(Sixth and seventh updates, thanks to the new leader, the national treasure panda, the flying giant bear)
"You said the trust you gained from Felician and the Sikka family is beyond my imagination,"
After the barbecue dinner, everyone was sitting in the newly built pavilion by the lake drinking tea. Shen Ji asked straightforwardly,
"I would like to see clearer proof..."
He put in so much effort and never wanted to end up in vain.
If he stands up for Cao Mo this time, he will definitely fall out with Lu Yan.
And the information cannot be kept secret forever; once the news of their Machiavellian tactics leaks out, it will inevitably put him under great pressure within the group, and he may even be forced to resign.
He could instruct Li Qilu to make some hints when negotiating acquisitions with the owners of Longta and nearby plantations, but these things would not be visible to the public - if these funds continued to enter the designated trust fund account, he would also have to confirm that Cao Cao first Mozai Ibogu was able to control the situation.
Shen Ji didn't let Yang Deshan, Li Qilu, and Wang Jianzhong evade, so he asked the question directly. Cao Mo also knew that Shen Ji wanted to give up some of his benefits to them, so he asked:
"I promised you 23% of the equity. Now that Mr. Yang, Mr. Li, Mr. Wang, and Sister Yuqing are all here, do you plan to give some of it to them?"
Seeing that Song Yuqing was about to speak, Cao Mo kicked her secretly. Why would this silly girl give up the benefits she got?
"If your plan is really feasible, I only need fifteen points. In the end, Deshan, Qilu and Yuqing will do it. Jianzhong has been following me for the past few years, and I have worked hard and achieved great results. I can't bully Honest." People." Shen Ji said.
"Thinking that you could come over in the next two days, I prepared some materials in advance, all of which are photocopies - it's too troublesome to get the originals, but the old chief, Abacha and the others are all here, which is enough to prove the authenticity of these materials... "Cao Mo took out the key and motioned to Adé, who was standing aside, to go to his room and bring over the blue folder he had prepared in advance...
"After reading these documents, does Mr. Yang have the intention to kill Guo Jian?" Cao Mo asked jokingly.
After reading the document, Yang Deshan's inner disappointment at this moment was really beyond words and could not be concealed.
Through these documents, Cao Mo has taken over 80% of the equity in Ibogu's large and small projects.
If he had not chosen Guo Jian but supported Cao Mo, he would have had to take half of it.
The international gold price has risen rapidly recently. In December, he received a dividend of more than 30,000 US dollars from the Qionai Gold Mine. He was quite proud of it. He never imagined what kind of opportunities he missed from the beginning!
Of course, Yang Deshan was more confused. If Cao Mo was leading all these projects from beginning to end, how could he run everything without a helper?
Did he completely look down on Cao Mo?
"..." Abacha sighed and said, "I was pushed out by Mr. Cao and have been a shield for so long. It's really hard work!"
"Mr. Yang, Mr. Li may not know Mr. Shen's true intention of rushing to Kanem this time, but now I can reveal the secret to you,"
Cao Mo recounted many details of his previous communication with Shen Ji on the phone to Yang Deshan. Li Qilu knew about it and took out a stack of contracts from the folder and said,
"I don't think Mr. Shen will be able to live alone. I have prepared several equity transfer agreements here. We have signed and sealed them. As long as you fill in the numbers and sign your names, you will become Cornero Energy Investment Co., Ltd. The company is a new shareholder. Of course, you trust me. After signing the agreement, I will not hold the ownership for the time being. I can hold this part of the shares on your behalf - borrowing funds from the United Bank of Oman Special Trust Fund to expand in the upper reaches of the Lujiao River. The construction of hydropower station groups will be operated by this company in the future..."
Yang Deshan guessed that Shen Ji's intervention on behalf of Cao Mo this time would not be for no reason, but he did not expect that he was actually talking about such a deal with Cao Mo.
Even if Shen Ji wanted to monopolize the equity that Cao Mo gave up, he would not be able to stand up and object. Moreover, Shen Ji still took good care of them and was willing to share part of the equity with them.
Shen Ji took a stack of documents and looked through them. After seeing a series of equity transfers, Cao Mo personally will also hold 60% of the equity of Cornero Energy Investment Co., Ltd., and the Felician family will hold 5% of the equity. Aba Cha Ze holds 12% of the shares.
He now also understands the shareholding structure of Sika Aidete Grid Company and knows that the interests of the Felician family and Abacha are not in Cornero Energy Investment Co., Ltd.
If Cao Mo's plan can be successfully implemented, the electricity input to Draculamo via Sika Aidet Power Grid Company will directly increase several times on the existing basis. This is their greatest benefit.
"I own 60% of the shares. Mr. Shen shouldn't have any objections, right?" Cao Mo asked with a smile.
"Oh, you are so deceitful..." Shen Ji took a long breath, shook his head and smiled.
If Cao Mo was just a matchmaker but wanted to get 60% of the proceeds from this project, he would certainly be dissatisfied, but now.
The water and electricity resources in the upper reaches of the Lujiaochuan River have basically been monopolized by Cao Mo in advance. All subsequent preparation work has to be undertaken by Cao Mo. What else can he be dissatisfied with?
Shen Ji directly filled in each person's name and their share on several contracts.
Shen Ji himself 15%, Yang Deshan 2.5%, Wang Jianzhong and Li Qilu each 2%, and Song Yuqing 1.5%.
Cornero Energy Investment Co., Ltd. is expected to undertake operating capital of US$50 million, with huge profit margins. Yang Deshan got 2.5% of the shares almost effortlessly. What could he be dissatisfied about?
Yang Deshan, Wang Jianzhong, and Li Qilu all signed their names.
Song Yuqing glanced at Cao Mo hesitantly, and finally signed her name.
"Jianzhong didn't pay attention to his words before, so don't worry about it - you can be said to be half his boss now. If he doesn't pay attention to his words in the future, if you lecture him again, I will definitely not help him. He spoke." Shen Ji still remembered Wang Jianzhong's previous attempts to seduce Cao Mo, so he did not forget to persuade him face to face.
"I'm not as big-hearted as Mr. Shen thought. I had no choice but to break up with Lu Yan this time," Cao Mo said. "Xie Sipeng and Lao Yang are old sly men who refuse to do anything sinful. In the end, I have to stand out. …”
Only then did Yang Deshan fully understand
Come here, why did Cao Mo want to stop Taihua from taking the lead in setting up the Chinese Business Association?
To put it bluntly, he and Xie Sipeng's investment in Kanem is limited. If the limelight is not right, it will be easy to withdraw. There is no need to offend Taihua to death at this time.
Cao Mo is different. His assets in Longta are worth hundreds of millions, and he will invest in a new cement plant next.
Once the Taihua case occurs, the Chinese Business Association will be pushed out by Taihua as a shield, causing a strong backlash in Kanem, and Cao Mo will suffer heavy losses.
"I will make it clear to Lu Yan and Huang Hebin this time that the Chinese Business Association should not be organized by Taihua..." Shen Ji said.
"Yes, even if we are from Dongsheng's standpoint, we will not sit back and watch the Chinese Business Association and Taihua be tied together - our attitude should be tougher. Normally, the relationship is good, but there are some principled issues that cannot be compromised. ." At this moment, Yang Deshan suddenly thought that he had to think about Dongsheng's interests in Kanem.
It was already dark, and everyone sat in the wooden pavilion and chatted in detail for a long time before going back to their rooms to rest.
Shen Ji didn't want him to become passive in the group, and their participation in Cornero Energy Investment Co., Ltd. must be kept strictly confidential.
Even if the secret pressure on land-selling plantation owners leaks out, Li Qilu may need to bear the "notoriety" first.
Naturally, you have to work hard and take the blame to get shares, otherwise it wouldn't be such an easy thing.
Now that Song Yuqing has been assigned to be responsible for the financial supervision of the Cornero Lake Industrial Park, Yang Deshan can arrange that she does not need to take on the additional financial work of the branch and can concentrate on taking over the financial affairs of the Cornero Energy Investment Company.
Yang Deshan and Wang Jianzhong do not need to take on additional specific tasks, but if they encounter serious differences in their positions in the future, they cannot retreat to the back.
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There used to be a rural dirt road on the south bank of the Lukaku River that led from Ibogu to the Conero Lake Industrial Park. In late October, Cao Mo advanced funds and started construction and renovation of the road.
Currently, several cement bridges have been built along the route leading to the Conero Lake Industrial Park to ensure that some light trucks can barely pass.
In order to save costs as much as possible in the early stage while ensuring the quality of bridge construction as much as possible, the half-spoke narrow bridges currently built along the line are only for one light truck to pass. I plan to raise funds to build the other half-spokes when funds become more abundant in the future. .
In China, rural roads in poor areas in the central and western regions are not so stingy.
The Conero Lake Industrial Park is also currently entering the full construction stage.
The eight processing plants under construction are not large in scale. Including the cocoa bean processing plant invested by Cao Mo, the total area is only 130 acres.
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation's branch in Cardiff has entered the final stage of construction of the new natural power plant in Draculamo. A group of engineering equipment, construction technicians and hundreds of construction workers hired from the local area have all moved to Lonta to participate. construction.
The investment companies settled in the first phase of the industrial park are all processing plants with relatively simple technology. There are no high-tech, single-story steel structure factories. The office buildings in the factory area are made of brick-concrete structures with at most two floors, and they are simple to build.
It took less than two months. At present, the main bodies of the eight processing plants have been basically completed, and the equipment introduction and installation and factory environment beautification construction stages are currently underway.
The management and technical personnel hired by the investors from China are already in place. At this time, local employees recruited from nearby tribes are also being trained in the current crude venues.
Small and medium-sized investors are small in scale, and it is difficult for them to make a big impact in a short period of time. Even the management and technical personnel are almost all related by relatives. However, the advantage is that they can endure hardships and be flexible and flexible.
In order to save expenses and open the business as soon as possible to make a profit, the boss, management, and technicians all lived in the work shed, and they did not feel miserable and worked hard to catch up with the progress.
Seeing that these factories will be put into operation in a month or two, the speed is so fast that it once again refreshed Abacha's attention.
Of course, the training of employees in these small factories is also very unique. After recruiting, they first undergo military training.
These are the methods that Yang Deshan, Wang Jianzhong and others figured out based on domestic practice. They are very effective in disciplining employees and cultivating labor discipline. In order to promote the rapid construction and development of the industrial park, Yang Deshan also worked hard.
Both Yang Deshan and Wang Jianzhong were treacherous and sophisticated, but their actual management experience was quite rich. After they arrived in Kanem, their biggest problem was still being wary of local employees.
Now that many things have been completely revealed, Cao Mo also bluntly told Shen Ji that at Dongsheng's factory in Kanem, not only the grassroots supervisors, but also the middle-level supervisors should train and cultivate as many local people as possible. promoted.
The scale of the first phase of the industrial park is still small.
In addition to the administrative offices of the park, centralized accommodation for employees, and the 80 acres reserved for the first phase of the new cement plant, there are currently less than 70 acres of reserved land left.
This means that the first phase has not been completely completed, and now we must consider the second phase of expansion. Fortunately, the land is ready, and we can continue to expand southward along the east coast of Lake Conero.
Conero Lake Industrial Park Investment Co., Ltd., led by Dongsheng, is not only responsible for the construction of supporting projects such as water, electricity, communications, gravel roads, and gas stations in the park, but is also building three slab buildings for administrative offices and employees in the park. stay.
These three slab buildings are all four-story brick-concrete structures, and the construction of the main body has been completed. Internal water and electricity installation and simple decoration are currently being carried out. People will be able to move in for office and accommodation in one month at the earliest.
The park's administrative offices and staff accommodation planned in the early stage are very small, with only 20 acres of land.
No matter from any angle, it can be said that the Conero Lake Industrial Park is too small and too simple. Not to mention Xinhai, even the village-level industrial parks in the cities around Xinhai are more formal and grand than this one.
However, for a region with almost no industrial base, this is undoubtedly another precious seed that has already grown into strong seedlings.
Abacha invested more energy and enthusiasm in the Conero Lake Industrial Park than Cao Mo.
As someone with political ambitions and eager for the development of his hometown, he accompanied Cao Mo the next day and took Shen Ji and others to visit the industrial park under construction. He was very excited to say that in addition to being close to the river, he not only wanted to In addition to planning to build a new town on a narrow area of two hundred acres of land, we also hope to develop both sides of the Lukaku River into a real industrial city.
Although the industrial park is currently dominated by Dongsheng Overseas, Shen Ji obviously does not have high expectations for the development and construction of an industrial city on the east shore of Lake Cornero.
However, although the investment scale of the industrial park is small, its political significance is great.
Because of this, it has been mentioned in many meetings of the Xinhai Municipal Government, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they are very affirmative.
Regardless of whether it makes money or not, for Dongsheng Group, which attaches great importance to political resources, this is nothing more than spending a small amount of money to accomplish a big thing.
At present, the top management of Dongsheng Group has a unified opinion, hoping to make the Conero Lake Industrial Park a landmark project, and the subsequent park construction and road transportation facilities will be upgraded.
Cao Mo and Shen Ji also made it clear that they should coordinate the construction of new towns and control all the land within the planned area, and that the land should not be released in an orderly manner and eventually turn into slums.
Of course, the Felician Family Electric Power Company has direct power supply rights to the eastern coastal area of Lonta, including the Conero Lake Industrial Park. The first phase of the power transmission and distribution project will also be completed in a month. The preliminary phase of the park The land is currently being used by four sets of medium-sized diesel generators that are idle at the Ibogu Cement Factory.
Of course, everyone knows very well that if the Conero Lake Industrial Park and the supporting towns built in the later stage can achieve real great development, it means that the hydropower station group they lead to expand will also gain more considerable benefits. .
The Overseas Investment Division previously held a year-end meeting to discuss the possibility of building a third-phase palm oil crushing and refining plant in the Conero Lake Industrial Park. The current situation can be regarded as a complete change for these people. Next, Shen Ji will directly promote the implementation of this project in the Conero Lake Industrial Park.
This is an investment project of up to 20 million US dollars, and the new cement plant that is about to be launched will truly support the framework of the industrial park.
If we can have these two big trees, it will give other Chinese businessmen more confidence and make it easier to persuade more investors to settle in and build factories.
Of course, Shen Ji's current main concern is transportation issues. He is worried about the bearing capacity of the current simple road connecting Lungta to Draculamo, especially whether the road conditions during the rainy season will directly affect the transportation of palm oil products.
Cao Mo suggested that the two companies jointly build a small mixed-loading terminal on the east coast of Lake Cornero.
Investment in berths of two to three thousand tons is very limited. Dongsheng's crude palm oil crushing and refining plant is mainly connected to the international freight terminal of Draculamo. Having such a terminal can save a lot of costs compared to road transportation.
The new cement plant will mainly supply Draculamo City in the future.
Draculamo City has gathered almost one-third of the municipal and urban construction scale of the country of Kanem. However, the cement plants within two hundred kilometers of the surrounding area can only meet less than 20% of its construction even now. need.
In the past, the construction of Draculamore City mainly relied on imported cement. It has the largest cement import distributor in West Africa, but this time it was severely hit by the cement import ban.
Currently, the price of finished cement in Kanem nationwide has dropped to US$2,780 per ton, but in the building materials market in Draculamo City, the price of finished cement is still over US$300 per ton.
Due to the crude technology and equipment of the Ibogu Cement Plant, the quality of the finished cement is unstable and the price is slightly lower.
Because of this, Cao Mo was even more eager to build a new factory, lower costs, improve quality, and continue to seize Dracula Mo's building materials market.
After the new factory is built, the old factory can be vacated and the equipment can be upgraded. At this stage, Cao Mo really couldn't bear to close the old factory for a month to upgrade the equipment.
While building the new cement plant, Cao Mo plans to invest in building some vertical cement storage tanks along both sides of the Ogun River in Draculamo as sales points to directly sell bulk cement and carry out point-to-point transportation by water transportation through special cement ships. In order to further reduce filling and transportation costs.
In order to ensure that the new cement plant can be put into operation as soon as possible, Cao Mo plans to divide it into two production lines.
Shen Ji has been completely tied to them, and can carry Dong Sheng out as a tiger skin if necessary. Cao Mo no longer has to worry about being suppressed, and authorized Kabuga to sign directly with the Second Design Institute of Xinhai Construction Industry in China. Technology Contracting Agreement.
Next, he will sign a general project contracting agreement with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation's branch in Cardiff and strive to start the construction of the first Portland cement production line of the new cement plant as quickly as possible.
The first production line can be said to be an upgraded version of the old factory.
Whether it is follow-up construction or subsequent takeover and operation, the team currently formed by Wendy Scarf will not be under too much pressure and can make a good connection.
This is also fortunate that the Conero Lake Industrial Park started preparatory work as early as mid-to-late October last year, which actually saved three months of preparation period for the new cement plant.
Shen Ji and Yang Deshan both understood at this time that the cement factory was the real money-making tool in Cao Mo's hands.
The soon-to-be-built cement plant will not only rely on cheap upstream water and electricity resources, but will also be close to the largest cement consumer market in West and Central Africa.
Even though the price of Kanem's domestic finished cement is destined to fall further in the next three to five months, it will not prevent Cao Mo from continuing to reap huge profits.
Of course, in order to share the roll-on/roll-off terminal with the Dongsheng Phase 3 crushing plant and refinery, the first phase of the Ibogu New Cement Plant will be moved southward, thus merging the Lukaku River into the mouth of Lake Conero. Eighty acres of open space come out.
The location of the land at the mouth of the river is very good. Cao Mo originally selected the location of the new cement plant here, mainly because he could build a river port nearby and save construction costs. But now that it is vacant, it can be planned and constructed as part of a new town. .
"With this kind of scenery, the cost of building a Lana Del Rey-style resort hotel is too high, but there are more than ten or twenty wooden buildings on the shores of Lake Ibogu, and if the environment is tidied up, it is also a pretty good resort. Resort..." Shen Ji stood on the lake shore, looking at the blue Cornero Lake, and said with emotion.
Cao Mo thought about it too.
When building a lakeside wooden house hotel, the hardware facilities are not luxurious, and you don’t have the capital. However, the soft environment is relatively labor-intensive, and the accommodation conditions will not be worse than those of star hotels.
Of course, Cao Mo didn't expect the Lakeside Wooden House Hotel to make a profit, at least not until the industrial park and new town developed to a certain scale.
However, in addition to the need for better accommodation conditions for the management, the lack of supporting business hotels in the industrial park will also be quite inconvenient.
He currently has three lakeside wooden houses in Yibogu, all of which are arranged as guest rooms, but when Shen Ji and his party came over, they were already a little crowded.
As for the investment, it is naturally the responsibility of the Industrial Park Investment Company - the funds that the industrial park lacks will naturally be shared among the various shareholders...