"There are still a few villas behind that are vacant. Why don't you rent them tomorrow and I'll contact you..."
In addition to asking Cao Mo to recommend a cook from Yibo Ancient Village to take over Lucy's job, Song Yuqing also reminded Cao Mo to quickly rent his office and residence nearby.
After what happened in Yibo Ancient Village, even though Song Yuqing stood with Yang Deshan and Guo Jian, she mainly wanted to keep her job, but she knew very well in her heart that Guo Jian was not trustworthy.
The community they lived in was open, and the security environment in Draculamore was not optimistic. Song Yuqing thought to herself that even if Cao Mo would not stay in Draculamore for too long in the future, after being together for nearly a year,
Lucy, who is full of vigor and energy, can live nearby, and she can always ask for help if anything happens, which makes her feel more at ease.
"..." Cao Mo patted his forehead.
Kanem's economic development is lagging behind, but building materials are extremely expensive, making housing prices and rents not cheap.
This place is outside Aral Lake Island and Ikoyi Island, where the wealthy class live intensively, but the community environment is relatively good and it is close to the strait. The monthly rent for a small villa is US$400, equivalent to more than 3,000 RMB.
However, thinking about it again, if he really wanted to have a foothold in Draculamore, even if it was for his own safety, he would not go to the slums to find cheap housing.
After Song Yuqing's hair was dried with a towel, Lucy had already prepared dinner.
There was no one else around, so Cao Mo asked Lucy to have dinner with him and Song Yuqing.
When Cao Mo mentioned that Stena would come over to take over her job as a cook and rent a villa nearby tomorrow, Lucy's brows drooped.
Although hidden by her chocolate-colored skin, Lucy's subtle expression was not obvious, but Cao Mo still caught it keenly and said to her:
"Although you can take good care of this place by renting a villa nearby, it will not be good for your future development. Don't worry, I will not treat you and Kabuga badly with your salary. You are right
My career plan should be more ambitious. I feel that the situation in Kanem has been relatively stable in the past two years, and it should develop step by step in the future..."
Song Yuqing thought Cao Mo's words were very abrupt, but when she saw Lucy lowering her head in shame, she looked at Cao Mo strangely.
She didn't even notice Lucy's reluctance at all. How could Cao Mo see that Lucy still wanted to work as a cook here?
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Behind the residence, there is an empty two-story villa.
The next day was a working day, but Song Yuqing did not go to the office.
The two local employees were dragged to Longta by Guo Jian to do private work. Unless there was something that needed to be handled in the office, Song Yuqing was usually not willing to go to the office alone and would rather stay with Lucy.
Song Yuqing went to Draculamore to take charge of the finances. She took over the subsequent lease renewal of the villa and Kennett Building office. This time she directly helped Cao Mo contact the owner of the villa and made an appointment to go see the house together in the afternoon.
Although it is said to be a villa, it is actually similar to privately built small buildings in China. The interior decoration is relatively simple, but it is much better than the tin houses in the slums and the thatched huts in the Longta countryside.
The rent is slightly cheaper than Cao Mo expected, but it is also limited.
"This villa is just right. If you stand on the balcony, you can still see the back window of my room." Seeing Cao Mo's hesitation, Song Yuqing encouraged him.
"If you sleep without closing the curtains, I will rent it," Cao Mo joked.
"Why are you so virtuous? How old are you, and you still want to take advantage of me? Believe it or not, I will deal with you?" Song Yuqing glanced at Cao Mo and stretched out her hand to strike.
"You were the one who mentioned the window first," Cao Mo said.
"I mean we are so close. If you need anything, just shout. Where do you want to go?" Song Yuqing said.
Seeing Song Yuqing's angry face, as if the old incident of colluding with him had never happened, Cao Mo was speechless: Why are women so fickle?
Or does she think that her mind has not been penetrated, so she just pretends that it doesn't exist?
"Seeing that you are ready to move, do you want to find a girlfriend?" Song Yuqing looked into Cao Mo's eyes and asked seriously.
"Who is ready to make a move? Isn't it inappropriate for us to talk about this topic?" Cao Mo protested.
"Are you still embarrassed? The proprietress of Huajun Hotel recently brought her sister to Dracula Mo to help. She is a very pretty girl who matches your age very well. If you are interested, I can help you hire someone tonight.
Come over for dinner..." Song Yuqing looked like someone who had come before and made suggestions for Cao Mo.
Although Cao Mo had seen the proprietress of Huajun Hotel, who was not only a bit rich, but also pretty good-looking, and thought that if her sister was not crooked, she would not be ugly, but he still had the stubbornness of his age and wanted to find a girlfriend.
Relying on introductions from others?
Cao Mo curled his lips and expressed that he had no interest. He didn't have the energy or time to please a girl of the same age now.
"She's a really good girl, you can consider it." Song Yuqing persuaded without giving up.
"Go, go, go, let's do business first..." Cao Mo pushed Song Yuqing back to the bedroom, nodded to Lucy who was negotiating with the landlord, and motioned for her to sign the lease and temporarily transfer the right to use this small building.
bring here.
Cao Mo and Song Yuqing walked upstairs and downstairs again, thinking about how to arrange the arrangement appropriately.
There are two bedrooms and a semi-open small living room on the second floor.
Lucy had been married a long time ago, but she had a strong personality and did not get along well with her husband's other two wives. She also had no children. She broke away from her husband three years ago and moved back to her parents' home.
Lucy's parents' home is only three streets away from here, which is quite close, but it is in a slum area.
Cao Mo and Bujia once visited Lucy's parents' house. What impressed them most was the extremely narrow alleys with sewage flowing across them and the crowded simple iron houses. When they walked into Lucy's bedroom filled with clutter,
, it’s even difficult to turn around.
Therefore, Lucy no longer works as a cook and live-in nanny. Even though she can go to and from get off work like a normal employee, Cao Mo still wants to leave another bedroom for her...
Cao Mo sat on the slightly musty cloth sofa.
Renting this villa was mostly the reason for him to find a place to stay in Draculamore, and then asked Lucy to watch, follow up on the gold mine's equipment purchase progress from Draculamore and domestic manufacturers at any time, and keep in touch with Xie Sipeng
Contact Victoria Bullion Corporation.
In fact, Lucy doesn't have to deal with too many affairs, and is more like his personal assistant when he stays in Draculamore. But since there is such a point, Lucy is permanently stationed here, so she should be more fully
Take advantage of it.
But besides the Ibogu gold mine project, is there anything else that he can do at Dracula Motor that can't keep up with the Ibogu gold mine project, thus diverting energy and funds?
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Song Yuqing walked downstairs and wanted to ask Cao Mo how to decorate his room so that she could help him make suggestions. When he saw Cao Mo sitting on the sofa in the living room with one leg crossed under his buttocks, he looked like a big boy.
He is a boy, but the way he frowns and thinks about things shows a maturity that is inconsistent with his age.
At this time, a ray of dusk sunlight shone in from the window and fell on Cao Mo's face. Cao Mo just frowned subconsciously, but he was so absorbed in thinking that he never thought of avoiding the direct sunlight.
As colleagues in the past, even when they were overseas and under the same roof, Song Yuqing rarely looked at Cao Mo carefully. That would be very rude and deliberately ambiguous. Except for that uncontrollable impulse, she really didn't.
She had thought about having an extramarital affair with a boy four years younger than her, but at this moment, the scene of Cao Mo being directly illuminated by the evening sun seemed to be frozen in a quiet painting, leaving her stunned.
Song Yuqing had always known that Cao Mo was a handsome boy, but at this moment she noticed that the bridge of his nose was so straight, and the outline formed by his brow bone was clear and concave and convex, giving him a sculpture-like beauty; his thin cheeks were also
Tougher than a young man of his age.
Cao Mo was thinking about something and didn't notice Song Yuqing looking at her. Song Yuqing came to her senses after a while. In order to suppress the panic and shame in her heart, she opened her mouth and asked Cao Mo:
"What are you thinking about?"
"Ah?" Cao Mo looked up and saw Song Yuqing standing at the top of the stairs. Then he saw Lucy coming down the stairs. He came to his senses and said, "I'm not thinking about anything..."
He still hopes that Lucy will stay in Draculamore, but he doesn't want Lucy to know that he has no idea what to do next in this place.
Of course, one principle is certain.
At least for him, the Ibogu Gold Mine still has great potential to be tapped. He should not distract his energy and limited funds from the Ibogu Gold Mine when he has no capital.
Maybe his thinking needs to change?
He only thinks about getting domestic product agents and selling them to the Kanem market, which may not be suitable for his actual situation at this time, but tapping the exploitable resources in Ibogu Village and even the Lonta area and supplying them to Draculamo and even domestic
Woolen cloth?
In addition to gold mines, there are still many resources that can be exploited in the Lungta area. The raw materials for cement production are very rich, such as logs, large palm trees, and cocoa trees.
Palm oil extraction and cocoa bean export are currently relatively large-scale cash crop industries in the Lonta region, but they are basically monopolized by wealthy local plantation owners.
Even if the ancient village of Yibo could still free up a large area of land to plant palms and cocoa, it would take a growth cycle of five or six years before the fruits could be harvested. This was obviously not something Cao Mo was capable of doing at this time.
In other parts of Kanem, especially in the middle reaches of the Niger River, the export of felled logs has become large-scale and is one of Kanem's main export commodities. Kanem is currently the second largest exporter of logs in Africa.
However, the traffic conditions in Lonta are too bad.
The Shikakugawa River has an entrance to the sea, but there is only a small and unsightly fishing port at the entrance. It is unrealistic to export logs from there.
The largest seaport in Kanem and even in West Africa is Draculamo. However, if the logs from the north of Ibogu Village are to be transported to Draculamo for re-export, it is better to go directly from the eastern part of Oyo State, that is, from the seaport in Degulamo.
The forests in the upper reaches of the Ogun River in Gulamo are contracted to cut logs for export.
This is not something he should be distracted by at this time.
Producing cement?
These days, the mines are crazy about infrastructure construction. Cao Mo is really stimulated by the high price of cement. But the problem is that the electricity in Longta Town is extremely weak. How much electricity is used for the production of the cement industry?
The last time Cao Mo returned to Draculamore, he specifically checked the energy consumption of small cement companies in cement production.
Cement production is definitely a large energy consumer. Producing one ton of cement consumes more than 100 kilowatt hours of electricity.
Since Lungta cannot provide additional industrial power, it is impossible to use diesel power generation sets, right?
The equipment investment and daily diesel consumption of the diesel unit are extremely expensive!