My Little Poplar - Chap 95

The group drove north from the capital Gaborone, Bai Xinyu took in some of the African nature and visited several communication base stations, most of them already built, the security guards had to take skilled workers to maintain them regularly, one was under construction and as Manager Xu said, their men were guarding the sites with guns and workers working alongside them, at first glance it looked like a movie about cheap labour in slavery.

While examining the site, Manager Xu explained to him how they work, the deployment of personnel, the distribution of resources, the availability of weapons, how to improve security, how to reduce or resolve conflicts with the local population and armed forces and after listening all the way through, Bai Xinyu realised that the research he had done before was too superficial, to run such a company well, the practicalities were too great. To run a company like this well, there are so many more complex issues to deal with and if one has no experience at all, one can only work as a bodyguard for celebrities and big bosses.

The knowledge and experience gained in the last few days was so great and Bai Xinyu was so pleased, that he was able to extend his expected visit and spent two days at the base of a communications base station, constantly communicating with the security staff. Gradually, he understood why Yu Fengcheng had advised him to work with Manager Xu, because he would be able to take many, many detours and most of these “detours” would mean the safety of the security personnel themselves, which made Bai Xinyu feel very strongly about Yu Fengcheng on this point. This is something that Bai Xinyu is grateful to Yu Fengcheng for.

Towards the end of their trip, about to return to Gaborone, Manager Xu suddenly received a phone call, they were having dinner, Manager Xu went out with his mobile phone, after ten minutes, he came back, with a somewhat gloomy look on his face.

Bai Xinyu asked: “Brother Xu, is everything okay?”

Manager Xu waved his hand, “There’s a problem up north, I’ve got to get over there, Xinyu, I’ll get Da-Hui to take you back to Gaborone, I’m not going back with you.”

“What’s the problem?” Bai Xinyu said: “Brother Xu, do you mind if I go with you?”

Manager Xu said with a smile: “It’s not confidential, it’s just that the trip might be a bit dangerous, it’s okay, it’s not a big deal, I’ll talk to you when we get back.”

Bai Xinyu said: “Brother Xu, if you say so, I’d like to go along, if I want to do this business, danger is inevitable, I’m here to investigate, I’ve missed the most important part, I’ve come all this way, I really don’t want to miss this opportunity, if we ever If we do work together in the future, there’s no danger of you going up, I’ll stay in the hotel, don’t you think so?”

Manager Xu frowned and hesitated.

Da-Hui said: “Manager Xu, what’s the situation, tell us, if it’s not particularly critical, let’s go together, we can help you with that too.”

Manager Xu said: “There’s a problem with a communication base station in the north, near the Caprivi area.”

Da-Hui grunted and said while huffing: “There it is again, I knew it would be peaceful.”

“Caprivi?” Bai Xinyu had heard that word from time to time over the past two days, because it was the focus of Manager Xu’s work.

Caprivi is not part of Botswana, it’s part of Namibia, a very strange place, a thin strip of land, sandwiched between Angola, Zambia and Botswana, historically a German colony, once ruled by South Africa, even independent for a while and finally under Namibia, with such a complex history of belonging and a strange geographical location, it’s a place of peace. With such a complex history and a strange geographical location, the region is constantly in turmoil, with ethnic tensions between the two main ethnic groups, the Louji and the Ovambo and with the border between several countries, smuggling, border crossing, drug trafficking and mining are also serious. Although Zhongwei has not established a base station in Caprivi, the one in Shakawe in the far north of Botswana, less than ten kilometres from the Caprivi area, is a very important “eye” that could not be abandoned and during Zhongwei’s presence in Botswana, there were two deadly clashes, both at the Shakawe base station. both at Shakawe base station.