Congorama Page #4

When he grows up

Michel wants to invent toasters,

or else, and why not,

be the king of Belgium.

l was.. .

The man in the.. .

He's been hospitalised.

Did you call it in?

No, l was with him.

You're hurt.

The other man, is he still alive?

He wasn't moving.

He's at Sacr Coeur. l'll drive you.

He's in a coma.

The surgical decompression

didn't work.

He won't wake up.

His head is like a frog's.

You always say that.

Where's it from, Rob?

We followed your map to the river.

After we blasted, we found that.

lt's the first one l found.

A present.

So you stay in touch

with us lndians.

The Minister of Energy?

Or of Natural Resources?

No, the Energy Minister.

He wants to see me and Rob?

No, just you. About your father.

What did l say about Agassi?

He creamed Roddick 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

No, 6-1, 6-4, 6-1.

Yeah. Ok, bye.

Ok, good. Everything ok?

Louis Legros!

-Mr Minister.

Glad you came. You're going abroad?

Tomorrow morning.

Sorry to call you in.

Green tea, organic juice?

Fair-trade coffee?

Let me explain.

To mark 2000 we want to revive

NP's electric car project.

Really? You have the wrong Legros.

Right. Any news from your dad?

Not in 2 years.

He disappeared with his car.

We never saw him again.

He may be dead.

Sorry, l didn't realise.. .

Did he work on the project

after leaving NP?

No idea. l do know he accused

everyone there of sabotage.

What do you mean?

He thought that oil lobbyists

had bought off NP's bosses.

lt wasn't like that.

The technology wasn't ready.

Dollars and cents.

Now Dad's technology

is spontaneously ready?

The timing is better.

So you want to revive it?

Frankly, l don't see how l can help.

Of course. R&D is complex,

but that's fine.

Where is his research?

l don't know.

You realise it's National Power's

intellectual property.

Let's not nitpick.

When do you go?

To Belgium, is it?

''With a sky so sad

that a boat committed suicide."

Know it?

No.

Come on, Jacques Brel.

That's not quite it.

Mr Legros?

l'm Madeleine Longsdale.

l worked with your dad.

Could l have a word?

Your dad built electric motors.

The challenge was the battery.

He almost solved the problem.

His revolutionary battery was better

than today's fuel-cells.

So why did NP turn off the tap?

There was a lot of pressure

to do so 8 years ago.

Things changed.

GM, Honda.. . Now they all want

to build hybrid cars.

The government wants to force NP

to sell the plans overseas.

So they don't need Dad.

He took the plans with him.

lt's been hushed up,

but NP will want to defend itself.

Either by accusing your dad of theft

or ruining his reputation.

He did that himself,

with his paranoid biblical rants.

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