Wang Wen fired five shots in a row and hit the target. She was very proud of the results of her shooting training in Yibogu during the Spring Festival holiday. She raised her pistol and showed off to Feng Rui: "How about it? If a robber comes looking for death, I can kill him with my level."
One or two people?"
"If you pull the paper target directly in front of your nose, you can still hit the bullseye!" Cao Mo couldn't help complaining when he saw Wang Wen was so proud of hitting the five-meter target and was standing aside chatting with Yang Deshan.
"That's better than those who pull the target in front of their eyes and nose, but they may not be able to hit the target!" Wang Wen's psychological resistance to attack has now greatly improved, and he pulled Song Yuqing out to support him.
"I'm pretty good now, okay?" Song Yuqing said unconvinced.
Wang Wen, Feng Rui and the others did not return to China during the Spring Festival, but they could still enjoy the Spring Festival holiday if they stayed in Canem. They had no place to go when they stayed in Draculamore, so they followed Song Yuqing and lived in a wooden house by the lake.
Just in time for the security company's shooting training range to be completed on the eve of the Spring Festival, they spent seven days eating and drinking, and shot Cao Mo thousands of bullets, becoming addicted to firearms.
"Mr. Yang, do you want to play a few games?" Wang Wen asked Yang Deshan.
"I'll forget it. Listening to the 'bang bang' explosions of your guns, my heart can hardly stand it. How can I think about playing with guns by myself." Yang Deshan waved his hand and refused.
Although Chinese businessmen can legally hold guns in Kanem, Yang Deshan and Xie Sipeng, like most other Chinese businessmen, find it too troublesome to keep firearms and so would rather hire bodyguards than apply for a gun license.
And even if he did encounter robbers, Yang Deshan would rather let the robbers take away all his money like what he encountered on the first day he arrived in Kanem, rather than actually take out a gun and confront the robbers.
shoot.
"Taihua is willing to provide a deposit of 16 million U.S. dollars, so I can only reluctantly take a step back. Otherwise, what else can I do? When will you bring the agreement over, I will sign it directly. I believe that this son of a bitch, Lu Yan,
You don't want to see me either." Cao Mo stood at the door of the shooting room and said to Yang Deshan.
"Are you still reluctant to do this?" Yang Deshan said with a smile, "Lu Yan was dragged back to China by Lu Jianchao the day before yesterday. He has a bad temper. I guess Lu Jianchao can't stand him. Bringing him home will help him calm down - speaking of it
It’s also strange. Mr. Shen said that Lu Yan was a bit domineering in the past, but his temper was not so bad. It seems that one thing is better than another, and he is destined to be eaten to death by you!"
"Who knows what kind of Tai Sui he committed? I'm not that annoying!" Cao Mo didn't tell Yang Deshan about Zhou Han at this time. He pretended to complain inexplicably and stood in the corridor to discuss with Yang Deshan.
matter.
Now even though Yang Deshan only has a small share of the shares in Cornero Energy, based on the current investment scale, the expected profit has exceeded his income from Dongsheng at this time.
Taking into account the rapid rise in international gold prices after the Spring Festival, the dividends he can get from Qiao Nai Gold Mine can increase from 30,000 US dollars last month to 40,000 US dollars, and can reach 50,000 or 60,000 US dollars in the future.
With the increase of 10,000 US dollars, his mood was extremely smooth.
Of course, he couldn't think about the opportunities he missed in Ibogu.
With Taihua's deposit of US$16 million, Cornero Energy is equivalent to receiving an interest-free loan of US$16 million.
Now we have to discuss how to spend the extra cash.
Shen Jiren is in China, and their share of the equity is mainly represented by Yang Deshan, who participates in the decision-making and management of Cornero Energy Investment Co., Ltd.
"We can start construction of one of the two medium-sized hydropower stations in Ega and Providence..." Yang Deshan said.
Dongsheng will continue to maintain oil palm land in Lonta, and they will be able to obtain continuous loans from the special trust fund of the United Bank of Oman.
There is no need to worry about the funds required for subsequent hydropower construction. Currently, we have received so much interest-free funds unplanned.
Jin and Yang Deshan felt that the construction of a medium-sized hydropower station with a larger power generation scale could be started first.
"A year ago, I said that the hydropower resources in the upper reaches of the Lukaku River had great potential. That was when I invested in building the first small hydropower station. The installed hydropower capacity of the entire upper reaches of the Lukaku River was less than 2,000 kilowatts," Cao Mo said. , "Within this year, our hydropower investment in the upper reaches of the Lukaku River will be close to US$100 million, and the total installed capacity will exceed 80,000 kilowatts. The hydropower resources that can be developed in the future cannot be said to have great potential. I think Therefore, even if Conero Energy Co., Ltd.’s short-term investment should be focused on electric energy target projects, the development of hydropower resources can be slowed down slightly to leave some margin for the future..."
In the past year, Cao Mo has used funds to do a lot of water conservancy geological survey work. Currently, it has been determined that the hydropower development resources in the upper reaches of the Lujiaochuan River have good conditions, with a total installed capacity of about 200,000 to 250,000 kilowatts. During the period, more than one-third of them were developed in less than two years, which is already very fast.
The small and medium-sized hydropower stations that have been developed or included in the second batch of construction have relatively little conflict with mineral mining and farmland irrigation and can be launched quickly. However, the factors to be considered in subsequent hydropower development are relatively more complex.
The water conservancy departments of Oyo State and the Lungta region have not considered these issues, but in addition to the Ibogu gold mine, Cao Mo later wants to increase investment in mineral development in Lungta, and also wants to invest in the Ibogu and Koro tribes. If he continues to promote the cultivation of staple crops outside the country, he must consider some issues and not cause trouble for himself in three to five years.
Another factor is that the two medium-sized hydropower stations on the upper reaches of the Ega and Providence rivers, in addition to higher investment, also have a much longer construction period than small hydropower stations.
For the Yeyangxia medium-sized hydropower station, the construction period he signed with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation was twenty months. Even if he could rush forward and cut off the beginning and end, it would be extremely fast to be able to provide power in fifteen months.
After New Year's Day, Cao Mo started the construction of the first batch of twelve small hydropower stations and other projects. He mainly wanted to invest the first batch of 20 million US dollars in funds and see a positive cash flow in half a year. He now mainly wants to Doing short-cycle projects will improve the efficiency of capital utilization, which will further contribute to the rapid development of Cornero Energy.
"The funds cannot be left idle in the account," Yang Deshan asked doubtfully, "Are you planning to put some of your energy into other power and energy projects? In addition to hydropower investment, what other power and energy projects do we have to invest in?"
"Of course there is," Cao Mo said, "I have always thought about acquiring the natural gas power plant owned by Sika Aidet Electric Power Company, but I didn't expect to have such an additional amount of funds before. To be honest, I have to thank Lu The chick is pointing at my nose and scolding me..."
After leaving Wang Wen behind, Feng Rui and the others continued to play with guns at the shooting range. He drove Yang Deshan and Song Yuqing back to the lakeside building and showed Yang Deshan the information on the Sika Aidet natural gas power plant.
The construction of new projects and the training and growth of the operation team all take time. Although acquisitions will also have a series of disadvantages, they are a shortcut to rapid expansion.
After the Felician family and the Abacha took control of the Sika Aidete Electric Power Company, although the power from the natural gas power plants was also purchased by the power grid company, and the remaining power capacity was fully utilized after New Year's Day, the scale was still too small.
, the equipment is aging, and Abacha has been reorganizing it for several months, but it still cannot see the established profit expectations.
Abacha had too many things to do and did not have the energy to get involved in the daily operations and management of the natural gas power plant. He wished that Cao Mo could take over this aspect.
In Cao Mo's view, the more critical problems of natural gas power plants lie in other aspects.
The Sika Aidet natural gas power plant was built in the early 1960s. During the reign of the fifth military government of Kanem in the mid-1990s, the power plant was expanded in Lonta. The original design was to expand it into a power plant with an installed capacity of two
It is a medium-sized thermal power plant with an annual power generation capacity of approximately 200 million kilowatts and 15,000 kilowatts.
At that time, the power plant, including cooling towers, boiler rooms, and supporting gas wells and gas pipelines had been completed. However, the fifth military government fell before the supporting power generation equipment could be imported into the country.
The area from Oyo State to Lungta was also overwhelmed and chaotic at the beginning. The project contractor at that time deducted the equipment purchase payment paid by the power plant to offset the project payment and ran away.
This bad debt went through three years of litigation, but ultimately failed to win. In the end, the power generation equipment of the old plant could only be renovated and continued to be used on the basis of new infrastructure.
Just imagine, how awesome is this operation team to be able to reduce the cost of power generation?
In the past, the power plant was able to maintain low-profit operations because, to put it bluntly, it was still reaping the benefits from ordinary citizens.
It was Cao Mo who originally encouraged the Abacha and Felician families to intervene in the Sika Aidet Electric Power Company. He naturally understood the situation of this natural gas power plant.
Although the British contractor defaulted on the equipment purchase payment, the infrastructure they were responsible for was of good quality and could still be used.
Even after the acquisition, it will still need to invest 30 million US dollars to completely replace a large number of power generation equipment and comprehensively repair the original infrastructure before it is possible to achieve the original designed power generation capacity.
This actually saves no more money than building a new natural gas power plant of the same size domestically.
However, the time required to acquire a power plant, repair infrastructure facilities, and replace with new power generation equipment is far less than that of building a new natural power plant.
Cornero Energy wants to maximize capital efficiency, and time is always the most precious thing.
Regardless of the preparation and application time for administrative permission, the infrastructure construction of a medium-sized hydropower station may take one to one and a half years, and the infrastructure construction of a new medium-sized natural gas power plant will take even longer. The acquisition of the Sika Aidet natural gas power plant will return to
Design production capacity may only take half a year.
Furthermore, in addition to the existing infrastructure facilities, the Sika Aidet natural gas power plant also has a small supporting shallow gas field in the north of Lungta near the power plant.
The storage resources of this shallow gas field are not very rich, but they are enough to supply gas to medium-sized thermal power plants with an annual power generation capacity of 200 million kWh.
More importantly, Oyo State has discovered large-scale deep gas fields in Kasiga and other places.
Cao Mo was thinking, if he acquires the Sika Aidet natural gas power plant and the gas mine at the same time, and if he invests money to conduct deep gas source exploration in the gas mine area, he will be able to find out, then the subsequent investment in this area will
The value is even higher.
"I will be in charge of negotiating the acquisition, but the evaluation and upgrading of the current infrastructure facilities of the power plant - the new natural gas power plant in Draculamo is the general contractor of CCECC. The East China Electric Power Design Institute is responsible for the introduction of technology and equipment. Experts from Huadian are also celebrating the New Year.
They are still staying at the construction site for equipment debugging and have not returned to China. Lao Yang, you are responsible for hooking them up and see if we can spend the 30 million US dollars in four or five months."
In the past, any Chinese-funded enterprise that wanted to acquire the Sika Aidet Power Plant would have been very complicated. It had to smooth out local relationships and establish a trusting relationship with the original investors of the power plant, which involved asset evaluation, operation
Negotiations on the details of team reorganization, employee takeover, etc. will last for who knows how long.
Now it's simple. The Felician family and Abacha have taken control of the controlling stake. Other shareholders have also reaped a lot of benefits from the construction of the new power grid and Dongsheng's large-scale oil palm land acquisition. The acquisition has become a matter of course. They and
The relationships in the Longta area have also been completely straightened out. If you really want to decide on the acquisition, it is probably just a matter of signing a signature and transferring an account.
It is rare to see ready-made fat meat like this in Lungta and even Oyo State - Cao Mo is not afraid that Taihua or other forces can compete with him for this piece of fat meat, but he must hurry up before Blake, Oppenheimer,
Before the Rupert family could react, they quickly grabbed the piece of fat and swallowed it first...