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They stayed in Peimei for only one day. The next day, Cao Mo personally met with Shen Ji, roped in Juan Mantar and officials from the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan, and accompanied Zhang Chaoyang and his entourage to Drake, Mamba, Kruno, etc. Regional visits and inspections.
Drake, Mamba, and Krono are the major energy and mineral mining towns in Akwa. While Western society has not completely lifted the economic blockade on Akwa, the gold, oil, coal, and iron mined in these three places resources, contributing nearly 20 billion US dollars in foreign exchange to Akwa in 2006.
After Akwa's economic policy was liberalized, more than 70% of the first batch of foreign enterprise investment pilot projects were concentrated in these three regions. Among them, Kroono, which is famous for its oil richness, undertook the highest investment amount. The British Royal Offshore Oil Group Luno won three oil exploration and technological transformation projects with a total investment of US$2 billion.
West African oil has mainly supplied refineries in Western Europe since the 1940s, and it continues to this day, with a brief interruption due to war. On this oil shipping route, even though there are few deep-water ports that can accommodate supertankers, The distance is relatively short, so transportation costs have little impact on oil prices.
Before 2000, the vast majority of steel companies in Western Europe had already declined, and the emerging super-large steel companies were mainly concentrated in China. This made the iron ore resources in the Mangba region less attractive to Akwa this time. During the liberalization of economic policies, it has not received much attention.
However, iron ore giants such as Britain's Rio Tinto, Australia's BHP Billiton, and Brazil's Vale have previously sent inspection teams to Akwa to make contacts. However, the real ambition of these iron ore giants is to obtain the goods at a low cost. To monopolize more iron ore resources in the world in order to control the entire iron ore trade, they may not really want to invest on a large scale in Mangba Iron Mine.
The Akwa authorities are more or less aware of this.
At present, the international commodity market is booming, and they urgently need to introduce new investment to increase the development of domestic energy and mineral resources in exchange for more wealth.
Akwa has been in a semi-closed state for a long time, but he is still aware of the latest trends in the global steel industry, so he also gave a great warm welcome to Zhang Chaoyang and his party.
Objectively speaking, Shen Ji and the others dared to follow Cao Mo and bet heavily on Drake because they saw that the line from Kruno, Mamba, Drake and Pemei, as Akwa's economic lifeline, not only In the future, more and more European and American energy and mining giants will place heavy bets, and people at all levels in Akwa have a clearer understanding of this.
This allows even if unexpected turbulence occurs in Akwa's political situation, more people and interest groups will try their best to try their best to prevent this economic lifeline area from being affected as little as possible.
Zhang Chaoyang and his party inspected Akwa for seven days. Afterwards, Cao Mo and Shen Ji personally accompanied them back to Kanem and visited the real destination of this business inspection, the Catero Steel Plant with an annual output of 400,000 tons of crude steel. .
New Steel Union has an office affiliated with the marketing department in Draculamo, and has a considerable understanding of the Catero Steel Plant and the steel consumption demand in West Africa. It has even discussed project investment matters with the Catero Steel Plant before.
However, the Oyo State government previously thought of tying the Catero Steel Plant with the Bosso Iron Mine in the east to introduce new investments, which discouraged all investors.
The low grade of the Bosso iron ore and the relatively high cost of refining are only one aspect. What is more important is that there is no cheap rail or waterway shipping connection between the Bosso iron ore and the Catero Steel Plant.
At present, millions of tons of iron ore are transported to the Catero Steel Plant for smelting every year through extremely poor roads, which is very costly.
Coupled with backward technology and equipment, Catero Steel Plant has found it difficult to maintain its operations in Canem, where there is a huge demand gap for steel and high prices.
Moreover, due to the limited production capacity of Catero Steel Plant, the cost of building a separate railway between Catero Steel Plant and Bosso Iron Mine is too high, and no investor is willing to undertake it.
On the one hand, it is difficult for the Catero Steel Plant to sustain itself. On the other hand, Cao Mo, Abacha and the others are secretly pushing for it. The Oyo State government currently plans to close the Bosso Iron Mine, which is devouring profits like a black hole, so that Catero Steel can
The factory can be untied from it, and external investment can be introduced independently to revitalize the enterprise.
In this way, as long as the Catero Steel Plant undergoes a certain degree of technical transformation and an ore terminal is built in the middle reaches of the Ogun River, high-grade iron ore can be transported from Mangba, Akwa, to smelting at a low cost and make a profit.
Expectations are guaranteed.
To bring Zhang Chaoyang to Kanem for investigation, Dongsheng's influence was actually used. Shen Ji had reported to Ding Zhaoqiang beforehand that Dongsheng was also a shareholder of New Steel Alliance. Of course, Ding Zhaoqiang also knew the specific details of Catero Steel Plant.
After understanding the situation, Shen Ji was allowed to come forward to promote this matter.
After Catero's inspection, when he returned to Draculamo and prepared to take a flight back to China, Lu Yan and Huang Hebin, who had returned to Canem to preside over the construction of the Taihua Industrial Park and Conero Lake for less than a month, were in Lana Del Rey.
The beach hotel hosted a banquet for Zhang Chaoyang and his entourage, and Cao Mo and Shen Ji were also among the rare invited guests.
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Lana Del Rey Beach Casino has been closed for more than three months, and the hotel has also become deserted. The hotel's large private beach is sparsely deserted at this time, and there are not many tourists. The huge sunset hangs on the sea, and there is no wind.
The rhythmic undulating sea water gives people a static and solid feeling, as if a huge dark green gem is inlaid between heaven and earth.
"After Starlie injured Baja in the parking lot, she fled into the Lana Del Rey Hotel. We swam through the iron fence to escape..."
At today's dinner, Lu Yan and Huang Hebin invited many representatives of Chinese businessmen. Cao Mo liked to be quiet. He stood on the beach and recalled with Little Tubman, Abacha, Bram and the others when he and Starlie came from Lanade.
Hotel Ray's escape from the Brotherhood of Steel Fist.
Who would have imagined that in just two years, the Brotherhood of the Steel Fist and the Ghidamu Family, which were once rampant in Draculamore, had vanished into thin air?
Little Tubman sent his two sons to the Oguta Manor in Benin to be taken care of by his mother. He has been accompanying the inspection team these days, and he quickly recovered from his depressed mood. This is also in line with his character.
, holding a cigar in his hand, admiring the graceful figures of the bikini girls on the beach.
Cao Mo, Abacha, and Bram all have a common hobby on this point, and they couldn't help but comment on it while talking and laughing. They all felt that after the casino was closed, the business of the hotel was greatly affected, and even the business on the beach was greatly affected.
The number and quality of bikini girls has dropped by several levels. It is a pity and I miss the days when casinos were booming.
Of course, as far as the Beach Casino is concerned, the property still belongs to the Lu family. It was leased to Yan Zhicheng at the time, and it is currently the casino's franchise license. Because of the violence and economic crimes involving the Brotherhood of Steel, it was banned by the Draculamore Municipal Council. canceled by the authorities.
Brahm did not accompany Zhang Chaoyang and his delegation throughout the entire visit. He returned to Dracula Mo ahead of schedule to help Cao Mo coordinate the equity transfer. Today was also the first time in this period that he met with Cao Mo and Shen Ji.
The Steel Fist Brotherhood and the Jidam family, as the most stubborn remaining forces from the former military government, were completely destroyed this time. The families descended from colonists such as Rupert and Oppenheimer, who have been targeted for a long time, are most happy to hear about it. They all worked more or less behind the scenes.
The descendants of the colonists have relied on their past accumulation and close relationship with Western society to recover rapidly in the economic field of Kanem in recent years, and are now becoming active in the investment field; even if more of them are just playing the role of threading the needle.
Of course, for most investors and investment institutions, they still prefer targets with low risks and stable returns.
Compared with Cornero Cement, Cornero Energy's business profit model is clearer and its prospects are brighter.
Cao Mo originally wanted to package and sell his 30% stake in Cornero Energy to Draculamo Power Group, and then transfer a small part of Cornero Cement's shares to raise some funds, but Brahm's plan After half a month of communication, it turns out that many investors are more interested in the equity of Cornero Energy, and are still worried that Canem's finished cement market is too volatile.
In addition, there are some people who are very interested in Cao Mo's shares in Sanchez and Blue Star Leasing Company.
This is the asset package that Brahm and the Oppenheimer family plan to put into a listed company.
Sanchez and Blue Star Taxi not only occupy 45% of the motorcycle passenger transport market in Draculamo, but once they are packaged into a listed company, the assets will be securitized and have open channels, which will add to the newly emerging city of Draculamo. favored by the capital market.
It is a pity that Cao Mo's shares in Sanchez and Blue Star Leasing Company are very limited, only slightly more than 6% of the shares; it was originally agreed that he would have priority to exit.
Brahm still suggested that Cao Mo sell the shares of Sanchez and Blue Star Leasing Company. As long as this equity transaction can be implemented, the value of the Rupert family's approximately 15% stake in Sanchez and Blue Star Leasing Company will have a benchmark. You can obtain mortgage financing from a financial institution.
It is difficult for Cao Mo to obtain support from financial institutions in Kanem, but the Rupert family still has some channels.
Although Cao Mo promised to reserve the investment rights of Igubo Gold Mining Group for the Rupert family within two years, which is actually an investment option, Brahm has been running around Akwa for the past four or five months, and has also learned about Usang. There was the possibility of a very large copper and gold mine on the east bank of the river. At this time, he persuaded his father and other family talkers not to take advantage of the investment options.
Brahm advocated working together to increase investment in Drake so that the mining of the Usan River copper and gold mine could begin to take shape, so that follow-up could be faster and more fully reveal the underground treasures on the east bank of the Usan River.
Brahm suggested that Cao Mo sell the shares of Sanchez and Blue Star Leasing Company, so that together with the funds pledged by the Rupert family, he could raise an additional US$20 million in funds for the development of the Usan River copper and gold mine.
"So, it seems like I'm going to sell the pot and get a chance on Drake?" Shen Ji asked with a smile.
Now that Cao Mo has opened investment gaps in the Yibogu Gold Mining Group and the Cornero Cement Group to accept capital injections from core partners, Shen Ji is still a little undecided. After all, he can only raise about 10 million US dollars in funds.
The current net asset value of Yibogu Gold Mining Group is calculated as US$150 million. This time it plans to raise US$150 million. Cao Mo can only raise US$60 to US$80 million in a short period of time, leaving a shortfall. They all decided to let go to Shen Ji, Yang Deshan, the Rupert family, the Blake family, Felician and the Sika family. Computer version::/
The Rupert family is willing to invest more funds, and Cao Mo certainly welcomes it. The 5% share investment right promised before is mainly to give them a minimum investment share guarantee.
Accompanying this inspection to Catero, Cao Mo also had detailed discussions with Blake, Ochosan, Abacha and Yang Deshan. Everyone had high hopes for the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine.
After this equity adjustment, Yang Deshan will not be able to provide too much funds to follow the investment, and the equity will be diluted to 2%; the Felician family's shares in Ibogu Gold Mining Group will be controlled to 8%; Abacha and Xi The Card family's shareholding will be increased to 6%; the Blake family will pay $9 million in exchange for 3% of the shares; it will retain 3% of the management's equity and options; while the Brahm and Rupert families will conservatively take away 5%. % of the shares, Shen Ji took 3% of the shares, and Cao Mo wanted to ensure that the remaining 70% of the shares were collected. He personally needed to come up with 90 million US dollars in cash, and the funding gap was relatively large.
Cao Mo actually still has a sum of US$30 million in cash, but this fund is currently being loaned to the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company to ensure that its coal and iron trade cooperation with Akwa National Petroleum and Mining Group can go smoothly. Execution, can't be taken out for a while.
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After the dinner started, Cao Mo, Shen Ji, Bram, Tubman Jr., and Abacha walked to the outdoor restaurant.
Lu Yan, Huang Hebin and others were enthusiastically talking to Zhang Chaoyang and the officials of the consulate. Many representatives of Chinese businessmen working in Dracula Mo were also sitting or standing nearby chatting in twos and threes.
After the Lu family returned to Draculamore, they were cooperating closely with the Oppenheimer family in accordance with the agreed agreement.
Nsange represented the Oppenheimer family. During this period, he was very close to Lu Yan and Huang Hebin. At this time, he was sitting next to Lu Yan and Huang Hebin, chatting and laughing.
Nsangge waved to Cao Mo and the others and asked with a smile: "Where have you been hiding? Why haven't you been seen for a long time?"
"We went to the beach to see bikini girls, but after the casinos were closed, this place was really depressed," Cao Mo spread his hands and said, pulled up a chair and sat down next to Nsange, and asked, "What are you talking about? Xintaihua When will the big hotel be open?”
"It's still early for Xintaihua to open for business. After the main body is completed, why do we still have to prepare for a year?" Seeing that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin had no intention of talking to Cao Mo, Nsangge said with a smile, "As for what are we talking about? Mr. Lu Zheng said that Catero Steel Plant will be a very wise investment choice."
"Oh, I thought Mr. Lu organized this dinner so carefully that he was going to destroy us. It seems that I still have a villainous heart!" Cao Mofeng said with a light smile.
Lu Yan's face was a little gloomy. He knew very well that Cao Mo and Shen Ji allowed them to contact Zhang Chaoyang and his party without any precautions. In fact, he knew their mentality very well. At least this time, he was sure that they would not cause trouble, so they did not focus on this place. Pretending to be generous, he walked aside to talk about other things.
Cao Mo knew everything in his heart, but he still said it deliberately. How could Lu Yan feel happy?
Shen Ji sat down next to Zhang Chaoyang with a smile and asked: "Mr. Zhang, have you felt the enthusiasm of Dracula Mo now? You didn't expect that so many Chinese-funded companies have come to West Africa, right? Chinese businessmen in Akwa There is still something missing. Dracula Moor is the home base of Chinese businessmen in West Africa. The Lana Del Rey Beach Casino is closed for some reason. Otherwise, it would still be lively here today, and we would have a place to have fun tonight!"
Shen Ji has always had a good personal relationship with Zhang Chaoyang. During these days of accompanying inspections, Cao Mo and Zhang Chaoyang's entourage have become familiar with each other.
There were no entertainment and leisure occasions along the way. After the formal inspection work and reception and banquet, everyone drank and played cards when they returned to the hotel, which made it very easy to get closer to each other.
Zhang Chaoyang bent over and looked at Cao Mo on the other side: "Young Master Lu was talking about the beach casino just now, and he didn't praise your card skills any less. Why have you lost money to us while playing cards these days? "
"In the card game, one thing is good for another. As long as Mr. Lu is present, the feng shui in front of my card table is particularly strong, which is strange to say!" Cao Mo said with a smile, "How about we have dinner and play two more games? I wonder if Mr. Lu thinks we are playing too young?"
"..." Even if Lu Yan didn't like what Cao Mo said, he could still bear his temper. He didn't say anything to Cao Mo, but smiled and said to Zhang Chaoyang, "Mr. Zhang, you must be interested. Let's play later." A handful of entertainment bureaus!”
Many people nearby heard that cards were being organized in the evening, and they immediately came over happily to chat.
The number of times Cao Mo entered and exited the Lana Del Rey Beach Casino was limited, but the gambling game with Lu Yan is still legendary to this day. Coupled with his undefeated deeds in the past, his reputation is much greater than the things he actually did.
When they heard that Cao Mo actually lost money to Zhang Chaoyang, several people were curious about how much he lost.
"I've been having bad luck these days. I have to lose hundreds of dollars to Mr. Zhang, Mr. Shen and the others," Cao Mo said.
For the vast majority of Chinese businessmen in Dracula, gambling is the main form of entertainment. The difference lies in small gambling to make people happy or big gambling to lose money. Cao Mo would always pull Xiao Jun and the others to play two cards at Drake when he had nothing to do. , but the coming and going will be controlled at about one hundred dollars; this trip of visits and inspections is also about playing such a card game to get closer to each other.
"You are setting a trap for Mr. Zhang!" Xie Sipeng did not participate in the follow-up trip, but he rushed back to Dracula Moor today to give Zhang Chaoyang a farewell party. After hearing Cao Mo say that he lost a few hundred dollars in just half a month, he immediately exposed his "Careful".
Huang Hebin still wanted to try his best to ease the tense relationship with Cao Mo, and said with a smile: "I also think Mr. Cao should take advantage of Mr. Zhang's insensitivity and win a big win tonight!"
When officials from the consulate arrived, the dinner officially began.
The Catero Steel Plant project was inevitably discussed at the dinner. Zhang Chaoyang wanted to have a broader understanding of the opinions of Draculamo's Chinese businessmen, and the opinions of the consulate were also more important.
Huang Hebin and Lu Yan did not mean to cause trouble this time. They talked about their many opinions on the project in a clear and logical manner, and they were basically positive.
Of course, Cao Mo knew their thoughts very well.
When Shen Ji accompanied Zhang Chaoyang to Draculamore, he stayed at Draculamore for a day and met with officials from the consulate and China Civil Engineering Construction. At that time, Lu Yan and Huang Hebin pretended to be deaf and did not show up, knowing that they were frightened. They were angry and didn’t want to see them good, but more than half a month had passed. Even if Lu Yan, Huang Hebin and the others were still angry, Lu Jianchao and Cao Mo had never had a chance to meet Lu Jiancheng. They must have figured out that New Steel United invested in Catero Steel. The factory will benefit Taihua without any harm.
Therefore, they are not worried that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin will cause trouble.
The main reason is that the Chinese businessmen in Kanem are too weak and they need to stay together as a team so that they can face the changes in the political situation in Kanem more easily.
If New Steel Union can take over the Catero Steel Plant project, and then develop more high-quality steel processing projects around the Catero Steel Plant, and even invest heavily in the Mamba Iron Mine, it will greatly strengthen the influence of Chinese business capital in West Africa.
How could Taihua refuse this situation?
Another thing is that Taihua's influence on New Steel Union is equal to that of Dongsheng. Both parties hold 4-5% of the shares of New Steel Union. Cao Mo's influence on New Steel Union is still two layers away. , much smaller.
If New Steel Union really could win the Catero Steel Plant project, Lu Yan and his friends would have a stronger interaction with New Steel Union in Kanem than he did. What reason does Taihua have to oppose New Steel Union's entry into Kanem?
Cao Mo had previously thought that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin had lingering resentments in their hearts, and even if they would not cause trouble, they would not publicly express anything. However, he did not expect that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin would organize the dinner and publicly express their stance.
Cao Mo didn't know whether this was decided by Lu Jianchao or Lu Jiancheng, but both of them showed that the Lu family could bend and stretch, and it was more difficult than imagined.
Of course, this matter is also very beneficial to Cao Mo and the others.
Together, Dongsheng and Taihua only hold 9% of the shares of New Steel Union, which may not have much influence on New Steel Union's fundamental decision-making, but to make a statement on a project of the scale of Catero Steel Plant, I believe that There will be no more resistance, it can even be said to be a foregone conclusion.
Zhang Chaoyang's attitude was completely relaxed at this time, and his tone was not as tight as the previous few days. He asked Cao Mo at the dinner table:
"If New Steel Union finally makes the decision to invest in the Catero Steel Plant project, I will also recommend the board of directors to inject capital into the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company and Mining Investment Company. I wonder what Mr. Cao's opinion is?"
New Steel Union's investment in the Catero Steel Plant project must purchase iron ore from the Mangba Iron Mine in order to ensure a clear profit prospect. The Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company and the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company actually control the Catero Steel Plant. Upstream raw material supply for the project.
New Steel Union does not expect to completely control the supply of upstream raw materials, but it is appropriate to inject capital and hold a certain amount of shares to ensure a certain influence in the raw material supply channels, so that the entire project will be more secure.
Cao Mo spread his hands and said there was no problem at all.
He was too late to welcome me, so how could he refuse?
With the capital injection from New Steel Union, he can withdraw the part of his capital that was occupied by mining investment and trade in the Gulf of Guinea and use it to speed up the construction of the Usan River copper and gold mine.
This scene made Lu Yan feel even more depressed.
When Cao Mo roped in Brahm to invest in the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company, he still considered Garon Targaryen's identity in order to get into the situation in Akwa as quickly as possible and close the relationship with the Democracy Promotion Front. They also took over the 30,000-ton ore ship from Xie Sipeng.
After smashing Ufo Bonya's coup attempt, they established the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company and obtained coal and iron supply contracts totaling millions of tons from Akwa. This was Cao Mo and his group's most direct involvement in Akwa's political situation. s return.
As for Cao Mo, Shen Ji and the others, in wooing the New Steel Union to invest in the Catero Steel Plant project, they only wanted to continuously supply the coal and iron obtained from Akwa to the Catero Steel Plant and realize stable profits.
The Oppenheimer family also participated in the investment of these two companies. Lu Yan learned more details from Nsange, but faced with this reality, they still tried their best to promote the new steel alliance's investment in the Catero Steel Plant. How could he feel better about the investment in the project?