In fact, most people are not qualified to participate in the iron ore trade; as for the placer gold mines in the Ouma region, foreigners cannot directly invest. They can only cooperate with local tribal chiefs through equipment leasing and technical services. However, If you encounter a local chief who is dishonest, you may lose all your money.
Of course, most of the Chinese businessmen who went to Africa were very courageous and adventurous. Since Xie Sipeng, Xu Sheng and others had already found a way to mine placer gold in Akwa, they were tempted to take risks.
This experience was really unpleasant. Thinking that there was business to be done in Canem, most people thought about it for a while and decided to spend two days in Pemme Port as a tourist to relax, and then go back to Kaname. Naim goes.
They have no interest in visiting Mangba Mining Area or Ouma Gold Mine...
Cao Mo and Shen Ji had no intention of having fun. They found that not only Xie Sipeng, Xu Sheng and others, but also Guo Hongliang, Xiao Jun and others who were interested in getting in touch with the local society, had limited understanding of Akwa.
Cao Mo also made this mistake in the beginning.
After arriving in Kanem, his English proficiency quickly passed, and he even learned Yoruba from Kabuga, but after all, it was not his mother tongue, and his thinking did not change. He was unable to read English happily. From the bottom of his heart, I hate reading local newspapers and watching local TV programs.
Therefore, it is not possible to fully understand the local social landscape from a relatively high and extensive channel, and it is only limited to obtaining information sources through contact with local partners. This directly leads to a narrow source of information and is often biased.
Abacha had an official position and could not stay in Akwa for too long, so he and others took the third day's flight back to Kanem; in the next seven or eight days, Cao Mo and Shen Ji asked Du Ganjie, Xiao Jun and the others to Collect all the major newspapers in Akwa in the past year.
At the same time, he and Shen Ji seized the time to make appointments with Dongsheng and Tianyue's partners in Peimei, including distributors and agents.
Although Dongsheng does not directly set up an office in Akwa, it also has partners in Akwa, purchasing crude palm oil produced in Akwa, and selling aluminum profile products to Akwa through distributors. Over the past year, there have been Trade volume of six to seven million US dollars.
The scale of trade is not large, but for the West African branch, it is not a market share that can be easily given up.
The Dongsheng family alone can receive orders worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, and they are already quite prominent figures in Akwa, which is lagging behind in economic development.
Akwa is a country strictly controlled by the military government. The elite class has stronger and wider control over the economic field. This also determines that the partners of the two companies in Akwa will more or less involve local politicians. background.
On the one hand, Cao Mo and Shen Ji learned more about Akwa's information at all levels from the media; on the other hand, they communicated with local partners to understand their true attitude towards this information, and then from the side To more specifically speculate on the true attitudes of various strata of Akwa society towards the current increasingly fierce calls for political change.
It is obviously unrealistic to sort out all the clues in such a short period of time, but it will also help them to be more precise.
To gain a deeper understanding of how intricate the interest relationships entangled in Akwa are after this wave of political change.
Although Cao Mo and Shen Ji have come into contact in the past few days, they are mainly involved with the powerful people in Akwa's economic field. Even though these people have taken advantage of Akwa's current system, they are still worried about the upcoming crisis. Political changes are still highly anticipated.
However, Shen Ji believes that all this is normal and should be viewed calmly.
On the one hand, there are the powerful people in the economic field of Akwa, who have accumulated huge wealth over the years, and they are more eager to legitimize through political changes.
On the other hand, they are also eager to seize more attractive wealth through political changes.
Of course, a more relaxed political environment and atmosphere will help them better enjoy the wealth in their hands, and it is also an important reason for them to support political change.
Cao Mo and others also paid attention to countries such as Europe and the United States, especially the United Kingdom. As the former colonial master of Akwa, the conglomerate forces with deep roots in the energy, mineral and financial fields still penetrated Akwa very powerfully, even It can be said that these forces are the mainstream driving political change in Akwa.
Akwa restricts the entry of foreign capital, especially oil, gold and other mineral resources. European and American companies mainly cooperate with Akwa National Petroleum and Mining Group and its affiliated state-owned enterprises through trade, equipment exports and technical services.
The total amount of these cooperation seems to be quite considerable, but compared with Akwa's annual export revenue of crude oil, gold and other minerals, which is as high as 20 billion US dollars, it is too small.
At a time when crude oil, gold and other mineral energy prices are soaring, this is obviously far from satisfying their appetite.
It can even be said that as long as the Saiwei authorities can completely liberalize the energy and mining fields, whether there will be political changes is a trivial matter.
Of course, in view of the previous uncooperative attitude of the Sevi government, these consortium forces either secretly funded large and small resistance forces in Akwa, or found agents in Akwa and put on the cloak of the democratic resistance movement, which has already Waves of political change were fanned.
The wave has started, and there is a trend of defection both domestically and internationally. Even if the Sewi government wants to compromise now, it is unrealistic to think about suspending political changes at the expense of liberalizing the Akwa energy and mining sectors.
Even if Akwa holds a democratic election, Sewiyi may even be elected president after compromising with Europe and the United States. However, the agents who have been secretly cultivated and supported over the years will also have the opportunity to enter the democratically elected government and control various powers. It is definitely much more reliable than a promise from Zi Weiyi.
This is consistent with Shen Ji's initial judgment.
At this time, Cao Mo really wanted to go against the tide and fund Uvbonia's coup. The main opponent was not the Sevi government, but the forces of these capital consortiums and the agents they supported in Akwa.
As the vice president of Dongsheng Overseas Investment Division and responsible for the actual business of the overseas department, Shen Ji could not stay in Akwa for too long. After helping Cao Mo sort out the complicated connections, Shen Ji took a flight back. Kanem, and then took the opportunity to return home via Draculamore.
"Is Shen Ji going back like this?" On the way to send Shen Ji to the airport and back to the hotel, Zhou Han sat in the passenger seat and couldn't help but wonder.
asked.
"Why don't you go back?" Cao Mo asked curiously, "He is the CEO of Dongsheng Overseas Department. It is impossible for him to stay in Peimei for fun like me..."
Zhou Han resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said: "Lu Yan went back to Dracula Mo, and the day before yesterday he returned to Peimei with Huang Hebin. They must have made a decision. What do you plan to do next?"
She has been by Cao Mo's side these past few days, helping to collect and sort out the materials.
She admitted that she had gained a deeper understanding of Akwa's social landscape and high-level political dynamics in the past few days, but the matter couldn't end like this?
What is the specific action plan?
From which point do they plan to enter the upcoming changes in Akwa, and what benefits do they plan to seek from it?
You can't just wait for the benefits to fall into their arms, right?
As for Cao Mo's decision to stay in Peimei Port for the time being, they obviously didn't mean to just sit back and watch completely.
Zhou Han believed that Cao Mo had a plan, but she and Cao Mo had been following each other these days, but she didn't notice any clues that could indicate Cao Mo's next move. At this time, she couldn't contain her curiosity and asked.
Come.
"Analyzing the materials these days, you can also see that many European and American consortiums have established agents in Akwa. In particular, the British government formulated a plan to 'return to Africa' last year and built new military bases in Benin and other places.
Do you think I, a small shrimp that is not even a small fish, can get something to eat besides just waiting to see what happens?" Cao Mo rested his head with his hands leisurely and asked, "I'd better find someone to do it.
If I inform Sewiyi and thwart Uvboniya’s coup plot, will the Sewiyi government allocate an oil field for me to develop?”
"If I remember correctly, the Tubman family seems to have a lot of people who followed Staree into Benin. It seems that this chess piece has not surfaced yet..." Zhou Han said tentatively.
"The Tubman family has failed in the hands of Tubman Jr., so what's the point of withdrawing to Benin? Speaking of workers, Cornero Engineering Construction Company now has almost 3,000 workers.
Now, how can you get Akwa to stop the coup?" Cao Mo said, "I think you are scheming about this and that person all day long, are you habitually overthinking it?"
"If you want to go back to Kanem now, I'll admit that I'm overthinking it." Zhou Han said unconvinced.
"I won't leave because I want to confuse Lu Jianchao and the others," Cao Mo said. "You are still suspicious even when you are around me. If I stay here, tell me how restless the grandsons like Lu Jianchao and Lu Yan must be - haha
, this is an empty city strategy, have you discovered that I am a genius? Please call me 'Kong Ming of the World' from now on..."
Hearing Cao Mo's nonsense, Zhou Han didn't know how to complain.
"By the way, help me contact Xie Sipeng and ask him to treat me to dinner tonight - I want to make this grandson Lu Yan even more restless..." Cao Mo said again.
Cao Mo was in Peimei Port these days, but he didn't pay much attention to Xie Sipeng. At this time, he put Shen Ji on the plane and asked Xie Sipeng to meet at night. He must have done something, and it must have shocked Lu Yan and Lu Jianchao and others behind Lu Yan.
Worried, Zhou Han also felt an indescribable secret excitement, and immediately took out his mobile phone to contact Xie Sipeng...