spiritual refuge and peace.

"About 100 million euros."

Yuri didn't care; his god was Qin Rui.

"When Europeans came to Africa, they traded our scriptures and churches for our gold and jewels."

Now they want to use the same old tricks again, as if we are still uncivilized primitives;

The church can be built, but a donation of 1000 million euros must be made for the renovation and reconstruction of the University of Tripoli.

Qin Rui thought for a moment and then added, "In the future, any similar requests should be handled according to this standard."

Ding!

[Evolution Value] +1000

This!

They'll deduct 10,000 if they don't allow construction.

Let Jiancai give him one thousand.

System, tell me honestly, are you applying double standards?

"Isn't that too much?"

Yuri was afraid of scaring people away.

"That depends on how devout their faith is."

It's good that Qin Rui ran away; anyway, he's already obtained the [Evolution Value].

The joint venture between São Paulo and Eni Group is still under construction, and the business is being handled by the Third Construction Company. European staff have not yet arrived.

They've already built the church before the people even arrived; that's quite thoughtful of them.

Since faith is so important, it must be magnificent. A mere 1 million is nothing. Believers all over the world should unite, each donating one yuan, and build a hundred of them.

Qin Rui was also surprised that Carcani's beliefs were so flexible.

Calcani's budget is only about 100 million.

Carcani then revised his plan, deciding to build only one church worth 9 euros.

The cost was 90,000, but 900,000 was donated, leaving 10,000 to pay the priest's salary.

Oh wait, Protestants call them pastors.

Qin Rui was also surprised that as soon as Carcani's plan was announced, another bigwig took the initiative to approach Yuri and made the same request.

What Qin Rui didn't expect was that the big boss's budget was as high as 500 million.

A budget of 500 million means a donation of 5000 million.

Oil tycoons are really rich!

Yuri, acting like a scoundrel, took the big boss's plan to Calcani and asked if Calcani needed additional funding.

"Sorry, this is all the budget we have."

Carcani refused to increase the budget.

"How can you win the competition like this!"

Yuri was heartbroken. He had given Yuri a golden opportunity, but Yuri had failed him.