Chapter 953 Expectations

It is worth mentioning that in the competition for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the biggest competitor of Glasgow, Scotland was Abuja, Nigeria.

However, at the Commonwealth Games Federation meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, all 71 Commonwealth member organizations voted, and finally Glasgow successfully applied for the hosting rights with 47 votes to Abuja's 24 votes.

Then in 2010, Kolo, which had become wealthy through entrepot trade and oil mining and processing industries, also participated in the bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

After all, Kolo, which is committed to building itself into a shipping center and financial center in West Africa, needs to start establishing its own national image and reputation, so it is willing to actively participate in and host these international events.

But with Kolo's current strength, it is completely unrealistic to host the World Cup and the Olympics, and it is even more impossible to obtain the right to host.

Then through the Commonwealth platform, hosting the Commonwealth Games, a sports event with a decent number of participating countries but not many major events, and irresponsible occupation of venues, is a more appropriate choice for them now.

This time, the opponents competing with Kolo Britta for the 2018 Commonwealth Games include the Gold Coast in Australia and Hambantota in Sri Lanka.

Especially the Gold Coast in Australia. Barron remembered that the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held there in the original time and space.

You know, the Gold Coast in Queensland is a famous tourist destination. Barron and his friends have been there. The scenery is still very pleasant. Kolo can win this competition. In addition to Kolo's increasing importance in the British energy security system and Barron's operation behind the scenes, Kolo also promised to invest a total of 10 billion Kolo shillings in the Britta plan to build a comprehensive stadium, a racecourse, a swimming pool and other related facilities.

This time, Barron will also attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the comprehensive stadium named Britta's "Fantasy Eye" and the nearby swimming pool.

The "Fantasy Eye" is expected to be completed in 2016, just in time for the opening of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Of course, the construction of these sports venues, including the "Fantasy Eye", is not just for the Commonwealth Games. After that, these venues will be open to the public and host some events.

This is also part of Kolo's "Revitalization of Culture and Sports" plan, which includes Kolo launching a national football league - Kolo people themselves like to play football very much, and the Kolo national team has successfully entered the finals in the German World Cup and the South African World Cup.

When Kolo was still an underdeveloped country, many Kolo children could only play barefoot on the streets. Next, the Kolo government will invest special funds to build football fields for every school and build football parks.

And a special sports fund will be established to build larger football stadiums in some cities above a certain scale and rent them to local football clubs as home stadiums.

And the "Fantasy Eye" will also be the home of Britta's football club in the future.

"After successfully obtaining the qualification to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, we are also strengthening the construction of football stadiums and preparing to compete for the right to host the 2019 Africa Cup..."

It has to be said that even though it has only won the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, because it defeated a strong opponent in the competition, the Gold Coast of Australia, Colo has also increased its popularity among the people of the Commonwealth countries. This can be seen from the recent official statistics of Colo that the number of people from Commonwealth member countries who entered for short-term tourism has increased significantly.

Therefore, this has greatly encouraged Colo-after all, Colo's environment is still very good, and the tourism industry can also drive many industries and increase income.

In the conversation between Colo President Thomas Kabore and Barron, he also expressed interest in Colo's application for related events.

It can be said that Colo's current mentality in Africa and the Commonwealth is somewhat similar to that of China in the world, that is, the country has accumulated strength, hopes to improve its own image, and also boost the pride of its own people.

Of course, in terms of its own strength, Kolo cannot be compared with China. Kolo is a bit like the "dog rich" in the Middle East, but it is not so rich, it can only be said to be a small rich.

At the same time, Thomas Kaboré's enthusiasm for this can also show his expectation for his re-election.

After all, a year and a half later, that is, 2015, will be Kolo's election year. Only when Thomas Kaboré is re-elected, he can see the scene of Kolo hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2018 during his tenure. As for the 2019 African Cup, even if Kolo wins the right to host it, since the African Cup is often held in June and July, it must be the next president's job.

But if Thomas Kaboré can lead Kolo to win the right to host the Commonwealth Games and the African Cup in succession, as the president of Kolo who has gained a sense of presence in the international community, Thomas will also be recorded in the history of Kolo.

Thomas naturally understood that the key to whether he could achieve his wish and be re-elected did not lie in the general election in a year and a half, or in "public opinion", but in the Duke beside him.

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A video that was obviously shot secretly from a certain angle was playing on the screen, and the content of the picture was a bit unsightly...

When Zipperton, the former commander-in-chief of the United States, appeared on the screen wearing a blue dress, Barron was a little stunned. He pressed the remote control and the picture on the screen turned dark.

"Now you can confirm the authenticity of these things in my hand, Your Highness the Duke."

At this time, Barron was in a secret safe house, and the person beside him who spoke was a blonde woman.

"What do you want?"

Barron asked with a smile.

Yes, apart from the superficial purpose of Barron coming to Kolo this time, the most important thing is actually to meet someone.

It is the woman named Leslie Grove who is standing next to him now. When the other party contacted Barron's people stationed in the United States, she said that she had something very important in her hands, but she needed to communicate with Barron in person. He would only take it out when he met Lun, so there was this meeting between the two parties.

Leslie Grove's identity was Epstein's personal assistant.

"I want a guarantee of safety."

After hearing Leslie's words, Barron asked:

"It is said that from what we know, Epstein took care of everything. Even though he was charged with some crimes, he was only sentenced to less than two years in prison and has already been paroled..."