Alvin sent off the invigorated T'Challa. He had no idea whether T'Challa had taken his subtle hint to heart, but he felt he had done all he could.
For Richard's sake, Alvin had shown T'Challa the greatest goodwill he could.
But there were some things Alvin simply couldn't say outright, because he had a stake in this too.
If he spelled it out too clearly, it would make things harder for Steel Digital. What would he gain from that?
Taking advantage of people whose financial system was still so underdeveloped was a little unfair. But I gave you a warning and did my best to create a fair playing field. If you still lose, you can't blame anyone else.
In his previous life, Saudi Arabia had only proposed gradually buying back the oil fields' shares after its American dad had already stuffed himself silly. It took more than a decade for the oil fields to be fully returned to state ownership, turning the country into a wealthy nation.
The OPEC they led had even joined forces with the dollar to topple the Bretton Woods system, which had been pegged to gold. That helped the United States achieve financial hegemony, while they themselves prospered too.
That was the role of an outstanding politician...
They bore the interests of the whole nation on their shoulders, bravely negotiated with the powerful, and overturned the unequal treaties of the past.
Success brought endless praise and profit. Failure wouldn't turn them into another Venezuela, either.
Who could believe that miserable place had once offered better welfare than Saudi Arabia?
This showed just how important and necessary outstanding politicians were!
Wakanda was in a much better position than Saudi Arabia. After all, its ally wasn't the world hegemon of Alvin's previous life, but a small Eastern