You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 287: Find a way to replace it (2 in 1 order)

The magician analyzed in the live broadcast room:
"First of all, if you want to get rich, you have to collect taxes first. Is that okay?"

However, if taxes were to be collected, Chadian officials at all levels would simply not be able to raise enough.

The magician clicked the [Talent Recruitment] button and discovered that due to the poverty of this land, the average person has not completed prenatal education.

Therefore, the way of recruiting talents is also quite special, just start directly.

Yes, it is a physical swing.
The magician thought about the resources and budget he had at hand, and decided to hold a competition across different tribes to attract talents from all sides. Only those who performed well in the competition could join the national governance.

When the competition was halfway through, the magician went to watch it and found it to be a complete mess, almost the same as the ancient martial arts competitions to win a bride.

But in the end, through this method, many people were recruited into the Governor's Office.

After this group of people were recruited, they were lazy and ate in the Governor's Office every day. After all their operations, not only did they fail to ease the financial pressure, but they made the country poorer and poorer.

The magician had no choice but to consult Tombalbaye and use the summoning spell of his grandfather to ask for help from France.

So, the fat black man set off for Paris without saying a word.

In de Gaulle's office, Barbarye burst into tears:
"Brother, please give me some money for the sake of our father-son relationship."

De Gaulle lowered his head to look at the newspaper, without looking up, and just said coldly: Get out.

Once the budget reaches zero, the game is over. The magician feels extremely frustrated when he sees the strategy button turned gray due to lack of money.

At this moment, he found an option in the resource development module: [Resource Exploration]

The magician suddenly realized!
Yes! I can have these newly recruited officials carry pickaxes and bamboo baskets and dig all over the land along the border. Maybe they can find gold or something.

After encouraging everyone to go mining, the game popped up a prompt:
[Virtual Reality Geology Gameplay Instructions: Players need to use the stereoscopic viewing function of VR glasses to observe underground rock layers and structures to find potential resource veins.]

He held a virtual pickaxe and stood on the barren land with a group of newly recruited officials.

As the perspective of the VR glasses switched, the host instantly felt like he was in a realistic underground world. The rock layers and geological structures before him were clearly visible, and he could almost hear the tiny vibrations of the earth's crust.

The magician saw layers of rock before him, and through his glasses, he could observe the color, texture, and density of each layer in detail. He noticed an unusual area with a dark rock color, which seemed to contain potential resources.

This gameplay tests the player's observation and memory.

By adjusting the settings on his glasses, the magician saw the underground oil veins depicted in a faint light before his eyes. These lines intersected and tangled underground.

The magician activated his virtual pickaxe, feeling the weight of it as if it were real. He began digging into the rock formation before him, sending shards flying. The officials followed suit, swinging their virtual pickaxes and digging excitedly.

As the excavation went deeper, a strong aroma of petroleum filled the air.

Congratulations! You have discovered a large oil field in Chad.

Players watching the live broadcast praised:
"Wow, this unique gameplay and viewing experience is truly impossible to achieve with traditional monitors."

“Also, wearing VR gloves and participating in the mining process personally gives me a strong sense of participation.”

Soon, the news of the discovery of a large oil field in Chad spread like wildfire, even to people as far away as Europe.

De Gaulle directly called Tombalbaye back to Paris.

Charles de Gaulle laughed and said:
"I'll approve $95 million per year for you, directly covering % of the budget."

Babaye excitedly shouted, "You are my father forever!"

Charles de Gaulle was also very proud. France's investment in the Chadian government at this time was comparable to an IPO.

He continued to speak to Babaye with a serious expression:
“Of course, I won’t take France’s money for nothing.

Tombalbaye, your country needs to transfer power to me, including full authority over diplomacy, military affairs, and internal affairs, the right to exploit resources, and even what to plant in the ground, France will have the final say.

Wouldn't giving me 10% of future oil profits be too little?"

Babaye shook his head like a rattle: "It's not too little, it's not too little."

He doesn't care at all about how Chad will develop in the future. He is more concerned about how he can make money more efficiently.

At this moment, two little figures appeared in Babaye's mind.

One of the villains said: "Our current position depends a lot on money. We should be like other benevolent African kings, eliminating dissidents and draining the pond to catch all the fish.

Another said, "Okay, okay."

Of course, Tombalbaye's new government only lasted three minutes.

Tombalbaye commissioned a magician to begin drastic reforms.

Because of the budget for oil and French aid, many buttons on the main interface are selectable, but the young magician first discussed the core purpose of playing this game with his friends in the barrage.

Magician:
"Tombabaye has been occupying the toilet without doing anything. I should find a way to get the control of the country from this bastard.

However, if we send troops directly to overthrow him, my few retainers will not be enough to fill the gaps in Tombalbaye's gendarmerie's teeth."

Someone in the barrage asked: "How about ruling by doing nothing?"

These words gave the magician a shock.

Yup!

The so-called "let it do its thing" means that the president has not done anything that he should do.

I can definitely do some tricks to reverse the situation and get the people of Chad to oust this incompetent president.

So, the magician began to click buttons on the interface and formulate strategies.

He first helped President Tombalbaye by promoting a large number of his fellow townsmen and relatives to the cabinet.

Those who disagreed were swept away.

At the same time, the magician also deliberately made differential treatment. As a result of his operations, northern Chad was basically in a discriminated area.

Of course, the magician is also confident about this:

"You're the ones who used to sell our compatriots from the South for money, right?"

Over the next period of time, the magician formulated a policy for how to operate the country's northern border:
"They reluctantly admit that they are primates, and they have only one mission in life:"

"The mission is basically to work in the fields."

"The treatment is basically on par with that of a horse or mule."

"Taxes must ensure that every household has enough money."

"To suppress art students who failed the entrance exam."

With this purpose in mind, the magician dispatched a large number of officials to the north to plunder. They would take away everything they could find.

Soon, with the magician's meticulous work, the loyalty of the tribes in northern Chad was directly reduced to negative numbers.

A game prompt popped up in front of him: [In order to survive, the northern indigenous peoples banded together to form the "United Front of Chad."]

very good!

The magician was very proud. As long as the Chadian United Front could break into the capital and chop off Babaye's head, everything could be carried out according to plan.

However, plans can never keep up with changes, and soon the magician heard their shouts clearly:
"Kill Tombalbaye, kill the magician!"

Boy, what does this have to do with me?

Helplessly, in order to protect himself, the magician clicked the [Military Button] and prepared to mobilize the defenders to fight the enemy.

Unexpectedly, the magician was surprised to find that Chad's military strength was surprisingly poor.

The Chadian government army's equipment was clearly remnant from World War II. Some soldiers wore tattered camouflage uniforms, some even patchworks of different colors. Their boots were worn, as if they had been through several world wars.

The soldiers holding various old rifles and machine guns looked clumsy. Some rifles even had mottled cloth strips hanging on them, as if used to repair leaks.

As military vehicles roared past, he saw that the old jeeps and passenger trucks were already rusted, and the wheels made squeaking sounds, as if mocking their poor performance.

The army's march was even more chaotic and disorderly. The soldiers were talking at once as they walked, and they all turned their heads to look at the street vendors, as if they didn't care that they were carrying out their mission.

Many soldiers wore numb and depressed expressions, lazily smoking cigarettes as they marched, showing no signs of tension or alertness. Some even threw their caps aside, completely disregarding their military appearance.

The anchor was dumbfounded.

Damn, compared with you guys, Country Garden’s five-star generals are all strong in terms of troops and horses. How can we fight them?
As expected, Tombalbaye's army continued to retreat on the war battlefield.

Seeing that his own oil interests were about to be threatened, Charles de Gaulle waved his hand:
"Babaye, I will allocate 3,000 French troops to you to go north and quell the rebellion."

Babaye patted the magician's shoulder and said, "Bro, the burden of suppressing the rebellion is now on you."

"You're just trying to take advantage of me, right?"

The magician directly clicked the [Military] button and began to organize the battle.

Game pop-up prompt:

This game features a dynamic battlefield map. Players can use gestures to plan their country's development strategy on a virtual map, giving them a realistic perspective of a ruler.

On the VR display, the magician's vision instantly switched to the French headquarters. He felt the tropical climate firsthand, with a desert heat wave in the air.

The internal layout of the French headquarters was clearly visible, with the positions of both sides marked on the map. Through the virtual map, the magician could clearly see the formation and deployment of the northern Chadian rebels, as well as the distribution of French troops.

He raised his hand and gestured through the air, instantly flashing a series of commands across the sand table map, mobilizing the French forces and launching an attack. French tanks, infantry, artillery, and other arms began to move in an orderly fashion, as if a real battle were unfolding.

The scene switches to northern Chad, where soldiers suddenly appear in the desert. They are dressed in neat camouflage uniforms and helmets, calmly awaiting orders.

Suddenly, the battle broke out, the sound of artillery fire was deafening. The magician felt the ground seemed to tremble slightly, and the shells whistled past, raising a cloud of dust.

French tanks roared past, advancing rapidly, and artillery salvos razed the rebel strongholds in the north to the ground.

Fighter planes streaked across the blue sky, dropping bombs. The roar of the explosions reverberated throughout the VR space. The magician could almost feel the shockwaves of the bombing.

The grand scale of the war was vividly presented in VR, and the battle situation on the battlefield gradually became clear before his eyes. The French army fought bravely, while the northern rebels were retreating step by step.

The cruelty of war is truly restored in VR, with fireworks and smoke everywhere. The magician seems to be on the battlefield and can clearly feel the intensity of each battle.

After a fierce battle, the rebels of the Chadian United Front were defeated and fled, and the French army won.

The barrage in the live broadcast room flooded the screen:
"This visual is absolutely amazing! The VR battlefield made my hair stand on end!"

"VR equipment is really different. I feel like I've become the commander!"

"Imagine I could lose a battle in VR, I'm going to cry!"

"Wow, the host is so cool! He's worthy of being a history blogger. He knows everything about the armies of the last century!"

"This war scene is so exciting, it makes me feel like I can fight in it myself!"

“The level of realism of VR equipment is beyond my imagination. It is simply a miracle of technology!”

……

Of course, although the French army destroyed the main force of the northern rebels, the indigenous people of the north were not weaklings. If they could not defeat the French army, they would launch sneak attacks, break up into small groups, and fight guerrilla warfare against the French army.

In the tug-of-war, the two sides continued to fight until early 1965, when the French army came to their senses:
The troops were originally sent out to provide temporary assistance, so how come after a few years, they have only made things more troublesome?
Using our soldiers to help Chad look after the situation is not worth the effort.

So, de Gaulle summoned Tombalbaye to Paris to talk to him:
"Northern Chad has now been intensively cultivated by us.

You should take advantage of the favorable situation now and send troops to take over, and our French army will withdraw to the south."

He, whose father could rival a nation, had already taken control of the north. Tombalbaye was overwhelmed with emotion and shouted, "Chad cannot coexist with us, and the president cannot live in complacency. Send troops north!"

The Northern Expedition went quite smoothly, and Tombalbaye quickly regained control of the northern region, but he did not figure out the reason for the northerners' resistance.

Then, President Babaye patted the magician's adjutant on the shoulder:

"Now that the world is stable, it's time to pursue sustainable fishing. Bro, it all depends on your creativity."

The magician originally wanted to stir up the people's dissatisfaction with Babaye as much as possible in order to prepare for his own rise to power.

So, the magician fully developed the spirit of the occupying army and waved his hand to prohibit the nomadic herdsmen in the north.

At the same time, in the game's internal affairs interface, the host thoughtfully designed more than 200 types of taxes for the people:
There's a head tax, a breathing tax, a water tax, and even a tax on speaking...

Moreover, he was quite generous in restoring corvee labor.

Under such benevolent policies, it is impossible to expect the people in the north to remain peaceful and harmonious.

In June 1965, an anti-tax movement broke out in northern Chad!
Under the magician's benevolent rule, the northern forces that had been fighting each other gradually united and joined the Chad United Front.

They sat in a Toyota pickup truck and excitedly chanted slogans: "We are united!"

The angry northern tribes went all out. Relying on the cool combination of shoulder-mounted RPGs and Toyota pickup trucks, they quickly repelled the southern army again.

Even the Chadian United Front decided to go all out. They wanted to settle all the old and new grudges and completely get rid of Babaye.

In this way, as the rebels rushed forward like crazy, by 1969, only fifteen of the regions in Chad were still in the hands of Tombalbaye.

Tom Babaye and the anchor hid in the Governor's Mansion, trembling. President Babaye gritted his teeth:

"It's time to use the Great Father summoning technique again."

(End of this chapter)