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Chapter 422: 422. GAR

Giving 20 Billion dollars was a big no, the Director of the CIA was not worth this much money. So Gerald Ford agreed to the first term, he had nothing to argue with since he too acknowledged that what happened was wrong. The UK was a major ally and to stop them from developing technology was the same as stopping themselves.

It didn't matter if they don't let the Americans participate in their projects, after all, even they don't let people from foreign nations participate in their secret military projects.

Without saying anything, Magnus left, there was no need to make any public statement about this as it was going to be a mess soon anyway. He simply returned to Belize as another rocket test was going to take place.

...

The next day, the bomb dropped when in a press conference called by the CIA, its director spoke directly in front of the camera with a darkened face and eyes that would even shame a panda.

Admiral Stansfield Turner walked to the mic and simply spoke about what had been planned previously, "Thank you for coming, ladies and gentlemen. You are called here for an announcement and a confession. I am stepping down from the position of the Director of CIA, effective midnight.

"The reason for this is a lapse of judgement and decision in my capability and capacity. The poisoning of the CEO of FutureTek Industries was carried out by the CIA on my orders. I regret the decision and apologise to Mr Armstrong for this unfortunate act."

That was all he could tell them. More would mean putting the national interests in danger, as it might give some sort of idea to the rest of the world that the US was hostile to allies. By just naming Bobby, he was basically saying their actions were against the company, not the nation.

Anyway, the harm had been done. The image and trustworthiness of the CIA would hit rock bottom and many conspiracy theories will ensure that people lose trust from the government as well.

Magnus had played his own small game, as by doing this he had made the British population less interested in the United States. This would go a long way as he planned to develop the nation.

The journalists tried to ask questions about whether the President knew about it or the reason they did it. Of course, USSR jumped into the frying pot and tried to stir the reaction, openly claiming they felt bad for the United Kingdom and Bobby. They got nothing but a cold shoulder though.

Gerald Ford emerged and addressed the controversy at his own press conference, where he revealed that he had found out what had happened and that he talked with the British Government and Crown Prince Magnus, the best friend of Bobby. By doing this the man saved his ass, he was very good at it.

However, the bigger news was to come later the next day, when a shocking announcement was made. Admiral Stansfield Turner was found hanging by the ceiling with a rope around the neck in his house. Magnus just sighed, he didn't know if the man did it in shame or the President did it, he was not sorry in any way, the man had grown-up kids, one married and one in college.

That didn't stop FutureTek industries from suing the hell out of the United States Government, Tonks & Tonks represented FutureTek, which put a lot of pressure and in the end, a settlement of 2 billion dollars was made(roughly 8 billion today.). Bobby and Magnus clanked bottles of chilled beer while watching the successful test launch of the Pendragon Z rocket.

"Haha, man, you are one bad capitalist. Your best brother got poisoned and you still made 2 billion," Bobby jokingly said,

Magnus shrugged, "What can I say, I'm just too good at making money. But now I will have to be careful, the US will be pretty alarmed about me, I need to install my guy in their top office somehow."

Bobby shut his mouth and made a zipping gesture, "I didn't hear that,"

"Anyway. I'm off to Africa now with Emma, or else she's going to complain I've forgotten her after school," he got up from his beach chair. They were sitting on the terrace of the Mother Grace Space Centre. It was initially going to be named after Elizabeth, but Magnus denied that as she already had enough places named after her.

"See you later then, at your coronation, I guess. Tell Ragnar to come here and get some training, I won't be the only one flying that damn rocket," Bobby distastefully said. He had no idea what Ragnar was doing, the guy had only said he was working on something that can help on the mission and reduce weight.

...

Using a Portkey, Magnus returned to London, Emma's new villa, to be precise. It was just 5 minutes walk from Strawberry Hill House, where the Grant family lived.

"EMMA, MY LOVE! Come out, look, your handsome boyfriend has arrived," He shouted at her door, particularly to embarrass her. Sure enough, a book fell from the window, aimed at his head, though he caught it.

She came out running, but Magnus just clutched her into his arms and kissed her lips. She shied away, "Stop, there are people,"

"There will always be people, and I'm not kissing them." He rebutted and continued.

"Oh my, young love sure is shameless," Emma's mother walked out of the villa, teasing them.

"Good evening, Mrs Vanity. May I take your daughter on a trip to Africa?" he asked her like a gentleman.

She continued to tease, "Would you stop if I say no?"

He caught Emma's hand, "Umm... not really, I'll just take you along as well then,"

Emma's mother laughed loudly, "Haha, no, I won't spoil your personal time. You may go, take care, love birds."

Magnus grinned, helped Emma into his car and moved to the airport, "We're going by my plane this time,"

"Why? You don't have a portkey?" She inquired.

"No no, I just felt like spending more time with you and taking a flight will give us enough of it," he replied with a straight face.

But Emma stared at him, "Huh, shut it, I know what you want, you just want to do that with me,"

He shook his head, looking hurt, "My love, you mistake me. I just wanted to watch a movie with you on the plane."

"REALLY?"

He nodded, "Yes, and then maybe some fornication."

She punched his side, "KNEW IT! But I guess, I also hadn't any action in some time,"

...

Turns out, they couldn't even wait for the end of the movie. The entire flight duration was spent having some grown-up fun. When the plane landed in Zimbabwe, the financial capital of the African continent, they had rested and woken up 15 times.

But getting back to work, he went to the Royal Palace built in Zimbabwe, it was for Magnus to have his important meetings. The visit was official and presidents and prime ministers of all African nations were asked to come here for a meeting of great significance.

By now, the Dragon Service of Africa had dealt with all of the military dictators or power hoarding Presidents who were borderline dictators. Entire Africa was more democratic and free at this point than Europe.

The Soviets, the Americans, the French or Portuguese, all had lost their influence in the region one after another. Since Zimbabwe was a focal point, all nations wanted the same success story, hence they naturally tilted towards the UK.

In a closed-door meeting in a giant luxurious hall, without reporters except for the royal stenographer. The seats were taken by all kinds of people, some wearing western suits and some wearing their cultural clothes.

He started the meeting with warm thanks, "I welcome you all to Greater Britain with warm wishes. All of you know about my work in the recent years in the entire African region."

This was real, most of these heads of state were either put in place by Dragon Service or they were existing men in power made loyal. Hence, everyone in that room was loyal to him.

"I am here to propose two things, one is an African Union, a giant Union of 54 nations. We shall have policies aimed to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the internal market; enact legislation in justice and home affairs; and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development.

"We shall have more laws and better oversight in regional harmony and human rights, eradication of hunger and poverty from all underdeveloped regions. As a whole, Africa will protect itself, with an alliance of all nations to act if anyone gets attacked. There shall be Union courts to help with regional disputes. With this Union, Africa will have its place on the world stage." He laid down the plan in front of everyone. If any of them had any questions, they could ask.

Magnus gave them time to check the proposed plan in the documentation. Of course, the more detailed thick files will be given later for them to read with their economists and policymakers.

"Your Highness, will people be allowed to travel freely within Africa?" the President of Uganda asked.

He nodded, "Yes, as long as you possess a passport, you can travel and work in any part of the African Union. Since the world speaks English, it will be made a common language for all of us, so it's easier to work everywhere."

"Can we enter the United Kingdom as well?" The president of Nigeria asked.

"Yes and No, you can freely enter the African part of the United Kingdom, but not the European part, since the UK is also a member of the European Union, it can create problems for us. But rest assured, the visa rates and requirements will be much lower." He clarified. Although Magnus had tried to bring unity and equality, letting the whole of Africa freely enter the European UK would be catastrophic. Because of cultural differences and the huge population of Africa, a major crisis could erupt. This was the case for at least a few years.

After an hour of discussion, he came to the next announcement, this was much more important, "To make the African Union a success, we need to first make it stand on its feet. Sadly, we have no means to do that for now. Hence, I have decided to invest in a major infrastructure project that will help us all trade with each other. The project is called GAR, GREAT AFRICAN RAILWAY."

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Chapter 423: 423. World Famous Magnus

GAR, the name sounded very grand, and when everyone started reading it, it was indeed very grand. A giant 9 feet gauge train system that can transport freight. It can truly massively push the economy of Africa. The continent was full of natural resources, the problem was extracting and selling them.

The documents revealed the vastness of the whole train system, It would leave no country untouched, a single major 9 feet broad gauge track will run from the Port owned by Magnus. From Mozambique on the east coast to various countries on the west coast, slowly moving up and finally ending the journey in the UK.

The list of the stations on the GREAT AFRICAN RAILWAY main track was as follows.

[A/N: * denotes the level of importance and size.]

*****Mozambique port - Beira city.

*****Zimbabwe(Greater Britain) the main hub - Bulawayo city

*Zambia - Livingstone

*Namibia - Katima Mulilo

**Angola - Luanda(Capital city)

**The Democratic Republic of Congo - Kinshasa(Capital)

**the Republic of Congo - Brazzaville(Capital)

*Gabon - Port Gentil.

*Equitorial Guinea - Bata(Port City)

*Cameroon - Douala(Coastal City)

****Nigeria - Lagos(Resort City) New port will be made there.

*Benin - Porto-Novo(Port City)

*Togo - Lome(Capital City)

***Ghana - Accra(Capital)

*Côte d'Ivoire - Abidjan(Coastal City.)

*Liberia - Monrovia(Capital)

*Sierra Leone - Freetown(Capital)

*Guinea - Conakry(Capital)

*Guinea - Bissau(New Port)

*Senegal - Dakar(Capital)

*The Gambia - Random City

Sahara Region Starts -

**Mauritania - Nouakchott(Capital)

*****Western Sahara(Conflicted Zone - Magnus will buy 80% from Morocco.)

***Morocco - Casablanca Port City(Offer to build a better big port for selling land.)

The track shall pass through a runner below the British Territory of Gibraltar and enter Europe.

****Spain - Nearby Valencia(No Port. Industrial town planned.)

***France - No ports(Various Industrial towns.)

*****Final Destination - United Kingdom - Channel Tunnel - To biggest Port(Port of Felixstowe)

The total distance was going to be 13 Thousand Kilometres. Of course, such a big distance can only be covered faster by extraordinary trains. Adam had already started developing giant train engines for this network.

However, these were just 24 countries that were closest to the coast, there were still many more left. Hence, some called feeder lines shall also be built to facilitate these countries to connect with the mainline. These feeder lines would be normal 5 feet gauge tracks but will have a similar high-speed system.

They will be as follows: GREAT AFRICAN RAILWAY) - Feeder Line (co-sponsored by Dragon Holdings and each African country. Dragon Holdings holds the use licence of the railway until the money is earned back.)

Line 1 - Djibouti(Port) - Ethiopia - Kenya - Uganda - South Sudan - Central African Republic - Cameroon(Merge Into Main Line)

Line 2 - South Sudan - Sudan - Chad - Niger - Burkina Faso - Mali - Senegal(Merge into Main Line)

Line 3 - Uganda - Rwanda - Burundi - Tanzania - Mozambique(British Port)

Line 4 - South Africa(Cape Town) - Botswana - Namibia(Merge into Main Line)

This entire system will be developed from three funds. While Magnus shall provide nearly half of it, the rest will be provided by each country and also grants from the World Bank. All this money will be put in one place called the African Development Bank.

It will take at least 3 years to be constructed, it could be 4 if delays occur. When all the leaders of the 54 nations saw the map, some felt numb, some were overwhelmed and some felt excited. A possibility that maybe, just maybe, this will be it. The thing that will make the lives of people living in these lands better.

Magnus didn't care about people's lives, he only cared about money, just not at the cost of people. Hence, his methods to make more money end up making lives better. Bhutan was an example. As planned by him, the brand of Bhutan, called Himalayan, was now worth 69 Billion dollars, it was the gold standard of all organic products. And Magnus gets 50% of this pie. Not just this, the entire GDP of that nation had risen because the young population received much-needed education and those highly skilled workers who had left the nation returned. It was now a middle-high income nation.

Its success story was insulting to its close neighbours such as China, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Hence, whenever Magnus enters any nation, he was seen as a god of prosperity putting his feet on their land.

Following the revelation, he gave everyone 1 week to decide if they wanted to make the Union and agree to the plan or not. He meanwhile decided to go to Thailand because he needed to inaugurate the Thai Canal.

When his plane landed in the Asian country, there was already someone waiting for him. It was a woman, in her late 20s and looked pretty.

"Sir, this is the schedule and the names of all the people that will show up." She handed him a file.

At that point, Emma looked at her suspiciously, "Who is she? Never seen her before."

Magnus wanted to say the name but he realised, ~I FORGOT!~

"I'm Venessa Green, His majesty's personal assistant for the last 7 years." Vanessa introduced herself.

~Oh yes, I hired her a long time ago,~ but he didn't say anything aloud.

They were eventually taken to the Eastern opening of the canal. It was wide enough to allow ships to pass side by side. Most companies would have taken more than what it took Emrys Construction to build.

Thai Canal was not given any special name, it was just the Thai canal. It had also made the lives of Thai people much better by providing new jobs on a giant scale. Of course, healthcare and education were also good at this stage due to new policies. This was why most people who were screaming about the King selling his nation to colonisers had stopped.

At the same time, the small island Magnus had bought now gave Britain unrestricted access to the South China Sea. It was made to be a ship repair port, hence military ships could be docked there. Let's just say, not always will they need maintenance.

The event took place, everyone gave their pompous speeches. Magnus, too, but his words were more direct. "... I hope that this brings prosperity to the Thai people and allows everyone to have a better life. The friendship between the Thai and British governments may set examples for years to come..."

After that, he was invited by the Thai king to cut the ribbon and give the green light to the first cargo ship to go ahead that was already waiting. Actually, the bookings had already begun, a lot of ships that were not headed to any nation south of Malaysia were happy to use this route. Since the maximum trade occurs between China, Japan and Korea, the Thai Canal had already become the first choice. But this didn't mean that the Strait of Malacca was useless now. Soon, world shipping will be getting many times higher with the formation of the African Union.

He picked up the scissors and cut the ribbon. Loud claps shrouded the whole place, and with that, the loud horns of the ship responded and it moved ahead. Photographs were clocked, Magnus may have just become the most famous man in the world at this point.

...

After his short trip to Thailand, it was time to go to Korea, the united one now. Magnus had a legendary status in the nation and was well respected, after all, he was the one who united it. He didn't stop putting indirect propaganda either, as he knew many political parties might try to take all the credit. He instead wanted people to remember whom to thank.

And so they did, when his plane landed, thousands upon thousands of people had gathered outside the airport. Security told him to get in the car and head to the secure hotel, but Magnus denied it. They were his fans, after all.

So he went and stood on top of the airport building and waved at them. He later gave interviews where he was grateful for this warm welcome.

He was here mainly to inaugurate a lot of major infrastructural projects that were gifted to the small nation. These included majorly electric Dams, Expressway and one major building called the Blue House, the executive office and official residence of the Republic of Korea's head of state. A plaque was set on the side of the main entrance of the building, that had written: "Inaugurated by His Majesty, Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon, 5th September 1978."

This simply immortalised him in the history of Korea, more than he already was. Meanwhile, about North Korea, the Kim Family was dead, the entire region had a census and now poverty upliftment plans were taking place, as many industries got set up in there. North Korea contains the great bulk of all known mineral deposits on the peninsula, iron ore and coal, gold, magnesite (magnesium carbonate), lead, and zinc were in abundance. This would go a long way in uplifting the entire peninsula.

In a short televised speech of Magnus in the National Assembly, he again emphasised how important it was for the world to end their meaningless war and join hands for mutual prosperity. His words were empty for now, but soon, the world will listen to him no matter where he goes.

...

After Korea, he visited Japan as well, he had not much to do here as the nation was already developed. He rode in the Bullet Train, however, wanting to experience it once so he has something to compare with the Bullet Train system that will be completed in mainland United Kingdom.

After that, he returned to Zimbabwe to get the signature of all African Nations for forming the African Union and approving the proposal for the GRA.

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