The Lukaku River is too close to the Atlantic Ocean. After leaving the virgin forest, the main river meanders for 20 to 30 kilometers before merging into the Atlantic Ocean. From the perspective of traditional irrigation, it really has little use value, and it is unknown in Kanem.
However, in the upper reaches of the Lukaku River, many tributary streams meander in the primitive mountain forests at the junction of Kanem and Benin, and are very fully developed. Even in the dry season, the flow of each tributary stream is considerable, which has always been the case in the past.
It flowed into the Atlantic Ocean in vain.
Coming from the mountains of southern Benin, the terrain has a maximum drop of four to five hundred meters, there is abundant rain, and there are abundant hydropower resources that can be developed.
Even if it does not involve the domestic part of Benin, only the hydropower resources of the Antler River in the Longta area may not be fully developed even with an investment of two to three billion US dollars.
As the most populous and prosperous city in West Africa, Draculamo has fully developed hydropower resources in the upper reaches of the Lukaku River, but it is far from filling its electricity gap.
The reason why Cao Mo refused Taihua's intervention before was not because he was greedy and wanted to eat all the fat in it. He couldn't finish it in a short time.
The new transmission grid is about to be completed. In order to increase the profit margins of the new transmission grid, the three major families of Blake, Oppenheimer and Rupert will demand, directly or indirectly, to increase the development of upstream hydropower resources.
Cao Mo did some work in the early stage, such as applying for exploration rights and land contracting. On the surface, he has almost monopolized the development of hydropower resources in the upper reaches of Lujiaochuan River. But if he really wants to deny others entry, he actually cooperates with the three major companies for no good reason.
The family's interests in this area are difficult to overcome, destroying the interest relationship that was finally knitted together before.
On the contrary, Cao Mo wanted to fight more and win over funds related to him that could promote the Chinese business community to gather strength in Kanem and participate in the development.
He avoids Taihua and does not want to have more interactions, but now, let alone Xie Sipeng, they may only be able to raise two to three million US dollars to build one or two hydropower stations in the upper reaches of the Ibogu River. Even if they raise three million US dollars,
Cao Mo would only welcome 50 million US dollars in funding, not reject it.
And this is what he will do first when he returns to Draculamore this time.
By then, not only the Felician family, Abacha and the three major families will participate in the construction of the new transmission network, they will be able to obtain higher profits from it, and the Ibogu Cement Factory will be able to sell more finished cement nearby!
The three major families control the new transmission network. As long as new hydropower stations are developed and constructed upstream, they will only welcome it but not interfere.
Speaking of which, the new transmission network is really a good business with huge profits. It requires almost no additional investment. The larger the scale of the hydropower station group built upstream, their profit margin will rise accordingly.
Even though Cao Mo knew very well that he had to cede this piece of interest, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart.
Who cares about having too much money?
Xie Sipeng and Yang Deshan arranged to meet Cao Mo and Li Qiru at the Lana Del Rey Hotel today, but the team rushed to the staff dormitory first and put down their luggage first.
It was still early, so Song Yuqing and Li Qilu's lover Guo Fang didn't have a chance to take a shower during the flight. They said they had to go back to the room to pack their luggage and wash up. Cao Mo and Li Qilu were not so particular.
, everyone went to Building 1 to sit down and drink tea and chat.
Xie Sipeng said that he had no chance to participate in the investment in the refinery, but Cao Mo would help them win the opportunity to invest in a small hydropower station in Longta. Yang Deshan was also very interested.
The construction cost of Kanem's small hydropower station is high, but the grid connection price is twice as high as that in China.
Taking the Gray Crow River Ladder Hydropower Station as an example, the annual net income is estimated to be as high as 30%. The key is that this also includes facility depreciation.
In other words, not only can all the investment costs be recovered within five years, but the net income within five years can also be guaranteed to be 30%; and after the investment in facilities and equipment is fully recovered, the net rate of return of the hydropower station will climb to a higher level.
steps.
This investment couldn't be worse than their involvement in the acquisition of the Lana Del Rey Hotel's East Ballroom facility.
"Mr. Li, are you interested in participating?" Cao Mo looked at Li Qilu and asked.
Cao Mo now hopes that more hydropower development will be done in the upper reaches of the Lujiaochuan River.
Since he brought Xie Sipeng and Yang Deshan with him, he wouldn't mind bringing Li Qilu with him at all; Cao Mo even wanted to bring Li Qilu with him in order to implement his next plan.
Investment in water and electricity will not take up much of their personal energy, and there is no conflict with Dongsheng's interests in Kanem. It is just equivalent to personal financial investment, and Dongsheng will not interfere.
"Okay, but the funds I can provide are not comparable to yours, so don't dislike it." Li Qilu said with a smile.
As a Malaysian Chinese, Li Qilu has only been involved in work for 89 years.
Even though he had worked as a professional manager in an oil palm plantation in Malaysia for more than four years, his salary was quite limited. After he joined Dongsheng, Shen Ji gave him an annual salary of 400,000 yuan plus overseas allowance, and his income only increased a lot.
cut.
He can now participate with $100,000.
Of course he is very happy to participate.
Li Qilu only joined Dongsheng for a short time. He was in charge of the acquisition and management of oil palm land in Kanem for only half a year. He was not very clear about the previous grievances between Cao Mo, Yang Deshan and Guo Jian.
In his opinion, Cao Mo was able to do these things in Kanem, and his status was obviously higher than that of Yang Deshan. It was obviously because of the support of Chen Rong, the director of the group.
Based on this, Li Qilu was willing to tie up interests with Cao Mo.
Of course, even if this is a personal financial investment, Li Qilu said that he must communicate with Shen Ji first.
At present, Li Qilu's only supporter in Dongsheng is Shen Ji, and he doesn't want Shen Ji to be dissatisfied with him.
Li Qilu's reaction was not beyond Cao Mo's expectation. He said, "Before I returned to Kanem, Mr. Shen happened to go to Europe and I couldn't meet him. I will make a special trip to call him in two days."
Communicate these things..."
Yang Deshan and Xie Sipeng both looked at Cao Mo with confusion, thinking that Cao Mo was very low-key and tried to blame others for some things, but they didn't know if he had any other things to deal with.
economic communication.
After Song Yuqing and Li Qilu's lover Guo Fang took a shower, they all moved to the beach grill restaurant of the Lana Del Rey Hotel.
Sitting on the beach under the sunset, Cao Mo took Abacha with him and introduced more to Yang Deshan and Xie Sipeng about the development status of hydropower resources in the upper reaches of the Lujiaochuan River.
The Conero Lake Industrial Park project has officially started construction, and eight factories have been built simultaneously, but they are all processing plants with very limited investment.
Except for the two processing plants of colored steel tiles and brown silk and the cocoa butter processing factory invested by Cao Mo, the other five are shoe, hat and clothing processing factories. They can be said to be standard light industrial parks.
The total area of the eight factories is only 120 acres, with a total investment of less than US$4 million.
The construction of the steel structure workshops and office buildings of these processing plants was also entrusted to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation.
Although Cao Mo and others initially had only this expectation for the Conero Lake Industrial Park, the investment potential of the Chinese businessmen in Dracula Mo was obviously far from being fully developed.
Now the upstream hydropower station group has added a new transmission network to supply power to Draculamo, which has formed a stable model with predictable profit margins. In addition to inviting Xie Sipeng, Yang Deshan and others to participate personally, Cao Mo also hopes to continue to tap the investment potential of the Chinese businessmen group.
Of course, this does not mean that if he gives up the development rights of upstream hydropower resources, he will have no income at all.
The water conservancy geological survey license he previously obtained from the Longta area is the basis for the construction of hydropower stations. If others want to build hydropower stations, they need to acquire this license from him; by subcontracting the relevant construction land, he can make another fortune
commission.
More importantly, the Chinese businessman invested in the hydropower station in Longta. No one can recruit operation and technical personnel from China to guard this loneliness. He now has the ability to form an operation and technical outsourcing team to provide hosting services.
"Hydropower development should attract a lot of investment." Xie Sipeng understood Cao Mo's thinking and couldn't help but sigh.
Most of the Chinese businessmen currently entering Draculamo are small and medium-sized traders. They may have millions or even tens of millions of RMB in capital. Asking them to invest and build factories in Canem is risky on the one hand, and on the other hand
Their own management and technical levels are also difficult to keep up with.
However, they have accumulated a certain amount of capital and are willing to participate in investment in order to make compound profits and continue to expand their capital. However, most of the trades they are engaged in still have bottlenecks. When the business increases to a certain scale, there will be
It has stagnated due to its own limitations of market size.
An investment project with clear property rights, stable investment profits and in line with expectations is naturally more likely to attract attention.
The hydropower station has been built. On the one hand, it is simple to manage. The additional investment costs required for operation are very low and the personnel are limited. If the political situation is turbulent, the loss may only be the profits that should be earned during this period.
When the political situation stabilizes, they can come back and take over the hydropower station. It is impossible for the local government to demolish the dam, the most important asset of the hydropower station, right?
What's more, the investment in these fixed facilities can be insured.
It’s hard to say when investing in a factory. You can buy insurance for fixed facilities, but once the political situation in Kanem becomes unstable, the factory stops working, and orders for downstream supply stop, do you need to compensate?
Will there be losses if a large amount of raw materials are piled up in the factory warehouse?
Should employees’ wages and benefits be maintained at a certain level during the shutdown?
Calculating these calculations, the losses will be huge.
Xie Sipeng and others developed the Qionai Gold Mine. When their investment reaches a certain level, they are eager to acquire profits. On the contrary, they are more actively involved in the investment in projects such as the China Mall and the facility acquisition of the Lana Del Rey Hotel. Now they are more willing to participate in the investment and construction of hydropower stations. The reason is
here.
Seeing that Xie Sipeng was very confident that he would attract more investment, Cao Mo said with a smile: "Abacha is here. He personally holds almost 15% of the shares in the Sika Aidate Power Grid Company. He hopes to have upstream hydropower stations.
The bigger the group, the better. It is easier for them to make money through the transmission grid. In addition to the Felician family, the other three major shareholders of the new transmission grid are the Blake family, the Oppenheimer family, and the Rubber family.
I believe all the Chinese businessmen who come to Draculamore have heard of it. I think everyone’s interests in the hydropower station group and the transmission grid can be more closely combined, which will contribute to the improvement of Chinese businessmen’s work in Draculamore and Canem.
The situation in the region will be of great help.”