Cao Mo held a night banquet at Akwa's manor to entertain Nsange and others who were busy taking over Western Union Oil in Akwa these days.
In order to show off the grandeur, this time the dining table was placed on the coconut palm grass by the seaside.
The bright courtyard lamps and the candlelight of the silver candlesticks complement each other beautifully. The snow-white tablecloths are piled with delicious food. The tall crystal cups are filled with scarlet wine. Cao Mo is shaking the wine cup gently.
The wine produced in Akwa was sour in the mouth. Cao Mo didn't like drinking it, so he just pretended to do so. He mainly listened to Nsange's excited talk about their successful takeover and entry into Western Union Petroleum in the past few days.
Western Union Petroleum does not have many physical assets. A 30,000-ton medium-sized oil tanker is still leased. In the early stage, it was used to smuggle crude oil on the high seas.
Whether it is Western Union Petroleum or Crown Cement run by Zhou Han's adoptive mother Liang Yanling, any funds in the account will basically be transferred to the secret account...
Now the funds in the secret account have been wiped out by Liang Yuan, and as a condition for receiving the equity, all debts involving the original holding shell company have been wiped out. This means that the funds taken away by Liang Fan, Western Union Petroleum
It cannot recover from the original holding shell company, and Western Union Oil still defaults on debts of more than two million US dollars elsewhere.
However this is not the point.
In addition to holding the Akwa 40,000 tons of crude oil supply agreement per year, Western Union Petroleum also holds a cooperation agreement with the Lu family's refinery on the south shore of Lake Conero, as well as the Conero Lake Port Investment Co., Ltd. signed with the Jidam family.
The company’s equity transfer agreement.
Although the Conero Lake Port equity transfer agreement signed with the Jidamu family will not officially take effect until Western Union Petroleum pays the corresponding amount, Nsange no longer pretended to be coy in front of Cao Mo and made it clear that they had a way to get rid of this.
A total of US$15 million in payables will directly take over the Jidam family's 20% stake in the Port of Conero Lake.
Even though the fate of the Jidam family was not worthy of sympathy at all, Zhou Han was secretly frightened when he saw the undisguised pride on Nsanger's face.
If the Oppenheimer family and the other two families want to refuse this payable, in addition to the equity transfer agreement currently held by Western Union Petroleum, they also need the Jidam family to never say anything.
Take away 20% of the equity of Conero Lake Port without leaving any hidden dangers.
"I can only wish you all the best here." Cao Mo smiled and raised a glass of congratulations.
"By the way, I have a question that is very confusing to me. How come the controlling stake of Western Union Oil is in your hands, Mr. Cao? I thought Mr. Cao and you have always been hostile to the Jidamu family, and there is no way you would have anything to do with them.
What kind of cooperation? The facts seem to prove that I was wrong?" Engelsan Labram rushed to Lakeside Yashe and saw Cao Mo taking out a set of documents and seals for the West African United Oil Trade. He was also shocked and called him
My feelings towards Cao Mo have risen to a new level again. I have been confused for several days, but I still can't help but ask.
"Nsange, you probably don't think that I can accomplish these things with my own strength, do you? Most of the time, I am just doing other people a favor. However, everyone has their own secrets, Nsange
Don’t even think about asking me about my background,” Cao Mo said with an enigmatic smile, “Isn’t the most important thing for us now, that we can continue to cooperate happily?”
Nsange laughed and said he would not pursue such minutiae further.
"I think the most important thing for you next is to seize the time to negotiate with several other small and medium-sized investors in Western Union Petroleum to acquire the other 40% of their equity, right?" Cao Mo asked.
"This is indeed what we will step up to do in the next few days." Nsange did not hide his opinion.
"We want to completely control Western Union Oil and wipe it out," he said.
Seeing that Nsangge's words stopped abruptly and did not say any intention of letting him or the Rupert family share some of the juice, Cao Mo glanced at Bram and could see that he was disappointed.
Nsangge was completely unaware and asked Cao Mo: "When will the people from the Taihua Group return to Kanem? Do you have any news?"
It is not enough for them to merely control the West African United Oil Trade and obtain a 20% stake in the Conero Lake Port under construction.
This does not directly translate into a steady stream of profits.
What is more critical is that the Conero Lake Port, Xintai Refinery and Taihua Industrial Park can continue to be constructed until they can truly operate.
In that case, even if they trade 400,000 tons of crude oil per year, the profit will be enough for them to have a good meal.
However, they can now press the Jidam family with their fangs pulled out and rub them on the ground, but they dare not, or in other words are not yet capable, to blatantly seize the Taihua and Lu family's projects on the south bank of Lake Cornero.
What's more important is that large and small projects including the Conero Lake Port, Xintai Refinery, casino hotels, and grinding stations have not yet been completely completed.
If they don't want this project to completely fail, they will need Taihua and the Lu family to return to Kanem, and they will even need to invest at least hundreds of millions of dollars in subsequent construction to get the main project up and running.
This is the key to whether the Oppenheimer family can truly reap rich fruits from this incident.
How to contact Taihua and the Lu family to negotiate their return to Kanem? Fuzi Oppenheimer felt that Nsange needed to test Cao Mo's attitude first.
"I will return to China when Akwa's matter is settled. Then I will personally talk to Taihua..." Cao Mo said enthusiastically, pretending not to notice that Nsangge was just testing the situation.
"Mr. Cao, your relationship with the Lu family is not harmonious. Will they accept your suggestion?" Nsangge asked doubtfully, although he could not see through Cao Mo's background at all.
"There is an old saying in China, 'No one can live with money' - and again, when we Chinese do things, we pay attention to the principle of 'the imaginary should be real, and the real should be imaginary'. Before this incident, why didn't you Nsange
Do you think that the control of Western Union Petroleum will be in my hands?" Cao Mo said with a smile, "And since I have made a commitment, why should I promote the cooperation between Taihua and the Oppenheimer family? Of course, when I return to China
Before that, it would be best for the Heippenheimer family and Western Union Oil to sign a power of attorney for me - as for the special adviser's salary, I won't take it, haha - I should be able to give the Oppenheimer family a satisfactory
reply……"
"..." Nsangge hesitated, changed the subject, and left without mentioning not to give Cao Mo the power of attorney...
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The complacent Nsanger and others got drunk and returned to the hotel by car. Bram stood in front of the steps paved with gray and white rocks. Before getting in the car and leaving, he couldn't help but defend Cao Mo and said:
"They don't seem to be willing to be a long-term partner with you, Mr. Cao..."
"The Oppenheimer family has gained control of Western Union Petroleum. As long as Taihua and the Lu family are reluctant to lose their investment on the south shore of Lake Conero, they have already seized the initiative. They will directly take over the subsequent negotiations and end them early.
There is nothing wrong with giving up this cooperation with us,”
Cao Mo was not surprised by what kind of choice Nitz Oppenheimer would make. The reason why he used words to show their attitude today was also to show Brahm. Of course, he didn't take it seriously at this time.
said,
"And if they really want to sign this power of attorney to me, they still have to worry about whether I will get any benefits from it. This is also human nature - this
This should also be what Nitz Oppenheimer and the others are considering, as Nsange is still not in charge of this!"
"I originally thought that the Oppenheimer family would have greater influence in politics, and it would be necessary for Nsange to join the Democracy Promotion Front this time - now it seems that I was too wishful thinking." Brahm said.
Said regretfully.
As descendants of colonists, the Oppenheimer family, like the Rupert family, has always had deep connections with Western society.
If the Oppenheimer family were not so greedy, allowing Nsange to directly join the Democratic Promotion Front on behalf of the Oppenheimer family would not only make the Democratic Promotion Front's influence and strength stronger in Akwa and West Africa, but also have a negative impact on their current situation in Akwa and West Africa.
What Akwa did was definitely a big boost.
Now he realizes that he was too wishful thinking!
Cao Mo said softly:
"Xintai Refinery and Conero Lake Port have attracted all their attention now. They don't want to do anything extra for the time being, right? Then let them serve as our background!"
Brahm thought about it. After all, it would be a rare honeymoon period for them and the Oppenheimer family. If Nsange wanted to establish a foothold in Akwa and rectify the daily business of Western Union Petroleum, he could only rely on them.
Bian - At this time, they claim to Akwa's political circles that the Oppenheimer and other families are their indestructible allies. Who would question it?
At this time, if we talk directly to Nitz Oppenheimer, we don’t know what price he will offer to satisfy our appetite!
Cao Mo watched Bram leave in the car, and then walked toward the building with Zhou Han.
"The interests involved on the south shore of Lake Cornero are huge. You wouldn't really want to see Nitz Oppenheimer join forces with the other two companies and eat up everything without even leaving any juice, right?" Zhou Han asked curiously.
She had told Cao Mo heart-to-heart these past few days, but she still couldn't figure out what Cao Mo was thinking.
"It's also a good thing to be able to end my commitment to Nitz Oppenheimer in advance,"
Cao Mo glanced at Zhou Han and saw that she was just curious, so he said,
"As for whether they can eat up all the juice? I think it's difficult. The most difficult thing for people is to build trust. The Lu family is frightened now, Kanem really lacks the necessary rules and restraints, and the Lu family doesn't occupy the home court at all.
Advantage, this time, it seems that Nitz Oppenheimer is secretly leading this matter. Why does Lu Jianchao believe that he is not another Rumisu Jidam? They really want to revitalize their investment on the south shore of Lake Cornero.
I wouldn't even mind cooperating with Nitz Oppenheimer, but the problem is that to complete a series of projects such as ports, refineries, grinding stations, casinos and hotels, we still need to invest US$140,000 to US$140,000, and there is no one
With the participation of a strong third party, does Taihua dare to continue investing? Don’t worry, I will have to take over this job in the end! The only headache is not knowing how big Ding Zhaoqiang’s appetite is. Of course, I don’t care about them
Everyone has their own appetite. As for me, I only have some thoughts about the grinding station..."
The production of finished cement can be divided into two processes.
The front-end process mainly uses limestone, clay and iron substances as the main raw materials, which are prepared in appropriate proportions. After preliminary grinding, they are then calcined until they are partially or fully melted.
Products at this stage are easy to expand production capacity, consume limited electricity, and are easy to preserve. They are suitable for long-distance transportation, as long as the transportation cost is low enough.
The real bottleneck of cement production and the subsequent need to quickly connect with the market and the strict storage conditions are the later grinding processes, which also consume the largest amount of electricity.
Cao Mo made no secret of the fact that what he coveted most on the south shore of Lake Cornero was the grinding station that was under construction and was expected to have an annual production capacity of one million tons of finished cement.
As for other things, he doesn't dare to be too greedy for the time being...