Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Every country is complicated, and Southern Africa is no different.

When Roque was in office, he was capable enough to suppress different voices, and no one could threaten Roque's status.

Once Roque retires, the situation will change. Although Gavin is the most popular candidate to succeed Roque, Gavin has never had any experience in governing. This is Gavin's biggest shortcoming.

To be honest, de Gaulle did a good job in North Africa, and Free France is still very united.

But this is not very convincing. When de Gaulle was in North Africa, all French people had a common goal, which was to defeat the Germans.

Although the war is not over yet, people's hearts have begun to stir. This is the best opportunity for Leonard Capet. He is very influential in Free France and Vichy France. The only thing he lacks is military support.

"How are you going to deal with the die-hards in France?" Roque still prefers De Gaulle, but Leonard is also good. From the standpoint of southern Africa, Leonard is even more suitable than De Gaulle.

De Gaulle had such a personality that it was difficult for him to be influenced by the outside world. Even when he was cooperating with southern Africa, he always maintained a great deal of independence. This was clearly reflected in Patton's report to Roque.

Patton submitted reports every week, recording everything in detail, and some of his statements about De Gaulle were very objective.

Roque also knew De Gaulle very well. France under the leadership of De Gaulle in another time and space was the only European country that dared to resist the United States. Now replace the United States with southern Africa, and De Gaulle would not blindly follow it.

So overall, Leonard is better to control.

"Divide and win over, differentiate and target. Those stubborn old guys should withdraw from the stage of history together with Vichy France." Leonard is more liberal than De Gaulle. De Gaulle has a moral bottom line in his heart, so he is tied up and unable to extricate himself.

Leonard is essentially a businessman, and he will never show mercy to his business opponents.

Briand was able to serve as the French Prime Minister 11 times. If he were a competitor of Leonard, Briand would only need to fail once and he would be completely finished. Leonard would never give Briand a chance to make a comeback.

Therefore, talents like Leonard are most suitable for France, and de Gaulle is completely an anomaly.

"How do you deal with relations with Germany and the United Kingdom?" Roque asked more thoroughly. No matter who is the president of France, this is an unavoidable question.

"Britain will always be the enemy of France!" Leonard came to the conclusion. His antipathy towards Britain is no less than Roque: "To deal with a country like Britain, we can only use its strengths and avoid weaknesses, so if it were me, I would not fight with Britain.

Instead of fighting in the English Channel, we should unite with the Italians, Spanish, and Greeks to drive Britain out of the Mediterranean."

Leonard really impressed Rock. He is now a qualified politician, even more mature than Winston.

Mature politicians will not shout fight and kill as soon as they come up. Winston's shouting for three wars all day long is actually very childish. No wonder Winston is pushed out as a scapegoat time and time again.

"Where's Russia?" Rock couldn't get around Russia after all.

"Russia is now the biggest threat to France. Although I am reluctant to admit it, France's current strength cannot stop Russia's expansion. This is why I came to you. I really need your help.

Not just support, but I also need you to help me fight the pressure from Russia. Next, France will focus more on improving people's living standards. I will vigorously improve workers' treatment and increase social welfare so that people can have a better life.

Life is like Southern Africa." Leonard has captured the essence of Roosevelt's three consecutive terms and crossed the river by feeling Southern Africa.

The two world wars have had a serious impact on people's lives. No one is willing to start a war anymore. The way of resolving conflicts between countries has changed. If Leonard doesn't know what to do, then the best way is to learn

Southern Africa.

Leonard has traveled between southern Africa and North Africa many times in the past few years and knows southern Africa very well.

Why isn't Roark worried about influence from Russia?

Because workers in southern Africa are difficult to incite, they are not pure proletarians. According to the standards of European countries, workers in southern Africa are the standard middle class.

Real southern African workers are treated very well. The 8-hour work system, five days a week, paid vacations, etc. have long been realized. An ordinary southern African worker can easily maintain his life with his salary. The Russian model is actually the southern African model.

A low-profile version of the African model, Roque left no chance for the Russians from the beginning.

"Continue-" Rock encouraged, Leonard was very good, but not enough.

"France's finances are limited. If we focus mainly on economic recovery, we will not be able to maintain the current scale of the National Defense Forces. Therefore, I plan to disarmament, cutting the army by more than 90%, and the navy will only retain the most basic training ships."

"The 'Richelieu' class battleships are very powerful, but they are no longer suitable for today's France. They must be rented out or dismantled." Leonard is desperate, but this matter will have to wait until Leonard becomes the president of France.

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Now if Leonard reveals that he wants to sell and dismantle the "Richelieu" alive, then Leonard will immediately be despised by all French people.

"After the army is disbanded, what will happen to France's national defense and security?" Roque thought of the Southern African Navy's obsession with battleships - Leonard is a good comrade.

"Aren't you still there?" Leonard is ready to hand over the responsibility for national defense to southern Africa. This is not laziness, but making use of strengths and avoiding weaknesses: "In order to cope with the pressure from the north, the French Republic used to spend hundreds of billions of francs every year, but we

What did they get? Hundreds of billions of francs are spent every year to maintain a large army, but in the end they have to rely on colonial soldiers to regain Paris——"

Leonard's words sound good, but in fact they cannot withstand scrutiny. No country with ideals would place its national defense and security on a country thousands of miles away.

Something really happened in France. By the time Roque sent someone over, the day lilies were already cold.

"——So I hope that the federal government of Southern Africa can send an army to be stationed in France, and France will be responsible for all the expenses incurred." Leonard must have calculated this account. Even if he only spends half of the military budget in previous years, it will be enough.

Hire mercenaries from the Southern African and Expeditionary Forces, or the Umbrella Company to defend France.

These words finally reached Roque's heart. De Gaulle would never say such words, so the scales in Roque's heart began to tilt toward Leonard.

But considering the friendship with De Gaulle.

Roque decided not to do anyone any favours, so that southern Africa could remain the aloof arbiter.

Reynard did not stay in Cyprus for too long. As the French Prime Minister, he was too busy with work and came to see Roque just as a vacation.

After all, Cyprus is also a paradise for leisure.

After Leonard returned to Paris, the relevant publicity campaign began immediately.

It is actually really easy to guide public opinion. De Gaulle did not like to deal with media reporters, but Leonard had a huge reputation among reporters.

The key is that with enough money, reporters may not be able to decide who will be president of France, but they can reduce the frequency of candidates appearing in newspapers.

Compared with de Gaulle, Leonard's biggest advantage is his abundant funds.

De Gaulle was a soldier. He did not do business and did not have much money.

Reynard was the richest man in France before the outbreak of the World War, so while de Gaulle was still worrying about where to raise donations, the French propaganda machine was already in action.

The headquarters of "Le Figaro" in Paris is located on the beautiful Seine River. There is a dense forest next to the headquarters building. In their spare time, reporters and editors like to go to the grove to enjoy the shade.

"We received a donation from Mr. Capet. Mr. Capet has only one request, which is to ensure that there is news about him in the newspaper every day." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Henry is a British man who once worked for The Times.

Experience.

Especially the experience of making money is extremely rich.

It is too easy for a newspaper like "Le Figaro" to make money. Leonard was generous, with a single donation reaching the level of one million francs.

This is just the first donation. If "Le Figaro" can satisfy Leonard, then Leonard's donations will continue to flow.

Propaganda is not something you can do on a temporary basis, it must be done persistently.

Even if de Gaulle wanted to build his reputation in Le Figaro, he would have to donate millions of francs to Le Figaro.

"Donations are not important, what is important is that readers want to see news about Mr. Cappe in the newspaper -" Editor-in-chief Francisco is equally experienced and comes from the Southern Africa branch of The Times.

During World War I, because "Le Figaro" published unfavorable reports on the Southern African Expeditionary Force, Roque bought "Le Figaro" in anger and turned "Le Figaro" into "Le Figaro".

The French branch of The Times, so many managers of Le Figaro are from The Times.

"General de Gaulle's adjutant contacted me, hoping that we could do an exclusive interview with General de Gaulle." Henry's expression was slightly sarcastic. When Paris had just been recovered, "Le Figaro" repeatedly expressed its desire to do an exclusive interview with de Gaulle, but de Gaulle was rejected.

I declined politely because I was busy with official duties and had no time.

Now De Gaulle finally realizes the role of public opinion, but it is too late. Compared with rich people like Leonard, De Gaulle has no superpowers.

Even if it was to please Leonard and let him continue to donate money, "Le Figaro" did not report much news about De Gaulle.

Even if there were, news about de Gaulle would hardly appear in newspapers.

Moreover, the most annoying thing about the journalist profession is that there is huge room for expression. If you interpret the same sentence from different angles, you will get different answers.

This is what reporters and editors do best.

"A person who is destined to fail is not worth our waste of energy. Instead of doing an exclusive interview with General de Gaulle, it is better to send someone to Germany to conduct an exclusive interview with Marshal Pétain." Francisco is good at catching news. Pétain was tried in absentia and sentenced to death. If there is a chance,

, Francisco wanted to ask Petain in person how he felt.

"I'm not going!" Henry was wary and refused decisively.

Germany is still at war, and the Allied forces have just invaded Germany. I went to interview Pétain at this time, and the war was in chaos. It would be a pity if something happened.

"I don't care what method you use, but next week, I want to see Marshal Pétain's interview appear in the newspaper." Francisco only wanted the result, not the process.

"God, you forced me to make up fake news again -" Henry was in pain. This was not the first time this happened.

No news can make news. As an experienced media person, Henry knew what Pétain would say even if he couldn't see him.

It's nothing more than being involuntarily, saving the country through curves, being in Cao's camp and being in Han's heart, etc.

The last person to say that had already been shot.

"No one is forcing you, you are just completing your work." Francisco served the tea to see the guests off and went back to write the manuscript.

From this day on, news about Leonard Capet appeared frequently in major newspapers.

In contrast, de Gaulle has lost the aura of regaining Paris, and his name is mentioned less and less frequently.

The French love the new and dislike the old.

Leonard not only bribed the media, but also spent a lot of money to print countless posters and paste them in every corner of Paris.

At the same time, peripheral products with Leonard Capet's name on them also began to be sold on the market, such as scarves, woolen hats, and even jackets.

These peripherals all come from southern Africa.

As we all know, Southern Africa is a big wool country, and France has always had a strong demand for textiles. Surprisingly, these peripherals with Leonard's name on them are of very good quality and, crucially, at low prices. "Le Figaro" asked

The businessman made an evaluation and found that the selling price was not even enough to cover the cost.

This is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

When Leonard's name appeared more and more frequently in people's sights, Leonard did something that all French people praised.

Although twenty years have passed since the last world war, the French government's pensions for veterans have not yet been settled.

Reynard, on behalf of the new French government, promised to fully pay all arrears of pensions to World War I veterans within the next two months.

This news has been eagerly anticipated by many World War I veterans. Many of them live in poverty, without food and clothing, and without a fixed place to live. Now with this pension, they can start a new life.

While Leonard was firing on all cylinders, de Gaulle was not idle either.

De Gaulle also tried to strengthen publicity, but he had no money and no idea how to proceed.

The meeting with Roque did not have the desired effect. Roque has now returned to southern Africa and did not even answer de Gaulle's phone calls.

Roque still feels a little guilty about De Gaulle. With what De Gaulle has done for France, De Gaulle is fully qualified to be the president of France.

The current result is unfair to de Gaulle.

But there is no real fairness in this world.